It was meant to be

Chapter 21

Heyy Guyyss
I'm finally back!
Missed Me??
Okay Let's start!!

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It has been more than two weeks, since the mall incident and Aayat Amir Khan was now done with him. What does he even think of himself? Zayan had been acting very strangely since that particular day to be precise,as if  winking was not enough, that he had started shamelessly flirting with her. Staring at her for god knows how long, playfully teasing her  and not to forget being extra sweet to her, no passing of cocky comments which made her think what happened to him. But since last week, he had stopped all of it abruptly. Even though she had decided to ignore him and not to think about him, she just couldn't stop thinking about him or anything related to him for that matter.

Aayat was having a hard time, thinking as to why he was behaving like that. To be honest she was loving the new Zayan a lot, she felt different, good, different. She had just started to enjoy all of this, and  he changed again, back to his bipolar self.

He was spending more than required time with Mahira. And Aayat was clearly not liking the way her dear cousin was spending time with some other female cousin of his except her. She was finding it really weird to see him spending time with someone other than her. Weird right? Obviously he spends time with Zara and Syra also but they are his cousin and sister respectively. And he loves them dearly as an elder brother.

But with Aayat he had a very different bond, the comfort level they shared was just amazing. So seeing Zayan spend time with Mahira made her feel something she was never going to admit that she was. Jealous maybe.

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AAYAT'S POV

What is wrong with him? Why is he not talking to me? Talking is secondary, he is not even looking at me. Ignoring me like I don't even exist. But why? What have I done? Okay I agree that I had decided not to talk to him, but why is he talking to me?

Since the time he has returned, something or the other is happening. It feels as if he has changed or become distant to me.The bond we used to share earlier seems to be changing. But what happened all of a sudden? Did I do something?

I am missing my old Zayan, my crime partner. I am not liking the way he is spending time with Mahira aapi. He is doing all those things with her which he used to do with me. Late night drives were our thing, nobody in the house knew that we used to sneak out of the house and go on drives. And suddenly out of nowhere I am replaced by someone else. Yes, replaced. Well i don't care, it's not like he is someone really important or something like that. But it hurts.

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"Aayat, ye chai de aana apne abbu aur bakiyo ko study me. Mein ja rahi hu." Nadia said while switching off the burner making Aayat return back from her dream world.

"Ji ammi" Saying so, Aayat jumped from the slab where she was  sitting and made her way to take out the tea set. Aayat and her mother were in the kitchen, Nadia was making tea for the men as they had just returned  from the office whereas Aayat was giving company to her mother and telling her about her day.

Aayat was silently pouring the tea in the cups when someone came from behind whistling and humming a song, making her startled as a result making a few drops of tea spill. Aayat instantly turned to see who was this idiotic creature, ready lash out on them . As soon as she saw who it was, she mentally groaned not wanting to see him anytime soon.

"Oh, hey Aayat. What's up?" Zayan said with a soft smile. Oh so he remembers her now.

"Aayat?" He called her again as she ignored him the first time.

"Oh so you remember that I exist. Glad to know that." Aayat exclaimed sarcastically. Trying her best not to lash out on him as to how he could even ignore her.

"Obviously I do. How could I even forget you?.... Nope, never gonna happen." Zayan said and smiled confusedly.

"Acha"

"But why are you saying that?" He asked with his brows furrowed.

"Well, I don't know........ Maybe because you were busy with someone else." Aayat said and shrugged, stressing on 'someone else' which Zayan didn't seem to notice. Idiot.

"Oh that, I was busy with office work and then Mahira has been keeping me occupied with her. She literally drags me wherever and whenever she wants to go, she says I am the only person who entertains her. She acts like a kid sometimes. Pagal" Zayan said and chuckled, thinking about his not so mature elder cousin. Clueless about the daggers the woman in front of him was throwing at him. As soon as he saw her not so happy face, he stopped laughing. The woman in front of him was ready to blast anytime soon. She had been avoiding talking about her and the fact that Zayan was talking about her was making her feel upset. And the reason was clear, she could not stand Zayan's closeness with her.

Just to not make things awkward anymore he started talking about random things and without even realising, Zayan started speaking about Mahira and the time he was spending with her. He did not even realise that Aayat was not paying any attention to what he was saying, rather she was blankly staring at him. 

And soon enough he ended talking about his oh-so beautiful cousin. Aayat plastered a fake smile and nodded throughout showing how happy she was, but  no one knew the inner dilemma she was going through.

"Good you seem to be enjoying her company a lot." Aayat said and faked a smile. She so wanted to shout at him for not talking to her. But seeing him completely unaffected by her ignorance, she somewhat got hurt. Wasn't he supposed to ask her why she is not talking to him?  Didn't she mean anything to him? Didn't he get frustrated the whole week not getting to talk to her? Why was he acting like this? Did he not miss spending time with her? Did he... he not like her? She didn't even realise when her eyes welled up thinking of all these questions, but before Zayan could even notice she took the tray and left from there. Leaving behind a very confused Zayan.

'And maybe, just maybe she was falling for Zayan Asad Khan.'

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Author's Note
Holaa Mis Amigass!!
Okay first and foremost, I am really sorry for updating late. I was not well since past two weeks, and could not get myself to write. Though I am better now!!

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Ananya M.