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BIRTHDAY

She was in my house, the time I opened the door, I looked in first before she could see. I first saw if the things were all proper, yeah not very much good but at all not the worse.

'Your house is very much good then I expected,' she said looking all around the house.

'It's so good to hear, Tani partner,' I said and brought water for her. In my whole house I had only one and single good glass, other were all the steal one, it didn't look good and for her I took out the glass one.

'Your Bollywood fever has not gone yet,' she said and laughed. I smiled and sat next to her sofa. She drank the glass of water and kept the glass on the table.

My parents phoned me up, I asked for permission to take the call, she nodded.

'Hello, beta, happy birthday, was busy all day or what? Could not pick up our call?' mom and Dad both said.

'Office work, don't have time to celebrate birthday in this all,' I said.

'You should, this office days will come and go...'

'Birthdays also do,' I said.

'Okay, won't make you angry, has the price of rent increased?'

'Not at all, it has been the same from the past 5 months,'

'Good, enjoy your day, have a good sleep and if you go out ot party, no beer or wine, it is harmful for health,'

'Not going anywhere, Dad, I am here sitting in my house and would sleep in few hours,'

'Okay, Goodnight,' he said and cut the call.

While Tania kept looked at me, didn't know why, I kept my phone back to my pocket.

'You didn't even tell that it is your birthday, I follow you on insta?'

'I don't know, I don't mainly keep a watch on this insta stuff,'

'Has anyone wished you up?'

'No one has done, you know how less my friends are and the one who are my friends don't have this insta and all,'

'Okay, we need to party for your birthday,'

'No, not willing to go anywhere right now,'

'Then how we will celebrate your birthday?'

'You and me are more than enough for my birthday party,'

She kept quiet for a while then she told that she will order a cake for us, the time I told that I will pay for it, she said 'Not every single time please , you have not changed a bit even after 3 to 4 years,'

She ordered a cake; it was told that it will reach us in somewhat 30 minutes. I had got more 30 minutes with her.

'How is all going in your life, Ani?' she asked.

'Going much better, at least I not have to wait for someone to talk, do your work and leave,'

'You should go and talk, I helped you make so many friends yet I don't think anyone is in your contact right now,'

'No one mostly, only Bhavesh,'

'That one was with every single person, he had the most amount of friends in college,'

'That is good, right?'

'You know don't take me wrong but being what you are is not something shameful so if you are a person who doesn't like to talk to people, it has no worry, be what you are, it is all good,'

'I like to talk but I am always scared what the person will think of me when I talk to them, I hope you understand,'

'I won't as I am not an introvert as of,'

'That is a good thing you know, but spending time with you is much better than anything else,'

'Thanks, mate, do you have my new number?'

'I have the one which you gave me at college,'

'Okay, that is bad , take it now,'

After that she gave me her number and we talked for a bit, the cake had not yet arrived and here we were just sitting all ideal, not having anything to talk upon. I wanted to talk non-stop but was not able to get a topic. After this all rough minutes the cake was delivered.

'So the cake is here, let's have a party, Ani,'

I brought the knife from the kitchen, the candles were given in the box, it was to my surprise that how come this people have started giving this candles. She lit it up, I stood there and was about to cut the cake.

'Wait, I need to take a video,'

'Tania, let us enjoy this small moment and keep it to our self, you might think that how old age this person is in this modern era of insta and snap, but by making this all we are not able to keep some of the things to our self, some of the things which are special to us,'

'As per your wish, Ani, but let me at least take a photo?'

'You are allowed, Tani partner,' I said, I cut the cake and she started to sing the happy birthday song for me, how many years have passed that I have not listened to this thing on my own birthday, people don't remember my birthday, I tried a hell lot of times before to make them do, but alas they won't. This is the special moment for me and very special which will be store near my heart for a very long time.

'Happy birthday once again, Ani,' she said and hugged me. That was my sweet present. Some of the times human just want happiness as there gift for birthday, and this one was by far the best thing I ever got as a birthday present.

'I need to order a gift, what do you like? Tell me,' she asked.

'I got what I wanted,'

'What did you get?'

'You,' I said, she smiled and hugged me once again. I was going to again go back to my old memories with her in college. But her mother phoned her, she answered the call and said about my birthday, she told that she will be back within 15 minutes.

'I wanted to spend more time with you, but you know my mom, she wante my ass back home,' she said.

'It is all good, Tania, I loved this small moment also, thanks for making my 23rd birthday so special,' I said.

'You are most welcome, dear, but can you leave me home now?'

This was the time, I didn't want to come, how the hell will I take that sccoty from house owner? The bell rang of my house. It was my house owner.

'I know I have to pay the bills, come I will pay,' I said and brought him out of the house, my old uncle didn't get why I brought him out of my house this way.

'What is it? I came to ask if you are okay,' he said.

'Uncle, can I please get the keys of scooty, I have a guest in my home, she needs to get back home, so I told that...'

'You have a scooty?' he said and laughed. 'I also used to do this all to my wife, take the keys, at the end you are like our son,'

Are house owner this good?

I hugged him tight and said 'Thanks my uncle, thanks,' he went in and took the keys of the scooty and gave me. I once again said thanks and came back to my house.

'Let us leave,' I said. She picked up her bag and phone and came out, I locked the door. Uncle came out of his home and stood near the stairs, he gave us a way out, we ran down, I started the scooty and said her to sit, she sat and I boosted the scooty the sudden jerk made her hold my shoulder. Okay, I didn't make the scooty jerk for purpose, but this was good, I looked up to my house, uncle smiled at me, i smiled at him and we both left.