"Ma'am, we are about to descend . Can I open the window s.h.i.+eld? Ma'am?"

Akira slowly woke up from her deep sleep . "Uh - huh," she said . As the attendant opened the window s.h.i.+eld slowly, her face started glowing up . The morning sunrays started spilling its magic on her face . She looked like a tiny golden bowl of happiness . She yawned sleepily and put her blanket down reluctantly .

The attendandts voice woke up Raymond as well . He looked at her face all glowing with yellow sunrays bouncing off her face . Before drowning in the endless abyss of her Bambi eyes he looked at her cheeks and chuckled . Quickly he gazed at her hair and the next moment he burst out into a laugh . "What's wrong?", quipped Akira . Raymond suppressed his laugh hard and sighed - "Nothing!!! Just that you look super glamorous right now . "

"No way," thought Akira and pulled out a small mirror from her bag and the instant she saw her reflection in it, she scowled . She had drooled while sleeping and it was all over her cheeks . Her hair looked like the nest of a hummingbird . Overall she looked like a mess that needed urgent repair . Feeling dejected she unclasped her seat belt to go to the washroom . Just when she stood up, the attendant came back and requested her to stay at her seat as they were about to start the landing . .

She slumped back into her seat all grumpy . She didn't have the courage to look at him . Immediately she took out her comb and started setting the nest on top of her head . Then she took a wet wipe and wiped her face . Next, she took out her lip balm and applied it on her lips . She could sense that he was watching her . She turned towards him and saw him looking at her intently . His gaze was focussed like a laser beam on her lips . She blushed and started clasping and unclasping her fingers nervously .

After landing, Raymond stood behind Akira at the stamping section . He saw a tattoo of a swallow at the nape of her neck . The tiny swallow looked really pretty on her skin . He felt like grazing his fingers . His thoughts made him feel like he was some lunatic and he shrugged his thoughts off . He sighed and decided to forget this encounter . He wanted to focus entirely on his new project and how to get funding for that . Suddenly the real Raymond was back who made no further attempts to talk with her .

She had no luggage with her . So after the formalities, she started moving towards the exit whereas she saw Raymond turning towards the baggage claim section . For a split second, she paused to say a proper bye before leaving but when she saw him moving ahead unperturbed, she turned back . "At least he could have said a bye," she muttered under her breath . She took out her earphones and tuned into her favorite channel on Amazon Music . But just after taking 2-3 steps something within stopped her from moving any further and she turned back and shouted at his direction - "Hey !!! Seat no . 6 neighbor . I am Akira by the way and yeah, nice to meet you too . " Then she turned back and without even looking back once, plugged in her earphones and stormed towards the exit .

Startled with her voice Raymond turned back . He knew it was her . But before he could say a thing she had already left for the exit . But then he saw that she had dropped something while walking . He shouted to stop her but she didn't listen and continued walking . He hurried to the point where she was standing before and picked up the stuff she had dropped . It was a Boarding pa.s.s and a letter addressed to some Anthony . When he got up, she was nowhere to be seen .

He stared at the Boarding Pa.s.s with her name "Akira" on it .

Silently he muttered - "Goodbye Akira" .

"Ma'am, we are about to descend . Can I open the window s.h.i.+eld? Ma'am?" .

.

Akira slowly woke up from her deep sleep . "Uh - huh," she said . As the attendant opened the window s.h.i.+eld slowly, her face started glowing up . The morning sunrays started spilling its magic on her face . She looked like a tiny golden bowl of happiness . She yawned sleepily and put her blanket down reluctantly

.

The attendandts voice woke up Raymond as well . He looked at her face all glowing with yellow sunrays bouncing off her face . Before drowning in the endless abyss of her Bambi eyes he looked at her cheeks and chuckled . Quickly he gazed at her hair and the next moment he burst out into a laugh . "What's wrong?", quipped Akira . Raymond suppressed his laugh hard and sighed - "Nothing!!! Just that you look super glamorous right now . " .

.

"No way," thought Akira and pulled out a small mirror from her bag and the instant she saw her reflection in it, she scowled . She had drooled while sleeping and it was all over her cheeks . Her hair looked like the nest of a hummingbird . Overall she looked like a mess that needed urgent repair . Feeling dejected she unclasped her seat belt to go to the washroom . Just when she stood up, the attendant came back and requested her to stay at her seat as they were about to start the landing .

.

.

She slumped back into her seat all grumpy . She didn't have the courage to look at him . Immediately she took out her comb and started setting the nest on top of her head . Then she took a wet wipe and wiped her face . Next, she took out her lip balm and applied it on her lips . She could sense that he was watching her . She turned towards him and saw him looking at her intently . His gaze was focussed like a laser beam on her lips . She blushed and started clasping and unclasping her fingers nervously

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After landing, Raymond stood behind Akira at the stamping section . He saw a tattoo of a swallow at the nape of her neck . The tiny swallow looked really pretty on her skin . He felt like grazing his fingers . His thoughts made him feel like he was some lunatic and he shrugged his thoughts off . He sighed and decided to forget this encounter . He wanted to focus entirely on his new project and how to get funding for that . Suddenly the real Raymond was back who made no further attempts to talk with her

.

She had no luggage with her . So after the formalities, she started moving towards the exit whereas she saw Raymond turning towards the baggage claim section . For a split second, she paused to say a proper bye before leaving but when she saw him moving ahead unperturbed, she turned back . "At least he could have said a bye," she muttered under her breath . She took out her earphones and tuned into her favorite channel on Amazon Music . But just after taking 2-3 steps something within stopped her from moving any further and she turned back and shouted at his direction - "Hey !!! Seat no . 6 neighbor . I am Akira by the way and yeah, nice to meet you too . " Then she turned back and without even looking back once, plugged in her earphones and stormed towards the exit

.

Startled with her voice Raymond turned back . He knew it was her . But before he could say a thing she had already left for the exit . But then he saw that she had dropped something while walking . He shouted to stop her but she didn't listen and continued walking . He hurried to the point where she was standing before and picked up the stuff she had dropped . It was a Boarding pa.s.s and a letter addressed to some Anthony . When he got up, she was nowhere to be seen

.

He stared at the Boarding Pa.s.s with her name "Akira" on it

Silently he muttered - "Goodbye Akira"