Sathya had managed to get the details regarding all the super markets around the city and were subtly searching, they had reached the last one, attentively lead by Krithika and a couple of paramedics.
They had briskly recovered around fifty packets of Cocaine and a few stimuli along with the injection samples on thier way, Krithika's final examination revolved near the storage room,
Krithika's clever thinking astounded everyone once again as she cleverly judged the possibilities of all the sneaked drugs based on its olfactory and proceeded alone to the store room,
Meanwhile, the power went down owing to the renovation of the generators in the building, Sathya instantly panicked thinking about her,
"Doctor- Doctor thaniya irupaanga" He murmured, his heart beating fast leaving her alone in the dark, deserted storage room. He eyed Neeraja to stay with the manager and almost ran towards the storage room,
His hands promptly took his phone to turn the flashlight on as he slowly entered the storage room, his eyes darting around the place in search of her,
"Doctor? You alright? " He called for her, his voice reverberating in concern.
"I'm here" He heard a low. Murmur from the lonely corner where bags of rice where kept and he rushed towards the place,
"Onnu illa.. Na vanthuten.. Sari ah? Onnu illa" His orbs traced her visage which looked absolutely calm, Sathya visibly relaxed at the fact.
However, Krithika's heart skipped a beat at the way he came to her, he was the one that found darkness uncomfortable, but here he was, rushing to her, checking on her,
After everything she said and did.
"I'm alright" She told him, sitting down on the floor, Sathya's eyes fell on the sweat beads on her forehead,
"Is the report done? " He asked her and she nodded a no,
" Inga edho vaasana varuthu..
Something that clearly shouldn't be here.. " She told him and stood up, trying to climb on the sacks of rice to see within,
Sathya was mildly amused to see her do it without any hesitation since she was wearing a dress that fell just below her knees,
Two things, A dress that could allow a lot of scratches and injuries.
And the dress that awakened the man in him.
"It's not safe, please keezha vaanga" He told her, eyes trying to plead with her,
"I can take care of myself" She mumbled and just when she said that, something sharp Scratched her left thigh making her whimper,
"Ahh! " her eyes shrunk close, enduring the stinging sensation,
"Doctor, you okay? " He asked her, his hand reaching for hers on his own as he slowly pulled her to sit on the edge of the sack, with her legs dangling down in front of him,
"Enga kaayam patuchu? " He asked her,
"Inga" Her palms fell flat on his chest as her eyes locked with his for the first time that day,
"Athu.. I.. Na paathukren" her cheeks flared tracing the cut above her dress,
"Please, let me inspect" He still wasn't aware of the place of the injury,
Krithika flinched visibly when his hands accidentally brushed against her thigh on the scratch making him alarmed, his eyes fluttered close now discovering where she was injured,
