Her Flawed Love

Chapter 5

Arni's POV

My phone is constantly yelling and I pick that up.

"Hello?" I whisper.

"Someone had a pleasant sleep huh?" Riya's voice boomed.

I smile to myself.

"Can you make some french toast for me? I'll be up in 5 mins." I say as another yawn makes its way.

"Huh? You are dreaming aren't you?" She laughs.

What's so funny - oh! Oh oh oh oh oh!! Now I remember! My eyes finally open wide on their own accord and I take in my surroundings.

I am sure enough still in Nishil's room and yes, on his freaking bed! How did I fall asleep? I have no idea!!

Another self instinct kicked in and I checked under the sheets. I am not naked. Thank Heavens!!

"Is everything ok? You're making me worried" Riya says and that's when I note she is still on call.

"Haha yeah! I'm good. I'm good. I'll reach there within few moments, ok?" I say and hang up without even hearing her side.

The thing is.. she knows me too much. Like.. way too much that I can't hide anything. My voice gives it all to her!

"I like my bed warm. So I would appreciate if you get back in here again" Nishil's voice startle me.

What the -

I turn to my right and Nishil is beside me, his hair messy, his eyes open enough to see my reaction and his facial expression looks like he is enjoying what he is watching!

"Rude!" I mutter

"Good Morning to you too!" He greets with a smile.

He then sits up and he is in the same clothes from previous night. So nothing really happened. Yay! I am super glad because yes again, I HAVE HEARD STORIES!!!

"We need to make a quick move. Riya is alone and she needs a break" I say as I stand up to use the bathroom.

"Uhm" he mumbles.

I don't turn back but I walk forward to the bathroom and holy s**t! It's actually the size of my bedroom!! This man is living a dream of many huh!

By the time I walk out, he is already dressed that leaves me puzzled. Probably my face gave off confusion.. he laughs at me.

"It's my home! And I know the way to spare bathrooms" he says buttoning the shirt at his wrists.

He is now fully dressed in orange shirt that weirdly suits him well. Paired it up with black pants. How does every colour go well when it comes to him? He is dark skinned but ... That's alright! Some people have the ability to pull off anything and any colour so I regard Nishil into that category!

"Shall we make a move?" He asks.

I nod and follow him again. But this time, I am not amused. My mind has gotten used to the fact that Nishil's life has every luxurious thing human has ever invented.

We hop into his car. BMW this time. Wow. Now I also wonder how many cars he actually own.

"Sorry I couldn't offer you breakfast. We're already running out of time." He whispers.

"That's ok. I'll have breakfast with Riya and catch up." I answer with evident excitement.

"Catch up?" He asks with his eyes still on road.

"Uhuh! She actually decided to accept Dhruv's proposal. We talked it during our break. So I guess their first date is meant to be at hospital" I smile.

He giggles at my last sentence.

He actually giggled and I smile at that. With this, I have seen him smile and heard him laugh as well as giggle. Wow never knew I was cute and funny.

"You both talk to each other about those things too?" He asks after a few moments of silence.

"What does those things in your context mean?" I throw him another question.

Now, he has all my attention. I know this can come off quite tricky but at the same time I just want to know what he is aiming at. What he actually wants to know and where this leads to.

"C'mon! You know" he rolls his eyes and glances at me for a second.

Like literally for a second.

"I know two or three kinds of those things but not sure what you were asking for" I shrug.

He laughs again. And this time he doesn't answer anything. He falls into a deep thought. Five minutes or so pass and then he finally looks at me. And offer me a smile. I return his smile as well.

His eyes fall back on to the road and that is when I knew, he doesn't want to talk about it anymore. That's fine. Not every question needs to be answered.

I then notice that we are already so close to the hospital. Within moments, Nishil parks the Car in VIP section and we both start walking. Well, more like he walks and I run trying to reach his pace.

We reach the VIP ward where Dhruv is taking his treatment. He looks a lot better and still sleeping. Riya just sat on a couch that is at a safe distance from Dhruv's bed. Looking at the blankets I figured she might have slept on the couch itself.

"Thank you so much. I'll take it from here. You need some rest too" Nishil says.

And oh boy his sounds different. I look at him and his whole demeanor changed! He isn't smiling anymore. He isn't laughing anymore. It is clearly evident he just put on an artificial face.

But why? That's his best friend on bed and the girl he loves next to him. He can be himself with us.

"Will be back by evening again Mr. Nishil. Thanks for the help. With everything. Dhruv was talking about how this is all because of you" Riya says gesturing to the VIP ward.

Nishil's reply is just a stiff nod.

Riya looks at Dhruv once more and takes her hand bag. She nods at Nishil once more and I take that hint as we're leaving.

I look at him hoping he would look at me just so I can wish him a bye. But he doesn't look at me. Not even a moment of glance.

He stands there like a rock. With his artificial face. A face without smile. His intimidating aura taking its place again.

This Nishil is someone I don't know. This Nishil isn't the one who I spent time with. Both are different.

"Arni!!" Riya calls and I walk out.

I take in her appearance finally and mess is just a word. The bags under her eyes screams that she didn't sleep properly.

"You tired?" I ask her.

"Beyond" she whispers.

I quickly book a cab and the cab arrived by the time we walk out of this huge af hospital. We both sit in and I am lost in deep thought.

Nishil is a puzzle to me in many ways. The way he is with me gave me some hope that may be we could be friends. Or maybe he was just in a good mood.

But it wasn't like he was in a good mood. The way he joked around. The way he laughed. The way he giggled. The way he boasted about his coffee skills.

I chose not to think of him or yesterday's night anymore.

"So you and Dhruv are now dating huh?" I ask her.

She laughs in an instant.

"Oh I wish! But he hasn't asked me out. That's ok considering this isn't the right time" she shrugs.

I roll my eyes!

"But you can just tell him that you want to date him" I whisper.

She just zones out. She doesn't talk anything for few moments. I stay silent as well. Maybe she is thinking about it. Thinking about ways of hinting him that she likes him.

We reach our flats an hour later and it finally feels home. I walk towards the refrigerator to quench my thirst. I gulp down water and I don't know why.. but the water you drink from your own bottle hit different if you can relate!

I go through the refrigerator again trying to figure out what breakfast can be made with available veggies, groceries whatever.

But damn we need to stop by the grocery store very soon because nothing in here is edible right now. We haven't done grocery shopping because we just came back from a trip. That explains a lot.

I quickly jog to my room, change into more comfortable clothes. Brush my teeth and rush down. Riya is still in shower. Nice! That means I got time to prepare her some breakfast.

I find Maggi instant noodles and do a happy dance. In India , Maggi is not just an instant food. It's an emotion!! Maggi is a feeling you can't describe!!!

I boil my water and I like to add my spice mix before I add the block of instant noodles. Once the water comes to boil I throw in the noodles. I dance around the kitchen as I wait for it to get cooked.

By the time I serve the noodles in the bowls, Riya walks in and she looks tiny bit better. Her face lights up as soon as her eyes finds Maggi bowls.

"Eeeeekkkkkkk" we both squeal and laugh.

"You haven't had your breakfast too?" She asks me when she sees two bowls on the counter.

"Na uh! We had to run because we were late. The travelling took a while" I roll my eyes and we both walk to living room to sit on couch.

"What do you mean a while? His house is close to the hospital" Riya mutters.

My brain takes the cue to freeze itself!