Chapter 5 No more regrets

" So why are you here Kylian? " Zanat asked him.

"Well I came here to collect my delivery items and I saw you guys here so thought of saying hi ... but look like I am not welcomed here by this cold Queen. " He told her.

" Bro!! What's your deal? Why are you suddenly showing interest in me?! " Hazel stopped eating and asked him with a serious tone.

"Nothing... I am just ... " He tried to say something and stopped in between.

"Just what? " She asked him again with more pressure

"Just to make new friends and to make new connections. Can't I? " He asked while drinking her juice without any shame.

Zanat was observing these things and smiled to herself.

" You can't!? If you want, get a new target to forget about her... don't use me. " She told him without thinking much. Straight on her face.

*zanat just spit her water

" What?! " He can't refuse or deny the fact but he felt strangely uncomfortable with her words. He got up and went out without any words or anything.

He took his bike and went back home.

*someone was calling him.

" Bro! Just because you are doing this job to forget about your situation. Don't dump your work on me! " His friend shouted over the call.

*He cut the call and lay on his bed.

" Why can't I face her? I am using her? Using her to forget Rachel?! It's bad right?! " He was mumbling the same thing again and again .

He took his phone and called Hazel.

" Who is that?! " Zanat asked her. They both were going back home.

" It's him! " Hazel told her while putting her mobile aside with a sad face.

" Hey! You were too harsh. You should not have told that to his face. Maybe he didn't mean that. I can see the pain in his face. " Zanat told her.

" But I don't want to be another victim like him. He is already a victim in Rachel's story. It will hurt my pride. " She told her while closing her eyes to sleep in the car.

Zanat made a huge sigh and stopped talking.

After dropping zanat. She went back to her place. The driver was driving smoothly in spite of the traffic. When she got down and paid the fare.

"Let me pay! " A voice came near her and paid her bill.

"What? Why are you here? Kylian... !? " She was surprised but her eyes looked sad. She realised that her words are sharp towards him.

" Shall we have a chat? I wanna share about my previous stories. I need someone to listen to my story without any judgments. " He told her without blinking. He really needs someone to listen to his blabbering.

" Wanna come to my home? " She asked him.

"Huuu what? " He asked her again and he was too surprised by her words.

"Just kidding. Let's go to the park over there. I am Hungry. Shall we order something? " Hazel told him. She is ready to be his listener.

He realised the fact and ordered her favourite foods as far as he could remember from their previous collage exposure or some random events. She walked inside the park and sat on the nice chair.

" So... how have you been? I know it's too late to ask still... " Hazel asked him.

Kylian was genuinely happy about the fact that he didn't yet lose this nice friendship, which has not yet bloomed ".

" I am doing better I guess. But her thoughts. No, to be honest, I need a proper answer to move on! " He said while looking at the ground and his legs were tapping the floor.

"What was her opinion? What did she say? " Hazel asked him with a lot of patience and she is clear with her words to avoid hurting him much.

" Sigh** she felt suffocating! " He told her without much strength in his voice.

" Is that what she said? Did you force her with something?" She asked him again.

" Maybe... . I am not aware, maybe I am wrong but it's human nature to do things wrong. I need one change to rectify my mistakes right? I deserve another chance right?" He asked her with a face filled with disappointment.

" What exactly? I don't understand. What did you force her to do? You asked for marriage or something? Or control her in something? " She asked him, so he can realise something and accept the facts.

" As a boyfriend, I sometimes get possessive but I don't mess with her situation or relationship with her other friends. But maybe my clinging act made her lose interest." He told her .

" That's impossible! " She mumbled. Suddenly their conversation got cut off, as his delivery man called him. He went to get the food for her. Hazel was just sitting there and thinking about his situation and what exactly was going on. She took her phone to see Rachel's chats in some insta groups or in some general group chats.

" Here.. I hope this was all of your likings. " He put the parcel in front of her.

" Thanks. Shall we start eating? " She asked him while opening the food boxes. She was happy to see those good foods in front of her.

" Thanks for your delicious treat. I will pay you back well sir! " She told him and started to eat. He was happy that she was satisfied unlike Rachel.

( "I should not compare them right?! But I can't help it. " He thinks that to himself.)

" Eat! Kylian... " She told him to have dinner. They both had an open picnic in the park with a lot of tasty fast food.

" Why are you doing deliveries? What about your studio? " She asked him.

" I should start pursuing my passion now I guess. I changed my work so that I look reliable in front of her. Seems like this job also didn't match her taste. " He smiled a little.

"Kylian?! " She called him.

"Yes? What happened? " He asked her while eating.

" What do you do in your studios? Can I see your works? I have little knowledge in photographic fields. " She told him.

"Yes I am aware, you were in our club right? Even though we didn't have a chat directly, Rachel has told me a lot about you. " He told her.

" Oh I am glad that she mentioned me. " She smiled and started to eat.