Sacred Arrow

by shannmathi

Kanakavalli is a young orphan raised by her grandma in a slum . She developed a major crush turned love on a middle class male whom never noticed her till something tragic occurred to him. Based on a movie I fall in love :) DISCLAIMER : This is based on the movie Vil Ambu . I don't own anything accept for the plot and my imagination . Everything else goes to the film's crew.

Kanakavalli's P.o.v

"Manju , please pass this to that man over there ." Finally, the last customer for the day left . I sighed before proceeding to clean all the utensil while Manju started to divide our wage for the day .As we walked to our neighbourhood pushing my food cart , Manju snorted disdainfully .

"Gosh , if u want to drink why must it be till you lose conscious and faint on the roadside."
"What do you mean ?"
"Look at that junction . I really despise this drunkards."

My eyes followed her finger where a figure laid on his back . I sensed a wave of trepidation flowing. I told her to wait and hesitantly approached the figure. Laying there was the man I grew up loving since young. I quickly called Manju and we both hoist him and placed him on my food cart . The man of my dreams laying there with vomit dribbling on his chin and the smell of overwhelming alcohol .

"I think we should send him back home Kanaka."
"No , it is not wise to send him when he is in this state ."
"But then , where are you going to bring him ?"
" I...My house."
"What are you saying ? You know very well that word will spread among the neighborhood . It is not a wise decision."
"I can't just abandon him here. He is not like this . I ...something must have happened to him . It's been a month since he pass by and suddenly he is here passed out due to excessive alcohol consumption. I .. I just don't know ."

When we finally reached my house , my grandma was asleep in the veranda . Manju and I hoist him up and brought him inside my house . I laid him down on my bed before hugging Manju asking her to keep this incident a hesitantly agreed. After she left , I locked the door and went to the kitchen to boil some hot water . While waiting for the water to boil , I opened the refrigerator gifted by the local MLA . Taking out the extra food , I preheat them and placed in in the tray . After pouring the hot water into a bowl , I walked towards my room . My prince charming laid there in the exact position when I left him . I sat on the edge of the bed and wiped his face using the lukewarm water . As I wiped his face , my fingers traced his face tenderly from his forehead to his beard . He unconsciously leaned forward to my touch .

"What happened to you ?" I whispered . The only answer that came was the sound my wind chime .