ENTHUSIASM

"Thanks but I don't need this!"

Sara doesn't want to take Humayun's helmet for free.

"I know that you are a brave girl and don't need this but still I want you to have this because it will help you hide your face and wouldn't let the cheap street boys know that you are a girl."

Humayun insists on her.

She becomes amazed, "Oh! I didn't think about such a lengthy philosophy behind this."

He handovers the helmet then continues doing his work regarding the bonnet of a car at 2:00 a.m.

Sara says again, "But I don't want to hide myself otherwise I will ever be afraid of being caught. I want to reveal myself so that I wouldn't need to be hidden anymore."

Doing his work with great concentration, he replies calmly,

"Not every society allows this. Some cheap, narrow-minded and mentally sick people will neither hear you nor your justification. You have to ignore them and move on."

Sitting behind him over the bonnet of a car, she nods with a slight smile.

He adds, "And listen, your frequent arrivals could lead you to problems. You have to turn down coming here!"

She smiles and replies calmly. "Problems are a big part of my life and hence I am not afraid of them."

He glances at her then says, "You could ask me to practice bike riding if you didn't know that."

"It's Okay, the internet helped me a lot and practice involves such little accidents."

She replies with a cute smile.

He passes a smile and continues working with an open bonnet of a car. After a few minutes have passed, he starts telling her, "Sara! I saw that Man In Black last night!"

She becomes amazed and stares at him questioningly.

He glances at her face and then adds, "Yeah! I am speaking truly. I saw 3 bloody dead bodies fallen in front of him. He was going to kill a young poor boy too."

She is still peering into his face astonishingly, seems scared and asks, "Where did you see him?"

"In the graveyard." He tells her.

She becomes more scared and says,

"I heard that he is seen only in deep nights like the time between 2 to 5.a.m."

"Yes, It was exactly around 4.a.m." He replies.

She suddenly shouts aloud. "What were you doing in the graveyard at 4.a.m?"

His hands are stopped and he looks quite mused. After a while, he glances at her and says calmly,

"I often go to spend time with my parents whenever I can't sleep!"

She becomes faint with mournful feelings and says softly, "But it is dangerous to go to the graveyard on such a night. Didn't he try to hurt you?"

"No, He didn't! Even I went close to him and tried to punch him but failed. He didn't even reply to me with a punch. He just turned and disappeared."

He tells her.

"I am not afraid of him because I am not afraid of death but I still want to unveil him! But one thing I realized about him is that he is a Human!" He adds.

"Really!?" Pondering concentratedly, she replies, "Perhaps! He wanted to save the young boy from those whom he killed because he is always seen killing the criminals instead of hurting the noble citizens."

He nods and says, "Yeah! Might be! In Addition, he never let his target go but he left the young boy even though he didn't hurt me either!"

"Weren't you surprised to see him live?" She asks.

"No, I wasn't! Instead I was worried for the young boy. He was poor and lost. I dropped back to his colony, while returning home. He was hungry too so I bought some flatbreads and chicken curry for him." He replies slowly.

"This is called humanity which is seen as almost dead." She says sadly.

Smiling ironically, he says, "Huh! It was nothing! I wish I could do something really helpful for such children."

Pondering concentratedly, she adds, "Yes, me too! But why don't other people think like that? Why do they tag such people as inferior and even if somebody shares his/her ideas, people ask ridiculous questions like are you going to run an NGO? At Least we are not going to donate to you!"

As she stops, he advises, "Never share your ideas with people because not everybody realizes what and why you think so and they are never going to believe you because life tastes different by different people. They can never realize the deficits you experienced in your life until they don't experience themselves."

She moves her thumb up and says proudly, !I agree! You are 1 thousand percent right!"

Looking at the wrist watch, he asks worriedly, "Sara! Night is going darker. You have to go!"

She glances outside, at the sky then says, "Yes, I just become too enthusiastic and conscious discussing this topic!"

"Because you survived in the situations in which most people could not!" He replied calmly while staring at her.

She looks as if she can feel every word of his sentence, looking constantly into his eyes. Arrival of Mr. Niaz Bukhsh breaks the connection of their eye-contact, tiredly saying,

"I have closed everything except that shutter because my health doesn't allow me to do so"

As he catches the sight of Sara, he says, "Hey, Sara! It is too late. You have to go! We are also closing the shop… And Humi! You have to go and sleep too. Take a rest!"

Sara stands up immediately.

Humayun replies to Mr. Niaz Bukhsh,

"Yes, Uncle! I am going to draw down the shutter. You must go and have a rest. I am just coming after dropping her!"

Sara becomes astonished and glances at his face. Mr. Niaz Bukhsh leaves.

She says, "I can go myself. You don't need to worry about me!"

Humayun replies in his usual calm way, "It is too late, Sara. You can't go yourself. It is the time Mr. Man In Black wanders in the streets. I have seen that horrible man. He kills with no sounds!"

Sara replies with a smile, "You don't need to worry about me. I am not afraid of him!"

Humayun says with a smile, "Okay! So you can consider it as a bike practice. Luckily, there will be very few people right now to judge a girl riding a bike."

Smiling slightly, she says, "Seems like the Ice-cube face is insisting me, in fact, worried for me like a true friend. Well, it sounds interesting. Let's go!"

Passing a delightful smile, he moves ahead.