Hikayat ✔

Chap. 37

"Vania?"

A knock sounded on her door and she quickly sat up on her bed she was laying upon swiping through Harris's old pictures on her laptop.

He opened the door without waiting for her reply, a bad habbit he's had since his childhood.

She quickly changed tabs and wiped the lovestruck smile from her face. Straightening up she cleared her throat and acted as if she was seriously working.

*Ahem.. *Ahem

"Ji Harris, bolo koi kaam tha?"

He walked in and leaned on the side of the bed post, folding his arms on his chest. Vania tried hard not to stare at him the way she stared at the pictures.

"Haan, hum jaa rahy hain, chalo."

She looked up abruptly, "Haain? Kahan jaa rahy hain?"

"Ice cream khaney chalo ab!" He beckoned with his hand and said in an excited voice, calling her.

"Nhi.. Harris.. Main nhi jaa skti.." she mumbled and moved her attention back to the laptop.

He stopped walking out and swiveled around to look at her.

"Kyun??" He asked surprised.

Vania's heart thudded against her chest at his voice and she bit her lips sucking in a deep breath.

'Kyun ke mera dil nhi bardasht kar skta'

"Kyun ke main kaam ker rhi hun." she replied instead dissmisively thinking he would leave.

Instead he came down to his knees beside the bed where she sat, almost stopping Vania's heart. He peaked into her screen and Vania all but screamed in alarm.

"Kiyaaa kar rahi ho?" he asked

She quickly slammed the screen shut before he noticed the tabs of the pictures opened.

"Harris!! kiyaaa hai?"

He slowly turned to look at her and narrowed his eyes at her red face.

"Hmm...konsi film dekh rahi thi?"

"Koi film nhi thi, main ek writing kar rhi hun!"

It was kind of a good excuse because she knew he would remember how she was insecure about people reading her incomplete work.

"Uff jo bhi.." He shook his head and grabbed her hand pulling her up. "Utho chalo hum jaa rhy hain."

A spark shot up through her hand and hit her straight at her heart that stuttered violently and she quickly pulled her hand out of his warm grasp, getting up.

"Harris! Kiyaa ho gaya hai main nhi ja skti naa!" It came out harsher than intended, her voice raspy to her own ears.

She swallowed hard. She didn't mean to be rude but she didn't have any other option to get rid of him. She peaked at his face to see the result of her statement.

He pursed his lips and looked down as if thinking hard.

Vania held her breath waiting for his response. 'Please don't be too mad.."

"Ach.." He nodded his head.

Vania almost sighed in releif but his next words stopped her.

"Ab jo main kar ne jaa raha hun woh main kbhi karna nhi chahta tha... But.... Tum ne mujhe majboor kar diya toh..."

Her breath hitched and her eyes poped wide.

"Kiya.. Kiyaa karne waley ho?!" She asked just a tinge of fear entering it.