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"How did you know I was in the library," Dariya asked him while walking down to road drinking the coke. He threw his drink, after finishing and took from hers to drink more. "Nara told me you would be there when I went for delivery." Dariya stopped walking. "You delivered them?" she asked him. He continued walking nodding and sipping. "ha what a drama!" she said out loud. "My work, coming back to my home brought by my own brother."

"Cheer up woman. I mean what's the worst that can happen." He casually said.

"I can get killed." She said

"I won't let you." He said. he said and walked forward. "Come there is something I am gonna make you do today.

"Do what?"

Instead of replying he dragged her hands and walked fast. They reached the their shop and he took her to the workshop behind. The long hall arranged with wheels and shelves where the crafts are arranged stool and benches in two rows for students to sit, a sink to wash and two ovens to bake the clay in the back. The walls where all painted with instruction to do pottery Dariya took her hands back and and stopped near the door. "No," she said. but he pushed her in and made her sit on the stool though she struggled hard. He put on the apron for her while she sat still. Her inside was flipping out, her heart pounding fast and loud, a tension and scared thinking if she had lost the skill to do it anymore. The fear began to consume her. Her confidence being shaken. She looked at him with a pleading look in her eyes. He took her hands and made her hold the clay in the pot to shape the vase. The moment she felt the cold clay in her palms, tears began to run down her face. Lu Han didn't leave her hands until she totally got the control. Her heart fluttered and she wanted to not stop. She tried to do the work shaping them as it rotated. He stood up left her alone. She lost control and cried a lot. The smell, the soft feeling, everything was coming back as the new, as fresh. Lu Han didn't come back until she finished this small work. Its been more than an hour. He came back as she washed hands and her face. He stood behind her and took the apron off from her. "Am I still the shooting star?" he asked. She turned back smiling "Thanks," she said. she was feeling good. Their eyes met. He moved the hair from her face. Lu Han slowly touched her face. Dariya froze and she closed her eyes tight. She could feel her heart trembling inside her. The next moment she opened her eyes wide 'what the hell am I doing' she thought. He saw him smiling and washed his hands. "There was some on your face," he said touching her face with water again. She felt the electricity he always had mentioned passing all over her body, from head to toe. She tried her best keeping her face calm.