Nightfall.Chapter 6.
*Beep**Beep**Beep*
He hissed as he left the collar of the bleeding man and took out his phone.
The day had turned into a moonless night, the sky was dark and lonely. It was soundless and yet it felt as if a thunderstorm was approaching.
Ignoring the message on his phone, he was about to shoot the tall, bald man when his eyes unexpectedly darted towards the date being displayed at his phone.
24th.June.2016
He didn't know what happened to him suddenly but he couldn't feel anything.It was as if the air had been sucked out of him. As if a faded wound was threatening to come back to life once again. He could only feel absolute numbness surrounding him. He felt as if he was paralysed. As if even the tiniest of change or move shall make him crash down into a loop, an endless hole of darkness and pain.
*FLASHBACK*
"Arnav! Arnav!" she came running towards him as she screamed his name repeatedly.
"What is it now?" he asked irritated as he unwillingly kept his book down.
"Shyam! he..he proposed me! and I.." she was about to continue but stopped as she saw the colour being drained from his face.
"What? Who is Shyam? What are you talking about?" he questioned as he felt as if even a single word more would rip his heart out.
"Uffo, he's a customer at Anjali's bar. While I was working as a waitress there he used to come daily and so we got to know each other. Slowly and I don't know how but I think I'be fallen for him Arnav! He's rich, smart and lovely. Imagine Arnav! I won't have to life in this small room, near this garbage, I could buy things, clothes, I won't be poor Arnav!" she chanted excited as she went on and on about what she would do with the money.
"And..what about me?" he asked slowly as he felt the pain coming slowly and steadily. As each cell in his heart ripened cautiously.
"Of course you will come with me." she said simply.
"Did you say yes to his proposal?" he asked, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Arnav..wha..you?" she asked as for the first time she noticed his pale colour.
"Khushi, I want an answer did you say yes to him or no?" he asked again, his voice threatening.
"I said yes! but.." she was about to continue but he just stared at her.
This this was the woman whom he had fallen in love with. He felt ashamed of himself, he robbed, killed and indulged in all sorts of criminal activities so that he could give some food to her, make sure she ate.So that he could make her smile. He worked day and night so that she won't have to work as a waitress. This woman was the same woman for whom he himself wore holed clothes so that she would wear complete ones. The same woman for whom he was ready to do anything that came his way just to make her happy. The same of whom he took care delicately all these years.
And today, this same woman is the one who is extremely selfish and self loathing. She only thinks about herself. About money. About the things she could do with that money. Pathetic. Just so pathetic.
So what if they were poor? Was money everything? Was it more important than the small, happy life they were living? So what if they didn't have a beautiful, flawless and big house? so what if they couldn't eat lavish food everyday? so what if they slept on the earth rather than on beds? so what if they had to work and worn out their clothes and hands? it didn't matter as long as they had love right? as long as they had each other?
That was what he always thought.
He tried to find answers to all these questions as he stared into those hazel eyes. But it didn't matter anymore. If his love and his feelings could be crushed down so easily by her. He would make sure she didn't exist for him anymore.He would erase her, leave her forever.
"Arnav! wait where are you going?" she screamed as she ran behind him.
The thunderstorm broke, the leaves danced. The petals of flowers drenched and the peafowls smiled. The rain was heavy, the sky was grey, his eyes were red for his heart was in pain.
"Arnav wait! Listen!" Khushi called as she tried to run after him only to fall on the ground.
And just like that he was gone and that was the very last time she saw him before he vanished from her life.
*FLASHBACK OVER*
*PRESENT*
His eyes opened, he was crouched on the ground. His hands above his head. His memories resurfaced as hatred filled his heart more and more.
"AAAHHH" He screamed as his heart ripped once again.
----------------------
Hey all. 😃
Comeback Chapter. 😳
Let me know how it was.😊
P.S. - THANK YOU for the sweet and hearty comments on my last post about my whereabouts. ❤️
Cricket
Anupamaa
851