Abhi stood at the window leaning forward and resting on his arms. A subtle cool breeze blowing on his face took him for a walk into the memory lane. He started to remember his sweet and precious old days spent with Maira.
Thoughts of Maira made him forget all his worries and pains. It came as a surprise to him realizing that he's this much infatuated with his best friend from childhood.
If Maira didn't come into his life, he wouldn't know what would've happened to him. He was despised by everyone at his place. Everyone called him a bastard and what not.
All those words and disgusting stares made him despise them all. At one point he wanted to kill them all but his mother wanted to teach him medicine.
At that time he made a plan and studied medicine with his heart. Like that he wanted to make a dangerous medicine that would kill all the people who despised him. But all his negative thoughts were erased when he saved the lives of so many people along with his mother.
At the time when a plague struck his place and victimized hundreds of people, it was the doctors who stood up to help revive their health. Then as he saw a number of people dying and a number of families losing their hope to live after the deaths of their beloved ones. He saw the chaos prevailed.
He tried to save as many lives as he could. He saw the poor thanking him in tears. The gratitude every saved man's eyes filled with, changed him into a new person. He understood the value a life holds.
His mother played a major role in helping him treat the people and likewise changing him into a human. After achieving so many things with his mother, people started looking at him differently.
They thought that he is some different human. Kids of his age are studying while he is treating people and achieving great things which cause them to look at him differently. Suddenly no one dares to approach him.
This made Abhi feel even worse. He did everything he knew just to become close to them but now they are treating him differently and not inviting him for any games or parties. He always feels like he is losing something important and then he understands what he is lacking after meeting Maira. That is friendship.
He didn't have friends to share his happiness, his achievements, his sadness and everything he is going through. He wants someone by his side to understand him and see his real self. He shares only a few things with his mother but not everything thinking she might feel overprotective about her son.
Then he met Maira who is different from all the people he met before. First time he saw her, she was like an angel falling to the ground. She was breathtakingly beautiful and the music she was playing was so pleasant that it even made him forget all his worries.
After that incident he used to follow her whenever he got a chance. She used to talk with all animals without any worry. She doesn't bother whether someone will notice this or not. All she did was be happy with them.
He wanted to become like her and also make friends with her but he didn't get the courage to meet her face to face. He used to enjoy seeing her from far away. He felt panic when she went near any poisonous animal but she used to tame them without any fear.
But unexpectedly one day she noticed him and made friends with him. When he tried to explain about him and his background she simply said that she became friends with him because of him but not because of his family background.
From that day on, they both enjoyed each other's company and in no time they became close friends. He was obsessed by her every move and every action. He didn't know about this feeling at that time but gradually his friendship turned into admiration and then into affection.
He always thought that Maira and he had some bonding from his past lives. He thought that this idea seemed funny but he wants to continue his bond with Maira for the rest of his lives.
But now his heart is in turmoil he knows the devastating truth about himself. He's thinking he doesn't deserve Maira but the mere thought of losing her made him go insane. She is his breather; he can't leave her no matter what happens.
'Maira. Please don't leave me after knowing the truth. Please stay with me forever.' Abhi thought to himself and tears brimmed in his eyes.
'I don't know when my affection turned into love. But it's the truth, an unignorable truth, that I love you Maira.' a small drop rolled from his left eye.
Suddenly Abhi noticed a movement in the room and he became alert. His aura's changed and he released a cold aura which freezes the whole room.
"Who is there? Come out" Abhi grunts.
The person came out slowly from the curtain that's opposite to him. Abhi froze in his spot after seeing the silhouette of the person. The person's face is not clear and he knows very well who this person is.
"Ma.. Maira." Abhi called her name gently with a shaking voice.
Maira stopped in her tracks and looked at Abhi with a shocked expression. The room is pitch dark and only moonlight lit the room up but he guessed her without any struggle. But what aura Maira experienced felt like some different aura than Abhi's. It seems to have changed.
Few hours back, Maira woke up from her deep slumber and her mind seemed relaxed. Now she is feeling refreshed and some kind of new energy flows in her body.
She looked at Ashmita who was still sleeping. Maira went towards Ashmita and caressed her head lovingly.
"Ash, wake up soon dear. Just fight all the demons with your beauty and brains" Maria said lovingly and chuckled.
"I know you can do it. Come back soon. I missed you" Maira kissed Ashmita 's forehead.
She went and freshened up and ate some fruits in the room. After she felt her stomach is full she thought about meeting Abhi. She doesn't have the patience to wait for the night.
She knows how to find the room where he is in. She knows where generally guests will be and infirmary so it is easy for her to find him.
She used the same techniques as Abhi used to find him and she directly started searching rooms where she could find Abhi and within no time she found a room where she feels the familiar power.
Maira opened her eyes and smiled. 'I found you Abhi. Long time no see'
"Wait for me. I am coming" Maira told no one and left the room through the window.
Before leaving she looked at Ashmita and said "Ash, I am going on an important mission so be safe until I arrive."
Maira went to that room from the back and climbed up to Abhi's room. When she was near the window she felt a sad vibe and it squeezed her heart tight. She doesn't know but she feels like someone is squeezing her heart and it's making her breathless.
But when she landed into the room smoothly, the room became frozen in a moment and she felt fear in her heart when she noticed the aura of the person.
She was aware of Abhi's aura but this is frightening. She didn't know if the person in front of her was Abhi at all. If it is someone aside from herself, they would have fallen to their knees by his aura. That strong his aura was.
But when did he change this much. Did the mission make him like that? What happened to Abhi? She slowly started moving when she heard a cold voice causing her thoughts to cut off.
Before she noticed his face, she heard his gentle voice "Ma..Maira"
'Yes, I know this voice is Abhi's and he is back to normal but what about that aura I experienced earlier? Abhi what you have gone through?' Maira thought to herself and slowly a tear rolled from her eyes.
"Maira, Maira is that you?" Abhi's voice came again causing Maira to come out from her thoughts.
"Yes, Yes Abhi. It's me" Maira said and came near to him.
Moonlight fell on Maira's face, causing her to look more beautiful than ever. She is effortlessly and breathtakingly beautiful. He came back to his senses when he felt her cold hands caress his cheek.
"Abhi, you cried?" Maira asked with shock.
Then only he noticed her tears which were falling uncontrollably. He felt a pang in his heart when he looked at her crying. But at the same time he felt happy because she was crying for him.
"Shh.. Maira, don't cry. I am fine. My eyes became wet when I saw you. That's it. They are from happiness Maira" Abhi tried to console her.
But Maira didn't stop crying. Hearing his voice after a long time made her cry uncontrollably.
Abhi hugged her tightly and Maira settled in his embrace and hugged him. They both stayed silent for some time but she's still crying.
Abhi patted her back to comfort her but that didn't work.
"Abhi what happened to you? Why are you in this situation? What happened on that mission?" Maira asked continuously and sobbed.