Stay back!

Manya opened the door to the apartment to find Ishaan sprawled out on the couch, asleep and inches away from falling off. She quickly crossed the length of the room and stepped quietly near him, tapping his arm to wake him up.

"Ish? Ish, wake up! Wake up! Why are you sleeping out here?"

Ishaan rubbed his eyes out of disbelief and drowsiness; as soon as he had confirmed that it was indeed Manya standing in front of him and not an apparition he had dreamt up, he sat bolt upright with a jerk. He reached out for her hand, asking hurriedly "Where were you all night? I was worried, do you even know!?"

"But why were you worried? I am not a child! You need to relax, Ishaan, I can have a life of my own sometimes! Stop worrying as if you are my mother!"