Ch 36: Haunted Place III

He opened the door wide open. 

Yajna shakes her head to not to go in. Nikhil said "You stay here. I will go inside alone".

Yajna said "Staying alone is scarier than going in along with you"

Nikhil tried to switch on the light. Yajna said "we don't have key cards. The lights won't be on"

Nikhil asked for her phone and switched on the torch light from the phone. 

When there was nothing around. Yajna loosen the grip and sat in the bed. Nikhil leaves her side. The room door was suddenly closed.

Yajna shouted "Nikhil... Nikhil…" Yajna shouted and cried. Nikhil came to her "I am here right in front of you. I have opened the window that's why door is closed" 

Yajna hugged tightly and cried "Don't leave me alone, when I desperately need you"

Yajna was shaking and her forehead was burning. Nikhil tried to calm her down by patting her shoulder. But she is not convinced yet. Nikhil made her loosen the grip around his waist. He holds her face and brushes her lips with his lips in simple and quick.

Yajna stopped crying. Nikhil said "I don't want you to be scared. I kissed you to divert your attention."

Yajna looked at him and said "If you are helping me to diverting my attention, do it properly"

Nikhil felt "Is she welcoming the kiss?" She pulled Nikhil into her kiss deeply and intensively. She moved back and fell in bed but the kiss was not stopped.

Yajna's mind voice "I will only remember the kiss of Nikhil in the building ECC 79, not ghost, not blackouts, I will remember only Nikhil. Even though he makes me scared, at the end he protects me too. I wanted this time to stop now. Even though we were in a haunted building. I am not scared anymore. When Nikhil is with me, I won't be scared even if the real ghost appears in front of me. I know Nikhil protects me Somehow." Nikhil and Yajna broke their kiss. They were totally out of breath.

Nikhil said "We should leave now?"

Yajna and Nikhil leave the room. Yajna didn't even hold his hand and both felt embarrassed for the moment.

Once they reached the ground floor, Yajna absently walked towards outside of ECC. Nikhil pulled Yajna to the side. Yajna didn't ask anything. Still, Nikhil said "Security guard is there. Let's wait for the moment"

She stared into his eyes and lips back and forth. Nikhil could feel the pounding of her heart against her ribcage and wondered if she would hear his heart racing.

Nikhil noticed her lips were swollen by the kiss. He turned his head to note security and to divert his attention from her. He thinks "If I look into her again. I will start to kiss her again"

When the security guard left for the restroom. Nikhil walked her to ECC 53. After she went in, he walked to his ECC.

Nikhil finds Ankur has fallen asleep. He finds Yajna's phone in her pocket while changing his clothes. Her phone is locked and he keeps aside and falls asleep in his bed.