NEVER FORGET YOU | 2

Chapter Twelve

C H A P T E R - T W E L V E

Your clear eyes haunt my dreams.
I can’t remember if I let you left as a ghost or if I helped you become one.
I’d like to think that if I saw you again I wouldn’t let you run away this time.
This time I would bring you into my arms and remind you what a heartbeat feels like.
What being alive feels like.
But I am not as brave as I say.
I’d see your pale face and I’d tremble, I’d shrivel, wail, fade away.
I wonder who left who as the ghost of what they used to be? What made you this way?
But I'm determined enough to make you old again.

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"Why are you looking at me like that?", I asked with fake nervous smile as I tilted my head a little to face him.

"Are you sure you are okay?", He enquired, his face still blank as he keep staring at me through the rear view mirror.

His this question took me off guard. My eyes widen and it made me shift uncomfortably on my seat.

But I recovered quickly before he can notice.

"Offcourse... I am. Why would you say that?", I questioned back, my gaze avoiding him in every possible way.

"You look pale", he anything but stated.

Sure I do. But hell... I'm not going to accept that in front of him.

"I... have no idea what are you talking about", I replied as I again open the lock of my phone's screen to avoid looking at him. I pretended to be busy with my useless notifications which were mostly about job alerts.

"You didn't sleep last night", he stated, again. His voice, void of any emotions.

"I did, okay. And I don't need to give you any prove for that", I snorted in annoyance as I dropped my phone on my lap and crossed my both arms around my chest.

How the hell he knows?

He sighed. "Look, Kavya.", he shifted on his seat to face me while he spoke. His hands still holding the steering wheels. "About last night... I know I shouldn't have behaved the way I did", his tone gentle this time.

I blinked few times to make sure I heard him right.

Well, atleast he is admitting that he was wrong.

And maybe he'll apologize as well.

He is not that much of a jerk as you think him to be. My mind said dreamly.

"So I'll suggest you to not make the same mistake again. It will be helpful for both of us", his gentle tone was gone, replaced with cold blank tone while he gave me stern look. He again move back to face the front.

Or maybe he is...

My mouth went wide open because of the sudden mood swings of his.

And.

How dare he told me that?

And what did he mean by 'not make the same mistake again'?

I did no mistake.

What the hell is wrong with this guy? Is he bipolar or something?

He has more mood swings than I have on my periods.

One minute he was so.. nice with me, and the next, he is back to being an arrogant jerk.

"Can we just, leave? We are getting late Amaan, if you remember", I changed the subject while I gritted my teeth in anger, controlling myself from creating another argument with him at this moment. My head and cramps were enough for me. I don't want to have another trouble named 'Amaan'. I even tried to look out of the window, towards the far end white mountains to calm my raging self but it was of no use.