Gross!!

GET OFF ME YOU LITTLE...!!

The first thing Luca heard when he woke up was not the alarm bell but Kate's swearing. The clock showed 'almost noon' which was weird because Luca did remember there was no such number in usual clocks. But now that he took a closer look, he found the entire clock strange. But the next thought was disrupted by Kate's noises near him. He opened his eyes again and found Kate in his arms. Now he knew where the warmth came from. Kate was so angry that his eyes were red. Luca let go of him. Kate took off, fuming. Luca muttered sorry and looked around the room and was not surprised to find everyone's absence.

Luca went up to his bed thinking of sleeping a little more, but Kate came in through the door and said If you are late, you will get no food. He left immediately after that.

Luca changed his clothes and went to the hall halfheartedly. It was filled with children, but the surprising thing was that everyone was staring at him. Some were muttering, some were giggling. He went and sat on the usual spot, confused. Kate was sitting there already but moved slightly when Luca joined.

'Now tell me, what senseless thing did I do now? 'Asked Luca.

Kate didn't spare a glance at him and kept drinking the soup.

'I am sorry, Ok? Now for God's sake, can you tell me why you are angry.' said Luca, with desperation. He felt wronged. Few hours ago, they were best buddies (actually not).

A child, who had stains on his shirt came up to them.

'Hey, did you really hug...'Before he could finish his sentence, he was dragged away by the other children who told him to shush his big mouth.

They sat there in silence until the hall became empty except for them. Luca hadn't touched his food. He tried to remember anything he did that could possibly make Kate angry. Maybe it's because they slept in the same bed? But Kate was not against it the previous night. Did he actually kick Kate out of the bed or something?

Kate was still spooning the last bits of the soup. After he restored the bowl to its new shiny state, Kate poured a glass of water. He glanced at Luca's bowl and saw that he hasn't touched his food.

Kate sighed and said, 'It's actually not a big thing.'

'Then why are you angry with me? 'Said Luca.

'It's...really nothing...big. Last night you clasped around my body so tight that I couldn't free myself even by today afternoon.'

Now that Luca took a closer look at Kate, he seemed tired with red eyes he saw that moring.

'Why didn't you wake me...? And are you really, all right? Your eyes are red.'

'For your information, I DID call you, but you were in deep sleep and anymore noise would wake the children up, so I had to wait until morning but no matter how much I yelled, you didn't even stir. I understand...that....'Kate's voice was getting lower and lower and he fainted.