The flight attendant had handed her a small box of few a.s.sorted chocolates . By the time she could ask or say anything she had left to serve chocolates to other people who were still awake . It was her first-time flying in business cla.s.s and she had no idea whether the chocolates were complementary or chargeable like a mini-bar of a hotel room . She was feeling too embarra.s.sed to call the attendant back and ask her about it . She was too hungry and badly wanted to eat them, but didn't want to pile on any extra bills in case . She looked around and saw the guy next to her ripping off his chocolate packet up and was about to eat one .

So she mustered up some courage and asked,

"Excuse me !!!"

"Um . . . hi . This is my first time traveling in business cla.s.s, so actually, I wanted to ask . Um… are these chocolates chargeable?"

Raymond was surprised when he heard her voice . He paused for a while and said .

"No, they are complementary . "

"Really!!" She exclaimed .

Before Raymond could say a word she had already gobbled two of them . The chocolate melted in her mouth and she closed her eyes and relished it .

Raymond was shocked by her frankness . He was a frequent traveler who always flew either in business or first cla.s.s, so he had seen many people who act all airy when they were b.u.mped up to business cla.s.s . But here she was frank to her very core, enjoying such small things in life .

"By the way, you can ask to get you more if you want . Just let them know . " Raymond added .

She was a bit shocked to hear it . She started thinking – "Does he think I am cheap?" A small frown appeared on her face .

"That's fine . I am good with this" . Akira replied .

Raymond could sense a bit of traction in her voice . She looked hungry and had finished all her chocolates and was fidgeting with the wrappers .

"Here take mine . I don't like them much" .

Before Akira could say no to it, he had already placed his chocolates in her box . He gave her a sincere smile . She smiled back and returned back to gobbling the chocolates up .

After she was done eating she stole a quick glance to her right . He was again busy with his work . He looked super neat . His s.h.i.+rt looked quite expensive and his demeanor was so calm and composed . He looked like someone who demanded authority . She again stole a glance at his hands which were busy with the keypad . She looked at his cufflinks which appeared very familiar to her and then looked at his hands which moved swiftly from one key to another on the keypad . Then she suddenly noticed a scalded patch on his hand .

"Must be painful . " She said .

"Excuse me? " Raymond replied .

"I mean your hand . Looks like you have got a bad burn, Sir . I have a silver nitrate cooling cream which helps a lot for such burns . I always keep it handy . " Saying so Akira started searching for the ointment in her purse .

"Sir? , did she really address me as sir? " Raymond was amazed . He initially wanted to say no but she was already frantically searching her bag . He sighed and stretched his scalded hand out in her direction .

"Found it . " Before she could pa.s.s the ointment to him, she saw he had stretched his hand towards her .

"Oh . . ok", she mumbled . She felt awkward that she was about to apply ointment to the hands of someone who was totally a stranger . But the next moment she recollected about the chocolates that he had given . She silently thought in her head . "Ha, this will make us even . "

She took a coin size amount of cream and started applying on his hands . She saw him tense up a bit . There was an awkward silence between them . The silence was eating her up, burning her ears . So she asked-

"By the way what happened? How did you burn yourself?"

"Well I had just bought my coffee and some hothead b.u.mped against me today at the airport and this happened . "

Akira's hands stopped moving and she turned towards him in horror .

He had a sly smile on his face .

The flight attendant had handed her a small box of few a.s.sorted chocolates . By the time she could ask or say anything she had left to serve chocolates to other people who were still awake . It was her first-time flying in business cla.s.s and she had no idea whether the chocolates were complementary or chargeable like a mini-bar of a hotel room . She was feeling too embarra.s.sed to call the attendant back and ask her about it . She was too hungry and badly wanted to eat them, but didn't want to pile on any extra bills in case . She looked around and saw the guy next to her ripping off his chocolate packet up and was about to eat one

.

So she mustered up some courage and asked, .

.

"Excuse me !!!" .

.

"Um . hi . This is my first time traveling in business cla.s.s, so actually, I wanted to ask . Um… are these chocolates chargeable?" .

.

Raymond was surprised when he heard her voice . He paused for a while and said

.

"No, they are complementary . " .

.

"Really!!" She exclaimed

.

Before Raymond could say a word she had already gobbled two of them . The chocolate melted in her mouth and she closed her eyes and relished it

.

Raymond was shocked by her frankness . He was a frequent traveler who always flew either in business or first cla.s.s, so he had seen many people who act all airy when they were b.u.mped up to business cla.s.s . But here she was frank to her very core, enjoying such small things in life

.

"By the way, you can ask to get you more if you want . Just let them know . " Raymond added

.

She was a bit shocked to hear it . She started thinking – "Does he think I am cheap?" A small frown appeared on her face

.

"That's fine . I am good with this" . Akira replied

.

Raymond could sense a bit of traction in her voice . She looked hungry and had finished all her chocolates and was fidgeting with the wrappers

.

"Here take mine . I don't like them much"

.

Before Akira could say no to it, he had already placed his chocolates in her box . He gave her a sincere smile . She smiled back and returned back to gobbling the chocolates up

.

After she was done eating she stole a quick glance to her right . He was again busy with his work . He looked super neat . His s.h.i.+rt looked quite expensive and his demeanor was so calm and composed . He looked like someone who demanded authority . She again stole a glance at his hands which were busy with the keypad . She looked at his cufflinks which appeared very familiar to her and then looked at his hands which moved swiftly from one key to another on the keypad . Then she suddenly noticed a scalded patch on his hand

.

"Must be painful . " She said

.

"Excuse me? " Raymond replied

.

"I mean your hand . Looks like you have got a bad burn, Sir . I have a silver nitrate cooling cream which helps a lot for such burns . I always keep it handy . " Saying so Akira started searching for the ointment in her purse

.

"Sir? , did she really address me as sir? " Raymond was amazed . He initially wanted to say no but she was already frantically searching her bag . He sighed and stretched his scalded hand out in her direction

.

"Found it . " Before she could pa.s.s the ointment to him, she saw he had stretched his hand towards her

.

"Oh ok", she mumbled . She felt awkward that she was about to apply ointment to the hands of someone who was totally a stranger . But the next moment she recollected about the chocolates that he had given . She silently thought in her head . "Ha, this will make us even . " .

.

She took a coin size amount of cream and started applying on his hands . She saw him tense up a bit . There was an awkward silence between them . The silence was eating her up, burning her ears . So she asked- .

.

"By the way what happened? How did you burn yourself?" .

.

"Well I had just bought my coffee and some hothead b.u.mped against me today at the airport and this happened . " .

.

Akira's hands stopped moving and she turned towards him in horror

.

He had a sly smile on his face