Magical Paintbrush [Ongoing]

VI. Salt, sugar & chef ✨

Recap ~
Indeed my boyfriend.

"Om can we eat rava idli?!" Anika asked randomly as they were in a middle of a discussion that night.
"Like seriously Anu?! It's 2.30 A.M now." Om asked flabbergasted.
"You didn't let me sleep, else I wouldn't have felt hungry!" She complained like a kid making her friend chuckle.
"You don't know how to cook, and I don't know how to cook as well!" Om said shrugging his shoulders when she asked sounding annoyed, "Gauri is such a great cook! Why didn't you learn anything from her? You are married for two long years man!"
"Arnav is also a great cook! He's been your brother for twenty seven years, why didn't you learn?" He imitated her.
"Some people are born for eating only!" saying, she smiled sheepishly.

"I'm not letting you disturb Gauri. Get out now, let me sleep!" She roared like a hungry lion when she heard her friend's idea of waking Gauri to cook for them.
"Anu—" Om was stopped as she enunciated, "Om I will eat you if you don't go away in thirty seconds!"
"I don't want you to be a man eater!" He freaked out and left the room just at the nick of the moment.

Anika was rolling on her bed unable to sleep because of her hunger.
"Can you at least make food for me?!" She asked looking at the painting, her imagination who was real.
"I need Rava idli. God, please give me a husband who is the best chef!" She prayed.

Within minutes, she heard a knock and it was Om once again.
"What do you want now?!" She asked still sounding annoyed when he spoke up gathering courage, "Yaar Anu, sorry. Eat this for now!"
"Maggie?" She asked looking at the bowl in his hand.
"I'm still not forgiving you!" saying she took the bowl and settled herself when he said, "I will get you the best Rava idli for breakfast tomorrow!"
"Better!" She happily smiled while enjoying the Maggie Om made for her. As she fell on the bed post eating, she heard from Om "Who will clean the kitchen?!"
"You of course! Punishment." Anika chuckled when he dragged her out of the bed, "No both of us!" He stated and heard back an instant reply, "I hate you for this O!"

The next morning, Anika was excited for her breakfast. She was going to eat one of her favorite foods.

"Which restaurant?! I want to see the rating." She asked as Om drove the car.
"Surprise!" He simply said raising Anika's curiosity.
"But O, I want to—" She paused seeing the familiar house in front of her as Om halted the car.
"Shivaay?!" Anika involuntarily said and Om smiled, "You will not forget today's breakfast!"
"Why do you want to disturb him?! Let's go back." She said feeling nervous at the thought of facing her imagination but Om didn't listen to her.

"Anika!" Shivaay called out pleasantly surprised and she smiled in response as they reached the entrance.
"Your best friend's husband is here too!" Om waved his hand to gain attention making the other two chuckle.
"Where is Gauri?!" He asked casually letting them in.
"Work at the hospital!" He said, continuing "Khushi?"
"Panda has gone to college! That lazy girl has some work." Shivaay said making Anika chuckle.

Om was about to say the reason for their arrival when Anika stopped him not wanting to trouble Shivaay.
"Om let's go! Aren't you getting late to hospital?!" She asked to which Om said, "No Anu! I have taken two hour permission today."
"Perfect, breakfast then?!" Shivaay asked and Om smiled wanting to say something when Anika glared at him.
"Yaar Anu! You only wanted Rava idli!" Om spilt the beans making Shivaay smile.

"That would get ready in twenty minutes!" He said when Anika said back, "Really sorry for troubling you Shivaay! I didn't know this idiot will bring me here! I thought we would go to some restaurant."
"Chill Anika. I'm not such a bad cook afterall, you can try breakfast here if you want to!" He smiled to which Om said excitedly, "I'm craving to eat." but soon his excitement died when he got a phone call about an emergency at the hospital. Being a doctor, he couldn't avoid it.
"We will bring breakfast to the hospital! Don't you worry." Shivaay said and Om hugged him happily before leaving from there.

"Shall I help?!" She asked breaking the awkward silence as they walked to the kitchen when he shook his head, "I can manage Anika. You love Rava idli?!"
"One of my favorites!" She told with a smile at the end. Reaching the kitchen, she took a place on the countertop while Shivaay started cutting onions and chillies standing next to her.

"You love cooking right?!" She asked casually and he nodded smiling in response.
"I love eating!" She said making him chuckle. Playing with a tomato, she continued "Fox life is the best channel for watching food shows."
"True." He agreed as he finished his fine chopping. He was about to walk to the shelf when Anika stopped him, "I'm there right! Let me get the salt for you."
Saying, she stretched herself towards the shelf and managed to pull a tin with white crystals in it.
"Here you go!" She sighed in relief as she managed to get the salt for him when Shivaay said, "This is sugar, Anika!" and chuckled making her laugh.

"Bigger granules are usually sugar and salt crystals are lesser in size." he explained and she nodded like an obedient student, "Noted chef!"
Shivaay's face suddenly fell long which wasn't unnoticed by Anika. "Are you fine Shivaay?!" She asked and he nodded smiling.