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CHAPTER 4

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" Boys come on what is taking you people so long to get these things packed?" Viraj asked both of them, irritated by their stupid antics. "We've done this a million times!!!" Viraj added urging them to hurry up." We're coming jeez. Don't get your underwear in a knot!" Neel joked walking out of the tent with his backpack and loading it onto the jeep. Viraj was in his army uniform wearing Ray-Ban glasses and standing at the entrance of the tent.

Going back to where it all started after almost 7 years was making him all anxious and nervous. He was not looking forward to this trip. But orders are orders and he has to follow them no matter what.

He was a soldier, he can do this he had been in situations that no other human could have ever overcome. This was nothing. He has to be strong.

These were some of the things that he remained himself and it helped him keep his calm demeanor.

" Okay, that's it!!! Arjun!!!! You are an asshole!!! What are you doing??" Viraj lost all his patience and entered the tent shouting. Arjun looked at him and grinned sheepishly with shaving cream on his face. " Seriously you're shaving right now??" Viraj asked him irritated. " Why can't you do it at the airport or better yet WHEN WE REACH OUR DESTINATION!!!" He shouted at Arjun making his point.

"I can't man! Annie is coming to the airport. I got to look handsome not like a junglee" Arjun grunted and continued shaving. Viraj walked out of the tent before he could lose his temper for no reason and waited for him near his jeep while Neel was searching for a network and walking from side to side so that he could text his girlfriend Indu.

"What is your problem?!?!? Can't you just wait till we get to a place where the network is actually there !?!??" Viraj shouted irritated. Neel stopped strolling around and looked at Viraj with an expression of concern. He knows it was hard for his friend to return where his life had been chaotic with a mix of pain and miseries.

"Just chill Viraj!! Don't be so edgy! It's going to be fine. Don't forget that this place has good memories too. You're just stuck on the bad ones. Sure there were many bad memories but don't forget this place has shaped who you are today ." Neel replied trying to console his friend and briefly patted his back and walked away to sit on the jeep.

Finally, after 15 long minutes, which felt like hours for Viraj Arjun walked out of the tent clean shaved, whistling
an annoying tune and with a stupid grin on his face. Viraj hated that tune and Arjun knew that yet he did it purposely to irk Viraj.

"Shut your stupid mouth and get on the Jeep!!! We have a long way to drive!!!" Viraj bellowed while Arjun raised his hands in surrender "Okay okay cool down, I'm coming" Arjun replied and grunted saying " You're no fun!" and Viraj flipped him off.

Once all of them settled down Viraj started his jeep and they were off. When their jeep passed the gates of the camp where the soldiers were posted, they saluted them and the three friends acknowledged it and drove away.

The roads were super bumpy, Kashmir is in the valleys and it was bound to be like that. Arjun was reading some random book, Neel was still searching for that stupid network and Viraj was driving.

The view was breathtakingly beautiful. People would pay a billion bucks to come to see this Who could say that behind this beautiful view lies a world full of dark people and dark places. Kashmir had always been in distress even though it has such amazing people and the view is so amazing.