IN POLICE STATION:
Author's P.O.V:
Neel and Neha were in the police station . The officer called her parents and informed them what happened to their daughter and told them to come in the police station.
After taking her statement the officer made his way to the desk for other formalities. Neel and Neha sat there cause they were not allowed to leave until the formalities were done .
Nevertheless, Neha's parents were on their way to the police station. She was in an agony , eyes fixed on a certain thing , face blank , showing no emotion , while Neel watched her in concern , pity and in guilt ....if he hadn't left her alone this wouldn't happen. It hurted him too see his bestfriend on this state . The bubbly girl whom he knew for three years wasn't there anymore, as if she lost her sparks , she lost her spirit . He wished if he could take her pain away , if he could share her pain , he couldn't see her like that . He wanted his cheerful bestie back . He wished he would listened to her before coming in any conclusions. He wished if he didn't abandoned her and didn't left her alone.
Unfortunately, they couldn't caught the culprits . If Neel would caught those bastards he would've killed them right there for molesting his bestfriend. It only made his blood boil when he thought what they had done to Neha , what she had gone through.
If the officers didn't investigated and didn't checked her call records , social media accounts he would never knew
What hell she was going through those past days . And the thing that she never bothered to share it with him made him think if he had done something wrong . The girl who had used to tell every secret to him even if she didn't tell that to her parents , hid a huge matter from him and he didn't know why.
Several questions were storming inside his mind and he wanted the answers. He wanted to ask her that why didn't she tell him what she was going through from past five weeks ? Why didn't she tell him that she was being stalked ? Why didn't she ask for his help ? Why she hid the huge matter from him? Didn't she trust him ? Wasn't he worth to know about it ?....
But he resisted the urge to ask her those questions at that time as it was not the right time. At that moment, his first priority was Neha .
He put his hand above her but got no response. He sighed. Before looking at her again.
" Neha..."
He called . But no response .
" Neha ..."
He called this time a little louder to get her attention. But again no response. He closed his eyes and inhaled in attempt to not break down . He had to be strong, cause his bestfriend needed him . He had to collect those shattered peices of her soul , he had to stop her from falling deep in the darkness. He had to bring her bubbly Neha back ..though it would take long , at first he had to help her to come out from the trauma.
" Neha, talk to me . Don't be like that , don't ignore me . Your silence creeps me out . Don't bottle up your emotions....it's okay to be vulnerable, I am always here for you . If you want to cry then let it out...cry as much as you want. Just don't punish yourself for something you didn't caused ....atleast say something "
His eyes fixed at her with eagerness , expectations;Eager for a response, expecting a reaction .
But she remained silent, eyes still where it was fixed before.
Sighing in defeat ,he looked at the floor, elbows resting on thighs as he brushed his hair back with his hands, not knowing what to do , how to break her from the cage ,which was getting smaller and smaller, squishing her to death.
Closing his eyes he inhaled a large amount of air , counted to five , to tamped down his frustration. The guilt was eating him from inside . The only thought was ringing in his mind was , if he didn't left her alone this wouldn't happen.
"I am tainted....I am not pure anymore..."
Her voice came out like a whisper, but was enough to reach to Neel. He looked up and the view made his heart clench.
Her trembling lips , twitching chin , glistening eyes ; they held the emotions, the agony he couldn't describe.
Biting lips , he gulped , thinking it would help to surpass the lump in his throat .
Inhaling deep, he pushed himself up in a straight posture. His hands made their way to her shoulders, holding them gently to not freak her out ,he made her turn toward him.
His thumbs wiped the moists on her cheeks . Holding her face , he made her look straight at his pair of eyes.
" listen to me carefully, Neha . You are pure, as pure as a child's heart.....as holy as 'Geeta' . Don't every say those nonsense again "
Author's note:
( Geeta : one of the holy scriptures of Hinduism.
As you maybe know the main fictional characters and others are from India , I am writing this fiction about India .so ,I am referring my fictional characters as Hindus. But that doesn't mean there are only Hindus living here.
India is the land of unity in diversity and there are many religions here. I respect every religion from the bottom of my heart.I am not trying to offence anyone here 🙏🙏 )
Back to story :
" it's not nonsense...it's the truth, the bitter truth of me that I can never change...."
Her glistening eyes looked at his . As if her eyes were a ocean of tears that would never end.
" No dear..."
A voice interrupted from Neel's behind. Neel turned around and saw his neighbor , standing at the door step.
Neha also looked at him slightly perplexed.
" uncle Simon..."
Simon approached them and stood infront of both . He tapped Neel's shoulder twice .
" I came here to check on you guys . I couldn't hold myself. "
" but uncle , you're not okay, you should rest"
" I am fine Neel, I already treated my wounds "
He gaze shifted to Neha , looking at her in concern, pity.