|| Chapter : 2 ||
While a shriek escaped Abdul lips watching the source... A broken branch was stretched, seems like someone is pulling it to tumble them... But there's no living other than them present there...
"It's just a imagination!!" Chanting the same line repeatedly in mind taking deep breaths to shoo away the feelings of negative energy lingering around, he helped Ruqs to stood up, whose eyes were still wide and fixed upon that branch...
"Let's... Let's proceed!!" he mumbled shutteringly... His adams apple moved down clearly identifying the creeping fear...
Precipitation sliding down her forehead, cataclysmic change was clearly depicted in her persona... A loud shriek wanna come out with a force but the residing trauma has subsided the voice in her throat...
Hearing the question, woke her up from the numbed sleep, that she'd experienced in that moment... Gulping down a big amount of air, she nodded unsurely...
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Flashback
Finally getting acquainted with the unfamiliar yet a bit creepy surroundings, she settled down with the college environment...
Walking mindlessly in the corridor, mind reverberating about the morning incident that had occurred, she was still trying make some sense... And as results got bumped into a hard figure, who flashed her a idiotic smile...
"Abdul! Can't you look and walk?" Massaging her forehead lightly, she chided childishly... But before the latter can counter a head popped in their not even started talks...
"Look! Who's talking..." Jalal managed his heavy voice nearly as girlish as possible... Twisting her nose, she royally ignored him and again averted her gaze towards the one in whom she bumped...
Again Abdul tried his luck, but Jalal jumped in between and was on his knees with ears held by his hands...
"Sorry naa jo! I was busy yrr..."
Taking the advantage to its fullest, she throws another tantrum by sticking tongue out at him and strode forward with Abdul who grinned ear to ear, watching and contemplating the condition of his friend...
"What happened?" Watching the irritated scrunched face, he laughed at Jodha's plight...
"Forgive him, if you can't maintain this angry young woman avatar.." he added cautiously, 'coz the girl walking with him has no control over her hands... And gotcha! He was right, had it been not Jalal, his cheek would have gone red by now...
"Look! He's too insisting..." Again popping between them, he held the hand which would have shown his friend stars in daylight... Trying his luck, again...
Pulling her cheeks, he admired the furious face that has shrunken in rage and spitting fire now with those big brown orbs...
"Yep! For bloody two months, you didn't contact me, and didn't even replied my numerous calls, messages, mails! That never happened in two years, from the time we've parted..." Freeing her cheeks from his gentle hold, she gritted her teeths...
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Present
The huge banayan tree stood in its full glory, with its long branches hanging carelessly, created an frightening effect to the surrounding...
Making Ruqs standing at a considerable distance, as Abdul stepped in the vincity of its roots, a small whisper was said just in his ear, that surely isn't Ruqs... Seems like someone standing so close to him, a feeble yet dangerous warning lacing with fiercness...
"Stop! Don't put a step forward!!"
His whole body froze with, an icy chilliness engulfed his self and reflexly his legs moved back in utter horror...
"What happened?" A worried friend asked noticing the untimely change in his gesture...
"Ruqs... Ruqs... I... Vo.." he tried to express himself but nothing came as still the same voice chuckled lightly in his ears...
"Abdul you ok?" Grabbing his arm, she asked in amusement...
"No! I mean yes!" he frantically moved his heads in every direction but found none other than the lady who looked worried watching his disheveled condition...
Calming his racing heartbeat down, he looked at his friend, whose till now worried features turned unanimously scared, pure horror depicted in those squinting orbs... Abdul followed her gaze and froze on the spot...
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