Rayyan's pov
My eyes cringed as the sun rays came in contact with them. I turn towards the other side but my sleep was gone already. I rubbed my eyes as I sat up on this comfy hotel bed. I reached for my phone which was kept at the side table. There was a message in the notification bar. I unlocked my phone to check it 'hey! See you at 11 in your hotel.' No doubt it was inaya's friend who took my number. I messaged 'okay' when I looked at the time. WHAT THE HELL? Its 10:40 already. Thanks to late night celebration. I got up and went to the bathroom straight.
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After 30 minutes
I walked down the lobby when I saw inaaya talking to someone on phone and looking at her expressions, I can tell she was annoyed. I hope not because of me. I went to her and tap at her shoulder to make her turn around and look towards me. "One minute" she said showing her index finger and I nodded. She hang up the call after a minute. "Hey!" She said looking down. What's she doing? Maybe cursing me. "Hey!... where's your friends" I took a pause between contemplating what to say. "Um.. they had to buy something so they left first" again she said looking here and there. What happened to her? "Shall we move?" She asked and I nodded smiling. We came out and was walking towards parking lot when I saw she was she was going towards main gate. "Inaya" I called her and she looked at me raising her eyebrows. I indicated towards parking when she said "cab?" I shook my head "I have a rented car" I said walking towards her "oh I didn't know that. I thought we'll go by cab" we walked towards my car and when she was going to open the passenger seat door, I ran towards her to open the door for her but I was a little late and her hand reached it first and mine on hers. Shit! She looked up in my eyes. How beautiful and deep they were. They tell something so different about her than what she is. How much I wanted to keep looking in her eyes? Only I know. I break eye contact and took off my hands of hers to not make things more awkward. "I am sorry" I said mentally smacking my head thousand times. "Its okay" she didn't look up at me. She opened the door and sat inside and i walked towards the driving seat before sitting inside.
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Inaaya's POV
I buckled the seat belt as he sat inside. I was trying my best to avoid him but things were not with me. I hate alizey and Amira to leave the hotel before I was awake and leaving that silly note. I am not very sociable person. I take time to get close or frank with someone but I am very straight forward,that's what I am proud of. "Where are we going?" He asked breaking my train of thoughts. "Amira and alizey will see us in red fort at 12:30" I looked at my watch it was 11:20 "we have alot of time..I mean they'll take one hour, why don't we see India gate first" I added forcefully smiling because inside I was hella embarrassed for what I was saying. He put the location on GPS and India gate, here we come. There was completely silence until he decided to break it "so what do you do?" He asked stretching 'so' "I am doing B.com,Second year. Its good for you guys" I answered being envy of him. "Excuse me!what do you mean?" He mouthed laughing sarcastically at the end "I mean you have a good career thatswhy you don't have to study further. It's frustrating for us" I whispered the last part but he definitely heard that. "I know it's frustrating because I have also done B.A And right now I am doing English honours. I am gonna have my results of first year maybe next month" he stated and to be honest I don't believe him at all "you are lying"I remarked and he chuckled "why would I?" He asked smirking "I don't know! How can you manage both the things?" I replied grumpily "I don't have anything to do at the time when we are not playing so I just study" he said that so easily I would die but would never say that "you need some treatment dude. Even if I will have nothing to do, studying would be the last thing in my mind" I muttered sighing thinking about vacations. We talked a little more before reaching our destination. We got out of the car and walked towards the India gate. I told him about the last time I visited it and we were actually getting frank with each other particularly me. "You want to take a picture?" I asked politely and he nodded. Much to my surprise, he asked a random stranger to click OUR picture. He hold my elbow and dragged me to stand a little far from that person infront of India gate. I was looking at him wide eyed and then at his hand by which he was holding my elbow and then again at him. He sensed me looking at him so he turned his face to look at me and our eyes met. I felt a shiver run down my spine as his hand travelled down my elbow to wrist. His eyes not blinking at all daring me not to look elsewhere. Till now it was hard for me to hold my breath in which I didn't know I was holding. "Excuse me! You are rayyan,the cricketer. Right? Can I click a picture with you?" A girl came and asked making him leave my hand and I walked to the person who was taking our pictures to make myself calm. I took deep breath and gulped the lump in my throat before looking at rayyan who was clicking a picture with a fan smiling. She said something to which he smiled looking at me and said something to her nodding his head before she left. He came towards me and I looked down out of embarrassment. Wait! Why am I embarrassed? "I am hungry! Shall we eat something" he mumbled kindly as if he doesn't want to make things awkward again. I nodded and we eat pani puri before going to Red Fort.
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A/N
Hey guys! Ramadan mubarak. How many times I have written the words 'embarrassed' and 'awkward' only I know.
Until I write, byeeee
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