Wanderlust // z.m. [au]

Three

//Past//

You made it!" Kiara squealed as she pulled Diya into a hug.

Zayn and Kiara both were excited to see Diya which was strange to her. They never even properly talked to her in school and here they were going on a trip together.

"The amount of trouble I'm going to get in because of you guys." Diya laughed.

"Oh come on." Kiara shook her by her shoulders. "We got your back."

This made her smile. "Thank you."

Zayn placed her luggage on the racks before taking a seat.

Jai looked up from his phone, noticing Diya and smiling widely. "Hey you're here!"

She laughed awkwardly. "Yeah, I'm here."

"They told me that you might be coming with us. I'm glad you could come. It's so nice to see you."

"It's nice to see you as well. How have you been?"

"Fantastic." He grinned.

The thing Diya loved about Jai, even in school, was that he was always smiling and making others happy.

"That's good." Diya smiled before taking a seat next to Zayn and closing her eyes with a sigh.

"Tired?" Zayn asked suddenly.

She opened her eyes, looking over at him. She couldn't get used to being around him like this. It was so strange.

"A little." She shrugged.

"Are you hungry?" He asked softly and Diya could feel her heart fluttering.

Why was he being so nice?

"Yeah, we have loads of food." Jai added.

This broke Diya away from her trance and she felt heat rushing to her cheeks for having stared at Zayn for far too long.

"No I'm good." She muttered. "Thank you."

Diya was feeling anxious and didn't feel like eating at the moment. Mostly because of the fact that she had left home so abruptly and her parents were probably freaking out. And because this was her first time doing something like this and she was scared. She was scared that it wouldn't be everything she'd imagined.

But then there was another part of her anxiety which was the unrealistically beautiful boy sitting next to her. She had already embarrassed herself in front of him many times and she was praying that she could keep it together for the rest of the trip.

"Well, I'm hungry," Zayn said. "So hand me some food you arse."

Jai childishly stuck his tongue out at Zayn before finally handing him a sandwich.

Zayn dug into his sandwich and Kiara's eyes widened as if she had just gotten an idea.

"You know what? We should play a game!" She exclaimed.

"Oh God no... I hate your games." Zayn said through a mouth full of food. Normally... Diya would find that disgusting but everything Zayn did was so darn cute.

Kiara narrowed her eyes at him. "Rude. Jai likes my games. Don't you Jai?"

He hummed in thought. "Some of them."

"You guys suck." She scoffed. "Come on please? One game and I'll leave you guys alone for the rest of the train ride."

"Alright fine." Zayn groaned. "What do you want to play?"