My best friend....Neha?



 It was a movie night with my buddy. We were watching this movie and... "Marry your best friend", they said, "It will be fun!".....

I looked at Neha and she gazed at me, no actually stared at my eyes... and we both broke into a hearty laugh!

Neha said, "Imagine, What if?"....

"I am absolutely not a gay nor lesbian. But what happens if best friends that too girls, marry?". Yes! they know each other well enough...their deep dark secrets, fantasies, fetish.... more so, their reactions and responses, on something...that too they can predict! Isn't it all, what a perfect relationship requires? I know it's against societal norms, it sounds weird...blah..blah!!! But what if, someone feels comfortable with her best girl buddy rather than a stranger she's gonna be tied to? I ain't a preacher of gay marriages, nor an advocate for lesbian relationship. I won't be doing it for sure. But those who are 'for it', I will surely root for them!" I was completely lost, in my own thoughts.

"Buddy", said Neha, shaking my shoulder, bringing me back to my senses.

 "Neha, What do you think of this?", I asked.  She paused a bit and said, "Well to be frank, I already have a boyfriend and you know what? You should get one too!".

"Hahahaha! Oh!Yes, hope it happens soon!", I winked at her.

"Hey! I just remembered,  I have some work pending, have to submit in my reports tomorrow. It completely skipped my mind...I guess I can't stay tonight ", she said. "But we had planned this na? Neha.....", before I could finish, she left.

Next day, at the college, I called out to Neha. She waved and gestured that she's busy. Later she texted saying, "Have to meet our professor, its regarding the report. Will meet you later".

Neha was studying literature. I was doing science. Even though in the same college campus, we had different classes to attend. After finishing my classes for the day, I called up Neha. She rejected my call with a message, "Going on a date with Sambhav in the evening, sorry can't meet you today!".

"What's wrong with Neha?", I thought. 

Next day, I straightaway, ringed in, Neha's doorbell. "Didi, kitne dinon baad aye", said her maid. "Neha didi upar room mei hai". I went up to Neha's room. The door was ajar, Neha was lying in her bed, with picture of her and me (we had clicked it on her last birthday), in her hand. She was sobbing. She held the picture close to her heart and said, "Yes! I want to marry you". 

"Neha! What are you blurting?", I was taken aback.

Neha turned around and was surprised to find me there. She ran to her balcony, locked herself out. I banged the glass doors, requesting her to come out. She refused, she was weeping profusely. Finally, after several of my appeals, she opened the door. I wiped her tears and hugged her tight, made her sit on the bed and asked her to vent out.

"I am  gay. I didn't know when, but I started feeling attracted to you. You were always there for me, even when my parents divorced. You supported me, lend me a hearing ear. You encouraged me in all my endeavours, you tolerated me even when I acted stupid. I love you!", she spoke without meeting my eyes.

"And what about Sambhav?", I asked. "Does he know? Why did you make him your boyfriend then?".

"He doesn't know. I had to divert my mind somewhere. I thought, if I have a boyfriend, things will change. But I was wrong". She glanced at me now.

"You are my best friend Neha! I really have no other feelings for you, like you do. I am not a gay. I won't say I understand your feelings, cause I can't relate. But I don't want to lose you either". 

Neha shrugged off my hand, from her shoulder. She stood up, took her bag and left the room. I rushed behind her. She swiftly rode her scooter and disappeared. I kept standing at her gate, staring at the horizon. My phone beeped. "Things won't be like before. Lets stop here!", I received a text from Neha.


AUTHOR'S NOTE: Some questions remain unanswered throughout our lifetime.....we bury such questions deep inside our mind.....

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