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CHAPTER 9

Mishka's POV

Right now I'm sitting alone again as today also Purvi didn't come. It's been a week since party and she hasn't contacted me yet. Even after calling her innumerable times, her phone is unreachable. I'm worried about her, I hope she is fine.

This week I haven't seen Aarish too. He must be busy but on the other hand why would he meet me. He must have gone tired of helping me everytime and would be thinking of me as a burden. I felt tears coming to my eyes thinking about that. I controlled myself from crying and left the classroom.

'When will the bus come?' I've been waiting for the bus for past half an hour and it hasn't come yet. It normally takes 5-10 minutes for the bus to come but I don't know what happened today. Even my legs are paining from standing as there is no seat available to sit. All of a sudden, a black car stopped in front of me. Thinking of it for someone else I stepped back but then the window rolled down. It was Aarish. I was surprised to see him here after a week.

"Hi" he said smiling slightly at me. He was wearing goggles and looking so handsome.

"H-Hi" stop stuttering Mishka. Focus.

"Get in the car" he said nodding his head towards the door.

"Huh?"

"I said get in the car. I'll drop you"

"No, it's okay, I'm waiting for the bus. It might come soon" though I was not sure how soon.

"I insist"

"Okay" I opened the door and hopped on the seat not able to deny anymore. I sighed in relief, at least my legs got some rest. He started the engine and drove off. "How are you?" I asked him

"Good and you?"

"Me too" I replied looking at him from the corner of my eyes. He nodded his head, his focus on the road. Suddenly my stomach growled in hunger. Uh-oh! My face flushed in embarrassment. Why do I always end up embarrassing myself in front of him again and again. I was very hungry as I haven't had my lunch today. Now I think I shouldn't have skipped it. I focused on the outside view not able to look at him.

After few minutes, we stopped in front of a cafe. Aarish got down the car and opened the door for me. I looked at him confused. "Why are we here?"

"First get down" he forwarded his hand and helped me to get down the car. "I'm hungry" he said.

"Oh" we entered in the cafe and took a table in the corner. The interior of the cafe was so beautiful. It was classy and had positive vibes. Light music was playing in the background and faint aroma of coffee filled the cafe. My mouth was watering at the sight of delicious delicacies displayed at the counter. I wish I could have one of them but they looked quite expensive. I was already very hungry and coming here was not helping much.

A waiter came and handed each one of us a menu card. After looking at the menu, I nearly choked. Nothing was below ₹200. I sighed in disappointment. The waiter came again.

"Sir, can I have your order, please?" he asked with a notepad and pen in his hands.

"One caramel mocha for me and... You Mishka?" Aarish asked raising his eyebrows.

"Nothing" I shook my head. He looked at me confusingly with a frown forming on his forehead.

"Mini pizza and choco lava for her." the waiter wrote down and left.

"I have only ₹50" I whispered coming close to him.

"So?" he said nonchalantly.

"I mean I don't have enough money to buy anything from here" oh no, what do I do now?

He gave me an incredulous look. He shook his head and sighed heavily. "You don't have to buy anything. It's from me." he said making me shocked.

"B-But why?"

"Just like that." he shrugged and started using his phone ignoring my confused look.

"So you are in which year?" I thought to start a conversation as I don't know anything about him.

"I'm doing internship, and it's about to get over. After that I'll be doing Masters."

"Oh nice " I gave him a small smile and again we went silent.

After sometime, the waiter came with our order. Aarish took his mocha and placed my dish in front of me. It was looking yummy and smell was great. It's been more than three years since I had pizza. The last time I had was on my 14th birthday when Maa bought it as a surprise for me and we both shared it. Since then I'm fond of pizza. The choco lava, as Aarish called it was looking even more delicious though I don't know how it tastes so I decided to have it first. The moment I had it, it melted in my mouth. Yummy! This is so good, it's literally heaven. I took another bite and let out a moan savoring its taste.

I heard a low growl and opened my eyes and saw Aarish staring at me hard. Did I do something wrong? Oh I haven't shared with him that's why. I took a piece of cake and forwarded it to him. He looked at me confused.

"For you" he lips quirk up and took a bite, looking at me the entire time making me blush. I lowered my eyes and focused on my pizza distracting myself from his intense gaze.

"I'm full" I patted my stomach a little after finishing everything. "Thank you, it was so yummy" I said licking my lip with tongue. His eyes lowered to my lips and he came forward and placed his thumb on my lower lip making me shudder at the touch. He rubbed it a little and removed it, then I saw a little bit of chocolate was smeared on his thumb. But the next thing he did, made me shocked to the core. He put his thumb in his mouth and licked off the chocolate. I was so  dumbstruck, my mouth open and closed for a while. That was very umm.... intimate. My heart started pounding in my chest and I couldn't take my eyes off him. The waiter came and he paid the bill.

He smirked and got up from the chair and forwarded his hand to me. Composing myself I placed my hand in his. I got up and we left the cafe.

"Be in the car, I'll be back." he made me sit in the car and again went to the cafe. I nodded unable to utter any word from the shock. I saw him coming back with a brown bag in his hand. He got seated and placed the bag on my lap. Confusedly, I looked up at him.

"What is this?" I looked up at him.

"This is for you" he said bucking up his seat belt.

"What?" I peeked into it and saw, something packed. Chocolate aroma was also coming from it.

"There are two mini pizzas and four choco lava"

"Why?"

"To eat"

"But there's no need. I already had it." I said giving it back to him.

He held my hand."Did you not like the food?" he asked.

"I loved it" I smiled at him.

"So keep it. Have it later."

"But-"

"Mishka, I said keep it" he said in an authoritative tone. I nodded my head and placed it back on my lap.

"Thank you"

"Stop saying thank you all the time, I don't like it " he said irritatedly.

"Sorry"

" Sorry also"

"Sorry.... Oops I mean... " I reddened at my stupidity.

"Leave it" he laughed lightly making me blush and started the engine.

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