“Wait what?” Aparna squealed as the other three girls closed their ears. “Actually, I like this! Just like the dark romance with adventure!” Chandrika squealed with excitement clapping her hands. “Are you serious? No way!” Aparna groaned, “Come on Appu! It’s not that bad!”
Ritu said placing her hand on Aparna’s shoulder and assuring her, sitting on the bed. “Are you serious? Like what if…what if that folk lore is true and that young, muscular man comes to –", "Don’t worry if he comes, I will marry him!” Chandrika said dreamily turning her gaze to
Aparna who rolled her eyes, shaking her head.
“Varu, say something, do you think we should go?” Chandrika asked Varshika who was sitting on her bed, with a little bewildered and fascinated by the lore after Ritu explained. “Well, if it’s such an ancient temple then let us go, but if that entity or something……” Varshika trailed of out still as an introverted girl who used to feel fascinated by the idea of a man loving his girl so intense, like in those romances she read, “Fine, let’s go to there after our nature trip to Ananta Giri hills!” She said studying the expressions of the other girls, except Aparna everyone squealed in excitement…. Aparna shook her head, lowering down.
Flashback…...
Time 7:30 pm…before the dinner
“Finally, I have got it girls!” Ritu announced proudly placing her laptop aside, while the other three just arrived from their work and relaxing in different positions, leaning on the chair, laid on the bed and stretching the back. “What?” Chandrika is the first one to respond.
“Come and gather around!” Ritu squealed and clapped her hands, putting the laptop aside and her trio came to her, sitting on the bed. “So, brace yourselves! Because this is going to be a very enigmatic story!” Ritu smiled while her gaze roamed around the trio who exchanged glances.
“So…. actually, this temple of Kubera was built by a Yaksha named Bhairava. He was a very renowned Yaksha in the community…. and he was very charming, most handsome and timeless…. He was kind too, but something was off with him. He was most desired man among the Devas and even of his own kind, he took that as an advantage, and you do know what he was…”
Ritu made an awkward expression. “And? What the hell even you are talking about?” Aparna yelped.
“Calm down I didn’t finish yet! So basically, he was also proud about his charm. One day a huma young girl saw him and developed feelings for him, but you know her rejected her and humiliate er….after that by the sources I found said that she was disappeared and after few days he too is appeared in some war…and cherry on top, he vanished somewhere just a few days after he absence-” Ritu was cut off, “And he was blamed and got killed?” Chandrika rolled her eyes.
“Nope, he changed, regretted and waited to love that girl…and they say that he is living that temple after all the glory it lost, still waiting for her or a girl who is ready to offer her as his bride, the Chosen one to redeem his past. But another twist here is he loves her like his life if he truly likes that girl and there is really a prayer to summon him. By the way, the temple was cursed not only that girl, but his love also has a chance to lift the curse….” Ritu finished and leaning on the bed post, waiting for responses…
“Let’s go then, because I love my men in fiction totally unpredictable, thrilling and maybe I ca e his love of life!” Chandrika chimed. “But-” Varshika was in dilemma. Aparna rolled her eyes, scoffed away. “Hey! Just look, girlies, I knew this is like a folk lore, just little sources were gathered by me to know his story. But trust me as a friend I don’t involve my friends in risk. But if you as going to the temple as a site seeing for our snaps and insta stories or to me, to explore the beautiful like a Yaksha built temple means so much…please!” Ritu pleaded…
End…...
“You guys are crazy to think about this stupid folklore and that folklore looks like some undrafted 12th grader’s Wattpad book summary, Ugh! This is insane!” Aparna sneered, laying down on the bed after forcefully packing her bag to the trip. Poor girl tried to escape by talking about her Quantum circuits project in the weekends in the IBM website but no her devil friend.
Chandrika got this stupid pre-teen girl idea of marrying a Yaksha because he loves intense and her cursed internally. And moreover, the dark romance in Chandrika’s mind could outdate any Quantum computer or Classical computer…. this was her mind voice anyway.
“It feels like we are some random childish or naïve to think like this” Varshika chuckled, while Ritu adjusted her glasses looking the beautiful night view of Hyderabad city. “Maybe a little but at least enjoying a day in the nature and ruins will be memorable right?” Ritu said smiling t Varshika, while the cold night breeze was hitting their faces gentle playing with their hairs.
“Let’s go we need to get ready for tomorrow’s trip” Varshika got downstairs of their hostel terrace Ritu falling beside her.
Only if they know what the actual folk lore and their trip is tomorrow….
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