The Chocolate Boy (Book One)

Chapter 2 : Cherry Bloom

Chapter 2 : Cherry Bloom

The day had been a good day. For one, it was a half day at school and I was home early (along with Tuhina of course, though I didn't know where she was at this moment).

And secondly, I didn't have Nutrition the next day on my routine. I also did a very private dance (don't even breathe a word of this to Tuhina) to myself in my room for not having to sit through Nutri for one and a half hours. That's what my routine had. Double periods of Nutri everyday except tomorrow (I mean Tuesdays). But what it did have were the languages. And for the rest of the week, three hours of Ishan everyday!

Oh God! Save me! I promise I won't dance again!

Egoistic idiot!

Not you, God. I was talking about Ishan.

The door to my room was creaked open and I didn't need to turn around to know that Tuhina had come in and plopped down on my bed.

"I don't think you'll ever know how to knock." I didn't even look up from the sum I was trying to solve. She had been mean to me this morning and I'd make sure she paid back for it. There was no revenge worse than ignoring her presence. She hated not being the center of attention.

"Why should I? You shouldn't keep any secrets from me! I'm your twin."

"Nice excuse. But I might be doing something private, you know, like changing dresses and stuff - "

"Shut up! I know you bolt your door before doing that! Now stop giving me excuses to shout at you!"

At this, I turned. 

How could I have missed it? I smacked myself mentally. Judging from her tone, I should have known something was wrong with her.

"Oi? What is it?" I went to my bed and sat down beside her, draping an arm on her shoulders.

"Nothing," she said with teary eyes.

Yeah, right.

"Is it Chlorophyll again?"

"Don't call him that, Tuhin. He has a name," even her admonitions lacked their usual fervor.

"You'd been to his place?"

She nodded. Yes.

So that's where she was all this time after school.

"And you saw something? Or someone?" I guessed.

"I saw him holding hands and hugging that girl."

I swear my eyebrows went up on their own. They'd been involuntarily working for me now.

She noticed me. And my obvious oblivion to her boyfriend's detailed love life.

"Areh, that girl, I showed you her picture on Facebook, remember? I mean, really? Who does he think he is?"

Maybe she had. I never remembered. Nonetheless, I nodded.

"Just break up already." That might have come off as rude, but I knew my twin. She was not even remotely serious about the guy.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I don't love him... I don't even like him that much... right? I only do that to get a chance to write love letters. Do you know I'm becoming a pro at it?" she wiped her eyes and beamed at me. "I just can't believe he fell out of my charm so quickly."

"Okay but you got all teary eyed just now because he was holding another girl's hands and hugging her. So that must be equivalent to you getting emotionally attached to him which is so not required to prove."