Written in stars (Discontinued)

Shameless

ch 57

Advay shut the tv off and looked down at chandhini who was sleeping in his lap. He picked her up and carried her to the bed and put her down. She had wanted to watch a drama but fell asleep within few episodes. He pulled the covers over her. He was not feeling sleepy, so he went to get his guitar and went downstairs. He asked for coffee from the kitchen and settled on sofa, he was playing the tune of a new song he had heard few days ago.

The servant brought the coffee and left it on table. The housekeeper came and stood on side. Advay stopped playing and smiled politely at her. She had few matters she wanted to discuss regarding the house, Advay listened and responded accordingly. Then, at the end she handed Advay a notebook saying that someone left it for chandhini at gate. Advay took it and put it on table. The housekeeper bid him bye for tonight and left for the servant quarters at the back.

He played guitar a bit more, taking sips of his coffee now and then. His eyes fell on notebook. He put the guitar away and picked it up. He opened it and flipped through pages. They were notes for economics. Then, he came across a folded paper placed in mid of the notebook. He opened it and read. It was a love confession from some guy named Pratham. He folded the paper and put it back.

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Chandhini woke up totally disorientated. She was on bed. Her brain tried to recognize the place, she was watching drama and then fell asleep. Advay must have carried her to the bed. He was not in the room. She looked at time, it was 2 in the morning. She frowned why did she wake up so early? Now she will need a nap during the day.

It was so quiet this time of the night, and peaceful. She got out of the bed and went to washroom, after brushing her teeth, she went to look for Advay. He was not downstairs. Finally she went to look for him in basement. She couldn't seem him in gym, so she went toward the swimming pool. He was swimming, at this time of night!He hadn't turned on all the lights, so it was bit dark.

She went and sat down on one edge and watched him. He saw her but continued his lap. Finishing it, he grabbed the rail and got out of the pool, the water sliding off his body as he stood directly under one of the lights. She got up and moved toward him. He had grabbed a towel and was drying himself.

Chandhini asked,'' Couldn't sleep?''

Advay,''No''.

Chandhini watched as he grabbed the robe from the chair and put it on. He went toward the door, she followed him. He paused on ground floor to get his guitar and a note book and then, went upstairs to their room.

Chandhini followed him into the room and sat down on sofa. He went and took a shower. She was surprised to see him getting dressed up in black jeans and black shirt. He rarely slept with clothes on, was he going somewhere or was he going to work on some project?

Advay came toward her carrying the notebook and said,''Pratham left this for you.''

Chandhini frowned and took the notebook. Were these notes for her economic class? She had just mentioned to him in evening that she needed some notes and he had already got them for her. He was such a nice guy.

Advay noticed her smile as she looked at the notebook. He sat on sofa opposite to her. Chandhini felt his gaze on her and looked up at him smiling,''he is such a nice person, I just mentioned that I needed these and he has already got them for me. He didn't need to come all the way to give them, he could have passed them in academy.''

Advay was much calmer now, the anger he had felt was now manageable,'' Very nice of him.''

Chandhini's smile faltered, there was something off about him. She put the notebook on table and got up and moved over to him. She sat down beside him. His eyes had followed her movements and now he stared calmly at her. He was angry, he was really angry, but why?