Kalshrung, Vishwaprit and Setupati, were traveling towards Raghav's house, KNS group's mansion, which was standing tall in the middle of the city. It was so beautiful and elegant, that Setupati couldn't believe it was real. The sight was pleasing Vishwaprit's eyes.
Kalshrung removed his mask, looked at
Vishwaprit. Vishwaprit was already told by Setupati about Kalshrung's real identity, so he wasn't much surprised after he removed his mask.
Raghav was disappointed by that underwhelming response by both of those men, but he realised that Setupati and Vishwaprit, both were powerful entities, powerful than human beings! Hence dodged his disappointment and said,
"Your arm is injured, it needs to be treated immediately. My sister is in medical College, she can make it better."
Vishwaprit nodded with gratitude.
"Only we just need to enter the house secretly. I hope you can understand."
Kalshrung explained.
"Yes, we can understand, Raghav." Setupati replied.
The vehicle reached at the destination, Kalshrung jupmed out of it and showed them a secret way to enter the mansion. They crossed the wall of mansion which was Raghav's regular secret path to enter the house. They entered the mansion's premises, which was secure from CCTV cameras. Vishwaprit and Setupati were following Raghav.
They reached the wall of the house, where Raghav jumped to his window like a ninja and asked them to follow. He didn't realise that it was difficult for a normal human being to jump so high without any special tool. Vishwaprit saw the height, he thought it might be possible for him to jump this high but Setupati couldn't jump this height. Hence, he asked Setupati to accept his his help to climb the wall.
Setupati realised the situation and heard Vishwaprit's thoughts and nodded with agreement.
Vishwaprit knelt down for Setupati to climb on his shoulder and gradually stood up. Setupati reached the railing of wall, held it tightly and tried to climb. But before he used all his strength, Kalshrung's hand appeared through the darkness and grabbed his hand and pulled him up. Setupati didn't even realise when his legs touched the window gallery of Raghav's room. Vishwaprit climbed the wall without any difficulty.
They all entered Raghav's room which was bigger than anyone's house.
As soon as they entered, Raghav realised that he had a guest in his room from last few weeks as a prisoner, who was now his friend. He looked at both of them and said,
"I don't stay alone in my room. I have a friend with me, I'll introduce you with him."
Setupati knew who was the friend, so he shared his information with Vishwaprit. They both acknowledged Raghav's bold nature and got curious to see his friend/prisoner.
Raghav spoke in a different language and the man entered from adjacent bedroom. He looked scared after seeing Vishwaprit. He couldn't believe his eyes. He could feel Vishwaprit's power in the air surrounding him. He was in the presence of the lord of the all three realms. But he relaxed himself after seeing Vishwaprit's casual smile and smiled back.
"Guys, give me a minute. I will find some comfortable clothes for us." He said.
He opened his huge wardrobe and grabbed some simple t-shirts and pants from his collection and handed over to them without any hesitation. Setupati looked at his jacket collection and pointed towards brown leather jacket. It had caught his eyes. He asked,
"Can I borrow it? I like it. I had bought such jacket few years back but lost it. Never felt to buy again. But now seeing it in your wardrobe, I kind of want it now."
"Why not, my friend? I prefer black anyway. Brown isn't my colour." Raghav pulled it through the hanger and carefully gave it to Setupati.
Vishwaprit wasn't interested in any of such stuff, instead he had already started changing his blood stained clothes.
Raghav saw it and said,
"I think you should get cleaned first. I will arrange a hot water bath for you two. Then you guys can change."
Vishwaprit stopped and nodded in agreement.
Raghav left the room to prepare hot water, Raghav's friend disappeared into his room. He couldn't bear Vishwaprit and Setupati's presence anymore.
Vishwaprit and Setupati sat down, waiting for Ragahv.
Raghav came back few minutes later, asking both of them to have a bath in two separate bathrooms.
'He is really rich!!' Setupati thought to himself.
Both of them grabbed their clothes and went to clean themselves.
Raghav stopped Vishwaprit and said,
"Don't hurt or wet your wound. My sister will clean it properly."
Vishwaprit nodded.
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Half an hour later, they both entered the room in their new clothes.
Raghav made sure that they both looked like a normal person and asked them to eat something. He had set a table for them with few snacks.
Setupati and Vishwaprit, both felt immense gratitude towards this rich heir of KNS group, who was ordinarily simple and humble. He was trying everything to make them comfortable. Setupati realised himself,
"We all belong together. These bonds are going to be tighter in future. I'm never going to be alone in my life again."
He closed his eyes to feel the warmth of his friends and he thanked god for his blissful life.
"We'll go my sister's room after this. She will dress your wounds. And you can spend your night here or you can go back to your place. As you wish." Raghav said.
Vishwaprit wasn't comfortable in staying at new places very often, so he looked hesitant. Setupati was comfortable with both the options.
To avoid the discomfort, Vishwaprit said,
"Let's get our dressing done, then we'll decide as per the situation."
Raghav nodded with agreement.
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It was past midnight.
Raghav, Vishwaprit and Setupati walked towards opposite end of the floor. They reached the huge door and entered the room. It was decorated luxuriously unlike Raghav's room.
Raghav entered the room while Vishwaprit and Setupati waited at the entrance.
Raghav reached a bedroom door and knocked loudly. Few moments later a young woman opened the door and shouted. They argued for a moment then the woman looked at Vishwaprit and Setupati and went inside.
Raghav walked towards them and said,
"She has asked you to settle in my room. She will bring the tools there."
They all returned to Raghav's room and waited. After 10 minutes, Taniya entered with a first aid box in her hand. She looked at Vishwaprit and Setupati and checked their injuries. Setupati wasn't bleeding much, but his leg was twisted in the fight and his whole body was in pain. Whereas Vishwaprit wasn't feeling any pain, but the open cut wound on his hand was bleeding and looked terrible. She asked Setupati to sit on the stool beside and opened her box. She carefully examined his wounds and dressed them and asked him to apply some ice on his twisted leg.
Then she turned towards Vishwaprit. She asked him to sit on the stool. Meanwhile Raghav and Setupati went outside to find some ice from the freezer.
Vishwaprit hadn't noticed her yet, but he saw her light brown eyes gazing towards him and his heart felt something deep inside. And now he couldn't move his eyes away from her face. She saw him, and smiled lightly. She seemed nervous to him. She came close to him and started rolling up sleeves of his t-shirt. He now moved his eyes away from her face. She cleaned his wound and applied antibacterial medicines. It hurt him badly and he screamed in pain a little. But he managed to contain his expressions. He was feeling nervous too. She dressed the wound and said,
"All done."
"Thank you!" He said.
"You're welcome!!" She replied.
He stood up and started to walk outside to find Setupati and Raghav, he was feeling way too uneasy.
But before he reached the door, she asked,
"Where are you from?"
Vishwaprit didn't understand the question. He kept looking at her with confusion.
She understood his confusion and tried to explain,
"I mean, I know most of his friends, he goes for the parties with. But I haven't seen you guys before. Plus you two are very different from his regular friends."
"Umm, I'm Vishwaprit. Actually we had an accident on the road, and your brother helped us." Vishwaprit tried to cover up their identity and smiled.
She nodded with agreement and smiled back.
"You guys rest here for the night. We'll talk tomorrow, you look terribly tired."
And she left the room.
Her sweet elegant fragrance was still blooming the air in the room. He realised that his heart had nearly stopped beating and he had forgotten to breathe. He let himself relax a little and then looked at his wounded hand, she just dressed. Some unusual positive energy emerged into his soul and he decided to spend the night at Raghav's mansion. He didn't want to leave yet.
Raghav and Setupati returned from their hunt of ice for his swollen leg. Setupati saw Vishwaprit looking out of the window, feeling the cold air on his face. His aura was suddenly changed into a young boy who was ready to take any challenge. He tried to check Vishwaprit's thoughts but he didn't. It would have been inappropriate to read his personal thoughts only because he can. He let him enjoy his moments himself and accompanied Ragahv into his lazy room, where they were going to play a video game and apply ice meanwhile.
'Love was in the air and love was in the hearts. It just hadn't reached the lips yet.'
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