Chapter 12:Fascinating Friendship
Vansh and Nitya was about to sit in the car, just then Nitya requested him,
“Vansh, can we go walking? Please”
“Ok” He replied
He called the driver to take the car back to the mansion.
They were walking through the streets. Those same streets, where their innocent and young self used to walk. Nitya was walking smilingly and tells Vansh,
“Time flies so fast. I feel like we just snapped our fingers and boom…. We all are grown up”
She see a kulfi vendor at corner of road and tells him,
“Vansh you remember when we were too young, we used to eat kulfi from that one uncle, ummmmm……… I forgot his name it was something lal… lal”
“Dhulelal uncle………O God!!!” and he starts laughing
Nitya, “Haaaaaan…. Dhulelal uncle. We used to make fun of his name so many times”
“Yes!!! We used to sing a jingle also for his name…. Wait, wait I remember that”
“Yes even I remember it”
They both singh together,
“Laal gamcha, champu baal,
Kulfi waala dhulelaal.
Aayi holi, laayi gulaal,
Kulfi waala dhulelaal.”
They both laugh their heart out reminiscing their childhood events. While she says,
“We used to tease him, irritate him but he never got angry on us”
“Yes indeed he was very sweet”
They both goes to that kulfi vendor and he tells him,
“Give 8 kulfis”
Nitya eyes gets widened and she says,
“8?”
“So what? If we have relived so many childhood moments and why not this one”
She smiles
They both take 4-4 kulfis and starts eating it. Just then it starts raining, as if even universe was also enjoying their childhood moment.
She says, “It’s raining and it was always are speciality, that we used to eat kulfi in rain”
“See even nature is supporting us. It feels like clouds are pouring happy tears on us”
They both starts laughing. Nitya tells him in a joyful manner,
“Vansh you remember, in childhood when sometime we used to go walking and if it starts raining. Then only you used to bring raincoat and we used to share it by keeping it on our head”
“Yes and today even I don’t have it”
They again starts laughing.
“But for old time sake wait….. I have an idea”
He removes his blazer and they both keep it on their head. She says laughing,
“Till today whenever you do this, I feel like I’m in igloo”
On the other side of the road, there was mother child duo walking. Where the mother was taking care of her child, adoring him. Nitya was witnessing all this and says with teary eye,
“I have enjoyed my whole childhood, but the only thing which was missing………was parents love. Why they left me so early? Why god took them away from me?”
Vansh sees her with merciful eyes, as he knows that she is emotional about her parents death and of course anyone would be. That’s why right from when she was 2 years old,she is staying in VR mansion. As her parents and Vansh parents were best friends,so do they. But he also knows that if he didn’t distract her, she will cry and he don’t want it. (A care of best friend you see)
“Nitya… Now stop thinking all this. Why are you spoiling your good mood. God took away your parents, but he has sent a smart guy like me as your best friend” He says proudly shrugging his shoulders. While Nitya gives a broken smile and he pushes her with his shoulders, she also repeats the same and at last she laughs.
“Vansh…how this once in a blue moon moment has taken place”
“Means?”
“I mean today no phone calls, message, mails, meetings”
“Hmmmmmm……… So you are taunting me?” He says raising his eyebrows
“Well…… You can consider it as a taunt but still…..I’m very curious to know, how this happened?”
“Someone told me that in life theraav and stillness is important”
“And……..who is this wise men?”
“Well…. Mmmm…. It’s not wise men but…..wise women…. Riddhima”
“Ooo……..all of a sudden wild cat has turned into ‘WISE’ women…. Hmm hmmm…. Not bad….not bad”
He smiles and says, “yes in childhood we were not good friends……
Nitya says interrupting him,
” Not good friends? You were enemies ok. I have seen and listen to your arguements in HD quality Ok”
“Fine…..enemies, happy. But she helped me in flight and I can’t deny this fact, that her though process is nice. I mean I like her thinking”
“Good”
They both were walking by the road, just then Vansh says,
“Nityaaaaaaaa another once in a blue moon incident happened yesterday”
“What?” She says giving a confusing look.
“She didn’t send her book copy to that stall”
She says widening her eyes,
“Hain? How come?”
“Even I don’t know how but for now we should go to that stall. Chalo”
They both reach to that stall and Vansh sees that book seller raising his eyebrows. Looking at him book seller replies,
“Arey sahab ji… Hehe…. Aapki kitaab rakhi haye humne…. Kal aap jaise hi yahaan se chale gawaa, uuu tabhaye book eaan par rakh ke chali gayi. Haan lekin uuu bhi aaphay ke baare main poochat rahi thi. Aap kal agar thodi der rukh jaate, uu mohtarma se mil lete… Hehe”
(“Arey sir…. Hehe… I have kept your book…. Yesterday when you went from here….. Just then that madam came and kept these books here. But she was asking for you. If yesterday you would have wait for few more minutes, then you would have met her… Hehe”)
Vansh moves his hand forward and that book seller gives him a hi-fi, while Nitya giggles and Vansh look at her and then at book seller and tells mimicking him,
“Hum tohaar se………kitaab maang rahe hai……..taali naahi”
(“I’m asking for book from you not hi-fi”)
The stall was filled with awkward silence and Nitya’s giggling voice. He gave him the book and Vansh gave him the money.
Nitya and Vansh again starts walking, heading towards the mansion. Vansh was exhilarated after getting that book, just then Nitya asks him,
“Why you always buy all 4-5 copies?”
He replies “Just in case if any one of them gets misplaced” And winks at her
“Misplaced? From past 2 years all books are kept like a precious jewel in the mansion”
He laughs listening to her.
FB starts….
2 years ago,
Vansh was heading towards the mansion, driving his car. Where he saw a book stall, having 4-5 books with fascinating cover on it,which was actually handmade. He went to that book stall and ask for that book. The book seller tells him,
“No one buys this book”
He asks, “why so?”
“A local girl came and gave this. Actually I asked her that who is she, but she replied NV and she is writing for the first time. So she came and gave me her copies of writing, from past one week she gave this but no one had buy it. That too this cover is hand made, that’s also the reason no one buys it. She told she’ll come in every 6 months, with new copy”
“Oo.. Let it be, people are mad. I don’t care who buys it or not, but I loved the cover and I’ll buy it.”
FB ends.
Just then Vansh tells,
“Riddles Of Life, interesting very interesting!!!!”
While Nitya smiles seeing his madness for the book, which no one reads….. O…O….O…wait…. Which he don’t allows anyone to read. She tells him
“Vansh you always miss the chance to meet this NV and this NV also miss the chance to meet his ‘ONLY’ reader of her book”
“I know right, well I asked that book seller once, that how she looks, but he told that…..her face is always covered……phewww”
“Hmmm Hmmm”
“Accha……what do you think? What might be the full form of NV”
“Nitya Verma” She says winking him, while he looks at her in disinterest.
Authors Note:Log kehte hai ek ladka aur Ladki kabhi dost nahi ho sakte
(People says a girl and a boy can’t be friends)
Yes…..they cannot be friends, but definitely ‘BEST FRIENDS.’
Hahaha…😂 Apart from dialoguebaazi, thanks for all the comments and love on previous chapters and sorry for posting late. I hope you are not getting bored of this ff.