Twisted Hatred

Nabah

Me and Mayank were watching the movie together and Cyra made popcorn and some snacks for us.
"Do you guys want anything to drink?" Cyra said as she kept the tray of popcorn and snacks on the table.
"I'll take Fanta! What about you Mayank?" I look over at him.
"Same." He says and goes back to watching the movie

Cyra places 2 glasses of Fanta in front of us and says, "Jiji, I'm going to sleep now, when I have to cook dinner then wake me up." Cyra says as she walk over to her room.
"Okay!" I say and concentrate on the movie again. Atleast I try to concentrate, throughout the whole movie, all i could focus on was Mayank.
When the movie is about to end my phone rings, Aahana.
I pick up the call, "Hello? Nabah?"
"Yeah?"
"Helloooo? Nabahhhh!!! Can you hear me because I cannot! Anyways, cook dinner for us! Bye!!"
And the call ends.

"Mayank, it was Aahana. She asked to make dinner." I said to Mayank and started walking towards the kitchen.
"Oh, let me help." He said as he got up too.
"It's fine, I can make it on my own." I said as I pulled out the apron from the drawer and put it on.
"I know you can do everything on your own Nabah madam, but letting me help won't kill you." Mayank said as he picked up an apron too.
"Sure." I say and open the fridge.

"So, what are we making huh?" He says as he walks over and stands behind me.
Looking over my shoulder, he takes a brief look at the fridge.
"Do you still like homemade Pizza?" He asked as he looked down at me.
"Mhm." I said slowly, this was awkward. I don't know if it is awkward for him or not but it is for me, it's pretty weird to talk so normally to someone who hates me.
"Well then, we are making pizza!" He says as he starts making the pizza dough and I take out the rest of the ingredients.
"So, remember how you always wanted to try and make the dough?" He says looking up at me.
"Mhm."
"Come here," He says and my heart starts to beat fast already. I always asked him to teach me how to make the dough correctly but he never taught me cause he used to say he'll be always there to make it for me. "I'll teach you."
I nod and walk over silently to him, i start kneading the dough and suddenly he takes my hands in his and starts to knead the dough correctly.
My body is getting more stiff and my heart is pounding so fast, i bet he can hear it.
This is awkward, just awkward.
It's weird to be so close to him, all I can think about is Sanjana right now. I bet he used to like to teach her, she was the one he always wanted to be close to.
He slowly shows me how to knead the dough and I do as he says. His hands guiding mine and I let them.
I have never gotten this close to him, ever. My whole life.
"Perfect!" He said and I snapped back to reality and away from my thoughts.
"Mhm, nice." I say and move away from him a little, not too much but just a little, so that I can be a bit more comfortable.

We make like 7 pizzas and 1 more is in the oven when we hear the bell ring, Cyra had woken up like 20 minutes so she goes and opens the door.
"I'm so tired!" Adah and Heer whined and layed down on the couch.
"Same." Jasmine said as she sat on the sofa.
"Dinner is ready by the way." I say and suddenly all of their faces light up.
"Mhm, 1 pizza for everyone!" Mayank said as he took the last one out of the oven.
"1?" Aahana asked.
"Don't worry you have 2." I say and she smiles at me. She gets up from her place and walks towards the kitchen and said, "Mayank sit down, I'll serve."
"Thanks." He says and takes a seat with others.

I went to give everyone their food and Aahana was pouring drinks in the glasses for everyone when suddenly my phone rang.
"Nabah!" Aahana shouted.
"Just pick up the call and put it on speaker!" I shout back.
"Okay." She said and I focused back on serving.

"Hey, babygirl." Shit. That's all I could think now, Shit. Everyone looks over at Aahana, everyone.
That's Daniyal's voice, Oh my goodness, no just no.
"Hello?" Aahana replied to him and I ran to the kitchen to take my phone back.
"Aahana give me back my-" I was about to take the phone from her hands but she turned her back to me.
"Shut up Nabah. And uhm, who are you?" She said and i stood there.
Atleast she can take the phone off speaker.
"Daniyal, Daniyal Aziz. You must be Aahana, right?"
"Mhm, guess you've heard a lot about me from 'your babygirl', huh?"
"Who hasn't heard about you? You're a famous and successful woman so don't blame 'my babygirl'." He replied and I just stood there silently.
"Uh huh, sure sure." Aahana replied and I found the perfect opportunity to take my phone back.
"Sorry Aahana but you can talk to him later." I said as I took the phone from her grasp and ran to my room.

"Hey." I said, slowly.
"Hey." He replied with the same tone. I could imagine him slowly smiling to himself saying this.
"So what were you guys doing?" He asked.
"Jasmine and Mayank came over and they all went to a concert." I said.
"So, how was the concert?" He asked and I could hear him shifting in his sit, is he in a car?
"Me and Mayank stayed at home." I replied.
"Why? Was it a metal concert or something?" He asked and I couldn't bring myself to answer this time. I don't know why I didn't went, I just didn't.
"It's fine. Also, I called to inform you I'm here, I don't have a place to stay rn though so I'll stay in a hotel maybe or some." He said and when I was about to reply there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." I said and Aahana walked in.
"So, Daniyal?" She asks me and takes a seat beside me.
"He's here in Chandigarh and he's staying in a hotel." I tell her as I show her my phone, which shows I'm still on call.
"Why in a hotel?" She said, raising her voice and took the phone from my hand and said, "Hey Daniyal! I've heard a lot about you too, especially when you left India in highschool, and no need to stay in a hotel. Come stay with us, okay?" She says and I look at her with shock.
Is this girl crazy or what? I cannot even say anything right now because that'll just seem very, very rude.
"Yeah okay, nice. Now you should end this call because I'm taking Nabah with me." She says and ends the call after a sassy "Mhm".
"Aahana? What was that?" I shout at her. I cannot control myself right now, I mean, first of all, Mayank. And then, Daniyal too.