Freak At The Graveyard - Cursed Demon

Housewarming Gift

" Greetings, Neighbour!" His voice echoes in the kitchen.

For a moment, shehnaaz thought that she is dreaming about him. No no no , not romantic fantasies in her brain but she may have hallucinations of him.

" How did you come in ?" Shehnaaz shouted.

" The door ?" He swaggers towards shehnaaz and stands just a feet away.

" I mean , what are you doing here ?" Shehnaaz asked impatiently. She didn't have time for all of his babble because she was hungry.

Can't I just eat him ? She thought.

" Well , I am being a kind , friendly neighbour and I thought to present you a housewarming gift." He says as he strolls towards the refridgerator.

A moment later , he had a delicious black forest cake in his hands , cherries all over . Shehnaaz loves chocolate but choclate cakes are too sweet. But why all these formalities ? It's not like they transferred today. Mom came a month back , shehnaaz thought.

Anyways, the cake is mouthwatering.

" It's all yours !" He said with pride in his voice . Did he make it ? Shehnaaz thought

" Thank you ! Now you may go ." Shehnaaz said rudely.

He is taken aback with her rudeness. He tries to form words but shakes his head instead ad he places the cake on the kitchen counter and leisurely walks out if the house through the back door.

He went away without mocking or throwing witty words at shehnaaz. Weird. Anyway, shehnaaz felt thankful taht he left. Shehnaaz thought something is wrong with her , why does she let that random guy get on her nerves?

She looked at that big piece of sugar and calories right in front of her inviting her to eat it. She would have gulped it down without a second thought if she hadn't heard enough times that she needed to lose weight. However, that's no going to stop her. As she walk towards the cake , she hears the back door open.

Please not him . Shehnaaz looked at the door and to her relief she found baaz instead. She let out a huge sigh. That boy us affecting her quiet too much. He's a devil.

" Don't tell me you made this ." Baaz says looking at the cake.

" Umm...." She didn't even know his name " The neighbour ---"

" Ah all that stuff..' he cuts shehnaaz in between as he grabs the cutter from one of the drawers.

Baaz cuts a piece for himself and eats it before shehnaaz could warn him. Who knows, it might be some kind of prank by that guy. He's...he..after all.

" Whoa , it's delicious! No wonder The Queen Tart is so popular."

Wait , " What ?" Shehnaaz asked.

" The Shukla's ?" baaz explains. " Our next-door neighbour , they own the resturant sis. Mom works for them . I have told you this before."

Really ? See , that's the problem. Shehnaaz is am absent-minded person and usually ignores all important information.

Shehnaaz frowns as baaz takes another piece of cake with him to the living room and plunks on one of the couches. Shehnaaz thought how recklessly she behaved with the son of her mom's boss. Mom got a good paying job and they got a house at a low rent . Moreover his son , who's a bit arrogant and egoistic brought the cake. Shehnaaz was feeling guilty now.

The back door opens and slams loudly and shehnaaz almost shrieked. She shuffled towards the door to close it. As she reaches the door , she sees the beautiful sun setting down the horizon.