Virika: Agent K2

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Krystle
Karan Kamra

That's his name. Pretty as him. I kind of knew that his name would be starting with K that's why he called himself K2.
But now K2 makes sense. Double k for Karan and Kamra.

After he told me his name, I was shocked and surprised. Him telling me his name was his way of telling me that he trusted me. He trusted me with his actual name.

I just could not stop smiling as I remembered that moment. Soon after he told me his name, he walked out of the washroom, leaving me with my own thoughts. When I exited the washroom, he was lying on the sofa with a arm covering his eyes. I quietly walked to the bedroom even if I wanted him to sleep beside me.

I am not that kind of a girl who just grabs the first opportunity to sleep with a guy. Heck! I'm a virgin. But I really wanted to sleep beside Karan to know what's it's like to love and care. I know the L-word is still many miles away but I think care is there.

That rhymed

After mom left, I felt very alone and a hole was built in my heart. Love, affection and care were complete foreign words to me then. I rarely smiled but when I met Karan, there was a click between us. I was attracted to him and him telling me his name proved the same.

Stiffling a yawn, I switched off the lamp before lying down on the soft mattress. Soon, I landed on the land of darkness.

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Karan
Something broke my sleep. I opened my eyes to see any threat or danger but found none.

Maybe it's my mind

I was about to close my eyes when I heard something

A scream, followed by a whimper.

Krystle

I jumped off the sofa and rushed to my bedroom with my gun in my hand. I always keep my gun on me. You never know when you'll need it.

I opened the door and darkness greeted me and my thudding heart. I looked around the room, trying to find the reason for her screaming. But there was no one. It was then when I turned my attention to the girl laying on the bed.

Krystle was tossing and turning in her sleep, speaking incoherent words. I walked a little closer to the bed and was dumbfounded to see her. Streaks of tears were evident on her cheeks. But her eyes were closed.

She was having a nightmare.

I sighed as she let out a whimper. I placed my gun on the side table before sitting down beside her laying figure. I placed my hand on her shoulder.

"Krystle." I whispered, trying to wake her up. But more tears slipped down her temples.

After a second of contemplating with myself, I cupped her warm cheek in my hand and called out her name agin.

After a few seconds, she woke up with a jolt. Her eyes were wide as she sat up and looked around the still dark room. I could see confusion in her eyes before it changed to realisation. She turned her head and her eyes found mine.

"Karan? What are you doing here?" She asked as she touched her face. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again.
"I woke you. Didn't I?" Guilt was evident in her beautiful eyes.

"Is it your first time?" I enquired, searching her eyes. She lowered her gaze and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Since mom left me." She whispered.

I exhale a breath and moved forward a little. I grasped her both hands in my one and cupped her cheek, making her look at me.

"There's nothing to be embarassed about nightmares. Everyone has them. It's just that we need to cope with them. We have to fight and beat them. Right?" I could see tears pooling in her big bright eyes. She blinked and they fell on her cheeks before sliding down. I looked at her, remembering her features as wiped her tears.

"Yes." She answered. "I never had nightmares and even if I did, mum was always there to console me and talk me out of it and eventually I stopped having them all together. They were about my father in which I often thought that when he'll meet me he'll hit me, beat me up." She sobbed as she held onto my hands tighter and I placed my other hand on our joined hands.

"Mom always told me that if my father wanted to come, he would have. So, I should stop fearing him. It worked but not for so long. When she died, they began once again only now they were about how she was dying and h-how I couldn't save her once again." She tried to breath but ended with a coughing fit.

I grabbed the glass of water and helped her drink it. After finishing, I put it back on the table before looking at her deeply. I cupped both her cheeks and made her look at me.

"Your mom dying is not your fault and even the best of the best doctors can't save a person if he-" I pointed upwards. "wants them. But what your fault is that you're hurting her Krystle. You're hurting her as much as you are hurting. She won't be happy unless you are and in order to be happy, you have to accept that she did not died because of you."

"B-but if I took her to a good doc-" I cut her off.

"What did I said. You can't save a person who only had that much time. If you say we could save people by taking them to a better doctor, won't be my father alive then cause I took him to one of the best doctors." I stated. She stared at me as her mind did some calculations. "Will you now accept that her dying is not your fault?"

She nodded her head and I wiped the few left tears from her cheeks. I should have not done what I did but I couldn't control myself.

I kissed her forehead and let my lips linger there for a moment before detaching myself from her and standing up while she watched my every move.

"Good night." I murmured and turned around when she spoke.

"Karan."

I don't know why but the way my name sounded from her lips caused a shiver to run down my body.
I turned around to face her.

"What? Now you want me to sleep beside you or what?" I questioned with a brow up.

She was trying to control her smile as she nodded her head. I rose my brow up again in question.

"Please." She mumbled, giving me the puppy eyes.

I exhaled loudly before sitting down on the bed again, trying to keep my smile at bay as I heard her laugh. I took off my shoes and laid down on the bed with her beside me. Not a minute later, I felt my arm being raised from my torso before being wrapped around her and her arm curling around my stomach. I looked at her in confusion.

She's bold.

"I know we barely know each other but I like you. Like really like you." She confessed while smiling softly. "Do you?"

I just smiled and kissed her forehead again, giving her my answer. Her smile widened before she snuggled up into me more. Not even a few minutes later, her breathing deepened, telling me that she was asleep. I sighed and turned my head to kiss her forehead the third time.

If she didn't tell me that she liked me, I'm sure we would have parted ways like just strangers because I in no way could confess to her.

I looked up at the ceiling and tightened my arms around her as my eyes fluttered close.

But what I did know was that, that I could do anything for her.

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XOXO
KAUR D