Unbreakable Bond

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"I'm sorry but in our Village it's a sin for a girl and a boy to live under one roof who have no relation between them. "she said while avoiding his eyes and it seems to him that she was reciting the words told to her. As her face is devoid of any ill intention just pure innocence is being reflected by her body language.
"If you are uncomfortable and doubting my intentions then I can leave this very moment and I'm thankful for your food. But can I ask you a question."
She replies immediately, 
"No I'm not uncomfortable and why should I doubt you or your intention.
Please don't leave now, the rains are been heavy right now. And you can surely ask me a question."
He replies before thinking,
How naïve this girl is, who doesn't know what a man can do to her if she trusts a wrong person.
"Thank you for trusting me. Do you by any chance live alone ?"He askes the question with caution.
"No I live with my uncle, aunty and cousin sister."
After a pause, looking at his confused face she continues,"Actually they are at a relative's place for attending a wedding function, they would return by tomorrow. "
He listens  her and is about to ask her the reason of not going with them or about her parents but decides against it, he doesn't want to make the small girl uncomfortable.

Small??

Yes small, she is looking like a kid with her cute face.

Cute hmmmm...

You shut up.

He is having a silent conversation with his inner self.

"Don't worry I would leave before they come. But to address your problem of ' A girl and boy living under one roof without any relation' I have a solution for that." He said and waits for her reply.
She makes a cute yet confused face and asks "what "
" 'FRIENDS' ,we can be friends so we would have relation of friendship between us."                                                                                    

 while offering his friendship he himself is amazed a bit, he doesn't usually make friends quickly but the need to make this girl less uncomfortable with his presence was enough for him to act against his nature unknowingly. 

She smiles as if he has offered her a fortune.
"Will you really be my friend? "She asks for an assurance like a kid.
"Yes why not. My friendship with you is the least I can do in return of your hospitality towards a stranger like me."                                           

  Though I am gonna pay some money in return but I won't mention it now as I strongly predict she would refuse it , but I would surely repay her by hook or crook. 

   "Though he was thinking of materialisticform of repayment,DESTINEY has some other plans for the two souls;though tied by an unknown bond, It was the time to give their relation a name for the sake of the World."

She smiles and says , "You aren't stranger now, as you said we are friends."
He smiles and is about ask a question, when suddenly the already dim lights goes off and only pitch dark is visible. Anchal screams at the top of her voice and Abhimanyu wonders how this kid can scream so loudly. He moved away a little and assumes that the girl has closed her eyes in fear. He speaks softly to avoid startling her,
"Do you know where the candles or lamp are kept?"
"They are kept in the drawer of the main room. But I can't go there, it's very dark. I'm getting scared." She adds the latter part in a hurry and in a meek voice.
"Don't worry I will go there you wait here."
"Noooo"she shouts
"I mea--meann please don't leave me alone, t-t-th-he-ere might b-be gh-ghos-sts ."
He listens to her and smiles lightly at her antics
"You can come with me. "
"How will I walk in the dark. "
He thought for a while then suggests the most obvious thing
"You can hold my hand"
"But my anu uncle told me to 'never to hold a boy's hand' "
I'm not a boy but a man he mutters under his breath.
"Well your anu uncle told you the right thing. If you can't touch me then can you touch a cloth? " He questions.
"Yes, I guess...as nothing was told about the cloth." She replies nodding her head innocently.
He takes out his handkerchief from his pocket and instructs her to hold one end while he grips the other one.
"Follow me now"
He starts to walk towards the main room. He takes the candle and lits it.
He hands her a candle stand, with a lighted candle on it. Here take this, she takes hold of it with one hand but doesn't leave her end of the handkerchief.
He takes some more candles in his hands, and asks her, " where is your room?"
Color drains from her face and she gets scared, " W_Why? " She asks "Don't get me wrong, as you are scared of dark I can lit your room with the candles. " he replies immediately.

He did tell her the reason of coming to her room and it was true that she won't be able to spend the night in only one candle. But after entering to her room he would get to know the condition of her room and can question about the same.She reluctantly agreed after a while due to lack of available options, "you are right, here if once there is a power faliure then the electricity is resumed only after 7 to 8 hours especially in the rainy days. You can sleep in the same room where you changed your clothes." she further continues" and Thank you for being thoughtful."

"Come on friends don't say sorry or thank you to each other. Let's go, lead the way." he adds after he picks up that her mood is down at the mention of her room. He guesses that is might be not due to his presence in her room but some other reason. They were walking towards her room when he stated to feel a little dizzy, but he ignored it. And went ahead with her.

He gets to know that he is staying for the night in a room which is beside her. He was getting restless and slight iching since dinner but he ignores it as he assumes it due to drastic change of enviornment.

He lits all the candles in her room and left only the one which is in his hands for himself. He saw her room and got to know the poor condition of her room than the rest of the house.

Her bed just enough for a single adult. The only cupboard present is on the verge of breaking, her room looks like a store room which she has covered up pretty good for her own stay.

He feels sad for her, but kept quiet. She smiles at him, he could see the innocent soul deprived of her rights due to some unknown reason.
He forces a smile and was about to leave when again a wave of dizziness hits him,which makes him to stumble but balances himself after a while, this didn't went unnoticed by Anchal;as she asks---"Are you Ok?""YES" he replies without missing the beat to avoid her worrying over him.

"Good Night." He says and leaves without a reply.

What happened to him she wonders but then concludes that he might be worn out and in dire need of rest. She was about to sleep when a thought hits her, "Hey ram, he is guest yet how can be so stupid to leave him with only one candle for the night?" she says to no one in particular.

She takes two candle and gets up from her bed and heads towards his room. when she enters the room it was open so she goes without knocking to give him the candle.

 He gets surprised to see her but he was already in discomfort so ignored that she entered without knocking. He was already searching for his medicine of his allergy, when anchal said her reason of visit, hearing her concern he felt good for a moment but suddenly  he felt strong urge of vomiting.

Before he could control it he vomited on the floor and was on the verge of unconsciousness.

She gets scared and helps him on the bed to lay down before he falls on the floor and holds the candle from his hand.

For this moment Anchal forgets the rule of not touching a boy. As his sudden deterioration health concerns her. Her heartbeat was getting faster due to fear.

As he is not totally unconscious, she gives him the water kept on her bedside table. She neared the glass towards him but he rejected by pushing the glass of water.
"What has happened to you?" She asks in fear.
But instead of answering her, he asks with difficulty while breathing heavily,
"Did the food contained peanuts in it?"
She hears him with much efforts.
"Yes the chutney and the sabji contained it....but why what happened to you, your body is getting hot in this cold environment."
"I have deadly allergy...na-named.... an..anaphylaxis....look..i-in....m-myy....ba-bag..f-oo-for..."
Before he could complete his sentence he looses his complete conscious.
Here Anchal was scared to death.

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