OBLIVION (series -1)

Chapter- 8

It took me a while to notice that Maliha was crying when she stepped in the dorm. I gave her a glass of water and grabbed a blanket to cover her as she was shivering from all that crying. I didn't overwhelm her with my interrogation skills as I knew this was not the right time and moreover she will tell me all about it once she was feeling better.

By chance ,I happen to look at the calendar resting on my bedside table and I recalled that tomorrow I was supposed to visit my cousins altogether on the other side of the city which would probably take a whole day. I prepared my clothes for tomorrow and got to bed when this happened.....

@armaan025 - I hope you still want to be friends with me after today!

@inaayaraza! - What? Of course ! Why are you saying this?

@armaan025 - I totally embarrased you in that coffee shop today!

@inaayaraza! - No, No, It was nothing really!

@armaan025 - You know I have never talked to any girl this way, you know so openly. I guess, I just want to know more about you and I know I suck at it but I will improve my conversation skills if you will give me a chance!

@inaayaraza! - No, No, I get it, you are an introvert, so am I, no big deal!

@armaan025 - I hope we could get together and be just more than friends...

What?Okay, I suspected this would happen but so soon , we haven't even bonded that much yet. He is nice and all but how can I say yes if we don't know much about each other. This is not just some random Rom-Com movies , this is my life!

So ending my mental introspection further on this topic, I decided not to reply and left the message unread.

This has always been one of my downfalls, I don't know how to reciprocate .I am so bad at reciprocating that once in my 10th grade a guy asked me out and I wanted to say something like anything but nothing came out of my damn mouth. I acted like someone has plunged a knife in my stomach and is still twisting it inside my stomach. That poor guy looked horrified and probably started thinking whether he has asked the right question or not!Like this wasn't enough, then I started running like hell away from him. So yeah, that perfectly sums up my life and probably explains the reason I am single.

A 'ting' sound interrupted my thoughts.

@armaan025 - I know this was sudden and I have made you uncomfortable , you probably don't even want to talk to me again. But I don't know how to ask a girl out , I haven't done this before ,I never wanted to until I saw you! The first day when you arrived here and were finding your way to the hostel and asking literally every person for the directions, I saw you, I was just taking a walk through the campus, I saw the nervousness behind that perfect face. Your hair were tied in a bun and few strands flowing carelessly on your face. You were wearing a bright yellow cardigan. I fell for you instantly. I followed you around like a lost puppy but then the gatekeeper stopped me when you had finally make your way to the hostel.

@armaan025 - You don't have to say anything right now , I just wanted to tell you this for a long time and It took me literally 3 days to send you the follow request and message you . I was sweating like a pig all that time till you finally replied me back!

'What the hell?'

'What?

'Whaaaat was that? I remember that day vaguely as it had nothing to be remembered for, I had the horrible day, firstly I had to travel all the way through the city to get here and then I got lost, I mean literally lost, I know what you must be thinking , in the era of Google maps and everything how can one be lost? right? but I was seriously on the verge of crying! But after literally asking every person I finally found my way through. But it's really funny how can someone literally find you attractive when you are at your worst! Then again there is that one little word people are dying for 'LOVE'!

All this really creeped me out so I decided not to reply him and face my fears face to face and not chicken out this time (seeing my previous records).