Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 78. My Princess

"Achoo!"

What the hell, man? I have been sneezing for a whole minute; if I continue like this, I will infect the whole city.

"Di, why did you come? You need a rest," Zoya scolded and handed me another tissue.

"I am all fine, Zoya. As it is I was missing you- Achoo!"

Zoya rolled her eyes and giggled when I sneezed three times in a row receiving annoyed stares of passer-bys.

"Let's get home quickly, and I will prepare a nice, hot ginger tea for you," she offered.

"Thank you."

I had come to meet Zoya as I was getting bored at home and got tired of doing the project. I had six more days to complete it, so I wasn't worried. Also, Ved was helping me whenever he got time in between his basketball matches and training.

As for the other two group members, I wasn't much concerned. The more they stayed away from me, the better. I had Ved to help me out-he was enough. And it was on his demand that I took a day off because I was attacking everyone with my viral sneezing bazooka all day.

For a minute, I thought that he was worried about me, but when he told me that I was a walking disease carrier, I kicked him in the shin. It was because I went to his house on Sunday that I got soaked in rain and became sick. And he was making fun of a patient-asshole.

But a very good thing happened when I was fighting with him. Priyaank himself came and asked me about my health. Ved told him to not bother, but I stomped on his foot to shut him up and gladly accepted the cold's medicine from Priyaank.

Unfortunately, Ved snatched it before I put that medicine in my treasure box, saying that I shouldn't consume drugs without a doctor's prescription-he wouldn't come to my funeral if I died so unceremoniously.

I will take him with me if I died. How can I let him live and enjoy his life?

"We have reached~ Come out of your dreamland, Sandhya Di," Zoya interrupted my thoughts.

"I was not dreaming," I argued, and we entered her house.

As soon I was inside, I ran towards the small coil heater placed near the table. Zoya's mom covered me with a thick blanket and scolded me for roaming outside in such a cold weather, that too in a bad state.

I waved her off with a toothy grin while Zoya went to make tea for us. After a few minutes, Faiyaz also arrived and like always, he was tired. His mother took his laptop bag and helmet.

"Are you playing the role of Rudolph this year?" he teased me as he took off his shoes.

"Haha, very funny. You are also lame like Par-Achoo!"

Faiyaz pursed his lips and then it was his turn to reprimand me. In a day, I got five scoldings-no, eleven. Six of them were from Natural Heater only.

What was his issue? Wasn't he satisfied with lecturing me for fooling around that now he started scolding about my health too? Shouldn't he be happy that I was down with a cold and wouldn't be able to banter with him?

"Your tea," Zoya said.

She moved the cup in front of me like a UFO and quirked an eyebrow in question. She gave me my tea and informed that I was zoning out.

"I wasn't," I retorted.

"Who were you thinking about?" Zoya enquired.

"Natural Heater."

"Who?" Zoya narrowed her eyes.

"I mean, Ved... Wait, no, not him. Why would I think about him? I was thinking about my crush, yeah right. Priyaank, yup, he is my crush, but did I just say Ved? Oh, no! I just called him Natural Heater... You guys heard nothing, you hear me? What the hell am I saying? You guys don't even know-"