Kind's Pov.
As the sun set down and the monarchial rule of stars and Moon took over the sky, the bus carrying students from Bell's School, came to a halt in front of a homestay.
"wake up, we are here. "June whispered as he shook the shoulders of the guy.
"How long did I sleep?"Kind asked as soon as he regained consciousness
"Approximately 8 hr." June said as he took out his bag from the compartment above the passenger seat.
"June, you don't have to carry my bag" said Kind snatching the bag from the tall guy's hand
"Ahh, It's fine. Let me take care of it" tried to reach for the handle of the bag but Kind took away the bag saying "You are not my boyfriend to do so?"
[But I want to be] said the tall guy in mind as he watched the cute guy walking towards the exit door.
Kind turned on his smartphone as soon as he walked down from the bus and stood in the queue carrying the bag in the other hand.
Moon got his message, but there was no response or direct call. [She must be furious with me and maybe that's why she won't speak to me], he reasoned. To be honest, whenever Kind tries to listen to his heart, he almost always ends up hurting himself.
"What's wrong? Why are the corners of your lips down?" June asked when he noticed Kind sadly placing his phone in his pocket
"Nothing," stealing the eyes from June, Kind said looking somewhere else
"Students be disciplined! The reputation of our school is in your hands" Miss Sulochana instructed , giving the hint to them to follow her to the main building of the homestay.
The wooden windows of the homestay were elaborately carved giving off the original scent of Newari culture. The walls were painted in red brick style.
"Namaste," A slim lady wearing a formal Newari dress welcomed them while holding her palms together in a praying position.
"Nameste," The whole group of students returned the greetings to the young lady.
The lady came to the teacher and whispered some words in their ears and said, "One by one follow me, please. I will take you all to your respective rooms."
The Slim lady took them to the second floor, where their rooms were arranged. After walking throughcorridor leading to some reserved rooms, she give keys to a pair of students to share a room. She called out, "June and Kind"
Both the lads were surprised to learn that they were going to share a single enclosure.
"Miss! Are we supposed to share an enclosure with one of our classmates ?" Kind inquired out of curiosity as he walked to Miss Sulochana who was giving him the key.
"Yes, but Win did join us neither did Mean. so, I thought it would be better to switch the names and make you two share a room."
"Let's get in. I am already exhausted, because you have slept on my shoulder" said the tall guy pulling the hand of the cute guy into the room.
As soon as both of the boys entered the room, June tossed his luggage to the corner and threw himself on the bed, he said "Sleep! That's what I need"
Kind couldn't help himself to let out a little giggle glancing at the childish behavior of the tall guy.
"I'm happy that you laugh," Jun said while laying on the bed, as he watched the corners of lips turn up on the cute fellow in front of him.
"You frankly are something" Kind rebutted as he walked to the corner of the room and placed his luggage right beside June's. Then, he took out some comfortable clothes from the bag and turned around.
"I'm going to take a shower", "If anyone calls me then tell them that I'm in the bathroom," he instructed before throwing his cellphone onto the bed, and walked straight into the bathroom.
After a couple of minutes, Kind's cell phone began to ring andJune hurriedly stretched his hand to grab the little guy's phone. It was Moon who was calling. On the mobile phone's screen, a sign of a phone icon with the name 'Dearest Mom' written below it was popping up. He then picked up the call and said. "Hello"
"You little brat! How could you leave the key to our house to the stranger(neighbor)" in a very mean tone with a spice of anger, Moon shouted at the phone.
"Ahh, Aunty this is not Kind. This is his friend, June" June quickly corrected her.
"Oh, Sorry," The tone of Moon's voice immediately changed, and with a mixture of sweetness, she said "Can you tell me where Kind is? And How do you have his phone?"
"He is having a shower and he, himself gave his phone to me in case anyone calls him"
"Oh, Is that so, then tell him to call me after he is done showering" Moon suggested before hangs up the call.
[So, this was his mother] June said in mind, looking at the screen of the phone on which was written 'Call ended' in red letters.
[Does his mother always speak with him in such a way at home?] June asked himself, recalling the first sentence that Moon said when the call was picked [little brat, can a mother call her son like that] he wondered
*clutch* June heard the sound of opening the door, he dropped the phone aside on the bed and waited to see the person enter in.
"Did anyone call me ?" Kind asked while rubbing his wet hair with a towel to dry them.
"Umm, Your mom called you." June picked up the phone and forwarded it to Kind he stated, "She was furious."
[Oh no] Kind screamed in his head as the towel dropped from his head all the way passing by his body on the floor. He took his phone from June's hand and went to the balcony on his right.
June decides to stay in and give privacy to him. Then Kind made a call. With one go, the call got connected.
"Hello," Kind said, in his voice there was a fear of getting scolded any moment from now on.
"Kind, you little brat. How can you leave keys to our neighbor" Moon inquired
"You didn't even show your face on my birthday and do you expect me to stay at home and wait for you to come?" Kind maintains his voice not to transfer into sadness once.
"What?, Birthday. That's what you care about. We work hard day and night just to make your future bright."
"Enjoying a party at Uncle's 5-star hotel is not called working hard."
"You, watch your mouth. How can you talk to your parents like this? That's what you are learning from that guy who picked up the phone. And speaking of that guy. Why did you join that low-class tour of that school?"
"Didn't you say that this school is your friend's? What's the problem with joining them?"
"Forget it, Looks like nothing is in my hands now. You are already there. Take good care of yourself. I am hanging up now. Goodnight" She said and hung up the call with a question in Kind's Mind.[ At first, she was mad at him, she called this tour low class and why did she say nothing in her hand? Did she refer to me or the situation?]He wondered for the answer to those popping questions in his head. When he didn't come up with a suitable reason. He gave up on thinking and went inside the room.
Surprisingly, June was not inside the room. Some clothes were waiting for the owner to be worn.
[Maybe he is taking a bath] he said in mind and lay on the bed.
Since Kind had got nothing to do he thought it would be a good idea to read the novel that June had chosen for Kind to read.
After a couple of minutes, June came out of the bathroom, drying his hair with a towel. He had wrapped another white towel around his waist covering up to his knees. His chest was all bare, water droplets were running slowly from his hair to his neck to his chest. Kind was so stunned watching the guy that he had no idea when his eyes moved up to look at him.
Staring at the tall guy's white skin, Kind could feel those pesky flutters taking off his stomach.
"What are you reading?" June said neglecting the fact that the cute guy was staring at him rather than reading the book in his hands.
"The novel you gave me this morning" Kind said, taking his eyes from the guy pretending that he had never taken his eyes from the book.
"Are you enjoy reading the story?" June asked while wearing clothes.
"Umm, So far the story is nice" closing the book Kind said after June was in comfortable clothes.