The Saga of Love and Friendship

Chapter 9: We're Just Friends... Are We Or Are We Not???

Next Day
Morning, 9:00 am

Sanskar gets up with a throbbing headache. Well, consuming alcohol for the first time and that too in such a huge amount will surely have its own repercussions. But then he couldn't voice out his feelings for Swara in front of everyone. That would be embarrassing and then what if Swara didn't feel the same for him? He would have been doomed.
And that's when the reality hits him like a boomerang. All the last night's events start playing in front of his eyes, the truth and dare game, Swara's song, the question he was asked and how he consumed alcohol to deny answering it, how she supported him when he was in his inebriated state, how she brought him to his room, how she took care of him and then finally his confession. He was like- Can the Earth break open and swallow him as a whole?? Or can the aliens who come to America often, visit now and take him to some far-off, unknown planet?? If this happens, he will be a lot more happy than he is now because as of now, his luck is not with him. He is feeling like he is the most stupid person in this whole universe, let alone be the world.
Nevertheless, he gets up holding his head, bearing the headache and goes to fresh-up. As he comes back, a sudden realisation dawns on him that he needs to go Swara's room to talk about the last paperwork that needs to be done before they leave New York and he feels as if confronting her after the last night will be the most difficult task, maybe more difficult than climbing Mt. Everest...
Slowly and steadily, he picks up the file and moves towards Swara's room, all frightened as if he was doing something illegal...
But a sigh of relief escapes his lips and at the same time, worry etches across his face... Why not?? Swara was not in the room... He was relieved that he'll not have to face her but a part of him is worried because if not in her room, then where she might be. And suddenly realisation hits him that she might be exercising, the first thing she does when she gets up. He moves towards the garden and sees her doing her so-called aerobics, the best exercise according to her. But for Sanskar, exercise is a big challenge. He and exercise don't fit in a single statement. He goes near her and sighs seeing her doing the good-for-nothing and useless exercise... How the hell will he manage her and her so-called favourite exercises when they will be together in the future? (future planning guys 😂)... But then suddenly the choice of song, the one on which she was doing aerobics, sweeps the floor from beneath his feet.

You say you love me, I say you crazy
We're nothing more than friends
You're not my lover, more like a brother
I know you since we were like ten, yeah

Listening to the second last line, he was like he will faint anytime... He could imagine Swara tying rakhi on his wrist and he seeing her with wide eyes... 😂😂

Don't mess it up, talking that shit
Only gonna push me away, that's it!
When you say you love me, that make me crazy
Here we go again

Don't go look at me with that look in your eye
You really ain't going away without a fight
You can't be reasoned with, I'm done being polite
I've told you one, two, three, four, five, six thousand times

Haven't I made it obvious?
Haven't I made it clear?
Want me to spell it out for you?
F-R-I-E-N-D-S
Haven't I made it obvious?
Haven't I made it clear?
Want me to spell it out for you?
F-R-I-E-N-D-S
F-R-I-E-N-D-S

He mumbles
Sanskar: Shit! Main toh gaya... Chal beta, tera yahan par koi chance nahi hai... (Now I am gone... I have no chance here)

Have you got no shame? You looking insane
Turning up at my door
It's two in the morning, the rain is pouring
Haven't we been here before?

Don't mess it up, talking that shit
Only gonna push me away, that's it!
Have you got no shame? You looking insane
Here we go again