BEHADD

Gyaara

Tripti

"LET. ME. GO!", I order to my fullest. But I find him dip his head in the crook of my neck. I've always been ticklish there, so when he did that I flinched uncontrollably.

My punches on him increased in frequency but they were doing no good job. Was I that weak?

"Uhh GET OFF!", I shout once again but no reaction. I continue hitting him on the same spot but he pays no heed and continues doing what? Sniffing me? Insane.

After a minute or so I hear him speak.

"Tripti, you know what it means?", he asked in a deep voice, the type of voice which makes your legs go jelly. Not from anticipation but from fear. He had taken himself off my neck and was staring down at me with intense gaze. 

I was still trembling under him. "It means satisfaction, and You, my darling, are going to provide me that."

After processing what he just said, I gave him back, " Rudra, you know what it means? ", I see him stiffen." The mighty lord Shiva, but you-! "

"Oh I'm no god I know that, the opposite maybe?.... Rudra means "the roarer", "the terrible", "the untamed", "the destroyer", "one who kills", "one who makes people cry", and my darling, I'm all those things. ", He stated in a dangerous low voice.

" No, it means, " the kind", " one who kills forces of darkness", " the shining lord", " the brilliant one"."

This makes him pause. He thinks for a while and then steps back.

"Whatever just.... Sleep before I change my mind and take you right then and there!"

Smiling in victory I get myself comfortable on the bed. But I frown when I watch him take a seat on the couch. " Won't you sleep", I ask not that I care, just out of curiosity.

"I don't sleep", he says and then switches his laptop on. He turns off the lights and starts typing on it. The blue light illuminates his face, no doubt Navya was swooned by him. Any sane girl would. Why did he do this with me.... He could've gotten anyone. Any model, actress, rich princess.

"Will you keep staring at me whole night?", I hear him taunt me. How did he...

I quickly turn the other side and cover my face with mattress, my blushing face and actions made him chuckle. Embarrassment has the ability to make people good as dead.

It was three at night and I couldn't sleep. Did mother take her medicines? Were they both okay? I can't just call them at this time but I was worried.

When I looked around I couldn't find Rudra anywhere, then I saw the balcony door slightly ajar. I stood up and went there. Maybe not a good decision.

I saw him standing there leaning against the railing tossing the lighter in his hands. What I didn't see was the cigarette. I smiled, maybe he actually did listen to my advice.

We stand there without uttering a word. I was looking at the moon and stars he was looking  at the lake, probably deep in thoughts.

"Why me?", I ask him once again. I would ask it until I get a proper answer.

He takes a deep breath and turns to look at me. He's sober now, thank God!

"I don-", I interrupt him. "Don't... Just don't say that!", I was irritated beyond measure.