BEHADD

Baavan

Tripti

Though Rudra had told me to sit in the car, I knew he was up to something. And it was not good.

As far as I know him, he was too calm for the situation. I wanted to explain it to him alone.. but that is if he lets me. I wanted to clear the misunderstandings. Harsh was a bully. He had bullied me for my entire school life. It was a relief when I got to know he was leaving abroad for studies, his presence always made me insecure.

He was my neighbour as well. So when I saw him there today, I froze on my spot. He was smirking and I knew it was not good. Though I didn't fear him anymore, there was this... Teenage insecure girl in me who loathed her bullies. Now the Tripti was stronger, but the younger Tripti still had fears.

I wouldn't tell Rudra the truth about him being my bully. He doesn't need to know. All would tell him was he and I had nothing in past. But even if I had any past relationships why does it affect him? Because he clearly wasn't chaste.

I was counting on seconds inside the car but I felt uneasy. I thought of checking on him. So I went outside and opened the front gate, and as soon as I did.. I saw what I didn't want to.

He was beating him like a rag doll. His hands were bloody red, not with his blood but with Harsh's. My feet were trembling, and hands shaking. He was someone else when he did that.

His eyes were darker and his face like a devil incarnated. How can someone be so cruel, doesn't he feel remorse? No he doesn't.

"Rudra! Stop!", I shout at him and he looks up and leaves him at once.

He does not look me in the eye. I sit down on the ground and clutch my hair into fists. Was he even alive now? The same thing... He had done so many times. Nothing changed, he didn't change.

"Tripti I-"

"Harsh? Are you okay?!", When I came back to reality I tried my best to save a human. Yes, he was a bully but no one deserves to die. His family would be worried for him.

"Harsh??", And I felt his nerves, he was still breathing as well. Taking up my phone and calling an ambulance, I tried waking him up. He was bleeding profusely. He might die from blood loss of not from the injuries.

The ambulance came a while later. Rudra was wiping his hands with a tissue. Like he had just finished his dinner, as if nothing happened.

"Is... Is he going to be alright?", I asked one of them. They said it was nothing major and went to the hospital. I informed his mother about it and had to lie about it, calling it an accident. I'm sorry shiv ji.

"Don't worry he won't die. If I wanted to, I would've killed him alr-", I raise my hand and make him pause. "Rudra, I hate you! I've never seen such a heartless, cold person in my life!"

"Oh Tripti! You have not seen the life it seems. Because I'm the most humble you could ever get"

" What did he doto make you almost kill him?"

"Uh... He disrespected me? "

" If someone disrespects you You don't go and kill them!"

"Look, as I said I didn't kill him. He'll be fine with a few stitches here and there. Nothing serious".

" Are YOU serious? Because you don't talk like a normal person"

" I'm sorry Tripti but it wasn't a crime. It was self defence. I have not violated my promise to you"

" What? Self defence? Are you going insane? "

" He was an obstacle I had a bad intuition about... So I took precautionary measures"