KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors

Ketaki Mathur!!

Vishwaprit was looking into the sky! There wasn't a single cloud, it was all blue. And the Sun was going set soon. The blue sky was going to turn red soon. He kept looking at it, because he didn't want to think about her.

He knew he had to call her, but still, he didn't want to think about her. His heart used to sunk down too deep, every time he thought about her, Ketaki. His girlfriend, first and last. He never loved anyone else after that. His heart didn't dare to! And how could it? She was all he knew about love, his entire life. And what she did? She left him, like a pet in the house.

'Did she ever love me?', He asked himself the same question every time.

"Of course she didn't!" He replied to himself. Else she wouldn't have left him, he thought to himself.

His body was getting heavier by every minute. Ketaki's poison was slowing his brain and he was trying to resist. But the darkness had grabbed him already, because it was inside him, waiting for the right time to attack. He closed his eyes in surrender and Ketaki's pretty face laughed at him once again.

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Around four years ago, Ketaki and Vishwaprit were a famous royal couple in entire 'Vijaypath'. They both were mesmerizingly charming and very much suitable to each other by their societal status.

Vishwaprit, the son of their Lord and Ketaki, the daughter of the most rich and successful businessman in their kingdom. The rich couple fell in love with each other in their college life, but for Vishwaprit, he loved her since childhood.

They used to hang out together all the time, along with their another royal but not so rich friend, Setupati.

Setupati never liked Ketaki very much. He always thought she was a bit of untrustworthy persona. He was sure she was going to hurt him. But he couldn't help much into Vishwaprit's love affair because of their families and friendship from childhood. He allowed them to date freely.

But his suspicions came true in their graduation party. The famous Vishwaprit got dumped that night. He remembered it very clearly.

It was almost midnight. The party was going to be over soon. They were discussing about their future plans regarding studies. Everyone was sharing their ideas and plans. Ketaki was also excited. Vishwaprit was also listening to them carefully but he wasn't into conversation much. Because the hot topic was studying abroad, and never had any plans of leaving his country. He didn't want to leave his people behind even for few years. He was listening to them. Suddenly his ears alarmed, it was Ketaki, excitingly talking about studying abroad. He thought he misheard. He focused on her words. Yes, she was absolutely talking about going abroad and studying business management. She even mentioned Vishwaprit's name as if she assumed he was going to accompany her.

At that moment, Vishwaprit realised that, they had never really discussed about such things. He thought she also wouldn't like to leave her people behind, after all she and her brother were only heirs to the Mathur family. And she was the eldest one. Hence, she had more responsibility. He wanted to take care of her people too, but she alongside him. But the glass of dreams of assumptions shattered and he felt himself standing alone on the road of his life. His heart ached silently in pain. He didn't utter a word, just kept looking at her beautiful face. He didn't want to stay away from her. But if she really wanted to study abroad, he thought, why not? They could stay together for lifetime after that. He kept thinking about the ways to convince her. He couldn't even realise when the grand discussion ended and she grabbed his hand, and they stepped outside the pub.

When his mind came to the reality, they were in the parking lot, walking towards their car and she was still holding his hand. Setupati was along with them, replying to Ketaki's stupid comments about how their friend's future plans were immature and impractical.