INTROVERT ED

GOODBYE

'I need my good old friendship with you back, all the talks back, I need that,'

'It's your birthday...so you get the gift, come back with some gifts for me also from Manali, my duffer friend, get something for me, I will get something for you,'

'I am excited,'

'Okay, you will be getting a lot of calls now, I will cut the call, bye, take care,'

'Take care, Pari, bye, and once again thanks,' I said and cut the call. Then went to have a bath, washed myself, came out, wore cloths, a white color shirt on which there were a lot of design made and a jeans blue pant and combed my hairs and wore my glasses. I sent a good morning to Khushi and came out of my house.

'All ready, beta?' uncle asked.

'Yeah, uncle, I am enjoying my life back, thanks for all those advice,'

'I am also,' he said and looked at the cloudy whether out.

'What is it, uncle? You are okay?'

'Just missing my son and my grandson,' he said and smiled.

'I will be back in a minute,' I said and got back to my house and phoned Mr. Suresh Patak, he was son of our uncle Ramesh Patak, the one who always loved me like a son. He answered the call.

'I will renew your rent, don't worry, Anirudh,' he said as he answered the call.

'I did not call you for that, sir,'

'Then?'

'Your Dad needs you, I know he must have said this all a lot of times, but he truly does, he did not eat anything from the food you had send,'

'He said, he loved the food,'

'You also know that he has many health problems, he said that he doesn't need this all, he just needs you, he said that he is happy for you, getting such a good job with a huge package, but he just needs love from you, in this last days, he does not need money, he needs love, I request you, today give a visit to him,'

'We were planning to Mahabaleswar, we are all packed,'

'Sir, I know your busy days, but only if you spend a little bit of time with him on week days, or at night, just come here have some time with him, for half and hour, or even 15 minutes, he needs you, give him more love, sir, he will enjoy that company,'

'I will look after it, I spend time with him, thanks for informing all this, I am sorry that my father had to go through all,'

'No need to thank, sir, you gave me this house to live, need nothing more, give your father the more he wants,' I said.

'Okay, bye,' he said and cut the call. I closed all the curtains and checked all the buttons, were they switched off, they were and then took my phone in my pocket and came out of house.

'Have a wonderful journey, you could have even taken your parents there,' uncle said.

'I asked them, they are busy with some religious work right now, next time I think,' I said, and touched his feet after locking my door. I took one by one bag down. I got a call from uber driver.

'I am near your house only, take the bags down,'

'Already doing, you come,' I said and took the bags down.

He took the bags and kept them in trunk of the car, I sat in the car. He came in and started the car and the music started, it was 'ok jaanu title track,' I saw my apartment as the car took the speed, with that music going we reached airport. But, while coming up here, rain had started, it felt better travelling in this with all the songs and rain drops on window. I gave him the money, took my bags out and then checked in, while there was a line ahead, I heard Tania voice from somewhere, I turned back. She was there, even she looked at me.

'ANI!' she said and hugged me.

'Where the hell were you all this time? I tried to contact you so many freaking times,' she said, she was wearing a jacket on the top of her dress, it was a pink one, she had tied her hair up and had new glasses now. This was of blue color. She even looked good at this, was this the time? Should I say her that I still love her?

'I was just a bit busy,' I said.

'So busy that I you left my birthday party with a proposal note for me?'

'What?'

'You thought I did not get, the man standing outside got that paper, he tried to give you but you did not even respond he said, you had written so good, that was for me? I think that is why you left because Kunal proposed me, right?'

'You were fallen in love with me?'

'It's your birthday, so I will tell the truth...yeah one time, and that was the reason for my break up with Soham, but you were not interested, so I left and got in with Kunal,'

This was the right time for me to say this all. What if she still had it somewhere inside.

'You remembered my birthday?'

'Yeah,'

'I wanted to say you that...' I started but then Kunal came up, I saw him, she turned back.

'Kunal here,' she shouted. He saw her and came towards her, he hugged her. She smiled.

'What were you saying, Ani?'

'Who is he?' Kunal asked.

'My best friend from office,' she said.

'Hey,'

'First tell me what you were saying?' she said smiling.

'You both look so good,'

'This is what you wanted to say?'

'You are happy right, Tania?'

'I am so happy, I am getting married next month, you are coming, okay?'

'Yeah, I will be there, but need the best food, I will stay hungry all day, I will only eat that food, okay?'

'Will make you find some cook, remember that dosa, I need that in my marriage,'

'Yeah, will do,'

'What about that proposal letter,'

'Oh that was for...someone else, I by mistake dropped it there, after birthday party I wanted to give it to someone,' I said.

'So, you also have a girlfriend?' Kunal asked.

'No, still single, but you are just perfect,' I said. I got back to line, We checked in. They were going to Europe, by some other flight at 4 PM. Before telling bye.

'So, bye, Ani, meet me after this trip please,' she said and looked at me.

'Can you give me a smile? You look more beautiful in that, do you know?' I said and smiled, she smiled and gave me a hug.

'Bye, Kunal, and a goodbye Tania,' I said and waved my hand.

'Bye,' Kunal said and Tania gave me a flying kiss, I acted as if I just catch it. She laughed and Kunal smiled.

I smiled and turned back and left for my destination, because I should not be the reason for stopping her laughs.