Wrong Number

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She didn't call today ! He mumbled to himself while cooking it's sunday and it's their day off .

Who didn't call ? Asked Anshuman .

Mummy ne call nahi kara aaj wohi  soch raha tha bas .

Didn't she call you in the evening generally? Anshuman asked .

Yupp par aaj sunday she knows ki aaj chhuti hai toh she should call na .

Abe kamine toh tu karle itna kya mare ja raha hai . Anshuman rolled his eyes not new to his friends usually unusual behaviour.

Kar lunga pehle aap janaab ke khatir daari mein mahaan bhog ka toh prabandh karne de , Raj kumar Anshuman ji thode wakt dijiye , said Ritvik rolling his eyes with a big smile .

Chal chal nautanki mat kar ab , said Anshuman taking a bite of an apple .

Accha tera aaj ka kya plan hai ? Ritvik asked .

Vaani ke saath kuch plan kiya hai .

Ohh maze hi maze hai Anshuman ke toh , He teased .

Kaha ke maze bhai sirf sunday ke din hi Vaani se mulaqaat ho pati hai woh bhi just for 2-3 hours usmein hum apni hafte bhar ki baatein kare ya fir accha time guzaare samjh hi nahi aata , sais Anshuman .

Are bhai tum dono sunday ko toh milte ho mera socho koi hai hi nahi time spent karne ke liye, Ritvik fake cried .

Yeh toh hai teri alag hi dukh daastaan hai . Anshuman kept his hand on Ritvik shoulder and consoled him face showing fake frownings appreciating his acting skills .

Dukh daastaan se yaad aaya said Ritvik .

Kya yaad aaya ? Anshuman quirked his eyebrows .

Are kal yaar ek kisi ladki ne call kara tha fir usne itna bola itna bola ki dimag ka keema ban gaya bhai , jo bhi thi bahut hi chattopadhyay type ki thi , said Ritvik shaking his head remembering the bickering of Aditi .

Ladki ne jaan pehchaan ki nahi thi kya ?

Nahi bhai bas apne dukhbhari daastaan sunai or call cutt kar diya uske baad se kuch nahi , replied Ritvik .

Thik haina toh itna kya sohcna hatao , said Anshuman shrugging.

Not thinking about her but just astounished about how she can call a stranger to share the problems she is facing without even caring what if the unknown person will be harmfull , said Ritvik .

Are par bhai th thodi kuch kar raha hai , said Anshuman .

Are toh main na nahi kar raha kuch kisi aur ko lagta toh usne toh aise hi dial kiya number kisi ko bhi lag sakta tha call , aur bandi ko koi tension bhi nahi hai ki uska number mere pass hai , said Ritvik cutting corrianders for the garnishing.

Haan yeh toh par hatao bhai tu konsa usse stalk karne jaa raha hai teri life ki khud lagi padi hai , said Anshuman while serving the chapattis on the plate .

Point , said Ritvik pointing his first finger at Anshuman with a look saying ' baat mein toh dum hai ' .

Let devour the yummy break fast made the chef of the chef Ritvik Tanwar , said Anshuman rubbing his palms , gulping the water from his mouth as the breakfast is mouth watering .

Bas kar itna don't me fly high , or other times I will be not making these delicacies for you , said Ritvik patting his imaging chef cap .

Huh you also ki every sunday you always make it like a 5 star restaurant breakfast for us , so don't exarate now , Anshuman dive into the Laccha paratha , Paneer lababdar , Raita , Fruit pancakes without giving Ritvik any thoughts .

Ritvik too started having his meal of the day specially prepared by him with his mother recipes which he has handwritten from the last 3 years .

The prepared meal kept onto the table with the most decorative way screams , reminescent of how he had to learn cooking , being away from home made him learn it all be it organised home or delicious cooked meal to balance the hard earned money .

He remembers how much he was excited to leave Mumbai, and start his own journey of being successful in Bengaluru with his salary , he had planned everything but when he really have to go through it the struggles seem to be never-ending .

The first 3 months were just to survive in the new city, feel the gap of familiar feelings , settling down, finding a house to call home and enjoy the work.

In the midst he found Anshuman struggling too with accomodation and settlements in the same corporate office he works in both found each other vulnerable and questioning their existence .

Thankfull to the company as they provide accomodation of 6 months then you have to find your home yourself within the given time and move out of the provide accomodation.

After finding the house , sharing it with Anshuman he struggled with managing money because as per him he has all the things planned , every sunday  - a me time with roaming around the city exploring things treating himself in great 5 star meal but with coming responsibilities his me time became an insolute dream .

Now his weekends spent on necessary works , saturday is a half day which he chose to be the 2nd term of the day completing his sleep cycle at least a week .

On sundays spending his morning hours preparing the meal , then alternatally cleaning the house as Anshuman and he decided to divide it as alternate sunday , on a free sunday Anshuman hang out with his girlfriend and Ritvik enjoy the basking of tranquility.

Both spent a good time deciding groceries , shopping for it , paying for the home monthly and specially video calling their homes every week and talk to them endlessly .

Thinking all of this Ritvik completed his meal, gathering all the utensils on the kitchen sink thats when his phone ring .

Tring Tring ...

He received it .

~ Hello!
Tumne maine kaha I am gonna go study toh kam se kam all the best hi bol dete .

Ajeeb hi self centred aadmi ho tum toh .

He went speechless for a second unable to form words , express himself to the parrot kind of girl he recently discovered also existed in this busy whirlwind world .

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