Mahi Saxena

Mahi sits reading the file in his hand. He doesn't know how many hours passed. He feels stiff, so he gets up to stretch while still reading the file.

He's reading the same thing for hours now.

But he can't understand anything.

Several people in a village on the goan border have gone missing. The village head who also happens to be a rich man in the entire place, suspects vampires are behind it. Hence they need SFTU to investigate the case.

He looks at the case file which also includes the village head, a handsome young man in his late twenties. Naman Ahuja.

'Sarpanch itne hot bhi dikhte? Damn, kya bolra hu.. Angel ka bura asar ho gaya...'

He talks to himself aloud to clear his head.

'Samjh na ara. Ye sab sach kaise ho sakta. In logo k disappearance k peeche kuch aur hi reason hoga na. Iss aadmi ko police me complain kar dena chahiye. Fir ye hume kyu contact kia?'

He shakes his head, 'padha likha lagta... fir bhi aisi baaton pe vishwaas karta hai. Ajeeb aadmi hai ye.'

He reads the letter written by Naman again which says he will be taking care of the entire staff of SFTU who will head over to solve the case.

'Ye aadmi pagal hai. Apne estate mei rehne dega hume. Such a waste of time. Yaha bhi kuch na milega...'

He closes the file and sets it aside.

Suddenly something comes to his mind.

'Kuch nai hoga... I can't be sure. Last time, Agar Angel ne dekha na hota woh aadi vasi log hume maar hi daalte..'

He clutches his head which starts to hurt.

'Ye sar dard... god! Ghar chalta hu ab. Bhukh bhi lagi hai....'

It's close to midnight now. He unlocks the door to his cabin and walks out only to find someone sleeping with their head on their desk.

"Angel..."

He calls her name. But she doesn't wake up.

"Kitni baar kaha tumhe.." he walks closer to gently touch her hair, smiling, "mere liye wait mat karo..."

He pulls back when she sits up straight and suddenly starts scolding him.

"Kyu na karu wait! Mera haq hai ye... main karungi apne Mahu ka wait..."

Then she puts her head back on the desk and goes back to sleep.

"Haha... hey tum neend mei bolri thi huh?"

He laughs, thinking, 'how cute.'

He taps her on the forehead.

"Hey wake up! Ghar jana. Sab jachuke... niklo chalo... utho..."

She doesn't move. So he taps harder, peeking at her face.

"Haha... so cute. Kitty ki tarah."

She is up again, sitting straight in her seat, eyes still half closed.

"Main kitty kaise hui? Main sherni hu... sherni..."

She is about to put her head back on the table when he puts his palms in the way.... Her face ends up resting in them.

She might have felt something because she's up sitting again. This time she's awake.

"Good jaag gai tum..."

She looks around when he smiles,

"Mahi. tum kab aye?"

He laughs..."haha... pagal ho tum."

She pouts, "ha wo main hu. Deewani hu. Bolo kya hora? Maine kuch gazab toh nai bola na neend mei?"

He smiles seeing her expression. This girl is a weirdo. But she's cute. And he never actually found anyone cute.

"Nai kuch khaas nai.. Hehe.."

He starts laughing. He can't stop when she frowns and pouts at him.

"Hahaha.."

"Tum hasre ho Mahi?"

"Sorry..."

She smiles.

"Koi na. I'm glad tum smile karre ho."

He smiles, gently touching her cheek. He pulls his hand back and coughs. He doesn't know why he did that.

"Chalo. Ab ghar chod deta hu. As usual. Main kehta hu ruko nai mere liye. Par tum sunti kaha?"

She shakes her head, "sunungi bhi nai... wait nai karti toh kon chodega ghar?"

"Haha..."

He's laughing again when his head starts to hurt again.

"Ow."

"Kya hua Mahi?"

"Kuch nai bas thoda sar dard..."

He rubs his temples and frowns. He tries to give her a smile. He should not worry her.

"Dekhne do mujhe.. Laao main roll on lagati, tumhare liye hi liya maine. Mahi, your headaches, I'm starting to get worried."

She stands on her toes and reaches towards his face.

"What are you doing...?"

"Shh! Roll on lagana... bend karo na.. Kitna lambe ho. Electric pole ki tarah.."

He laughs harder at that. She has always made him laugh. No she's like this with everyone which is one thing he likes about her.

He bends a little, "it's ok... yaha dena.. Main lagata hu..."

"Aur bend karo..."

She stumbles while stretching too much. He steadies her with a hand on her waist.

"Baitho, lagati.."

He's surprised she isn't blushing or anything. She's so different from other girls. He smiles. Maybe now she's worried about him.

He sits... so she can apply the roll on.

"Hogaya..."

She rubs his forehead and temples giving it good massage for a minute.

"Kaisa lagra?"

He smiles at her.

"Acha hai. Thank you.... You're a worrywart. Ek mom ki tarah."

He looks as she takes a step back.

"Take it back. GF bolo GF!"

He laughs. He heard her right?

"Haha.. like a BFF."

She pouts... which makes him want to tease her more.

"Chalo kuch toh bola. Better hi hai. Chalo mere BFF."

He stands..

She loops her arm in his and they walk out.

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He stops his car right in front of her apartment.

"Tum uthrogi nai?"

He asks Angel who's lost in thoughts.

"Are you sure you're fine? Tumhara sar dard kaisa hai.."

He smiles. He didn't know she would be that worried.

"Ab thik hai bola na. Sab thik. Don't' worry. Ab jao so jao. Kal shaam ko hume nikalna hai. Jaldi office bhi toh jana."

She nods, but still is in thoughts.

He bumps her shoulder with his,

"Ab jaogi ya utha ke le chalu?"

He raises his eyebrows. He's only teasing her but--

"Uthake lechalo na Mahi!"

Suddenly she seems very excited at the idea. He sighs. 'Is pagal se kyu panga leta hu main?'

She shakes his shoulder, "hey chalo na... uthao. Mujhe dekhna! Tum uthapaoge ya nai..."

She's making him blush now. He can't do such a thing.

"Angel. Chalo.. Uthro. Chedna band karo.."

She laughs at that, "haha tumhe chedne mei mujhe maza aata hai. Aur tum itna serious rehte ho. Jab tum meri baato pe haste ho na Mahi, mujhe acha lagta."

He smiles. He didn't know that was her intention.

It's really sweet.

He is about to reach out to touch her cheek when she unlocks her seatbelt and steps out of the car. Moment gone!

He sits back in his seat with a sigh.

'She puts her moves on me. And when I reach out, mere haat hi nai lagti... what am I thinking.!'

He shakes his head again to look out of the car window.

She waves him bye and is off running into her apartment.

He smiles.

Their games will surely end one day. He has an idea how they will end and when.

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