The Hickey Acquaintance Part 3

"Hello, is this Mr Dutta?"

"Yes, speaking." A very deep sonorous voice answered the call.

There was a moment of eerie silence, the voice on the other side continued, "Sir, I don't think you know me, but I have heard about you a lot. Of course, from the common source, Piku. Errr, I am Dabbu, Piku's friend. Is Piku at home today?"

Mr Dutta, the retired Major General, was quite economical with his words in general, never too friendly types, strict, and of course, someone who never liked beating around the bush. In a curt tone he replied, "If Piku is your friend as you claim, you should be aware of her whereabouts too I guess!" Major Dutta didn't like to mince with words, and dropped the call.

Dabbu on the other side of the phone kept wondering, "Piku is the daughter of this rude person?! How?!!"

Dabbu was in Lakshwadweep island vacaying with his wife. It was almost 3 weeks Dabbu didn't contact Piku, possibly a strange guilt hovered in his mind. He knew he had a family, a responsible wife, almost everything picture perfect to complete his life, yet he felt something was terribly missing from his life to complete him...a friend, someone with whom he can share just everything without the least of inhibitions. And then he suddenly came across Piku online in Google chat...gradually it turned out they were completely the polar opposites to each other, yet both felt they had the potential to be the best of friends. Many a times they fell apart, many a times they completely stopped conversing too, but why is this guilty conscience haunting him? Aren't he supposed to be happy having a loving wife and a best friend too to understand him thoroughly?

Dabbu is an introvert person by nature, but while talking to Piku he becomes the complete chatterbox blurting out whatever came to his mind. Once Piku asked Dabbu without a thought, "Subu why do you love me?" That was the fond nickname Piku gave to Dabbu. The shy Subu said "I 'like' you, and I cannot wear my heart in my sleeves and keep shouting at the top of my voice every now and then that I love you!" Piku without the least setback kept continuing, "See Subu, if you ask me,I can provide you a whole list as to why I love you and actually she gave Subu twenty points indeed as to what made her fall for him! Dabbu was literally amazed!!! Like he wondered who on earth is so very clear with kinda laundry list as to why one person should love the other person?! He was laughing inside out, but kept his emotions at bay.

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>It was a busy day at work for Subu at office with the client visit and stuffs, and he was located in Bangalore. Piku was located in Kolkata. She was about to wrap up her work, both worked at different shifts.

Subu's phone pinged just when he was about to give the presentation to his US clients who came down for a visit to the Bangalore office.

Subu excused himself expecting some important message may be. It was Piku.."Subu, let's go on a long drive someday, and you gotta drive at the top speed....ever made love to someone on a moving car?" Dabbu was quite a fair looking cute guy, just he never could decipher his Piku ,ever...she was always like this blister, unexpected, yet too much exciting and absolute fun to be with! Dabbu's ears turned dark pinkish after reading the text, his US client asked him, "Hey buddy, is everything alright?"

Only Dabbu knew in his mind what exactly was happening to him.... A client presentation and love making on a long drive!!!! Hell, Dabbu later on laughed at himself, ' the more I am getting to know my Piku, the more I just cannot resist the temptation to go and meet her in person at the slightest opportunity!!!!!

Dabbu booked his tickets to Kolkata for the 21st of December. Piku wasn't talking to him for almost two weeks now...still a confident 'Subu' knew this time they definitely will meet, it has to be, Destiny is bringing two weird soulmates together.....the wait for Subu is unending...he excitedly counted days in the calender to reach Kolkata.... "how will my Piku really be in person?" "Will she hug me the very first time we meet in public as she told me?" "Will I be nervous? Will I be able to take my Piku in my arms and kiss her deep?" Innumerable questions kept hovering through Subu's mind endlessly....and finally before he left for Kolkata, he made up his mind to call Piku's landline number.....only to be curtly responded by Piku's father!!!! 

"Where is my Piku?" "Why is she unreachable in her phone?" "Won't we meet this time in Kolkata?"...Subu took off his flight for Kolkata from Bangalore...his heart pounding too fast...love is strange, even worse than a dope effect, it kills you from within only to later fill you with the most ecstatic feeling in the world!! So finally, it was not just Piku, it was not a one sided love as was thought earlier, Cupid too knew how to make a shy introvert guy like Subu to fall head over heels in love with his new found friend turned soulmate, Piku!!!

To be continued........