We Don't Talk Anymore

Washrooms, Make Up and Ships

Mahika's POV :

We walked in and sat at our usual spot, waiting for the guys.

Not long after, the two of them walked in. Rey was laughing at something Neil said, before Neil's eyes fell on Sam. A huge smile broke on his face. When my eyes met Rey's, I saw that he was already looking at me with a longing look in his eyes. He sighed before smiling at me. I looked down at the table.

Rey sits next to me while Neil slides in next to Sam.

"Mihi? Hey." Rey says.

I take a deep breath before turning to him with a smile. "Hey, Rey."

"Well, so you guys wanna order, because I'm starving." Neil piped in.

"Yeah, me too." I said turning to him.

So all of us order whatever we wanted and Neil and Rey split the bill. Me and Sam tried to protest but they didn't let us.

Normal conversations started brewing between us, Neil was being a bit too cheesy for Sam's liking and she made sure he realised that. Me and Rey noticed that clearly and laughed. It was nice.

Soon our food came and we didn't wait a second before diving right in. Rey started teasing me over my appetite and how I'm soon gonna get fat if I keep this going. I just ignored him and enjoyed my food.

"So how was college today?" Neil asked, bringing my attention to him.

"It was good. Apparently they're gonna tell us the dates of our finals soon." Sam said. She turned to me. "Any idea when that's gonna be?"

I laughed. "Don't know, bro."

"We got a trip to plan after Rey's boards. Hopefully our exams will be over by then!"

"Oh sure! They will be over alright. My boards get over on 24th March." He said.

"How're your studies going on by the way?" Neil asked Rey.

"He's not studying at all." I answered Neil instead of Rey.

"I am!" Rey looked at me.

"Did you finish the whole portion of Physics in the last week, like you said you would?" I asked him.

"Uh, no. I mean, I didn't finish it." He said.

"Why not?"

"I wasn't able to concentrate." He said and looked down.

"Rey, why?" I asked him.

"Do you really think I would be able to think about anything else after what happened between us?" He said.

That shut me up. I hadn't stopped thinking about that either. The kiss was so perfect.

"Uh, Neil we gotta go. We gotta meet Yash."

"Y-Yeah. Let's go" Neil said.

"We'll see you guys later." Sam said before hugging us goodbye and leaving.

I noticed that Neil had his arm around Sam and his hand rested on her hip. The way he looked at her when she talked excitedly about something, and I couldn't help but wish that I had something like that, with Rey.

But I was so scared that it was gonna affect our friendship. But at the same time, I loved him and I wanted to be with him.

Rey got up from his place next to me and slid in the chair across me. "Mihi. I'm sorry. You're right, I sh-"

"I love you." I interrupted Rey's apology. It felt like the right thing to do. He loved me, and I loved him too. Also, I'd made him wait long enough. 3 years.