Always Romira

Chapter - 19

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Akira
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"Are you okay, Ira?" I hear Rachel's voice.

I hear it alright, but I can't get myself to open my eyes or to even let go of the seatbelt I'm holding like my life is dependent on it.

And hell if it isn't.

"Oh c'mon, you were the one who asked me show my best. And you are being chicken now." Amusement is audible in her tone.

Chicken?

Seriously.

"You should have never been given a car at the first place. You drive like Devil!" I cry out still clutching my seatbelt but at least my eyes are open now and I notice we are in front of Romero's place or our place.

And she laughs.

The dare!

I squint my eyes at her, she tries to stop her laughter, and that too unsuccessfully.

"Okay fine, I'm sorry." She manages to speak between her breath.

"No, you're not!" Grumbling, I work on seatbelt.

"You are right. I'm not." She chuckles, getting out of car as well.

Why did I ever think of her as meek or small, I have no idea.

She is the little devil, all right.

"I've had thousand heart attack in last one hour!" I exclaim.

I know I'm being dramatic but I've had the worst driving experience of all time, I'm allowed to be a little over the top.

And excuse me if anyone disagrees.

She rolls her eyes. "It was hardly ten minutes."

I narrow my eyes and she raises her hand in mock surrender.

"You know just few minutes ago you looked so nervous, I'd would have never guessed you had this dare devil inside you." I tell her as we pass the doorman and into the elevator.

"Can you blame me? Slade received this message from his sister to check out this restaurant and next thing I know Slade and King against each other. I hate fights, like seriously hate it. And your boyfriend looked ready to roll into it."

There is something in her voice when she says fight, something akin to pain.

"I get it. Romero has this expression on him when he is angry and it's intense." I smile thinking of the times he has been angry at me.

"Exactly. Plus Slade has told me all about you guys and why King is angry with him, and I think King was right to be angry. What Slade did, even if out of his concern for his friend, it was pretty shitty in my opinion and I told him so. He didn't have any right to make you feel like you were the bane in your boyfriend's life. I'm really sorry about what you had to go through, Akira. I know how painful guilt can be. I'm just glad everything is shorted out now."

I pause at the front door and look at her, she looks sincere and if possible, she looks as though she has gone through something similar in her life.

My curiosity pikes up but I push it down successfully.

I've just met her and I can't ask her anything, just yet. And if she had wanted to share she would have.

So I give her my honest smile before punching the code, "Me too. Rom would say he doesn't care about Slade anymore but he couldn't lie to me. I know he was hurting and he was in pain. I had to do something and I did, even though I was so afraid that my plan was going to backfire."