One Of A Kind [ slow updates ]

Chapter 7 : Two Idiots & One Stalker

I had come up with a brilliant excuse of picking up some keys from my work office and sent Navi with Jiya in the cab. Gaurav and Lata had left too. It was already past seven, the darkness had taken over the sky and the various lights in the surroundings lit up the place.

"Do you want me to drop you somewhere?" Advay asked.

"No, I have my two wheeler. But I would like to talk to you." I said and then added, "alone," as I noticed the other paranoid man look at me with curious eyes.

Advay turned to look at Aman, the latter nodded. I began walking down the slope that led into the parking space where my vehicle stood. Advay followed me, silently.

"Why did you say yes to this proposal?" I asked folding my arms, staring at him, after  we crossed a few four wheelers and reached my bike.

"Uh, I... is there a problem?" He asked with curiosity and bafflement reflecting in his eyes. 

"Advay, I don't want to beat around the bush. I have seen the way you look at me. It makes me uncomfortable. Do you have anything to say about that?" I was surprisingly being very civil. I wasn't threatening him with a scowl or throwing punches on his face. Maybe it had to do something with the fact that Navi liked him. 

"Uh, I am sorry, if I made you feel that way."

I hated the fact that his face showed genuine guilt. "What is it Advay?" I asked.

He looked away unable to keep the eye-contact. His hand massaged the back of his neck. He was nervous.

"Fine," I sighed. "I just want to be straightforward. I care for my sister, a lot. If you've even a zero point one percent doubt that you're not meant for this relationship, back out, now. If you're going ahead with a relationship with her then go with your hundred percent. Because she's going to go in with her hundred percent."

"You care for her a lot." He said the obvious. He had no clue how far I could go to protect her.

I nodded.

"Is that why you came along with her on our dates?" He asked, I sensed some disappointment in his tone. Or maybe it was just my brain trying to dramatize the whole conversation. 

"Yes." Not because I like you, idiot. I kept that part to myself adding, "she can be naive sometimes and sometimes people take her goodness for granted. I wanted to make sure nothing like that is happening."

"Aren't you a little over protective about her?" 

My gaze hardened, fixated on his face. What does he mean by that? "It's none of your business. She's my little sister and no one messes with her." My fingers curled into a fist.

"Noted."

"Good." I gave him a hard stare. "I am done with what I had to say." Saying that I turned to my two wheeler. Opening the storage space I brought out my helmet. 

"I like you."

I froze. I wasn't expecting him to say that in words. He was supposed to be a coward. But seemingly not as much as I took him to be. I looked up at him, as he stood on the other side of my vehicle looking at me. If that was hope in his eyes, I wish I could smack his face.

"That's the truth. I know this sounds ridiculous. Trust me when I saw Navi, I instantly liked her. After the first date I was almost sure that she's the one. Then you started showing up with her. And I don't know when I started liking you."

I simply stared at him. I hated the fact that his eyes looked honest. 

"Look, I--" He went on to further explain but I interrupted his justification.