Nithya was riding in a rollercoaster already.Her cheeks remained red.Still her lips are curved.

'He did that for me?yes he did for me.',she said and hide her face with her pillow and rolled on her bed.
'How sweet uh'she smiled so hard.
She took her pen near by her and thought for a while.

'He is the only one,who admires my imperfections perfectly',she wrote on her notebook.She again remembered that cutest gesture of him.The way he helds his ears and asked her for sorry.The way he laughed,his dimple made fly butterflies around her.

'Hey stop thisss,why are you thinking about him',she questioned her mind.
'Look at yourself in the mirror,you can find your answers for the question',her mind replied to her and she wake up from the bed.She looked herself on the mirror,her lips grinned from teeth to teeth.She tried to control her smile but she couldn't.

'I think you have find your answer', suddenly her reflection started talking to her.
'What answer?',she sighed.
'Look,You are glowing different today.That meanss...', Nithya inside the mirror smiled mischievously.
'That means?',she asked curiously.
'You have a crush on him',the reflection winked.

'What???No!Not at all',Nithya fastly shooked her head.
'Then why are you blushing this much hard?',the reflection raised it's eyebrows.
'No no, I'm not blushing.',she covered her face with her hands.
'You are Nithya!',the reflection said.
'No no, I'm just feeling happy for his gesture thats it.',she pretended.

'Oh really?Then why did you wrote like that?',the reflection asked.
'Enna?What did I wrote?',she said casually.
'He is the only one who admires my imperfections perfectly!',the reflection smiled.

'Hey,I just wrote it casually.Eppavum na en notebook la I'll write something what is in my mind.So adhu maari dhan innikum I just wrote it that's all.You don't overthink.',she said quickly.

'And when did he admire me?Na summma eludhuna nee romba pannadha',she sighed and looked away from the mirror.

'Hey anga paaru Ashok vandhutaaru!',the reflection said and Nithya suddenly turned her head back with a biggest smile on her face.After a few seconds she realised that he is not here she made a glare at her reflection.

'Heyy, thideernu pootiruka veetukulla epdi avaru varuvaaru.Nee enna kolappura poo',she said and moved from the mirror.

'Heyy You have a crush on him.May be in love...',she heard a voice from her reflection.

Nithya stopped at second.But she doesn't looked back.Her mind was in a confusion.But she doesn't want to put her mind in trouble or confusion.She just want to enjoy her moments.

She was eagerly waiting for him to comeback.He said that he'll teach cooking for her.She was eagerly waiting to learn cooking not only to learn cooking but learning from her favorite cook.She heard a doorbell sound and she rushed to the door.She opened the door fastly.

'Hiiii',she said with biggest smile on her face and he smiled back.
'Cooking sollithara poreengala Ashokey?',she asked him eagerly.
'Wait I'll take my shower and back to you.Then we'll cook',he gave a smile and left to the room.
She was happily smiling.
He took his shower and changed to his comfortable t-shirt and tracks.He saw her using her mobile and scrolling something.

'So Nithya,Are you ready?',he went infront of her and asked.
'Haannn',she said eagerly.
They entered the kitchen.

'First edhellam engenga irukunu naa sollidren, listen to me',he explained her everything clearly.She listened to him like a child listening story.
'Okay have you listened right.Then tell me now.Where is spices order in this shelf?',he asked.
She pointed it correctly.
'Paarah super',he clapped his hands and she chuckled.
'Bore adikudhu Ashok ey,cook panlam',she sighed.
'Serii what do you want for dinner now?',he asked
'Hmmmm... chappathi and panneer butter masala.',she said and he nodded.

'First lets make dough for Chappathies.Seri Nithya ippo inga three types of flour iruku,tell me which is Wheat floor?',he asked.
'Ivaru enna ipdi class edukuraaru?Ippo inga cooking nadakudhaa?Illa edhavadhu practical classes nadakudhaa?He is looking like a strict professor.',she sighed and thought inside.

'Hello!What are you thinking?',he asked snapping his fingers.
'Nothing,ippo na enna pannanu?',she asked with a confusion on her face.
'Hmm, don't you have listened what I said?',he raised his eyebrows.
'Yen nga meratureenga?',she looked at him softly.
'Meratula ma, sollu idhu la edhu wheat flour?',he said calmly and she curiously looked at the flour containers.

'Inga rice flour iruku,Maida iruku and Wheat um iruku? Which is wheat?',he asked and she looked them.
She went near the containers and started smelling each container.
He smiled at her.
'Idhu dhan',she said and pointed Maida and he glared her.
'Idhu va?Are you sure?',he asked her.
'Aiyoo illaya, Ashokey naa onnu kekkava?',she asked with a baby face.
'Kelu',he said.
'Namma cooking dhana panrom,jolly ah panlame,yen ivlo strict uh',she smiled and he smiled back.He smiled at her innocence.He never seen a innocent girl like this in his life.

'Hmm seri kolandha bayapadaadha.Idhu dhan wheat flour',he took the wheat flour and showed it to her.
'Kolandha? me?',she thought to herself but she doesn't say anything.
'Ipo namma rendu peru irukoma,so na rendu peruku alava maavu podren',he said and took some cups of the flour and transferred it into the bowl and added some salt.

'Next uh!',she said and showed her how to make the flour into dough.
'Haan ipo idhey maari konjam konjam ah thanni oothi pannunga.',he said and passed the bowl to her.
He put both her hands inside the bowl.The half-dough gave her a sticky feel.

'Yewww',she showed his hands to him.
'Idhenna Ashok ey ottudhu kaila',she said.
'Maa maavu dhana.Iru I'll show you',he said and took the bowl from her and placed.He took her both hands and placed inside the dough.

Literally she is flying inside.Her heartbeat went so high.She can feel the butterflies around her.
'Ipdi va',he said make her stand back infront him.He holds her hands from behind and instructed her.They both started making the dough.

She can't hide her blush.Her face became red.He was very close behind her.She was totally lost somewhere.

'Nithya!Ippo easy ah irukkaa?',he asked but she was already lost in her thoughts.She felt KULUKULU inside.
Ashok then realised that he was very close to her and he stepped back.

'Nithya?',he again called her and she came back to the real world.
'Ahh',she turned but he was not behind her but standing near her.

'Namma ippo panna maariye pannu,I want to make a call,just give me 2 minutes',he said and moved from the kitchen.

She was smiling like an idiot.Her blush wasn't controllable.She covered her face with her hands.
'You have a crush on him!',her mind voice said but she shooked her head fastly.
'Adhellam onnumilla,nee moodu konjaneram',she said to herself and started making the dough.
After a few minutes,he finished his call and came back to her.She was till making the dough.And he noticed that flour was in her lower right cheek.
'Nithya,un facela maavu paaru, wipe it',he said.
'Yenga?',she asked and applied some dough on her another cheek without where the dough in her face.
'Anga illa,indha side',he said pointing her right side.
'Ingaya?',she then applied her hand on her upper cheek.
He shooked his head and came near her.He took his kerchief and wiped the flour on her face softly.

She was frozed a minute.She slowly lifted her head and looked into his eyes.It was so clear and magnetic.

'Ayoo konjam vittaa indha kanne nammala saptrum pola',she said and quickly looked away from his eyes.
Her face was completely became red.

Her eyes completey stucked inside him.Her mischievous eyes was different for him now.He slowly wiped all the flour in her face and stepped back.

'Dough ready next?',she asked him hiding her blush.
'Ippo adha ball pannu...',he continued teaching her and they cook together.

There were only happy smiles and laughters.Finally they completed the cooking.

'Serii namma sapdlama?',he said went  to the dining table taking the chappathies.

'Accept it now,you have a crush on him',her mind said again.
'I know already',she blushed.

'Nithyaa!',he called her.
'Varen Ashok ey',she said and went to him with a bowl of her favorite panneer butter masala'.

TO BE CONTINUED...