Kab Huaa?

II. ek ajnabee aur ek haseena

Ek ajnabee, haseena se..
Yun mulakaat ho gayi
Phir kya huaa ye naa pucho,
Kuch aisi baat ho gayi

Akshara felt exhausted and tired. She kept running, and she finally rested her feet in the washroom. Akshara, clutched her chest and hid her face between her legs.

Dead bodies of her parents. Ignorance by the family. Aarohi's accident caused by her in their childhood. Aarohi's bullying and Akshara being not there for her. Toxic friend circle. Naitik's death. Constant pills. Drugs. Rehab. Suicide attempts.

She did not cry. She did not wail. She did nothing. Just remembered the most horrendous events of her life. At a sudden jerk, she felt her lungs screaming for oxygen. Akshara arched her back forward.

'It's true that, no one loves me. I am just a burden to everyone. It's better that I must die' Akshara chanted, before going unconscious.

XX

Abhimanyu feeling choked and suffocated, ran to the closest corner he found - the male washroom. Abhimanyu  washed his face with cold water. His bloodshot eyes, and clenching jaw. That HORRIBLE NIGHT. That PATHETIC MURDER.

'SLASH'

Little Abhimanyu , aged 7 's knife made this sound as it pierced through his mother's abdomen. Manjiri, fell on the ground. That man, standing at the door ran away. Abhimanyu threw the knife and held his bloody mother in his arms.

'Abhi, I am sorry. Thankyou for doing this and making me feel free. I am sorry. Mere Neil ka khyaal rakhna'  His mother said her last words, her cold hand touched Abhimanyu's cheek, then his shirt, then she closed her eyes for forever.

Abhimanyu banged his head on the white tiles of the washroom. He hysterically cried. Only if his mother had NOT done that, she would have been here with him and Neil. His father, would have been with him. His cousins, his family.

'Maa' Abhimanyu wailed and cried, hugging his knees. That was when, he heard a sound of a female voice sniffing and then as if she is breathless. It was strange. Very much strange. A female voice, from the washroom next to him, was much strange.

'Hey? Who's there?' Abhimanyu , knocked at the door. The sound, was subsiding when Abhimanyu heard the same female voice saying -

''It's true that, no one loves me. I am just a burden to everyone. It's better that I must die''

Abhimanyu's curiousity increased. Like who tf plans to die in a male washroom of a mall? Well, this lady does.

Then, he heard no voice. No sound. Not even sniffs. Abhimanyu banged the door, and much to his shock the door opened with a click.

Oh. So this lady did not even lock herself?

Abhimanyu slowly opened the door, and there on the floor he saw a petite girl - laying - with her eyes closed.

Was she sleeping or was she really unconscious?

'Heyy? You okay?' Abhimanyu took the petite girl in his arms - like she almost weighed nothing. Then, Abhimanyu looked at her face. Though it had spots, due to tears. She was much beautiful.

Much beautiful.

Much gorgeous.

Her lips were part open, they looked like if they were inviting him.