Love finds it's way

Chapter 3:Stay

Netflix whole night and waking up late in the morning is normal for teenagers like us .

Like come on man , we deserve to do so once in while .

I woke up with a weird feeling of enthusiasm. I don't know why i was feeling so energetic after a very long night. I was dressed in my shorts and a loose T-shirt and made my way to the bathroom. Holding the toothbrush in my hand ,I was about to start brushing my teeth when i heard my favorite song being played.

That was enough to make me run to the hall, without giving a shit about my appearance or the fact that i was holding a toothbrush in my hand .

I went straight to the hall and started dancing along the beats, imagining myself as the singer and my toothbrush as the mike .

My head spinning around I can't see clear no more
what are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do
touch  me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
what are you waiting for?
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (like you do)
Love me like you do, la-la-love me like you do (yeah)
Touch me like you do, ta-ta-touch me like you do
what are you waiting for? (ahhh).

I turned around only to gasp quite audibly.

He was sitting at the dining table, obviously watching my live performance with a blank expression. My brother sitting right next to him, serving the lunch to him.That's when reality fell upon me that I had been sleeping till the afternoon.

After digesting the above facts , I was going to wish him when I noticed my attire.

Too messy to be presentable and also, quite short. I felt the heat rising in my cheeks and was making a run when i fell on the floor with a loud thump.

"OUCH! What the fucking bullshit!"

My ass was paining! I had not noticed that the toothpaste had fallen down while I was busy performing in my concert and I had put my feet on it while trying to escape from my guest. And guess what? I ended up embarrassing myself even more.

WHY ME?!

I managed to get up and ran into my room , not daring to look up from my feet.

Could anything worse happen?!

I went to the bathroom to finish my unfinished business and sat infront of the mirror. I looked at myself and was satisfied with how I look. Then came the most toughest task in my life -To gather the courage to face him after embarrassing myself enough earlier .

My mom had already called for me 20 minutes back.

Okay , so I guess I have to go out now .

I stepped out of the room wearing a knee - length floral dress,looking much better than I usually look at my home. I made my way to the dinning table to see that his mom and sister were also seated with my mom,Kabir(brother) and of course him.

I was made to sit beside him .

My mom started speaking ,"Aarushi, this is the family that had shifted to the flat opposite to ours. Your dad and uncle have gone out with the other men in the apartment for lunch so I called them home. This is their daughter Samaira and their son Aarav. Aarav  studies in nitya's school, maybe she knows him."

"Hello!"
"Hi"

Silence followed between us but our moms were busy in exchanging each others special recipes while Kabir and Samaira , surprisingly gelled up well and wouldn't stop talking . I , on the other side was soo happy to finally know his name and the first thought that crossed my mind was the most cheesy thought .

Yes, I was indeed thinking about our shipping name .

"ArShi "

I said it out loud , grinning to myself .
Next moment I realized the blunder I made and looked up to see that no one paid any attention to it. I heaved a sigh of relief but then I tilted my head to look at him . Shit !

"Sorry?! I didn't get you"
"Umm.. Yah ! I was just asking how do you like the city . You didn't hear anything else , did you ?"
"No , I didn't hear anything else ."

Silence prevailed again .

" I really like this city ! "

That was it . We didn't speak anything more during our lunch . Everyone started getting up from the dining table and proceeded towards the wash basin.
I was just gathering the plates when he said ,

"By the way Aarushi , you sing really well !"

Saying this he left to touch my mom's feet and bid us goodbye. I could feel his gaze on me but I couldn't look at him . I bid the others bye and finally looked at him and mouthed a bye . He smirked at me and left.

I had embarrassed myself enough infront of him.

But , I really had a great day .

Having him at my home , sitting next to him , getting to know his name and most importantly , getting a compliment from him .

Yah I know it's not that great compliment but still I heard him take my name .

All of a sudden , I loved my name a lot more than I earlier had .

Indeed , one of the best days of my life . But I wasn't satisfied. I wanted him to stay for some more time.

Maybe forever?