FRIEND REQUEST

                                                  EPISODE 4

                                                    Akash

‘Now that’s what’s called a perfect strike!’ Akash exclaimed jumping in the air
as he took the lead in the game.
He needed to strike one more pin to win. Akash was a bowling expert in nine-pins.
He had won many times before this and was confident that it would be no different that
day. Akash approached the lane taking a 15-pound bowling ball in his right hand.
Focussed entirely at the pins in front of him, he released the ball carefully. As the ball
touched the pins, he held his breath.
*Bang* All nine pins went down in one go!
He had won the game, which meant he had won two entry passes to a disc, and that
too on a Saturday night.
‘It’s time to check out some hot girls tonight at the disc. It’s going to be one happening
night, Aditya. Woohoo!’ Akash’s excitement was at its peak.
I was equally pepped up and pounced on him in excitement.
Akash was a Mumbaikar who lived for and with his family. He was working with the
RS group, a company located near Oshiwara in Jogeshwari. He had a charming
personality and his dimples would make the girls go crazy. His good sense of humour
and style always made him a favourite among his friends. Girls especially liked him for
he was a very good cook. He was very caring and possessive about his closed ones and
extremely polite in nature. Everyone wondered how a guy like him was single.
However, the truth was that after his break up six years ago, he had simply decided to
concentrate on his career. I was probably his only best friend and he shared everything
with me, including the girls whom he fantasized. Akash was a party freak and was all
geared up for that night after winning passes to Thrive.
‘Aditya, let’s go for a movie. We can go to the disc after 11 pm,’ Akash suggested and
I agreed.
I got into the driving seat of my car and headed towards Infinity Mall.
We were going to catch the 7.30 pm show of the movie Pyaar Ka Punchnaama.
Akash took the last row tickets and I followed him inside the theatre. The hall had
many vacant seats. Akash eyed the couple sitting in the corner row. The movie began and
the opening scene itself was so funny that we were rolling in our seats with laughter.
‘Akash, this guy Liquid is so much like you. The way he is cursing his manager is just
how you do it,’ I teased Akash and laughed loudly.
‘Fuck you, asshole. I don’t curse so much. That too right after drinking tea,’ said
Akash trying to defend himself.
As soon as we settled down in our seats, Akash noticed a young girl sitting crosslegged
in the front row. He said, ‘I wish I get a girl like her in real life. She is so hot.’
I punched him hard on his shoulders and said, ‘Shut up, you asshole.’

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