The next day arrived and Athena got out of bed with dark circles around her eyes. She dragged her sleepy body through all her morning routine and finally to college. She had no interest in going to college that day but the college was conducting orientation and nobody was allowed to miss it without a medical letter. She sat in the class absent minded, frequently checking her phone.Finally when the college was about to end for the day the thing she waited for happened.
Her phone rang and Aiden's name appeared on the screen.
"Hello." She answered the phone eagerly.
"Are you in college?"
"Ya, it will end soon. Do you need something?"
"Yes, when it ends come out, I am near the gate."
"Sure."
She ended the call and said to Fidha, her voice full of excitement.
"Aiden is waiting for me outside."
"Good for you." Fidha said with the same level of excitement.
When the class ended she rushed outside leaving Fidha behind.
Outside the classroom a boy was waiting for Athena. He was wearing branded clothes with an expensive watch and had coloured his hair white. Suddenly someone ran past him, and when he realized it was the one for whom he was waiting for, she had gone a long way. He saw Fidha getting out of the room and asked.
"Why is Athena running like that?"
"Oh, her boyfriend is outside waiting for her." she said with a smile.
"What?" He shouted and ran behind Athena, grinding his teeth.
When he reached outside he saw Athena getting on a man's bike and leaving. He couldn't see the man's face clearly but from what he saw he was sure about one thing. That guy is more handsome than him.
Athena reached the gate and saw Aiden sitting on a bike. She was not knowledgeable about bikes but from the 'Roaring Tiger' design she knew that the bike was of Tigris motors. With the combination of red, black, and white colors the bike looked stylish.
Aiden handed her a helmet and said.
"Hop on."
"Is the bike yours?"
"Yup, fresh from the showroom." He said and started the bike.
"Where are we going?" she asked after the bike started moving.
"My apartment. I have something for you."
"It's the cake, isn't it."
"Yes, it's the cake."
"Drive fast." She said giggling.
"I will, so don't shake the vehicle."
"Sorry."
After traveling for some time they reached an apartment complex.
"When did you arrive?"
"Two hours ago."
"Within two hours you found a place and got a bike." She said a little surprised.
"I booked the bike a month ago, it was a coincidence that it arrived yesterday and this complex belongs to Ivan's family."
They went to the fifth floor and entered the apartment 5B. The apartment was painted in a cream color and was neither big nor small. It had a living room which also functioned as a dining room, a bedroom with a big wardrobe, a kitchen and a bathroom. Aiden took out a tiffin box from his bag and handed it to Athena.
"Here it is?"
She eagerly opened it without a word. Inside it was a cake with white cream on top and a wooden spoon. She quickly started her job.
"Soo good." She said after the first spoon.
Aiden stood there enjoying the view and within minutes half of the cake disappeared.
"That's the only cake I have. Leave something If you want to share it with your roommates."
Hearing this Athena came back to her senses and seeing the remaining cake she closed the tiffin.
"Hey, did you come up with the recipe?"
"No, it's a traditional cake in Russia called 'Medovik' and available only in some westers countries. I will be the one to introduce it in Shillong Country. I am going to market it as 'Delish honey cake'."
"It's a good name."
Both of them sat there silently for some time
"Hey, Are you free tomorrow?" Aiden asked.
"Why?"
"I have to go shopping. This place only has furnitures, so I have to purchase all the home appliances and some clothes. I think it would be good to take someone to give some suggestions as I am not good at selecting clothes."
"Of course I am free. When do we meet?"
"I will meet you outside the metro station at 10."
"Ok."
They spend some more time together. When it became dark Aiden joined her all the way to her apartment. When it was time to part ways Athena asked.
"Hey, Can I be the first employee of your company?"
"You have the skill and marks to join a major firm and you want to join a startup which can't even give 20% of the benefits they can give."
" It's not going to be a startup forever. I believe in you. I want to be part of something's core rather than just an employee."
"You are talking about something a business that is not certain to succeed. I haven't even conducted a survey to understand people's reaction to the product."
"So what you are saying is I can be appointed if the public is positive about the product. Ok, that's enough for now. We will continue this topic then. See you tomorrow." She said all those in a single breathe and ran upstairs to her apartment.
"How could she risk her future like that? Some women really are unpredictable and awesome." He said with a smile.
"I love this sweet and peaceful life."
At this time in a different country something.
A group of people can be seen in a poorly lit space and in the center of that place a man could be seen lying on the ground holding another person's feet. His hands and legs were covered in blood.
"Pleas, dond hurd my family." his missing teeth made what he said unrecognizable but the standing man understood it clearly.
The standing man wearing all black grabbed the man and made sit on a nearby chair covered in dried blood.
"When did I hurt them? Look at them sitting there quietly. Will they like that if I did something to them?" He said pointing at a woman and a girl. Their hands and legs were colored red along with their mouth and chin.
"If they are hurt then it is you, who did it." The man's voice was so calm that others became terrified.
"I will do anding, pleas leave dem.'' He wanted to cry but there were no tears remaining in his eyes.
"What is the use of saying it now? You should never have stood in my way. Don't you know the good guy always loses what matters to him. In the next life, be someone with a brain." He said while tracing his right hands along the man's chest.
"Pleas"
"Oh, I forgot. You will not have a next life."
He pushed his thumb and index finger to the man's heart with a smile on his face."
The blood covered man didn't even move, his skin became pale and wrinkles appeared. If not for the sunglass worn by the standing man, others could see his black eyes glowing red. After some standing the man pulled his fingers out, they had no trace of blood on them and no blood came out of the hole on the dead man's chest.
"That was delicious." He said turning to the woman and girl both of them still silent, leaned back on their chair trying to get as far as possible from that monster.
"Bilal." He called.
"My lord." A man nearby answered.
"Dispose everything". I want everyone to know the price of standing in my way.?
"Yes."
"Next food inspector will be our man. So everything should go smoothly." he said and started walking away.
"Understood, Lord Vampire." Bilal said.