• AdiYa FF ~ The Hookup •

• Chapter 5 •

"Zoya!"

...and Zoya stopped. Hearing him say her name felt foreign and yet familiar, if that made any sense. She ended the phone call with her driver, whom she was calling to pick her up. She couldn't believe that he actually left to follow her and turned to look at him. He was there, just a little behind her trying to get to her. What did he even want? Zoya didn't want a confrontation, she didn't even know what she would say if they had one.

Aditya saw her look at him and it was odd how he felt helpless with how much he wanted to sit down and talk to her in that moment. To his surprise, she continued walking with an even increased speed and before he knew, she was running.

Damn it, Zoya.

He continued to follow her and he realised they were only about a hundred metres away from the venue and getting closer to the main road.

"Zoya, would you stop?!"

As Aditya suspected, she didn't listen and at this point, she was dangerously close to the main road. Even the people passing would wonder about this crazy women in a saree running in the middle of the road. He managed to get closer to her by running as fast as he could and suddenly panic hit him when he saw a car speeding exactly to where Zoya had stopped to probably catch her breath.

Zoya was not thinking clearly at this point, she knew he was calling him and she knew she was being an idiot by running there but she didn't want a confrontation. Accepting what had happened was hard enough to her. She noticed the blaring sound of a horn and looked up at the car coming towards her. She was in the middle of the road and she wanted to hit herself for not being more careful. She tried to move away in a rush of panic and almost lost her balance when Aditya caught her by the waist and pulled her to the other side of the road with him. Without thinking, she latched onto him by his shoulders and close her eyes, leaving everything up to him. He lifted her off slightly and Zoya tightened her grip.

They were on the other side now and Zoya was trying to catch her breath. Her arms were still around him and she felt his tight hold with his hands resting on the bare part of her waist. And in that moment, everything was okay, everything was numb. She felt her mind at peace for once in so many days and nothing in the world felt wrong as her head rested against Aditya's chest where she could feel his hastened heart beat.

Aditya too, was trying to catch his breath. Memories of the night came back to him and as good it felt being that close to her, he took a step back and as he did, she removed her hands too.

"Are you insane? How hard is to look around before running like a maniac?" It came out louder than he intended but he really was annoyed at her.

Zoya knew she was right but her ego got the better of her and supressed the voice in her that actually wanted to thank him. "Like what you did wasn't a safety hazard! what were you thinking jumping in trying to save me like that?"

"I was doing exactly that – trying to save you!"

Aditya took a deep breath and tried to think clearly. It was obvious that just like him, Zoya had a lot going on and as much as it bothered him that she was almost hit by a car, he had more important things to discuss. "We need to talk."

This is exactly what Zoya was dreading, she preferred arguing with him over talking about it. Partly because there was nothing that could be done so this conversation would do no good other than making her feel more guilty and restless.

"About what?"

Aditya was surprised for a second and then realised that she was obviously playing dumb to avoid talking about it. He answered her back because if she was stubborn, so was he.

"About the other night."

"What about the other night?"

Good, go ahead. Test my patience after making me run behind you.

"We need to talk about the other night."

"Ne, we don't."

"Yes we do, Zoya. We need to talk about what happened."

"What happened?" ... and that backfired. Zoya put both of them in an uncomfortable state as images of their bare bodies against each other and a riled up blanket entered her head.

Aditya looked at her, knowing that she was getting flashbacks just like he was.

"Listen... we don't have to talk about it. It happened and that was that. There's no need to bring it up and disrupt out lives."

He opened her mouth to say something but he didn't know what to say. Maybe she was right, maybe there was no point in discussing it. Both of them knew it happened and both of them had separate lives to get too. He felt her vulnerable tone and before he could say something, a car pulled up beside them.

"I should go." Zoya didn't wait for him to respond before she opened the door and got in. She knew his eyes were following her and she knew this was it. She shut the door and the car drove and she didn't look back at Aditya. She was a little relieved that maybe this was the end of the matter even though emotionally, it would haunt her every second.

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A/N: I know a lot of you thought that I was abandoning this story but here it is, I felt so happy writing it again so here's a long chapter to make up for my absence. Being a college student, I don't get the time to sit down and get in the writing zone because I'm busy with assignments and my internship. But I promise the next update will come out before 7th May because that's when my finals start. Thank you for showering so much love, it warms my heart.

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