Chapter 3 The First Date

Aayat's P.O. V

* 4 years ago*

One week passed and there was no sign of Abyad at all, then when it was going to hit a completed week of him going M.I. A, (missing in action) he finally texted.

While talking to him, I lost myself in another world, where there was no one else but the two of us. I thought the situation was the same as he asked me to join him for a coffee.

Unfortunately, I was not allowed out of the house and my mom would drive me everywhere, so I had to reject the offer.

Nevertheless, we continued talking and I could feel myself crushing on him even harder than before. The next Wednesday, after their class, my friend Raksha informed me that Abyad cut his wrist, and it was only because I refused to join him for coffee.

I started feeling bad and guilty; I felt like I hurt him even when trying to stay away from him. I spent the whole night crying and thinking about what I should do.

In the end, I decided to tell him that I like him, and he should not hurt himself because of me. I felt a strange pain in my chest.

I eventually called him through Adarsh as, for some reasons his mom took away his phone from him.

After that, we agreed to meet at a nearby restaurant for the weekend. The problem was that I had to lie to my parents to go out. In the end, I asked my best friend Zinat to accompany me.

She was glad I finally liked someone. After all the years she tried setting me up with people. The nervousness that I was facing knew no bounds. I went paranoid about my appearance.

Zinat was trying her best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown. Zinat chose my outfit and helped me to get ready. I wore a simple light blue dress which lightened up my face and did some light makeup on.

I started fidgeting without realizing again. I wanted to make a good impression, and I did not know why, but his opinion mattered a lot to me. The restaurant was oddly calm that day. Zinat was holding back her laugh as much as she could, for it was amusing for her to see me in such a situation.

When Abyad arrived, I was ranting about my nervousness to Zinat; she tried to inform me that Abyad was standing right behind me, but, unfortunately; I was talking way too much and exceedingly fast for her to stop me.

I stopped only to see her eyes on something behind me. As soon as I turned, I realized Abyad was standing right behind me. Zinat started laughing uncontrollably, and Abyad had a cute smile on his face. His right hand went at the back of his neck and he rubbed it.

"I never knew you would be this nervous," he said as he sat next to me.

"well... uh I never knew about that until today," I replied.

"You're so cute!" he said as he pinched my cheeks a bit.

"Thanks," replied Zinat, which made Abyad look at her, amused.

"What? Knowing her, she would not reply but just smile nervously," she explained, which made Abyad laugh and made me want to run away as soon as possible.

After half an hour of Abyad asking random questions about Zinat and me, and Zinat answering all of them, I decided to join the conversation as well. By the end of the meeting, I grew to like him even more, however; I thought that the feeling was not reciprocal considering my behaviour. When we reached home, I received a text from Abyad:

You were too cute,

can't wait for you

to warm up to me,

hope to meet you again

in the following days I did not realize that I was smiling and blushing while reading the text until Zinat pointed it out.

She snatched my phone and read the text. She was delighted that Abyad liked me, for she approved him completely for me.

She decided to reply to me, as I did not know how to flirt.

Am glad that you found me cute

cause you stole my breath

looking this handsome,

looking forward to meeting you again.

I gasped looking at the reply she sent, this was so unlike the real me. It was too late to take whatever she sent back. He replied almost immediately.

Thanks, Zinat,

but I am more interested in Aayat lol.

No offence though.

I began to laugh at the shocked face of Zinat when she read the text. She instantly began to type again.

How did you know?

Are you spying on us?

Before she managed to send the text, another message from Abyad popped up the screen.

I might have met her only today,

but we've been texting for a while now,

and she is not as bold as this, you are...

can you give her the phone now?

Zinat gave me the phone back pouting, I smiled at his reply and began to text him back.

Never knew you noticed this much about me lol... am glad I could finally meet you... wished we could meet soon.

From there, we started texting again for four hours straight non-stop, and as I could not sleep that night, he accompanied me on the text until I fell asleep.