One rainy late afternoon a girl is walking by herself down a dirt road slowly making her way home. A look of sorrow is in her eyes and with heavy steps she continues to walk, not minding the darkness that’s engulfing the sky nor the rumbling sound coming from the heavens.
Suddenly she hears a rustle in the bushes and with a startled gasp she positions her umbrella in front of her, using it as a shield to protect her in case something/someone malicious appears. To her surprise she sees a tall, black as a raven haired man walking slowly towards her and bleeding from his leg. The man stop as he saw her looking at him. Their eyes meet and for a moment they just stood there as if mesmerize with each other.
The sound of thunder break the magical spell place on them; she then put up a brave front and asked the man if he need some help. Mix with feeling of fatigue and hurt by the wound on his leg, the man didn’t have the leisure to answer and just collapse. The girl then moves automatically and caught the man before the latter hit the ground. She groans softly when she felt a sharp pain in her knees; she tried looking at her knees and saw that it is scrape a little. Setting her pain aside, she looks at the man in her arms; he must be in his mid-twenties or so. With a small sad smile the girl decided to take the man with her. She couldn't bear the thought of what could happen if it was by itself on the road. She grabs the man’s right arm and put it on her shoulders; she stands up and carry the man twice her weight.
After half an hour the girl arrive at her house with the wounded man beside her. With her free hand she opened the door and darkness welcomes her; she then switches the light on and stepped inside. Quickly she made her way to her room and put the man down on her bed. She then grabs the first aid kit and start cleaning the man’s wound; she’s putting some antiseptic on the wounded part of the man’s leg when the latter moan as if in pain. She instinctively blows the wound softly as if to ease the pain and the man’s face lighten up. Bandaging the man’s left leg she whispered a wish that he would be okay with her help. Weariness builds up in the girl’s body after attending to the man’s injury, nevertheless she manages to change the man soak clothes with her biggest dry shirt and biggest loose cotton pants. Afterward she left him on the bed and went inside the bathroom to change her drench clothes when suddenly she heard a loud voice shouting from outside. The girl quickly gets out of the bathroom and went down the living room.
Rushing toward the main door she tried to close it but didn't have enough time. Her stepfather barged in and grabbed her by the hair demanding to know why she wasn't there earlier in the day. With a yelp of pain the girl began apologizing and struggled to escape. With a sneer on his face, he began to laugh and threw her on the sofa. Stumbling and hitting her scrape knee the girl fell and tried to get up. With tears streaming down her face she looks upstairs and prayed silently for the safety of the man she’s starting to care for.
Her stepfather who by now had turned around, locked the door, and had begun to unzip his jeans. The girl began to back away looking around her and tried to find something to use as a weapon. But there’s nothing useful she can use to protect herself. She cried when her stepfather grab her wrist and pinned her down the carpet. She tried fighting back, but she’s already exhausted because of what happen earlier. Suddenly she saw a huge shadow behind her stepfather. With the help of the tiny light from the lamp post outside, the girl realize that it was the man she takes care of. The man grabbed her stepfather shoulders making the stepfather move away from the girl; surprised by sudden attack of an unknown man the stepfather step back. The man eyed the girl and express through his eyes that there’s nothing to be afraid of for he is there. The girl nod and pick herself up and hide behind the man. The stepfather eyed the girl wickedly and moves his gaze to the unknown man and shouts at him, telling him to mind his own business. The man coldly glares the girl’s stepfather and position himself on a fighting stance. The stepfather move to attack the unknown man and give him some beating, nevertheless the man’s move swiftly that the girl’s stepfather fall down in a tick before the latter realize what hit him. The man grabbed the girl’s stepfather in the collar and was about punch him when suddenly his face ashen as the pain in his leg start hitting him. The stepfather stood up and kicked the man’s leg and blood started to appear. The man screech in pain and the girl tried to come over but failed to do so as she was grabbed by her stepfather in her hair and throw aside. The man saw what happen and with his strength he got up. He angrily move toward the stepfather and with an intent to kill, he thrash the girl’s stepfather’s face until it broke and blood oozes out.
Finally with a sickening thud her stepfather fell in a bloodied heap on the floor. There was final movement as his body jerked and then with a heavy sigh it stopped moving. The girl had not moved for sheer shock and finally turned to look at the man now in its same state as before, totally wear out. This time the girl runs towards him. Without fear she held her arms out to the man and holds him in her arms, not caring that there was blood on its knuckles and blood from the wounded leg. She stares at the exhausted face of her man and the man stare at her with love in his eyes. "Thank you, my exclusive Raven." She murmured.
Looking into her saviour eyes the girl smiled. Now she’s free from the dark, she’s free to walk in the light.
Looking into the girl he saves, the man lips curve into smile. Now he’s able to find a place to stay
The man reached for her head and moves it close to his face.
He cupped her face with his hand and kisses her passionately in the lips.
The girl answers him back and kisses him with passion.
The raven guy found a haven for his dark being
The tattered girl found someone to light her dark path
And
Together they live with LOVE.
