The hand pulled him towards back. Samar was astonished and terrified both at the same time. He was unaware about the fact that just few second before he was going to fallen on a road from the boundary on which he was relaxing. It was the guard who saved his life while rounding the hostel in night.

He scolded Samar-

What are you doing here?

Samar was speechless and by stammering sir I am ... I am... I am... Watching the starts.

Guard - Is it a way to watch the stars? Don’t you know that roaming outside in the night is prohibited here?

Samar – How can any authority prohibit seeing the environment? It is only the night when I can watch this beautiful sky with amazing stars and this lovely moonlit. The silence around me where nobody can disturb me with any kind of noises.

Guard – Had I not came on time you were not here.

Samar – Oh thanks but I want to be here.

Guard checked the time its 4 a.m.

Come with me, I am going to complaint about this incident to the warden.

Suddenly Samar got his sense. Oh, sorry, sorry.

I will never come here again neither in the day nor in the night. Please don’t tell it to the warden else my parents will be informed and that will be not good for me.

Guard got emotionally attached with the Samar after encountering with his innocent face. Okay I will not tell it to the warden or anybody else but promise me you will never do this gain.

Samar – I had never came to here uncle (trying to build relationship with the guard) but the way walls in my room were suffocating me was unbearable. I had tried a lot of times to sleep but whenever I close my eyes I threatened by the horror of something. Whenever I tried to cover my body from the bed sheet every time i find it short of a length. I want somebody to understand my feelings but whenever I checked inside the room I was alone. I just came here to do friendship with the environment to talk with these stars.

Guard was listening patiently. He doesn't know this time somebody entered in the hostel is different with different ideologies.

OK ok but listen carefully there are set of rules in the hostel that must be follow to live peacefully here, else you will be in the trouble. Since it’s your first day I am pardoning you. Go and get ready quickly your physical instructors will be just arriving in here for your exercises and don’t ever think of doing any misbehavior in front of them. They are very strict and can punish you at an instant.

Samar was moving towards his room with heavy legs of thinking about new encounter.

A boy named Samar of age 13 was laid down in his room on the bed in the midnight. A tall personality with the dark complexion trying to cover his body inside the limited sheet. He was a boy who always dreaming about his future. He has nothing to do with his limited resources to earn livelihood. He was thinking about the evening, how his father had left him in this dark place to earn education for himself.

The darkness was around everywhere with a silent peace, he was sobbing down with tears in his eyes. He just wanted to evade from this place to sleep again with his parents but he can’t do anything. He was in a hostel where a lot of students like him struggling to go back their home. Under the guidance of warden everybody at family thinking their child to be safe but whenever the night comes Samar was threatened by the darkness and silence. 

After changing postures for many time, he stood up to open the door because silence around him making him feel like a sick person. He stood up and checked the time, it was still 2.30 a.m. and the sleep is long away from his eyes. He moved slowly towards the door and with his shivering hand he opened the door. There was a long corridor outside it where many other doors open from different rooms. He checked carefully about the presence of any other person in the corridor, finding none he moved on towards the stairs. 

Every now and then he was worried to be catch from the warden or guards but he controlled his heart and went on crossing stairs per stairs. Whenever he find any turn on the stairs , his heart starts beating fast as someone on the other side will definitely catch him. 

He kept on crossing the stairs and at last Samar was on the top of the roof. He found himself around the little cold breezes glittering stars in the sky with moonlit covering the whole roof. He was mesmerized with the beauty around him of tall building around everywhere. Some of them reflecting lights through their windows and roads were totally blanked. He just wanted to lost in the environment. He went on towards the end of the boundary and sat down on it. He checked again on the clock it was still 3.20 a.m. He starts losing his sense and it’s like he was half sleeping. Suddenly a hand from behind caught him to stop falling from boundary to the road.

Read next ->>Part 2