Throughout these days Suman had lost her heart to Shravan not only to his appearance but to his character too...

    As of she knew, he was a techie graduated at first class working for ISRO. He was kind and thoughtful of others. He would be funny and he didn't take himself too serious..he had a zest for life...He was so fun to be around... helpful... kind-hearted and so on ...

Amidst all these  Goodman's opinions, he never talked about his family..

When he brought her to the cottage, she thought she was going to meet his family...

She was  startled to see his friends and the children there and was dumbfounded...

Her mind whirled , whether she had done a aweful mistake by loving one such miserable man .... Though, it was good that she didn't confess her love to him ...so as him...

  
  Shravan didn't leave her hand until now...

They had  begun  to walk from the cottage to the forest around..

The forest was  packed with pine and cedar  trees... short shrubs were filled the undercover here and there.. so, obviously the ambience was dense and partially litted...The only light and heat source was the sunrays that struggled to  interlace the sharp and broad  leaves ...

Suman had never been to such deep place and her heart began to beat faster though she was enjoying it...

     There was brooding silence for long time... Shravan didn't talk anything asif he was thinking something hard...She opted to be silent and waited for him to talk...

He held her hands and was walking thoughtfully, not even uttering a word...Slowly, she felt his hold on her hand got heavier...He squeezed her hands harder and his facial expressions switched to aweful...

Initially, she didn't find it different and later she was hurted and winced with pain...

She noticed his breath became shallow... clenching his eyes tightly, he was sweating heavily  in the coolest weather...

Something is not okay...

She felt it strange...

  "Shravan...... Are you okay...? Shravan"

She shook him ...

Momentarily, he revived to the present and looked around...He was blinking like a lost child...It took sometime for him to understand where he was... Slowly, he drifted off to unconsciousness..

Suman was terrified...She called his name shook him to wake up... his body was cold to touch... She felt it to be an emergency and searched his mobile as hers was in her bag...

His mobile was in the cottage...It was a difficult situation...She never seen him that much depressed and physically manifested the mental effect he had...

      She had seen so many disasters, murders and accidents in her professional life..She personally had handled the tight situations...but, this is something not the same where her brain adaments to work...

    She was blank except, calling him to bring his consciousness...for no reason, her heart wrenched and her scare soared up...Her fear turned to sob....

     It was so chill where suman's heart shook...She rubbed his hands and covered him with her jacket...

  She cupped his face and rubbed his cheeks, repeatedly calling his name...

While doing so, unknowingly  her eyes were tearing... Slowly, her tears rose to high pitched cry...

" Shravan...wake up...I am scared...wake up Shravan...what happened to you...?"

She was crying louder... pressing his chest hard...

All of a sudden, he got up with deep  gasp...

   Momentarily   she hugged him and continued to cry...

" I was scared shravan ... what happened..? I was scared to the hell..."

He embraced her fondly...

" I am okay Suman..." He whispered to her ear...

Wiping her tears , he cupped her face...

  " Suman ...you are cold..."

He made her to wear the jacket and held her shoulders...

"Suman...I wanted to talk...I can't hold my misery anymore...I am fed up with me ..."

  He led her to the tree...The trunk was carved with his name...

" Suman...can you see this lonely tree...?This is me... shravan...a lonely,poor soul..."

His eyes were filled with tears...

Suman eyed him puzzled...

" Suman... until now, I was cursed not to share my personal life to anyone..I see you to be my soul for no particular reason.. I am today unleash my heartwrench so I could get out from my nightmare..."

He continued... holding her shoulder to him...

" Suman ...I was the only child of the rich business tycoons...my parents loved me and cared for me even though they were flying around the world...I had no worries and lived a blissful life... "

His throat chocked...He paused for a moment...

" When I was twelve years old, my parents were killed infront of me...just before the bomb blast, I was with them...I wish I could've died with them..."

He started to cry...

Suman was listening silently...

She pressed his hands reassuringly...

" Suman...it was my father's friends.. They're taking care of our  charity missions.. They have killed my parents  for all the money we had...As I was a minor boy, the fortune we had was diverted to the charity as they planned..."

" After that, I was completely an orphan.. Over night, a twelve year old boy' s life was tumbled down...I was brought up in a charity mission facing all the difficulties which I never have imagined..."

   He shut his eyes for sometime...

" Suman...now, I am living a satisfied life..even today, it's hard to fall asleep every night...When I finally did fall asleep, my dreams are a wild Kaleidoscope of bomb blasts and fire. In the middle of the night,I awakened suddenly and sat up ...sweating...breathing shallow...fell unconscious....!!!"

He couldn't complete and turned out to  loud cry....

Suman let him to cry out all his troubles...Sooner, she patted him and made him to lean on her shoulders...

" Everything is going to be alright Shravan... you're not going to have that nightmare again.. trust me...you are so good and a kind human... nothing will happen to you...hold yourself..."

  He interlaced his fingers with her...It was more secure for him to be there...at her hands...

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