And that time she threw a tantrum.
Now that she thought about it, it was really embarrassing and humiliating. After all, to her, Miguel was Zain’s friend, but she didn’t really know him well.
Now he was joking with her so much that Yanis doesn’t know what to answer.
Miguel, however, put down his cup of tea and smiled languidly at her.
-What’s the matter? Two people together is a good thing, why with this look?
Looking at the man with a smirk, Yanis finally realized that Miguel had probably come on purpose after learning about the incident.
Although Yanis wondered what their relationship was and why he cared so much about Zain’s love life, he was too embarrassed to ask directly.
But Miguel, who was probably a man with a very delicate mind, quickly guessed what was going through Yanis’ mind and asked in a light voice,
-Do you wonder why I am here?
Yanis did not answer, but the expression on his face was quite clear.
-It’s really just for fun, remember when I said I wanted to introduce you to someone before?
Yanis froze at the words, but then quickly replied, “Could it be that the person Miguel was talking about earlier was Zain?”
Miguel smiled and nodded.
Yanis was a bit stunned, not knowing what to say.
-This best friend of mine has been single for years and no woman has ever caught his eye, and it was the first time he asked me about you in the first place. I was surprised to hear for the first time from his mouth the name of another person of the opposite sex besides his sister, so my curiosity got the better of me. Actually, the fact that he rarely opens up to anyone else about you already says one thing-.
Yanis didn’t quite understand the reason for Miguel’s visit today, was it to put in a good word for Zain? But now in Yanis’ mind, Zain was already invincibly good.
-Although it’s a bit redundant for me to say it now, I have to make an appearance for my best friend, don’t I?
Miguel smiled faintly, as if he were joking.
Yanis couldn’t help but smile too.
-In any case, I must thank you, Miguel.
-Oh? -Miguel raised an eyebrow at his words- Thank you? Thank you for what? You didn’t say yes when I tried to introduce him to you.
-It’s not that -Yanis said- I mean about calling him to the police station in the first place, if you hadn’t been for that incident, probably… I wouldn’t have had those encounters with him there.
Would you?
She didn’t know why, but the word you made Miguel, who was older than the young woman in front of her, uncomfortable, but at least he and Zain were in the same year, and she was in love with Zain and spoke to him with the word you, as if he was an older man.
-To say that is polite, this is a destiny that belongs between you and him, I am at best the icing on the cake, even without that chance, you are destined to meet in the future.
This was what his wife used to say most often when she was alive, because he and his wife had an extraordinarily wonderful encounter, and he regretted after their marriage that he had never met her if he had not gone to that party that day. Every time his wife pinched his face and asked him what nonsense he was talking, it was a fate that belonged to them, and even if they didn’t meet today, or tomorrow, they would meet a day later.
“When you meet one, there’s no hiding.”
So when Zain approached Miguel and opened his mouth about Yanis, Miguel confirmed one thing.
Zain wasn’t going to be able to hide.
It wasn’t that the girl needed him, it was that he needed her.
But, again, Miguel coughed slightly and said with a straight face,
-If you have to thank me, it’s not a bad idea, but talk to me in a normal tone of voice from now on. After all, I’m the same age as Zain.
Yanis froze for a moment before she realized what Miguel meant by that. It turned out that he thought she was calling him old, but yes, she was in a relationship with Zain and ended up calling Miguel with the word you, as if she had inexplicably raised his seniority.
After thinking it over, Yanis scratched his head awkwardly,
-All right, Miguel.
-If you don’t mind, call me brother from now on, I can always afford to be brother, can’t I?
Yanis nodded hurriedly, -Good! Of course. You rented me the store for much less and helped me, it’s not wrong to call you brother.
Yanis did not shy away from calling the man “brother”, which made Miguel feel good, feeling that he was finally getting ahead of Zain.
-Brother, let me cook a dish for you, sit down and wait.
-Okay.
As soon as the girl left, Miguel took out his cell phone and called someone immediately.
Zain had just taken the girl’s worn shirt out of the washing machine and was about to hang it up when he received a call from Miguel, and seeing the man’s call, he lingered a bit before picking it up.
-What’s wrong?
-Can’t I call you if there is nothing wrong?
At his words, Zain frowned slightly, clenching the garment in his hand.
-If you have something to say, say it.
-Who was it who came to see me before with nothing to do and asked me to lend a hand in chasing the girl? Now that you’re together, but you don’t tell me anything, do you?
-The favors you owed me haven’t been returned either, what about the police station?
-It’s not enough to be friends for so many years and not tell me when you’re together.
-Miguel, what exactly are you trying to say? -asked Zain with a sigh of helplessness.
-You can’t even be happy for you? It’s very hard to see you with someone, so I’m happy for you.
Zain sensed something was wrong with the tone of his voice, looked at the date and then asked, -Where are you right now?
Miguel curved his lips and smiled slightly, -You think? It’s not easy to come and get a plate, I’ve been waiting for almost half an hour.
There was a half silence.
-Wait fifteen minutes for me.
After hanging up the phone, Zain hung the shirt out to dry, always feeling a strange stirring in his heart as he looked at the shirt the girl had worn.
He had wondered if it would be annoying to have more than one woman around him, but what was happening now made him feel good, and he even longed for this life a little.
Soon, he grabbed his car keys and headed out.
Fifteen minutes later he arrived in front of the ramen store.
Yanis was upstairs having dinner with Miguel when Zain came in, so there was no one downstairs at all, so Zain only met Brisa when he came in.
Seeing Zain, Brisa froze for a moment and saw that the other man had greeted her.
-Hello, Brisa.
-Are you here to see Yanis?
Zain nodded slightly.
-He’s upstairs, keeping Miguel company.