After greeting Moosa and Amma-Bi, Yawar made his way to the bedroom but his eyes were scanning every corner of the floor, searching for the person he was yearning to see. The person who kept his thoughts occupied all the way to the home.
His gaze halted at a certain door before he dejectedly entered his room and drifted into sleep as soon as he dropped himself on the bed. Don't know for how long he has been sleeping, but when he woke up, it was already night.
"Abe yar, I slept too much." He mumbled getting up from the bed.
After a bath, Yawar came out of his room and strided directly towards the kitchen to find some snacks. But his steps came to an abrupt halt on the entrance, when his eyes landed on a slim figure near the refrigerator, leaning against the wall. Her eyes were focused on her phone with a smile on her lips. For a moment Yawar forgot to move his eyes, he never saw her smiling.
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She was unaware of the surroundings, and he got a chance to see this person more than just a glance. what else could Yawar ask for?
Standing still on his spot silently his eyes roamed around Shaina's frame. He noticed how much she has changed, her black hair grew longer than before, her weak health looks much better and the fear that was evident from her face was nowhere to be found, it was replaced by satisfaction and happiness and her tanned complexion, because of which he used to call her 'Kallo' was making her more attractive now. All in all, she wasn't the girl, who he left a year ago.
Or perhaps he was the one who has changed. Taking in her whole appearance once again, he slowly started to walk towards the refrigerator and stopped just before her.
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Shaina's horror increased minute by minute, as the time of Yawar's arrival came closer. She didn't want him to come home and ruin her peaceful life but she couldn't stop him, nor put her fears into words and say to anyone.
So, she stayed in her room, pretending to be ill. Amma-Bi understood the reason for this illness yet kept her lips sealed. Time passed and she got the news that Yawar came directly after the exam and will be resting for long.
Shahina lowered her guard and came out from her room. She helped the maids in the daily chorus and made dessert for dinner. After getting free, she started to chat with her friend. She was so lost in their conversation that she didn't notice the presence coming near to her until two slippers came in view.
On realizing that the slippers belong to a male, she raised her head and froze, watching two familiar black orbs staring at her. The same orbs which used to follow her everywhere like a shadow. A shadow she feared the most.
Shahina forgot to breathe as Yawar gazed back at her. She remembered him being tall but he wasn't as lean as before, the person standing before her has broad shoulders just like an adult man. He wasn't the Yawar she knew nor has the same look in his eyes as before. They have changed and the glint in Yawar's gaze scared her, more than his closeness. Watching her pale face, he opened his mouth to say something but before he could speak a word, Shahina dashed out of the kitchen.
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Yawar's gaze travelled from Shahina's pale face to her trembling hands and settled on her face again. Her nervousness provoked him to play some prank on her like he used to do, but a part of him wanted to reach out and caress her smooth skin with his hand. He felt a strange excitement caused by their closeness, it was different, foreign to him yet, overwhelming. He wanted to subside these thoughts and speak but she didn't allow him. Before he could utter a word, she ran away.
Shahina ran away... from him ... from her 'Boss'... An urge to run after her emerged and died down at the same time. Yawar wanted to embrace her as he did to Moosa but he couldn't. Therefore, he silently watched the girl until she was in sight. The girl he was dying to see, the girl who was the cause of his many sleepless nights, cause of his restlessness, cause of his disturbing thoughts and slowly becoming the cause of his life.
