Chapter 18: chapter 18

Gagan - Yes, you are. Let’s have some coffee now. We didn’t have anything at Rajesh’s house. Neha - Yeah. And let’s forget what happened. Aman, you make coffee. Aman - Yeah, sure. I went to the kitchen to prepare coffee for all of us. Seeing that now, I was away and I could not hear them, Azeez said to all others, “Aman is really stupid. He gave us a big lecture. We got insulted at Rajesh’s house because of him. And now, he is teaching us and telling us that we don’t know how to live a life. Hehe!”Vicky laughed and said, “What was the need of a long lecture and all this fuss when everything could be sorted with just one lie?”Sanya - Yeah true. Neha laughed loudly and said, “But we had a unique experience at Rajesh’s house. We never had such an experience before. It added one more colour to our life. Think positive. Haha!”Azeez twitched her nose and said, “I don’t want to be positive like that. You stay positive in the way you want. Hehe!‘All of them chuckled together. I came back with cups of coffee in my hands. We all had coffee together. While talking over a cup of coffee, we decided to go shopping the next day. Sanya - Tomorrow, we will go shopping. I really need to buy some dresses for myself. Azeez - I also want to buy. And we all will go together. Today, our day didn’t go well. Tomorrow after shopping, our mood will become fine. Neha - Yeah, it's a good idea. So then let’s go for now. And Aman, we are going to disturb you even tomorrow. Be ready. Hehe!I chuckled and said, “Okay. But Neha, I was just wondering that my physical presence might be disturbing you, I mean hampering your happiness in some way.”Neha - No, no, Aman. Nothing is like that. You are our friend. And friends share sorrows and happiness together. I thought, “It’s not always necessary. The best option is to learn how to live alone. But if I tell her now, she will not be able to understand it. And it may even spoil the mood of all my friends. Let them go peacefully.”Vicky - Okay, then see you bro. See you tomorrow. Bye byeAman - Okay. Bye. They all walked out of my house and I closed the door. I reclined on the headboard of my bed and started relaxing. Suddenly, the images of what happened in Rajesh’s house started flashing in my mind. I said to myself, “Rajesh is too much worried about the death of his old grandfather who was ninety years old. He was sooner or later going to die soon. But why is he so much concerned about death? About roughly one lakh and fifty thousand people die daily across the globe. Death is a very common thing.”“Sometimes, I think we are just like ants, birds or animals. We consider ourselves the most superior species but we are just like ants, birds or animals, who take birth and die. And if we talk about that we have the power of thinking that other species don’t have. Then what have we done with our power of thinking? We have almost destroyed the earth! Huh!”“Oh, ho! What stupid things I am thinking. I should stop thinking now and relax a bit. The happiness that I lost today will slowly-slowly be regained.”The Next DayAll my friends reached my home at about 6 p.m. They took me directly to a mall in the car of Vicky. We all stood in a big mall now. Sweet music was being played in the mall that was soothing our ears. A sweet fragrance was relaxing us and prompting us to purchase the things around us. Suddenly one of the employees spoke in a mic, “Today there is a big sale on the clothes section. You will get a discount from forty to seventy percent. The sale is only for today.”Azeez exclaimed in happiness, “Oh wow! We are very lucky! Now, I will be able to buy many beautiful dresses for myself.”Vicky - I will buy branded shoes. Thirty percent discount is also going on shoes. Look there!Gagan - I will buy at least ten t-shirts for myself.Sanya - I will buy ten jeans for myself. And what about you Neha? Neha - I haven’t decided anything yet. Gagan - And Aman, what about you, what are you going to buy? Aman - I am not going to buy anything. Azeez - What! He always behaves very differently! Hehe! Are you from planet Earth or Mars? I giggled, “I am from the Earth. Hehe!”Azeez chortled, “Then why are you not behaving like a normal man?”Aman - I think I behave like a normal man but others don’t. Azeez - What! Hehe! Hey, where do you live, Aman? All people love to do shopping. All need clothes. Don’t you need clothes? Aman - I don’t need clothes because I already have clothes. I have three shirts and three pants and that is more than enough for me.Vicky - What! You have only three shirts and three pants! And you are saying that’s enough for you!I said confidently, “Yeah, that’s enough for me. Because at one time, I can only wear one shirt and one pant.”  Hearing that, Sanya’s laugh came out of her mouth suddenly, and her lips produced a strange funny sound. All could not help laughing to see the funny moment of her.  Sanya said, laughing, “One day, Aman will make us made for sure. Hehe!”I laughed and said, “But what I said was true. There was nothing wrong in it. Because see, all of you look at yourself. You all have worn one shirt and one pant at a time. And we can’t wear more than one shirt or pants at a time.”Vicky - Aman bro, that we also know. But we should have variety. Sometimes, we also have to attend functions like marriage. (It will be so nice of you, if you leave at least a single word comment and please don't forget to follow me and become my superfan. You will be able to chat with me and my superfans directly.)