Chapter 8
Present day...
John walked up to Karan. He was sitting on a bench in the nearby park.
"Hi."
Karan looked up. "Oh hi! How did you find me here?"
"Its your favourite place. Isn't it? I've heard of it." John smiled. He felt happy.
"You know you should smile often."
"And why is that?"
"You look beautiful when you do."
John sat next to Karan. A smug on his face. "And I look ugly when I don't?"
Karan laughed. He placed a hand around John’s neck. John shrugged a bit but then calmed down. It felt good. He moved closer to Karan.
Being around Karan helped John get over his past. They started spending a lot of time together. A month later, Karan moved into John’s room.
They always managed to have dinner together and at many times even lunch so that they could spend as much time with each other as possible.
“You are hardly ever around!” Damien was complaining. They were in the changing room back stage.
“I am always here” said John wondering what Damien meant by it.
“You are always here but with Karan!”
"Oh!” He chuckled. “You are jealous!”
“I am not JEALOUS” He stressed. “You are my only friend here.”
“You are my only friend too”. John smiled.
Damien smiled. “Actually, I’m happy that you are happy.”
“Aaww!” They laughed.
“Let’s go shake the floor!” Damien suggested.
That evening, John, Damien and Karan were relaxing on the terrace of their hostel. Karan and Damien had beer bottles in their hands, while John had coke.
“You are both gonna die” He said.
“Oh come on! Better die 5 years earlier than complain that we didn’t enjoy our lives!” replied Damien.
“Shut up and drink you two”
“Ya right” they responded in unison.
“Oh, so you both are ‘ya right’-ing me now that you are regional stars??” said Karan with one eyebrow raised.
“No” John laughed. “Anyways, it’s just a competition. And you ARE right”
They laughed again. John looked at Karan. Karan raised an eyebrow in question. John couldn’t resist so moved closer and kissed him. Karan returned the kiss with another deep one.
“You two should know that I don’t watch gay porn and am not about to begin.” Damien suggested.
Karan showed him the middle finger without breaking the kiss.
“You know that your boyfriend is still here right???”
This time, John showed him the middle finger.
“Oh so now am invited into a threesome??”
They broke their kiss and said “get lost”
Damien started laughing. He picked up his bottle and left the terrace. His laughter was still audible for a few more seconds but they didn’t bother.
Damien came back and still found them kissing. He had got a blanket along.
“I knew this wouldn’t break soon so thought would atleast give you a blanket so that you wouldn’t die of cold! Cover yourselves”
John gave him a thumbs-up.
The next morning, John woke up and realized that they were still on the terrace, naked and inside the blanket and that his head was on Karan’s chest. Karan was still asleep. He kissed him on his cheek.
“Morning sunshine” Karan mumbled.
“Morning love” John smiled.
