TW :  eve teasing, attempt to physically harass, attempt to drug. Please move forward from the second section if you'd like.

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Right, since we had to figure out what exactly Yudhishthir's purpose was here, considering Shree Krishn had literally not told me anything, I was confused.

" Where can I find somewhere to sharpen my skills Sagarika. I am a warrior. I can't lose my practice. " He told me a week after the painting incident.

" Exercise. You need to exercise. I don't know where in Delhi I can find you a martial arts area where they practice anything with spears, but I can take you to the Gym. That should work? " I said, as I was studying. O swear he unknowingly chooses moments where I am doing the hard questions.

" What's that? "

" Oh yes the electric field is kq1q2 whole divided by r^2. "

" What? No. I said what is this Gym? " He said, turning my chair around.

I sighed. He was annoying. I take all the good I ever said about him. Well not really.

" Look, a gym is a place I can take you so you don't lose your practice. It's where you can train your body. I will change and then we can leave. Okay? "

" Alright. "

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The scene at the gym will be more memorable to me than any day of my life, for both good, comforting reasons and hilarious reasons and mind scarring reasons.

This man. Walks into the gym, lifting all 100 kilos of weight with ease and then he asks me, is that all we  have here.

I had to force my mouth close.

I figured, he'll make something he wants. I shouldn't worry.

I didn't need to. He found his set, he found his machine. He was great.

( You can skip here if you want.)

About an hour later I walked out,  wanting fresh air. It was about
8 o clock and the sky was dark. The street lights unfortunately decided not to work that day. So I waited for him, when...

" Hey girl. You wanna come home with us? " Said a random idiot, staring at me like I was a piece of meat.

I know, it's better to not entertain someone, rather leave it at that. They usually left you alone. Boy was I wrong.

" He asked you something baby. You wanna have some fun? " He asked, walking up to me.

" Stay back. I don't want any trouble. Move back. " I said, warning them away with the bottle.

He threw the bottle on the floor, about to grab my hand, when I tried to run inside. What I did not anticipate was then grabbing me by the waist.

" You idiot. Leave me! Argh. Leave. Leave!" I yellled, trying to get their alcohol smelling breath out of my face.

" Shh. We'll play fair baby. Aaja. We'll treat you nice. " He said, hands between my legs.

" Leave me! Leave. " I yelled, kicking him , hands trying to smash his face and eyes when he lifted me over the shoulder. I had never felt that disgusted in my entire life. It made me lose my senses. I ft like a rag doll, being dragged. Rather they had chosen to put me down there, attempting to wrangle my feet apart.

" Boss. Fresh maal hai. " One of them said, mouth near my chest. I tried to push his face away, scratch it, when he grabbed my wrists to push it down, moving closer to my neck.

When he finally managed to get a hold of them, the idiot tried to yank my feet apart when...

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" She said no! "  Came a voice from behind the guy who was near my feet. In one punch he had been pushed to the side.

" A woman said no. Don't you know what that means? NO. " He growled, pushing the other one away.

I managed to walk to a secluded corner, searching for a stick when I found one.

I ran up to Yudhishthir, trying to help him.

" Na matlab na. Samjha. " I shouted in his face, hitting him with a stick then kicking the tools of his arrogance.

Yudhishthir however was not satisfied. His face was raging. The amount of injuries he gave the two, it seemed as if they would never wake up for a long while. However, his knuckles were bloody.

When the adrenaline finally went down, reality hit me. They would have... Chi. I was disgusted. I felt dirty. I couldn't hane the touch of my own body on me.

I could only do one thing. Thank him. I don't know what I would have managed if he wasn't there.

The moment he made the final punch, he got up, surveying my face.

" You are alright aren't you? Are you hurt anywhere? " He said, looking up and down my face, gently lifting my wrists in his bleeding hands. They were red from the force they used. I didn't notice it. Guess adrenaline is a fight or flight mechanism..

" Yeah. Yeah I'm -I'm fine.. " I said, now crying. I don't know what would have happened to me. Why was the world so cruel.

" Hey. Shh. Shhh. Don't cry. It's fine. See they won't hurt you. Shh. I'm here. You fought bravely. I'm proud of you. Shh. " He said, trying to wipe my tears, but I couldn't handle it anymore. The fear had started to grip my heart, it's implications now becoming clear.

I hugged him as hard as I could, the fear of being alone hurting my heart more than I could handle.

I wasn't met with resistance this time. No resistance, no stiffness. Just pure understanding. He ran his hand over my hair, his height just putting me under his chin.

" Don't worry. I'm here. " He kept whispering reassurances as we carefully walked home.

" Wait. " I rasped out. Mini can't see me like this. She'll be worried. She can't know. She'll get scared. I cannot comfort her when I myself was only comforted by him with me. So I washed my face in the tap in the garden, my hands, cleaning up streaks of tears.

As we walked in, I was greeted with a hug by Mini, who rattled off about her day. Dadi gave me rice and daal to eat and then the facade broke as I entered the room.

Everything I was wearing felt like dirt on my skin. My skin felt like dirt. I ran to the bathroom.

No matter how hard I would scrub, it felt as if I couldn't get the smell off. It was painful.

" Hey Krishn. Draupadi ki laaj to rakh li. What had I done wrong that you couldn't protect me ? " I asked in the shower, crying.

I had managed to scrub myself raw, red, arms.

I walked out, wearing a suit and pajyama. Yudhishthir was sitting in the room, holding his head in his hand.

" Thank mahadev. You're finally out. Are you -are you feeling better? " He asked tentative, when I realized he still had bloody knuckles.

Like a clockwork I brought down the first aid box, cleaning his wounds, when I was being stared at with a warm gaze.

" I'm fine Sagarika. Are you alright? " He said, moving his hands away from me as I had started to bandage them. I looked up at him, trying not to start bawling. One night was enough... Right?

" I should be. I mean. Nothing happened right? I -I was saved. I never did thank -"

I was shut by one finger on my lips.

" You don't need to thank me. I don't know what I would do if I lost you Sagarika. " He whispered, looking at me as if I was his whole world. It was unsettling, not in the way that I felt tonight though. It was different, not necessarily bad.

" Whether or not something happened, what did happen was wrong. I am sorry I couldn't have come before. Do you want me to wait till you sleep? " He asked, holding my hand in his.

I noticed he was at least a feet away from me at all times.

" Yes. Please. " I answered back, whispers and hoarse voices being the only sounds my throat could muster.

As I put my head down on the bed, he turned to put it on his lap, rocking his knee.

" What? No you'll hurt your back-"

" Shhh. Sleep. I am here. I won't let anyone hurt you. Never
again. " He whispered, closing my eyes and running his fingers through my hair.

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Right. Nothing to say. Just pure disgust in the society we live in. Kapde pehno to it's our fault, na pehno to it's our fault. Galti wo karte hain, and we have to fear when we step out of the house alone.
Shree Krishn. Thousands of Draupadi's are calling you. Some are not even a day old. Some are as old as our grandmothers.
Laaj rakho Krishn murari.

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