Fate's Dance

7 ||The realisation

Samira
It started raining and some of you might- no all of you might be ready to sue me but I absolutely hate rain. More like I never really liked rain. I have never enjoyed rain and never felt what it's like to dance under the rain.I had asked Zayaan for a ride back home. Unfortunately,  Zayaan's car had also broken down and he was going to walk to his home- Without an umbrella.
"Come! Let's go home together. It's so fun to walk in the rain." He says, with his usual warm demeanour.
"I- Zayaan. I have never liked rain. I have never known what it feels like to feel the rain." I confess, while I avoid his eye contact. I expected a reaction like "what- that's so unfortunate" or really.
But, he just smiles warmly, and says "oh- then you can feel it right now. It's never late, Samira"

Author's POV
Saying this, Zayaan just grabs Samira's wrist and drags her in rain. This small gesture of Zayaan makes her cheeks flushed and she feels a whole zoo in her stomach. No matter how much she hates rain, she doesn't try to avoid his dragging and force at all. This was surprising for Samira too. His reaction and words echo in her mind and all she thinks is, This man is going to be the death of me.
She soon feels the drops of pouring rain over her face and her body. She doesn't dare to open her eyes for a while but when she does, she just witnesses the heavenly view of Zayaan's warm laugh. It was high and giggly. It made her heart feel warm. She couldn't help but observe the beauty of rain and understand why people enjoyed it. She grinned not being able to realise how this man was so enchanting.
She might end up loving rain because of this man. She joined Zayaan and both just danced through the rain, not caring even a bit about this cruel world .
Their clothes were drenched and it clung to their bodies and their laughter echoed like a dreamy ballad.
They talked and bonded while walking towards home. Their humour matched and they figured each other's hobbies. Their love and passion for music seemed to reveal.
Zayaan reached home first, looked at himself and had a good laughing session. He then took a shower and got a call from Kaira.
They both talked for a while and then Zayaan went to his loving bed with his guitar and played it for a while. It was gonna be a memorable day for him- Enjoying Rain with Samira, Good times with everyone, talking with Kaira and Music.
On the other hand, our Ira was busy day dreaming and was lost in the thoughts of Zayaan. She couldn't understand how a man could be so endearing . He had the smile which lit up the room and the charisma and the gentleman's behaviour. She couldn't help but smile at herself in disbelief that she was surely falling for him. Her heart skipped a bit at his thought just like it had before.
Samira
Can my heart stop beating this fast, I think to myself while I just sit on the floor of my room, unable to understand whatever the hell I felt just now. "Was it a dream? If not, then how can reality be so alluring and...and how can he be so irresistible? "
I stand up and look at myself in the mirror unable to stop smiling. God! I have become crazy. Since, when did I smile so much. I just ran around the house, not caring even a little about the mess I was creating.
I just felt so good. I had not felt like this in so long. Zayaan, he is so good. I was..I stopped in my path...I was feeling something for him. But what? Do I like him?
I just sat at my place again. I put my hand in my heart, which I found to be beating in a rushed manner and then I closed my eyes. Do I like him? I asked my heart. Yes! You do. It replied.
I like Zayaan. I was in denial now. No I didn't. Just then I got a call from Ami. Video call. Shit! she would see that I got drenched in rain. I had to pick it up and she saw it.
In the end, I told her everything. How I met Zayaan and that I used to have a tiny crush on him during school days. How I am feeling flustered and weird in front of him. How I ended up loving rain because of him.
"Gurl! You have started liking this Zayaan guy!" Ami replied.
I like Zayaan. As much as the thought excited me, it scared me even more. I took a cold shower and sat with my guitar and started playing whatever I felt like. The irony is that all I wanted to play was love songs that reminded me of him. In the end I couldn't help but just ponder about Zayaan and Zayaan.
I woke up to find my guitar in my bed and how I slept in some position that I never slept in with no alarm set for today. Shit! It was 7 already. I am late. I rushed and did whatever I could before I left for the office. I arrived just in time. I gotta get back my car too.
Just as I was hurriedly calling my younger brother; trouble I crashed into someone. And I closed my eyes, thinking I was gonna find my head on the floor but I didn't. I was stopped mid air by some strong hands and when U opened my eyes, I found Zayaan looking at me with a worried expression that made his eyebrows scrunched up. I heard him say, "Samira, Are you fine?". Just then I realised, he was carrying me and I got out of his gripping, balancing myself while my cheeks flushed red in colour. I just can't control myself in front of him. He has such an effect on me.
"Yeah. I am okay. Thanks" I uttered slowly, before rushing towards the cabin.