Besotted

You being so close to me, yet so far affects me. Deeply and madly.

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Sangavi Pov

"You are grinning like a Cheshire cat. It's creepy" he said and instantly my smile faded away from my face and the next moment I glared at him to which he just shrugged his shoulders.

"Truth hurts" he muttered looking out of the window.

I was happy because today I got discharged from the hospital, that means I got to go home and I can eat whatever I want.

"Pizza," I thought and grinned again.

"I don't have any information about your family and your parents. Where are they?" he asked and immediately for the second time my smile faded away from my face and I turned my face away from his direction not wanting him to see my expression.

"I don't know," I said and literally felt my eyes stinging.

"Don't know? What do you mean by you don't know?" he asked.

"I got lost when I was a little. I was separated from my parents and family and as I was a kid I didn't remember much" I told him and looked back at him to find him already staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"No nothing!" he said and looked out of the window while I looked at my hands feeling a little low.

"Hey! Where are we going? We just crossed the road to my house" I said looking out of the window and then back at Caleb.

"To my house," he said and took his phone out typing something in it.

"What?" I asked.

"Wait! But I never agreed to go to your house nor did you ever ask me if I wanted to go there or not" I said.

"Are you serious? Your house is still sealed. I will just go to the police station later and I will do the formalities but for now you are going to stay with me" he said and the fact that my apartment was still sealed by the police sink me.

"Oh yeah!" I said leaning back against the seat.

"But wait!" I jerked up again from my seat.

"What now?" he asked bored.

"I don't need to stay in your house. I can just go to my friend's house o-"

"Nonsense!" he said.

"You are staying with me," he said which made me little confused on why he was so keen on keeping me with him.

I couldn't help but ask.

"Why?" I asked.

"What why?" he asked looking my way.

"Why are you so keen on making me stay with you?" I asked.

"We are not even together nor in any relationship" I wanted to say but I didn't.

"Isn't it obvious? You are weak now and since no one is there to take care for you" he cleared his throat and looked the other way avoiding my gaze.

"I will take care of you until you are alright" he finished.

"Oh!" I said but his answer was not convincing to me.

face when I saw him

confused. I guess he himself didn't have

when I sat

Jenny to make you something" he told me and

which was his guest room. I wanted to have a good shower before eating the food. I haven't taken a bath from last few days and now am

sniffed myself whether I was stinking or

I was stinking.

the smell of the hospital, and medicines was faint from me,

felt my cheeks stinging for the blood rushing up to

threw my

my sore muscles relaxing. I took the shampoo and read the label. It wasn't for female use but

scalp and massaged my scalp for a quite good minute, before rinsing it off from my hair. I was just brushing my skin with the loofah when I heard the knock on the bathroom

"Sang!" It was Caleb.

"Uh Yeah?" I asked.

your clothes,"

forget to bring the clothes with

the counter?" I asked

and heard the door opening. I peeped a little pushing the curtain aside and saw him entering the bathroom. He kept the clothes on the counter under the mirror and

he didn't even

someone is shy," I

the clothes that he provided me. It was his gray t-shirt and his loose pants. I wrapped the

saw a blow dryer. So, I blow dried my hair and flinched seeing the faint

jumped a little hearing his voice from the

scared me!"

made me

"What?" he asked.

"Nothing," I said.

sorry to

food. My stomach growled and before I could get embarrassed by that, I push

are you now?" Jenny asked as she took in my

I told her and she smiled patting the chair

out of the room and

plates and

I asked

"Porridge," he said.

that but why porridge for

you are still unwell," he said

on my seat

of porridge

eating his food without being affected by me or the food. But he did glance my way. He shrugged his shoulders and continued

it too. My stomach growled out of hunger and finally, I

full now," I told

Now take your meds," he said and

the meds out of the paper bag before gulping it

Where is my phone?"

It must be

Eden must have called.

happened?" Caleb asked from behind as he took

I said and he

from the police

I

plastic bag which had my cell phone, my purse

him and took

It's

had a charger plugged into it. I thanked him and went towards the

waited for some minutes and

so many