Harleen had a free day at work that very day. Planning on surprising her two bestfriends who happened to be a happily married couple now, she thought of dropping by their house with some great wine and pizza. Little did she know, an 'unexpected gues...
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"The bride! Shiuli goes first from our team." Abhilash beamed holding her hand up. Shiuli rolled her eyes before displaying a photo on the screen.
On the screen appeared a group photo of fifteen-year-old Akshay, Viraaj, and Shiuli. Dressed in their blue uniforms, they all stood side by side hugging each other, while the couple was laughing Akshay was busy grimacing about some topic. Posed as it appeared, the photo was actually candid.
"Okay, Viraaj! Come on answer." Harleen demanded raising her brows.
The guy took a good look at the photo that revoked the fresh memories of his school days. Smiling as he reminisced the day, he finally spoke, "Founder's Day! We were school club captains and were given loads of work. Shiuli, I and Akshay were assigned to assist the same group of seniors. The photo was taken when the programme was midway and Akshay was grimacing due to the cancellation of the prize distribution ceremony. I and Shiuli, on the other hand, were busy making fun of him. Abhilash clicked it and the year was 2012."
Shiuli looked in admiration at the guy. The same guy who was so forgetful about dates had remembered this very casual photo of theirs. What blissful days were they, when all the tension they ever had in life was to decide whether to welcome the guest with a speech or a dance. She smiled to herself reminiscing the days.
"Hey, I was supposed to get that big ass trophy for my Dance Competition. They canceled it at the last moment because apparently, the function was getting too long. I would gladly sulk about it even today, to be honest." Akshay remarked earning a bunch of giggles at his confession.
"That was nice, bro." Abhilash complimented Viraaj to which he responded with a nod smiling.
"Okay. Next up is Rishi." Akshay chirped.
"Abhilash gets to answer!" Aakash said as soon as the photo appeared on the screen.
"Sports Day! 2011. Taken soon after we won the football match against Daksh's team." Abhilash said smirking at Daksh who seemed unaffected by their childhood sports rivalry. Perhaps, he had other important things to worry about right now.
"Okay, now. Mihika your turn. Display a photo." Said Randhir encouraging his team member.
"Okay then. Here it is." She quickly displayed the photo on the big screen. It was a group photo of Daksh, Harleen, Aakash, and her, back from the time, when they all were so free while hugging each other and cracking jokes. She terribly missed those times. Wasn't this the best picture to display? She smiled complimenting her.
"Daksh will answer." Priyanka said looking at him, catching Harleen's quick attention who rather preferred dealing with the situation casually.
"The year 2013. Second last year at school. We were planning on hanging out at Aksh's place since it was the last day before the summer break and none of us were going to see each other for over a month. It was taken when I had made a joke about.." He paused, realizing he was speaking more than required. Probably, it was the effect of the photo that was displayed in front of his eyes. He and Harleen stood side by side grinning like idiots without any trace of awkwardness. Those were indeed some blissful days he missed.
