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*Phone rings
‘Hello, when are you coming back?’ Pran asked picking it up on the first ring
‘Missed me already? But that's why I called you, everyone is meeting at the bar tonight, I’ll probably go directly after work. Can you join around 8pm?’ ‘8pm? Ok I can be there I don’t have to return until Monday anyways. But why are we meeting anyway?’ ‘I don’t know, Korn said it's some strategy to make the place more lively so it would attract more college students.’
‘Ok ok I’ll be there, bye’
Pran reached the bar exactly on time but what he didn’t expect was it to be already so full and all of Pat’s engineering friends standing at the door.
‘Hey hey hey, stop, you can’t go inside yet’ One of them said, blocking Pran from entering.
Pran could see Pat sitting at their usual table with Wai, Pa and Ink.
‘Ai Korn, what is this huh, why can’t I enter.’
‘Because my dear friend from architecture I recently heard the story of how you bullied my friend into getting a love confession at your faculty.’
‘Huh so what? It was his choice he could’ve backed out.’
‘Oho backed out, like hell engineering guys would do such a thing.’ More support from the engineering crowd as people got their attention to what was happening. While Pat was sitting there just looking at him with a smirk as if he knew this plan all along.
‘So he did, now what does it have to do with me?’
‘Good question friend. So the thing is we have believed in equality since the truce. And since we heard you are back together, congratulations by the way on that, you should ask for his hand too. You eye for an eye, confession for a confession.’
‘There is no such thing, what are you playing it? Why should I ask you for his hand? I have known him longer than you do.’
More cheers from the crowd. While that traitor that Pran called his best friend called out from the table ‘What do you know about him?Do you know what he’s like?’ Repeating what Joke asked Pat in college.
Well he surely wasn’t the one to back out from a challenge, old habits die hard so..
‘Your brother?’
‘He is not as picky as me.’
‘Never did his laundry.’
‘Doesn’t lift the toilet seat when peeing.’
‘Could even eat using broken chopsticks.’
‘Always steals the wonton from my noodle soup.’
‘He always helps me find my earphones.’
‘He loves to play drums and football.’
‘He smells better now.’
‘His password was patinwza55+ but he changed it to patinlove to match mine.’
His every line getting more and more cheers from the crowd. But then another voice shouted
‘Anyone can memorize those lines.’
‘If you truly love him, will you shout out your love for him right now?’ He is gonna kill his so called friends.
More cheers while Pat finally stood up while walking at the centre.
‘Do you dare? Or have you chickened out?’ Pat asked, looking smug. ‘If you want my hand, be brave, it's your time to confess now.’ More cheering from everyone in the bar.
‘I like you’ Pran said, taking a step towards him.
‘What was that?’
‘I like you.’
‘I couldn’t hear that. Did anybody hear that?’
‘NOO’
‘I LIKE YOU!’
‘LOUDER’
‘I LOVE ONLY YOU! I’M HEAD OVER HEELS FOR YOU! CAN YOU HEAR THAT?’ Pran screamed while they both closed the distance between them.
Everyone was cheering, clapping while gathering around them.
‘Fine. It's a yes. Give me the ring.’ Pat asked and Pran raised his hand to give him the iconic fist bump.
‘Are you happy? You finally won.’ Pran said with a smile.
‘Win? Never? I told you I always let the one whom I love win.’
Pat said while opening his fist that held a ring.
‘You said you wanted a ring.’ Pat said while kneeling down.
‘Ai shia Pat are you seriously proposing?’
‘No I’m not. I would probably prefer to do it with less people and family around us.’ He said with a smile.
‘This is a promise ring, asking you to say yes when I would ask for your hand in the future.’
‘Pran I’ve loved you forever now, maybe I realised it a bit later but I can’t remember my life where I didn’t have you. Every moment we spent, whether it was together or apart, I always had you in my heart. Even if we are competing against each other or fighting, I would rather have that, than your silence. Life without you is so boring. I promise to love you every moment you would allow me to. I’ll never leave you again or let you leave when the times get hard. I want to spend all of our ups and downs together holding your hand. I love you so much, without you, there would not be me as well. So will you accept this ring?’
‘YES’ Pran said crying again while Pat slid the ring on his finger and got up.
‘KISS’ ‘KISS’ ‘KISS’
And so they did while holding each other with a promise of never letting go.
‘You know I hate you for making me cry right?’
‘And I hate you too for being so cute.’ Pat said while kissing that dimpled cheeked boy.