A reason to live.

Chapter 28

I stretched my arms and a groan escaped my mouth, I rubbed, blinked my eyes, I sat up and saw that I was hugging a pillow; there was no sign of Jun. I pushed off the blanket and hurried out of the room. The home was a one bedroom house, the living room was bright, the walls were white, there was a small balcony which let the sun’s rays play through the room, there was a sofa in the middle of the room and a tv on a stand, in the corner, there was a platform on the left-hand side of the room, which was the kitchen, it was a small kitchen with a shelf, a fridge, a microwave, a sink and a stove. In the fridge there were few vegetables in the fridge, a few biscuits, snacks, coffee, sugar and stocks of few other groceries, from the look of the kitchen I could say that Jun didn’t cook much in here, except for maybe his coffee.

Not finding him here, I went to the bedroom and took my phone and unlocked it so that I could call him, it started vibrating and I looked at my phone  with an ‘o’ expression as no number was displayed, after a few seconds the display showed Jun’s name, I answered it and brought it to my ear, “hello, good morning, you got up?” he asked as he tried miserably to suppress a chuckle, 

“uh…yeah..Duh... ok...Why didn’t you wake me up when you left?hmm? I asked trying to sound a little serious, 

“I thought you will be tired after travelling, my lunch is in a couple of hours, I’ll meet you for lunch??” he said in an apologetic tone and with pure innocence,

“oh…really!!!, ok, I’ll prepare something, come home okay? I said, 

“yea, great, okay, call me if you need any help’’ he said 

“yea sure, okay I’ll start with the preparation, bye” I said 

“bye, see you soon” he said and the line went dead.

I went to the kitchen and searched for the ingredients, good thing I was given spice powders (masalas) by athai, I searched the fridge and found some paneer, so I decided to make fried rice and paneer manchurian.

I soaked the rice and went to the bedroom, I went to the bathroom and completed my morning routine, I wore a and blue cotton dress. I cut the vegetables, cooked the rice, and mixed it all in the correct way, as this was getting ready with the manchurian; I fried the paneer and added the ingredients needed properly, the smell of the manchurian filled the living room giving a tangy smell because of the tomato sauce.

I washed my face and combed my hair in a loose braid, as I was applying my kajal to my eyes the door bell rang, I went out and opened the door, “hey” Jun said excitedly, as he sniffed the smell, 

“hey” I said and took his file and bag and kept it on the side table, he held out another pack, I looked at him questioningly 

“uhm.. Desert, mango ice cream, your favorite” he said and I took it from him with gratitude and kept it in the fridge.

He washed his hands, while I laid the dishes on the table; it had to be pulled from the corner of the platform, we took our seats, I was going to serve him, so I took the bowl of rice, just then he decide to serve himself, and our fingers brushed each other, I could feel the tingles his simple touch brought unto me, I looked at him and our eyes locked for a milli second longer than usual  and I grinned cheekily at him the moment I felt my cheeks heat up. He let go of his fingers and I served him, it was so refreshing to see him enjoy his meal, the way he took the rice gently in the spoon and chewed it as though to relish every grain of it and gulp it down soon enough to take in another spoonful of rice and manchurian. I looked at him and an overwhelming feeling enveloped me as I ate my food. For a while there was a comfortable silence, that is till I decided to break it, 

“so what are our plans for the weekend?” I questioned him and he smiled at me and thought for a moment,

“tomorrow we will leave for Abu Dhabi, it will be a lot more fun over there” he said and I nodded.

After we finished our lunch, I put scopes of ice cream in two bowls, as we ate “did you talk to your parents?” he asked 

“uh no, I forgot” said as I slapped my head and started to worry about their taunt.

 “oh God, don’t get so scared, I sent both our parents a message as soon as I saw you and spoke to them in the morning telling them that you were tired, but do call them later” he said as he chuckled at my childishness.

He checked the time on his wrist watch “I have to leave” he said standing up and taking his files, I held the door open for him as he walked out, he turned; just as he was half way out, while I was holding the door and watching him go, he came to me, crashed his body to mine, while his left hand was over my shoulder and right hand on my waist, my eyes grew wide in shock, I hesitatingly let my hands hug him back, “ thank you, the food was perfect, see you soon” he whispered and let go of me, a blush crept upon my cheeks and I closed the door and let my heart skip a beat thinking about the hug. 

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