Op Rooppur II: Planning for a trip

25th February 2031

Gulshan - 2

11:42

The car stops in front of the building. Naser looks at Sohel and says, "go inside and wait in front of the lift. I'll put the car in the garage and meet you there in a minute."

Sohel gets out of the car and proceeds to go towards the boot to take his bag but Naser urges to leave it saying he'll send someone to get it. So he enters the building and goes towards the elevator. He wonders just how rich has become his friend. Naser comes and stands beside him

"Let's go."

They enter the elevator and the elevator starts going up. They stop at the 14th floor. They get out and stop in front of a big door. Naser says,"Come on. Go in."

Sohel opens the door and just as he entered the house, a girl around 23-24 came up to him and slapped him. He was shocked for a second. But before he could understand the situation the same girl hugged him out of nowhere. Now he was actually confused. As he looked in front of him he saw Tahmid and Ovi smiling. He understood what's going on and freed himself from the girl's bond. He looked at the girl and said, "You know that slap hurt, Mitali."

"You deserved it."

Sohel looks at Naser and says, "Why didn't you tell me they were here?"

Naser shrugs and says, "it was a surprise."

"And Mitali, why the fuck did you hit me that hard. A little harder and my teeth would fall out."

"You deserved it for not contacting us at all and making us worried."

Sohel's face hardens again as his actions seem to have hurt his friends. Naser notices this and sends Sohel upstairs to freshen up.Sohel goes up and sees a big hallway with doors on each side of the way. He couldn't help himself from thinking, "How much does he earn?"

"Your room is the second door to the left." Yells Naser from downstairs.

He enters the room and sees his bag in front of a closet. He wonders again who bought that bag up and when? But he stops thinking about it and loses his clothes. He brings out a towel and a pair of free clothes and enters the shower. After spending almost half an hour, showering he comes out. As he goes downstairs after dressing up he sees everyone sitting in the living area talking and laughing. He thinks about how their friendship hasn't changed a bit even after staying these much time apart. Tahmid notices Sohel standing on the stairs looking at them and says, "you if you do that type of things I just might think you're a creepy stalker"

Sohel smiles and joins them. After reminiscing about their old days a bit Ovi proposed an idea.

"You know we've reunited again after all these years so why don't we all go on a little trip?"

They all think it would be a good idea and start talking about where to go. As they were talking Sohel gets a call. He takes out his phone and gets serious seeing the caller. He says to his friends,

"I got to take this. You guys keep thinking."

Sohel gets up and goes upstairs. After around 10 minutes he comes down and proposes, "Why don't we go to Pabna. We could visit the Nuclear Power Plant along with the beauty of our countryside."

Naser jokes, "Or we could send Ovi to the mental hospital there to fix his running after girls problem" 

They all laugh at Naser's Joke. Naser again says, "of course. Let's go. I had to go there in a few days anyway for a field inspection."

Sohel and Naser looks at others for answers. Tahmid says,"Let's go. I'm all for beauty."

Ovi jokingly says, "Let's go. I might finally get a girlfriend there."

Mitaly says, "Everyone agrees, so why not?"

Tahmid puts one hand up in the air and screams, "Let's get ready for Operation Ruppoor."

They all laugh but only Sohel's laugh was fake. He thinks If his friend knew what's going on, forget laughing. They wouldn't even agree to go there.