Sleepless in Dubai by Sajni Patel
Author:Sajni Patel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2023-10-24T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
I had never walked so much in my life. My feet ached, but I was happy to rest on the evening of the first day of Diwali. It was nice to chill out for a bit in Yashâs room. I was sitting on the edge of his bed, with Yash tucked away closer to the headboard, and flipping through one of a dozen hotel brochures for tourists, my right knee tucked into my chest in what I called âpeak Asian sitting style.â I got it from my dad and realized it was the only true comfortable sitting position for me.
Our parents said theyâd be right up, and Lilly had hung back with them.
âCan you believe they still use paper?â I asked.
âHmm?â he muttered, barely looking up from his tablet.
âI guess not everyone has QR readers. I do, on my phone, and it still doesnât work half the time. Like, whenever we go to restaurants now, they have touchless menus. Almost always have to ask for a menu. My parents always do. They donât like squinting at my phone.â
âSame.â Yash swiped across his tablet in delicate, artistic strokes with a stylus, and I knew he was drawing.
âCan I see what youâre working on?â I asked, twiddling my thumbs. Maybe heâd let me see. And if he let me see, then maybe that meant we were back to full-on normal best friends again.
âNah,â he replied casually.
I frowned. âReally? Whatâs so special about it? Is it a secret?â
I leaned over and he shrugged one shoulder to block my view. âStop,â he said with a chuckle.
âLet me see. Are you drawing erotica?â
âWhat!â He laughed even harder, shoving his shoulder so high it had to be hurting his neck.
âObviously something youâre really into. Iâve seen you drawing all the time on this trip.â
âYou think Iâm really into erotica?â he asked dryly.
âI dunno what youâve been into since spring.â
His shoulder dropped. âYeah, if youâd talked to me since then youâd know Iâm not into erotica.â
âPuppies?â I said.
âHow the hell did you go from erotica to puppies?â
âTell me whatâs so amazing.â
âYou assume itâs amazing,â he said, twisting from me so that I only saw his big head instead of any part of the screen.
I gently tugged a tuft of his hair. He needed a haircut. Who let him walk out the house like this? âIf youâre drawing it, of course itâs amazing.â
He paused and glanced back at me. âYour tactics wonât work.â
âWhat tactics? Iâm being honest. Your drawings were great before you stopped. Youâre drawing again. Which means youâve been practicing, and practice makes art better. So, yeah. Amazing,â I added with a smile. A genuine smile, because there was one thing we could all agree on, and that was how fantastic of an artist Yash was. He could go places with his illustrations. Maybe do cover art for books or get featured in major magazines or commercials orâgaspâwork on animation. Maybe heâd get his dream job at Disney.
Whoa. My heart was beating out of control with exciting possibilities.
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