Two days have passed since that day, and Shayan has spent these two days in pain and suffering. The second he woke up after that night he started crying and screaming from physical pain. And he hasn't stopped rolling on the ground, hitting his head on walls, or punching them for two days. He tried to sleep to get rid of the pain but he couldn't sleep. He was dying of hunger but no matter what or how much he ate he couldn't fill his belly or even taste the food. Even after drinking hundreds of jugs of water his throat still stayed dried like a desert. The pain he was feeling was immeasurable, he felt like his body was burning, freezing, being stabbed and cut from the outside and he felt as if parasites were crawling through his body. His organs were hurting like hell, he wanted to kill himself but he didn't have enough power in his body even to kill himself. He tried smashing his head with the wall but it wasn't enough to kill him.
Ihaan, Anika, and Masir entered through the door, Shayan lying on the ground and blood was flowing on the ground from his head and knuckles. Shayan's eyes were red from sleeplessness, his lips dry from thirst and his skin pale like a dead man from hunger. He had his body folded. They stopped in the middle of the room, and Masir and Ihaan both started staring at Anika. She sighed and rolled her eyes, walked forward, and sat next to Shayan.
"I think the pain is increasing." Anika put her hands on Shayan's right shoulder. They started glowing, and after a second or two she picked her hands up. "He has no injury other than that on his head and hand but, I can feel his pain. Every single muscle, bone, and even his organ is in pain. There is no body part where he isn't feeling pain. He is hungry, he needs to hydrate and he needs sleep."
Ihaan came forward and pushed Anika aside "Yeah, but he can't do any of that, so he must bear it. His mind will have to forget the meaning of pain, the taste of food, and the warmth of sleep, that's the only way for him." Ihaan placed his hand on Shayan's head. "Everything hurts." Shayan cried vividly. Ihaan pulled Shayan up and made him sit on the ground. He then rested it in the air and slapped Shayan. "Shut your whining." Ihaan said with a subtle tone, "You are not a little girl, be a man. Men don't cry. They don't fear pain or cry. They bear it and still smile." Then he goes on.
"Pain will leave you once it's done teaching you. Now, stand up and if I hear you cry, I will kill you." Ihaan said to Shayan with a smile that he always has on his face. The way he said it, the threat looked harmless (But the slap wasn't harmless in the least). Anika grabbed Ihaan by his wrist and pulled him backward.
"What the hell are you trying to do?" Ihaan stood up and faced her. Masir stepped up and defended Ihaan "He has been crying for two days straight. It's about time he learns that men don't cry. At least they didn't use to. Now, they have become weak and pathetic, he is just a perfect example of how humans are turning into cowards." Anika looked at Masir with anger "Oh, it's about humans, because you think they are the ones who killed your family and took the life of your lover?" The second those words reached Masir's ears, his eyes turned full black Ihaan shouted something but before his words could come out, Masir's hand went through Anika's chest. He grabbed her heart, but before he could pull his hand out, he felt something on his neck. It was a black rusted sword, Ihaan was wielding it. "Move a muscle and I will kill you." It was the second time he threatened someone in just one hour but this time he wasn't smiling.
"Stand down, both of you." A heavy voice wandered into the room. The second they heard the voice, Masir pulled his hand out without the heart and Ihaan pulled the sword down. It was The headmaster standing in the doorway, he came near them and asked "What were you both trying to do?" Anika was on her knees, blood streaming through her chest, she was coughing. "Nothing, The headmaster, we were just playing a game. It's called 'Let's see who gets the heart first'." Ihaan answered with a big smile. Masir without answering rushed out with anger. Anika was on her feet now and the blood that had streamed down from her chest was flying back into her body. "Stop joking around."
The headmaster looked around the room, Shayan was standing on his feet now, and his body was shaking. His eyes were closed and his face calm, yet troubled.
Ihaan smiled as he looked at Shayan, and said. "Can you both leave I want to talk to Shayan alone?"
The headmaster smirked as if he knew Ihaan was about to say it, he turned back saying, "Don't kill him," He walked away, and Ihaan looked at Anika. "You wanted to kill him two days ago and now you can't even see him getting a love slap from me?"
Anika turned back and started walking out, "I am a Healer, relieving people of pain is my duty. He wasn't in physical pain back then, not my priority, and now he is in more pain than I've ever seen anyone in. It's just simple as that,"
Ihaan scuffed, as Anika left. Ihaan closed the door right away. Shayan's eyes were still closed. "Trying to bear it? It doesn't work like that. To bear the pain you must accept it, and enjoy it. Don't think of it as a curse. Pain is a blessing. A man, who enjoys pain, has nothing to fear. He becomes invincible." Shayan opened his eyes. "Enjoy pain? How can someone enjoy pain?" He asked with tears in his eyes.
Ihaan came near him and kicked him in the stomach. Shayan flew to the wall and fell to the ground after hitting it. "Pain is something every being fears and feels but if you enjoy being in pain you become a true monster. Find thrill and excitement in pain. Don't avoid or cry in a thunderstorm, learn to dance in it. Nothing will go as you expect it to go, just smile and show the middle finger to problems. If you are afraid just smile and laugh and feel the rush of pain and suffering. Become a demon who never bends down to a little pain, he takes power from it."
Shayan wiped the blood coming from his mouth and stood up. "Power from pain, doesn't it make us weak?"
"Yes, it does. To the people who live without hope. To the people who have nothing to look forward to. People without dreams feel pain and find a weakness in it, you chose the way of pain so man up because it will become harder and harder every second." Shayan's face turned red and he looked less like a zombie now. He even tried to force a smile. Suddenly, they heard a voice as if something had fallen and cracked. Ihaan and Shayan looked towards the door, it was just a bit open, enough to peek through. A boy was standing, his one foot on a plant pot and head stuck between the wall and door. The second his eyes met Shayan's he ran away. They both looked at him and then at each other.
"Anyways. So, the main thing here is you must learn to accept the fact that the pain is something you can't avoid so just start enjoying it." Ihaan said as he kicked him in the guts once again, "So, let's try breaking you so we can rebuild you." He started beating the crap out of him
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