It's Not Finished Yet

Chapter 9

*Hayat's POV*

'Hayat, I want to say something,' Murat texted me.

My mind froze and my throat became tight. I didn't realize I was crying until tears fell on my screen.

With trembling hands, I replied to him,
'Ha?' (yes?), and told Jannah about the miracle just happened.

'Please forgive me, if I have ever hurt you', he replied after a few minutes.

And welp! Teardrops formed into a fountain.

"Hayat! Take control over yourself and talk to him properly," I scolded myself and tried to get myself together.

After a minute or so I was in control and replied to him,
'There's nothing like that.
I'm surprised you still remember me'

'Why wouldn't I?
It's just that, someone made me miss you a lot'

'And who's that?'

'Just someone.
I'm sorry.'

'You didn't do anything to hurt me.'

'I didn't replied your last message sent for my birthday.'

'It had a reason behind it.'

'What?'

'You wanted to stay away from me, make a distance.'

'I keep my distance from everyone, not just you.'

'To paas aaye kyu the?'
(Then why did you come close to me?)
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I sent him.

'That's the thing I came to apologize for. I think maybe, I'm a little late now. But still, I have hope you will forgive me.'

I closed my eyes and hugged my knees, sobbing in silence.

The notification bell kept on pinging and I looked up at the screen. Jannah's texts brought me back to the world.

'WHAT THE HELL!!
HE TEXTED?
WHAT IS HE SAYING?'

I will deal with her later.

I got back to his chat and replied,
'I never kept any grudges towards you. Instead always prayed for you.'

'Thanks.
So am I forgiven?'

'Yes.'

'Thanks again.'

I didn't know what to say next so we just kept quiet for a while. But my fingers were itching to talk to him. So I texted again.

'Are you okay?'

* No reply *

'Your habit of vanishing didn't go away hmm?' I smiled as I recalled the past moments.

'Vanishing?' he replied after a few minutes.

'Vanishing in the middle of the talk.'

'Ohh.
Actually, I'm working right now.
That's why.
I'm good, what about you?'

'I'm fine.'

'Good.'

'How are you online so late?'

'Working.'

'You couldn't stay awake more than 11 PM before'

'A lot of things have changed since then.'

'Yeah a lot.'

'Ji' (yes)

'I have one question
No, two actually'

'What?'