Debi and Arun were on a date night with their forehead profusely sweating in the darkness of the night. Their table is filled with raw scallops with a bit of lime, bruschetta that were later removed by the waiter. Then the table is filled with pesto pizza and spaghetti aglio e olio and ultimately Tiramisu. The photos were taken of the mouth-watering dishes. In addition, to the selfies of the peck on the lips of the lovely couple. Together, they had a lovely dinner with Debi pulling her sleeveless dress upwards hundreds of times while her eyes were wondering everywhere so that no one sees her doing so.
Arun was messaging one of his colleagues about his meeting with the chairman of an international company the next morning. It was a lovely dinner with a bottle of champagne opened by the couple to celebrate their first anniversary followed by cigars inside their bedroom.
The photos were posted on Instagram the next day as mini vlogs as they grabbed the attention of large number of followers for Debi. The comments section is overflowing with words like 'adorable', 'made for each other', 'god bless the beautiful couple' and so on.
All of these posts were seen by Megha and Dev, the former asked her husband for a candle light dinner in the middle of the greenery for their first anniversary too just like Debi and Arun but it would cost around four thousand rupees for two , quite expensive but once a month experience is fine. Like planned, Megha and Dev went to the same restaurant, to the same spot, choose the same dishes. They took the selfies as done by their friends, Debi and Arun. It was difficult to sweat profusely in the month of summer and live without AC. The buzz of the mosquitoes could be heard near their ears. They tried to chat and enjoy the evening but later they decided to move inside the restaurant amongst the crowd knowing this is for the best interest. The food is bland except the pasta and the Tiramisu but something in their tongue craved spicy Tandoori Chicken, their favourite dish of all the time with Pudina chutney and lots of green chillies.
Megha and Dev were discussing about their family plans especially Megha who has been adamant on not having kids while Dev wants them to have now. They fought earlier in the past too, but it was Dev who failed to understand about the effect of this huge step and the decision involving it. On the other hand, Debi and Arun were deciding for the surrogacy because it is the safest option to save their times in this busy chaotic world. Debi works in an office where the walls whisper about her affair with her boss who pays mostly for her makeup, jewelleries and sarees apart from her salary. In the world where being busy is a trend so does the husbands falling asleep instead of giving time to his wife is a natural outcome too. Arun on the other hand is a fast-typer on the touch screen as it is filled with messages from various girls online.
Babes, where are you?
Babes, I am missing your lips. I am the luckiest guy in the world.
I can’t afford to share you with anyone. You are mine and mine only.
Sometimes, Arun does come home with marks of lipstick and unknown perfumes but Debi never notices them because the maid deals with the clothes. The distance between the couples has been way too much than imagined except for the selfies and the Instagram posts. The number of views on the reels .
Megha and Dev has worked hard to rise up the ladder. They are working couples who sacrificed sleep, food and friends to build a house for them. When one of them left their house, another one entered with a "hi" but there was always a sort of ease between them including calls during their lunchtime and before leaving for office.
It seems that grass is not greener on the other side as well.
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