Third person point of view
The next morning, Dev woke up and the first thing he saw was Aravind's face. The smile automatically reached his lips in full bloom. The two of them were not people who tossed around, so they were still in the same position from when they slept. His arm did go numb but it was definitely worth it, if he could get to see his face like this every morning.
He moved forward, giving a peck on Aravind's forehead. He stayed like that for a few minutes but now he wanted to get up to go to the bathroom. He slowly tried to pull his hand. Aravind squirmed a little and turned around to sleep. Dev took the opportunity and pulled his hand free. He let out a silent scream.
He massaged it a little to make the blood flow again. He closed his mouth to not let out any sound. He got up and went to the bathroom. He finished his business and packed up his things. He walked out and saw Aravind's mother. " You won't stay for breakfast ? " Dev shook his head. " I didn't really bring any of my things. So I will go and wash up at home ". She nodded.
Dev smiled and walked a few steps. " Aunty ". She looked up at him. " Let him sleep for a while more. It is still early ". She chuckled and nodded. " Fine ". Dev felt a little embarrassed and walked out. He went to his house and he spoke to his parents about his previous day. He then went to his room to fresh up.
Aravind woke up after a while and turned to the other side. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed he was alone in bed. He sat up groggily. He still felt a bit heavy. He got out of bed and walked out. He saw his mother and father sitting on the sofa. They both noticed him at the same time.
" How are you feeling ? " His mother asked and Aravind nodded, still sleepy. " Go wash up. Want to have breakfast ? " Aravind thought about it. He turned to the clock. It said 10:32. He shook his head. " Alright. I will heat up the milk ". Aravind gave a nod and walked into his room again. He went to the bathroom and finished everything.
He felt a lot better. He put on some sweat pants and t-shirt which he found in first try. He took his phone and walked out. His mother gave him a glass of milk. He sat down at the table and put the glass down. He didn't like drinking it too hot.
So he let it cool down a bit. He scrolled through social media and the video of them singing was blowing up a little too much. He sighed not knowing what to do about it. He wondered if he will be fine after going to college. He texted Dev.
Aravind : The video is blowing up.
Dev was having some bread and his phone lit up. He saw it was a text from Aravind and immediately picked it up.
Dev : Who asked you to get on stage like that just because you wanted to confess ? 😏
Aravind : 😶🧍🏻♂️
Dev laughed.
Aravind : Should I take it back then ?
Dev's smile froze.
Dev : It was a non refundable policy. 😊
Aravind chuckled. He picked up the milk and took a sip.
Aravind : What do I do then ?
Dev : ..... wear a mask ?
Aravind did think of that too.
Aravind : Is there no other way to resolve it ?
Dev thought about it. He could understand Aravind's concern. He thought about it and texted Akshay. Akshay responded quickly and Akshay told he would do what Dev asked him.
Dev : It will be solved.
Aravind : Really ?
Dev : Yeah, go check it.
Aravind went to twitter again. He saw a written post. " We are very happy to see the positive response for the surprise event. If possible we will make them collab in the future again. Thank you for all the love, but we want to keep it lowkey, so the help would be appreciated ".
Aravind's eyebrows shot up. He was fine with all the other parts and people did seem to have a positive response to the request, but he never said he was going to sing again. He opened his chat with Dev.
Aravind : When did I say I will sing again ?
Dev : I didn't tell him that. But it is fine, isn't it ? Also you dug your own grave darling.
Aravind had no answer to that. He sighed and decided to go along with it.
Aravind : 🙂
Dev : It is fine. He might not make you go to every event, just one or two more.
Aravind : It is still a lot.
He picked up the glass and finished it in one go.
Dev : 🙄😒
Aravind : 🤷🏻♂️
Dev : Quote for the day – you reap what you sow.
Aravind : Get lost. You don't even want to help.
Dev : That is because I don't mind giving a few performances with my boyfriend.
Aravind pursed his lips looking at the text. It made his heart flutter. He pressed his lips tighter to not smile like an idiot.
Aravind : 🙄
Dev : Leave it. We can deal with that at college. How about you go on a date with me today ?
Aravind's eyes went wide. He got up and went to his room. He sat down on the bed and looked at the text. He did remember Dev asking him about it the previous night and he agreed without even comprehending what Dev asked after the kiss. He would probably not admit but he was dazed then.
Aravind : Can you slow down a bit ? How did your way of talking change this fast ?
Dev : Fine. Let's slow down. But a date is still a date.
Aravind ducked his head. " Is he doing it on purpose ? " He scolded Dev in his heart and continued to type again.
Aravind : Fine. Let's go.
Dev : Yay ! How about around 3 ?
Aravind : Okay. Where ?
Dev : Where do you want to go ?
Aravind thought about it. He wasn't the type to go out much, but now that he has to he didn't know many places.
Aravind : Up to you. I don't know where to go.
Dev : How about the beach ?
Dev : No wait.
Dev : Let's go to some café or something and based on the weather, we can decide. If we don't find anything to do, let's just go to a movie.
Aravind : Okay.
Dev : Don't forget.
Aravind : 😑
Dev : hihi
Aravind put his phone away and shook his head. He fell back and let out a sigh.
-MG