Ma'am, please have some water and
tissues."
Oh, thanks!"
It was then that Akira realized that she
was making herself too obvious.
She was a self-made woman and hated
when people pitied her. She had to regain
herself somehow. She gave the attendant
a faint smile and gulped the entire water
bottle. Then she took a wet wipe from her
purse and cleaned her entire face. Next,
she frantically started searching for a
mirror in her purse and finally found it.
The moment she held the mirror in front
of her face, she went in shock and that
very instant she squealed- "No way!"
Meanwhile, Raymond was watching her
activities. Suddenly his whole focus was
on her. The moment he heard her
squealing, he couldn't help but chuckle.
Yes, there was a smile on his face, God
knows after how many days
Akira took a deep breath and picked up a
couple of things from her bag. A comb, a
scrunchie, and a lip balm and rushed to
the washroom. She fixed her hair into a
neat ponytail and just dabbed a bit of lip
balm on her lips. She was a no makeup
girl. Her go-to item was always a lip balm
or lip tint. After applying the lip balm she
felt she looked manageable, so she came
out of the washroom and started walking
towards her seat.
While walking back Akira noticed
someone looking at her. She looked up
and met his gaze but the very next
moment she stood transfixed, unable to
move an inch further. There was
something about his gaze. The strange
look in his eyes trying to demand
thousands of answers from her. For a
moment she felt like she knew him
somehow, but she couldn't figure out how.
His cufflink looked familiar but she wasn't
able to connect the dots. She gave a weak
smile and returned to her seat without
even caring if her smile was returned or
not.
Raymond still continued looking at her
transfixed. Her gentle smile was
generating hundreds of myriad emotions
in his heart which he was so unaware of
before. He felt emotions which were
unexplored by him like she had touched
the zones of his feelings which had never
been unearthed. She looked so surreal
after fixing her hair. There was a sense of
calmness and gentleness about her.
After taking her seat Akira took out her
Ipad and started her "Things to do" app.
She was a planner. She had to sort out her
life now. Her career choices, her
internship program. Her life revolved
around Anthony and she had to get a hold
of it. She started noting down her goals
one by one-
1. Pay return flight credit card bill - 3700
USD
2. Get a new internship
As Anthony was in Infineon, she didn't
even bother to apply for other companies
based in the US. It was too late to apply
but nevertheless. She really started
worrying about her internship and her
pending bills. In a rush she booked a
business class ticket but now that reality
was dawning on her, she instantly
regretted her decision.
Before Akira's parents died, they had left
some money for her and Mike. She did
odd jobs during her school days, tutored
others and got into the University of
Cincinnati on a full scholarship but Mike
was still in school and she had to run the
house. Her credit card bill was like a tight
slap on her face. But she was determined.
She knew she had to power steer through
all of this. So she knew obtaining an
internship was the first thing that she had
to do.
She was totally immersed in her thoughts
and just then she heard the flight
attendant.
"Hello, ma'am ! Some chocolates please."