"Sometimes when you don't want to meet anyone, an unexpected someone comes to your life and starts the journey which you never expected in your life, but does that someone has to be a human?" ~ Aashu (my character not a famous person 😉)
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Every living being needs or have a bright star which give us a day and guide us in dark moonless night however, to some people to have that ball of light they have to pay very heavy price.
Everybody like shining things and have desire to be shining star but reality is totally different just like sun ,the enormous star of our galaxy shining so brightly from outside that a person can become blind by its light however its inside story is different, it is ball of fire and lava extremely dangerous to its core. Same goes for people who shines brightly at the top but in their heat they held dangerous secrets. Same goes for people who shines brightly at the top but in their extreme heat holds dangerous secrets.
"-And people always burns when they are near igneous star," she whisper
She walks towards the crowd of reporter and hand them some files.
The file report hold some information and photo of people who were gruesomely killed near beach.
"He came"
The clicking of cameras and the eagerness of the reporters prolonged as the star of the night arrived. The footsteps sound of the awaited guest with the march of his secretaries and bodyguards made the hearts of the journalists beat. Men with merit-filled eyes and with a gentle smile enter the conference hall.
Once he was a young boy who lived near the seaside but now, he owns all the seashores. His stories, how he was a builder of his life from poorer to riches, is the most popular talk of the country. Parents tell their young children to be a great person like him. But again, nobody heard his life story from his mouth. They all wanted to know his life with a deeper view.
And to their relief, the day when people could able to hear his tale from his lips has arrived. The gentlemen came and sat in front of the audience, who was excited to ease their heart filled with ocean-like curiosity. The secretaries signaled the reporters to ask questions. As they got the signal, their dam of questions broke.
"Mr. Ahuja what would you like to say about the half-eaten dead bodies found in your seaside land?" A reporter asked.
"are you doing experiments on people?"
"are you taking lives of people for your selfish motive?"
"I extremely felt sorry for the people who caught in that misfortune and to answer your question, we're reported that some sharks are roaming that area. And for the safety of citizens, we have marked that area restricted. When the problem will be resolved, we will open it again for people." He told.
"Sir, we were informed that you had been doing secret research there and you are taking the advantage of the situation to keep the research hidden."
"Sorry for your disappointment but it has nothing to do with my work."
"Mr. Ahuja is the research that made you come to India."
"Mr. Ahuja would you like to share some information about your research." Another reporter asked.
He knew the cause of blunder, his eye as if has their own mind directly connected to the lady sitting in middle of reporters and he winked at her.
The girl has short dark brown hair, dark eyes which was glaring him and her pretty mouth which was twisted in scrowl.
"this man wants beating, I will make that pretty winking eyes into a black eye, you just wait" she whispered to herself.
"No there is nothing like that, you have got some wrong information and I came here to visit some places."
More bunch of questions were asked from the man sitting in front of them. Then suddenly a newsman asked a silliest question.
"To whom would you like to give credit for your success?"
The question was the silliest because everybody was known to the fact that the young man was an orphan and identity of his parents is anonymous, nobody knows them even the young man. But still, the young billionaire opened his mouth to answer the question with sad eyes but there was a spark in his eyes however before he could answer the question the other people start uttering the typical answers.
"Maybe his sister."
"Maybe brother."
"Hey, don't you know that he don't have any sibling."
"No, no maybe his foster father."
"I think it's his friend."
"Maybe....."
"Maybe....."
The stupid discussion goes on for a few more seconds and the sound of throat clearing of the greatest victim put the halt on it. And once again, the victim peeled this lip to answer.
"Some of you have guessed it right. Yes, it is my friend, very special--"before he could fully answer the ranting of people start again.
"It's a boy or girl."
"It's a girl or boy."
Then again, their frenzied rant goes on, the young man's companions felt deeply sorry for him.
"I would like to thank all of you for your active participation. The meeting will end here!" the head secretary announced.
All the got newsmen distressed as they would not be able to know more about his special friend as the young man and his crew started to leave but before he could leave, he turned his neck.
"Does it need to be human?" he said that with a glow in his deep eyes and leave the hall.
Between the murmuring of the crowd, there was pair of eyes starring the esteemed someone left the venue, and with the gust of wind, they disappear into the shadows.
Outside the venue there was a hallway that led to the main office, the crew of young men advancing behind him to the main office, in the crew a new secretory had join today she was mingling with her coworkers but curious to know about her new boss. The head secretary Utkarsh Puri felt someone burning graze behind him.
"Is there any problem Ms. Rao?" asked Secretary Puri?
"Sir is it true that our president's IQ above 200?" Yehvi Rao asked while blinking her doe eyes.
"Nope! His IQ above 300, HAA-HAAA Sorry, Nobody knows but its definitely higher. Researcher abroad did not able to calculate it till now, he is total weirdo," he told her while chuckling.
"You know at the age of 14 he was sent abroad when people knew about his IQ." a jolly-looking bodyguard said.
"But you don't need to be scared, this big brother will protect you."
"Really, I don't know that he is that intelligent?" Someone said from behind.
"You know I only joined here because of his soothing looks."
"Those deep eyes, that straight nose, and most importantly his lips."
"Yeah, if people can go blind from his dazzling beauty then I would the first one." Added another one giggling.
Her cherry lips stretched up. Truly she was afraid that her coworker won't like her but after seeing their reaction she knows that she would be fine here.
These gossips were not stories of there, but these kinds of talks were flowing like air in every corner of the place, but the cause of the gossip passed those talks from one ear to another.
All of them stop in front of the main room, they all bow slightly as their boss enters his office, they straighten themselves as the door closes and disperse to their respective zone. The employees of the headquarter were in deep stress as their boss returned still their stress was overpowered by the enthusiasm to prove themselves. Aside from that, every sector of the company's workplace was buzzing with the gossip about their new president and one thing was firm they all were singing hymns for him.
Apart from all the rustling, a man in his early twenties sat in a well-furnished office deep in his thoughts starring an old torn photograph but a sudden knocking sound woke him from his trance and he immediately hide that photo.
"Come in," he said.
A petite frame of the blunder lady entered holding a file. By taking step by step she walked towards him and stretched the file to him. Without lifting his graze he held the file and with his long slender finger he opened the file.
"nice to meet you, Mr Ahuja"
"oh! That's how you greet your old friend"
"Really, I didn't know that you was my friend" she walked towards him and grabbed his collar to lift him up from his seat.
"and I don't know that you was a short tempered person" he lifted his hand hold her petite wrist and removed her hand from his collar.
He was just reading the first sentence but before he could read it further a sudden alarm in the room started, he slided his hand in his pocket and pullout his phone and dialed a number. His face twisted into frown when he heared the news from from other side than he threw that file on the floor and rush out of the door. Seeing him in distressed state, she also rushed behind him.
One corridor to another; left then right his feet led him to a door that was in the tunnel in the barren zone. That tunnel was very dark only a few bulbs were there to light up its alley but the darkness of night was not helping it all. That door scans his biometric identity and allows him to enter, she also rush behind him before those can door close.
When she entered, she jumped out of her skin, the whole infrastructure was made up of glass from ceiling to floor. The blue waves that carried the marine animals were telling her that she was under the ocean. One could see many fishes swimming, schooling here and there she felt like she was in the ocean swimming along with the marine. but its floor was like a devastating reality that she could drown down in the sea. She stumped her foot on the glass floor to know if it is strong or not and giving life to her stiff body it was hard as a rock.
In her amazement, she lost the track of him while he was moving towards his destination. As soon he broke into the lab area, a sudden jolt behind him made him turn around and try to catch that concealed source, regardless he got only wind. Lights of the lab off and the water behind was made it darker.
Again, he turned, however, that dark figure punched with great force that he crashed on the opposite wall and then it rushed to exit, his heart was thumping very loudly as if it can come out at any moment but he didn't give up. he grabbed the wall and stretched his body up then he moves his legs forward as seeing that dark figure he felt an urge to capture it, but his steps stopped as a forbidden word left the stranger's mouth.
"Aashu..." it purred out before it disappears in the aquarium lab exit.
That whisper was like an arrow lashed with the rust of past that pierced his heart making him remember something extremely sweet yet at the same time so sour.
Under the cherry sky and lukewarm seashore, he was sitting on the rock glancing at the waves of the sea which was coming and sweeping back the sand from his feet. This was his daily seen in the evening, he doesn't like playing with others, they always felt very stupid, so he quit stay with them. Neither less to him they also don't like his company.
"Aashu, come back home child." Sister Sam called out.
She was the only person who takes care of him in the hellish place called the orphanage. He stretched his arms and jumped down from the rock but he landed thump on the ground felt a very sharp pain from his back he looks around to for his downfall but only found a little scared tortoise.
"Aw! You sneaky little you T, after getting me injured, you got scared. Nh." he glared at the water animal in the shell.
"He is not, hold him we are taking him home," Sister said.
"I'm not going."
"just like always"
"You know me."
She held him a thin blanket, then she picked T (nickname for tortoise) from sand and went in the opposite direction to the sea. When her figure started to diminish in front of him, he signs and plopped himself in the beach sand.
"Now time for fun!" he yelled.
He got up and ran to the seacoast mountain. Like inspired with his mood the breeze was also blowing happiness, the greenery was also dancing. He climbs up there and ran in front of the tree. he sat under the with one he slides some same sand under the sand there was a pile book. His lips stretched up his eyes sparkle with delight. He holds them on his lap and then started reading them.
The chirping of birds slows down with the cherry sky turns into a deep shade of blue but his for knowing more doesn't slow down, one page another but his friend sun had already bid him farewell. His eyes try to fight the darkness but there is no avail. Suddenly the light gust around him, as soon as it appears, he flips more pages to read but that light dim down. Then again it glows but before he could read more it dims again. Again, and the process of light and darkness goes on, and with the process, this anger also increases.
"Ah! What the hell!" he cries out of frustration.
His emotions were disturbed, he tries to understand the situation. he stands up and searches for the source of the problem. He searched everywhere but there is nothing, the only area which is left is the sea. Something in his chest started to thump, he pressed his palm on his chest and realize that it was his own heart. A chunk of fear rises in his heart, but he stopped himself from running from the problem. He walks towards the hill while trying to see the root of the problem. When he grazed down, he saw that something was shimmering down there.
First, he thought that someone his holding a torch in the water but after few minutes he understands that nobody can stay under the water for that much time, his curiosity rosed to see what is under there but there is a tiny fear in his head which was telling him no to go there but he threw that part and jumped down.
Something huge there was under it was shining brightly. Suddenly it started to move, all the foolish courage that he gathered up there leaves his body as two twinkling balls moved in it. He was scared the shit out of him so he swam and swam until he was on the sand of the shore. He laid there grazing the diamond in the sky catching his short breaths, his whole body was cold also he had goosebumps all over him. His little mind was trying to decipher what his eyes showed him.
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