I Love You 2

Suddenly the thief whose face I saw started shouting " kill her or else we will be caught by police"

I was shocked. The Bandit leader lift me up by pulling my hair saying " will you inform about us to the police?" for which I kept on shouting "no" crying tired and weak. Scolding my friends, praying almighty I was close to death.There were few seconds for him to put  the knife into my stomach and I shouted " I love you."

    Crazy words!  Was it a moment to say them? Why did I say so? I was always away from boys. I have never even lift my head at them. Being such an introvert towards guys  was I attracted to this boy who first held my hands and pulled me. Did his warm male arms felt pleasant when I fell over him. When his fingers moved over my neck trying to remove the chain was I feeling a sweet tickle . Did he bow in front of me while  touching my feet with respect simply pretending to remove my anklets. It was first time when I realised how male touch felt like!  Was I infatuated feeling that pleasant touch? Was my subconscious mind feeling a strange bliss when he was touching me? Within few seconds did I fell in love with him? Someone who threatened me, who hurt me and the one who was ought to kill me!! Yes! Someone who was ought to kill me? How could I fall for him? Falling in love with a cruel person. That's so lame! Did my mind  feel he would fall  hearing proposal from a pretty girl like me & so it sent these words to my tongue so that my body could be rescued from being slaughtered. No !! No!! My heart didn't make any decision . My body just reacted naturally to man's touch for first time. But even then I was actually feeling happy somewhere even in the tuff situation for feeling close to a boy for the first time in my life. Unknowingly my body, my subconscious mind were feeling strange bliss. So many years of quench, I remained away from masculine . I felt some unusual feeling. Did I fall for his physical charm? But how? I didn't even see his face. I just saw his cruel eyes. No ! I m over thinking! I just said these words in order to rescue myself. Or else was it a game of some supernatural force in bringing those words from my mouth. Was there any mystery behind those words. Now when I have said those words will this boy's heart  really change like Angulimala transformed into a good person through Buddha's words or instead will his anger become like fire fed with ghee and burn me . My heart was trembling to see his reaction to my crazy words.

                    But when I said him " I love you", slowly his roaring sea like eyes transformed into silent ocean. But then again slowly the waves of strange curiosity raised in his eyes and his eyes slowly began to increase it's size and started to stare at me in the feeling of surprise.

" Hey girl! Are u crazy? " His friend who suggested him to kill me asked me with surprise and sarcasm. His other friends looked at each other's face with surprise.

" Who the hell is this girl? An insane!!?" One among those said to other.

The other just continued to stare at me with surprise. The thief named Akash who had caught me continuously kept staring at me with his eyes expressing surprise and some strange feelings.

"Hey girl!!" The thief who told him to kill me angrily approached me but suddenly Akash stopped him and said him to move back by giving him sign from his eyes. The thief was puzzled. On the other hand I didn't get anything. Did he change his mind after my proposal? I was thinking about it & there was an unpleasant surprise to me. Akash told the other thieves to close the door of the room we were in !! Again through an eye sign. Now the other thief was happy ! He gave me a perverted smile and slowly closed the door.

              " You love our leader? Want to marry him?" He said smiling at me. The other thieves again started looking at each other's face with surprise & looked at Akash. I was terribly upset. I had made the situation even worse through my crazy words. I regretted for  saying  them. Worrying what will happen with me next I loudly cried and sobbingly said them  I wouldn't complain and begged them again and again to leave me.

" You love us , don't you. Let's get married." The thief smiled at me again and approached me strangely. But Akash once again stopped him by giving him an angry sight and slowly pushing him back from his hands.

" Brother!!" The thief said surprisingly and angrily he set back his footsteps . Akash went and sat quietly  in the bench beside him staring at the ground silently. All the other thieves stared at each other again with surprise. I was terrified when he said the other thief to close the door. I got terrible nightmares in few seconds that didn't come true. I didn't understand his intention. He was sitting in his bench silently and staring at the ground but he was lifting his head often and was starting at me with surprise.

" Brother! Let's kill her!! Or else we will be caught definitely!!." One of the thieves who was silent till then opened his mouth. I started shivering again! The quake of fear in my heart was going to break it! In order to rescue myself I started telling known or unknown Bhagavad-Gita principles to them.

" Please don't do anything to me. Why you do all this. It is written in Gita, In every person's soul there is God. Every person soul is sacred . But people like you do bad deeds from outside and you destroy the sacredness of your soul inside. Feel that sacred soul. Even you have an innocent soul. Recognise it! No human being is bad .Time and situation makes him bad. Srikrishn God had told persons bad deeds are sometimes the consequences of the planets controlling him." Trembling, weak , with very low voice I was telling them but Akash was looking at me with his sharp eyes breaking a small stick in his hands.

" Earn your money. Life will be beautiful. Love, don't hate anyone! Love can conquer the world"

Since I was romantic writer I even stupidly uttered philosophies about love. I said many things in order to save myself. Akash was listening to me.

I said many stupid things in order to save myself. Akash slowly kept his two palms on his cheeks listening to me and started staring at me with his sharp eyes.He was listening to my words.His friends were feeling strange. They were looking at each other in anger. Slowly his sharp eyes started smiling . I was feeling strange.He went on staring at me at got lost seeing me. I never saw such expression in any guy's eyes for me. I saw love in his beautiful eyes. My heart started singing seeing the beauty of his eyes. His friends also started listening to my voice. I was advising them. Their transformed behaviour made me feel they weren't cruel. I was surprised and wondered if what was happening was a movie or real life incident. Will these cruel thieves change their minds by my words. Advising them is like trying to feed grass to a carnivore!! Thinking that I tried to take my little Nokia phone secretly and call the police but it was risky to do it hiding from them. What if during the process I m caught?! They might try to kill me again! Are they good or bad? Will they do some harm to me or they won't? I was terribly frightened. Yet even in such a terrible situation why did I feel attracted to the thief who came to kill me? I couldn't understand! Are they really thieves? Why are they silent? What is happening here? When I was confused thinking all these police pushed the door and came in. My father, mother, my eight friends, my uncle, my friend's brother were behind them. As soon as police entered his friends tried to escape but were caught by Manipal police but Akash continued to stare at me with those tearful eyes that depicted happiness and sorrow at the same time. He wasn't in this world. He hadn't returned back from the world he was lost in after he continued to stare me. Inspector caught him and slapped him hardly.

                          (to be continued......)

Rashmi R Kotian "Raashmir"

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