129 Making Coffee (1/2)

'1 cup of water'

'Done.'

'1 teaspoon of instant coffee.'

'Done.'

'1 teaspoon of sugar.'

'Done.'

'Milk.'

'Where the hell in this apocalypse would I bring milk from?'

'Add the milk powder you dummy.'

'Oh! Yeah right.'

'1 teaspoon of milk power. Done'

'That's it.'

'What?'

'I said that's it. Your instant coffee is ready.'

'But… I did not even do anything big.'

'Of course you did not. It's just a coffee' she said with a laugh.

'But, it's the first coffee I ever made.'

'I know you expected it to be something complicated but trust me, this is how instant coffee is made.' Lily said.

'If you say so.' I said with a shrug and took the glass and went to Netra who was laying on a luxurious sofa with her face stuffed on a pillow.

I sat beside her and let out a sigh at her condition.

It has been three days since Rahul and the whole camp arrived in this location and took the girls along with him.

At first the girls were reluctant to go with him but me and Netra persuaded them to join Rahul's camp.

In the end, most of the girls acquiesced and some who had already started of the path of evolution choose to go their own way instead.

On the other hand, me and my siblings along with some other members like Gaurav, Raka, Jasvinder and Upma had a reunion where they were glad to see that I was in good health.

Then I introduced Netra to them and I realized first hand that sometimes Netra's people skills are even worse than me.

But they had a mission, which was to reach the Military Shelter in Agra but Netra did not want to join the camp so we had to go our separate ways from there.

But as soon the camp was out of sight, Netra fell in some kind of depression which only got worse from then on.

It seems like the whole incident with the girls and the camp site brought bad memories to her which she had kept repressed up until now.

”Netra.” I said in a gentle voice as I calmly stroked her head.

”Netra. You can't keep going like this you know.” I said and she squirmed a bit to let me know that she was listening but in no mood to talk right now.

”I made coffee for you.” I said even though I felt that she already knew about it as it's smell was lingering the entire room.