FEAR OF FONDNESS

Chapter 13 THREAT

Shinaya's POV:

Panic surged within me, My eyes widened with surprise and horror.

"I guess you weren't expecting me," he remarked, his tone serious as he observed my reaction.

"Or you didn't waned to see me here" His words hit me like a blow, and I struggled to find a response.

"N-no, I was, umm..." I stuttered, my voice trailing off as I saw his unwavering gaze. He remained silent but his eyes were boring into mine with an intensity.

"I know you didn't wanted me here, but now I'm here, won't you let me in?" he asked. I noticed I was standing right in front of the door, blocking his way. I quickly stepped aside, allowing him to enter the house. As I moved to close the door, and then moved the gate to close it, his voice stopped me in my tracks.

"Who gave you those flowers?". He asked suspiciously. His inquiry about the flowers caught me off guard. Why is he asking about them? what does he have to do with them? I questioned myself but I answered him too.

"Oh, um... my cousin gave them to me," I answered him.

"Which cousin?". He bombarded another question.

"Wassay" I Answered.

"Why?" he pressed, his tone demanding an explanation. I didn't know why was he investigating too much. I didn't like his interrogative way and suspicious questions.

"huh?" I gave him a sign that I didn't like his question but I think he didn't pick it up or he ignored it

" I said, why did he give you those flowers?" he repeated his question in a serious tone.

"Because It's a formality, he came to a celebration party..." I explained, although I didn't wanted to.

"If it is that so then your Mamu or Mami should have given it to you, instead of your cousin!" he said in a strict voice.

I was staring at him. I was confused and frustrated by his questions. He took a deep breath and came towards me. I took a step back. But he stopped almost two steps away from me. He saw the bolt that I was trying to slide. He gripped it, and with a first try, he closed it. Of course, he was stronger than me. Then he turned towards me and raised a bouquet of pink tulips towards me.

"Congratulations," he said without any expressions. okay, he was a crazy man. a moment ago he was bombarding me with suspicious questions and now he is congratulating me? he has some bipolar disorder, I assumed.

I grabbed flowers from his hand and said thank you, But as I thanked him he took the other bouquet from me. "I'll carry this one," he said .' let's go" he sounded like he declared.

I move inside along with him. I was walking forward and he was walking a little behind me or maybe almost by my side. It was awkward.....pretty awkward.

As the Dinner was about to begin, me and my cousins were busy arranging plates on the table while Zaiba nudged me, her elbow catching me off guard. "Look, Shinaya, you're matching outfits with your family friend," she remarked with a mischievous grin. Confused, I followed her gaze, I found Wassal standing there, dressed entirely in black. His black pants were paired with a matching turtleneck and coat.

It was a bit awkward but I couldn't help but smirk at Zaiba and Sadia's playful observation. Returning to the house from the lawn, As I looked up he was looking at me, I quickly went to the house ignoring him.

After dinner, while serving tea, I moved to Wassal, passing him tea but I didn't know how the cup fell on him. All of the guests were looking at me. I got nervous but Wassal quickly stood up and calmly said, which he usually doesn't use, that it was fine and excused himself to the washroom.

After a while, my mother asked me to go and asked him if he needed something. I went inside and waited outside for him. After a while, he came out." I was just here to ask if you needed anything" I said politely as it was my fault that tea spilled on him.

"I need a towel," he said. " yes, sure!" I said and quickly moved inside and came out with a towel. He cleaned his outfit as much as he could, Fortunately, it wasn't completely ruined, and due to its black color, the spot wasn't more prominent.

After that he began to find his phone. "where is it?" he murmured. he began to look here and there but it was not there.

"Are you finding your phone?" I said.

"yeah!" he answered as he stopped looking for it. "where did you put it?" I questioned."just on the sofa but it's not there.." he said. I tried to find it everywhere but it wasn't anywhere, at last, he said: "Would you ring a call on it".

" yeah sure " I agreed and called his number, but even after that I couldn't find it. "leave it, I'll find it later," he said. "don't worry I'll find it " I assured him. "hmm" he nodded.

"And ahh.. I wanted to apologize, I'm sorry, I should have been more careful" I apologized to him. " Shouldn't you apologize to Abeera too?" his question made a shiver run through my spine.

"huh?" I barely said.

"yeah! you bullied her..." As the words left his mouth,

I immediately protested" No I didn't bully her we were just kidding...I didn't know she would take it that far"

" you shouldn't have done this" he took a step towards me. "And you know it very well Shinaya!" he added in a serious tone. For a second, I felt my brain stopped working. I was scared..."What if I tell your parents about this stunt of yours...will it be okay for you? Would they be happy to know about your activities?"

he took another step towards me.

"You did the wrong...Didn't you?" he asked again. I felt my heart pondering. I was embarrassed, not due to what I did..but due to Wassal watched me...I didn't look up.

" Shinaya," he said in a low voice.

"meri taraf dheekho" (look here) he added

I barely managed to look at him. he was looking into my eyes, His eyes were not that scary as they were always but still they were scary. .."It was a dangerous stunt..you might have gotten hurt..." he said in a calm tone.

"I didn't know that Abeera would take it too far and.. rush for us with her guards.." I said in a low voice.

" Oh just leave Abeera!! Besides her, Your stunt wasn't safe!!" He said in a strict voice.

"what do you think you were when you were driving? huh?" he added.

" Answer me," he said in a serious tone.

"I_I am sorry..I_I...a" I was totally confused. I didn't know what to say. His eyes were still on me. But then I heard him taking a deep breath. and he said "Shinaya! That was a dangerous stunt. Your driving was too rash..be careful next time" in a calm tone.

"yes I_I will," I said in a low voice. I wasn't scared of him all the time but I tried to maintain a distance as he was almost 4 years older than me and of course, his serious, bossy attitude was the main reason... but now he was a witness to my little crime and because of his serious tone, I was a little.. scared.

As he went away I took a breath of relief. "And one more thing... don't ever try to drive like that again! If I catch you next time, I'll tell your parents!" he came back and said in a warning tone... I felt stuck...

"Understood?" he said questioning me. I barely managed to nod.

As he went away I only thought one thing.....

Wow! What a celebration party!

Author's Note:
Assalam o alikum everyone! hope u all are fine..here is an update., hope you like it.. As you have seen I also tried to add some imaginative pictures of WAssal and Shinaya's outfits, hope you will like them too.:)