After dinner Kabir offered to drop me home which I rejected.
"No need, I drove here." I said stiffly.
"Okay." He said.
"He was just asking you out of politeness." Natasha murmured under her breath.
We were standing outside the restaurant waiting for their cab to arrive when I heard her words.
I looked at her silently. Earlier I was just sad about the possibility of him liking her. That doesn't mean that I would let her get away with anything.
"Are you going to stay in the hotel with them?" I asked Kabir.
"No, I am going back home." He said that as a matter of fact.
"Then do you want me to drop you home?" We lived five minutes away from each other's house so that was in my way.
As I was waiting for him to say something nice like thank you or I would appreciate that he replied with, "I thought that was obvious."
Of course it was obvious. It was so obvious that even I was not knowing that he will be going back with me in my car. Why did he asked to drop me then?
Now that I think about it this question didn't arise before as we used to come together and this extra element Natasha was not there.
I gave a small smile to Natasha. Their cab came soon after. I waved at her with a provoking smile.
My happiness was short lived as I remembered how close they were being while eating.
"Let me drive." Kabir said. So he meant this when he asked to drop me.
"Sure." I threw the car keys at him. I was not in the mood to do anything anyway.
"What happened to you?" He asked as he started the car.
"Nothing, what would happen to me?" I asked back.
"You were acting strange the whole night." So he noticed. This was enough to lighten up my mood.
"You are seeing too much into things." I said.
"Am I?" he sounded doubtful.
"What do you think about Manish?"
Why is he asking about Manish? Oh my God! Is he jealous because I was talking to him today?
"I think he is cute." I said hoping that it will make him angry or jealous but instead his expression remained the same.
"He is a good guy." Seriously he is telling me that. And whether he is a good guy or not, what it had to do with me?
God! Aditi you are hopeless. Why you had to fall for a fool out of all these people in the world.
"I don't think of him that way, and I don't like the direction in which this conversation is going." I said.
I am already annoyed by that Natasha who was sticking to him all the time and now he is making me angrier.
"You can considered dating him." He said which made me wish that I could kill him right here.
"You can date him yourself if he is that nice." I retorted.
Kabir choked on his saliva at my words.
"That wasn't what I mean. What I meant was…" before he could finish his words I interrupted him.
"Or are you already dating someone?" I blurted out.
"What are you saying?"
"Natasha is chasing you right? So are you guys already dating?" I knew I won't be able to keep this with me for long.
"Why are you angry about it?" He has the audacity to ask me this question.
Because I am fuc*ing jealous. I screamed in my heart.
"You didn't tell me." he didn't' deny it. That was the only thing which was running in my mind right now.
"So what do you think about her?" Again with this question. And why he is even asking what I think about her, it's not like I want to date her or something.
"What's there to think about her?" I looked at him speechlessly.
As far as I know him, I know that he is not dumb, then why don't he know the obvious.
So, he really think of me as a friend. Nothing more.
After gathering courage for a long time I asked him, "Do you like her?"
"I guess so."
I don't know what to feel after he admitted. I just wanted to go home as soon as possible.
"Can you increase the speed?" I asked. I don't know how I was controlling myself from breaking down.
"What happened to you?" he asked with concern but it only hurt more after that.
"I am just tired I think." I closed my eyes and leaned against the seat after saying that.
I don't even want to see his face right now. If he really likes her, I won't come in their way.
Even the thought of going away from him is killing me, I don't know what I am going to do in the future.