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A special thanks to  Spreading_happiness for the help to choose the song for this chapter! She doesn't even know ;)

Song: Hum Jo Chalne Lage (Aao Meelon Chalen) from the movie "Jab We Met" 

Hope you like it! Here we go: 

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Neil' s POV:

Clumsily we got out of the train and looked for DD and Ali. They had promised to pick us up, since it was already quite late. After five minutes of texting back and forth we managed to find them at the meet up place. DD cleared his throat a little and hugged me briefly, before hugging Avni as well. Ali had a crooked smile on his. 

"Hey, love", he said as he pulled her into a tight hug and gave her a big kiss on her cheek. I felt my heart contract a little as I saw how familiar they were with each other. 

I shook my head slightly. 'No, they're not together, she's just confirmed it,' I told myself.

We said goodbye to Ali and Avni with a heavy heart and made our way back home.

***

As planned, the next evening, the date took place.

Needless to say, it was just amazing.

She looked breath-taking and we were able to talk all evening almost as if we had known each other for years. She was impressed by the food from my favorite restaurant. Later, as a small surprise, I drove her to the outskirts, where there was a small playground. The specialty of this playground was that in the left corner, there was an old locomotive. It was a little spruced up and had an open roof. 

I had asked DD to provide some candles and torches. He had also put some cushions and blankets in the locomotive so we would not get too cold. She was blown away from this place and this made me feel so relieved.

***

"Do you like it?", I still asked a little uncertain. She dropped onto the mountains of pillows and looked at me slightly irritated.

"Are you crazy? No one has ever done something like this for me!", she whispered, as if it was a secret. I sighed with relief and sat down next to her. "I cannot imagine that," I replied gently. Again, she looked at me in surprise.

"What can you not imagine?", she asked.

"I cannot imagine that no one has ever gone to such lengths to show you something", I replied.

She smiled slightly. "Why do you think so?", she asked, avoiding looking at me. I gently took her hand in mine and felt her startle a bit.

"You're beautiful," I admitted softly.

Startled, she looked at me and blushed. But then, she bit her lip, broke the eye contact and just stared ahead.

"Funny," she mumbled and the corner of her mouth jerked slightly upwards.

"Sorry, did I say something wrong?" I asked skeptically.

She closed her eyes briefly and shook her head.

"No, I- that was really nice of you. It's just- ", she sighed softly again.

"It's just that the last time someone said that to me, I was pretty disappointed and-urgh. Sorry. ", she broke off the sentence and grimaced.

I suddenly realized that I was not the only one who had gone through a miserable relationship in the past. She also seemed to have had bad experiences.

***

It could not go on like that. Our past should not affect us in this way. I would like to start from scratch. In the ideal case, together with her.

***

I let go of her hand and noticed how her expression on her face turned sad. She opened her mouth, but closed it again as I quickly got up and switched on the radio that was next to me. She opened her eyes and looked at me in surprise.

I smiled at her and forwarded my hand towards her. Irritated, she looked back and forth between her hand, and me until she finally grabbed my hand and so that I was able to pull her up. Immediately I put my arms around her and pulled her tightly towards me. She gasped in surprise, but relaxed rather quickly.

Aao Milo Chalo started playing as we started to move back and forth automatically. Her hands were lying flat on my chest and everything felt more than just right. I buried my face in the crook of her neck and inhaled deeply, my senses nebulized by her scent. "You smell so good," I mumbled softly, before I brushed a feathery-light kiss on the neck. Her fingers clawed at my shirt, but I heard the soft "thank you."

At some point, we had separated and grinned at each other. She told me about her almost one-sided relationship with her ex and I told her about Kira. To discuss all that was really liberating. She had eventually wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed herself closer against me. "Do you want to go home?" I asked her softly as I began to draw small circles on her back. She nodded, and I saw how happy she was.

We packed everything together and I brought her home.

***

On the doorstep, we came to a halt and looked at each other a little hesitant. "Thanks a lot for the lovely evening!", Avni said and pulled me into her arms.

"I am glad you liked it", I mumbled into her ear.

"C- can we take it easy? I-I really like you. I do not want to rush anything.", she murmured softly and did not pull away from me.

"Sure," I replied quietly, but the desire to kiss her now was really overwhelming.

But I controlled myself.

"Thank you, you are a sweetheart!", she whispered in my ear and pulled away from me.

"Good night, please text me when you arrive at your place," she whispered to me, broke the embrace, opened the door and disappeared into the apartment.

I sighed softly and headed back home.

***

However, Avni just did not leave my mind and heart.

I felt her presence everywhere, as if she were right there with me. Never had I ever felt such a strong connection with someone.

I had sent her a text as soon as I got home. She had thanked me again for the great evening and wished me a good night.

Now I laid wide-awake in my bed and stared out of the window into the darkness. Repeatedly, my thoughts wandered to her, her long hair, her sweet nose, her beautifully curved lips and dimples. Already at the thought of how her skin would feel under my fingers made my heart race. It had only been a few hours since I dropped her off at her apartment, but it felt like ages had passed since I last saw her. 

Just as I turned on my back with a sigh, I saw my phone light up.

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This was the penultimate chapter of this story. The next one will be the last one! 

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Finished work on Avneil:

- Tease - Avneil Drabble

- Remember? - Avneil Drabble

- No Interruption - Avneil Oneshot

- Thinking Out Loud - Avneil Oneshot

- Ordinary - Avneil Two-Shot (18+)

- Pleasure - Avneil RS (18+)

- Distraction - Avneil RS (18+)

- Enchantment - Avneil RS

- Solace - Avneil RS


Finished work on Adiza:

- Sweet Like Chocolate - Adiza Oneshot

- TBC - sequel to 'Sweet Like Chocolate' - Adiza Oneshot

- Taste - Adiza Drabble

- How long - Adiza Two-Shot

- Night Changes - Adiza FF ;)


On-going work on Avneil:

- Bound Together - Avneil FF (18+)


On-going work on Adiza:

- Floating - Adiza Threeshot


Zain x OFC:

- How to Break your Heart (18+)