PART 4-Complicated Matters

Guru was on his bike.He was about to go and breakup with Sheetal.He plugged in his earphone and played on a racy song.As he drove speedily towards Jayanagar the mobile rang "Baabuji sara Dheere chalo(the Yana Gupta one)".It was his mother.She was weeping on the other end of the line.She had received a call from his sister from USA.

Her husband had left her for another woman.Guru became numb.He and his brother-in-law had great chemistry.Infact his brother in law had joked once that a man should not get tied to one girl all his life.He had laughed then but now it had happened to his sister.In many ways Guru was modelling himself along his brother-in-law.Was he also going to be a treacherous person like his brother-in-law?He was going to do the same thing for the girl to whom he had said numerous times "I love you".

It took him some time to get back to his senses."What was i going to do?How can i take relationships so lightly?What am i becoming into?"As these many questions twirled around in his head he called up Sheetal and said that he would meet her later as the farewell party was in less than 2 hours.
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Jatin returned back and went straight to Sharan's room as was his normal practice after college hours.As he parked his 'once in 2 year serviced bike' near the Indraprastha Boys hostel he looked up the 2nd floor window."Man,i cant believe i will not be calling anyone out from here,one final time" he said to himself -"one final time" -"Shaaarannn" he yelled.Sharan dint look out.Jatin went up to his room.He saw Sharan sitting crowled in his plastic chair and watching "Tanhayee" video song of "Dil Chahta Hai".

Jatin:"What the hell is wrong with you 'cut-piece'?Why are you not ready yet?".Sharan was called 'cut-piece' because supposedly they doubted whether he was a boy with all his 'parts' intact.They had made up crude jokes on him telling everyone that he rented out his "assets" on a 'Cash and Carry' mode.

Sharan just muttered something and kept quiet.Jatin and the rest of the gang were used to this behaviour from him.Any small setback and one could see Sharan sitting crouched on his 'Amara' plastic chair wearing a loose short.

Jatin:'Hey cut-piece come man,get ready quick,pack all your luggage and keep.You have to go by the 10.30 train right?'

Sharan:'Shruthi broke up with me man,i dont know why,i had sensed it man,but dint expect it today of all days,sadness for me from all directions maga' he stuttered fast.

Jatin:"Whattt?? Bhabhi broke up!! I cant believe this man,dont joke man."
It was like the unimaginable had happened.If there was one romance which was consistent and uncorrupted it was theirs.Sharan and Shruthi were so tight that Jatin was given the privilege of calling her Bhabhi.Infact Shruthi and Jatin had become very good friends over mobile,orkut and sometimes even calls.Jatin also had brought truce between them whenever they had their usual lovers tiffs over trivial issues.He was like the Guardian of their relationship.Infact Jatin used to even say that Shruthi was the best Bhabhi of all he had.

Sharan:"I am not joking"
He retorted back in an angry tone.

Jatin knew Sharan was serious.He went outside the room and called up Shruthi.

Jatin:"What is this Bhabhi?why such a sudden decision,Sharan is devastated,how could you do this Bhabhi?"

Shruthi:"I have fallen in love with someone else Jatin"

Jatin:"Are you both making a maamu of me because it is the last day,is this some joke Bhabhi?"

Shruthi"Jatin jatin jatin please listen to me.I think its important that you know who the guy is...its.......its ....YOU!!"

Jatin:"Ok,now definitely you are kidding,did Sharan ask you to make bakra of me Bhabhi?"

Shruthi:"No i am not joking.you know we would not,i really have fallen in love with you Jatin,i dont know when i developed feelings for you,i cant explain it,but it is 2 years since we know each other,i dont know how,you need to understand the sensitivities,please dont make any wrong assumption of me,i am sorry if you are hurt,think it over,if you understand please call me" and she kept the phone.

Jatin was dumbfounded.For the first time he realised he had become a grown up and the issues he was going to face would be far more complicated whether it was respect to relationships or career or anything else.

He dint know whether Shruthi had already told Sharan about this.Whether Sharan wanted him to tell something about this?..He dint know what to do.He went into the room.Sharan was getting ready.

Jatin:"What are you doing man?"
Sharan:"Dont we have to go to the farewell" he smiled,with the smile looking probingly at Jatin.

Jatin :"Are you okay?" Jatin asked nervously.
Sharan:"ya i am not,but you know what i am not going to spoil the last day here like this man..i want to enjoy with my best friends,i want to enjoy with you brother"

Jatin thought to himself " Brother!! i dont know what to tell him,i feel like i have betrayed him,its all my fault,i got too close to her"

Sharan asked as to what was Jatin thinking and and handed to him a dvd.Just then Guru also came.The dvd was Jatin's.The dvd had a long story behind it.

As was the customs of normal Boys hostels guys used to start watching certain different coloured films on their computers.It all started when Jatin when in the second semester was hanging out in GH13 block in the college hostel along with the rest of the classmates.They got talking on certain 'hardcore videos' and how Jatin had not watched them until then.Sharan had claimed he had started watching them from 7th standard,Rahul in an exaggeration had told he was watching literally from when he was born.He had claimed

"Maga these things are not new to me maga,if u are still in kindergarten about this,i have passed PUC in this" he had proudly claimed to Sharan.

Then the debate went on for a long time about "Who was the Bad Daddy?".Prakash then told Jatin that he wanted to show the "most played game" in the world to him.As he switched on the computer and the video thereafter Jatin was left wanting more.Finally he had lost his "virginity of innocence".

After a couple of months Jatin had declared that he was the real Bad Daddy after having learnt everything there was to.In the fourth semester however there were some ebooks that a professor in his department wanted to give.As he was going out of the department Guru was called by 'Winki'' as the professor was popularly known as((because he used to flicker his eyes so constantly that it used to look as though he was winking at others.Infact when in third semester Rahul had thought that this person was gay as he winked at him in the lab.That was before they knew that it was his habit)).

Winki told Guru to give him some cd or pendrive so that he could give him some study matter regarding the subject.As there were two similar dvds with no names written on them to diffrentiate Guru gave him the wrong dvd.

As Winki opened the dvd he saw a video file named "Puppies of America" written on it.Being a dog lover he asked Guru who was looking elsewhere whether he could copy it.Guru dint know what to do as in that semester there was still some fear about the professor's power.He reluctantly agreed as he had no choice.

The next day Winki came straight to Guru and asked him whether he had more such 'educational videos' which left the whole gang in splits.

As the three of them remembered of the good times,they looked at each other and had a 'Guy hug'.As Sharan hugged,Jatin was becoming more and more nervous about losing this embrace forever.