MEERA - 06

What would you call a perfect moment? I guess there is nothing such as a perfect moment, because it keeps changing, depending on different situations, different places or people. For me that perfect moment will be right here, right now. Sitting by the shore with a steaming cup of adrak wali chai (Tea), looking over the calm waves while listening to some lofi hindi songs. This moment holds everything I love and if time were to stop it'd rather be right here. I would've never thought I'd be able to find this tea in Spain, I guess that's why I brought the tea leaves from India. It was another topic of debate to find a place to cook this devil's drink. Nope I won't call it God's drink because it's more addictive than coffee, at least to me. So I just ended up making my drink on the bonfire.

Taking another sip I closed my eyes and my thoughts involuntarily fled back to this morning, to those stormy grey eyes. He looked angry when he abruptly left, was it something I did? But I apologized right? Well it's not like we're gonna meet again. But I experienced a stupid strange pull towards him, it's something that you want to experience more. Wait! No Meera what the fuck are you thinking!? It's nothing more than the Spanish-men-fever, and he was a fine man too. But you're not here for all this shit Meera, you're just here to enjoy and then disappear from here, back to my world.

I tried not to pay attention to the wildly dancing Lilly in the party behind me, but for god's sake she's literally wearing nothing in the name of that swimsuit and of course you can't trust anyone in a foreign country, especially those hungry looking men. Everyone was simping at Lilly's figure. Well I can't possibly blame them, she is a gym freak, so all her abs and muscles and curves are just adding to the magic of her flawless moves over god knows what song was playing. She might as well be the most sexy woman on the beach right now.

I can never pull that kind of stuff she is confidently dancing in. I was wearing a very normal beach outfit which is a white see-through loosely knitted dress which hugged my figure far more than I appreciate. I'm not that confident about my body. I have a lot of stretch marks in all the wrong places, the reason I don't wanna take this dress off. At least I have a somewhat proper figure now, all thanks to Lilly who refused to let me drink tea unless I agreed to join the gym with her.

"Hey Meera what fuck are you doing there? Come here na!" She signalled me with her hands to join her crazy dancing group as I took off my headphones.

"No thanks, I like my chai more." I said smiling. I don't wanna be a party popper but I'm really not in the mood to drink today. They are literally forcing shots on all those who are dancing like a monkey got a stick up his ass and I'd rather not show my dancing skill here, I mean of course Indian dance won't work so... I'm better off here, in peace and silence.

"What's a chai?" I jumped as I heard an incredibly deep voice from beside me, where no one was sitting a moment ago. I turned my head and was met with the pair of grey eyes I've been craving to see. Wait what? Craving to see!? Nope nope nope not at all. But what the fuck!? Did I just manifest him out of my thoughts!? A smile made its way up to his lips and reached his eyes. I don't know what it is about this smile but it's toxic. It's the kind of smile that you see once, then you would want to see it again and again. I feel like I'd do anything to make him smile again. Woah stop right there Meera! Halt your thoughts, they are wandering way too much.

"Were you thinking about me?" he said and there was a light in his eyes. And that was the moment I realised that I have been staring at him.

"Huh?"

"You just said that you manifest me out of your thoughts. So were you thinking about me?" He said and my eyes widened. Oh shit.

"Did I just say it out loud?" I asked and he nodded. Fuck me. I squeezed my eyes shut and took another sip of the tea.

"I asked you something." God, this tone must be the one he uses to get the work done.

"Yes I was thinking about you alright! And not about you, I was just thinking about our sudden meeting this morning, that's all! And don't you dare use that tone on me again alright." I said in a breath and took another sip. Why the fuck are you getting so worked up Meera? It's not like I care what he thinks.

"I was... actually talking about the chai." He said pointing at my cup. Suck it up Meera.

"Oh. Oh right, Chai? It's tea actually, milk tea, we call it chai in hindi." I said and he nodded like processing the information.

"What is it made of? I mean what kind of tea leaves and ingredients?" He asked. Why is he so interested?

"Darjeeling tea. Why are you so interested though?" I asked when I couldn't hold it anymore.

"Oh actually I own a restaurant chain, and as a matter of fact I'm quite interested in cooking, so.." he said looking at the waves. Wow well his interest is clearly visible by the tone of his voice. It's the way you drive importance to something.

"Really? You can cook?" He nodded and looked at me again, but before his eyes could capture me and I get lost in them again, I chose to look down at the cup.

"Well then, how about you taste it and tell me what all's there in it and I'll confirm if you're right or not. How about it?"

"Ok I can do that but, if I tell all of them correctly, what will I get?" I was looking at him dumbfounded. What does he mean?

"The recipe?" What is there want more than that?

"That I can look up on internet too." He said raising his right eyebrow which by the way looked so damn hot I almost kicked myself out of the conversation.

"Then what do you want? Wait no don't answer that, I'm not that desperate to test your tasting skills. Forget it." I said in a dramatic way and took another sip. Oh c'on Meera! It's not he's going to ask for sex in return. He might not even need to put up a conversation with someone to have sex, people might even through themselves at him just to touch him. God bless his beauty.

"Ok wait how about, if I guess them correctly, you'll have to dance with me on a song." My mouth fell open there.