OWNING HER HEART

MAN IN BLACK

"Can I now go home sir , I think I have already answered all your queries"

" leave your contact address and cell number here, you may be needed in further investigation"

I left from there directly after giving them all the things they needed and hurriedly caught a public three wheeler , just before I left the sight , from my peripheral view I saw a black car entering with the no. 4444. What are the odds.

"knock knock" I tapped on the door of my hostel room.

"Who's there"

"love"

"love who?"

"love me priyu" I said lovingly. The door opened the next instant.

" you know these knock knocks are becoming our secret code nowadays "

"It's good so you won't get any burglars in"

"yes but please practice some cool ones , don't let me get bored of it"

“Never", I had already washed my face , changed my clothes and gave the butter chicken and tandoori naan I bought on the way back to her and sat on my bed till we had the conversation.

" You know I was going to come there, had you not stopped me"

" I know but it would be of no use and I know you are loyal to me baby ,I don't need evidence.muah!!....Now let me sleep ,I am dead tired and my body is giving me battery low vibes" If she murmered good night I am not sure I heard because the next second I was in my dreamland.

Next morning the sun was shining not glaring, the surrounding was pleasant and temperature was perfect for a lazy person like me who wants to sleep all day but the ringing of the phone became by biggest enemy and that's how my morning sleep died everybody.

"Hello, who is speaking"

"Am I talking to Aashi Gupta……?"

"Yes"

" We are police and we are calling you to say that if it's convenient, do come to the hospital at 10 A.M., the victim that you saved as well as his family member are requesting your presence to show you their gratitude"

" Okay, I'll be there on time " The phone call is dismissed and what in the abracadabra is happening, it's already 8 P.M.“ I thought I just slept a minute ago . Is this the first stage of being senile.

Priya was I guess in the bathroom showering , I also freshened up and decided to take a shower after coming from hospital because we are more prone to being infected after hospital visit because of the patient there. I reached the hospital in right time and the police took me to the man's ,sorry victims room .

I thought it would be a scene with the mummy wrapped patient , tubes attached to every orifice of his body but in front of me was a fine specimen of a man sitting there with just small bandages here and there that I thought he fell from the bicycle rather than survive a car blast. Have they let me in the wrong room?

"I guess you saved me there miss?"

"Miss Asha and yes , I am your saviour" ,That sounds so wierd as if I have saved his sorry a*s at the cost of my precious little life and now I will ask him to be loyal to me for the rest of his life. haha!

"Oh! a saviour ,then please allow me my master to follow you for the rest of my life. From now on my life is yours ." He said smilingly, humour plain visible on his face.

Finally someone whose humour matches mine. Well gotta tell priyu than I have found another person as weird as me.

"As you wish but mind you, the journey to Nirvana will be tough" I played alongwith him.

we both laughed at that .

"you are quiet humorous, but really thank you for helping me last night, if not for you I don't think I'll be able to make it . So please in nearby future if you need my help with anything like anything at all, be sure I'll help you without a question asked.

"Even for killing a President……?" I said mischievously.

"Even for killing a President" . This time his eyes didn't have any previous mischeif , he was really serious answering me. I felt the room getting chillier all of a sudden and thought to tell a joke to warm it up.

"No need . If I had that much courage , I would be a zookeeper playing along with Lions and training Lioness" Did I tell you I am bad at making up on spot jokes. well, now you know.

" Then I guess you should train yourself because I think you are a Lioness for sure and as for your lion, let me ask you do you have a boyfriend?" Is it only me or do everyone else think that this is too much of a personal question for first meeting with the victim. Right?

" haha! funny. I have to go now , take care of yourself and if possible please let police not contact me anymore. Their phone calls have the tendency to disturd my kumbhkaran sleep. thank you, byee" I answered him without actually anwering him and bid him goodbye. I think I am finally giving mature replies.

"huh! oh! take care then and avoiding my question ,nice try, I just thought of setting you up with my bro I mean setting up a date for the two of you"

"No need , I already have one " I replied him hastily and walked out, not willing to be involved in any romance s**t. The moment my hand was about to touch the door handle, the door opened miraculously. It was giving me some Scarlett witch vibes.

And walked in the one and only " Aryan Malhotra" covered from head to toe in black , black shirt with sleeves folded and two buttons opened from the top, black ripped jeans, jet black hair, black wrist watch, and pitch black eye with a hint of redness in it . The Devil indeed.