"It's been a long time since we haven't enjoyed any get-together. I want to meet you."
I said this to my friend Iqra on a video call.
"We would meet this weekend." She replied.
"Seriously? But it would be at my place." I said to her.
"Alright! And what about Mona? Should we invite her?"
"Definitely! At least she would bring our favourite pani puri for us...Lol"
Mona was our common friend in college, and we had a good time with her. She was an expert in preparing pani puri (Street food), and we were used to enjoying it mostly on Fridays. I got excited and quickly messaged her.
"Hey Mona! We are preparing a get-together at my place, and you would have to come along with the pani puri...Lol."
Mona was also excited to hear this, and she promised that she would be on time. Finally, the day came, and I woke up early. After doing some cleaning, I got ready. I asked my mom to prepare lunch for them. Finally, they were at my place at noon. After having some gossip, we took some pictures. We noticed that there was not even the slightest smile on Mona's face.
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
"Yes! I'm fine!"
"Then why are you looking you upset?"
"No! I am okay!" She replied.
"Hey Girlies! The lunch is ready!" My mom came and said to us.
"Mom! But we would enjoy our pani puri first." I replied.
"Alright! Then let me know when you would want it."
Now it was time to enjoy pani puri. I immediately opened the basket, and my mouth was already watering..Lol. I and Iqra enjoyed the Pani puri, but Mona was sitting aside. This was something different for us, we asked her several times, but, she didn't reply.
"Why are you behaving strangely?" Iqra asked her. But still she didn't say anything."
Her behavior was different, and seeing her, our mood was also spoiled. My mom came to serve us lunch, and she also noticed the way Mona was behaving. She also asked her the reason, but Mona was still silent. We did everything to change her mood, but she didn't care for anything and continuously behaved nutty as a nutty fruitcake.
"I wanna go home!" She uttered after a while.
"Alright! But at least have some lunch." Saying this, I tried to feed her rice, but she turned her face and said,
"No! I only wanna go."
She didn't hear anything and immediately left my place. We were also upset to see her behavior, but couldn't understand the reason behind it. Soon, Iqra also left my place, as after all this, it wasn't possible for us to have more time together.
After a few days, she sent us a message.
"I wanna meet both of you as I want to talk about something. "
We were already annoyed by her previous attitude, so at first we refused to meet her. But Iqra suggested that we should listen to her, to get the whole point. So I agreed and we decided to meet in the cafe. The next day we reached there and she was already there. After the greetings, she said,
"I am sorry, I was a little upset that day and couldn't enjoy properly."
"Seriously? Little upset? You were completely insane that day." How could you behave so absurdly with us?" I replied.
She couldn't utter a word, so I further added.
"You didn't even cared for my mom. She asked you several times, but you were not in the mood to say anything."
"I am sorry for my behaviour. " She replied again.
"Can you please tell me the reason for this nutty attitude?" Iqra asked her.
"You didn't even bother to inform me that you both are wearing the same color dresses. This hit me hard, so I reacted in a bad way.
This is what she said.
"Seriously? So this was the reason! How could you do this? This was just a coincidence. We didn't plan anything about dressing." I replied.
"I know, I realized my mistake, and I am extremely sorry about my behavior.
She was ashamed and apologized many times. So we decided to let it go, as we didn't want to exaggerate it more.
"It's okay! But next time, be careful and think always before reacting."
Thanks for reading.
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