Apaharan

Hideout-2

RAAVI'S POV:-

I picked up shiva on my back. he was really heavy plus due to he is almost 6 feet and i am 5 feet 4 inches so i when i put him on my back i have to interlock his legs around my waist and hold him by his thighs. I started moving it was difficult to even take a step but i have to so somehow i started taking steps. As i was moving it already was dark and i stumbled on some rocks and fell down and shiva rolled away from me i was so exhausted with today's events that i lay straight on my stomach against the ground. the soil was sticking as i was sweating hard. i took some deep breathes closing my eyes for a moment and i heard shiva coughing i immediately crawled towards him and hold his face and called his name he coughed again and said,

'' paani....... ''

i looked around but cannot see a source of water and i say,

'' shiva hume yahan se jana hoga yahan paani nahi hai please meri taraf dekhiye...... ankhein kholiye.......''

he nods and looks at me and i say,

'' shiva hum yahan gufa ke paas hai yahan vahan dekhiye apko raasta pta hai........''

he tried to sit and i helped him and i see that the wound on his back is not bleeding so i tightened the saree piece a bit to make it better while he was looking around and he stands up limping and i supported him and he says his voice was hoarse, 

'' yahan se sidha hai....''

i nodded and he started moving and soon we reach near a dead end type of place and i look at him as i think he must have forgotten the way but he just hold my hand and tugged me asking me to move along him and i did. He went beside the tree and there  was a big rock behind it shiva pushed it a little and i on queue did the same it rolled and there was a little tunnel where we cannot stand but crawl. shiva nodded me to go first and he came behind closing the tunnel and it hardly took us two minutes to reach a open place attached to the bridge and across the bridge was little house placed between the thick forest i cannot see it much clearly cause of dark. we reached there and shiva opens the door and says,

'' yahan light nhi haan par kitchen ke pass....''

his voice cracked he needs water and i put my hand on his shoulder and asked him to sit,

'' shiva pls bathiye main lati hoon paani aur candles''

due to dark nothing was visible but kitchen had a window so i was able to see a little cause of the moonlight i first opened the cabinet and took out the candles lighting up one and there was a pot of water and i filled one glass of water and give it to shiva.

SHIVA'S POV:-

i woke up with a thud landing on my back and i was feeling light headed and i took in the surrondings it's dark and still in forest. Before passing out we were in a hideout type of thing but now it is an open space where is raavi i saw raavi lying on her stomach i attempted to call her but started coughing and raavi comes towards me holding my face she asks me to look around and tell where we are i looked and i knew we are near the place which i have made few years back on demand of rahim chacha because he wanted me to go somewhere else and settle instead in the kabila with them as they are migrants they move from one part to other and i have stayed with them from the childhood but he wanted me to settle so that place was made. Chacha have insured that this place have everything and after killing dev the whole kabila will relocate and leave me here. i took raavi with me towards the tunnel and brought her here we reach here and i tried to speak  but again started coughing she disappeared in dark and return with a candle and a glass of water. she helped me sit and made me drink the water. she says,

'' ikk minute rukien main baki jagah candle rakh deti hoon....''

i nodded as i was just looking at her the candle in her hand and the light illuminating her face was an ethereal sight. she moved at each corner putting candles lightning the room. and than she goes to the kitchen  and comes back after few minutes with few things in her hands.