PART 2
“Why are you shouting at this
ungodly hour?!” Adhi’s mother shouted from the other room.
“Nothing. Bit my tongue in my sleep.”
He replied. He started thinking whether he should call Aziza and clarify things
or just sleep and talk to her tomorrow. After a lot of thinking he finally decided
to call her up.
“Hello” Aziza answered. “Hi
Aziza” he replied.
And after that Adhi fell silent.
He ran out of words to say. He started thinking of a good ice breaker. And then
he realised he had been quiet for so long that his mind went into overdrive.
“Adhi, are you there?”
“yes yes. Sorry I actually
thought you were someone el….”
“I know I know. its okay no
worries. So, I texted you to ask about the place where I can get a gift for my
boyfriend”
“Oh, okay that. It’s in the Supra
mall on the first floor. The shop’s name is Crystal palace”.
“Oh perfect. He likes crystals a
lot. Thank you so much. I’ll go buy something from there tomorrow”
“Will you be going alone?” he
asked hopefully. He was hoping she would say yes and he would ask to accompany
her. It was a well thought question.
“Yes…… Actually, do you mind
coming along with me? I am very bad at selecting gifts”.
“YES!” Adhi shouted with
excitement.
“Why the hell have you not slept yet?! And can
you stop shouting and let others sleep?!” Adhi’s mom shouted from the other
room”. “Sorry ma” Adhi shouted back.
“Hi. Sorry about that. And yes, I
would love to go with you. I will meet you at 11am tomorrow there?” Adhi said
on the phone
“Hehe. Cool then see you. good
night” Aziza replied.
“Good night”
Adhi threw his hands and feet in
the air in an attempt to dance with excitement. And then eventually fell asleep
while thinking about what to wear tomorrow.
He suddenly woke up at 4am and he
realised he has an internal exam today. He immediately called Sameer.
Sameer answered “what is it,
fucker? Why are you calling at this time?”
“DUDE, LISTEN, you need to
postpone todays internal or ask everyone to do a mass bunk. I am meeting Aziza
today. You need to do something about it!” Adhi hurriedly said to Sameer.
“Okay okay dude. I’ll get it
done. Chillax. And tell me tomorrow all about your date with her!”
“Its not a date bro. I’m helping
her select a gift for her boyfriend”
“You will always be a loser,
fucker.” Sameer said before hanging up.
The next morning Adhi wore a new
shirt and a new jeans and a new pair of shoes he had been saving up for his
birthday. Even his mom inquired why was he wearing these clothes before
birthday but he chose to ignore it and left the home while humming a song.
He reached the mall before time
and stood right in front of the shop. After a few minutes later, he saw Aziza.
She was wearing a white shirt with a blue jeans and white sneakers. She always
preferred wearing casual and dressed up only on occasions. Adhi sort of liked
this quality of hers. He kept staring at her from the moment he spotted till
the time she was standing right in front of him.
“Hi” she said to Adhi.
“Hi” Adhi replied failing to make
an eye contact with her. He was getting shy like most of the people would when
they meet their crush. And Adhi had a very huge crush on Aziza. Aziza has
always been the popular girl in school as well as in college. Guys were scared
to talk to her so Adhi was feeling kind of proud of himself of this moment.
“Let’s go in the shop then and
find a gift for your boyfriend” Adhi said.
After a bit of searching they
both finalised a beautiful crystal swan. After that Aziza suggested to get
something to eat and they decided to eat a pizza. They both sat at a place that
served amazing thin crush gourmet pizzas. They asked each other about college
and friends and bitched a little about Ikrit too.
“So how come you don’t have a
girlfriend till now?” Aziza asked Adhi.
“I have had a few relationships.
But none lasted long. And almost every good girl is already seeing someone”
Adhi replied trying to flirt in disguise.
Aziza chuckled slightly as she
got what Adhi was trying to do. It was the last pizza slice and they both
grabbed it. Since they both are pizza lovers. They tried doing a battle with
their eyes as to who will get the last slice. But Adhi intentionally let go of
it as any stupid guy would do for a crush.
After that day, they became
really good friends. As time passed by, the three of them, Ikrit Aziza and
Adhi, started hanging out together all the time. They became a really close
group of friends. Aziza’s boyfriend got into a good college and had to move to
a different city. These three also got in good but different colleges in the
same city and still continued to hang out together.
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Two days before Diwali, Adhi was
standing in front of a crowded sweet shop to get some sweets packed. He was
irritated because it was raining and he hates crowded places.
“Hi. I need to talk to you.” Aziza
texted him.
“Yes, go on.” He replied.
“I think I don’t love my
boyfriend anymore. The distance is affecting our relationship a lot” she texted
back.
“OKAY. What makes you think so?” he
got a little happy as he saw an opportunity but also a little sad as she was
now a very good friend.
“Because I think I have a crush
on someone new”
“Who is the lucky person?”
“Someone, but I can’t tell you”
“why can’t you tell me? We tell
each other everything!” Adhi replied.
“okay fine. I’ll tell you.
itss…….”
“It’ss ??? just tell me
already!!!”
“it’s Ranbir Kapoor”
“okay. Great. That’s a normal
thing. Then why all this drama in telling me the name?”
“just like that”
Adhi then went inside the shop.
While wrestling with the crowd to get to the counter, his phone vibrated again.
His phone was in his hand so he checked and saw it was Aziza’s text. She had
written “It’s YOU, dumbass”
He thought that she had
mistakenly texted him instead of someone else. So, he ignored the text and
collected his order. He started driving back to his home. He picked up his
phone to text Aziza. Before he started typing his text, he started going
through the entire conversation.
He stopped the car. And double
checked the message. He realised what Aziza meant.
“FUCK” he shouted.
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