Flower of a Killer

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After 15 minutes

Her house is so far and she says that it's just some distance away. How can she come so often at such distance?, only she knows.

Anyways, I reached her house and knocked on the door. Few moments later, one little boy opened the door and when he saw me, he immediately hugged me and started thanking me.

I am confused, why is he thanking me for? Wait, I am again forgetting something. Oh yeah, I gave him a handmade doll the other week. I mean not me but, you know.

I said it's not problem and that if he wants again something, he can ask me again and took him in my lap. Such a cute little boy, he is probably 3 years old. I looked at him again and squeezed him in my hug and only released when Megha called him inside.

In my lap, I took him inside and locked the door. Then I dropped him near his toys and went further, in search of Megha. As I reached near her room, I saw her drying her hair in the backyard with a towel. I tried my best in reaching towards her, quietly and the moment I reached her, I tapped on her shoulder and she screamed, loudly.

And I started laughing while she looked pissed off by my trick. And started hitting me on my shoulders, lightly. Wow, I remember in my time, with my friends, we used to fight like wild cats with each other but here, the way she is slapping me, its barely paining. Well, still she is furious and trying her best to feircely slap me.

I then tried to calm myself down and apologised to her while she turned away and started walking further. Now, she's avoiding me for it? Guess I made her top much angry.

I went behind her and apologised again and asked if she ready. She stopped on her tracks, making me bump into her back and looked at me as if she saw a ghost while I was rubbing my nose. Then she asked if today is Sia's birthday?

I told her,"ab ye mtt kehna ki tum bhool gayi." (Don't tell me you forgot.)
When she didn't say anything, I knew it, by her expression and sighing, I said,"bahut badhiya, iss baat ke liye sabashi milni chahiye tumko. Ab kya karengi app, maharani ji?"(Wow, great, you should be given praises for this. Now what will you do, my queen?)

She looked at me with pleading eyes and said that she hasn't even prepared a gift for that girl. At her words, I kept my index finger under my chin and closing my eyes, I started thinking for a good potential gift. But nothing was striking in mind so I opened my eyes and looking at her, I said,"we'll figure that out later, but for now, go get ready. We had to leave atleast few hours before. I thought you were ready but my, I couldn't even guess that you forgot."

Then she quickly dropped her towel on the above tied rope and then ran inside the house and I walked behind her. Ah, some people, sometimes.

As I reached her room, I saw a nightmare which my mummy would kill me for, the whole room was messy. Somewhere, some clothes are thrown, somewhere dried leaves are thrown and basically something was kept in every corner of the room. And in middle of that room, Megha was throwing off clothes from here to there.

Don't tell me she hasn't decided on her dress yet. Just how? How can someone take so much time to decide what to wear? I do take time too, but come on, it's a Pooja. Just how much makeover do you need for that?

I went towards her and said,"hey bhagwan, ye ladki ka abi tk kapda hi nhi hua h."(Oh god, this girl hasn't even chosen her dress yet.) And I grabbed her hands and told her to wait. I then, look through her clothes and picked out a beautiful looking dark voilet coloured lehenga and gave it to her, telling her to wear this. And she looked at me asking if I am sure.

"Haan re, abhi agar tu aur der ki Naa, tujhe chod ke chali jaungi, bata de rhi hoon."(Yes, and if you think of taking another minute in this, I am going to leave you behind.)

She shook her head and then shoved me outside and told me to wait for her. As I came outside, I straight away went to Lakhan, her brother, who was playing with the doll I gave him and a wooden horse. He is so damn cute!!!! I went towards him and started playing with him while I waited for Megha to get ready.

After 20 minutes

"So how do I look?"

And as I turned towards the source, I swear if I was man, I would have fallen for her, literally. She looks so beautiful in that dress, so pretty and so like a jewel. I went towards her and complimented her. Just as I was talking her, we heard a loud shankh sound.

Oh shit, we are definitely late. I took her hand and started walking fast while informing aunty about it and asking her to close the door. As I reached halfway through streets, I saw the top of the temple and I increased my pace while holding Megha's hand.

I don't know how much time it took, but we reached the temple just as the havan was about to be started and the birthday girl was standing near her parents, in front of the havan kund.

We joined the crowd and as the chants started for it, I joined my hands, closed my eyes and focused on praying to God.

My dear God, forgive me if I did anything wrong but please its my urgent request to send me back to my time. To my mumma-papa, I miss them a lot. And please send me back to my anime charactered room and the world where I had my manga's and Thank you very much if you are listening to my request.

Just then, I felt someone shaking me and I jolted and opened my eyes, only to find Megha shooking me by elbow. I looked at her and wishpered about what happened. She raised her eyebrows while looking at me and said,"zindagi ki saari ichaye Aaj hi maangne ka irada h kya?"(Are you intending to give your life's wishes in one day?)

I shook my head as no and then she gestured me to look forward. As I looked in front, I saw all the eyes on me and the priest was forwarding the prayer plate towards me. Thank God, I was not an introvert or else, I might have fainted right here and right now.

I nervously smiled and took the prayer plate from him and where on one side, the havan was going on, we were doing the aarti.

As I was done, I handed over the plate to Megha and she also started doing aarti and just then, one priest came running towards the high priest and said something in his ears and the high priest's paled and he immediately told us to make way for him.

We did and then he went off to somewhere, leaving the prayer plate with us but neither the aarti nor the havan stopped, instead it grew louder as if begging the god from the upcoming danger.

I didn't understand anything and why in the world am I getting goosebumps for? What is wrong with me?

Just as one couple was doing the aarti, the high priest suddenly entered the temple's entrance and told everyone to empty the temple. None of us understood anything but when he said,"the head Colonel is coming this way." Everyone in the temple panicked, even little children and then everyone started running away from the temple as if it has been hit by a storm and so, even we had to leave it and we went to the birthday girl's house for the given time.

Just why are they so afraid of him? There is nothing wrong with praying to God infront of them. They are not going to eat us, right? It's not like a flood or a storm is coming, that they are running like scaredy cats.

But.......but if I knew what kind of storm was about to enter my life and shook it upside down. Maybe......maybe I would have tried to do something to avoid it.

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