Red Hands

'There is no running from the destiny, what has to happen, will happen until you are fucked.'

I didn’t forget about last nights incident, it seemed like a thing we should not have heard, but whatever was happening between me and Shyla, I just couldn’t stop thinking about her,

The spontaneity between me and Shyla, I just couldn’t stop myself for more, I was so in love with the girl I knew just from a few days & she became my everything, I was showering with love.

I heard boys in the hostel, talking about the ghost they saw in white saree yesterday, they all were gossiping so many theories like, the White Women is still looking for his love with a candle in hand, or a girl who did suicide there is still looking the ones responsible for her death, many of the boys saw Shyla last night,

I knew everything & was smiling throughout the theories.

Gaurav came to me and with a cunning smile he asked, ‘what happened last night boy, did you get some?’.

It seemed like an inappropriate thing to ask anyone, but I didn’t want to upset the guy who was literally protecting me every day,

‘No Sir, nothing happened last night, I messed up’, I replied to him.

Ishaan was reading some book, but hearing the conversation about my love life, he joined.

‘Hahah!, I knew it, she is way out of your league man', Ishaan said.

I was laughing inside, as I was already inside the league with Shyla,

'by the way, you were going to that hostel right, where we saw that white lady last night?’, Ishaan asked curiously.

I was annoyed by his habit of curiosity about my personal life, ‘Yes, we went there, but there was a different vibe dude, so we decided to go somewhere else, I said to Ishaan.

Ishaan took his time to believe me & said, ‘You did that right, even Gaurav Sir didn’t believe in ghosts, until last night, when he was the one who first saw her’.

Gaurav was roaming around the room, he looked at me with cunning eyes and said, ‘I swear she was there, for months I never believed it when everyone said anything about the white girl in saree until I saw her with my own eyes ’.

I was surprised, I remember Gaurav telling us before, that people have been seeing the ghost for the past few months, but Shyla just joined the college, how is that possible.

Ishaan and Gaurav asked me to come to the college with them, but I decided to let everyone go so that I could bunk college and meet with Shyla, most of the hostel got empty, and I texted Shyla.

Me: Hi Shyla, when I’ll be seeing you again?

Shyla: I'm busy today, but see you soon.

She ended the chat abruptly & I was disappointed, I was expecting her to meet with me, fall in love with me,

but It was obvious that there are more important things for her than me,

(thump!!!!!!) …. Something stroked up my door, As soon as I reached to the door, a strong gust of wind hit me, With that wind, a black envelope slipped between my leg into the room, I opened the door and looked around and found no one,

I closed the door and went back to pick up the envelope, A black colored envelope reminding me of the time of the 1990s, where people still used to write letters, I opened the envelope & A black round CD dropped between my legs, the CD as soon as it touched the ground, splattered red drops across the floor,

I picked up the CD & found the red color spreading across my hands, On the backside of the envelope, It was written, TO DEV, “Her blood is on your hands”, & my hands were literally covered in red,

At this point, I was sure that this is some kind of a prank by some senior, I put on the CD and played,

It started with a line and a countdown, “REVENGE MUST BE TAKEN, FOR SOUL TO PART WAYS” …. 5….4….3….2….1….

In the video, there was a man on top of someone, the video was unclear, but It was obvious what they were doing, I thought to myself that It is porn & this is definitely a prank.

‘The seniors don’t even have the decency to send the good quality porn’, ‘I said to myself and started laughing.

But something was strange about that video, the place looked really familiar, so I looked closely, The first guy stopped after some time and slapped the girl, the girl too was trying to throw her hands towards him, but was unable to move,

I repeated the video several times & saw that her hands were tied from the rope to the bed.

The guy stopped after some time and the girl was still trying to move her hands and legs, trying to cover herself the best she could,

I paused the video and stood up, the video was too disturbing & after a brief period of time, I played the video again,

Another guy comes inside the room, the man who was on the bed before, went outside.

The girl stopped moving & was lying on the bed like a dead body, soon the second guy too forced himself on her,

I decided to fast forward the video & played the video, after they both were done, they untied the girl & and the girl started moving again, she was throwing her legs and hands, trying to bite off one of the guys.

Which is when one of them slapped her, he got on top of her & placed his hands around her neck, the girl was trying to kick him off from her but the guy overpowered & the girl’s leg slowly stopped moving,

It didn’t seem like a prank anymore, I was unable to comprehend, what I was watching,

In the video, the guy moved from the girl’s top, and the girl then wasn’t moving at all,

Both of them stood there for some time & then untied the girl from the bed, picked her up like a dead body outside the room,

The video stopped & after some flashes, Again something started, a line with yesterday's date came on to the screen,

“ 27 July, time: 20:00” A boy & a girl was entering the same room,

FUCK!!!! (I shouted), ‘It was me and Shyla and the video of us hiding in the cabinet,

The two guys entering the same room & it was the same room,

The video ended, and something came onto the screen, ‘Take the revenge now, or her blood is on your hands'.

My hands were covered in red, and the slightest of movement was giving me chills & the only thoughts in my mind, ‘I'm fucked’.