I've never been this angry in my nineteen years of life. More than resentment, I'm disappointed in Thikki. Her words are killing me.

I roll on my bed, my stomach quarreling me to go down and have food. And the fact that Thikki had prepared fried rice for me didn't allow my senses to calm down a bit.

Damn it, I want food! End of discussion.

Sneakily I descend the stairs and found a moderate size bowl settled on the dining table. Besides it, two empty plates were installed. Thikki didn't have food too?

That thought made me feel guilty. Is it because I denied having dinner that she also had decided to skip it? Still, her health condition is not good, just yesterday she suffered from fever and lack of consuming food is not really the best option she had elected.

Oh, Thikki...

I'm still furious with her but for the sake of her wellbeing, I saunter to her room and knock at the door. I could listen to the faint music coming from inside, I guess she hadn't slept yet.

Sighing, I return to the table and place myself on one of the chairs, as I allocate the fried rice on both of the plates.

Like I thought so, the door to Thikki's room unbolts and she set her foot out, as I gaze at her from the corner of my eyes. I could detect her pearly tooth as she smiles...

Whatever.

Neglecting her presence, I initiate to fill my mouth with the fried rice, savoring the delicious taste that lingers on my tongue before I gulp it down after gnawing. No one can beat Thikki's fried rice, but that doesn't mean she has been freed from the anger I possess toward her. I'm still incredibly fierce over her for chastising me with such bitter words.

Thikki hops next to me and instead of having meal, she keeps on staring at me, that, apparently, I could feel quite well. Despite that, I didn't stop munching on my food, nor did I throw a look at her.

"Vicky, can we talk?" She asks in between my time of relishing dinner. What is there to talk about? I'm not giving in, that soon.

I don't respond to her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean the things I uttered back then. I just wanted reassurance of whatever it is growing between us." like a surety?

I quietly let her words sink in my head. "I want to be with you, Vicky. But our age difference and the fact that I raised you always make chaos in my mind. I couldn't love you like I want to because of that. It is stressing me out whenever I think of our future. I'm scared of the aftereffect If we continue our relationship. I'm terrified of the reaction of my parents, our friends, our relatives, just everyone in general."

Her voice wavers as she mutters it. Now that I process what she's inferring, I can come to a closure that I have never paid attention to that aspect of our relationship nor had I ever reckoned about how we would progress our love...all this time, the only aim of mine was just to have Thikki's love. Hence, I have been ignorant about our future until now...

Yet I couldn't get serious about this! I want to have fun and have a normal love life like everyone around me. And the way Thikki is speaking oddly irritates me. However, I can understand her point of view, the absolute contrary of our thoughts. I guess it has something to do with our age after all. I mean, she persists in worrying about our life ahead, while I want to spend every passing second without straining about anything in this world.

There...Right there is our significant dissimilarity.

"Vicky, I can't stop these feelings from resurfacing. And I'm afraid of this. What If we can't be together in the impending time? What If my parents marry me off to another man and I can't do anything to cease that? What If after knowing about our togetherness, they decide to throw you and me out of the house?" This time, I face her. With the fear in her eyes and the pure apprehensive expression cloaked over her countenance, I felt myself getting tensed...only a little.

"Cool down." I pull her chair towards mine so that she is close to me. I'm still angry with her, okay? Don't get my actions related to my wrath. I just want to soothe her distress at the moment.

She expectantly stares at my face, but I plan on remaining silent. "You don't have anything more to say?" She inquires with a hint of suppressed surprise in her tone. "Not really... but If you want my genuine opinion on this matter, I would suggest you be calm. Let things happen on their own. We can face it together when it transpires." Thikki's anxiety reduces a bit at my advice. God, honestly it's so weird for me to talk like this. I'm not this very serious kind of guy. I don't wish to be either. It feels thoroughly new to me.

"Right..." She murmurs to herself.

"Okay...now leave all of that and have food." I line her plate in front of her, urging her to eat. Her eyes flickers between the food and me for a few seconds before her lips split up and an 'ah' sound escaped her mouth. Oh no, it's not a moan, it's an indication that she expects me to feed her.

I really crave to do that but I'm still mad at her.

I shake my head negatively at her action, straight up refuting her request. "Vicky...Vicky..." She messes with the neckline of my t-shirt. "I apologized already, why are you yet behaving like this?" She whines, prompting me to pass her a narrowed eye gaze.

"Cause you don't trust me. You doubted my affection." She leans close to my face. "I still have that doubt." With my left hand, I push her back by placing it on her face.

Thikki has gone crazy!

"Bold of you to say that again Thikki. Just stay away from me until you are sure of my love" she huffs. "No. It doesn't work like that Vicky! You have to prove me your love." How so?

"Huh?" I quirk my eyebrow.

"I don't know. It's your task..." She shrugs and I frown at her words. I'm not really very angry at her right now.

"What do you want me to do? Like, save you from some rowdies? Buy you puppies? Do all the works in the home and treat you like a queen?" She blinks her eyes as I finish.

"Idiot."

"Nonsense"

"Stupid"

She states word by word and I glare at her.

"This is very simple Vicky yet you can't figure it out,?" What is she intending to say?

She expects me to validate my love but doesn't want me to do anything that usually makes the girls fall in love!!

"Just...stay in love" she mutters slowly, with a pause. "Don't stop loving me, that's how I know your sincerity" I hiss at her very heartfelt words.

"Er...Thikki can I frankly say that it's getting embarrassing?" Her eyes round at my abrupt comment. "Like... hearing all these in movies is okay, but in real life, this feels too awkward and.... very funny..." I laugh at the end.

"You!!" Thikki hits on my arms and I couldn't stop cracking up at the aggrieved reaction on her face. "Is this the way to respond to a girl who is confessing her heart out!" She whines, making me chuckle and laugh out merrily.

Few minutes in, Thikki and I relax, and presently, I am feeding her the fried rice.

I guess this is the end to our absurd conflict in the morning. I could feel the lightheartedness of the situation as we both share innocent smiles at each other.

Let it be a more apparent start to our relationship. Hm...and as I said before, life is strange, we couldn't predict anything. Even the things we had well planned would mess up If fate decided to poke its nose in. Ah, why am I thinking like some old man now? I shook my head internally and focused on Thikki and her smile.

"I've been dying to do this. I want his whole bloodline dead from that day!" A man, his eyes crammed with revenge growls.

"A decade! I lost a decade of my life because of that foolish couple. Nothing related to them should remain in this world." Another man, his ally, similarly terrifying as him, touches his shoulder.

"He is nineteen now. I've been keeping an eye on him ever since your imprisonment. His soul is yours to take which is the reason why I have never indulged in harming him." An evil smile spreads on the thug's face.

"His bad time begins from now on" he grins, his face wrinkling, showing off his old age. Yet the dangerous expression on his face hides the fact.

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