Arjun lived alone in a small apartment at the edge of the city. The building was old and quiet, and most of the rooms were empty.
One night, Arjun woke up suddenly.
Knock… knock… knock…
Someone was knocking on his door.
He looked at his phone. The time was 3:00 AM.
Arjun felt confused. Who would come at this time?
He slowly walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"
No answer.
The hallway outside was completely silent.
Thinking it might be a mistake, Arjun went back to bed.
The next night, the same thing happened.
Knock… knock… knock…
Again, it was exactly 3:00 AM.
This time Arjun looked through the door's peephole.
The hallway was empty.
But the knocking continued.
Arjun felt a cold chill run down his spine.
On the third night, the knocking became louder.
BANG… BANG… BANG…
Arjun shouted, "Stop it! Who are you?"
Suddenly the knocking stopped.
For a moment, everything was silent.
Then a slow whisper came from the other side of the door.
"You didn't open the door… so I came inside."
Arjun froze.
Because the voice was not outside the door.
It was right behind him.
The next morning, the neighbors found Arjun's apartment door open.
The lights were on.
But Arjun was gone.
And on the inside of the door, someone had written with long scratch marks:
"See you at 3 AM."👻
Chapter 2 – The Return
Three days passed after Arjun disappeared.
The police searched his apartment but found nothing strange. There were no signs of a struggle, no broken windows, nothing.
His friend Rahul decided to stay in the apartment for one night to understand what happened.
Rahul didn't believe in ghosts or strange stories.
"It's probably just a joke," he said.
That night, Rahul sat on the bed scrolling through his phone.
The apartment was silent.
Suddenly—
Knock… knock… knock…
Rahul looked up.
Someone was knocking on the door.
He checked the time.
3:00 AM.
Rahul slowly walked toward the door.
"Who is it?" he asked.
For a moment, there was no answer.
Then a voice came from the other side.
It sounded familiar.
"Rahul… open the door."
Rahul's heart skipped a beat.
It was Arjun's voice.
"But… Arjun disappeared," Rahul whispered.
The voice spoke again.
"Please… let me in."
Rahul quickly looked through the peephole.
The hallway was dark.
But he could see someone standing there.
A tall shadow.
Slowly, the shadow lifted its head.
Rahul stepped back in fear.
Because the face outside the door was Arjun…
But his eyes were completely black.
Then Arjun smiled and said in a deep whisper—
"Now it's your turn to open the door."
Suddenly, the knocking started again.
But this time—
It was not on the door.
It was coming from inside the room.
Knock… knock… knock…
Right behind Rahul.👻
Chapter 3 – The Final Knock
Rahul slowly turned around.
His hands were shaking.
The knocking sound was coming from the closet in the corner of the room.
Knock… knock… knock…
Rahul's heart was beating so fast he could barely breathe.
He slowly walked toward the closet.
Outside the apartment door, the voice of Arjun was still whispering—
"Open the door… Rahul…"
Rahul ignored it.
The knocking from the closet became louder.
BANG… BANG… BANG…
Finally, Rahul gathered his courage and opened the closet door.
Inside, it was completely dark.
For a moment, nothing happened.
Then suddenly a pale hand slowly came out of the darkness.
Rahul screamed and stepped back.
From inside the closet, someone slowly crawled out.
It was Arjun.
But something was terribly wrong.
His face looked pale and lifeless.
His eyes were completely black.
Arjun looked at Rahul and whispered—
"It followed me… when I opened the door at 3 AM."
Suddenly the lights in the apartment went out.
The room became silent.
Then another voice came from the darkness.
It was deeper… colder… and not human.
"Now there are two of us…"
The next morning, the neighbors called the police again.
Rahul was missing.
And the apartment door had three long scratch marks on it.
Under the scratches, someone had written:
"See you again at 3 AM."
👻