The hands followed as she felt the presence, again!
It chased her,
Wherever she went, it felt similar, it felt like what she had always felt...
The hands that held her, the shadow that merged with hers, the breath that tingled her,
Everything seemed to be soooo similar...
Her hands traced the dark as she tried to feel it, but it was never there...

"Yaaru?" Saakshi gasped on feeling a pair of hands around her neck... As she slowly turned her gaze up...

" Chittu!" Samrithi exclaimed as Saakshi sighed...

" Is it the same thing again? Did you get that nightmare thingy again?" Samrithi asked as she rubbed her back, calming her down.

" Evlo naal? Seriously, you've had enough of this Sanjay shit..." Samrithi dropped her bags on the floor near the table as she sat on the little stool beside her desk

"How did Sanjay get in this all of a sudden?" Saakshi rolled her eyes as she drank some water from the flask kept beside her little cactus on her table...

" Avan dhan! It's because of him that you are going through all this..."
Samrithi said confidently...

"He has nothing to do with this" Saakshi replies blunt as she fixes her glasses and opens her book...

" Epdi d? How do you defend a guy who dumped you, cheated on you with another girl, and lied straight on your face for months?
Ennala lam idha panna mudiyadhu, epdi dhan oh..." Samrithi replied, slightly concerned by her little sister's situation...

"Over's over!" Saakshi wrote as she clicked the pen on the top making the top pop out...

" Nee eppodhum ipdi dhana? When will you ever talk like a live human?"

Samrithi got up to shift her bum to the bed...

" Pudhu release ah?" Sam said as she got the sight of Saakshi working on her book...

Saakshi looked up soon returning back to work...

"How's this fair? I've come after sooooo long just to spend some time with you... And here you are, not paying any attention..."

"Adhellam vidu... Amma edho unnaku payyan paathurkangalam? Enna meet panniya?" Saakshi said emotionless as she concentrated on writing...

"Pesnen, but he seemed dom! Like dom kind of dom...
He had me eat the food he liked, he took me to the places he liked... Like bro, this is my life, don't throw your opinions and like over me..." Sam explained dramatically...

Samrithi sat there a bit upset, which didn't miss Saakshi's eyes as Saakshi got up and moved to dim the lights...

" It's your life sam!
If you feel the love, Feel the care, Feel the respect,
Then go for it,
The ball is in your court...

Aana! Don't fall into the wrong trap,
Even the slightest doubt! THINK!
Not once but many times.

Don't fall in the wrong hands!"

Even through the dim lights, Sam could see the hurt soul as she kept repeating a few phrases!

She smiled a bit before pulling Saakshi on the lap...

"Sanjay venam! Namma unnaku new hot guy paakalam! He was a big ass domer thinking about it now...
Leave it to me! I'll get you the hottest guy alive!"

Samrithi hugged the sister on her lap as she felt a slight chuckle...

" Now go sleep thangame! Un ezhuthalar velai lam innoru naal paarkalam!" Samrithi said as they settled, comforting themselves for a relaxing sleep...

Saakshi and Samrithi have always been the "there for you" duo with their parents in a far off state...

Whatever it is, Saakshi has always been the place Sam would search for when there is a need, mentally, and concerned with life...

Sam was always the sibling who cared , respected, supported, loved and did everything just to see her little sister smile...

No calls, texts, greetings, one would always know when to be beside...

" NAALIKI, you're spending the day with me! No excuses! Dot." Samrithi said with her eyes closed as Saakshi smiled...

Samrithi knew that the little one needed a mind off somewhere, all she could do was atleast this...

To be continued!

How was it?