Skin & Blister

6

"Hey can you guys imagine solving maths can too be a cakewalk?" Zain said at the dining table . He was looking in his phone and reading something .

"Ohh shut up! I am not a maths student." I said in an irritated tone .

"Are you talking about that subject in which there are creepy signs and symbols that make me nauseous every time I look at them." Neil said. He was definitely being over dramatic.

"UGHH." Zain sighed.

"You reminded me of a song Neil." Ayaan said and started singing 'is it just me' by Sasha Sloan. I joined him.  

"Weddings are outdated, the show 'friends' was overrated, I think rich kids have it easy and PDA is creepy . the internet's obnoxious people my age make me nauseous .." We continued singing till our dinner was served.

After dinner I asked my brothers to come along with me somewhere on the very next for I wanted to take them to so many places. I don't know why but they were forcing me to stop hating them. Unfortunately Neil and Zain had to go for some work but Ayaan accepted.

"So you don't have any work tomorrow ?" I asked to Ayaan when we were heading back to our rooms. Rio was trotting beside my legs.

"I have but I won't go." Ayaan told me.

"Isn't that work important?" I questioned.

"Nothing is more important than you." He said, gave me a hug and went inside his room. It was so quick that I could not even react to his words and then gesture.

...

"Holy shit!!! When did Shrey click it?" I said to myself when I found a stupid photo of mine from today's reunion cafe tour in his instagram story. I was standing stressed with one hand on my waist and the other holding the phone near my right ear. Okay, I was talking to Zain when he clicked it. But why? He could have asked me to pose at least.

"Your phone number?" I typed to Shrey in the DM section.

"Hahaha.. I think you saw it." He's quick I should must say. He sent two laughing emojis and then his phone number.

I ran to the dressing table before calling. I brushed my hair, adjusted my t-shirt and gave a brief smile to myself. Although I knew that I am not going to be seen , I wanted to look perfect. There was a time when I used to wear anything in front of him. I used to go with messy hair in the park. Time drifts so swiftly.

I galloped back to my bed and called Shrey.

"What was that , Shrey? You ,at least, should have told me that I have to pose. I never knew that I was being photographed. This is really very bad and you need to remove it, RIGHT NOW!! You getting it na, Idiot??" I said in a shrill voice.

"I think that, that Shrey is a really naughty kid, kitten. Teenagers of this generation are really very naughty , I should must add that." Said a voice which clearly indicated that the person at his end is in his seventies.

"I am sorry. Who are you?" I said innocently . Awkwardness filled the silence.

"You dialled the wrong number."

"What the F-ossil!" I hung up.

"SHREYYYYY HOW DARE YOU TO DO THIS!!!!! "I typed to Shrey. I'd understood that it was Shrey's bloody prank.

"Oh my Goshhh!!! I wish I could hear that." Shrey wrote back. He added approximately 20 laughing emojis. "Okay wait I am giving the correct one."

"NO, I am sending mine. I don't trust you for this now." I typed.

He sent two laughing emojis . I typed my phone number.

"I hate you for this dumbasssss", I shouted when he called. This time I was more vigilant. I had already seen the blue truecaller box which read SHREY DAYAMA.

"I love you too, Irr!" Shrey said with politeness in his voice. Why did everybody give the same answer when I told that I hate them?

"Thank you Shrey for loving me ..." I just thought.

"Ugh!" I spoke.

"It was so nice to meet you today after so long. I missed you Best Friend." Said Shrey.

"I missed you too, baba."

"By the way what happened and who is Zain?"

I explained him about their plan and Rio. Then I told Shrey about Zain, Ayaan and Neil.

"Ohh .. I think they really love you." Shrey said after listening to my long story about my brothers.

"Indeed, sadly." I think I do not hate them anymore. Just one day changed my opinion about them . How can it be like that?

 "Tell me about Kiara. I want to know about my best friend's lady love." I said and laughed insincerely.

"I told you she is my past."

"No you were not sure. Whatever tell me about her."

Shrey told me that he and Kiara met in Bangalore. They liked each other and mostly because of physical appearance. Kiara was into parties and clubs. And yeah Shrey is very much away from these things. They were the worst couples and had no similarity. Then one day Shrey found her cheating on him.

"And still you are confused?" I asked in an rebuking tone.

"Oh no! I am not."

I changed the topic soon and we talked till 3.05 a.m. after which I could not hear any voice from his end. I had already predicted that he was going to sleep very soon by his drowsy voice.

"Yeahh.. what did you say yesterday? umm .. Yes insomniac." I kept on talking even though I knew that he could not hear me. "Never mind, Ayaan is also sweet. Neil is a crybaby. Zain is too mature and sincere. I should must add that he is ambitious too. I wish that I'd stayed with them from always. I loved Maa and Papa too but they give me some other type of feeling. I think I literally love my brothers now. And yeah my best friend too. Look how one day changed everything...." I kept on talking until the call had cut automatically after one and a half hour call.