We finished our noodles and I looked at Jacob who was busy thinking about where to live. I spoke to break the silence "what about Eddie cant he help you I mean can't you stay at his house." He looked at me and said, "No this can't happen because he lives with his family and already share his room with his brother and he already helped me a lot with many things I don't want to bother him anymore with my family problems." I then went quiet and thought of any other way, "I will leave now." Jacob said when I was still indulged in my thoughts.
"But where will you go Jacob, you are not even recovered properly and I believe you don't have money with you right now," I said in a gentle tone.
"I will manage with that I have some money I earned, by working at the café." He replied
"But still...." I took a pause and said "if you don't have any problem y....you can... You can." I looked at Jacobs's confused expression and finally spoke, "you can stay at my place."
He smiled at me and said "I don't want to bother you, Mason, you already helped me a lot I will not bother you anymore and I really can't live at someone else house like that"
"If you are talking about bothering me. That doesn't bother me at all because I live alone, I don't have parents. And if you don't want to live for free you can pay my rent monthly it will solve your problem." I spoke to him in a low voice.
"Are you sure you will be okay with me living in your house?" he said to me looking at the empty bowl of instant noodles.
"It really won't create any problem for me."
"What will be the rent?"
I thought for a while and said " it's free for the first month and we will think about it later for the further months."
"Free??" he looks at me in shock
"yes and please don't reject it now."
He hesitantly nodded and said," ok, I will move into your place, and thank you for helping me this much."
"You don't have to thank me its benefitting both the parties right." I chuckled a bit and hearing that he laughed a bit too, and we went out of the store and I went near the road, waving a hand to stop a taxi after I stopped one we both settled in the taxi and left for my home.
We reached my place and helped Jacob to come inside & took his stuff inside too. After everything was settled Jacob sat on the couch and I said " ill use the washroom first." He nodded and when I went inside my room, I realized one thing and shouted aloud "shit!!" Jacob shouted from the hall in a tense voice asking what happened
"Nothing..nothing!!" I replied and said to myself " damn; I only have one bed. Where would we sleep?" I thought for a while and decided that I will let Jacob sleep on the bed as he is injured and will sleep on the couch and after a while, I will think about something. I sighed and went to the washroom and after a while, I came out and saw Jacob was sitting on the couch as if he was a stone.
" You can sleep in my room, okay!" I said.
"But where will you sleep then?" he asked with a confused face.
"I will sleep on the couch for a few days until a new bed is arranged."
" I will sleep on the couch mason please." He said
"No you are injured you can't sleep on the couch," I said in a dominating voice
"ok.."
He finally agreed to sleep on the bed. I helped him to lay down on the bed and covered him with the blanket and then went into the hall to sleep on the couch. I didn't bother to arrange the mess hall I just slept because I was so tired.