Clearing my drafts, this was written last year not sure if you'd like it. Do comment your views. Here you go, a short shivika tale.
All she could see was darkness as if she had suddenly closed her eyes . A wet self she was , running upstairs and downstairs for like 7 ,8 times already bathed her with sweat . She stood at the corner, holding the door for support, taking in deep fast breaths to comfort her pounding lung system . Loud inhale and exhale sounds continued to follow as she seemed too desperate to breathe . Her wet feet placed water marks on the stairs showing the path through which she came running to hold on here . Foot sweat wasn't something new for her , wet layers on skin happens when she gets nervous . But this time , it was different , water seemed to drip out from her foot . She balanced to stay afoot with on leg and wiped the other foot over the pant , she did the same with the next foot .
Her lips started to shiver when she kept looking out at the corridor through the small gap between the doors . Noises helps in anticipating something , not having the capability to sense it , she felt more scared not knowing what to even look or think of .
A sudden movement quiet far away captured her attention, she focused on it closely. Some yellow thing it is , she was able to guess only that, she crooked her eyes and tried collecting some detail from that distance but couldn't. And when she looked back after making a blink , it had vanished , only black darkness again . What happened ? she was confused. How many times she made up her mind to move forward and look out at it herself , but some sort of fear stopped her . Silence was nothing new to her , but this time she felt panicked , as if something big was awaiting her .
Even the slow gulps she kept making produced slushing sounds . She peeped and peeped through that narrow gap to see anything in that black space . She blinked suddenly when there was a hard bang on the door from the other side. Nothing was visible as usual , just darkness. Stepping aback , she locked the top latch fearing just the middle one was not enough as the bangs began to grow wild . Her teeth pressed the lower lips much when she bit them hard in fear , even blood started to ooze after a while .
Tears ran down her eyes as she saw the door moving harsh against the bangs made .
'Who's it ?! '
The latch on the top broke and fell for the door opened up to show some bit of the other side through that narrow gap.
She gasped opening her eyes .
Devi- dreams haan , of what ? Fantasy date with your favourite star? Continue the date this night . Come on come on now get up , we're late already .
She stopped talking on realizing something, leaving a huge sigh she jumped before the bed to stay exactly in sight of her friend. Patting her shoulders , she asked her to look .
D- annika ! get up will you ?
Annika crushed her eyes a few more times, and felt relieved after realizing it was just a dream , wait , a nightmare actually. Exhausting this was , the same nightmare every every day . Does it even have meaning ? She felt agitation .
She was engaged in her deep thoughts when her friend chinned her face up in hurry.
D- look at me when I'm talking.
Annika- what !
Annoyed, she seemed.
D - I can't keep repeating annika , you know the drill , look at people's face when they talk ! go get ready now.
A- why do I have the same dream everyday?
D- I don't know , maybe it means something. Your dream .
A- and what is that ?
