ME & YOU

Avenged

The Avenue Park looked deserted this evening. The cool evening breeze brushed the dry leaves on the floor.  The middle class and rich would meet in this colony park quite often. The dark clouds filled the skies. The large trees were swaying along with the wind.

It was Kevin's first step out of the house after a long time. After all, there was nothing left inside the home. He was sitting alone on a wooden bench in the park. His thoughts remained stuck on the dream after complete consciousness. He couldn't sleep anymore achieving full consciousness. His thoughts went back to the conversation he had with Natasha.

"Am I here because of you, Kevin?" Natasha asked politely. Kevin turned to his left as he imagined Natasha sitting right opposite her on the wooden bench. She kept a straight face without judging Kevin.

"Yes, but I am sorry. I didn't..."

"Before you say anything, I want to ask you something. Do you love me or Did you like me just because I look beautiful?"

"No, I just..." Kevin stuttered. "I love you."

"I want to ask you something more clearly. Why did you choose me? Was it because I looked good, you chose to love me or was it when you loved me, you noticed my beauty?" Natasha said quietly.

Kevin went speechless looking at Natasha. He thought she would feel worried but now she just wanted to know what Kevin wanted. Meanwhile, Arjun enters the park from the gate with his black hoodie on. Kartik followed him from behind in his very own green hoodie.

"How long is he going to take?" Arjun yelled at him.

"Take it easy, man. He is getting some imported stuff from Somalia. It will take you to another world."

"Bro, since she went into a coma. My mind is not able to get off her thoughts. It's been haunting me."

"No one put a case on you yet. What are you tripping about? The max that's going to happen is that Kevin baby going to try to complain."

Both of them laughed. "LOSER!"

Arjun turns his head slowly until he jumps off his feet. Kartik turns in the same direction Arjun's eyes are looking at. His reaction was not very different.

"Speak of the devil."

"You are sure we are not high, right?" Arjun says.

"Who will get high with one cup of Tea?" Kartik said. "Who is he speaking to though?"

Both of them were peeping at Kevin from behind a Peepal tree. They saw him speaking facing opposite to the other side of the bench. His hands were rubbing against the wooden bench.

"Do you think he is here for revenge?" Arjun asked.

"NO WAY! We hit him black and blue that night. That lesson was good enough." Kartik scowled. "Whatever reason he is here for, It's not good for us."

"Let's kick him out, then."

Kevin's mind was reverberating with Natasha's words before she left.

"What is the difference between you and Arjun?" "Will killing Arjun change the past I have faced?" The thunder roared from the clouds showering rain. Everyone who was standing outside ran in for shelter. Kevin sat there unmoved by the weather. 

Then, he heard a snap near his ears. He turns to find Kartik and Arjun in their hoodies. Kevin's body was filled with rage as he saw Arjun's face. The rain started to increase like Kevin's Anger. He clenched his right fist waiting to punch his face.

"Guys, I am not in the mood. Please leave me today." He told patiently. 

Kartik held Kevin's shirt by the collar and lifted him.

"When I told you to leave, you leave."

"Even Natasha is stronger than you...in bed." Arjun laughed loudly. A hard blow from his right fist lands on Kartik's face. Kartik coughs out blood from his mouth from the hard blow. Then, He pulled out the pistol from his pant's waist. He pointed it at Kartik.

Arjun was so shocked that he began to sprint towards the gate. Kevin immediately shot his right leg calf muscle.

"AAHH!!"

Kartik started to slowly crawl away when Kevin was looking away. Then, a gunshot in his abdomen. Another on his chest, piercing through the ribcage. Kartik growled in pain.

"I am sorry, Kevin. Kevin, I am..."

Finally, Kartik left this world with a headshot. Kevin's fiery eyes turned towards Arjun who was lying down on the wet floor in pain. He lifted him by holding him by his hair and gave him a red-eyed stare.

"You always have a big mouth to speak for yourself, don't you?"

"I am sorry..."

"No. Don't tell me that. You are not sorry. Since when did you get the balls to rape a woman?"

"I didn't mean to. She was looking perfect that night. I couldn't resist."

Kevin shot another bullet straight in his right thigh.

"AARGH!! I am saying I am sorry."

"Don't call it a mistake. You made the choice. All that mattered to you was your satisfaction. Do you have any idea the pain she faced? Every single moment she is haunted by your touch."

"How does it matter? She is dead."

Kevin pushed the muzzle of the pistol on his forehead with anger. Tears were flowing from his eyes mixed with the rainwater. He was ready to click the trigger. Then, Natasha's words played in his mind again.

"Killing him won't reduce my pain, Kevin. I am the one living with it, He isn't."

Kevin cried out loudly in vexation. He notices the evil smile on Arjun's face.

Kevin put the gun back in his pants. Arjun laughs assuming he has given up. Out of surprise, Kevin pulls out Arjun's hoodie and shirt. Arjun was shocked by what was happening.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

"Nothing much just teaching you a lesson."

Then, He pulls out his pants and innerwear with full force. Arjun immediately put his hands between his thighs.

"Hey, return my clothes."

Kevin throws the pants and shirt on the branch of a huge tree. The branch was 11 feet high. There was no way Arjun could jump with his punctured thighs.

"You like watching others naked. Now you stay naked." Kevin scowled. "Let the whole community see your beautiful naked body."

"Kevin, give it back. Don't play like this, Kevin. KEVIN!!"

He ignored Arjun's banter and walked out of the park's gate. Right at that moment, he encountered two policemen in their raincoats. They held the pistol up pointing at Kevin.

"You are under arrest."

TING!! (Metal rod hitting sound)