Prince Khan

Chapter 24

Aryan's car pulled up in front of our houses and we waited for Rehana and Suhana to step out. Aryan made sure to watch them walk into his bungalow before taking off.

I silently smiled when I realised I got them close. I was too busy mentally congratulating myself that I didn't notice Aryan seemed a little upset.

When I looked over, I figured he wanted to talk about us and I wasn't giving him any attention. "We should talk about–" "Yes we should" He cut me off.

I thought that was quite rude and he was being unnecessarily mean to me. Despite so I decided it was alright to just brush it off.

"Before we get to the kiss I need to talk to you about something else" He stated. His eyes fixed to the road. His body leaned back against the car seat.

He seemed like the most relaxed yet tensed person I've ever seen. "What is that something else?" I asked. I could see him bite into his inner cheek.

"I would appreciate it if you don't try to involve my little sister with your cousin" He told me sternly. "What?" Was all I could blurt out. He stopped the car near an empty park.

"I care about my sister a lot and I don't want her to get hurt" He told me. "I really like you but your cousin..." He trailed off but I knew what he meant. "I know" I agreed with him.

"But I am not trying to set anyone up" I lied through my teeth. "I just–" I hoped Aryan just thought I was gathering courage to answer him because in reality I was gathering the time to form a lie for him.

"I really like you and I was hoping that maybe our siblings could be close" I said. "I wanted them to be close and like each other so that they won't have a problem with us" I looked at him directly and prayed he would believe.

I saw him form a small smile on his face. "So there is 'us'?" He asked. "Yeah there is" That was real. He leaned over and gave me a kiss.

"We should take things slow" He told me once he pulled back. "I don't really want everyone to know just yet" I nodded in agreement. "Same here" I said with a smile.

"Just–I get why you want them to spend time" He started the car again. "But please don't set them up" He begged me. "I won't" I told him.

"But Aryan if they decide on their own then that's their decision" Aryan looked away from me. "We shouldn't stop them" He pulled the car out of the park.

"My cousin isn't that bad" I said softly. I saw Aryan's grip loosen on the steering wheel. "But I won't do anything myself and please know that I definitely wasn't" I assured him.

He just nodded and kept driving. I had never felt more guilty about anything else in my life. Aryan would lose his mind when he finds out the truth and I know he'll never forgive me.

Suhana

Bhaiyya and Mira dropped us to our home about an hour ago. I found it slightly weird that Mira was constantly trying to get Rehan and I to get to know each other. I didn't actually mind though.

Rehan was kind of cute and the only thing holding me back was the fact that he was a jerk but when Mira told me that's not the case I figured he was suitable guy.

"Do you mind waiting for a bit? I don't want to play in my skirt" He nodded and I ran into the house. I had never made my way faster to my room. Once I had changed into more comfortable football wear I ran downstairs.

Rehan had found a football laying around in our garden and he was practicing with it. I held myself back to watch him. I would he lying if I say I haven't watched him before in school during practice.

"Hey" He noticed me standing there and I quickly snapped out my thoughts. "Hi" I jogged up to him. He had loosened his tie and rolled up his sleeves. His chest was slightly exposed because he unbuttoned his shirt slightly.

I cleared my throat. "So how should we do this?" I asked as I walked away from him. We stood opposite each other. "Just simple one-on-one I guess" He said. "Okay we need goal posts" Rehan helped me place two chairs that we used as goals.

Everything was going great. Rehan and I were getting along. We were laughing and giving each other tips. But then I made a mistake. "I was so wrong about you" I told him. We were now sat at the steps near the entrance of our house. "Wrong how?" He asked.

"Wrong like I thought you would be like your sister" I told him. "Oh and how's that like?" He asked. "You know mean, pretentious, fake and a full fledged bitch" I blurted out. I turned to see his annoyed face and that's when I realised I messed up.

"Oh wait that's not–" "No that's exactly what you meant" He cut me off. He didn't look at me. I wanted to apologise but he cut me off again. "At least she's not like your brother" He snapped at me.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He didn't wait even a second to reply. "You know rude, stubborn, brooding and a full fledged control freak" He fired at me. "Don't talk about my brother like that" My voice was dripping with anger and so was his.

"Then don't talk about my sister that way" He snapped back. "The truth hurts" I told him. "Could say the same for you" I got up in frustration. "I don't wanna see your face" I pointed towards the main gate.

"Just go!" I yelled at him before running back into my house. I ran past my confused mother who tried to stop me but I managed to lock myself in my bedroom before she could.