Nikolai

6

Kiara POV

I woke up late as I don't have any classes. I go through the messages and check my i********:.

A smile grows on my face as I like Ishaan's post. I leave a comment saying he looks handsome.

Recently his account got verified, followers have increased. I also saw a few fan accounts on his name.

A few of his fans leave comments on my posts about him. They even leave messages in my inbox asking if he could reply to their messages.

My account is public as I don't post much about myself. All my posts are of greenery, sight scenes and food.

"Let's take a nice bath and shave the hair," I tell myself looking at the grown hair on my legs and arms.

Humming to a song I leave my phone to charge. Xahria and Aubree have extra classes to attend regarding their assignments.

We three thought of going to the movies. But it got cancelled, Kreo is out to meet his friends from school.

Elwen has plans, Kenric went to his mom's office. Everyone has plans or work while I decided to stay home.

I take my time in the bathroom having a nice bath before I stepped out feeling clean, shaved and fresh.

"Ah... Feels good." I smile before getting dressed.

Leaving my wet locks open I go downstairs while humming to a new song that was released last night.

My gaze goes around, the house is empty as Elora aunty and Xavier uncle are at work.

Xaiden isn't here as he is staying with his team for national practice.

And Nico...

I don't know about him. I didn't wake up early in the morning so I didn't know if he is home or not.

I wander into the kitchen to make a cup of tea and something to eat. I'm not in a mood to eat heavy lunch.

I opened the cupboard, picked the tea utensil and placed it on the stove. I turned the stove and wandered over to fill the glass with water.

I was busy making the tea that I didn't see someone entering the kitchen.

I stopped what I was doing when I felt someone behind me. I was about to turn around when they placed their hands on my hip alarming me.

I quickly turned around, my nose hit their broad chest. I looked up to see Nico who has a goofy smile on his face. I pushed him with force making space.

Thankfully he is wearing shorts and a t-shirt. His slight dimples popping out while I glared at him.

"Why do you always sneak up on me?" I ask leaning against the counter island.

"It's fun to frighten you."

"But it's not fun to me, I may have hurt my hands or arms," I tell him in all seriousness.

"I wouldn't allow you to hurt yourself and I take all precautions while sneaking up on you."

I raise my brow, "seriously? I would've spilt the tea on my fingers or burned my fingers."

"Yes seriously... No, you wouldn't spill the tea because your tea is far from you and the stove is off."

I turn my head to see that the teacup filled with tea is on the tray beside the sandwiches that I have made.

I turned my head, my eyes widen when I felt him so close to me. He took three steps forward standing in my bubble.

"Wh... What?"

My gaze goes to his arm, his hand was about to touch my teacup, I slapped his hand away.

"Don't steal my tea, make yourself one," I hissed.

"Woah!" he said pulling his hand away. I must've slapped his hand forcefully.

"Now move and don't stand so close to me," I add pushing him back. My hands touch his torso, I can feel his muscles underneath his shirt.

He keeps his hands back, smiles down at me. I shake my head, I take the tray and wander over to the dining room.

I thought of eating at the breakfast table in the kitchen.

I sip my tea before eating the sandwich. Nico wandered towards the table holding a bowl.

he sat down in the seat opposite me. He brought cereal and milk, I felt bad, I have two sandwiches. So I gave one to him surprising both of us.

"You are giving your sandwich to me without me asking?" he asked.

"I'm full and I don't want to waste food."

"Thank you," he said. I nodded my head before he could say something his phone rang.

I watched as a smile grew on his face looking at the caller ID. He answered the call.

I looked away opening my w******p as I received messages from my school friends.

"Miss me already?" He asked. I don't want to listen to his conversion but I can't help it.

I can't hear what the other side is saying but the voice was masculine.

Nico hummed as he listened to the other side. "I'm going there, it's about 26 miles from home."

"Oh, Ryder is meeting Jefferson's today?" Nico asked.

"Haha... Aren't you going to the Alpha Kappa meeting?"

"Hmm, nice. Ryder and I have worked all night on the project. We were on a Skype call. He didn't allow me to sleep."

I heard the other side laugh out loudly and Nico chuckled.

"Yup, I call you later. Tell me if something happens," Nico said before ending the call.

My gaze goes to him as he finished the cereal while talking and now pulled the sandwich.

"Didn't make any Friday plans?" He asked. I stopped texting and looked at him.

"Sleep, eat and watch movies," I replied.

"I'm going out. If you want to come you can join me," he said.

"No thanks."

"Think about it, you will be all alone and you haven't visited the out skits," he said.

"You will have fun, we will be back in the evening," he added getting up from the seat with his empty bowl and plate.

I think about what he said, I haven't gone to other cities or towns outside New York. I never made plans of going out yet.

I don't have much to do staying home nor do I want to stay home all alone.

"Okay," I said making him smile.

"Good, let's wash our plates." I nod my head standing up with my cup and plate. I follow him into the kitchen.

We washed our used utensils, "see you in twenty minutes."

"Okay," I say before going to my room while he went to his.

I dressed in a pair of black shorts and a grey crop top.

I left my hair open, wore my sneakers. I waited for some time in my room before taking my phone and wallet. I walked out of the room.

My gaze went to Nico who is waiting in front of my room. He is typing on his phone. My eyes wander up and down checking him out. He looked good in his jeans and a black T-shirt.

"Let's go," I said grabbing his attention. He looked up checked me out, his eyes lingered on me for a longer time then he started walking.

I follow him behind, we walk into the garage. He unlocked the car, I opened the passenger seat and got inside.

I buckled my seatbelt he did the same. He started driving while he leaned back in my seat comfortable with my phone on my lap.

I looked at Ishaan's new post on i********:. I liked it and went through his feed to see if I can find anything interesting to tease him.

"So Kiara... You are born and brought up in Hyderabad?" Nico asked after a brief silence.

"Yes, my grandparents are from Hyderabad but my native is Vizag," I tell him.

Nico and I rarely spoke, we only saw each other at the time of lunch or dinners. Whenever he saw me he only teased or sneaked up but we never had a proper conversation.

"Vizag, that's a beautiful city with beaches," he said. I turn a bit in my seat to see him.

"You have been to Vizag?"

"We all went to Vizag for vacations, Sitara pinni (aunty) loves Vizag and beaches," he said with a smile on his face.

"Sitara pinni (aunty)?"

"Oh, my mum's younger sister. We all love her so much," he said turning his head to look at me.

"Do you have any siblings?" Nico asked.

"One younger brother Ishaan, he is a sportsman."

"Good, which sport does he plays?"

"Cricket, he is playing in Indian Premier League, from next year he will be a part of the world cup," I said a bit proudly for my brother.

"Wow, you must be a proud sister then?"

"Yes." A smile grows on my face thinking about Ishaan.

"Do you play any sport?" He questioned.

"Not really, I'm not interested in any sport. But I play cricket because of my dad and brother. I'm a kathak dancer," I said glancing at him.

His face turned to me, he is pleased by my answer I guess because his eyes shone.

"That's interesting, Kathak dance form is beautiful." I nod my head.

"Xahria and Aubree they both are Kuchipudi dancers," he added.

"Really? I don't know about that," I said. I only know that Xahria is a dancer and she is planning to open her dance studio.

"Do you play any sport?" I ask him.

"I play cricket because my mom is a huge fan of cricket. Football because of my dad. Volleyball because Sitara pinni taught us."

"That's amazing," I say in truth. He smiled nodding his head.

"But I don't find time to play sports in my free time. Even the free time is filled with documents and e-mails," he said halting the car as the signal turned red.

"Ohh, what business you are wielding now?" I asked him.

"At present, I'm working on my own textile business. It's been two years that I started, dad helped me in few contracts," he said.

"Textile business? Like what you do?" I asked.

"We hire people from different parts of the world. Handloom clothes, shirts, saree's, tops and different types of clothes. We import and export clothes throughout the world. At present I have twenty-four industries in twenty-four countries," he said with a proud smile.

"Wow! That's great! In two years you have opened in twenty-four countries," I said surely impressed.

"I worked on it from my degree. Then once I'm done with my bachelor's degree I opened the industry with dad and mum's help. Dad is my investor, mum is a shareholder. Without them I don't think I would've done my dream project," he said.

This is the first time that we have talked like normal people.

"What you wanna do after your masters?" he asked me.

"I will be helping my dad, I want to start my jewellery business like recreate the old style of jewellery," I said.

"Did you discuss this with your dad?" he asked me.

"Yeah, he is very happy with it because he is already doing diamond business," I said.

"How many languages you can speak?" he asked.

"Telugu, Hindi, English and French," I said.

"Good," he said.

"How many languages you can speak?"

"Those four languages you speak and also Spanish," he said.

The drive to the destination was pleasant, Nico and I have spoken a lot. We took small breaks and bought snacks to eat in the middle.

We reached a house, the house looked homely from outside. They have a healthy garden.

"Just a minute," Nico said as he pulled heavy bags from the back seat.

"Can I help you?" I ask him.

"No... No... It's fine." I closed the door and locked the car.

I followed Nico to the door, "can you ring the doorbell?" he asked.

"Sure." I rang the doorbell as Nico has heavy gifts in his hands.

We waited for someone to open. I saw how excited Nico is to meet the other person from the home.

The door was opened by an old lady, when she saw Nico she immediately smiled in surprise and tried to hug but because of gifts in his hands, she couldn't.

"Nico! Darling, how are you?"