My hands were warm, but I didn't move. Feelings all over the place.
I thought Zayne knew my hands were okay now. He was holding them after all. I don't know why he did that nore what his thoughts were behind this behaviour. I felt like I was melting, like a snow in warm spring morning.
I have to tell something to him, my heart can't handle this any longer. I'm surprised it hasn't jumped out of my chest.
"Ummm, Zayne? I'm okay now."
Words just rolled over my lips. If I spoke more, I bet he would notice my nervousness.
"I know."
Just like mine, his words too were above a whisper. They sent tingles through my body, so I shivered a little.
Still, he wasn't doing nothing until I felt his hand squeeze mine softly. After that, he took my hands out of his pockets.
"We should go."
I just nodded at his words, my eyes facing the ground. With that, we started to walk towards the supermarket.
I want this trip to end so I can finally breathe. Zayne was overwhelming today. I'm not used to this. I like to take control of people. All the dates I've been to I always made sure I was in charge of not getting overwhelmed. With Zayne, it is impossible.
As we went inside the store, we separated ways and agreed to meet at the door. I like to shop alone so I can focus on what I need to buy and peacefully walk through the store. I don't mind company, just prefer to shop in peace.
Walking and checking out the sections, I brought a few sweets, wine, salad, green onions, sweet sauce, noodles, bread, juice, and to my horror two very lively crabs.
My mind remembered something that Zayne said. I mean, he didn't finish his sentence since Leyla interrupted him. I wonder what he was going to say, not like he mentioned it after. Should I ask him?
After i picked up a few more groceries while pushing the cart towards the checkout, I bumped into someone.
"Oh hey, Y/N! Long time no see!"
"Oh hey, Max!"
Max is my former colleague. I went on a few missions with him. He's a good and talented hunter, there's no doubt. Few times I felt like he was flirting with me, but I just thought that he was being friendly.
"Where have you been? Haven't seen you in the institute much nowadays."
"Ahh, well, I was hurt during a mission and fell sick afterwards. I'll probably be back tomorrow."
"Oh wow! Anyways, would you mind exchanging phone numbers? I wanted to ask you in our first missions together but chickened out."
I didn't mind giving him my number. After all, he was a decent guy and never really gave me any red flags to stay away from him. So I just nodded at his request and pulled out my phone and gave him to put in his number, and so did he with his phone.
"Cool! So here's my phone number. Maybe you wanna grab dinner tonight? My treat."
Just as I was going to answer, someone interrupted us.
"She already has plans with someone else. Respectfully, she will decline your offer."
My eyes shot at Zayne in surprise. Plans with someone else? Does he mean him? We never made any plans for tonight! What is he talking about?
Even tho Zayne interrupted our conversation, I was going to decline anyway. Didn't feel like eating out of home. Sooo I just decided to play along with Zayne.
