Her palm ran over the pile of cushions scattered around the bed and eyes closed peacefully scrunched at the interruption in her beauty sleep, searching for the buzzing object, vibrating and screaming loud...
"Mujhe apni bana le caller tune...soniye."
Why? Aren't you happy being human? Man! She's gonna kill her FRIEND who is responsible behind this ringtone of hers!! A groggy thought popped up in her sleepy mind... Stifling a sleepy chuckle, she finally found her phone, that was lying just beside her pillow and she had almost searched all her bedsheet... Pulling the duvet more comfortably on herself, she pushed her face more into pillow and murmured a cute hello...
"I'm not getting sleep.." came an hoarse voice...
"The number you're trying to call, is either switched off or out of coverage area..." She mimicked in her sleepy tone...
"Hey! I'm not in mood to joke..." Though HE portrayed a stern tone, but a small smile adorned his lips listening her excuse...
"You Baby Elephant! It's 2:00 am now!! And I'm sle *yawn* sleepy..." She stretched her arm lightly, an attempt to shoo away the laziness lingering on her eyes...
He sighed loudly... Not a bit guilty, 'coz he know the person on other end would always be available for him... No matter what!! Unlike HER!!
"I really can't sleep..." he ranted sheepishly with a resentful sigh...
Sitting on her fluffy bed, she settled with a pillow on her lap... Sleep was out of the window now...
"Ok! So wanna talk?"
"Yeah!!"
"Why SHE did this?" she asked albeit with some affection...
"Her family! They can't accept a Muslim..." he closed his eyes, shuttered to stop the feelings brimming from his expressive orbs...
"Bullshit! What kind of a baseless reason was that?" her tone pitched up with anger tinged sharply...
Finally, a relief swept over him, hearing someone caring for him... He can't bother his family, just 'coz of his unstable relation, broken to be more precise.. This is something he can't talk over to a family member, he badly needed a FRIEND...
"I just... Just dunno..." his voice exceptionally calm...
After a big pause, she tried to put up her words in a way not to forget the comfort and ease of the person on other end...
"She... She's isn't wrong fully..." She took a break, to assume his pov on her thought... But nothing came other than a numbing silence... So she tried to make herself more clear in her stance...
"Look! This will sound like an emotional speech..." but her words were halted by his deep voice...
"I'm in a need of your philosophical talks..." Only that can sooth this burning and churning within... She smiled a bit and prepared herself to give him some peace of mind...
"Look! The society we live in are bounded by the bullshit concept of religions... It's only an outward show off to say, that we've developed and come out of all that old beliefs... But inwardly we're as hollow as before, nothing has much changed then few facts... Still religion discrimination is a big stone in the path of many lovers like you both..." She tried to lit up his mood at the end of her 'oh so philosophical speech'... But again she heard a painful sigh...
"Please yrr! Don't be upshet naa..." She tried her childish accent to make him smile... But again failure knocked her out...
He laughed... Pain clearly identified in his throaty laugh...
"Chal bye! Will talk to you later..." he tried to hang up watching the clock hitting 3:00 now...
"Oiee Baby Elephant!! Here I'm out of sleep now... And you wanna sleep... You ba..." he frowned and immediately stopped her...
"Don't... Dare you use that word again..." She has a bad habit of that foul word and he just wanna her to stop using that word...
"Oops... Solly... But you... You... Uhh.. Baby Elephant kahi kai..." She whined cribbingly... Finally his attention shifted from that incident and this time a small laugh yet a genuine one emerged from his throat...
"So what are you doing?" he asked in a jiff to continue the conversation but face palmed when he realized what he's asking at this odd hour of night...
"I'm dancing on Ande(egg) ka funda..." Sarcasm dripping from her tone...
"What!!" Jalal asked bewildered...
"You Baby Elephant!! *yawn* I'm hanging *yawn* it up *yawn* only you *yawn* will be responsible for the *yawn* dark bags *yawn*" and he heard a soft snoring from other side... Whispering a sweet good night, he cuts the call with a small smile adorning his handsome features...
****
Few month have passed after that incident, his best friend had tried all her crazy yet unique antics to keep his mind off that matter and to an extent she emerged successful...
When I Walked To Ways of Your Dreams,
I Walked Long And Couldn't Get Back,
Like Papers Stay Together With Papers,
I Wanna Stay With You Like That,
Wether it would be Her battering about her all day chorus, God knows! What she says... Sometimes her words weren't even understood 'coz she misses them in speed... Or her ultimate love for rasmalis... He doesn't even remember how much stores he'd been visited coz madam has forget the exact shop... Then, coming to her craze for driving, He wanna thank Allah for this, 'coz the way she drives, the day won't be away when he would be crying over the corpse of his stylish white SUV... He literally was giggling reminiscing the crazy stuff his crazy best friend has forced him to do in this whole one month... From that weird postures of asana which she didn't even know the name, to make him run his SUV in full speed when she'd literally picked up a soft toy from an road vendor... And poor man using all the foul words for them... Then making him try almost all shirts from that show room contains and didn't even buy one... 'coz both doesn't have money in the pockets... Huh! This one month was literally a blessing on him to forget that ungrateful incident of his life...
I Used To Write About You,
Go And Ask Stars, They Are Witness,
Those Who Mock Let Them Laugh,
Those Who Taunt, Let Them Taunt.
This period of many days had taught him to live to fullest without letting the lingering negativity enveloping you... After coming from office, her persistent calls to remind him of the plans on weekends of their full on masti... Late night chats though both were fully exhausted after an hectic schedule... Little scoldings, that laid concern beneath them... Her cute childish accent, sweet smiles, drugging expressions... Just everything about her made him perfect..!!
My Heart Always Misses You,
Don't Fall For Anyone, But For You,
Be My Queen, I'll be Your King,
You Be My Home, I'll be the Door.
Seeing You, I Get Floated Towards You,
You Are Flower And I'm Attached With You Like a Stem.
Finally he realized, that his best friend doesn't remained his friend now, she had got herself promoted... A slight memory of HER, Meera was her name, now remained past... Few months ago, she walked over him, not with willingness but due to her family dooming him and he let her go... But that one friend, His best friend, lifted HIM, and healed is wounded heart... Not only healed but weaved a beautiful web of relation with hers...
Dont' Give Too Many Excuses to Me, Dear,
Moreover, Couldn't Stay Bachelors,
I Got So Many Dreams, Let Me Tell,
Don't Send Me Away, Let Me Stay Close,
Wish This Love Be Prosperous, Don't Let it Be Less,
For the Ages I Want To Stay Stick With You,
Like Papers Stay Stick With Papers,
"Booo..." A loud cry in his ears startled him... And almost immediately he was on his feet and found her laughing holding her stomach rolling on the grass of garden they were chilling in...
"Baby Elephant dar gya... Ole le..." And bursted out again...
Whilst he shook his head, knowing her ways to trouble him...
"Jo!" he frowned...
"Baby Elephant got scared!!" and she teased him, pushing him to edge...
Whilst he gripped her hand and next moment she was closed tightly in his embrace... Laughter subsided fully, nearing his lips on her ear, his husky whisper rolled into her ear drums like a soothing music...
"This Baby Elephant wants his Best Friend to get promoted and become his Girl..!!"
Stunned would be an understatement, she was blown hard with this cute confession... Pink hues appeared without the owner's permission fetching a smirk on his lips...
Now she neared her lips towards his earlobe and whispered lightly...
"Forever..."
Let's Make A World Together,
If Gets Sulked, We'll be Normal Instantly,
Will Fill Your Bag With Happiness,
Will Give You a Dream House.
These Words Are Not Fake, I'll Make It True,
I Pray To God, For You,
When I Walked To Ways Of Your Dreams,
I Walked Long And Couldn't Get Back,
Like Papers Stay Stick With Papers,
I Wanna Stay With You Like That
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