Crime??

"Go for it babs."

"Are you sure? I mean you were not like this."

"I am like this. Just go for it."

"How can I?"

"I know you better than you."

"Ya."

"So listen to me and follow my instructions."

"If something wrong happened?? I would die."

"Listen Ritu, I will rather kill you if you don't agree with me."

"Please Pallu, it's weird for me."

"Everything is weird for you. I know you have fantasies too. So just..."

"Shhhhh. Wanna tell this to everyone ??"

"No. It is supposed to be our secret."

"Then why are you speaking so loudly?"

"I m sorry."

She made a puppy face.

"Ok."

"Where were we??"

"I don't know." Ritu tried to change the topic.

"I know...So are you going to talk to Jasmine ?"

"Na."

"Don't you dare to say no to me." Pallu got angry with her best friend.

"Ok, ok."

"Let your boring life have some fun..and let me do the honours..."

They both had weird laughter.

"I will talk to her some other day. Please, I am tired."

"Ok baby. But you have to."

"Ya sure."

Two days went. When Pallu can't control herself anymore, she called Ritu,

"Hey listen, it's been two days, have you talked to her."

"Ya "

"What? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was nervous."

"What she said?"

"She said that we can try if it really works."

"Wow...I am damn excited"

"I don't want to get punished because of your so-called excitement."

"Oh. You won't get punished. Just chill."

Next day, Pallu got a call. It was Ritu.

"Hi Pallu, I am going on a date."

"Are you serious?? I mean, I am the happiest one. I knew it, you won't say no to me and I was just saying you to give it a try. You don't know how happy I am."

"You know, I agree for this only because of you. Hey, which dress should I wear?"

"Wear that black one, it gonna look perfect on you."

"Thanks. Bye."

Her date went well.

She came home and called Pallu,

"What's up, dear. How was your date?"

She started crying.

"What happened?"

"Everything is over. My life got ruined before it started. I am done."

"Calm down. Tell me what happened."

"They hit us."

"Who?"

"The date went well..Everything was going well but suddenly...."

"Then??"

She cried out...

"What happened, tell me na...I am here. Tell me, only then I can help you."

"Some people came and hit us."

She fainted at the spot.

"Ritu! Ritu! Wake up. What happened..."

She was murmuring...

They will kill us. You just go away, please.

"Nobody gonna kill anyone. Again had a bad dream?"

Ritu woke up and saw, it was Jasmine.

She hugged her tightly.

"Our past still haunts me."

"No need to worry dear. We are safe. We are together, that's the most important."

"I had the same dream again."

"Don't worry. I promise you, we are safe here.

Homosexuality is not a crime. We are homosexual. So what ??? Are we harming anyone?? No. Just because, our sexuality is different from others, it doesn't make us abnormal. It's love. Our love is pure. What people need to do with it?"

"Yeah."

Jasmine wiped her tears off and consoled her.