"Surpriiiiiseeee!" The boys screamed when Shruthi entered the music room at 12 o' clock with Vennela. Rishi-Raj lifted her on their shoulder singing 'Happy Birthday'.
She cut the cake. "I can't believe I'm 21 now. The cake is delicious."
"We made it ourselves" said Vennela pointing at herself and Amar. Shruthi understood why everyone was behaving oddly, the previous day.
'So it was a fake hug. Just to keep me away from the kitchen' She was disappointed. She held the gifts to open them. Vennela stopped her. "The surprise isn't over yet."
The twins played guitar and piano while Anirudh sang a song. "You two please dance for me." Shruthi requested Amar and Vennela.
Amar gladly agreed but Vennela didn't. "I'm not an expert in dancing." She tried to make excuses.
"You are not a bad dancer either. Please akka it's my birthday," said Shruthi.
Vennela agreed. They danced to the song to entertain Shruthi. Their dance steps were simple yet beautiful. Amar kept staring at Vennela. But she avoided looking at his face because she knew she would be lost in his intense brown eyes. His breath fanned her face. When the performance was over, Shruthi clapped her hands with glee. "Excellent, I wish my birthday comes everyday just to see you two dancing."
Vennela pretended as if it meant nothing but she secretly liked it.
"Akka, can I skip the afternoon session tomorrow and take my friends out for lunch?" Shruthi asked Vennela.
"Bunking classes is a bad habit" said Vennela reprovingly.
"As if you never bunked a class" said Raj.
"You always used to hide in the restroom along with your friends so that junior lecturers don't find you. Remember?" asked Rishi.
"You did that? Hid in the restroom along with friends?" Amar was surprised.
"Everyone does that. I mean that's the best hiding place. When they once caught us and asked us what we were doing, I said we were trying to open the chamber of secrets." Vennela made everyone laugh with her college story. She gave her card to Shruthi asking her not to spend much. Shruthi was overjoyed at the idea of partying with her friends. It was 2 am when they decided to go to bed.
"Someone's going to have a sleepless night" Amar remarked in a low voice so that only Vennela could hear him.
And he was right. Visions of Amar hugging her that evening kept coming back to her making her blush. She couldn't sleep.
The next afternoon when Vennela was in the office, she received a call saying Shruthi fell ill and was taken to hospital. She rushed to the hospital along with Amar.
"What happened?" She asked Raj.
"Her friends made her try something she never ate before. She vomited twice. Nothing serious." Raj replied.
She went inside to see Shruthi and Rishi arguing. "You are a patient. You can't eat sandwiches now."
"Come on, it's my birthday" said Shruthi. She was lying on the bed.
"Shru, you got yourself hospitalized. Who celebrates birthday like this?" Vennela was angry.
"Akka, it's not my fault. My friends made me eat that."
Vennela was about to say something when Amar stopped her. "Don't scold a patient."
After a few minutes the doctor gave them permission to take her home advising her not to eat spicy food for a week.
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