But I Love You {UNDER EDITING}

Chapter 20 - "Love Anonymous [C]"

Picking up her dress in her little hands, she was about to sit on the chair when the lights went off. The dance floor was immersed in dim lights where you could hardly see anything. Well, she missed her dance partner terribly. She rubbed a lone tear when she sensed a hand extended towards her. She glanced at the hand and she was gone!

Without wasting another second, she looked up to the owner of the hand only to find it covered with a mask along with a dark blue hoodie. She furrowed her brows and leaned in. He was the same person who kept on sending her those papers and whatever. She remembered seeing him last time when she was in the corridor.

But why did it feel like it was Him standing in front of her. No! He can't be.

She realized that the person was slowly dragging his hand away knowing she wouldn't dance with him.

"If I dance with him, I may know who he is. I will try to talk to him. Yes." She whispered under her breathe and soon gave her hand in his, getting up.

As their hand met, a jolt of current ran down their spines. She stopped and looked into his eyes, those deep brown orbs she had longed to peep in. She tilted her head to see their entwined hands and there, in that exact moment, she knew her hands never fixed in any hands other than his. Her head shot up to stare into his eyes. And in that only moment, she knew none of the eyes could be like his.

He stared at all her ministrations, not knowing that she has recognized him. How long had he waited to be close to her, to feel her. He dragged her in the middle of the dance floor. Grabbing her waist, he pulled her closer.

Their chests crashed and she knew that magic was only what he could create. The way he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer, she was cent percent sure it was him. Because all that was his thing, their thing.

She went with the flow, hoping it's not what she was thinking it was.

They swayed to the slow beats of the soothing music. Her hands wrapped around his neck. He lightly placed his hand on her waist, his eyes not leaving hers.

He turned around and she back hugged him, placing her head on his broad shoulders. As she pulled back and before he could turn, she saw that "LOVE ANONYMOUS" written on his back. She knew he was the same person who had sent her those two chits with flowers. But why did he?

He held her hand gently and placed his hand on her back. Slowly dipping her, he saw her hair falling down his arm. How he loved those hair! Slightly caressing them, he pulled her back into his arms, the place she belonged to.

He neared her slowly and her heart raced. She closed her eyes in anticipation and her lips slowly curved to a side. He placed his cold lips on her forehead and she forgot the world behind her.

In that exact moment, she knew, he could be none other than him. Her Man. Her Zain.

"Zain..." She uttered breathlessly as his lips dragged to her cheek.
He got startled and pulled back.

He couldn't be saying anything. As soon as she realized the gravity of the situation, she ran away. Far far away. He took long strides towards her and grabbed her at the place when she was about to exit the hotel.

"Leave me Zai... whoever you are. Leave me. I don't know you. I.. just.. leave me!" She was not shouting, but she was not quite either. Freeing her arm, she ran out of the place when all he could do was follow her.

He looked here and there only to find the street secluded with hardly two three cars parked. He panicked, looking here and there when he spotted her sitting under a tree as he walked away from the hotel.

He saw her crying, hugging her knees. He forwarded the napkin towards her which she readily grabbed, without understanding who was there or what was happening.

As she placed it on her eyes, she realized it. His scent was enough for her. She quickly threw the napkin near him and got up to run again. But this time, he couldn't let her go.

He yanked her towards him and their chests crashed. His hoodie fell off but he had the mask on. Slowly, he removed his mask, loosening his grip on her.

She stepped back and closed her eyes tight. She knew what was coming and she was not prepared for it. Her fists were clenched and her arms were crossed near her neck. She was scared. Very scared when she heard, "Open your eyes." 

And there was she gone. Opening her eyes, she gasped in surprise as her feet forced her to step back. Placing her hand on the tree trunk beside her, she steadied herself. Her right hand still placed near her heart with a closed fist.

There he was, standing right in front of her. She knew all her efforts of running away from him went in vain. Because fate had something extraordinary in store for both of them.

The whole story started playing like a movie in her mind. Meeting him, working with him, hating him, becoming friends with him, teasing him, supporting him, loving him, hugging him, kissing him, missing him, running away from him, leaving him and now meeting him all over again.

Her knees couldn't lift her up anymore as she fell down with a thud. Her tears ruined her make up. Her vision blurred but she held herself together.

"Kab tak bhaago gi?" He mumbled, kneeling down in front of her.
She didn't have the courage to look him in the eye. So much had happened that now she was afraid.

"Adi..." He whispered again and she gasped. Her name wouldn't sound any better. She couldn't be telling him that she had missed him so much.

She lifted up her heavy lashes only to gasp once more. He was the same. The same Zain she had left. The same Zain she loved.

His eyes were the same, deep despite being a bit sad. His hair were in place. His beard wasn't too thick. Her hands itched to touch his face. But she couldn't.

She saw him taking out something from his jacket. He handed her a small chit which said, "I Love You. But It wasn't planned this way. ~ Love Anonymous."

And there, in that exact moment, she knew she was at mistake.

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Priya