This is unfair! I have never seen you blush so much! You keep chatting on the phone 28 hours a day! You are constantly messaging, even while asleep…

“So,” I said, looking at the beaming face. “I can see something good is brewing… Won’t you share it with me?”

There was a laugh. A blush, rather.

“No?”

The blush, again…

“Aw, come on… no secrets between us! We’ve never had secrets ever since we were best friends… I know everything about you, and you about me. Out with it!” I begged, almost.

“Hmmm…” the response.

“You… you… this is unfair! I have never seen you blush so much! You keep chatting on the phone 28 hours a day! You are constantly messaging, even while asleep. You have this look around you that says… you’re in love! Tell me…”

A nod of the head. And the blush again…

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“Damn, you! You turned dumb or what? Why don’t you open your mouth, and talk now, you ass? Can’t you see I am trying to have a conversation?” I chided mockingly.

Still the blushing continued.

I was annoyed.

“Okay, I will check things out myself… I will get to know myself… wait, you… you… you…” And I walked out, throwing the largest pillow in the room at my best friend.

***

I was in the kitchen, trying to make some hot tea when I felt a hand on my shoulders.

I turned around, to see the back of a photo thrust into my face.

I quickly snatched the picture, ran to my room, switched on the light and fan and plonked on my soft bed.

As I turned the photo around, I froze. For a while, and I do not know how long, time froze. It seemed like the end of the world. I just could not believe it… It could not be… It was… it was… devastating.