Ray's love

It came to a point that Elsa and Ray talked to each other everyday. They texted each other throughout the day without sparring a second .

Elsa was very happy that Ray , who was never an active social guy changed to a person who will talk to her everyday.

She was satisfied with this relation with him. Like this, she would know what he does, what he likes and dislikes, his favourites. She didn't want to push her luck and then regret everything.

She was happy that he considered her his friend and wanted to be like that until he finds his special person. Unknown to her ,Ray was already hatching a trap on finding her feelings.

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Ray wanted to find out her feelings for him day by day as he didn't want to make a fool of himself. He found out from his schoolmates that she had an ex-boyfriend and that the guy was still hung over her.

He was worried whether Elsa still loved him or was over him. He badly wanted to know her current feelings .

Ray was surprised at first, when he noticed he had a crush on her. He didn't think that Elsa could bring out this feeling within him.. Yes.. he did have crushes before and yess... he hasn't taken the first step to ask them out because he didn't want a relationship.

But, he knew that if Elsa was over her ex, and if she had feelings for him , then he would ask her out. Interacting with her made his daily life interesting. She was there for him, slowly trying to understand him, trying to make him happy when he was low, doing crazy naughty tricks which made him smile.

He loved seeing her smile naughtily , she was being herself and that is what he loved .

But the thing which was frustrating him was that she didn't leave any hints on what she feels even during their conversation. Even if they had crazy talks , it was when they were high.

He started noticing her in class and soon, it became a habit for him to follow her movements. Ray was admiring her from far, sitting next to Ace while looking at how her expressions changed from one to another. And, when he saw her tying her hair into a pony, his heart skipped a beat. He was stunned when he saw her look up and their eyes met.

Elsa had a confused expression with her brows raised. Then, she smiled teasingly while walking towards him. He was flustered but hid it really well and stared back at her calmly.

She asked ," Why are you staring like this?" to which Ray teased her ," Can't I look?" and soon, she stomped on his feet and left.

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Ray was chuckling when he remembered about this. She didn't get angry at him nor did she blush over his actions. She just simply ignored or teased him over it.

One day as they were talking about why he didn't get a girlfriend. Ray was determined to know her feelings , so asked her about her ex boyfriend. He was waiting nervously for the reply when he got the message asking why he was asking about it.

He was thinking for a reason when he suddenly remembered the night ride. He was smiling when she said that he only had to beware of ex boyfriends.

He had a small inkling that Elsa was interested in him which made his hopes high.

He wanted her to spill it out but she was adamant on making him spill it. So he waited for her to speak up while he was starting to get a little impatient.

He wanted to spend more time with her and know her a bit more , so he indirectly asked her knowing her liking to books ," Have you been to the public library ,here?"

" Nope.. I don't think they have books that I read."

" Well maybe not... But I have a membership card, if you want you could use it."

Ray was praying for this bait to work but his smile faded when he saw, " Really.. So you could get me books I want right.. Yaaay!!!"

Ray couldn't say anything to this. He was lost in his thoughts, ' Doesn't she have interest in me?' 'Why didn't she take the bait?' ' Maybe she only consider me as a friend.'

The ping sound from his phone distracted him from his thoughts, he looked over unhappily to only hold back his smile from appearing on his face.

" Or maybe we could go together, one day, after college or during vacation ."

Ray agreed immediately before she changed her mind, " Sureee.... "

He thought, 'Got a date.... yesss... so she does like me... Score!!!! '

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Soon Ray found some reasons to call her and they talk till they are sleepy. It became a ritual for him to text her the first thing in morning.

So when Elsa said that she can't call one day due to her brother. Ray didn't want to let her go, so he stubbornly said he won't sleep , if she doesn't call.

He was betting against himself whether she would call or not. He had his hopes high on that she would call him and that is what happened.

Ray was so happy that he forgot to hide his happiness while answering her. He felt like he made a trap for her so he asked," Why did you call even though you couldn't?"

As Ray was waiting for Elsa's response, he smiled , 'Hah... Finally she would say it ...right? '

But to his surprise, Elsa shooted the question right back at him making him fluster. Never in his mind had he thought that his trap might fail and make him fall for it.

He lost his voice and soon got distracted from her chuckles. She teasingly asked whether he was sleepy now. Ray knew she was laughing and so he said ," Suree... I'm sleepy.. So goodnight."

' I will make you spill it out.. just wait' Ray thought this and went to sleep with a smile on his face.