Beautiful Chaos

Mumbai City

Zayn's P.O.V---

"Tasty!" I said, making her giggle. "I told ya." She said, eating another Pani Puri. "How do you know so much about this place ?" I asked and she raised an eyebrow. "Zayn, you lived here only 2 months but I lived here until I was 13. I know more." She said and I nodded, enjoying the street food. "Thanks, bhaiya." She said, paying the man the money. "Bhaiya ?" I asked and she looked at me. "Means brother in Hindi." She said and I nodded. We walked down the streets filled with shops. The evening was closing in and the streets were busy. I was having a good time with Lakshita with no one knowing me. I liked this peace.

Lakshita's skirt floated around her, gliding along with her footsteps. She wore this duffel bag and a stole with a long printed skirt and black top. Her hair was put up in a ponytail because this place wasn't cold compared to London. It was warm to me but I didn't know how much this climate affected her. "Where next ?" I asked, looking down at my clothes. She had made me wear a pair of white-blue button down shirt with blue-black coloured pants. She made me tuck in the shirt too. I've never dressed this way but I know I looked pretty good. Lakshita was good at dressing up and she even told me I looked handsome for the first time which was more than enough.

"Siddhivinayak temple." She said and I raised an eyebrow. "What ? Do you have a problem ?" She asked, looking at me. "No, but I've never been to a temple." I said and she giggled. "There is a first time for everything." She said and I smiled, walking along with her. We reached the entrance of the temple and I removed my shoes next to her pair of sandals. The temple was a big building that looked golden-yellow in colour under the sunset. We walked into the place and it looked very beautiful with marble floors, walls and pillars. "No crowd. Very less people. Amazing." She said and then looked at me. "I mean, Amazayn." She said and I chuckled, looking front. She went to the altar and stood in front. She pressed both her palms together, placing it in front of her chest. She closed her eyes and I followed her, doing the same.

The place was really quite and peaceful. I concentrated on certain thoughts. It felt really good to have her by my side. Doing things I've never done and things that were fun. Her presence made me happy no matter what. I wanted to fall in love with her, ask her to be my girlfriend, give her everything, treat her like a princess but what if she breaks my heart. She is my best friend but would she be my girlfriend ? A really good one ? I don't know! I prayed to God, asking him to help me with this. I opened my eyes to see her not beside me. I panicked and looked around to see her talking to a kid. "Here." She said giving the boy a chocolate. The boy hugged her and ran off to his mom. "Finished praying so deeply ?" She asked and I smiled. "Let's go ?" I asked and she nodded.

She had this red powder slightly on her forehead which she said was Kunkum, a holy powder. We wore our footwear and I followed her, walking towards our left. "Next ?" I asked and she held my hand. "Bhaiya, taxi ?" She asked a guy in khaki uniform. She conversed with him in Hindi and he nodded. "Get in, Zayn." She said, sitting inside the taxi. I sat next to her and she smiled. "To where ?" I asked and she unlocked her phone. "You'll see." She replied and called someone. "Room for dho, bhai." She spoke into the phone and said something before cutting the call.

The taxi driver stopped in front of a big hotel and she got down, paying the man. "Are you coming or going home with him ?" She asked, placing her hands on her hip. "Coming.." I chuckled, getting out. We walked into the front lobby and a few girls recognised me. "Omg, Zayn! Picture please ?" A girl asked, running up to me. "Sure." I smiled and took a picture with her and soon the the other girls asked for one. "A group picture ?" The first girl asked and I held her phone. "I'll take it for you all." Lakshita said and I handed her the phone. I smiled into the camera and the flash went off. "Thank you. We love you." The girls chorused and walked away, giggling.

She walked to the front desk and talked to the man. He gave her some papers and she signed them. I walked up to her and looked down at some legal papers. "What's this ?" I asked and she smirked. "They want us to sign documents saying we are citizens of London. Whatever happens in the hotel room is not punishable and also that we would not be too loud." She said and I laughed, making her burst out laughing. She bit her lip and signed a paper more before giving the guy her credit card. "I'll pay." I said and she shook her head. The man swiped the card and handed her the machine. She punched in the code and he gave her the bill. "Room 214." The man behind the desk said and she nodded, getting a card from him. "Let's go, Zayn." She said and grabbed my arm taking us to the elevator.

We walked in and she pressed the floor number. We were alone in the lift and she leaned on the elevator walls and bit her lip. The lift stopped moving soon and the doors opened. She walked out and stood in front of a room, opening it. "Go inside." She said and I walked in with her behind me. I kicked off my shoes and the hotel room was pretty big. It had a King size bed, a microwave oven, a tv, a bathroom, a lampshade, a fan, an A/C, a walk in closet and a balcony. I sat on the bed and heard Lakshita enter the bathroom. The shower turned on and I heard water hit the floor. She sang in the shower, her voice sounding as beautiful as she was. After 15 minutes the shower turned off and I could hear humming. She entered the room wearing a grey crop top and minion shorts. "Cute." I chuckled and she looked at me, smiling. She dried her hair with the towel slowly and threw clothes at me. I caught them to recognise my clothes.

"Go shower." She said and sat on the recliner, drying her black locks. I got into the shower and undressed myself, water relaxing my muscles. I cleansed my hair and wrapped the towel around me walking out. I wore my bottoms and Lakshita looked at me, just staring. "Let me show you something, Zee." She said and gave me her hand. I held it, locking our fingers. She closed my eyes with the other hand and led me somewhere. She helped me place my hand on a rail and opened my eyes.