‘Do’sti

Cast:Tom,Jack
Story type: Senti
Advice:Read it alone

The whole story happened one night between two best friends Tom and Jack who are just about to go to sleep.

Tom----"When will the power come yaar ? I will not sleep till the power comes.I've a lot of work to do"
Jack----"I heard someone saying that it will not come this whole night"
Tom----"Oh no"
Jack----"Let's sleep now.And if you have any work, you can do it waking up early tomorrow morning"
Tom----"Ok as Jack Baba says.Let's sleep"

They began to sleep.But during the sleep Jack observed that his friend has a lot of problem with mosquitoes and constantly scratching his body.Tom doesn't have any blanket on his body.Jack took his blanket and covered Tom with it and started sleeping again.Now mosquitoes began to hunt Jack.But in Jack's mind-----"Chance to make a sacrifice to a friend comes very rare.I got the chance now".And with mosuitoes biting him, he tried to sleep, but before he could close his eyes he saw Tom uncovering himself from the blanket to get some air and scratching himself.Jack went near him, took his hand away from the scratching position and again covered him with the blanket.He went to sleep and again Tom did the same thing.So he kept awake till midnight helping his friend to sleep peacefully.A call came from Jack's home and after answering the call, Jack went outside the room, sat on the floor and began to weep.

Now Tom again uncovered himself and due to mosquitoes he finally woke up and found that Jack was not on his bed.He went outside and found Jack crying
Tom--------"Jack what happened ?"
Jack--------"Nothing !"
Tom--------"Did anyone offend you? tell me"
Jack--------"No nothing.I just washed my face, but I forgot to make the eyes dry"
Tom slapped him and asked----"Tell me what happened?"
Jack(shivering voice)---"My father died.He died of blood cancer today just a few minutes back in the hospital.His death is inevitable.It has nothing to do with you"
Tom--------"Why did you hide this fact from me?"
Jack--------"It's personal matters, family related"
Tom again slapped him----"Family related ! Do you know the meaning of best friend ? A best friend means -a brother given by God.So my father is suffering with blood cancer and you would hide this fact from his child.

Do you know what friendship means ? "
Jack--------"I sacrificed my night's sleep for you by covering you with my blanket.The whole night I hadn't had any sleep.Is there any bigger sacrifice than this, that you have made for me ?"
Tom paused for few moments
Tom--------"Jack ! Why did you do this ? listen, friendship doesn't beget any sacrifice.If you really understand what friendship means you could have slept with me sharing the same blanket.
Friendship is a ship that starts with sharing, safely voyages with sharing and also ends with sharing"

Jack went dumb for few moments and hugged Tom.He cried, Tom too started crying and both cried that night till both of them went thirsty because of the tears they left and later on went to the hospital.

Normally Jack should do the rituals of cremation for the body, but Tom insisted and he himself made the rituals of cremation for Jack's father, sorry, his father.