Are you Afraid of the Dark?

I made scrambled eggs and he fidgets with his spoon.

"why don't you say you want to go home? " I stated.

"Why don't you stab yourself with the spoon "

I shook my head. Mr Moody.

"do you want to go out. We need groceries as well" I asked.

"Where is the house keeping? "

I sat next to him and he looks at me disgusted.

"The City bores an expensive lifestyle. House keeping is less common and also I don't think we need anyone. After all it's just us"

"You mean you can do all the cleaning and other chores? " he was surprised.

"I did all of it back at my home" I assured him.

"No,you had Mrs Kasheefa " he responded.

"No I mean, my home. My Father's home "

He frowns.

"Are we going? " I asked collecting his smokes in my lungs.

"Alright" he stated.

We went to the market place. He becomes numb seeing the hoard. Hailing from the Unknown part of the world, he screens everything like a foreign being.

"Are you alright? " I asked.

He did not answer. Oh not again.

"Al-Souffian? " I said his name stressing over the syllables.

"Huh? "

I sighed plenty breaths of relief.

I was buying and he stared me.

We bought rest of the things from the Supermarket. He was paying in Cash. I was surprised at the fact that he knew well how to use cash.

When I raised eyebrows in Appreciation, he looked at me furiously.

I grinned.

"Ladyship, Shall we go home Now? I am extremely exhausted " he exclaimed tired.

I saw a few people turn to the sound of his language.

We moved out, it was six in the evening. The high time of the place. I forgot the way back home so we were navigating through.

The place was crowding and we were being pushed away in the swamp of people.

His face turned red and he was wide eyed staring into the white space. I instantly recognized that he was panicking.

"Al-Souffian? "

He looked at me and the brief moment upturned into a vigorous event. The wave of heads and bodies pushed us like the foam of the sea.

I lost him.

There in the crowd, I pushed people. I mercilessly dragged my feet. Helter and skelter. Crying and screaming his name I swam to the pavement.

I cried "Al-Souffian !!!"

I ran into the crowd again. I pushed people and screamed. The agonizing pain grew into my feet. I lost him.

I lost Al-Souffian.

My voice burned on the street like a blue flame.

Defeated,

I sat on the dirty pavement.

The muddy orange sky falling into the purple pit of dark.

Al-Souffian.....?

Breathless yet breathing.

I saw Mr Rahim,

I caught his arm, gulped down breaths, I told him everything desperately.

"Your Ladyship, the Master is in the car! We found him! He is in the car! Calm down"

I ran to the vehicle and saw him sitting in the front seat.

"Al-Souffian .."

"Oh shut up! " he growled.

I sighed.

As soon as the door of our house opened,he slammed shut the door of his room locked.

I knocked, I requested and I pleaded. But he did not Open.

I sat on the mahogany dining table in the kitchen. My head in my hands.

The fear of losing him was intensely skinning my flesh still.

I drank water, I cried yet again.

What if would never see him again?

I would indefinitely die!

But why? I looked at the grey door rudely shut close.

Love?

I shook the thought. My hands were on my back, I closed my eyes.

I do, I accept Falaq-Naaz as my wife, my only, my always, my forevermore partner.

The taste of bitterness in the nostalgia.

It was ten past forty.

I was still in the kitchen. Small houses give you a chance but Al-Souffian was not easy to respond.

Mr Rahim bought us the bags of grocery that were unsuccessfully retrieved from the market this afternoon.

"Your Ladyship, would like anything else? "

I shuddered my shoulders.

Al-Souffian advanced from his habitat. Glaring at me.

"Mr Rahim,inform her Ladyship that is has steered up today awfully. She must go on to the other room to spend her night" he bellowed.

I looked over at Mr Rahim and remarked "Mr Rahim, if the Master wishes to spend his night alone, he can. But where was my fault in 'Steering ' up the day"

Mr Rahim peeked at both of us grimply.

Al -Souffian hypercritically stated "Her Ladyship, do not look good pretending. You embarrassed me! "

"I? I embrassed you! " I choked on my drink.

"You were bargaining! How distasteful! "

"wait... Wait... I just said that those things were cheaper in Aldi! Even if I was what is distasteful about bargaining ?!"

He rolled his eyes. "The fact that you are Lady Elahim and you were raging over the price metre of one pound in between? Does that make sense at all! "

"so wot" I imitated him "still better than having a crowd of people staring me for Abrasive accent!"

He closed his eyes, his sonorous shoulders fall and Rise "Stop imitating my accent! "

"Do I look Farcical?" I repeated in his tone.

"You look idiotic! I do not want to continue. Dismiss! "

"Oh I don't mind but just don't come springing on my bed until he middle of the night and ask me for a talk! "

We realized our embarrassment that instantly touched our chins when we saw Mr rahim like ourselves embarrassed and uncomfortable standing.

"You can Leave Me Rahim"

He walked out.

"Wisely said in front of the house-help Ladyship " he stated crossing his arms tightly.

I completed the work of the kitchen. The view from the high-rise gives me ambivalent feelings. The air is Cold but the sound of the scalding traffic and the dim bright lights blinding the pedestrians weave alternative threads to the fabric of emotions in me.

I drank the last cuppa in the pale pink China cups.

My sight bleaking suppressing my urge to cry.

I bashed the cup and haunted in Al-Souffian's comfortable cave.

He peered his sight from under his spectacles.

I made the side of the bed, he caught my hand "What?" the same wot.

"you can't expect me to sleep alone. I am scared of the dark"

"You cannot be twenty seven and be afraid of the dark"

"But I am" I admitted rather too proudly.

He shook his head and his eyes returned to the book but my hand,it was still in his grip.

I tapped his sonorous shoulders. He raised his brows. I gestured towards my hand.

"You said you were scared, so I shall hold you until you fall asleep "

I smiled. "It's alright. Not that scared"

He did not listen and I was in a matter of moment,secured and relieved. I slept safely in the Unsafe hands of the Unreliable.

"Are you afraid of the Dark? " I asked him.

"I am the the dark" he responded with his teeth pressed hard.

"Are you afraid of the Dark?" I asked again.

"I am"

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