Rich Brat: Sweet Revenge Of A Lazy Princess

Charan came back home pretty late as usual. And as always he carefully closed the doors behind him. But when he entered to house, he was surprised to see Shreya still wide awake in front of the television. She was seeing a horror movie with a blanket dr.a.p.ed all around her. Only her face was visible and her eyes were focused solely on the screen. She was so engrossed that she did not hear the front door opening nor did she notice Charan coming and standing beside her.

At last, when he sat beside her, she gasped in surprise and jumped. She was so shocked that she felt as if her heart had jumped out of her ribs. And you can't blame her. She was seeing a scary film all alone with maximum volume and with her surrounding sound system, it was as scary as it can ever get.

"Charan, you idiot. You almost gave me a heart attack…" Shreya exclaimed slapping him jovially on his shoulders. She then took deep breaths to calm herself down.

Charan gave her a dubious look and asked, "What did I do??"

"Why do you have to walk around like a cat!!" Shreya complained at last calming her racing heart. She then reached out for the remote and paused at the movie and switched on the lights. She was sitting in complete darkness until now to add to the effect of the movie.

Both of them crunched their eyes due to the sudden flash of bright light.

"Well, I thought you would be asleep. Who would have thought you will be busy talking to ghosts!!" Charan said rolling his eyes.

"What happened to Akira?? Was she okay??" Shreya asked changing the subject. Akira was taken to her grandparents today. Her holidays start from tomorrow and by stick orders from her gran, she had to spend the first day with them. And the next three days, she gets to spend it with Shreya. And Akria was not given any options. So she agreed to it begrudgingly.

"I don't know really. But my dad did call after picking her up from school. So she should be okay…" Charan said. Then he leaned back and laid down on the makeshift bed she had formed with the pillows.

Shreya just joined him and snuggled beside him. Charan ran his hands over her head gently.

"Why are you still awake??" He asked after a while.

"I took a long nap during the day. So I couldn't sleep. And I thought I could spend some time with you. Have you eaten??" Shreya asked.

Charan just shook his head and said, "I did not get time."

Shreya contemplated. She then got up at last and the blanket fell off of her.

"I will make you something!!" She said confidently and walked to the kitchen. Charan followed her hot on her trail curiously. She went in and opened almost all the drawers before actually finding a pan. Then she went in search of a spoon. Then out of one of the racks, she found an instant noodles packet and showed it to Charan proudly.

"Are you sure you are not trying to poison me??" He asked cautiously. After all, who takes a frying pan to make noodles??

Shreya just gave him an oblivious look not understanding what he meant.

Charan just chuckled and gestured at the pan she was holding and said, "You need a pot, not a pan."

Even after hearing him, Shreya was still clueless as to what he was saying. She just blinked at him.

Charan could not help the smile that formed on his face. He just found her impossibly adorable sometimes. He went up to her and took the packet from her hands and placed it on the counter. He then lifted her and sat her down on the counter first before turning away from her.

He first unbuttoned his cufflinks and folding his sleeves up to his elbows. Then he went and thoroughly washed his hands. Then he swiftly found a pot and showed it to Shreya.

"See, this is a pot. And the one you took is a pan…" Charan explained simultaneously filling the pot with water.

Shreya unconsciously nodded her head while her eyes kept following his every move eagerly. She was fascinated and captivated by him. And this was hardly the first time she felt like this. Somehow she always went into a trance whenever she saw him cook for some reason. She just found it extremely intriguing and attractive. Especially the way he had his shirt sleeves folding to his elbow… it just took the whole picture up a notch for her. While she was busy gawking on him shamelessly, Charan had already done all the necessaries and put the stove on simmer for the noodle to cook.

When he turned back, he couldn't help but notice the change in her stare. He went near her wordlessly and stood in front of her. All the comfortable sweetness was dispersed and instead, the air was filled with heaviness.

Shreya kept staring at him without batting her eyes.

"Did I ever tell you I find you extremely attractive when I see you cook??" Shreya asked in a whisper with her eyes still trapped on his face.

Charan's lips curved wordless.

Her hand found a brain of itself and inched towards his face. Her fingers, starting from his forehead, slightly c.a.r.e.s.sed and slide down over his eyes slowly. Charan's eyes fluttered shut against her fingers while his whole body leaned towards her touch subconsciously.

Her touch was feather-light. So much so that Charan barely felt them but then even such a light touch had a considerable effect on him. For the lack of a better word, he felt her touch to be healing.

His eyes never opened as her fingers left past his eyes and lingered on his cheeks. He had a slight stubble formed there that poked at her fingers. So she did not linger there longer and continued to his lips. His lips were spread into a very content smile at that moment that just brightened his whole face. Then her thumbs went and c.a.r.e.s.sed on his dark circles.

"You should eat and get some sleep…" She whispered and stopped her hands on their tracks abruptly.

Charan opened his eyes at last and was met with a concerned pair of eyes. He did not say anything. He just leaned over and rested his head over her shoulders and nuzzled into her neck.

They just stayed like that for a while. Shreya ran her hands over the back of his head comfortingly and whispered once again, "I'm sorry…"

"For what??" Charan asked still resting over her shoulders.

"Dinner…" Shreya said meekly.

Charan, at last, pulled away and looked into her eyes. The guilt creeping in was very visible in her eyes. He c.a.r.e.s.sed one of her cheeks with his hand and gave a lingering kiss on the other.

"Don't sweat it. I wouldn't have eaten if not for you… Now come on, have a few bites with me. Then we will go and get some sleep…" Charan said softly pulling on her hands.

But Shreya did not budge. Instead, she held on to his hands and stopped him from moving away. She then looked right into his eyes and said in an extremely small voice, "Don't spoil me so much Charan. Then I wouldn't know how to live without you…"

"All the better. Then I would know you wouldn't run off leaving me behind." He said jovially and pulled her down from the counter. This time Shreya did not protest and quietly gave him company as he ate his dinner.

But she was also determined to learn some of the household things that she might be needed to do if she had to share some of his burdens.

It was not that she was naïve or spoilt. She can be a brat but she had never been a spoilt brat. She knew to shoulder responsibilities and share the burden of people she loved and cared about. It was just that the things she could actually help with when it came to Charan are things she had never ever done in her life so far. Be it cleaning or going to grocery shopping or washing dishes. She always had people doing these for her from when she was young. So she was clueless when it came to domestic things like them. And she did not want to hire people for him look insincere or worse, look as if she was trying to flaunt her wealth. So short of doing it herself, she could not find any other solution.

But she was confident she could learn them if she could put some effort and with that, a smile formed on her face at last.