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CHAPTER 15
<There is a time break between chapter 14 and 15. I want you guys to focus on the mood swing /shift in Yohan character >
 

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"Hay. Are you okay?"

Jihan leaned his back against the counter sipping the self-served glass of water throwing the long-awaited question at his brother.

"Wha... What?"

Yohan eyes darted at his brother in confusion as he did not hear him properly, as he was busy in his own world.

Jihan chugged down the pills he had in his hand with the rest of the water and made a bitter face.

"Yikes! Pass me the sugar bottle"
He asked as he closed his eyes.
Jihan hated taking medicine from the bottom of his heart. Even if that was a vitamin "C" pill that some considered "tasty"

"Weirdos" was what, vitamin "C" lovers were called by him.

"Hmm... Here you go"
Yohan opened the sugar bottle and handed it to his brother with a spoon and watched him as he munched on a spoonful of it with a scrunched up face. His eyes were closed tight as his face was making wrinkles.

"Next time you'll go to the doc to get medicine for Diabetes if you are going to continue doing that! Tag along with Achamma! {granny}", Mocked Yohan.

"Oh, Shut up!."

Yelled the annoyed elder brother, at the youngster who was teasing him.
His clenched fists rested upon the counter, on the sides of the empty glass. The pill had somewhat dissolved in his tongue before making its way down his sore throat and the aftertaste of it, mixed with the taste of sugar was pretty disgusting.

So Jihan had to drink another glass of water to rinse that down.

"Karume thama!" {It's your karma}

Yohan leaned towards his big brother and said in a sing-song voice. His mischievous smile taking over his face thanks to the genuine happiness.

REVENGE.
WHAT A SWEET LITTLE FEELING THAT WAS!

Of course, Yohan was not the reason why Jihan was having a cold and a fever. But seeing him suffer this way brought happiness to his heart that was hurt.

If not for him, none of this would have ever happened!

"Blah!... Blah!... Blah!..."
Mumbled Jihan slowly as he stuck his tongue out to his brother.

"You wanna get hit in the face with the wet cloth?"

Yohan raised his hand as he held the wet clothing in his hand. It was the one he was drying the washed dishes with.

"What the heck is happening?"

Diya walked into the kitchen and said in surprise, seeing the two brothers bickering.

"Nothing hun! This one here is just happy that I'm sick and dying! Poor me!"

Jihan cried Turing towards his lover.

"Oh don't be a drama queen Jihan!."
Said Diya as she bent down to get a large cooking vessel of some sort, from the bottom shelf.

"For what is that?"
Asked Yohan making a face.

"To steam his face! It will make him feel better!"

Diya explained as she shit a look of sympathy as the sick man.

She made her way towards where Yohan was with the big pot she chose and held it under the running water.

"WHATEVER!"
Yohan quoted Anuthi while moving to the side a smile creeping into his face.

Diya bit her lip looking at her partner. A habit she was so used to doing whenever she was feeling anxious and scared.

"Aiyoo..."
She sighed in frustration and reached for Jihan cheek. She rollers her eyes at the drama he was putting up even though no one could really blame him.

A fever and a cold were not the best things to have when you were in the middle of a deadly pandemic where you became a suspected case if you had a fever and a cold.

She pinched it slowly before saying "I'm so relieved that it was not corona. I literally had depression just by thinking about it."

Jihan eyes were locked into his lovers' he rested his face on his palm as he was leaning over the countertop.

Yohan stood there awkwardly with the wet cloth in his hand hoping not to wet the floor with the dripping water as Diya ran her fingers through his brothers straight dark locks.

Part of him wanted to laugh at them as he found it extra cheesy and part of him just wanted to shake his head. But then all of a sudden another part of him felt so annoyed.

OF COURSE, HE WAS NOT JEALOUS.

A pang of pain pierced through his heart as he felt so hollow inside. It felt like as if someone injected a bit of molten lava into his heart. And that hot lava pierced a hole into his heart as it burned its way down to the very core of his wounded heart.

Yohan eyes rested upon the lovers before they fell on the floor. The slight frown in the face was bringing in no good news.

He was disturbed by the two lovers before him and it made him feel quite uncomfortable.

"Hey man! Are you really okay?"
Jihan asked his brother noticing how bothered he was as he stood in the awkwardness he was feeling. Silently. In a corner.

"Nah. It's nothing"
Assured Yohan with a small smile.

"You sure man?"
It appeared like Jihan wanted to reassure things a second time.

"Okay, it is done!"
Chirped Diya happily as she placed the filled pot on the stove.

"Call us once the water is boiling Yohan. You are doing all the dishes for the day, right? "

Diya inquired as she was dragging Yohan along with her, out of the kitchen.

"Oh... Yeah... For sure I will. No problem. I'll do it."

Yohan managed to say as he was thankful to God that they were leaving the kitchen.

"Hay! If you got a problem then just say it, man. You know that I'm here to help."

Jihan said earning a look from his girlfriend.

Yohan stood where he was, glued to the ground, having no idea on how to move his limbs properly as he heard what Jihan said.

" Um... Okay. "

Yohan's sense of right and wrong did most definitely smelled something fishy in the waters. So he added after a bit of a pause, "Why?"

"Nah, nothing... Well, you know things could get tough and bumpy along the way. And just in the case you need anything please come to me or Diya and ask for help."

"Nice Ted talk sir!" Yohan exclaimed in surprise at the end of his brother's words, slightly mocking him.

Jihan let out a short laugh while Diya's tightly closed thin lips had a small emotionless smile that was forced upon it.

"I guess I will," Said Yohan wanting to end the awkwardness. But boy he did not know that it was about to escalate at a God's speech.

"Huhh... Anyway, way please don't hesitate to ask anything whether it's an exam-related thing or... you know something related to your love life!.

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Also if ur wondering we did not make it to the final round of ONC but boi I am so thankful for the experience!