Page 159 of Storm
“Zidaan, we both wanna tell you something.” I started as Goli slithered closer to me on the couch in his cabin.
I could already feel her hand trembling over mine, as she clutched me tight.
Zidaan's gaze lingered at it for a few seconds, before he nodded,
“I'm sure you do. Shoot.”
“The thing is that we...” But I was cut off midsentence by Goli, who said hurriedly, “We are in love!” Then as if feeling the need to clarify, she added, “With each other!”
She looked even more scared now, unable to meet Zidaan's eyes after the spill.
When Goli didn’t recieve any yell from him as she had been expecting, she turned towards me with renewed confidence, boasting a reluctant victorious smile, “See, I told him! And you were scared for no reason. After all why would Zee be angry about it?!”
When the hell was I scared?
Then looking at Zidaan, she stammered,
“Yo...you are not angry, right? We were about to tell you anyway, that we are in love and... Yeah, only that we are in a relationship with each other. I'm not hiding anything else.”
She held her hands up defensively. Then glancing at me as I tried to bite back my laughter at Zidaan's stern expression, I knew was fake, Goli got even more frightened.
“Aariz also wanted to tell you the same thing that...uh...We...We are in love...Yeah!” Goli kept on rambling in nervousness.
Wrapping my arm around her to calm her down, I told Zidaan calmly,
“She is right. We have fallen for each other. It hasn’t been long. Trust me, you are the first person to know this.”
Goli nodded vigorously.
Zidaan remained silent making Goli whisper to me fearfully,
“Why is he not yelling? Will he just throw me out? You promised to yell back. Please start yelling so he would follow suit. This is my favourite dress. It will get dirty if he...”
I don't think I had ever tried so hard not to laugh.
I saw a smile was starting to creep on his lips. Of course, he heard her.
Jokes apart, I needed to remember something. So meaningfully, I added, “After all you are the reason we are together. You introduced us in that party.”
Zidaan gave me an understanding look, before turning towards my Goli, saying a little too seriously,
“I knew, Sani.”
Just the three words, made her gasp in shock.
“What?! You knew?! How?! You are lying!” Fired Goli.
Frankly, I felt the same. How did he know she had reciprocated my feelings?
“Nope. I didn’t actually knew, but I had seen the sparks between you two whenever I met you guys in past several days. So I had a fair idea. It’s good. I'm happy.” Zidaan smirked. A wicked smile playing on his lips.
He stood up to hug me and pat on my back. While, Goli opened and closed her mouth a few times as if not knowing what to say.
Finally, she came up with just one line, “Don't you dare tell anyone, Zee-the-I- had-seen-spark-Sherlock Holmes!”
Zidaan and I shared a look, over her utter fearful expression.
“No worries. I won't tell your family anything. I think you should do the honours. But just remember, you will have to make words Sani. Just opening and closing your mouth won't do the trick. They won't understand. You see, not everyone is as smart as I am.” Zidaan winked at her.
