Good Samitans as Friends- A Short Story

13 th day of #Blogchatter daily write challenge  

Prakash sat with his face fully covered by his left hand; body drooping. He was one of five young working professionals unmarried  and living together in a rented apartment so as to save  money. It had worked well during college days for those who hated to stay in the college hostel. Only two of them had studied in the same college though at the Punjab engineering college in Chandigarh..Prakash was from Pune and the other two were from the south, one from Tamilnadu and another from Telangana. 

It was Rakesh , the guy from Telangana working for Infosys, who first noticed the hopeless body language of his house mate .  He immediately rushed down to inform the other three who were playing shuttle in the indoor stadium of the gated community. As soon as they finished an ongoing game, he called out to them. They came outdoors and sat on one of the stone benches. " Hey, have you guys noticed something abnormal about Prakash, of late? " he asked

" No, why do you ask?"  

"Well I just came back from town and there he was sitting looking completely lost and dejected"  

"Is everything okay with his girlfriend Sarita?. I heard that she now has second thoughts about a wedding and would like to just remain friends"  

"Oh, they will make up. How many times hasn't that happened. In any case, I do not think he was very worried about that.?" 

" Do you think he is having problems with the the new boss at office? 

"No idea. Let's go home and cheer him up. Rakesh buy some samosas from Venu's shop on the way."

"Ok guys, but we will go in together"

As soon as the house mates, entered the house they rushed to Prakash. His face had moved partially out of the hand and was now visible although his shoulders continued to droop. 

"Buck up man! No need to be depressed. We can together come out of any problem. After all, what are friends for?" 

"Here, we brought you samosas to cheer you up"  

"Hey Prakash, are you having any issues at work?"  

Prakash stared at his friends as if they had gone crazy. 

"I am doing great. What is with you guys?" 

" Then why were you sitting burying your face in your hands as if everything is lost? 

" Oh that!  I was pondering over what to write today for the # Blogchatter daily write challenge. It is already evening and my mind is blank." 

"Hey, not to worry. You said that you can declare "Zero words written for the day" and make up the total monthly number in the writing to come" 

"Yeah, that's right. Let's then take a break and enjoy the samaosas. Hey guys, how about going to a movie tonight? After all, it's a Sunday!"