What did he do? Akira l am asking you,
what did he do?" His voice sounded all
restless and agitated.
Even though Mike was Akira's younger
brother, he was the only family that Akira
had. So he was her father, mother and her
brother as well. He was two years younger
than her but was way mature than the
boys of his age. Due to hardships that
they had faced at such a young age, they
were more sensible, sensitive and
reciprocating to people and feelings. So
when he heard her cry, his insides turned,
because that much was his love for his
sister.
He had always disliked Anthony.
Right from the start, he knew that this guy
wasn't trustworthy. He had warned Akira
so many times, but Akira was too blinded
in love to even listen to him.
"He didn't do anything to me, Mike. I just
don't feel like discussing it right now", said
Akira and sighed.
Akira was so exhausted with so much
happening around her, that she didn't
have the will to go through it again. She
didn't want to recollect the specifics of the
incident for it was nerve wrenching on her
part.
"Fine, where are you right now? What time
will your flight land? Send me the details.I
will come and pick you up. that's the least
I can do", Mike said and picked up a paper
and pen to jot the details.
He was really worried about Akira. He
knew that his sister was just showing a
brave face to him, but deep down he knew
that she was crumbling from inside.
"Eat something OK. Please, will you? For
my sake? Please take care of yourself
Aki'.
Mike was literally sweltering with anger. If
he could have, he would have punched
that moron in his face right now. But now
all that he could do was to calm his sister
down because that's what was the
demand of the time right now.
"I will, I promise. It's almost time for me to
board. I have mailed you my flight details.
Will keep the call now Mike. Love Love",
said Akira and disconnected the call.
After her call with Mike, Akira felt a bit OK.
At least she had someone upon whom
she could lean on. She grabbed her bag
and came out of the washroom. She was
too tired, jet-lagged and broken. All she
wanted was to board the flight and sort
her thoughts out.
She went to the information panel and
started re-checking her boarding gate
number. It was gate number 19. She kept
staring at the screen and suddenly she
felt a pang of pain deep inside. Today was
19th April, Anthony's birthday. And
suddenly she couldn't move. She was still
staring at the screen like she was dazed
or something, unable to believe that the
universe was mocking at her from every
possible way.
She got startled with the buzzing sound of
her phone. It was a call from Mike.
"Did you reach your boarding gate?", Mike
asked.
"Yeah,I am just about to. Will call you once
I land OK? Love Love." Akira said and
returned from her thoughts. She started
towards her gate.
As the boarding hadn't started she
decided to take a seat near the Gate. She
started reading the new texts sent by
Anthony.
"Listen, this is not the way you should
behave OK? It's a small thing."
"I just kissed her, that's it. We didn't do
anything else. I swear on you. And it was
just a Birthday Kiss."
"Just tell me where you are?"
"Pick up the phone damn it"
Akira didn't cry this time. Rather she
started typing a text message for
Anthony.
"Hi, Anthony. It's totally fine. I am totally
fine. I came here to surprise you for your
birthday. But now I feel it was
unnecessary for I could clearly sense that
my presence was extremely detested.
Anyway it's mandatory that I give you a
gift, after all, you are the birthday boy.
Since I was in too much rush to leave your
place I couldn't give the gift that I had
prepared. But nowI have another gift for
you."
After finally getting a text from Akira,
Anthony frantically started typing.
"I don't need any gift babe. Just come
back to me."
But the reply from Akira came as a shock
to him.
"Let's break up. I am setting you free.
That's my gift for you."
Before Anthony could reply anything he
was blocked from everywhere. Whatsapp,
Contacts and even Facebook.
Then Akira opened his contact details on
her phone and after looking at his contact
number and contemplating for a few
seconds she pressed DELETE.