“ Who are we, are we something that the world shape us into, or are we act or pretend to be likeable, we are many things, no one really knows who is who from beneath.Unlike others I’m just a normal person who have some normal hobbies, this is my story hi I’m Vivaan Sharma and I’m going to tell you guys how a simple YES changed my life completely”
Hey Adit, adit is the only friend I have at my workplace, even not only at my work place even in this whole world, it’s not like I can’t make friends it’s just adit is only one tolerable. Yes Vivaan, how is my man doing? Adit you’re in a work place, we come here to work and you’re watching some silly news.
Dude the environment here is toxic I need something to take my mind off from all this shit and it’s not a silly news they are saying “ they found another body near the river and they are saying it is the work if the same serial killer, this was his 5th victim”. I wish i was a detective or something, so i could catch him, it would be so thrilling.what do you think Vivaan about this?
First of all, it’s not easy to catch the perpetrator, it would be that easy the police would’ve caught him by now and dude how could you say it was fun just think about the victims man, you’re a heartless person.
Vivaan you’re overreacting man! It’s not like this..leave this. Ohh i totally forgot Sneha was asking about you!
Sneha? Who ?
Sneha the girl we met last weekend in the party, apparently she’s a friend of a friend, i also don’t know her that closely but i don’t know she got my number from somewhere and was asking about you.
like What?
Asking that you’re single or not and to help her to get a date with you and all.Our Vivaan is getting famous now!
Date with me! Why?we barely talked that day.
Dude i don’t know about that, she just asked, so would you like to go shall i set it up for you guys?
No i don’t think so, I don’t fancy dates that much.
Dude get your got looks to some use,you’ve been single and lonely from almost i could remember! It would be fun to go! Pls go! For me at least.
uhhh… okay if you say so, but just a date i don’t want anything more right now.
Alright, I’ll call her right now and will set up a place for you guys because I know you’re taste is terrible for these kinds of things.
okay do as you wish and let me know . I have some work to do I’m going to my cubicle.
okay done I’ll let you know and Vivaan pls dress nicely okay!
Yeah man whatever you say.
If I didn’t said yes, he would have pestered me about it till i agree, this is so annoying i regret having a friend now.
After one hour adit came to me me and said “ okay bro you are up i talked to her and she agreed to meet today, i gave her your number, she’ll text you the time and place,i said that i could suggest some places but she said she want to chose and to do something special for you”. Adit this is are first meet and she said she wanted to do something special for me?
yes i think she is too much invested in you.
Highly unlikely, no one can be this interested in me, not possible!
dude you’re overthinking it, just take a Leap of faith.
okay bro,
phone chimed, she messaged, she asking to meet at cafe de Flora,Chanakyapuri at 7:00pm! What? It’s already 5.
so you should not waste anymore time just go home change and meet her.just go man!
okay okay I’m leaving just tell boss I checked out early, i had some emergency!
Don’t sweat it.bye
At cafe
So first time in my life I’m going on a date, wow this place looks expensive and the ambience the theme it’s perfect, like garden in front of it is so beautiful and the weather is nice too, the cold breeze and this greenery and the lights on the trees it’s very beautiful for a date, and wow this place is big where is that cafe it’s already 7:10pm i hope she is not already waiting.
Ahh where is she? I was wondering and a gentle tap on my shoulder as i turned around there she was, too be honest she was looking ineffable, i don’t generally use this word for person but when i saw her this word is the only thing that came out of my mouth and when she chuckled after hearing that it felt like my heart skipped a beat i was already in love.
Hey? Hey ? Vivaan? What are wondering about?
Nothing nothing just admiring your beauty.
So you want to admire while standing or you can do it while sitting to?
Yeah yeah sure let’s find a seat. Oh that one is vacant let’s sit there.
Luckily the seat was amazingly appropriate, there was a big transparent glass beside that, through which we could look outside and believe me i was bewitched by the scenery and the portrait sitting in front of me.
So Vivaan should i start?
Yeah yeah sure.
So what do you do?
Well i work in fibro tech with a not so grand salary.what do you do?
I’m a criminal psychiatrist !
ohh i heard psychiatrist , what does criminal psychiatrist’s do?
Well, we the study the peculiar behaviour of criminals, like serial killers, we find the real intent behind the killing and sometimes we help police to find these criminals too.
ohh that’s like amazing, now I’m curious about like how you help the police?
Well we can predict how the killer looks, his/her insecurities and all.
Okay now I’m more curious can i give you a challenge?
challenge? Okay would be fun!
okay, have you heard the recent killings happening in our town? You must have. If you can predict how he looks or his insecurities then today’s treat will be on me.
okay we could do that but how would you know that i’m right or wrong? It’s not like you met the killer.
You can state facts that can convince me , what you’re saying is right and don’t worry, I’ll listen to everything with an open mind.
Okay, umm let’s do it would be fun!
okay so first of all, his insecurities?(vivaan asked)
Okay, i don’t know all the details of this case but all I heard from news is all the victims were around 20-25 and the killer targeted both male and female, so it’s not about the gender, like most psychopaths and serial killers choose a gender they want to target, but he, oh he is different! It’s like he just ,like to kill, I think he has made killing one of his hobbies. Did you notice a common thing btw the victims acc to all the details they told us on news ?
No, to be honest I heard about him this morning, I didn’t even knew there’s a serial killer in our town.(Vivaan stated)
it’s okay let me tell you something about victims, all they have is one common thing, that all the victims were good looking, it’s like he was jealous of their beauty so he killed them so to conclude his insecurities, he must be a loner and an introvert and must be very ugly, acc to me his looks is his biggest insecurity. So what do you think, am I able to convince you?
Yeah it was pretty convincing, today’s treat will be on me, would you excuse me i have to use the washroom.
yeah yeah okay you’ll find me here.
Mirror do you think I’m ugly(Vivaan said it with scoff in front of washroom mirror).Sneha you’re right about me yeah I only kill beautiful people but not because I’m jealous of there beauty not at all in fact I’m praising there beauty, you know when beautiful people dies they make an exceptional portrait. So Sneha, now you’ve tempted me I’m wondering what type of portrait will you give me?(vivaan said to himself I with a serious face)
“Yes I’m the one who killed those five people, I’m the psychopath and I got very hurt when they called me psychopath on the tv, I’m not a psychopath, I’m an artist,who is giving his brilliant art to the society.”
Hey I’m back, what are you wondering about?
Nothing nothing just thinking about those victims.
Yeah what about them?
They must’ve had family , there family must be devastated, right now.
yeah yeah it’s sad to even think about them, I even got so emotional when i got to know about these killings. Would you like to have a walk in the garden? The weather is nice.
yeah yeah sure let’s go.
We walked there for about an hour, she talked about her family, apparently her sister passed away around 2 months ago but all i was thinking about killing her after this.
Vivaan you’re a nice person, you know that? I’ve never been so relaxed with someone.
it was my pleasure, I’m glad that I had been of some help.So what do you want to do next?
It’s getting late, I think ,I should go home.
oh can i drop you?
Yeah sure.
“As we walked towards the car i was getting more and more excited, i took the most deserted route, i stopped the car in the middle of no where, there were only trees around and the road didn’t even had a street light, it was the perfect spot for my portrait,as i was going to stab her she said something that i even got amazed”
she said……
“ Vivaan i know you are the serial killer, when i first met you, i almost didn’t believed that you were the killer. I’ve been investigating you since 2 months. Do you remember your 4th victim? Her name was Sidhi ! She was my little sister that you killed so brutally, all I said about the killer benign ugly was to provoke you. You must be thinking that you’re some god but you’re not, you’re just a human and human have to face consequences.”
i just looked at her in an amazed way, all i could say was “ well you got that much right, but what now you don’t even have a proof to support your theory, even the police didn’t even know where to look at. This is gonna end just like your sister”
Now get out of the car,I told her , as i walked towards her with a knife in hand, the breeze was breathtaking and the place was beautifully deviant, as i walked towards her she held my hand so tightly and stabbed herself. I got so frustrated and it didn’t even satisfied me, as she was dying she whispered in my ears..
“ Vivaan i know I don’t have any proof that you’re the killer but after stabbing me you got yourself nabbed”
Then, all of a sudden I could hear sirens, in the brink of the moment i was surrounded and Sneha died in my arms.
I was arrested…..and now serving life time. But I must say that I’ve never met a person like Sneha, she amazed me in many ways it’s a shame, that she can’t able to become my portrait, she would’ve been my master piece.
I didn’t knew, a simple yes to a date would turn out like this….
-Madhav Bhardwaj
