Memories

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Shaira's POV

Life is beautiful and is made of all the amazing moments which we cherish for the rest of our lives. That is why we make memories isn't? There isn't anything called bad or good memory infact all the moments have their own significance and we should always embrace everything that come our way....

"What are you doing" i asked  Ayaan when he abruptly stopped and pulled me towards him.

He didn't said anything just pulled me towards him and now i was standing right in front of him mere inches apart. The cool breeze were messing with my hair that I was sure it will be so difficult for me to comb them tomorrow but Ayaan remove all the strands that were blocking his view of my face and unknowingly his fingers brushed my cheeks and for a moment i stopped breathing. When he finally removed all the strands and put them behind my ears he looked at me with utmost affection and care.

"Thank you" he said slowly. his green eyes bewitched mine.

"huh?" I muttered as with him standing so close to me, My mind could hardly function and at this moment i couldn't get a word out of my mouth.

"For giving me one more chance. Shaira I don't want to scare you but I just want you to know that you are very special for me and I will never do anything to jeopardize what we share." He said keeping his both on my cheeks.

To say I was surprised by whatever he said! I was already mesmerized by his green eyes and now I was awestruck by his choice of words. I thought since I am a writer I know how to play with words but gosh what he said sounded like poetry to me although I was pretty sure it wasn't but the way my heart accelerated was the proof that it wasn't something normal he said. My cheeks immediately heated up betraying me because of which I heard Ayaan was chuckling.

"Ahem... who are you? Why are you doing this? And why out of all the girls you can be with, you are choosing me?" I whispered after clearing my throat which has become parched not because I was thirsty but because of the presence of the man in front of me.

"Yeah correct. You don't know anything about me. So let's talk about me" he said to me and before i could say anything I was plummeted to the ground, my whole self was soaked in sand. I should be furious right but see again i wasn't as the way Ayaan was looking at me right now was something a very usual sight even for me to watch.

He sat so carefully just like a child and was playing with sand, not exactly playing but was gathering sand in his fist then just the way time never stops no matter what you do, in the exact manner sand was wriggling out of his hold and the more he was trying to hold it together the more fastly it was flowing out of his grasp.

"You know shaira I was very happy until I was ten. Everything was so damn perfect that everybody was jealous of me. My every classmate envied me because I had everything that they craved for. I was happy back then but I learned one thing from life, "Happiness is short lived but yet this is all we want and no matter how much we want but just like time or just like sand we cannot hold it forever".

It was my eleventh birthday and my mother was so happy as she loved me unconditionally like every mother love their child but just a little more. I still remember that day like it just happened yesterday which changed my whole purpose of existence. It was almost seven in the evening,  I was already dressed in a black colour tuxedo and  She  was wearing a black gown and she looked gorgeous. Black was my father's favourite colour and his wardrobe was particularlY dominated by black. Everyone was happy. But my mom was squealing like a child, like it wasn't my birthday but it was her. She had dimple on her right cheek and it was so deep that day, sometimes it feels like I can see her standing right in front of me. Her hair do was simple yet it looked like she had spend hours to make her hair straight and then very elegantly curled its ends. She was not a normal person like others,  she was different,  for me she was my Angel who not only cared for me but also thought about me before thinking about anybody else. For some reason she was proud of me and I remember whenever I came first in my class her eyes became watery. She use to kiss me on my forehead and cheeks, i love every inch of her. But that day she committed suicide and without thinking of what will happen to me she killed herself, i couldn't do anything....." his voice became so heavy that it my heart was swelled for that black haired eleven year old boy.

I was terrified by this fact that this is the first thing that he chose to tell me about himself. I was touched by the trust he had shown me but my heart was crying knowing the ordeal this man had gone through at such a tender age. I don't know why but at this moment I saw myself falling for him. This has never happened to me ever but at this moment seeing Ayaan looking so vulnerable, i had this urge of holding him safely in my arms, rubbing my hand on his back to tell him its fine, everything will be fine but something in me stopped me from doing that. What it was that stopped me I had no idea but today I got to know a side of Ayaan who is anything but strong.

Emotionally he is as broken as i am and maybe even more. I don't know why his mother killed herself leaving him behind and honestly I don't even want to know as if I asked him the pain that he had gone through years ago will flash again which I cannot afford to do now.

"Ayaan please stop. Don't say anything." I said softly but my own voice break at the end. I kept my hands on his and he clutched my hand so tightly that it was hurting but given his state it was nothing.

"I couldn't save her" was all he said and closed his eyes. His features changed so rapidly and his heartbeat was beating so loudly that I was able to hear it.

A moment ago, he looked happy but now he looked sad. I remember when I first saw him his eyes had some emptiness which drawn me towards him but I thought maybe It was because he was ditched by some girl or something like that. Never in my wildest dreams I thought it will be something so heartbreaking.

"I was at my dad's house yesterday" he said after few minutes but it felt like hours. He was drawing circles on my knuckles which was relaxing me how I don't know.

"Ooh" I said without knowing how should I react to this. But I wanted to change the topic so badly but again didn't know how should I even begin.

"So your good looks credit goes to your mother?" I asked him purposely to remove all the worried lines that was there on his forehead.
And my plan worked,  he instantly smiled making me blush. I know he is back to himself. He is so cute I wanted to say but obviously didn't dared to say anything.

"You think I am good looking then?" He asked me raising his eyebrows at me. His dimples deepened and I patted my back for bringing this smile back on his  perfect face.

"What are you majoring in? You know everything about me but I know nothing" I said completely ignoring his question and pouted like a three year old kid.

"Next time if you will pout I will kiss you and don't blame me for that!" He said winking at me. Is he serious?  He is soo naughty! Like seriously!

"You wish. As if I will allow you to do that?" I asked him boldly. This confidence is killing me!

"Don't challange me Ms. Shaira! You don't know what i am capable of" he said to me with so much authority that I should be intimidated by his words but I wasn't. In fact I laughed like a lunatic so hard that I had to clutch my stomach with my free hands as my one one was still in his hand.

My laughter immediately died when Ayaan came impossibly close to me. My eyes widened seeing the closeness between us and we were mere inches apart, if I  move even an inch his lips will be on mine. I never felt this before But I do wanted to kiss him and taste him. My thoughts are anything but rational. His breath was fanning my cheeks and I was still waiting for his next move.

His eyes were boring into mine, they held such an intensity that beads of sweat were forming on my forehead. Even the wind picked its speed making me shiver. Although I was wearing a baggy sweatshirt yet under his heated gaze,  I felt helpless.

He closed the gap between us and I closed my eyes in the anticipation of my first kiss but guess what happened!

He blow air on my face and rolled back laughing. I never felt so embarrassed ever in my life,not even when I didn't completed my Homework and my teacher berated me in front of the whole class. Right now i just wanted ground to swallow me so that I never have to face him again but did I really wanted this to happen?.

Ofcourse not! What I wanted was to bring a genuine smile on his face and I was successful in doing that so what if he laughed at my expense? It didn't mattered to me.

"Sorry for today morning Ayaan. I never wanted to snap at you and I wasn't even expecting you but I didn't sleep well the other night, that's why I..." I trailled of.

"Shaira I told you, you don't have to be sorry. I promised you I will be there but due that evil person I had to go to him!" He said to me calmly but his whole demeanour changed when he mentioned his father.

I wanted to know why he hate his father so much that he didn't want to call him dad but thought against it.

"By the way to answer your question,  I am doing master's in computer sciences and I am in my last year. I am an engineer and I will be twenty four this coming June. You know when I noticed you for the first time was when you were in the library sitting so adorably. There was no one around you but you were so oblivious that you didn't even noticed me sitting across you. I even asked you about your book that you were reading but you ignored me so efficaciously. You are damn beautiful shaira, you don't even try to be yet the innocence that your eyes carry they are capable of hypnotizing anyone!" He said to me smiling all the way.

I felt guilty for ignoring him and I didn't even noticed him. I remember I was so tensed because of my maths assignment But vaguely remember anybody asking me something..

"I am sorry it wasn't my intention to ignore you but maths is the only thing which I am not very good at" I said feeling genuinely sorry.

"Nah its fine. I am glad that I met you and you know why I brought you to this beach. It is the place where my mother use to bring me.  Whenever I am here i felt like she is here with me smiling at me. I feel at peace. Every thought that disturbs me goes away. I am glad that you are the only one who knows about this place." He said with an emotion I fail to understand.

We both were silent and were enjoying the sound of waves, the weather was breezy which was so serene that I just wanted to spend the rest of my life right here with Ayaan by my side But I was brought back to earth when I listen the voices that were coming from right behind the corner tree. Tree was really far from us but the voices were so loud and embarrassing that my whole face turned into tomato and I immediately asked Ayaan whether we can go or not.

"Yeah sure. You okay?" He asked with concern evident in his voice. I just told him that I have my class early next day and it was already ten.

When we finally reached in front of my apartment Ayaan opened my car door like a gentleman which he surely is no doubt.

" thank you for the lovely evening" I said the moment I stepped out of his car.

"No thank you for coming with me" he said to me clearly dismissing my thank you.

"Good night. I will see you tomorrow." He said and to my surprise very gently placed a sweet tender kiss on my forehead which made my whole body stiff.

I am not use to all this affection but when Ayaan's lips made contact with my skin on my forehead it felt amazing. It felt very promising and for once because of his sweet gesture I felt safe.

I didn't know what came over me but I tiptoed and very gently kissed Ayaan's right cheek. His eyes widened as obviously he wasn't expecting this coming at all but before he could say something i bid him good night and was gone waiting for tomorrow to come as soon as it is possible....

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