"You what?"

"Well if you didn't hear that, then I am gonna need your ears tested."

"Wait? what?", Akira said and blushed.

Raymond pulled her closer and then twirled her around and said,

"All your inner desires, all your wishes, every single touch that you want, I am going to give it to you Akira. Each and every one of them."

"I will run my finger on every inch of your skin that you desire", and saying that his hands slowly started traveling underneath her oversized t-shirt, touching her bare skin all tenderly.

She shivered with his touch and started looking down.

He pulled up her chin and said,

"Eyes on me."

She looked at him with questions in her eyes and said,

"Before any of that, I want you to be predictable for me."

"What do you mean?"

Taking a deep breath, she muttered,

"I am so gonna regret this."

Then looking up at him and conjuring her sprits she said,

"In one moment you make yourself so aloof and inaccessible and in the next, you dote on me. You baffle me up."

"But Akira..."

"I am not done talking."

Saying that Akira went and picked up her bag from the corner and said,

"A minute ago you said you wanted to undress me, be close to me. But 2 minutes before that you want to punish yourself by staying away from me. What is this love-hate relationship, Raymond?"

Raymond closed his eyes feeling all guilty and switched off the music. Seeing her picking up her bag, he knew that she was so not in the mood for it.

"I have waited enough for you Raymond. And I guess I am ok to wait for some more. But I want to be with someone who can be open with me, vocal with me about even the small things in life. I mean if I act stupid then punish me instead, Why punish yourself like this and torture me?"

He stood there all still, looking at her as she spoke.

"I know you are not much of a talker when it comes to things like this. But just for once, try to open your heart for me. Maybe that will make things easier for both of us."

Saying that Akira stormed out.

He didn't go out and stop her as he knew that her brother would be outside, but primarily his head was busy thinking of ways to pacify her.

She turned two-three times back as she was walking back to her house.

"Are you searching for someone?", Mike asked curiously as he was worried if his sister also saw that man in the car like he did yesterday.

"Not at all", saying that she looked at him and plastered a fake smile on her face.

Before taking the turn, Mike turned back again to check, and suddenly his attention went to the Blue Lexus parked outside the dance class. It was there in front of him, the whole time but he had been so clueless about it.

Getting a bit edgy and panicking, he asked,

"Did you feel anything weird or did u see anything weird today?"

"No. But why are you asking? Did you see something?", Akira asked him. Feeling a bit skeptical deep down inside.

"No just asking", saying that he casually brushed off the question.

As they reached their house, Akira was relieved not to find any black sedan parked in front of her house.

The whole day had been taxing for her. So the moment she entered her room, she locked the door to her room and went to the washroom and ran herself a nice bath. As the bathtub was getting filled with water, she started pacing in her room, mumbling to herself.

"Dang it Akira !!! Why did you have to overreact?"

"At least you could have waited for him to kiss you properly."

Saying that she let out a disappointed grunt and picked up her phone to dial his number. But before she could dial, she got a call from a PRIVATE NUMBER.

"Hello"

"It's me"

"How are you?"

"How am I? All dandy. Why do you ask?"

It was the first time that they had fought with each other and he had no clue as to how to please her. So he asked,

"Just tell me what can I do to make it up to you? I don't want us to be like this. I don't want to fight."

Hearing his words, Akira went all silent for a while. She knew exactly what she wanted, but she knew that it wasn't possible for him. So getting all irritated she said,

"Figure it out, Raymond. This is not the first time that we are fighting."

And saying that she disconnected the call.

She threw her phone on the bed and mumbled,

"When will you ever understand that even though you hurt me, you are the only medicine that I need to be healed."