Friends from various ends - Chapter 6 of 6
“What happened to you Anvesh?” Neha asked.
“Actually, I did not expect...” Anvesh started.
“Hmm, you can feel later. Now it’s time to celebrate!! Cut the cake man”, Arun pushed him.
“But... Arun!!” Anvesh started saying something. But this time Rohit interrupted.
“Hey, Anvesh!!Why are you feeling too much? We are running out of time. Come on!! Let’s Party!!” Rohit exploded.
Anvesh smiled and started cutting the strawberry-flavored ice cake. Aditya was expecting that he would be given the first piece as he was the one who gave the information about Anvesh's birthday. Arun was also in the race for the first piece as he bought the cake. But Rohit was not thinking about anything. He was 100 percent sure that he would get the first piece for no reason and he remained chill with his mouth waiting to open.
Anvesh made the first cut. Neha’s eye glitter. Anvesh carefully took the first piece and gently kept in his mouth. All of a sudden Rohit and Arun gave him a shot in his back. Anvesh did not open his mouth to shouting as he was eating.
“Hey guys, stop”, Ramya said.
“Hey!! It’s a birthday blast. He should get it”, Rohit and Arun said in unison.
“Please be quiet friends. I need to sleep”, Sumit's voice sounded from last.
“I need to share something with friends”, Anvesh started after eating the first piece.
“Yes. You can share. Before that we can share the cake”, Tarun gave his idea.
“You are the man Tarun”, Rohit said.
Arun pushed Anvesh aside and made many small pieces from the cake and distributed them to all. Aditya was happy seeing Anvesh smiling. After finished eating, everyone waited for Anvesh to share his feelings.
“I am happy to be here right now. It’s my pleasure to have such friends like you people. But to be frank, today is not my birthday. Only according to my Transfer Certificates, today is my birthday.”
On hearing this, Aditya turned the statue. Arun looked at that statue and waited for it to react. Rohit walked back and stood in the last row. Neha and Ramya looked at each other as if they had never met before. Others waited for Anvesh’s next word.
“Though I should have not revealed this to you, the reason why I revealed is, it’s been only a day since we started our friendship and I don’t want to celebrate this for a fake reason. But I felt today was the birthday of our friendship and that’s why I cut the cake happily. So Come on!! Let’s party for this wonderful day”
“If you have told this before then we would have been in the race for cutting the cake”, Neha said openly. Laughter filled the air.
“Anvesh, I am happy to be in this LG. We need some medium to stay connected and also for passing information”, Shanu said.
Anvesh was happy. He was expecting someone to ask this. ”Facebook?” he suggested.
“Hey, Anvesh I think you need some updates. Nowadays people use WhatsApp more than Facebook.” Shantini said.
“Great idea!! Let me create a group right now. Shantini you are the spoc. Give me everyone’s number.” Jayanth said.
“No problem Jayanth. I will do it.”, Shantini replied.
“Ok. If you don’t give, I will take from the group once created. So simple”, Jayanth thought.
“Anvesh I think you don’t need us hereafter in your mission,” Arun said.
“I am happy that I was also one of the reasons for this successful mission,” Rohit said proudly.
“Wait friends. Suggest some group names for our Whatsapp group”, Anvesh asked Arun and Rohit.
“Aarti Sahu, you are very good at these things. Can you suggest?” Soundhar said.
Everyone jumped into this task. Jayanth posed like a painter and started thinking.
“LG-2014”, Rohit suggested.
“Not bad Rohit. Very worst!!” Suman commented.
“Friends forever?” Aarti suggested.
“Nice. Say something related to all of us”, Chinmey said.
“Inseparable INFORMATICAns?” Suchitra suggested.
“Friends from various Ends?” Shantini suggested.
“Wow!!” most of them screamed and the name finalized.
July 7, 8.30pm
‘Shantini created the group “Friends from various Ends”
Shantini added you’,
Anvesh got this message. All 33 were added to the group.
‘Hi frndss,’ Anvesh posted his first message. All started texting.
Jayanth was busy saving all contacts. Anvesh felt his mission was accomplished. He kept his phone aside and closed his eyes to thank god for his support.
July 7, 9pm
‘Mak created group “Reshmi bday plan”
Mak added you’, Anvesh got this message.
‘Frnds tomorrow Reshmi’s bday. So I created this group. Let’s plan for her bday here. So I didn't add her. After hr bday celebration I will delete ths grp. So suggest your ideas here for tomrw celebration…’ Mak posted the first message.
‘😊’ Arun posted.
‘😊😊’ Rohit posted.
‘😊😊😊' Anvesh posted.
‘She will be here by tomorrow evening’ Sushree texted.
‘Hi Sushree’ Jayanth posted.
‘Jayanth!! Don’t try anything here. Suggest only ideas’ Shantini warned.
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Messages piled up in Anvesh’s Whatsapp inbox. Anvesh’s face resembled a happy smiley.
“God, I think I don’t need your support. My friends will take care. Good night”, Anvesh uttered
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Omg this reminder me of my ILP times and bday celebrations and the awkward first meetings 😍😍😍😍😍😭
ReplyDeleteThis is one of your best, man. All these memories are very simple ones and yet you made it a great remembrance and took everyone back to those golden days.
ReplyDeleteSeriously I literally had a walk thru of my ILP memories and felt so happy and thanku so much for refresh all our memories RK. 😍😍😍
ReplyDeleteThank you RK for sharing the memory lane with us all.
ReplyDeleteFantastic work and beautiful narration. This blog will surely to put smiles on all our ILP batchmates.
I loved it !!
Keep growing and shining mate 🙂