When it came to the story, my friend aarvi asked me,
"Hey honey what happened? Why are you like this?"
She calls me honey affectionately, and I call her Cutie. actually my nick name is honey only.
I held her chin and, like a cute little kid, asked,
"First, will you take me inside, Cutie, please?"
She laughed like someone who had just found water in a drought and said,
"Okay, come,"
then gently held my hand, walked me inside slowly, took me to our room, made me sit on the bed, and sat beside me.
"Oh God, my legs…" I'm facing pain
As she started pressing my legs, she lifted my face into her palms and asked softly,
"What happened, honey ? Will you tell me now or not ? I've never seen you like this. You're always jumping around like a young deer but today you're walking like a cripple, taking someone's help. What is this? What exactly happened? Tell me."
What was I supposed to say?
"Today is just not my day. I don't know whose face I saw in the morning, but I saw stars in broad daylight today. I swear,"
I said, resting my head on her shoulder.
"First tell me properly what happened ? Nothing you're saying is making sense. I swear,"
Aarvi said, lifting my head and asking.
From morning till then all happened situations , I told her everything from A to Z.
"This is exactly what happened,"
I said again, resting my head on her shoulder.
She didn't move or say a word.
"aarvi … aarvi …"
I tapped her cheeks.
Looks like madam was still in shock.
"Hey Hasini, is what you're saying really true?"
She made me sit straight, held my cheeks, and asked with confusion.
"If it's so shocking for you just to hear it, imagine what my condition must be like ? . And why would I lie to you? Unless I'm crazy," I asked her.
"So… you agreed to act as my brother's girlfriend?" she asked.
"Brother… huh?"
I opened my mouth like a frog in a well.
"That psycho is your brother? Do you even know how different you both are? There's as much difference between you two as between a fox and heaven. He's a psycho, a brute, a sadist, a demon—no, worse, a Raavan. And you… you're a goddess at heart, a mother in kindness, as pure as Sita in character. How can you even call that psycho your brother?" I asked her suspiciously.
"Hey, no no, that's not what I meant. Didn't you just say you're going to act as his girlfriend? If you later become his wife, then I'll be his sister, right? And since you're my friend, I said it like that. Nothing else. Not what you're thinking," aarvi explained.
"Is that all? Really? Or are you hiding something from me?"
I asked, looking straight into her eyes.
"That's all, what else is there? And anyway, would I hide anything from you? You're my cute honey after all,"
she said, pinching my cheeks.
"Okay, Cutie, don't feel bad. I just had a doubt and asked. Now it's clear, that's enough. But I'm really hungry now, and I don't even have the energy to cook,"
I said and fell flat on the bed.
"Alright, you're not well. How can I disturb you? Look, I'm ordering food online right now. You freshen up. The food will come soon, we'll eat together, okay?"
Just then, aarvi got a phone call and went to talk.
I went to freshen up and came back, changed into my night dress, came into the hall, sat on the dining chair, and shouted,
"Cutieee, I'm hungry!"
"I'm coming, wait!"
She brought the food packets and plates, placed them on the table, sat down too, and asked,
"Shall we start, honey ?"
When I said "Start," we both served food onto our plates and started eating.
"By the way, are you going tomorrow to meet his family?" aarvi asked me.
"Yes, I'm going. I don't have a choice. I agreed, right? I have to go as if I'm dead,"
I said while eating.
"Oh, okay then," she said, and we got lost in conversation.
After finishing food, I came to my room and collapsed on the bed at once.
Just then, my phone got a message notification sound.
"At this time, who could it be?"
I picked up the phone…
And when I saw that message,
I was shocked.