Prem Vivah

• Tera Saath •

"Radhika." Naina greeted her best friend with a sweet smile, making the slightly curly-haired girl feel dubious.

"Yeh itna pyaar kyu aa raha tujhe mere pe?" Radhika asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Tere pe toh bachpan se pyar aaya hua hai mujhe meri jaan," Naina replied to her with a bright smile, pulling her bubbly cheeks while expressing her love for her best friend.

"Zaroor tujhe meri help chahiye hogi, haina?" Radhika guessed, horror mirroring her facial expression as she knew she was going to land herself in big trouble.

Naina tried to speak but felt nervous, knowing how furious Radhika would get after listening to her plan.

"Dekh, behen, kal meri shadi hai, tere jija ke saath...toh main uske pehle ek last time as a girlfriend Sameer se milna chahti hoon, but tu toh janti hai yaha se bahar nikalna mana hai, toh kya tu please..." Naina stopped abruptly, grinding her teeth in trepidation.

"Toh kya, aage bhi bak, tere suspense ke chakkar me kahi mera blood pressure high na ho jaye, phir kal Adi se kaun shadi karega?" Radhika asked her stupid friend with tension thickening on her face, and Naina said meekly - "Tu mere bed pe so jaa mere room me jake, aur agar koi kuch bhi puchne aaye toh sidha kehna tujhe theek nahi lag raha aur tera gala kharab hai ice cream khane ki wajah se isliye teri voice bhi alag sound kar rahi hai."

"Tu paidaishi pagal hai ya Sameer ke pyaar me ho gayi hai?" Radhika asked her in a stern voice, glowering at her friend for always taking advantage of her innocence.

"Yaar yeh last time saath de de, phir toh waise bhi koi zarurat nahi padegi." Naina pleaded with her infuriated friend in a feeble voice.

"Tu toh yeh baat itni confidently bol hi mat behen please," Radhika said irately.

"Woh sab chod, please please please mera kaam karle ek aakhri baar, tujhe bahut duaye milegi is lachar dost se." Naina emotionally impaired her best friend while holding her hand with a ray of hope.

"Lachar aur tu? Selfish bol selfish, har baar zarurat padne par hi sirf main yaad aati hu." Radhika taunted her in a strident voice.

"Behen asli dost yahi hote hai jo waqt aane pe apne helpless friend ka saath de," Naina said with a fake sentimental face, trying her best level of acting to convince this woman.

"Waah kya gyaan diya hai aapne maate." Radhika jeered at her friend who was very poor in acting.

"Chal bata kitne time yeh natak karna hai?" After a minute. She asked Naina with a grumpy face.

"Sirf teen ghante," Naina said enthusiastically.

"Sirf teen? Teen ghante Sirf hota hai?" Radhika exclaimed astonishingly.

"Yaar ab isse jaldi aur kya aaugi main, thoda time toh ghumna padega na," Naina spoke with a cute smile while blinking her eyes.

"Sahi hai, tu ghum Sameer ke saath aur main yaha bimaar insaan ki tarah bed pe lete lete acting karu," Radhika said with sarcasm dripping in her disgruntled tone, and Naina felt genuinely sorry for her poor friend.

"Mere liye itna nahi kar sakti?" She asked with an innocent expression.

"Khabardar jo yeh wahiyaad emotional blackmailing mere pe ki toh." Radhika pointed her index finger at Naina while shooting daggers.

"Okay fine, toh tu karegi na acting?" Naina asked her with a controlled smile, and Radhika flared up her nose, humming in response.

"Agar teen ghante me se ek minute bhi upar hua na toh main aa jaugi room se bahar, phir tu jane aur tera Sameer." Radhika threatened her exuberant friend in a firm voice, regretting the inauspicious day when she befriended this selfish, stupid, irresponsible, and good-for-nothing human.