Out of the Corner of the eye

On the occasion of Makara Sankaranthi on 14th Jan, my neighbour had come to meet us along with his cute 6yr old daughter. As my sister and my mother entertained her, I sat in the hall so as to not leave my neighbour alone.

What followed was an uncomfortable silence of around 3-4 minutes we kept glancing at each other out of the corner of our eyes and pretended as if we were looking else where. I'm sure, he like me was thinking how to start a conversation.

As the temperature increased, the glances got more and more frequent until my father came and cooled things down.