Bait and watch

He was always fascinated by tales of fearless hunters, especially the ones who laid it all on the line for a particular kill... and the ones who extended the thrill to their loved ones, and today he would join that elite, when he would use his wife as the bait, for that one spectacular kill.. ofcourse the fact that the intended prey would not be able to wound her fatally did dilute the effect, but he was still thrilled.. especially since she didnt know about it... in fact, she was quite surprised by his insistence on her spending quite a lot of time in the same spot..

He had been hunting in the area for quite some time, and managed to kill most of its kith and kin, but it was a wily creature and had eluded him repeatedly, and was now alone, one of its kind in the expanse around... he remembered the ease with which he had single handedly annhilated the entire clan in his previous hunting ground, and felt confident...he waited patiently from dusk, for that was the time it started its day..

she was oblivious to the drama she was part of.. it watched from far, it saw her, and then saw him, and immediately sensed the plan, the way any living being could, when its mortality was brought to the fore...but it was thrilled too, it smelt another chance of shaming him.. it approached cautiously, hovering around the area, but never too close... it saw her trying to get up, and him asking herto wait a bit... it saw him watching and acknowledged by making a closer foray than before...it would attack only when it was sure he was getting impatient and restless, and therefore careless...

and she was the one to give it the opportunity... after hours of being in a place, she finally had enough of his reasoning and got up to leave... he was busy trying to stop her.. it sensed the opportunity and attacked... it had no intention to kill, just a bite, and his defeat ... but the bite hurt her enough and she attacked, and so did he...but it was expecting the attack, and easily escaped... to fight another day...he swore in frustration.... Cox Town's mosquitoes were indeed superior to their koramangala counterparts...

until next time, reality bites...