Who is Smile?
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Sneha brought her arms down to her waistline. Staring at me intensely, like she is searching for my answer, as if it’s written on my face.
Meanwhile, Sneha’s expression turned into excitement. She is looking somewhere and announced something that made me jump on my track. “Hey! guess who is here. The one you are waiting for. He has arrived, honey. Common look at ....”
Even before Sneha completed her words, I was busy searching in the direction she was looking. Then I realized that she has successfully deceived me.
“Sorry, dear. He wasn’t there. But I guess I got the answer to my question.” Sneha said with a tiny smile curling on her lips.
She is right. At that moment, whoever is in her position will think the same. The one who saw the sparkle in my eyes, the joy in my face, would realize how eager I was to see him.
When we are alone, we remember our friends. When we are sad, we remember our loved ones. But when we miss someone, even when we are happy with our loved ones; We never forget that person in our life.
What do you say? Do you agree with me? You may say no. But if you love someone sincerely and when that person is away from you, you can’t say no!
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Time: 7:04 pm
Sneha and I went inside to meet others. All are looking overjoyed and cheerful. Some are dancing. Few are sitting around the table and engaged in chitchatting. Single boys are trying their best to hit on beautiful girls.
Meanwhile, we heard someone calling my name from behind.
“Hi Hasini, how are you? It’s been a long time,” Clara said, holding a cool drink glass in her hand.“Hai! Clara, I’m so happy to see you.” I hugged her. Sneha also hugged both of us from behind me. Both of them are squeezing me hard from both sides. It felt like they have crushed me with their love, not in their embrace. The feeling of melting in their hugs is priceless. Laughter broke out on our three faces.
“Hey!! Smile .....!!”
The three of us got into attention when we heard someone exclaiming and coming towards us.
“Who is this smile?” Clara asked with a confused expression. She does not know who is the one that is calling somebody with a strange name. Sneha and I knew who it is.
“Ah! wondering why he hasn’t appeared yet. And here he is the devil.” said Sneha, annoyance filled in her voice.
“Who are you talking about? And who is this smile again?” Clara asked with curiosity.
Sneha pointed to the person who was coming towards us and gave answers to all her questions.
He is Kishore. Our classmate at the university we are currently studying and a good friend. He helped us in arranging today’s party. So we invited him. He is a nice person. But I don’t like the way he treats me differently from others. Not in a bad way, though.
Let me explain... whatever he does, whatever he says, he makes sure that everyone around should know I am special to him.
As part of it, he even gave me a pet name as ‘Smile’. In the beginning, I didn’t understand why he keeps calling me by that name. I once questioned him. Then do you know what he said?
“Your name, Hasini, means smile. Also, your smile is so beautiful. Everyone calls you by your name. But you’re so special to me. That’s why I call you by a special name.”
His statement shocked me. I warned him many times to stop calling me Smile, that he never did. Now you might have got an idea about his character.
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“Hey Beautiful Smile!” Kishore came to us with two glasses of cool drinks in both his hands. “Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you? Where did you disappear in the middle of the party? Where have you gone? I won’t bother you with questions like this. I need your presence. Here this is for you.” he said in one go and offered me a cool drink in his hand.
“You asked everything you wanted to. Then even saying that you won’t bother?” Sneha burst out laughing along with Clara. I laughed a little too.
Kishore looked at Sneha and was about to say something ...
Before Kishore could say anything to Sneha, I refused the cool drink he had brought for me and said, “Thank you. But I do not want to drink.”
“Okay. If you don’t like it, then I won’t bother you anymore.” with that, Kishore quit his task.
“Hello, we are here too. Take care of us too” Sneha tried to take the glass in Kishore’s hand.
Then Kishore put the glass in his hand away from Sneha and said, “I brought it for Smile. If you want it, get it yourself.”
“She already said that she doesn’t want it,” Sneha stated. She again tried to snatch the glass from him.
Kishore kept the glass far away from her reach and declared, “But I brought it for her so I can’t give it to you.”
“What will you do with it when she doesn’t want it and not giving it to anyone?” Sneha questioned, annoyed.
“I’ll never give it to others that belong to her. Rather, I would have it myself. Don’t be a monkey snatching other’s stuff.”
“Did you just call me a monkey?” Sneha’s eyes are beaming with anger.
Kishore said, “yeah. I did.” and shrugged his shoulders.
“You....” Sneha was ready to explode like a volcano when Kishore’s comment added fuel to it. “Yeah ... you. What can you do to me? Monkey!”
“See it for yourself what I can do ....” by saying Sneha seized the cool drink glass from Clara’s hand and splashed it on Kishore’s white shirt.
Kishore looked down at his white shirt that, now drenched with a cool drink, turned all wet and painted red. Sneha vanished from there Before Kishore lifted his head to look at the culprit.
“Oh... s**t!” with a disappointed look, Kishore quit searching for Sneha. “I’ll catch you later.”
Seeing all this, Clara seemed to struggle to hold her laughter. Indeed, looking at his face then, it was so hard for me to stop laughing. Such scenes are bound to happen if those two get together. Every day we can witness their antics in college. There is not even a single day without their Tom and Jerry war.
Sneha knew that Kishore’s behavior was embarrassing to me. At such a time, she diverts the topic like this.
And for Kishore, Sneha is always in the middle, not letting him come to me. I guess that is the main reason for their Tom and Jerry wars.
Yet, they never crossed their limits. We all enjoy watching their antics.
‘ There is nothing he can do. It is always jerry that wins the fight.’ talking to myself, a smile formed on my lips.
Kishore caught me, smiling a little, staring at Sneha's masterpiece on his shirt. “It’s ok. I saw your smile because of that monkey. So this time, I won't take revenge on her." Kishore said, "I will go clean my shirt. This time, I don’t want you to disappear again. I’ll come back soon.” Kishore looked irritated looking at his shirt and walked away.
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