And I Owe It All To You

Knowing Kevin

"Hold me tight Sam." Kevin said kicking his bike.

"Bye Sam..." Akash and Raghav yelled by waving their hands.

"Bye guy's... Love yaahhhh..." I screamed.

We were on the bumpy road. I was holding him tightly. I closed my eyes and rested my head on his back. I was feeling nice, my body was touching his body. For once I loosened my self and started enjoying this closeness. None of us said a single word the ride was peaceful.

Suddenly he stopped the bike and I open my eyes slowly. We were at riverside. It was so beautiful and secluded.

I got down from the bike and wore my t-shirt back.

"Kevin... this so beautiful..." I was still looking around.

He pulled his bike on the stand.

Stood beside me. "Do you like it?" He asked me.

I looked at him. I nodded. "Yes... Very much..."

He smiled and took my hand... "Let's go then."

We were walking towards the river. he took my hand and he tightened his grip. I flinched and he noticed that. He turned both of my hands to inspect.

Well... Yeah I have few bruises on my left hand and a tiny cut on the right hand. blood was oozing through of the little cut on my left hand and it was covered with mud.

Anger took over his face. He pressed his eyes closing them for a second. "Let's go there." He pointed his finger at the big rock which was in mid of shallow water.

We started walking and sat on the rock our feets were touching cold water.

I was in my own world. I closed my eyes. Whatever was this but all of sudden everything felt so good to me. My heart was racing making me feel alive...

He took my hands and started pouring water on my hand till my hands were clean. Then he pulled out his black hair bandana which he was wearing to hold his hair back. He started tieing it tightly around the cut.

"Kevin... You don't have to do it. It's just a small cut. Nothing big..."

He kept his index finger on my lips, cutting me off. "Shhhhh..."

He pulled me in his arm and held my right hand. We were sitting there for long in our comfortable silence... None of us was talking. Then he started playing with my fingers.

Finally, he broke the long-prevailing silence between us.

"I know you must be feeling strange about all these things and I am so sorry about all the terrible things that happened which made you cry and also hurt you."

I tried speaking and he cut me saying "Please let me speak." I nodded.

Then he continued. "My mom passed away when I was three I don't remember anything about her. I and my elder brother Kabir was raised single-handedly by my dad. So they both are my entire world."

I smiled at him. Genuinely...

"Time passed and I started getting into fights. I started having anger issues. I wasn't good in study and on the other hand, Kabir was always first in the study. My dad was so disappointed with me... So was my entire family. Ria's dad... My uncle still tells her to stay away from me." Then he paused for few seconds.

"I got more aggressive so I decided to go into sports and I found myself good at sports. Gradually I started liking it as it allowed me to get my anger on the field. Which was kind of acceptable. I became fierce... I trained hard day and night and won many championships for my school. I became famous and my dad was finally was proud of me."

I squeezed his hand and smiled at him.

"We don't have any females at my family... So when my dad met Anisha, he liked her. Infect he likes her more than me."