6 Don't hurt me like this!

While Madhi enters the class indifferently and starts practising according to the Master's instructions.

"Excuse me, Sir?"

Everyone becomes silent hearing a girl's voice and Madhi too looks towards the entrance of the room.

Madhi creases her eyebrows seeing the girl as she felt the girl quite familiar. But she can't identify her. She has seen her somewhere but can't tell where.

The teacher announces "Attention everyone, this is Pranitha. She is joining us today".

Pranitha smiles looking at everyone cheerfully and waves her hand "Hi, I am Pranitha".

As soon as Pranitha's eyes captured Madhi's presence in the class. It turns shocked. But she manages to hide her emotions and walks to an empty seat beside Madhi and starts practising ignoring Madhi completely.

Madhi didn't fail to notice her moment of expression which varied as soon as Pranitha saw her and remains silent as they were in the middle of their practice session.

When the classes are over Madhi watches Pranitha packing her in haste as if trying to leave before something happens.

This made Madhi get curious 'Why is she behaving weirdly?'

Before she could ask about it, Pranitha leaves without leaving her a chance.

Madhi stares at the doorway and shrugs ignoring her thoughts "Maybe she is really in hurry".

Madhi gets out of her classes and searches for Tamizh around the academy.

'I have to talk to her about this morning'

She finds Tamizh leaving the Academy in her scooter and tilts her head in confusion. She amuses "Is she avoiding me?"

Madhi too runs towards her car and follows Tamizh as she doesn't want to leave this issue without clarification.

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Home.

Tamizh enters the home with a severe headache as the voices in her head won't stop. Ever since she allowed Parthib to practice in her class she is constantly hearing her own words echoed back again and again.

Even though she has lived with nightmares, today was different and her injury in her hand made everything worse. As soon as she entered her room, she keeps her bag which has her swords on a wooden table and hops on her bed.

She huffs pulling the blankets closer "I am exhausted!"

"Malar?"

Hearing Madhi's voice, Tamizh replies loudly "I am going to sleep!"

Madhi who just entered home creases her eyebrows in suspicion "Sleep?"

She tosses her car keys and runs upstairs towards Tamizh's room. As she is suspicious whether Tamizh got sick!

As soon as she entered her room, she finds Tamizh already asleep and checks her temperature. Feeling everything normal, Madhi could only get relaxed and leaves the room silently.

'Seems, I am getting paranoid. She is really exhausted. She would have covered herself completely if she lied'.

'I know when she pretends to sleep'

She smiles looking back at the door and sighs 'I hope you are fine'.

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Meanwhile in Tamizh's dream.

Tamizh watches a girl standing near waterfalls and is playing the violin while she sings a peaceful melody. The climate is so suitable to spend some time alone. Even Tamizh can feel the atmosphere too good and real as if she is standing there instead of dreaming.

The sceneries around the girl can bring peace to anyone's heart but not for her. Her peaceful melody soon turns into a tragic sound that might make anyone sigh in grief.

Tamizh finds this intriguing and walks towards the girl to talk.

Suddenly she hears someone else's violin sound and watches the girl stops playing her violin. She keeps her violin aside and goes following the sound.

Tamizh too is curious to find who is playing the violin. It felt like a fairy tale where the main leads meet by these surreal coincidences. 

She amuses seeing the back of the girl 'Looks like you will find your soulmate today?'

It was a faint sound first but while searching, the girl finds the direction and runs towards the sound. While Tamizh too starts following the girl involuntarily.

Soon she starts running eagerly as the sound is now heard loud enough which means the person who is playing the violin is near her.

The girl stops seeing a guy standing under a tree and gets mesmerized by his song. She wishes to meet him and appreciate his talent. She steps forward but freezes in her movements as soon as her eyes caught his dress had a symbol of a kingdom!

'This dress belongs to... Then... He is...'

She steps back with great disappointment and turns in a hurry to leave this place as soon as possible.

While Tamizh freezes seeing the girl's face for the first time since she followed her.

She could only gasp "Madhi?!"

Madhi starts walking hurriedly towards Tamizh's direction as she wants to leave this place before even the man finds her presence!

Tamizh is watching everything with her mouth wide open!

"Why are you going away?"

Madhi gets startled hearing his voice and gets nervous.

She hears his footsteps behind her and kneels turning towards him instantly.

"Your Majesty!"

The man looks at her and sees his dress with a frown. He curses defeated "I shouldn't have worn this dress!"

He makes her stand holding her shoulders and asks in confusion "Why you are behaving like this? I told you. You don't have to do this!"

Tamizh watches this dumbfounded 'He knows her?!'

Madhi now bows slightly and says "I have to pay my respect to the people who belong to higher class-"

He gets angry and speaks gritting his teeth "Are you going to hurt me like this forever??"

Madhi says clenching her fists "No, Your Majesty. There won't be a 'forever'. It will not happen in future because I am not going to meet you anymore".

He stares at her with great anger as each word uttered by her with the utmost respect is making him go mad in fury. He hisses "So, you are not going to forgive me?"

Madhi folds her hands as if begging him and says still not lifting her head "The people like you only should forgive us. How can a simple girl from the street even think of-"

The man pulls her harshly and holds her in his arms. He hisses lowly so that only she could hear him "I didn't want to lose you. So, I lied that I am just an artist. Is it really a crime to lie?! I lied so that you would talk to me casually. Don't hurt me like this...I can't like you being like this".

She cries hearing his pleads but speaks sternly "Leave me please..I beg you for last time".