Seize Her And....

Chapter : 34

The Connection.

It was a struggle for Arjun and Leo to bring her upstairs while she is fast asleep. Thankfully the elevator was there at their assistance. While the nurses were busy setting the equipments, Arjun slowly steps out of the bedroom followed by Leo.

"The medicines are taking a toll on her. She needs this sleep." Arjun says to Leo.

"I thought so but there is something else that's bothering me right now. Vulcan is acting weird. Something is not right, something isn't adding up to his usual characteristics." Leo says taking the stairs.

"Are you talking about how he behaved when I decided to pull Pihu into my arms? I had no other options Leo. Manik cannot touch her and we both know that." Arjun explains.

"No, not that sir. From the very moment we reached the hospital he has been acting differently. Usually the pain after touching someone even for a millisecond is way too energy draining for him. But according to what we have heard from staffs and the doctors he has been touching Pihu ma'am for certainly more than a minute, perhaps for hours. Did you see him in pain or at the very least, tired? Now this.. is confusing me." Leo says, to which Arjun furrows his eyebrows.

Arjun and Leo has never been to this mansion of the Nagpati brothers'. Arjun has heard about it though. It is where their parents used to live. However, he never knew or felt like asking more about them. It felt private, hence he willingly kept out of it. The mansion is huge, bigger than the one at Kurseong. It has three humongous floors most of which looks uninhabited and eerily dark and gloomy.

The ground floor holds too many stories. The huge unused chandelier is beautiful but the thought of it never lighting up the corridors for years leaves your heart with a feeling of sadness. The black and white chess floor is stretched across the never ending corridors. The couches in the living room of the ground floor scream royalty. The expensive wooden furnitures, the huge old paintings scattered around the entire mansion stares back at you with lifeless eyes. They are there, the beauty is there but there is no one to admire it, no one to feel it's existence. The realization breaks Arjun's heart.

His trance breaks at the sound of metal clinking. He turns his head following the sound and finds the owner of those mysterious grey eyes coming out of a hallway. He has changed his clothes into a black tshirt and a grey sweatpant making his tattoos more visible. His curly hair hangs around his stubbled face. His crooked nose pointed towards the trolley that has a bottle of water, a bottle of fruit juice, a box full of biscuits, a box full of tissues and a bowl covered with a lid where a soup spoon lies.

"You cooked? You...." Leo's words get interrupted.

"Microwaved Leo. Don't get worried now." Vulcan answers.

"What's the matter Leo?" Arjun asks.

"His trauma is somehow connected to fire. He is scared of it." Leo whispers to Arjun who gets into deep thought.

"Thank you for being loud enough Leo. I made some soup as Arjun said. I made extra. You both can try if you want. Take this hallway, the kitchen will be on your left." With that said he moves to the elevator.

"Shit", Leo mumbles.

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It has been minutes since he has been standing at the door. His hands crossed over his chest. His shoulder placed against the wall. His legs glued to the floor. His eyes fixed at the lying figure of Pihu. The slow and steady breathing tell him that she is into deep slumber. Her injuries are still fresh and every time his eyes fall on them his heartbeat spirals up.
What is it about this woman that makes him feel these weird feelings. The fact that she is lying here, under his roof, so close to him feels extremely unreal to him. It's like finding back a long lost treasure, not knowing what to do with it other than keeping it safe and hiding it away, so that it never gets lost again.