Love is blind that we can't see

Part 2

~Author's pov~

After a week, when the new batch classes started, Helena and Fatima were both eager to get there quickly. On the other hand, Farris was ready to leave for the university. He went to Helena and Fatima's room, knocked on the door.

Then Helena opened the door for him.

Farris informed,

"I'll drop you both since we're all going to the same university."

Helena smiled then she said while settling her hijab from corner,

"Oh, so now Mohammad Farris Ahmed offering us a pick and drop service hmm?"

Farris chucked at his statement and replied while slapping a little on her cheek.

"I can do anything for my beloved sisters. You know how precious you are to me."

Helena smiled, touched by his statement about how caring her brother was and said in hurry.

"Just give us 2 minutes. Let me grab my bag and tell Fatima that we'll leave for the university together." She went inside to inform Fatima about their leaving for university.

While she was wearing a pair of blue baggy jeans with off white comfy hoodie also she wore a black hijab with a soft texture, To complement her look, she selected a pair of white sneakers, With a floral-patterned backpack hung over one shoulder.

On the other hand Fatima wore a fitted denim jacket underneath a white-colored plain tee, with a pair of black baggy pants, also she wore a black sneakers and hung a shoulder bag on one shoulder and her hair left open.

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"Let me have your cigarette; I'm craving of it,"

Zaim said as he sat in the university garden with Alex and John while pulling the grass. He asked Alex, who was holding a cigarette between his fingers. Zaim took the cigarette from Alex's fingers to his and began inhaling and exhaling the smoke, releasing puffs that swirled and drifted into the air.

Alex asked Zaim with a shocking look.

"Whoa, whoa, man, what's gotten into you? You're not usually into these things. You always denied us the chance to do this, and now you're puffing away perfectly. Are you okay?"

John chimed in with a laugh.

"Bro, let him be. Maybe he's fallen in love and got ditched hahaha. That expression on his face says it all, I bet you Alex,"

Zaim smirked a little at John's statement while looking at his surrounding then he said.

"Huhh whatever."

John laughed in a flirtatious way and gave high five to Alex, then he said while looking at him.

"Come on Man, you gotta admit, women is a beautiful thing to get and to get pleasure from them, isn't it huh?"

Then he saw Zaim shook his head with a smirk, he replied while puffing on his cigarette.

"Nah, No woman can attract me, nor can anyone give me the pleasure I desire, everyone is the same to me, there is nothing different about them. Moreover Love is just a distraction, a complication and a totally waste of time and as you know I'm not even one night stand guy, plus I don't need anythinh like that in my life, I have a lot in my plate. "

Alex chimed in while looking at him,

"yeah, Zaim is the king of the single life. He has got no time for lovey-dovey stuff isn't it huh?"

Zaim nodded in agreement, exhaling a cloud of smoke then he replied.

"Exactly, guys. Love is not my thing, and it never will be, bet me, Seriously, relationships are just too much drama."

Zaim continued while taking another drag from his cigarette.

"I would rather focus on my career and having a good time with my buddies."

He winked while patting Alex's thigh, saying.

Alex chuckled on his statement and gently caressed his back from his palm while saying,

"That's our Zaim, the ultimate bachelor."

Zaim nodded in agreement, a hint of satisfaction in his expression.

Later, Alex and John left for their class, however Zaim was not in the mood to attend his, because he had an headache due to lack of sleep but he couldn't afford to miss his all lectures so he decided to skip finance class.

As Helena, Fatima, and Farris reached the university, Helena's eyes roamed everywhere with an amused look because she had always dreamed of getting admission to this university, and today, that dream had come true. Meanwhile she said in her heart with wide bright eyes also her eyes were full of joy while looking around everywhere,

"this is the day I've been dreaming for long, i studied so hard to get here and I'll study so hard to get a graduation hat from here."

After that Helena's gaze fell on Zaim who was sitting alone in the garden, releasing puffs that swirled and drifted into the air, at that moment a word left from Helena's mouth "pathetic." Her thoughts were interrupted as he heard Farris voice.

"Come on, girls, go get to your classes or else you'll miss your first lecture."

Farris reminded both of his sisters about the classes as he knew about the place very well. Fatima still felt disappointed because of her score. She couldn't major in the same field as Helena, but she got another major. Helena always wanted to major in business administration "Finance" , and so did Fatima. However, Fatima ended up majoring in economics.

Then they went to the classes as Helena entered into her classroom for the first time, she felt a rush of excitement mixed with nervousness.

She spotted an empty seat and walked over to it, and settled into it. As She looked around the whole class suddenly a girl approached near her and said,

"Hey? Excuse me?"

Helena turned her head to the right and saw Mia saying, who was also a freshie like Helena.

Mia was sitting beside at Helena while saying.

"I don't know anyone here so I came near to you, you caught my eyes across the classroom, no doubt you are such a beautiful girl with beautiful eyes."

Helena smiled a little appreciatively and said,

"Assalamualaikum and thank you for your compliment." Mia furrowed her eyebrows in confusion because she didn't get her words as she was a Christian.

Mia shrugged her shoulders a little and asked in dissatisfaction.

"What do you mean by this? Are you Arabian, you know Arabic? would you mind clarifying for me."

Helena smiled a little and then explained.

"Ah no I'm not Arabian, I'm Korean and a Muslim and we Muslim greet each other saying 'Assalamualaikum' ...It means 'peace be upon you.' And in response, you say 'Walaikum assalam." she clarified.

Mia again asked in confusion.

"And what does it mean? "

It means "peace be upon you too."

Helena clarified again while smiling.

Mia made an ohh face and asked. "I see, so can I say these greetings even though I'm not a Muslim ?"

Helena smiled warmly and responded. " Yeah sure why not it's a respectful way to greet anyone."

Mia made a satisfactory looked and said. "Walaikum assalam."

Helena laugh at her attempt and said,

"why don't you sit hmm."

Mia settled on the chair then she asked Helena.

"Wanna be friend?"

Helena responded to her with smiling.

"Yeah sure why not, I'd love to be your friend."

They were both talking , right then professor entered in the classroom while saying "Good morning" then every student greeted him returned while bowing their heads slightly.

The whole day spent well, Helena and Mia become good friends from their very first day at university.

Mia belonged from a very wealthy family as her father was a billionaire and a well known figure because of that Mia started growing popularity as the days passed, Her personality was bold, enthusiastic but also a little introvert. On the other hand Helena belonged from an average family background, she had a quiet and gentle nature, but complemented by her beautiful features and height which made her reserved with everyone.

It was the third day of university, Helena arrived at the university wearing black baggy pants paired with a black denim jacket underneath she wore a off whitw shirt that matched the hijab covered her head. Additionally she wore black sneakers.

She headed to her class while talking to Mia on the phone who had not arrived at the university yet. Right then suddenly, Helena bumped into Alex, quickly he grabbed her waist to prevent her from falling. She quickly settled back on her feet with nervousness then she glanced up at Alex and lost in his wide grey orbs, as she admired his handsome face, then she realized her heart skip a beat while wondering how someone could be this magnificently handsome.

Meanwhile Zaim saw Helena with lost and innocent look and admired her beautiful features, As his eyes remained fixed on Helena's hazel green orbs, he couldn't help and find himself lost in admiration of her features.

He then whispered to himself in his heart, "How could someone be this magnificently beautiful? I've never seen such beauty ever in my whole fucking life."

Helena was lost in admiring Alex, Right then Alex asked Helena while waving his hand over her face,

"Miss are you okay ?"

At that moment Mia reached near that spot and grabbed Helena's arm while saying. "Sorry babe I was stuck in the traffic. let's go inside the class or we'll late for the lecture."

Meanwhile everyone in the corridor was watching the whole scene unfold and gossiping about them. Alex felt confused trying to make sense of the situation then heard John's voice,

"whof whof whof."

Before he say something else ,Both Zaim and Alex turned to look at John with stern gaze because they both knew that John would say something useless without understandjng the situation then John suppressed his laughter to avoid getting scolded by them.

They all left for the class from there. Zaim was still lost recalling the scene happend in the corridor and the whole picture was playing in his mind that he had never seen such a living beauty before, then he shook his head while asking to John and Alex.

"when will the welcome party happen ? "

Alex replied to him in a normal way,

"I haven't received the information from the management yet. "

Zaim made an ohh face in Alex statement while still lost in that corridor scene. Right then John asked Zaim,

"what's the plan for tonight? shall we go for racing tonight ?"

Zaim again find himself lost in thoughts and kept looking at a random spot then he heard John saying his name "Zaim?"

he shook his head a little and asked .

"Hmm what ?"

John narrowed his eyebrows in confusion and asked Zaim with suspicious look.

"man where have you been lost since morning I can read your face for sure something has gotten into you. Just spill the tea or else you know me well."

Alex smirked in his statement while scrolling his phone.

Zaim replied to John in a serious tone.

"Na... Nothing bro , there is nothing to tell , let's go in the class or else we'll miss our lecture."

Then they all headed to the class.

At lunch time Helena and Mia were sitting in the cafeteria. Helena was revising her lecture however Mia was scrolling through her phone and then Helena asked about the welcome party while writing something on the Notebook,

"When will it happen?"

Mia replied while looking up at Helena.

"I don't know yet babe , just let me confirmed from the seniors so we will make our preparations according to the theme and dress code."

Helena furrowed in confusion but chukled softly and asked Mia,

"why do you always call me by this name? Hmm?"

Mia smiled affectionately as pinched her nose bridge and said,

"Beacuse you are my only and dearest best friend , you are my favorite and when I saw you for the first time so this nickname came to mind. Right at that moment, I decided to call you by this nick."

she explained more, her voice filled with warmth.

"It just suits you perfectly, don't you think?"

Helena nodded her head while smiling at her statement and said. "Okay mam as you like."

They both laugh at Helena's statement.

After that Mia stood up from her seat and asked Helena,

"What would my babe like to eat? Treats on me , just tell me since I don't even know your choices yet."

Helena made a sad pout while suppresing her laugher on her question and asked.

"Puff puff, you call yourself my best friend and you don't even know my favorite meal that's not fair Mia."

Then she moved her body in a dramatic manner in another direction to tease Mia.

Mia made an embarrassed look at her statement, then went towards Helena's direction and said,

"Yahh girl just tell me na we've become frnds just recently so how would I know about your choices not even you know mine, it will take some time to understand each other to get to know each other. I'll surely know everything about you and then you will see how concerned and loving best friend you got, one day I'll prove you my sincerity to you. Just spill the tea girl or else you'll have to eat what I'll bring for you."

Helena laughed so hard after hearing her words that how easily she became so emotional.

"Ok ok I'm just kidding , I was just teasing my only friend , let me go with you I'll select on my own "

Mia made a scoffimg face and headead towards the cafeteria kitchen with Helena.

As they finished with their order mia pulled out her black card from her purse. Helena's gaze fell at her card , she was shocked after seeing Mia's black card being handed to the cashier. She said in a teasing tone.

"Oh God don't tell I made a billionaire bestie huh? Big people big choices . Shall I buy a house from this ? No no, this will be too less, I gurss this card will not be valid for that I think I should buy a mansion for us. What do you say my billionaire bestie ?"

Mia laughed so hard at her statement, movinh her head towards Helena, then she winked and replied. "Anything you like babe."

Helena teased her in a flirty manner.

"Whof whof what if you were a boy ? Would you treat me like this"

Mia teased her back, pinched her nose bridge while suppressing her laughter but smiling a little.

"You can be my boyfriend babe thers is no shame for me."

Helena felt her cheeks got burned at Mia's statement , she placed her both palms on her cheeks giving a dramatic look upon her statement then she grabbed the meal tray from the staff boy quickly and went from there with fast steps while saying.

"Astagfirullah you shameless flirty girl, have some shame, someone might hear this astagfirullah astagfirullah."

Mia burst out laughing at her reaction and nodded her head while thinking in heart that, "my innocent bestie" as walked behind Helena, she said loudly but maintained her voice and called out teasingly while laughing

"Oh, come on, Helena, don't be shy babe. You know you love the attention. uh well, get used to it, babe. You deserve the world, and I'm here to give it to you."

Helena looked back at Mia with stern gaze who was coming behind her and said. "Yaaahh girl I was just kidding, You're too much sometimes, Mia. Now, let's dig in before this food gets cold."

They both sat on the chairs and placed their meal tray on the table.. On the other hand Zaim Alex and John appeared in the cafeteria while talking about their racing night, Zaim's gaze fell on Helena who was eating her favorite red velvet brownie and her one hand was covering her mouth while talking with a muffled voice about something that made her laugh so hard, Zaim found himself lost in her smiling face once again and he started to admiring her each features of her face, he didn't realize a smile appeared on his face while seeing her talk.

Meanwhile he heard John asking both of them that,

"what would you both take for lunch?"

Zaim was still lost admiring her then Alex moved his head towards Zaim then he looked towards Mia and Helena's sitting figure then he again rolled his eyes towards Zaim and placed his arm over Zaim's shoulders and teased him while laughing alooking.

"Man where have you been lost?" Did you find you living angel here already huh?

Alex then tried to find his targeted gaze while moving his eyes around everywhere, but there were other girls around too so he couldn't pinpoint his specific target.

Zaim's thoughts were interrupted then he rolled his eyes towards Alex and replied. "nowhere, let's get the meal.

He left the area and went towards the cafeteria kitchen. He grabbed the meal tray from food server then went to his table, he pulled out a seat for him and settled on it while placing their meal tray on the table.

Alex and John continued to stare at his back in confusion, wondering what had gotten into him then they stared into each other's eyes with confusing look, and then John shrugged his shoulder while showing that he also had no idea about his behavior.. They both left from there as well and sat near Zaim.

Just then, Olivia appeared at the cafeteria and saw Zaim sitting with his friends. She smiled affectionately and went to their table with Erina. She said as she pulled out a chair while sitting beside Zaim.

"Oh, I can say the most handsome men of this university are ruling the cafeteria huhh."

Zaim scoffed at her statement as he already knew about her flirty skills. She looked at Zaim and said while smiling widely, "Oh my goodness, here is our Einstein too. Hi, How are you doing, man? You look so muscular than before. I think you're trying to attract every girl's attention, isn't it huh? Man don't dare to think like that ever, when I'm here near you, I'm telling you. I just suggest you give an audition for modeling. You'll be selected at once, I'm damn sure. Look at you man huh."

At that meantime Zaim was still looking at Helena's sitting figure with innocent eyes and admiring her from far.

Zaim didn't respond to Olivia's words as he was pissed to her words and turned towards John and Alex. He patted Alex's back and said, "Bro, I have to reach somewhere,. I won't manage to attend my classes Please note down the rest of the two lectures for me and inform Sir Seojin about me."

John asked in confusion while looking at him with joined eyebrows.

"But bro, where are you going? At least inform us. You never tell us about anything." Zaim chukled but said nothing and started eating his meal. Meanwhile, Olivia watched his retreating figure and thought about how smoothly Zaim had ignored her.

Right then John moved his head towards Ava and said "well, you tell beauty lady, how was your vacation huh? Where did you spend your whole vacation? I can sense from your glowing face that you were with your ex the whole time, did you both get back? isn't it?"

He laughed a little after saying,

Olivia made a pissed-off look and left with Erina while saying to John. "Shut the fuck up John."

John laugh so hard at her statement and exclaimed. "This girl is something else."

On the other hand, after finishing their lunch, Helena told Mia that

"Mia i am going to perform my Duhr Salah upstairs.

"As she started standing up from her chair, Mia said to her while grabbing her meal tray ,

"wait let me go with you. I don't have anything to do here, and I'll get bored."

Helena chuckled at her words and said,

"sure, let's go together."

Zaim was staring that helena was going from cafeteria as he had known that it's not the time for class. He joined his eyebrows in confusion and stood up from his seat to follow Helena without telling anyone, right then Alex asked him in wonder while grabbing his hand, "where are you going man," he replied in hurriedly ,

" I've some work to done, it's urgent i gotta go, don't wait me and go for the class I'll join you there."

Right then Alex said to Zaim in confusing look,

"At least finish your lunch, you didn't eat anything since morning,"

Zaim replied,

"I've no appetite bro I'll eat later."

he then went from there and followed Helena as she already went upstairs but she disappeared from his gaze then he rolled his eyes everywhere and saw she was going upstairs.

Zaim joined his eyebrows in confusion that why were they going upstairs as there was no class only admin or seniors can go there .

He kept following them and saw Helena went to the bathroom for abulation, he kept looking her performing abulation.

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A/N

"Sometimes the heart whispers the secrets we're not yet ready to hear."