“Yuck!! What’s that stench?” None of the pandus bothered to answer me, as they were too busy with Lays and Coke on Pandu’s bed. I threw my bag on my bed. Mullu came out of bathroom. “There is something stinking here, idiots” I was irritated. Mullu made her baby face “I just took bath, I’m not the culprit”. I stared at her. She hid behind Budhu. “Babba, we also know it but no idea where it is from,” said Budhu “Spare her now”, she saved Mullu from me.
“You guys are sick! Why don’t you just check it out?” I shouted. “You better go and take bath” Pandu said without taking her gaze from the book she was reading. I knew everybody was giggling. That made me more furious “ What the hell did you say, you pig?” I struck back. She said “Oh sorry, I did not complete my sentence. I meant, you go and take bath that can soothe your mood. I did not say that you stink, what I was trying to say is by the time you take bath you get used to the foul smell and you know what, smell is something…”
“ENOUGH…” I screamed before she could complete.
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I called up my parents and Teddy and did the routine talk. I went and took bath. I came out; my crazy roommates were waiting for me to go to aunt’s place. I did not find anyone had any problem with the foul smell other than me. I again pleaded, “Hey guys, pls yaar, I can’t stand the smell”. Budhu said, “We go and have dinner now. We will check it out once we are back. Is that ok dear?” I said “Ok”
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That was sensible when Babes said that the smell was from the centre room. I was happy that whatever the hell it would be, not in my room. We expected a dead rat or spoilt eatable but nothing we could find in our search. “Oh man, forget it I’m sleepy, I don’t want to do anything other than sleep” Babes left. Then left Disney. Mullu and Pandu were also too tired. I was also fed up with the ‘search idea’. Budhu asked “Nothing is there Elephanto, now will you pls go and sleep” she was scratching her head out of frustration. I did not say anything.
Budhu was sleeping next to me. She took a long breath “ I want to move out of this place yaar. Look all these, where are we stayi….” She couldn’t complete, as we had to run to Pandu’s room hearing her screaming.
We rushed to Pandu-Mullu’s room. Mullu was holding their bed sheet in the air and we saw some brown colour stain on it. “What’s that??” Disney asked. Only Pandu had examined it and that was why she was puking out aunt’s nutritious food in washbasin. Mullu was shocked to see that half dried shit on their bed sheet. “Who the heck did not find a toilet here?” she said in a furious voice. I looked at Budhu, Budhu looked at Babes and Babes looked at Disney. Disney yelped, “Why everybody is looking at me as if I did it?” We all burst into laughter except Mullu and Pandu. “ Pandu, you shouldn’t have done it on your own bed sheet” I said. She retaliated “Yeah next time I will ask that cat to do it on your bed sheet, idiot!”. “Cat?” Budhu frowned. “Yeah guys, Gauri told me that she saw dadi chasing a light brown cat this morning” Pandu was almost crying. “Why is it always me?” she again ran to wash basin, as the stench oozed was terrible. Mullu threw the bed sheet and took a new one from the cupboard. Her face was red with anger. She looked at me; I bit my lips and controlled my smile between them.
Budhu asked “Hey Pandu, you just said it’s always you? so what happened before?” Pandu made a face “I didn’t say anything. Go and sleep now. The show is over”. “But there is something in that arrogance. What happened re Pandu?”, Babes added. Pandu was hesitant but could not find a getaway. She told us the tragic story, “When I was in our home town I used to go to my cousin’s place. She had loads of cats and kittens there. One stupid cat jumped and sat on my lap, as if my lap was its personal property. I thought that was ok and didn’t shoo it away. I started cuddling it and enjoyed it fawning over me. Suddenly man, that dirty creature fart right on my face and jumped off” We got into another round of amusement. “I HATE CATS” she cried out.
“You guys are sick! Why don’t you just check it out?” I shouted. “You better go and take bath” Pandu said without taking her gaze from the book she was reading. I knew everybody was giggling. That made me more furious “ What the hell did you say, you pig?” I struck back. She said “Oh sorry, I did not complete my sentence. I meant, you go and take bath that can soothe your mood. I did not say that you stink, what I was trying to say is by the time you take bath you get used to the foul smell and you know what, smell is something…”
“ENOUGH…” I screamed before she could complete.
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I called up my parents and Teddy and did the routine talk. I went and took bath. I came out; my crazy roommates were waiting for me to go to aunt’s place. I did not find anyone had any problem with the foul smell other than me. I again pleaded, “Hey guys, pls yaar, I can’t stand the smell”. Budhu said, “We go and have dinner now. We will check it out once we are back. Is that ok dear?” I said “Ok”
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That was sensible when Babes said that the smell was from the centre room. I was happy that whatever the hell it would be, not in my room. We expected a dead rat or spoilt eatable but nothing we could find in our search. “Oh man, forget it I’m sleepy, I don’t want to do anything other than sleep” Babes left. Then left Disney. Mullu and Pandu were also too tired. I was also fed up with the ‘search idea’. Budhu asked “Nothing is there Elephanto, now will you pls go and sleep” she was scratching her head out of frustration. I did not say anything.
Budhu was sleeping next to me. She took a long breath “ I want to move out of this place yaar. Look all these, where are we stayi….” She couldn’t complete, as we had to run to Pandu’s room hearing her screaming.
Budhu asked “Hey Pandu, you just said it’s always you? so what happened before?” Pandu made a face “I didn’t say anything. Go and sleep now. The show is over”. “But there is something in that arrogance. What happened re Pandu?”, Babes added. Pandu was hesitant but could not find a getaway. She told us the tragic story, “When I was in our home town I used to go to my cousin’s place. She had loads of cats and kittens there. One stupid cat jumped and sat on my lap, as if my lap was its personal property. I thought that was ok and didn’t shoo it away. I started cuddling it and enjoyed it fawning over me. Suddenly man, that dirty creature fart right on my face and jumped off” We got into another round of amusement. “I HATE CATS” she cried out.
