"Zoey zoey "

I woke up from the sudden shake in my shoulders. Dakota was at the corner of my bed. Actually it's not my bed it's his bed.

"Ummmmm"

"It's 10 past 20 "

"Ummm"

I coverd my whole body from the sheet and turned otherside.
And the warmth of covers persuaded me fall asleep.

"Sleeping beauty sleep more"

Dakota stroke my head over the sheets. Just in few seconds, the phone started to ring.

"Kota can you answer my phone?"

I asked him from low tone .

"It's simon"

"No no don't answer it, please. I'm not in a mood to talk to him"

I said while searching for warmth from the sheets more and more.

"Ok but zoey he my be worried about you ..... its been 2 days since you are sleeping like this "

I stayed still. The words made me more sorrowful.

"You skipped school for 3 days, it's better to get back to your normal life "
" wake up now and  come downstairs i'll be waiting for you for breakfast"

He slammed the bedroom door behind me. Tears streamed out from my eyes. I wiped out them from the covers of him.  And  suddenly he has become kind. May be I don't have anyone to call as family.

*

"Oh lovely you came out from room today! "

Dakota's mom gave me a wide smile.

"Eat a lot lovely "

"Ummmmm "

I shook down my head to accept it. Dakota kept staring at me. And we locked our eyes for sometime, he avoided it in seconds.

"Zoey your hair looks like a birds net"

He laughed at me.

My cheeks turned red. I combed my hair at suddenly running my fingers.

"Kota don't tease her , she is turning red quickly "

"Mom her hair look so wired"

Dakota stood from the chair on the dinning table and went near the drawers of pantry cupboard and took out the scissor.

"Don't do that"

Kota's mom told him with a warning mood.

I gulped the last peice of bread.

"Hey come here "

Kota called me to come near to sink.

" saty still "

Suddenly half of my ponytail on the floor.

"Ah"

"Kota loosened the hair band tied on to my pony tali."

"See! it looks so pretty now"

"Close your eyes "

Kota's mom commanded me.

Again she trimmed my hair from front. I opend my eyes.  And i could see my apperance from the sink mirror, Cuteness overflowed with the new haircut.

"Don't turn red"

Kota laughed from the behind.

The kitchen  was filled with a sudden happiness. And it echoed from the laughters of us.

*

I went under the shower and applied Dakota's shmpoo and facewash even it was  for men. 😅  it's been sometime I had a bath this way. I coverd my body from the Kota's large towel and went out from the bathroom.

"You zoey  !"

Kota screamed. He covered his eyes from both of his hands.

"You must have told me before coming out from the bathroom. I'm already blind"

He moved out from the room carefully while scanning the floor from his legs.

"Kota waht I'm gonna wear? "

"Anything which matches you"

Kota replied behind the door.
I opened his closet door and I took out his black colour sweat pants and his favorite colour t shirt.

"Zoey you can't wear that you don't have a bra to wear. 😅"

And my eyes got attention to a black color t shirt.
I scanned my appearance from the mirror. I looked so cute 😶.

"Kota ...!"

I screamed out of my lungs.

"Why !"

In seconds he came to my room. I Brust out when he saw me. My cheeks turn red again. By the way you look like a Tom boy.

"Then do I have to stay naked?"

"No no please I don't wanna loose my eyesight at this young age,
 And please don't turn red time to time I'm not your boyfriend "😶

My cheeks burned more. I remained silent.

"Well go on shopping to buy you nice dresses "

"Ok but no money I'm an orphan "

" who said your an orphan,  you are mine "

Kota came closer to me and made my wet hair messy.
My heart stopped for a while. We are best friends that's all. I can remember once my mother told me "smoetiems best friends end up being lovers" . I shook my head.

*

( way to shopping )

"Zoey why are you silent.. you have had  a big mouth to talk like a chatter box"

"Hmmmmm"

"Why hmmm ? "

Kota dragged me closer while sending his right hand around my shoulder. Kota changed a lot. He used to avoid me all the time. Even we were best friends. He always made me feel uncomfortable. But after I lost my family he is being so nice to me. I need to ask him why but how can I.

*
when we reached home I was tired like hell.  I was hugging kota  wrapping my hands around his stomach.

"Kota I can't walk anymore................"