《 SHOTS SERIES 》Ft. TEJRAN

- Best Friends or Strangers ?(2)-

They say you realise the value of something when you have lost it.

He did too. She was gone and only remains of her memory were left. Each time he entered his garden , he would remember how they would water fight with each other. How he troubled her.
They had been like this since childhood. At first he was shy around her , he was at meeting new people. Slowly she made home in his heart. The were joined to the hips. He loved teasing her. The annoying face of her was so cute.

" Sunnyy no aahhh. Stop. Sunnyyy " She shouted and ran away from the water pipe he was pointing
" Laddoo Bura naa maan holi hai "
" Sunny , Diwali's coming soon . Kaunsi holi ? "
" Tu ruk ja, ek baar yeh pipe band hone de phir tujhe batati hu" She threatened and he laughed at her puffed face

Every time he entered his room he would remember the everytime they had sleepovers , everytime they had their study sessions

"Oww, What was that for ? " She said groggily as she sat up straight at the pain
" Sunny mujhe na sone mat diyo , mera test hai , jo ho jaye mai nahi soungi . What happened now ? You were sleeping like a log " He mimiced her and she frowned glaring at him
" I can't. This science is so boring. I swear mai fail ho jaungi "
" Oh hello nautanki , help chahiye hoti hai toh mangte hai. Chal baith samjhata hu "
" Thankyou sunny" She smiled wide

*****

" Laddoo sun , ma- Kya hua ? Tu ro kyu rahi hai ?" He asmed alarm
" I wasn't " She looked away
" Ofcourse you were. Bol kya hua ? "
" Nothing baba. Sachhi " She gave a fsme smile
" Laddoo " He said sternly and she burst out crying
" Why did she leave me sunny. I miss her. I miss papa too. There's none for me Sunny. I feel like an orphan now. I want my mumma papa back . " she sobbed in his arms as he held her. She fisted his shirt tightly
" Bring them bakc for me sunny please. The kids in the school say my mumma papa don't love me because they don't come to my ptms . They are right. Papa doesn't love me anymore. he doesn't talk to me like before. And mumma ? Why did she leave me? did she also not love me ? " A 9 year old teja cried in his arms and he didn't know what to do except patting her back. Afterall he was a kid too. quickly calling his mom, He hugged her tightly to console her

****

" How dare he cheat on you ? " He shouted
" Why are you telling this to me now ? Come let's go . I'll teach him a lesson " He grabbed her hand
" Karan relax "
" How do i relax ? "
" I have already taught him a lesson. He would think twice before doing this again"
" What did you do ? "
" I kicked him ... uhmm you know ..  where " She said and he chocked on his saliva
" you what ?"
" Yeah well he was a douche , he deserved it "
" Remind me to never mess with you
again "

****

He loved her . He realised the moment he felt like dying when she left. He couldn't take it. No friend feels like this about another friend. Missing her at odd hours , mentioning her in every alternate sentence , waiting for her call ,or trying for her updates. Which friend would do this ? He realised he loved her too late though she was already gone. Away from him .

****

Three months in and she knew she loved him. Maybe this was the reason she was too against his relationship with ria from the start. She was possessive for him . She was jealous  and it took her too long to realise it was beacause she was in love with him . But he wasn't . He never saw her like that. For him she was a buddy . She cried thinking she'll never get someone in her life to love her . Her dad had been same like he was in mumbai. She barely saw him. There was no Sunita aunty (Karan's mom ) here to make her food. The girl who couldn't even make food had learnt to make food for herself. At time she ordered too when she was late or tired after college and work.