Sleepless shenanigans
They landed a little after 2, Trisha didnt fly much, in the last year,
she flew down from hyderabad to meet with him the first time, she flew with him to Mangalore after she secretly tied the knot.
and now with him and his sister...
The whole ride Leela had listened to music on her phone, dozed and ate gum
Trisha had partially read two articles hoping to get caught up for the chemist interview at BU
If they invited her to interview, i.e.,
Ashvin did his favorite thing to do on weekends... he took a nap
He woke midway sat up grunted, reached for her hand
Leela sat in the aisle in the same row next section
"I get claustrophobic" "And when we were little he would always sit in the aisle and never let me out when I had to go to the bathroom, he is evil Tri, so good luck with umm... your clothes"
Trisha laughed heartily
His sister made her crack up every time she opened her mouth
She was protective of him unknowingly but every time she spoke about him to Trisha she was cynical and or mean
He reached for her hand... boldly
"How will I hold my journal, the clip is loose" she complained shyly
"I can hold the journal with one hand and ur hand with my other"
"What if u have to scratch your eyes or jaw or nose?"
He bend down and rubbed his face on her shoulder and lingered
"There!" "thats how" he told her
"Neck?" she whispered
He leaned and rubbed his neck on her shoulder
"Stomach?" she darted a glance
"Hmmm" he thought and then took her hand and scratched with it
She grinned
"Do u wantt o go lower?" he whispered
"Ashwinnn" she scolded
"Take a nap" he urged
"I can hold ur glasses" he offered
He used her hand and took them off and put them on her tray table.
they both stared at the seat in front pensively
"He probably still hates me" Ashvin said using her hand deftly to ruffle his hair nervously
She shifted uncomfortably
"I dont know" she responded honestly
"I dont think Dadu gives me much credit... any in fact... he probably gives us 6 months max" he said softly
Her heart sank she nodded trying to be brave
"I wish I had met you under different circumstances
"As tourist?" she smiled weakly
"Oh we know how THAT went 10 years ago" he said ashamed
"there was no way we could have met Ashwin"
He leaned back squeezing the hand he held, placing it on his chest
Turned sidewasy, his sis snoozed excatly in his pose
He gently pulled out a ear bud, and then plugged it back in... and pried her phone free and changed the selection to death metal and placed it on her lap, increasing the volume as he did
ALL with one hand
"Ashwinnn" Trisha hissed
"shush" he warned
The second the blast of sound hit her ear she sat up in a jolt
He on the other hand turned to his wife and held waves of amusement down
"U are the most horrible brother" she punched his back
His eyes were teary as he held back laughter
"Sorry?"
"Oh pleez... I am posting po*n on your insta page"
"tagging me u mean?"
"I hate you so much, if there was a hatch, I wud release it and set u free" she said gruffly, still angry and sleepy
"He is not nice" Trisha nodded
"And YOU have to live with him" Leela shrugged coolly
"If I were u I wud lock the bathroom door, sleep in my own room and feed the food to the cat first" Leela said ominously
He pulled Trisha's arm, her shoulder on his now...
"And may be never try to sleep" he whispered in her ear continuing his sister's warnings
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