“what are you looking at”, mridul asked.
I didn't reply. I didn't have the time for the stupid question. I guess, he was attracting the foolishness from his newly made girl friend. As everyone knows what does one see while looking at the mirror. Certainly, not a movie.
“do I look like a bastard”, I asked him, after a few moments.
“of course not”, he said quickly.
I had the breath of relief.
“indeed, you are one”, he uttered while opening the packet of chips.
“don't forget I was the one who helped you get Lavina”, I uttered, “or you would be the same like old time, wanking all day long.” I had to back fire.
He frowned. I was expecting he would drop the packet and leave the room. But he turned down my expectations.
“and why the hell you asked that”, he questioned, in order to avoid the fight.
“asked what?”
“that bastard thing”, he said calmly.
“never mind”, I said and shook myself off the mirror. Still my hands on my face figuring out the defect. I guess he noticed that. He came foreword and offered me the chips. Unabashedly, I took the whole packet.
“who's the one this time”, mridul asked. Deeply looking into my eyes.
“akansha”, her name came out reflexively.
“and what's the story”, lavina came from no where.
I turned my eyes to mridul that why the fuck is she in our room? He tried to maintain the facade while facing his girl.
“princess”, he uttered, “you need beer? It's over there in the refrigerator, in the kitchen.”
“beer? Kitchen? And what the hell is princess”, I shouted at him.
He persuaded me keep my voice down. But having a girl in the house was just not acceptable. A dog could have been allowed but not the girls.
“dude”, he said, “i don't want the fastest breakup in the history. It's just been two days”. He was pleading, asshole.
“that's the point, idiot. It's just been two days and she's in the house. You are breaking the rule, my friend”, I said.
“but I couldn't deny her.”
“did you two have sex”, I asked him.
“how's that relevant”, he inquired.
“just answer”, I said with on a louder note.
“what do you guys need”, lavina intruded from the kitchen.
“no..nothing princess”, mridul fumbled.
“I'm not letting that creature consuming free liquor. I had to rub my ass for the alcohol”, I freaked out.
“calm down, brother, please. I'll take her out right now”, he said scratching his head.
“aren't you forgetting something?”
“now what?”
I let the silence spoke for myself.
“fine, I'll bring the beer”, he said and stood up.
And the work was done. It was a kid's stuff to control mridul. It was clear that lavina would end up ditching him. He's too easy to play. Even the street beggar have him, all the time.
Within few moments he was out with her lady. And that a sign of relief. But not all the stress was gone. And for that I had to use the obvious tool. Undoubtedly, marijuana.
Don't think it's illicit. Of course, it is. But, the more you ban something, the more you produce fan for that thing.
Well, life teaches us everything we need to learn, but not in the way we expect it. You gotta learn to follow the traffic rules, accident is the only way. You gotta study for the examination, apart from the futile fear of future, failure is the only way. And if you gotta learn about life, well, that's what everyone is figuring out till date.
But right now, the problem I was facing was a girl. Actually, all the time, I face only one problem but the only minor difference is that the girls change, every fucking time. It's been a lot that I have stopped even counting. Algebra was never on the cards. Only the geometry, till date. The smooth the curve, the gentle I serve.
Akansha, Akansha Sharma, the girl that shook me off. It would be a cliché to say that I haven't seen more beautiful girl than her. Of course, I had seen. Far more better than her. That's what the facebook is all about.
And when I approached her, I was damn sure she isn't that hard to get. But I was wrong. She didn't even allow me to enter the area where I could easily convince her for a date. Last week only, she added me on her facebook account and today in the college, I finally planned to execute my move.
“hey, there, akansha”, I said, pretending not to recognize her fully.
She was ordering something at the canteen.
“as if you don't know”, she said.
“strange”, I said, “i actually didn't know.”
“madma, order and bill”, the attender intruded.
“put that in my account”, I said to the attender.
“why so”, she asked.
“because we are friends, right”, I said with a cheeky smile.
“friends? Moments ago you were pretending to not even recognize me and now friends?”
“you're funny. I like it”, I said.
She didn't speak. Her attitude was kicking my balls.
“why are we standing? Let's get comfortable. Why not sit? See, there's an empty space, I guess you are lucky today”, I uttered, pointing at an empty table.
She took her order and I walked her to the table. Like a gentleman, I pulled the chair for her. She sat and then right in front of her, I placed myself.
Taking some inspiration form the movies, I decided not to speak, just look at her with a pretty smile on my face till the time she finishes off her meal.
“so”, she said, after ten minutes.
“so?”, I replied back.
“what do you want?”, she raised her eyebrows.
“did I ask for something?”
“but, you gonna”, she uttered.
“and why you feel so?”
“fine, I have a class to attend, gotta go”, she said.
“wait..wait..”, I said haphazardly.
“continue”, she said.
“see, I was thinking of putting it the other way but now..”
“just get to the point”, she intruded.
“i wanna take you on a date”, and that was an involuntary response.
“you and me, on a date?”
“why? Is that a problem? You don't date guys?”
“that's the only problem”, she said, “i only date guys.”
“what the fuck that's supposed to mean? Am I not a guy? Do I need to open my pants, even before a date?”, I thought in my head.
“listen, don't waste your time. Better try at anyone else”, she uttered.
“but what's the problem with you. I haven't done...”
“just because I accepted your friend request on a social media website, you thought you had a chance?”, her voice raging up.
“but just by accepting a friend request, no one becomes a friend”, I actually felt proud when I said that.
“fine, will unfriend you. This is the exactly what you want”, she furiously said that.
“what the hell is your problem”, I put down my guards.
“first, go and look at yourself in the mirror, bloddy basturd”, she screamed at the top of her decibel volume. It was morning time, so, not many students were there at the canteen premises.
She stood up fiercely. Even her chair fell down as she stood up. She went straight to the order point and called the attender for the bill. Came back to me, opened her wallet, paid hundred bucks instead of ninety and left like a hailstorm.
“you made ten bucks, buddy”, the attender winked.