Anu And Her First Love

ARJUN SMITH

Anu gave me an apologetic and confused look. I know she was also confused as I was. I thought that my parents had returned. She already went to open the door as I twisted on the table to get a clear vision of the door.

She opened the door with both her hands as the morning sun rays kissed her skin. She smiled when she saw the person in front of her. That must be my mom then, who else would that be? She was still holding the door with both hands. She didn't move at all, so I stood from the chair and started walking towards her and paused when I saw the shadow on her face getting closer to her as she grinning at the shadow.

Then with the blink of an eye, I saw a guy come from the doorway and hugged her tight and took her in his arms to the air, and swung her as she giggled and holding his shoulder for balance. I was watching them with my eyes widened and didn't have any words to say or to stop them. First of all who was he? And what the hell he was doing here? Why didn't she say anything while he scooped her in his arms? Why did he show up now from nowhere? I was angry than I should have to be.

When that guy finished his swinging her like she was on a roller coaster, he made her feet touch the ground. Then he kissed her cheeks and I was holding my fist together in anger without consciousness. Anu saw my hand and frozen in her place like a kid who gets caught while stealing a candy jar. I was expecting her to elaborate on what'd just happened.

"Um-hrm," she cleared her throat and wiped her sweats from her forehead which was flooding down due to her tension.

"Say" I ordered her with angry eyes.

She stared at the floor for a second before answering.

"He's my cousin, my uncle's son." She said tilting her head up to meet my gaze as if she wanted me to believe her which I believed her, even If she doesn't tell me in the first place.

I just stared at her eyes as she did the same.

Suddenly a brisk voice interrupted us and we broke our eye contact. "Hai! I didn't see you there. By the way, I'm Arjun, and not just her cousin, maternal cousin." He said, grinning and holding out his hands. What a weird situation?

He was her maternal cousin like if I didn't agree to marry her he'll be the one to marry her. I can see his little sadness at the end of his eyes. But I

said my name he started laughing and turned his head to Anu who was standing there

him. "Arjun, Arjun" She introduced him to

but with a different character. He looks like a gym freak. I was also a gym freak but not like him. I was thinking he must be a bodybuilder because his arms and muscles are broad and the veins are visible on his arms. He has dark hair and fair skin. He was always grinning

the other Arjun, her cousin, trying to change the subject. He put his

come and join with us." She

sure," he said, still

teeth together and held my fists together as if he was now alone in this room I'd murdered him by now for what he was doing now. Even I didn't hold

he came here in

the dining table. Calling both of us with the same name, "Arjun" may bring confusion into the family

a

will let you call me with that too." He said as he turned his head to Anu like he was asking

She smiled a

he was grinning at her and she was shying at him. What the hell was going

same as mine but the chutneys were looks like different than mine. My white chutney

a piece of the idli (Indian rice cake) and fully dipped it into the white

took that piece in my mouth and started chewing, my eyes turned red, and tears started to drop from my eyes and my tongue was burning in heat and hot, some kind of collaboration going on there. I looked at Krishna as if he was seeing me, my tear in my eyes but he was only concentrated on his plate. I took that as the chance to wipe it off and took

like she didn't see me crying from the hotness of her food. When I first ate in her cooking she put normal salt and chili but this time she was taking revenge, I assume. She was eating like usual chewing and swallowing. Krishna seems like he

waiting to see me, sorry but I won't let that happen. I took another piece from that rice cake and dipped it into the same white chutney and put it in my

lump in her throat and watching me with that innocent look as