Annoying Neighbor (4)

After a long shower she felt fresh.

It was half past 12 when she came out of washroom.

Cladding in a loose peach coloured bathrobe, Lina walked into the kitchen and started preparing for dinner.

After a stressful day all you need is to fill your stomach up and a good sleep so that your brain can take a rest.

Lina used to follow this mantra in her life. Ah.. Well if you exclude her laziness in the guise of giving the brain some rest.

She mixed up the flours and egged kneaded them softly making a dough and finally gave them shapes. After putting the vegetables and spices in the dish finally the dinner was ready.

Noodles it was.

Fresh, extra spicy, extra cheesy, egg noodles. Her dinner for the night. She was too tired to cook any side dishes.

As per her usual routine Lina way lying on the sofa and feeding herself spoonful of the noodles while watching the newest episode of "Love O2O". She was a crazy fan of the show. The male lead and the female lead were way too adorable.The rest of the cast were undeniably beautiful.She shipped the CP of the duo.

Zhang Shuang and Yang Yang were her ultimate bias. Especially the storyline of the show was way too good. If there was some free time Lina used to have re-run of the show again and again.

After idly lying there for about an hour and fangirling over the actors Lina finished her plate full of food.

Closing the tab she was just about to leave for the kitchen to do the dishes suddenly stopped on her way seeing a familiar decorated purple envelope lying on the floor near the doormat.

Lina recognised the pattern at the first glance. It surely was from the new tenant. But She could not remember getting this coloured one from her generous neighbor this morning.

Unknowingly her lips already began twitching up.

By the time she reached the letter , her doorbell suddenly rang breaking the silence of the quiet apartment.

Lina was about to open the door than only she noticed her attire. She was still in that bathrobe.

She looked for any clothes in front. Grabbing a top and shorts lying on the side of the sofa she put on hurriedly and responded to the call.

[You guys know well the condition of a student's room who is living alone. 😅]

When Lina finally opened the door she found none.

But suddenly she thought of something and looked at the floor and voila!.

The familiar bento box from the morning was peacefully lying with the same decorated envelope lying on the floor. She immediately turned her head to the next door and saw the shadow of a retracting figure closing the door from inside of the room.

Although she missed seeing the owner of the shadow for a blink of second , her face hinted of a lingering smile.

After picking up the box she immediately closed the door and and hurriedly unfolded the new letter.

Once again it was a printed copy on a scented paper.

" Dear Miss Park,

Hope you are fine.

I had left a card for you in the morning. You were not in the room that time I presume.

I guess you are yet to get the invitation card. Well, I was having a housewarming party in my room with few of my close colleagues and other tenants of the building.

I wish you were there. I guess you were not informed then. I can understand. Weekdays are full of works.

Well, Miss Park, the thing is I prepared some return gifts for the guests. Your portion was ready too. Although you were yet to turn up, I thought of giving yours too.

And thank you for the dishes in the morning. Thanks to you I had a decent brunch ( breakfast + lunch). I enjoyed them a lot. You are a goddess of cooking. Well, I guess I have to bother you again to get another mouth-watering treat from you.

Well, that's it.

Thank you. And sorry for the noises this evening. Please enjoy. 😊

Aloha.

- Sincerely,

Your 'annoying' neighbor.

P.S. - looking forward to our meeting. "

*

Lina felt having numerous mood changes while reading the letter. There was something melancholic going on in her heart.

After sometime of doing nothing but only staring at the letter in her hand Lina realised she was missing home. It was that feeling of longing.

It's been long since she last attended any sort of party especially housewarming ones.

Lina used to enjoy those meet and greets a lot as in her teenage years they had to move every 3 months before her father's posting was finalized.

Although Rini and Lina hated to move frequently but excitement about new neighborhood, meeting new people, family dinners, house - worming parties, interacting with the new classmates used to made the sorrow faded away.

The memories filled her with warmth once again.

Lina impatiently ripped off the previous purple envelope. It's inside was indeed a beautiful invitation card.

Lina didn't know why but began to take a liking towards these beautifully crafted cards sent by the still 'unknown annoying neighbor'.

She collected all the letters and put them inside a wooden box carefully with the previous ones.

The bento box was consisted of two beautiful black forest pastries and a full bucket of chicken wings from KFC. Lina pitifully stared at her now finished noddles.

Being a foodie Lina was now having a hard time to decide whether she should dug into the dishes right now or should keep calm. All of them were from her favourites.

After thinking for a while and cursing herself under the breath she ate some portions and moaned.

By the time she decided to change into a nightgown the cakes had already filled up her stomach.

Now only with chicken wings left on the her hand and Lina tried to control herself but in vain.

She took a look at the box and then looked at the mirror and again looked at the box.

"Girl! what else is needed in life?"

Lina let out a huge laugh before tearing off another part of the chicken wing in her hand.

The night was still young.