Akira looked at him all perplexed. His sly
smile made her feel even weird. It was like
she was running out of luck. "What are the
odds?", she thought. She left a gasp of air
but the guilt was starting to build up.
Seeing the shadow of guilt all over her
face, Raymond started feeling bad. The
smug smile that he had on his face
started retracting. He paused for a
moment and then said,
"Don't overthink. It's nothing serious. Plus
it wasn't deliberate". She didn't say a word
and started looking down.
"I should have walked more carefully". He
added.
Akira gave him a faint smile and said,
"Um, you can keep this ointment with you
and apply it again after 8 hours. If you
apply regularly then it won't cause any
scarring. "And she handed him the
ointment. She thought of clarifying herself
that she was in a rush and didn't see him
at all. But then she didn't want to pile on
her reasons. He seemed like a busy guy
so she thought maybe it's better that she
didn't waste his time any further. So after
handing over the ointment, she shifted
her focus on the entertainment unit in the
front.
"Ok!", he said.
He sawthat she immediately started
fiddling with the entertainment unit.
Probably she wanted to avoid any further
conversation. Raymond sighed and
started focussing on his work again. But
his curiosity was on the rise. He wanted to
ask her if she was ok? Wanted to help her
in any possible way. Wanted to hug her
and tell her everything is going to be ok.
There was something about her that was
drawing him to her. He wasn't able to
understand why she was affecting him so
much. No matter how hard he was trying
to focus on his work, he wasn't able to. He
was continuously stealing a glance every
now and then.
Her face looked brighter than before and
she was more settled now. She was
watching some episode from 'FRIENDS'
sitcom and was smiling. Her smile was so
pure and gentle. He felt like he could wage
wars for one smile of hers. He could see
the dimples on her face gracing her
whenever she smiled. It made her look
even cuter.
She watched the sitcom for some time
and then started feeling sleepy. She was
already feeling weak and tired. She didn't
even realize when she had dozed off.
Raymond finished his work after a few
hours and turned off his laptop. He saw
she had already fallen asleep. It was a bit
cold inside the flight and he saw her
curling up. She was just wearing a cotton
t-shirt and her pajamas. She didn't have
anything warm on her. She hadn't even
used the blanket provided. He didn't even
know what got into him and he took her
blanket out from the side pocket of her