Praveen took a quick glance at him and he just remained quiet. Both the men just remained quiet without even uttering a word. One thing that surprised Praveen was how harsh Antonio's breath was. He couldn't understand it but maybe that was the way he breathed.

The silence continued for a couple of minutes until things started getting awkward. Praveen was waiting for Antonio to start something and no way was Antonio going to start talking to him. His plan was to remain quiet until he went back home. Maybe the idiot was going to get the message and...

"I heard you just came back from abroad a few days ago." Praveen spoke sheepishly, trying to hide his sweaty hands. He couldn't take the silence. He needed to say something. "How was your trip?"

Fuck, just the annoying boy's voice was making Antonio mad. He had just ruined his plans. He rolled his eyes and took a deep breath, still holding his hands into fists.

"It... it was fine!"

"That's good and..." He paused and tried to get himself under control. "...your mother is very nice."

"Really?" Antonio sounded as if he didn't care at all. "That's uh... good."

Something about Antonio was making Praveen really nervous and uneasy. He was expecting him to say something but right at that moment, Praveen just wanted to hide and get away from that man.

On the other hand, Antonio was looking at Praveen as if he wanted to strangle him. He might have been looking innocent but that boy in front of him was the reason why his mother had slapped him, forced him to do what he didn't want to do and also the reason why he was staying away from his boyfriend. But he knew how to handle such bitchy boys.

Antonio had an idea. He cleared his throat and tried to be as calm as possible.

"How long have you known my mother?" He asked, interrogating the young man.

"Err..." Praveen turned and stared at him before quickly dropping his eyes. "Well, I used to see her visit my mother from time to time when I was young but she started visiting frequently after... err..." He paused and gulped. "...after our marriage was confirmed. So I have known her for quite some years."

"Fuck!" He clenched his fists, trying so hard to control his anger.

"Your family seems nice too." Praveen confessed.

Antonio couldn't answer. He just remained quiet, tried to think about his boyfriend which by the way failed because he was filled with nothing but anger inside of him. His head felt like it was spinning and his heart was like a washing machine.
The quietness continued until...

"Have you ever broken someone's relationship before?" He popped the stupid question.

"What?" Praveen gasped, slowly looking at the man that was looking seriously forward. "What do you mean by that?"

"Let's just say, I wanna hear your answer." He was gonna trap the boy.

Praveen really had no idea how that question was related to them getting to know each other but...

"No!" He said with confidence in his voice. "I have never done that before."

"Hmm," he chuckled teasingly. "That's good. I am glad you haven't done that before because it would be real bad right?"

"Yes!" he agreed, frowning at the question.

"Ah..." He laughed softly. "Okay." He turned and faced the boy. "Imagine you had a really great boyfriend who you love so much and the relationship just fails like that. What would you do?"

Strange, Praveen thought as he looked at Antonio with nothing but confusion on his face. "I... I have never been in such a relationship before but..."

"I said imagine." He said with a raised eyebrow.

"Okay." He took a deep breath. "If I had such a person and then the relationship failed then I can accept it. We are not meant to be. I believe that if you are really meant to end up together then you are eventually gonna end up together no matter what happens."

‘Stupid little...’ Antonio thought as he clenched on his fists. Fuck! He couldn't believe the boy had just said that to him, a nerd.

"So you believe in destiny?"

"Yes!" Praveen smiled, staring straight at the ground. "I believe that whatever the almighty says will happen then it will happen." He was still smiling. He had no idea why Antonio was asking such weird questions but the guy seemed nice. Maybe he was just one of those shy and quiet guys.

"Sometimes what we want may just be beyond us and that is something we must accept." He continued. "I believe if something is for you then you will get it but if it's not for you then the almighty will give you something that's for you."