next day:

i left him yesterday while taking the cute pink water bottle with me.

i guess he just gave me something to remember him by.

as if i totally am not gonna hug and kiss this bottle for no reason like a maniac(i did).

today is sunday. and i can't wait to meet him again tomorrow. this is the first time in my life i am excited to go somewhere.

i know this is my dream university but i just want the degree for aesthetic purposes. my true aim in life is to fall in love and make love and make babies and raise them and live in a cottage in the middle of a rainforest and raise hens and baby hen chicks and cats and grow cute vegetables and fruits and be a good person.

it's been hours since our last interaction and i behave weird around my family by not leaving this water bottle alone for a second. i am hugging it all the time imagining it's him.

"where did you get that bottle from and why don't you leave it alone" my mother asked me on family dinner table. joint family dinner to be precise. it's a huge family that even i don't know who half of them are tbh.

"ummmm my friend gave it to me, it's pretty and cute, isn't it?" i told weirdly, i hope they believe me.

my mother smiled. ever since my accident happened, she's been worried for me and showers me with lot of love and affection. i wish i remembered things. i don't even remember how my parents were before the accident. i don't have a single childhood memory. it's like i was born again. it's frustrating.

after dinner, malik came to my room and said "we both know you got no friends, who got you the bottle?" he asked.

"it's none of your concern and i am sleepy" i told him.

rayan told me to stay away from him and for some reason i wanna be obedient to him.

malik's pov:

it's of my concern because i love you. I've always loved you since our childhood.

i know it's wrong to love a married woman.

but i can't help it. you're the only woman i want and I've always dreamed only about you nora.

I'll get you divorced from that rayan and I'll marry you. i promise you that. you'll be mine.

nora's pov:

it's finally night, i don't want to sleep, i can't sleep, but i can't wait for it to be morning. i just wanna meet him again.

it's morning finally, i wake up before the alarm.

I've never been so enthusiastic about going to study and most probably my family had noticed it and malik was kind of suspicious seeing me happy in the morning while having breakfast but who cares.

i am actually gonna bunk all the classes today. because attending classes is so boring and exhausting, self study is better than listening to these old weirdos talking about boring stuff in the most boring way possible.

we reach the university and i rush to the storeroom.

"where you going?" asked malik.

"i have some work" i said.

i go to the storeroom breathing heavily and it's just 9am.

i switch on the lights.

he's not here.

he must be on the terrace.

i rush to the terrace. to meet him.

he's not here either.

ok maybe i am too early it's just 9am , i will come check again after an hour. i go back to the class.

i check the storeroom and the terrace after every lecture, after every hour. malik was very suspicious but i don't care.

is he ok? is he alright? i don't even have his phone number.

i come back home. i am sad. i miss him so much.

i wanna be near him. i long for him.

his existence made my life meaningful, like he filled an empty void.

i stare at the water bottle he gifted me.

rayan.

i wonder what he might be doing or where is he.

did he abandon me? is he bored of me?

he's so perfect, he deserves better than me anyway.

i cry myself to sleep.

i check for him everyday since 1 week and i don't find him. i am heartbroken..

after a week and 2 days:

i wake up and have a bath and i get ready for university and i have breakfast and i sit in malik's car and he talks about his sports about which i don't understand anything nor am i interested in listening to him honestly i am feeling soul less.

we reach the university and i go to class and sit and i don't bother to go check the storeroom or terrace because i am tired of the disappointment of not finding him there.

i feel very much lifeless. i keep scribbling my notebook while few seniors (3 boys and 2 girls) come to our class to promote an event but i couldn't care less.

until i heard his voice.

"this charity event will be very helpful for feeding poor hung8 orphan kids who don't get to eat food for days, please donate as much as you could and encourage others to do the same" he said.

he saw me and his eyes were soft. and he then looked at malik sitting beside me holding my hand asking me to give him his book and his soft face changed into what looked like extreme jealousy.

he then goes out from my class and i know he's pissed and i have never disliked malik more than this. i am gonna go to him in lunch break. i mean if i find him in our places.

lunch time.

"nora where you going" malik asked.

to clean the problem you caused idiot.

"I've some work, I'll be right back" i said.

i go to the storeroom first and he's not here.

i head towards the terrace, or rush.

i reach terrace and i find him in our old spot, backside of the terrace gate. nobody comes to this terrace because it's fenceless and kind of dangerous. maybe only rayan and me are crazy enough to risk our lives just to meet eachother.

i go to him and sit infront of him.

god he looks hurt. very hurt.

i wanna slap malik rn.

"ummm hi" i said.

"why do you sit beside him. " he asked while not making eye contact.

ok that's it. i am gonna change my place. i can actually stop existing if you ask me to, rayan.

"i umm actually don't have other friends and he's the only person i know, but i will change my place today, i promise" i said.

"i hate it when he touches you" his voice was broken.

i wanna cry.

"i will never again let him touch me again, alright?" i said.

he came closer to me and kissed my eyes.

"your eyes are beautiful" he said passionately.

"i like yours more, they look so familiar" i said.

"i brought lunch for you princess" he said.

"i forgot my lunchbox today" i said and he chuckled.

"before having lunch, I've something for
you. " he said while searching his bag.

he gave me pretty flowers.

my heart.

i am gonna save and protect these flowers and take them to my grave.

"can i put one in your hair" he requested and i allowed him.

he came very close to me and did the thing.

ok i like his perfume.

who am i kidding to. I'd like him if he didn't wear perfume or even if he didn't bath for months.

"what's for lunch" i asked.

romance aside, food is important.

"noodles" he said with excitement.

"they're my favourite" i said with happiness.

rayan's pov:

i know.

nora's pov:

"

who cooked it" i asked.

"your rayan" he said looking into my eyes.

oh.

oh.

i am so close to blushing.

i decide to concentrate more on noodles and less on looking creepy while blushing.

i start eating them and oh my god it's so tasty , he cooks really good.

"it's delicious, i wanna kiss your hands for this" i said.

quite literally.

"what's stopping you" he asked.

i am embarassed why do i embarass myself this much.

"why didn't you come for the whole week, i missed you so much, i came here everyday searching for you" i said.

i am very honest and that's honestly the worst thing about me.

"i am so sorry nora, i didn't inform you that i am not gonna come, but it was unexpected and i didn't have your phone number too" he said.

"can i please have your number princess?" he said.

"xxxx778645 is my number. feel free to text me." i said.

"thank you cutie" he said very cutely.

the only person who's cute is you sir.

"but why didn't you come since a week?" i ask him.

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