"Shivaay, please don't do this to me, I love you!" Pleaded Annika.
"I am sorry, Annika." Shivaay said in a cold voice. "I have to do it."
"I can't live without you."
"We can't live together."
She slid down to his feet with tears in her eyes.
"Don't you love me?"
"I do! But its better you stay away from me." He said closing his eyes.
Annika cried sitting on floor and looked down. After a while, she moved her eyes to his, her teary eyes were now red.
Shivaay opened his eyes. He looked around, he was sitting on his study desk in his room. The only things in his room were the desk, a couch, a tea poi and his cupboard. But bedroom consists of a bed surely, right? But Alas! Vampires do not sleep! Well, what he saw few minutes before was just a future vision. Yes. He can see the future. It was his special power. Apart, he can also read other people's thoughts.
But was he really going to do this with Annika? Is she really going to cry for him? Well, who can change the future?
He looked at the clock; it was 8:47 in the morning. He was getting late for college. He wore his blue jeans and white T-shirt, put on his black blazer and took his bike keys.
He started his bike before Om sat behind him. Within no time, the bike came to life. Om was his brother and only family. He loves him like anyone and vice versa. The two brothers can die for each other. But they can also kill other for each other. It wasn't a big deal for them
They reached college and walked towards their classroom. On their way, they smiled in every girl's hot and bold complement. No doubt they complemented in minds but they heard. Thinking how? Of course, because they are mind readers, remember?
They sat in the class and soon the lecture started.
After a while, Shivaay felt someone's gaze on him. He turned aside and saw the beautiful face smiling at him. She was sitting in his side bench. The wind from the window was hitting her face and making her hair flow, it made her look more beautiful. She kept her left hand on her cheek and sighed at Shivaay.
He could do nothing, but smiled at her innocent beauty.
She put her pen in between her lips and blinked twice at him.
"I wish I was the pen." He said to himself.
"Miss Sharma?"
The professor's voice brought them to present.
Annika didn't answered and packed her stuffs. She got up her seat and went to him.
"I know you will send me out of the class as usual. Don't bother, I am leaving." She left the class.
Shivaay chuckled and shook his head on her. He looked aside and found Om glaring at him.
"What?" He asked raising his brows.
"I heard that!" He replied.
"Heard what?" Shivaay was confused.
Om glared again. It took him a second to realise. Why does he always forget that his brother also has the power to read minds? Om heard him comparing himself with the pen.
Shivaay gave him an awkward smile.
"Stay alert next time!" Om said and Shivaay chuckled.
These two brothers can read every one, but there is only one person, whose mind they are unable to read. Annika.
In case of Shivaay, it can be because she is his soul mate, but why can't Om? Well, this is still a mystery.
Annika was walking in college corridor. She was smiling just thinking about Shivaay. She liked him from the first day itself. She noticed his white skin, his green eyes and dark brown hair. She had not seen a human as handsome as him.
She likes to look at Shivaay always. If someone say her, do nothing but look at Shivaay all day, she would agree with no argument. She will need no food, no water. She look him all class and that's why it's normal for her to be kicked out by the professor.
She was so indulged in her thoughts that she had no idea when her heels tripped and she was about to fall. But suddenly she felt someone holding her waist and dragging her. On an eye blink, she was sitting in front of the girl's locker room. She looked around but found no one. She stood up and felt a pain.
"Sprain!" She sighed.
Annika somehow managed to walk till the canteen. There she saw Shivaay sitting with Om. She marched to him.
"Shivaay, I need to talk to you." She said.
"Annika, better you go from here. Stay away from me!"
He got up and turned to go. She held his wrist.
"Listen, I don't know why you run away from me, but you always save me from every trouble. I don't have any proof of it because you come like a gale and go away like a storm. And today also you..."
"I didn't do anything." He whispered aloud.
She dragged him closer holding his wrist.
"I know it was you. So don't even try, because I can feel you." She said in a slow, calm voice.
She left his wrist and took a step. She whispered in pain when Shivaay bent to help her. But she showed him her palm telling to stop.
"I can take care of myself!"
She leaved controlling her steps. Shivaay looked at Om, he patted his shoulder.
Annika was angry on Shivaay. She went inside the washroom holding a towel as soon as she reached home. She even didn't bother to switch on the lights of her bed room.
When the water in the bathtub got warmed up, she climbed down the tub and felt her muscles relaxing. Her sprain also felt better. After a 15 min of relaxation, while drying get hair and body, she realized she had not brought her clothes in.
She wrapped the towel around her and walked out of the washroom to the closet.
Her body froze when she felt a finger trailing up her arm and a hand moving round her waist after some seconds. She couldn't see the face as lights were off, but she could feel, it was him. She held the towel tighter.
She closed her eyes when she felt his cold lips on her shoulder, pressing a gentle kiss against her skin. She felt him dragging his lips across her shoulder and up her neck.
All of a sudden, she no more felt Shivaay's touch and opened her eyes. She rushed to switch on the lights. No one was there except her. Just then, her eyes caught the half opened window.
She let out a shaky breath.
"What just happened?"
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