As Ronjoy turned his head , he saw Kunal is busy in counting the bunch of toilet papers seriously , as if solving some mathematical problem !
Looking to Ronjoy watching him , Kunal said with glowing face ,”We have no problem of toilet papers at least for two weeks !
Ronjoy replied irritatingly,
”Damn it; tissue or toilet papers should never be our problems till there is tap water; We have other healthier alternatives ! Now the westerns will learn some good habit and might follow us. Our problem is now ‘food’!
Hamid giggled from the kitchen . Looking to eyes of Ronjoy , he replied promptly
‘ egg curry is done; only ten minutes more to finish rice,” just like a doting mother pacifying her child.
'It’s fine; let us help you ; Ronjoy started to clean the kitchen counter ;Kunal also joined to make the plates ready C
“Hi guys! With a coffee mug Rachael, [ their front door neighbor] entered and opening the refrigerator poured some milk in her mug from the can without any formalities and replaced the can in right place before closing the door.
Rachael: I need hot milk- coffee to drink, for I had a headache and cough.
Ronjoy jumped backwards from Rachael.
“So cough and headache! Any other symptom like throat-soar or fever ?.
Rachael: No, Mr. Corona-specialist! She made distorted faces by showing tongue and shaking heads.
As She turned towards the door with her mug , Ronjoy rushed to her,
"Listen Rachael, can you lend me one of your ‘bra’ ? Rachael throws a stunt look to the eyes of Ronjoy directly with slightly opened mouth in awe !
Being embarrassed Ronjoy , stepped little backwards from Rachael; he began to stammer in trembling voice
“ I m-mean , I m-m-for mmusk , pointing his nose covering with palm; fluttering his palms helplessly he added ,n-no stock in Amazon.com !
By the time Emily, Rachael’s room-mate appeared impatiently opening the door “Coffee is brewing and I’m tired of waiting for milk”; She snatched the mug from Rachael and the two women disappeared quickly.
Kunal : You are really crazy! Lucky enough not to have a slap from her.........
"Come, dinner is waiting” said Hamid .
The three hungry boys finished the plates in such a way that plates looked as clean as washed !
Kunal: Really, how did you learn to cook so tasty meal, Hamid?
Hamid: Simply watching my Mom .
‘Well, How long Sally will take to come back from the Airport? ‘Hamid asked .
Ronjoy : Not before 2 AM .I have told Sally to arrange some hotel for his Uncle who is coming directly from Hongkong . He should not mind that we can’t take risk of our life at this present situation! Let us put our utensils in dishwasher and celebrate the Friday night with some comedy movie.
The three took seat on the couch , each with a comforter so that they can sleep there, If needed .
The door-bell rang. ………….
With wide panicky eyes the three boys uttered simultaneously ,
”May be Sally with uncle!”
Disapproving their assumption, Rachael and Emily peeped with notorious smile from the half-opened door and threw two balls of cloth which struck to Ronjoy,s nose.
“For your masks, you fertiled–brained Bong brats !”
With laughing comment they disappeared.
Ronjoy quickly unfurled the balls and his face became bright with excitement as he was counting,
“one, two, three bras” Ronjoy exclaimed ‘Hurray .’! Let us make masks for us all. But we need needle and scissors. “
Hamid and Kunal rushed to their room to fetch those materials. Ronjoy put each cup
On his nose before distributing. He threw the big one to Hamid saying, “This one will match to your big face.
Kunal googled the image of mask in his laptop .
They cut each bra in two pieces. Like expert tailors they finished home -made mask.
within an hour; In front of mirror they put on for trial.
Hamid with printed brown color bra(m)-ask looked funny .
“You look like big cat ,“ kunal joked.
Removing the mask said Hamid ,
”the pad is so thick that I have to die in suffocation , not in Corona.
Ronjoy: But we must admit that we can use it at least in case of emergency. I am really worried of Sally’s uncle from Hongkong ; hope Sally won’t bring him here…….
Anyway our neighbor is so helpful!
As Sally called them to inform that he will not return at night,
They switched off the TV and went to sleep peacefully. *
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