Chapter 7: 05

Chapter Five

"...Shaadi ka muhurat kabka nikalu?"

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I impatiently tapped my foot on the ground waiting for Deven to open his door. The two large suitcases, one small, a backpack and a handbag along with me were eagerly waiting to see their new location of residence.

I'm somewhat excited to stay here but a part of me is scared, another is regretful for doing this and some side is just dead. It does not have anything to do with me.

So yeah there are multiple versions of me, you'll get the reflection of yourself.

I pressed the bell button again but it didn't open. I kept on pressing the button till he showed up and opened the door.

I hate waiting. I'm a very impatient soul. And an irritating soul as

"Geez, wait for a while. I was taking a shower."

My thoughts took a halt after my eyes fell on him only in his joggers, his upper half naked and some drops of water running down his abs. The towel around his neck was blocking me from seeing full of this blissful sight. But the six abs were visible on his thin waist. Even his biceps were so bulky, the veins popping out from his arm to his hand. His shoulders were broad, but his waist was thin clearly showing off his efforts at the gym. His physique was sturdy, muscular and just hot.

Everything about the sight was just too hot. I never knew this guy was so hot.

What a hottie hottie!

Neava's words rang in my mind exactly in the same way she sang it the first time.

I felt the goosebumps arising and a shiver ran through my spine doing something to me. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't take my eyes off his abs. I couldn't even blink.

What if I run a finger over his ab-

How are girls lesbian when dudes with physiques like this exist?

The tattoos were a cherry on top of the treat of my eyes. There were a total of three of them, one large on his right arm, the second on the left arm was comparatively smaller and there was the one I declare my favourite one within one glance on his chest.

It was some sort of wings. I squinted my eyes to notice it in detail. Soon after this, he stepped outside the threshold and stood in front of me, this was the first time I glanced up to match his eye level.

My gaze followed his hand which landed on my jaw, closing my mouth which was hung open from the time I noticed him. This broke my trance and I blinked nervously and looked away. The proximity between us made a blush run down my cheeks.

"Paach Tera"  I looked at him with confusion-filled eyes. "It's been five minutes, thirteen seconds since your eyes are stuck at my body like a bat."

Look at his eyes, Look at his eyes, Look at his eyes-

I glanced down for a second and gulped. Fuck, no.

"Aaise paraye mard ko tadne me sharam nahi aati?" He questioned with a small smirk and a hint of mischief in his eyes and I shook my head. I immediately straightened up my posture.

[Do you not get embarrassed while gawking at a man?]

"Aapko sharam nahi aati aaise apni body pradarshan karte hue?" I asked him back looking into his eyes.

[Do you not get embarrassed displaying your naked body?]

Even his eyelashes were wet.

"Aap jaisi ladki ho toh mai sab pradarshan kardu." Blood rushed into my cheeks immediately after understanding the meaning.

[If the girl is like you then I'll display everything.]

"Zarurat nahi hai."

[That's not required.]

"Waise ye pradarshan ka matlab kya hota hai?"  I facepalmed upon hearing him.

[What do you mean by pradarshan?]

"It's Display."

I'll slap you if you glance at his body-

I did.

"You are-" he cut me off immediately.

"Hot. I know. Tell me something I don't know." I gulped and took a deep breath.

I was going to say gym freak but he wasn't wrong either.

This is the first time I've been so captivated by someone's body. It's the type they show in movies, the hot next-door bad boy and stuff. His body screams that.

"Preet." I heard my name being called and I turned around. It was Aniket standing there with a full expression on his face. He kept switching his gaze between me, Deven and the closeness between us. Immediately took a step back and tucked my hair behind my ears.

"Hi," I muttered.

"You're going to live here?" He asked me and I nodded.

"I told you, I was not lying about it," I replied to him while pursuing my lips together.

"Oh." The disappointment was all over his face, but yet there was some part of him which did not believe this. I could feel that from my gut. "I'm not believing you till you show me the marriage certificate though."

"I will."  I don't know how but I will.

There was an awkward silence all over the air after this where I took a look at the surroundings while Deven and Aniketh kept looking at each other.

What if they fall in love?

I should shut up instead.

Soon Aniketh's mother came into my sight and she looked at me as if I asked her to pay all my debts. Later her eyes flung to Deven's half-naked self.

"Tum aise nange hi ghumte ho kya?" Aunty asked Deven and I tried to hold back my chuckle. Deven's mouth opened as he tried to speak something but he didn't.

[Do you roam around naked all the time?]

"Tu kya khada hai, darvaza khol aur chal andar, Aniketh." His mom told him to which he came out from his trance, glanced at me and Deven once then walked towards his door. Within a few seconds, the door was shut with a loud band making me flinch.

[Why are you standing here? Open the door and come inside.]

"Agar apka ho gaya ho mere aang ko nihar kar toh aap aandar aane wali ho ma'am?" Deven asked me and I nodded. I picked up one suitcase while he kept a hand on his waist and kept staring at me. I raised my eyebrows asking what was wrong.

[If you're done admiring me, Are you going to come inside madam?]

"Thode din rehne ki planning hai ya thode saal?" He asked, his eyes roaming all over my suitcases and luggage. I rolled my eyes while getting inside.

[You're going to stay here for a few days or months?]

"Thode janam," I replied sarcastically.

[For a few lifetimes.]

"Perfect." Within two days, he managed to get rid of those cartons and now his house looked better than before. Even most of the furniture was arranged in the perfect place. I went and sat on the couch while he dragged all my other bags inside.

I couldn't help but notice his body again. Why was he still shirtless?

After he was done with keeping my suitcases aside and closing the door. He came and sat beside me laying his head on the neckrest.

"Main kya bolta hu," I laid back my head on the neckrest as well closing my eyes.

[What I'm saying,]

"Mat bolo."

[Don't say.]

"Aap kon hoti hai mujhe rokne wali?" He questioned.

[Who are you to stop me?]

"Aapki wifey." I passed him a tight-lipped smile while replying. It's the right time to use his flirts against him.

[Your wifey.]

"Chalo man hi liya aapne toh shaadi ka muhurat kabka nikalu?"

[Now that you've accepted it, when should we get married?]

"Pandit ho?" He gave me a look and my lips broke into a chuckle. I turned sideways to face him as he did that. "Kapde pehen ke aao pehle."

[Are you a priest?/ Go wear some clothes first.]

"Nahi."

[No.]

"Jao na chup chap."

[Go, quietly.]

"Mera Ghar, Meri marzi."  He shrugged and I picked up the nearby cushion in my hand and hit him with that. "Also, I like to roam like this whenever I'm at my house. If you have any problem then you must figure out a solution."

[My house, my wish.]

"That is wrong. I'll also roam topless-" I halted in my tracks when I realised what I was going to say. I've officially lost my senses.

First of all, he's very good at dirty jokes. It was his speciality to make everything dirty, even the simplest thing. Now it's been two years since I last saw him so maybe that might have changed, or he's just not showing it in front of me.

There were so many times when he wouldn't hesitate to speak things. It's like he has no filter in his mouth.

Deven looked at me from the corner of his eyes and a sly smile on his face.

"Pretend that I never said that."

"Noted. But I wouldn't mind if-" I hit him again with the cushion before he could complete the sentence. He snatched away the cushion from me and was about to hit me, I raised my hands to protect my face and closed my eyes in fear but the hit never happened.

Right when I opened my eyes to check what was going on, I was smacked by the cushion. "Hahahaha."

"Evil man," I muttered and tried to snatch the cushion back from him. He just raised his hand in the air making it hard for me to get to it. But I was a competitive person as well, I stood up on my feet. Right at the moment when I succeeded in snatching back my cushion, he decided to stand and raise his hand in the air. And I failed.

How would a 5 feet three inches short girl succeed in getting back a cushion from a guy who looks six feet tall?

I decided to climb on the couch and then take it from him. But this over-smart man decided to take a step behind which made my over-enthusiastic self take a step...in the air.

Why do I have to be so fucking clumsy?

I'm falling right on my face, breaking the two front teeth and then I'll look like a—

A firm grip around my waist from my back and another hand under my bust saved my trip to the hospital and my teeth. I opened my eyes which got closed because of the fear and all I could see was his blue eyes along with the few strands of wet hair falling on them. Our noses were an inch away from touching each other.

He has pretty blue eyes. They are the type you'd want to get lost in.

He kept staring at my command brown eyes with an emotion I couldn't get a label of.

"Put me down, Deven," I said and he got out of his trance. Within a second I was standing on the ground, awkwardly.

"You are so clumsy." He commented without looking at me. His one hand scratched the back of his neck and he gulped.

"I'll go wear something. I'm feeling cold now." He rushed out of my sight and I stood there fumbling. What was that? It was so weird.

I shrugged it off and sat back on the couch. This is going to be my house for I don't know how long. I already miss Neava. I looked at my phone screen knowing that there would be a text from her.

How's Mr Hottie Hottie?

I choose to ignore her for now. I was scared of anyone from my family gets to know about this. And what should we do to make Aniketh trust us from the gut and leave Canada.

I hate myself for breaking that poor guy's heart but at a point he should understand that becoming a stalker or creating an emotional drama wouldn't help him. Find another girl, nicer, better than me and move on.

Ten minutes later Deven came out wearing a full sleeve warm looking white t-shirt. Exactly what I thought, how come he's living shirtless in Canada? It's cold here most of the time and by cold I mean, very fucking cold.

Winters in Canada were the hardest because I can not handle cold, so my first winter here was practically worst. I used to wear 5-6 warm clothes and walk around like a gummy but that was also of no use. I even got sick here, like extremely sick. They took me to hospital and something while I was wishing that I don't freeze to death.

"I can't believe you're actually staying here. I mean it's been a week since we first bumped into Canada and boom, you're at my apartment, asking for shelter." I narrowed my eyes at the last line.

"It's a matter of few weeks. You should be grateful that you got such a nice company. Living alone would suck." I replied and followed him to the kitchen after seeing him leave. He opened the door of refrigerator for no reason, looked around and closed it.

"I have become habitual now." His reply made me a little sad. Abhinav Bhai had told us that his parents died in an accident when he was young. Since then, he's living with his mother's sister. Although they are very nice and raised him like their own son, he must miss his parents a lot.

"You'll not be alone now. I'm here to handle your drama." He smiled softly at my statement and handed me a plate.

"I made a sandwich for you." I galdly accepted the plate and sat on the kitchen counter. I decided to have a good look at his kitchen.

"That's sweet. Thank you." I replied.

"It was leftover." He added, laughing and I scowled.

"I take my thankyou back. And that was not sweet at all." I spoke while chewing my food and that made me cough. He immediately passed me a glass of water and as soon as it touched my tounge, I made a face.

How am I going to survive with water like this?

"Why is your water so goddamn bad?" I whined.

"My water?" He raised his one eyebrow and looked at me.

I can't with him. I just can't.

"Purifier's water." I corrected and jumped after finishing my sandwich. "You are preparing the dinner?"

He nodded. "You know how to cook?"

"Ofcourse. That was such a dumb question."

"My bad. Do you need help?" I asked. It was my duty to ask him that as a good roommate. I'm willing to divide all the work and-

I hope he says no.

"Nope. I'll manage today as it's your first day." A grin appeared on my face automatically.

"I'll take a look at my temporary house." I jumped from the counter and went directly to his room. It was huge with a bathroom in it as well, a small balcony where a thing was hanging with some food inside. I assumed that it was for the birds.

His room looked clean and organised till now. Wait till I mess it up. There were two wardrobes, an huge mirror where I'll take all my mirror selfies, at a corner there was a small table and some stuff was lying there, a single bed was placed in the middle of the room.

Wait a minute.

"Oh my god." I screamed loudly when the wave of realisation hit me. I licked my dry lips and gulped.

"What happened? Why did you scream?" Deven asked me with a tense expression.

"There's only one bed."

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And now the fun begins 🤭

(I've no idea what I've written in this chapter but bear with me😓)