‘-Dihan, why didn’t you say anything? Can’t you see that they’re not leaving the gate? They have to pay the full twenty thousand. Say something. Ruhan and Tripti are acting like they don’t know us today. ‘
Ranbir whispered these words to Dihan through the gap in the handkerchief. But, Dihan wasn’t paying attention. He was busy looking at his lover’s face.
‘-Dihan!’
When Ranbir called Dihan again, Dihan jumped up and said,
‘-Yes! Tell me. ‘
‘-Shola! Where did you lose it? I’ve been talking for so long. You can’t hear it. ‘
‘-Tell me what to do. I’m busy looking at my lover’s face. Alas, I’m dead!’
‘-Shola! First take care of this. Then your lover. ‘
‘-Give me twenty thousand. Then, go inside. Our demands are our demands.’
‘-We must obey, we must obey.’
Ruhan and many others started chanting slogans in unison with Tripti. By this time, Dihan had regained consciousness. Dihan saw Tripti’s condition and said,
‘-You are not our friends! Even though you are friends, you are acting as if you do not know us.’
‘-Yes! We are friends, we will remain friends. But today we are only Snigdha’s siblings.’
‘-I understand. That is why you have come to Snigdha’s house. Shit, shit! For the money? I am feeling nauseous just thinking about it.’
‘-Yes! Dihan, you are right. I am feeling nauseous too.’
Seeing Bipasha matching Dihan’s words, Tripti frowned at him. Bipasha fell silent after understanding something from Tripti’s look. On the other hand, Tripti yawned with some emotion,
‘-If that’s what you think. Then we have nothing to do. Give us our money and then go inside. Today we didn’t come here as anyone’s friends, we came here as brothers and sisters of Snigdha. Right, Ruhan?’
But Ruhan didn’t pay attention to any of Tripti’s words. He was immersed in Shuvrata. Seeing Shuvrata wearing a white gown, Ruhan had first fallen in love with her on Shuvrata’s birthday that day. And today, it was as if he had fallen in love with Shuvrata wearing a lehenga of the same color for the second time. Not getting a response from Ruhan, Tripti looked at him and was shocked. Ruhan was smiling for a moment. Following Ruhan’s smile, Tripti looked ahead and Shuvrata looked from side to side. Trupti guessed a little and pinched Ruhan’s hand and muttered,
‘-Shalla! Are you coming to hold the gate? Or to line up?’
By now, Ruhan was completely stunned.
‘- Trupti, did you understand anything? All hell!’
Thinking about it to himself, Ruhan said in a hushed voice,
‘-Oh, my gosh. What are you talking about? Who did I line up with again?’
‘-You keep running the tempu, we’ll call a strike. What are you thinking, don’t you understand? This Trupti doesn’t understand the feeder.’
Ruhan couldn’t say anything more to Trupti. So he kept quiet. Seeing Ruhan fall silent, Trupti changed the subject and said,
‘-Shalla! Do something to them. They can’t pay more than ten thousand.’
‘-Stop. I’m watching them. ‘
Then Ruhan stepped forward and stood in front of Ranbir and said,
‘- Are you unwilling to accept our demand?’
Dihan said with some emotion,
‘- We accepted it. Twenty cut in half equals ten thousand. You are the ones who are not accepting it. What should we do now?’
‘- It will be or not. We want ten plus ten equals twenty. ‘
‘- Okay. But you stay. We will get our friend married somewhere else.’
‘- Then it’s okay. We will also get our Snigdha married somewhere else. You go.’
‘- Come on, let’s go.’
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Ranbir got angry at Dihan’s words. He looked at Dihan with wide eyes and a dirty face and said,
‘- Brother, I am going to get Snigdha as my wife after so much effort. What if I really leave her and someone else comes and takes her away? No, no, I cannot take such a big risk. You accept it, brother. He gives them the money. ‘
‘-Are you telling the truth?’
‘-Yes, yes! Really, really, really. ‘
Then, at Rabbir’s words, Dihan tells Trupti to hand over twenty thousand taka to her,
‘-I just told you that the groom said so. If it were me, I would have left. ‘
Taking the money, Trupti frowns and says to Dihan,
‘-There is no doubt that a fool like you can leave. ‘
Says this and Trupti hands over the scissors to Ranbir. As Ranbir cuts the ribbon and enters, everyone greets him with a lot of commotion.
Avoiding everyone’s eyes, Ruhan moves towards Shuvrata. Standing on one side of Shuvrata, he says softly,
‘-The white color of the white color looks even whiter. Today, like the first day, I fell in love for the second time. Alas! May to Mar Gaya. ‘
Listening to Ruhan, Shubhrata looked at him with narrowed eyes. Ruhan said again, referring to Shubhrata’s look,
‘-Don’t look like that. There is magic in those eyes. Those eyes that make you want to drown in life. ‘
Just when Shubhrata was about to say something, Dihan came. Seeing Shubhrata with Ruhan, he looked at them suspiciously. Ruhan understood something and moved away from Shubhrata a little and said,
‘-Dihan! Your Bipasha, Natasha, Hatasha, Pipasa. Where is she? I don’t see her. ‘
As Shubhrata passed by Dihan and Ruhan, Ruhan breathed a sigh of relief without Dihan’s notice. On the other hand, Dihan said,
‘-Why? Natasha, oops, sorry, what are you going to do with Bipasha?’
Ruhan said with some emotion,
‘-I thought I’d drop a line. Such a big wedding house. Yet, I’m standing alone. Don’t I feel boring? ‘
‘-What a big bastard you are. Are you going to make out with your friend’s girlfriend?’
‘-We also have a right to our friend’s things. Don’t we?’
‘- First tell me where is the satisfaction?’
Hearing the satisfaction on Dihan’s face, Ruhan frowned,
‘-What are you going to do with the satisfaction? You go around with your disappointment.’
‘-Hey, tell me. ‘
‘-Dal mein kuch kaala he.’
‘-You read the kaala of the dal. First tell me where is Tripti?’
Ruhan looked around and then said,
‘-I saw it here. Oh yes, I remember. I saw Tripti going towards the washroom. ‘
‘-Thank you so much. Now you are in a row with Natasha, Hatasha, Bipasha, and Pisasa. ‘
Saying this, Dihan moved towards the washroom. Today is the first time he is going to touch his sweetheart. And he is very careful about it. On the other hand, Ruhan stood there, his lips turned upside down, shocked by Dihan’s act.
