BounPrem : Brotherly love [Completed]

Chapter 2

The parents were back at home and to their surprise, even though Boun was still not happy with this whole "step mother moving in", atleast he greeted her that morning, for the first time since they moved in that house. That was all he did, but "it was a step in the right direction," Prem's mother said.

At school, Boun was still the same, ignoring Prem as usual. All this was not worrying Prem anymore as he had friends who cared about him and always kept him company. Every day, Prem was leaving school exactly when school ends, but he thought about the situation at home, and he decided to join some extra murals. Being the cooker he was, Prem joined a cooking club joining some of his friends. Now, a school day was even more exciting for Prem. Boun being a sports person, he usually finds Prem at home, but he was surprised when he did not.

For the first time, Boun was at home, alone for the afternoon. Surprisingly, the parents were also home before Prem and now everybody started to panic. Boun being a not-so-social person, he did not have any contact with Prem's friends from school. So, he asked his friends to help him find Prem, because he knew that they got along with most of their grade mates. That's when the family found out that Prem is now a cooking club member.

When Prem got home, it was late, and he explained that actually the club does not close that late, he was having dinner with some friends. Everyday Prem was becoming more and more happy. One Saturday, Prem decided to cook for his family to get their thoughts on the meal as all the cooking club members were asked to come up with a meal that can be sold in the school's canteen. The family liked his meal, even Boun. Though, he did not want to show it, he liked it. 

The cooking club had a taste off, 8 plates were presented: 4 meals and 4 desserts. Prem's meal was chosen to be the one sold in the canteen, and his friend's dessert was chosen to be the one sold. The club was happy that they had met their target given by the school. When Prem's meal was introduced in the canteen, the students were not that interested, until they tasted it, and now it is everyone's favorite. 

One afternoon, Prem went to the club room as usual, and he found people busier than they usually are. 

"Prem, you are here. Thank God. We have a 50-meals order from the sports department, the athletes and the footballers are going on a team building camp, and they want your meal for the boy's lunch. Plus, they are paying us."

Prem thought to himself, "This had always been one of my dreams, to cook for people and have them love my food. This is now giving me the strength to reach my other goals."

The sports camp was going to be for a week, meaning that Boun was going to be away from home for a week. Boun was excited to go to camp, but during the camp week, his father was taking a leave that same week. This did not make him happy at all, as this was the first leave his father was taking ever since the year started and he can't even spend it with him. 

During his leaves, Boun's father likes to take his son out for dinner and movies during the weekend, which is why Boun was angry that he had to go to camp during his father's leave. He knew that Prem was going to be spoiled during that week. 

Prem heard Boun speak to his friends on the phone, complaining about this situation, so he took it upon himself to speak to Boun's father about the possibility of shifting his leave to be the following week. After hearing what Prem had to say, Boun's father rescheduled his leave to accommodate everyone and Boun went to camp happily knowing that he is still going to be able to spend a week with his father as his father decided to take leave during the school holidays.

The week of the camp started, and Prem was now going to school a little bit later than usual as usually, he would leave early to give Boun his "space". This week was a very fun week for Prem, he tried some new recipes with the helper and he really enjoyed cooking with his newly found aunt. 

On Friday, something strange happened to Prem. Prem went to cooking club with his friends as usual, and the juniors of the club were asked to fetch their supplies that had been delivered in the school's canteen. After they had collected the supplies, a boy from another class asked to help Prem with his load. There were a lot of girls in the group, who seemed to be struggling with their loads, but he went straight to the one person who had everything under control, and asked to help. To nobody's surprise, Prem then told him to help the girls as he had everything under control, but the boy insisted on helping Prem. Prem gave him some of his load to carry, then Prem helped the girls. 

They reached the club room and off loaded everything, then the boy asked for Prem's social media usernames. Prem did not want to as he did not know the guy that well, and that is what he told him. The boy was disappointed that Prem said no, but he left his social media accounts and his numbers instead.

"When you need someone to talk to, I will be waiting."

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"Prem, do you know who that is? Did you seriously just turn down the hottest and most popular guy in school? He was in Boun's gang, but then he left them because he wanted to spread his wings."

This then became even more surprising for Prem." Why does the "hottest and most popular" guy in school , want to be Prem's friend?". That is the question Prem asked himself, the whole afternoon until he got home. He then decided to ask: "Hey, this is Prem. May I ask why you wanted to talk to me?"

Without hesitation, the boy asked "Because I like you". 

"He likes me? Why would HE like ME?", Prem wanted to ask but he just replied with "oh, okay. I see."

The whole evening, Prem was asking himself, why would the said-to-be the hottest and most popular kid in school LIKED him. Prem then remembered his friend's words when she said "he was part of Boun's gang." Without knowing what had happened between the two, he then assumed that maybe the gang separation was not a good one, and now he is the sacrificial lamb. 

That very same weekend, Boun sent Prem a text and told him to please sign for a package that will arrive in the afternoon, incase he is not home by then. First of all, Prem was surprised to get a text from Boun and secondly, he was surprised that Boun is trusting him with his package. When the package arrived, it was two boxes of the same size and mass. Prem signed them off and put them in his room as he respected Boun's privacy too much, that he would never enter his room without permission from Boun himself.

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The campers came back, and Boun went straight home. When he got home, he found Prem watching tv with the house worker, and he greeted nicely then asked Prem for his packages. When Boun opened the packages, Prem was surprised and amazed to see aprons, one with Boun's name and one with his. 

"I know that I have been unfair to you and your mom, and I am sorry. I have been very immature and from today on, that is going to change. You can stop waking up extra early just to avoid me, we are going to travel to school together, eat meals as a family and I will wait for you after practice because I know that cooking club takes longer, so that the driver can fetch us both instead of you taking a cab or a bus home."

"And the Aprons?"

"I kinda overheard you talking to your mom about getting an apron to feel like a mini chef, so I decided to buy one for you and have your name on it. I also bought one for myself because I was wondering that maybe during weekends or holidays when we aren't busy we could spend some quality time together, you know...to get to know each other. We are brothers after all. Plus, where else would we get to know each other than your favorite setting in the whole wide world, the kitchen."

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