01-10-2021, 08:17 PM
I was having 'quality time at home' which translates to eating my dinner while my father was watching the news channel and my mother working in the kitchen. We have developed this routine from childhood where we don't talk much unless we need to. Nowadays I'm avoiding conversations even more as it'll end up with them mentioning a 'sweet' guy I should meet so that they can discuss the marriage with his parents. I'm now praying for an onsite opportunity so that I can shut up this talk for a while.
"Shuruga blah blah something something in Japanese..." started blasting from my phone. It was the Death Note ringtone which Neha configured in my mobile as her personal caller ID. I know it sounds strange why she should set her tune in another's phone, but that's how Neha is.
I looked at my dad and his eyes moved slightly and one of his eyebrows was raised. He didn't like anyone answering the phone while eating, although we used to do the same when he had a landline before the mobile revolution. He was daring me to answer it. I immediately cut the call and kept it on the table. He then turned his attention back to the TV.
"SHURUGA ..." I immediately picked it up and cut it off. This time my dad turned his neck and gave a slight frown. But I knew Neha. Once she wants to call you, she will keep trying until you pick it up.
The third time I didn't wait for it to ring and immediately picked it up. I barely said hello before Neha started babbling.
"OH MADIHA, YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" shrieked Neha in her high pitched anime girl voice, which indicated that she was pretty excited.
"Can't it wait?" I whispered.
"NO, THIS IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT, I NEED YOUR HELP. I JUST HAVE TO TELL IT NOW!!"
I turned and observed my dad looking at me with dead eyes, disgusted how half his DNA doesn't have any characteristics of him.
"It's my teammate Neha, there's some issue at the office," I explained half-heartedly, hoping he would buy it. I turned back to the phone.
"What? The batch process fetched the wrong employees. Did you check the parameters?" I started talking more IT jargon as I left the plate and washed my hands in the sink, then walked quickly to the safety of my bedroom.
"What are you even talking about?" exclaimed Neha, "We are not even in production support to work today." I sighed. It was no use trying to explain that I had to make up a story to get away from my parents.
"Leave it, now tell me what's so important to disturb me in the middle of my dinner?" I asked.
"Didn't you call me in the middle of my sleep to tell about your bus adventure?" she retorted.
"Ok, fair point. Now tell me what happened?"
"You won't believe what..." She started again.
"Are you pregnant?" I asked.
"NOOOO," her anime voice came back "I;m on the pill, remember,So are you?"
"Did Fiona walk in on you?"
"She is in her native place, remember?" she said back. Yes, the Shrek mouse was having a party while the Fiona cat was away.
"Then there is nothing important. Bye." I said.
"No no no!" she screamed "Don't cut the call! I need to tell you what uncle did today."
"What's there to explain?" I said, "He has tried all poses of Kama sutra with us."
'Or the ones his fat body was capable of,' I thought to myself.
"No, today was so different. We did it outdoors and almost got caught many times." I could sense her blushing at the other end.
"What?" My eyes went as big as saucers. "Did you just say outdoors?"
"Shuruga blah blah something something in Japanese..." started blasting from my phone. It was the Death Note ringtone which Neha configured in my mobile as her personal caller ID. I know it sounds strange why she should set her tune in another's phone, but that's how Neha is.
I looked at my dad and his eyes moved slightly and one of his eyebrows was raised. He didn't like anyone answering the phone while eating, although we used to do the same when he had a landline before the mobile revolution. He was daring me to answer it. I immediately cut the call and kept it on the table. He then turned his attention back to the TV.
"SHURUGA ..." I immediately picked it up and cut it off. This time my dad turned his neck and gave a slight frown. But I knew Neha. Once she wants to call you, she will keep trying until you pick it up.
The third time I didn't wait for it to ring and immediately picked it up. I barely said hello before Neha started babbling.
"OH MADIHA, YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" shrieked Neha in her high pitched anime girl voice, which indicated that she was pretty excited.
"Can't it wait?" I whispered.
"NO, THIS IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT, I NEED YOUR HELP. I JUST HAVE TO TELL IT NOW!!"
I turned and observed my dad looking at me with dead eyes, disgusted how half his DNA doesn't have any characteristics of him.
"It's my teammate Neha, there's some issue at the office," I explained half-heartedly, hoping he would buy it. I turned back to the phone.
"What? The batch process fetched the wrong employees. Did you check the parameters?" I started talking more IT jargon as I left the plate and washed my hands in the sink, then walked quickly to the safety of my bedroom.
"What are you even talking about?" exclaimed Neha, "We are not even in production support to work today." I sighed. It was no use trying to explain that I had to make up a story to get away from my parents.
"Leave it, now tell me what's so important to disturb me in the middle of my dinner?" I asked.
"Didn't you call me in the middle of my sleep to tell about your bus adventure?" she retorted.
"Ok, fair point. Now tell me what happened?"
"You won't believe what..." She started again.
"Are you pregnant?" I asked.
"NOOOO," her anime voice came back "I;m on the pill, remember,So are you?"
"Did Fiona walk in on you?"
"She is in her native place, remember?" she said back. Yes, the Shrek mouse was having a party while the Fiona cat was away.
"Then there is nothing important. Bye." I said.
"No no no!" she screamed "Don't cut the call! I need to tell you what uncle did today."
"What's there to explain?" I said, "He has tried all poses of Kama sutra with us."
'Or the ones his fat body was capable of,' I thought to myself.
"No, today was so different. We did it outdoors and almost got caught many times." I could sense her blushing at the other end.
"What?" My eyes went as big as saucers. "Did you just say outdoors?"
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