But Ulti boy was special. He was more of a finishing touch to anyone’s birthday! At one point, things got so bad, that he used to get ‘lifted’ wherever he was seen, even in college. Such was the legacy of this dude. In comparison to those days, this year around was pretty mild. We got a nice tee shirt for him, but didn’t give it to him right away. With the left over wrapper, we flicked his geometry set and neatly wrapped it up. Actually the prank gift looked more compelling and desirable than the actual package! So we geared up for some solid fun.
It was a Saturday night, and the mess is closed for good on Saturdays! Dinner was on the B’day boy and so were the little cute bottles afterward! On the way to the restaurant in the car, we gave him the proxy package and asked him not to open it till we reached the place. It was a long drive to the joint through the infamous city traffic jams. And all along, we were asking him to guess what was inside the beautifully wrapped swanky package. He was no where near. And the best part was that we had hyped it to way over the moon! We could literally see the expectations ooze out of his eyes inside the dim car. Poor chap.
Finally, we reached the dining table through all the chaos the city had to throw at us. And it was time! Shortly after placing the order, he was finally ready. With the remaining three of us giving him those innocent all pleased eyes, he began to unravel the mystery. Just below the shiny gift wrapper was another layer of newspaper. I just wanted to make sure our pleasure lasted as long as possible, even if it were by a few seconds, I know, I’m wicked!
He had only just gotten the paper off, with his eyes all popping out, than was he greeted with the all familiar red glint of his daily desk-mate. I’m guessing that for a fraction of a second there, we had his heart racing. I feel that boys always love gifts that come in neatly wrapped cuboids, and they attach high anticipations to them. And this kid wasn’t an exception. The moment of glory for him did exist, but pity it was just for a few nanoseconds! O the dejection on his face. I was too amused by the unfolding events to notice the curses that flew our way. He couldn’t even pick it up due to the state of shock. I’m presuming all the hype didn’t go to a waste.
Well, in most cases, we would have called off the prank and ended matters. But this was Ulti boy! We were going to rub it in real good. We started to justify our actions, and I’m sure that’s the last thing he had expected. Come on, here is a guy on his birthday, he is in the process of buying us dinner, and he got a lame gift. We were definitely pushing the envelope as far as possible! We stared rambling about the sentimental value of the item, and asked him not to be materialistic. Ha ha.. Cracks me up even now! With every statement we made, came a curse from the other side. It was fun!
Finally dinner was done. Next stop was the near by shop where the bottles were available. Loaded, we trudged to the car. Ulti boy was still reeling from the evening’s events. He started to make open threats as to what may befall us on our B’days. He even said that he had never felt any cheaper in his entire life…! And that was the mission accomplished subtitle for me! Back in the car, the real package flew towards him, and the child like anticipation was back. We asked him not to open it again till we reached hostel. This time, he was understandably suspicious. He had figured that it was some cloth by the feel of it, and was guessing it might be hid own used undergarments. Not blaming him!
Back in the den, he did open the packet and liked what he saw. Half hour and five Foster’s later, we called it a day. B’day of a star of my blog.
Cheers............
Oh wait, did I tell you about his new gold chain…? He looks so ridiculous in it…! All that bling never suited him. Loads of rip-off in store for him for making this ‘expensive’ mistake. haha...
