Chapter 27 - Keeping Company (1/2)

I was startled by the sudden intrusion of Stella. My mind was filled with so many things and emotions. I went to her room and waited for her to call me inside. After few minutes she opened the door wearing a baggy t-shirt and pajamas. She walked me through her room and stopped at the bathroom entrance.

” There's the thing! Please get it out from my bathroom.” She was literally begging me and I can feel how desperate she was.

Girls and their hate for ċȯċkroaches, a never ending story.

I went inside and locked the bathroom door since I don't want it to flew away from here and enter her room. That would be even more frightening.

As my eyes went to the ċȯċkroach I grabbed the spray bottle and aimed at it. Without any damage I was able to kill that thing. My job was not done yet.

The dead ċȯċkroach laid on the floor and I had to move it. Well I'm not gonna hold it with my hands so I opened the door, poking my head ” Do you have something to pick it up?” I asked Stella.

” It's dead?” She asked me with a tensed face.

” Yup.” She quickly looked around her room and found some chopsticks laying on her table. She grabbed them and stretched out her hand ” Here, will this work?”

I grabbed those pair of chopsticks with a rather confusing look ” Uh let's see”

Although I'm not a pro using chopsticks I went there and picked it up like I would pick a piece of roasted pork. I tried to balance it and carefully carried it to the toilet. Finally I flushed it down and threw those chopsticks on the dustbin.

Woah! That was a tiring job.

When I got out from the door, Stella looked at me as if I was her knight in shining armour.

” Thank you, Thank you, Thank you sooooooo much!” Her face looked so happy and relieved that time.

” It's fine. I'll be going then.” I came back to my room. Sitting on the edge of my bed, I started to unbuttoning the suit. I went to the bathroom and stood in front of the shower. As the cold water hit my nȧkėd body my cells became calm.

I looked around my bathroom and an abrupt thought flashed on my head. Few minutes ago, Stella was here, taking a bath. I was seeing a blurry vision of Stella's nȧkėd body, pale and beautiful, socked with water. It was hazy but still good enough to admire her beauty.

I shook my head and came to recognise that it was all my foul imagination. I got out from there quickly compared to other days. I wiped my wet body and put on my clothes

After few minutes there was a knock on my door. ” Come in.” I said while I was blow drying my hair. The door flew open and Stella came inside

”Did I disturbed you ?”

” No I just got out from shower” She came and sat beside me on the edge of bed. There was still a gap between us.

” So, what happened? I thought you were gonna stay outside.” What she meant that I was supposed to be with Regina at this moment. I looked at her eyes, they seemed worried.

” Actually Regina had to go back to her office, something came along.” I lied to her. I didn't wanted to tell her what happened after all she gave me those advices.

I did followed them but you can't fix a broken mirror. If it's broken it's gone forever. I was upset but I don't want her to feel sorry for me. I changed my expression to look less gloomy.

” Oh! that sucks, I'm going downstairs for dinner you wanna eat?” She asked me and probably she was hoping for a positive reply. I wasn't feeling hungry but in the mean time I really don't want to turn down her kind offer.

” Okay let's go.”