Cyrus handed me the blue polythene filled with lots of dusters. I glanced at the polythene
and I heard Cyrus saying-
"you could have asked for help..... Shorty" he said leaning towards me, smirking. I felt my face burn at 'shorty'. I furiously took out two dusters and ran outside the storeroom.
"You took mine too, Iris" I heard Cyrus shouting behind me. I did not want him to show my flustered face or he will tease me again and again.
I sighed as Cyrus came out of the storeroom and we both walked toward the backside of the house.
We reached there to find out there were not many windows to clean. That made us motivated and we started cleaning the windows.
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We both quietly did our job but I don't know why I keep glancing at Cyrus.
He was wearing a jacket which made me a bit suffocated. I know I should not care about it and mind my own business but it seems that he surely was feeling hot.
It was afternoon time and the temperature got high, I was wearing a loose cotton top but still, I felt suffocated. I could see Cyrus was struggling in the heat but he still didn't remove his jacket.
The sweat was dripping down his face as he continued to do his work. Do I feel petty for him? Or do I care- shit what am I even thinking.
I sighed and said aloud, "I'm coming in a few minutes keep doing the work" He shifted his gaze over me, he then gulped, and nodded. I left the place and sneak inside the house quietly.
There was no one as everyone was doing their stuff, I slowly made my way to the fridge and opened it. The cool air shattered and I took two soft drinks kept inside the fridge.
I know better that I'm taking it for Cyrus cuz he looked exhausted. I slowly turned my back and returned to the place where I was working.
As I reached there I could see Cyrus was still cleaning the windows and they were surely shining. My eyes widened as I never expected him to be so serious about cleaning.
He then noticed me standing and waved at me, " oh you came" he said as I threw the can of soft drink towards him.
He caught the cold can and looked at me confused. "is it for me?" he asked pointing his finger at himself . I nodded, opening the soft drink can and taking a sip for it.
we both sat down and the wooden floor, "did you steal it?" he asked as he opened his can too.
"kind of" i took a sip before continuing, "their was no one inside so i took it, easy" i smirked and he saw me with a disgusting look. "what?" i asked.
"you thief!!" he said laughing and again returned to drinking. we both sat quietly drinking as the sweet wind blew slowly making our sweat to dry. I took a glance at Cyrus whose eyes were fixed somewhere in the trees. His beautiful brown hair reacted to the wind and his brown orbs looked relaxed.
And I kept staring at him...….. without knowing