“Get up Dev!!!! It’s already 10 o’clock men. We can’t effort to get late for today.”, Anu is trying to wake him up.
Dev is in his dream world. He is not aware of the real world.
Anu is very excited. So, she is trying hard to wake him up but her all try goes in vein as Dev is in fond of love with sleep
“Anu what’s wrong with you? Why are you shouting? Don’t disturb my sleep. And when you come? I didn’t notice.”, finally dev said in lethargic tone.
I come when you in love with your bed.”, Anu said.
“Ok!! Welcome! Now, let me sleep.”, Dev said and again fall in bed.
“You bastard, go to hell with your sleep. One day definitely you will be suffered due to your sleep and laziness, remember my words.”, Anu said in anger and kick him.
Dev finds that Anu is angry, in this case, if he makes fun of her then definitely he has to pay for that. So, he chooses not to defend. He follows orders given by her.
“ Dev you wake up or not? I am preparing pancakes for you. Get up and get ready fast.”, Anu says from the kitchen. She is preparing breakfast for him.
Actually, Dev doesn’t want to leave his bed. But he didnt hav any choice.
“Your coffee is ready.”, Anu said.
“Oh my God! You prepared it for me. What special today. Did I forget anything? Is your birthday? Or my birthday? Or anything else? ,” Dev questioned amazingly.
He is standing at the door and staring at Anu. He thought, “ how lucky I am! To have her in my life. She is not my girlfriend but not less than that. She does many efforts for me.”
Dev comes to the real world when Anu addresses him, “what are you doing here men. Go and get ready. We must be on time otherwise we will miss our flight. I am so excited for our reunion.”
He still staring at her wearing a cute smile on his face.
“You are irritating me Dev.,” Anu says with irritation. She pushed him towards the lavatory.
“Anu, wait…., you know what I am thinking? Dev said by defying her.
“No, I don’t want to listen to any Bakwass of yours. Go and fresh and up.”, Anu says.
“What if my wife will be the same as you? Don’t you think you and I will be a perfect match?”, Dev flirt with her.
“Hahaha…… you are late man. Try for another option.”, Anu replies. She is laughing and teasing him.
“Why? What's the problem with you?”, he provokes her.
“I am already taken.”, Anu says.
“Taken….. By whom?”, Dev enquired amazingly.
“by me”, she says.
“Typical philosopher”, Dev says.
“yes, I am”, Anu says and pushes him in the lavatory.
She smiles and thought, “How irritating friend I got. He does not lose a single chance for flirt.
*******
The silicon valley of India welcomes them at sharp 3 o’clock at noon. Yes, finally they were in the Majestic Bangalore.
The charm, the beauty, the peace of green city is felt in the environment. They passed the valuable years of their life in this city. They have immeasurable memory with this place. Ninjas have soft corner for The garden city, Bangalore. Mekhri Circle Isckon temple, Cubbon park, Lal Baugh, UB city, flyovers, Ulsoor lake, wonders amusement park, Bangalore palace, commercial street, etc., flashed among their eyes.
Suddenly Dev is a surprise, his eyes catch a man with a paging board of their name, Dev and Anu.
“Good afternoon. I hope you had a safe journey.”, Man with board greeted them with the bouquets of flowers. The smell of the garden city is felt from the bouquet.
Dev and anu received the bouquets and follow that man for their destination. Their eyes are wide open after seeing all this appreciable planning and arrangement. Still, no one knows that who did this?
Dev opens the door of the car for Anu and he finds a card. “Welcome to ninjas world” printed on the card.
Dev never missed a single chance to teas Anu, but on another side, he was a gentleman. He knows how to respect others, specially women. Anu is a big fan of him for his simplicity and a good sense of humor.
“Sometime words are not required to express your felling, your actions are enough to speak behalf of you.”
Anu get inside. Astonishingly she said, “ Dev, don’t you think that we are getting much respect? Who can do this to us? Who’s mind is after all this arrangements?” who is the master mind?”
“I don’t know about you, but yes, definitely I get what I deserve.”, Dev tries to preach her.
“Uhhh… you and respect. Worst match ever.”, Anu replied with the same tone of preaching.
“I am sure, this reunion will be remarkable for us. I hope it resolves all the crisis between Ninjas.”, Dev said.
Their journey towards their dream world is started. They were visiting places all after long five years. Anu lost in the scenery of the Garden city. She has a good love for natural beauty.
Those days are beautiful - Full of Masti; Full of pranks; full of night outs; chai parties; birthday buzz; mass banking; exams reading the day before the exam; late-night talk; submissions; assignment – everything is flushing into her mind.
“Dev, do you remember, we have lots of memory with this place?”, Anu asked.
“yes, my darling, how can I forgot?”, Dev replied.
“I am heartily thankful to the one who arranged this gathering. You know I really need this.”, Anu said.
“Me too babes, I just exhausted with my life. I am badly missing my friend’s hangover.”, Dev responded. He is still busy capturing the beauty of Bangalore with his eyes.
After having everything, that we desire for- six-digit salary, hi-fi life style, dream car, dream house - although have many servants to work for us, 9 to 5 job. Then after, some loneliness, some gulf we feel. At that time all we need is friend therapy.
“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” I agree. But it’s also worthy to say, “ A good friend in life keeps psychiatric away.”
“Dev, Ninjas will come na?”, Anu asked as she has some doubt. She has some fears.
“Hmmmm.., not sure, but I hope all will come, otherwise, there will be no fun.” Dev holds her hand and consoles her.
Dev knows that what fear Anu has. Or for whom she is doubtful. Somewhere he has the same fear. He doesn’t want to say anything about Aksha and Aarush until she not ask. He doesn’t want to create an emotional scene. He promised himself to keep that gorgeous smile on her face always.
“will Aksha come?”, Anu asked the same question, which he is ignoring.
“Not sure, but last night Aarush message me for their joining.”, Dev manages to answer her expected question.
“Thank God! Finally she is taking a step forward for her self.”, Anu says.
“I know dear, no one can be happier than you for her. Not even me. ,” he replied.
“what about Ahana?” Anu asked.
“Stop…..stop……stop…..”, Dev said the driver to stop the car. He notices something on the roadside.
“Anu, can we go for tea, at our old tapri?”, Dev asks for her permission.
“Why not? Ye bhi koy puchhne ki bat hai bhala?”, Anu replied with joy.
“Then what are you waiting for? Let’s go!”, Dev said.
The driver parked the car at the roadside. Dev informed him for their coming shortly and went towards their chai ki tapri.
Ninjas share every emotion at tapri. No matter what’s the situation. If one gets rewards then their first celebration is at tapri. If one's heartbreak then, tapri is prioritized for his breakup party. To give him strength.
“Dev, I was asking about Ahana. What about her? Will she come?”, Anu asked again to Dev. While she is taking sips of tea.
“Oh my God!! See there, Rahim chacha, still distributing chocolates to children with the same enthusiasm. Do you remember him? When we were in college life, we used to get toffee from him. How eagerly we wait for him!! We are in love with that toffee. Today we can afford expensive chocolate but that all are tasteless. Right?”, Dev expresses his feelings.
“yes, absolutely true Dev. Expensive chocolate is tasteless, as over life is tasteless without Ninjas.”, Anu voices filled with emotions.
“Dev, will Ahana……….”, Anu asked but Dev cuts her sentence in between. He says, “It’s a good idea if we go and get the chocolate again from Rahim chacha. What do you say? Let’s go and relive our childhood memories.
Anu knows that Dev is ignoring her question about Ahana. Although she knows that he will not answer, but then after, she dares to ask because she doesn’t want to fix her fear. She wants to discuss this with Dev, as she knows that he also has the same fear. It was the first question that strikes in her mind when she read an email.
“Friends are the best chatterbox to discuss everything, But sometimes unanswered questions of them is the answer to the question in itself.”
To be continued..........
