The friendship of Vinay Joshi and Ramesh Gupte was a matter of great curiosity and admiration in their families. Living in the same housing complex, the two of them did KG to B.Tech, in the same class, sitting on the same bench. They studied together, watched pictures together. They watched their first blue film together. They read Marathi Chavat Katha together and fought. They shared their first cigarette in their lives, and also took their first sip of beer from the same bottle. In short, they spent most of their waking moments in each other's company.
After becoming engineers, they also got jobs in the same company. The most fun thing was that they married each other's very close younger sisters. Both these young women had grown up together since birth and had a deep friendship of twenty years.
While arranging the wedding, they made their future wives listen to their conditions. They were sitting in a coffee shop with little traffic.
“Look, Mita, we want our wedding to be held at the same time in the same mandava. We are making this request to you on this condition.” Vinay began.
“We also want to celebrate our honeymoon in the same hotel.” Ramesh confirmed him.
The girls had also happily agreed to his strange conditions.
That same night, both the families got to know about this happy news. There was no question of opposition from either house. The engagement ceremony took place at the same time in the same hall and the wedding took place a month later.
As planned, Vinay and Ramesh got married on the same day, at the same time and in the same hall. This double wedding was a huge success. They pinched each other’s ears as the bridegroom left for the wedding.
Ramesh and his wife and Vinay and their wives went on their honeymoon, of course. Before the wedding date was set, Vinay and his wife, and Ramesh and his wife sat down together and booked a large two-bedroom suite in a luxurious resort in Sri Lanka through the Internet.
His wives Nivedita alias Nita and Mitali alias Mita also attended the twin wedding with great excitement and enthusiasm.
No one shed a tear at the wedding. Because the in-laws were one house away.
Neeta and Mita left for their honeymoon wearing the wedding attire of the wedding. Their family, who usually wear Punjabi dresses or jeans while going out, were entertained for days by the lavish sarees they wore and that too, as a wedding attire.
Both of them had done the same hair style in the Puneri Khopa style and looked like sisters. With light makeup, the two newlyweds looked very beautiful in their traditional attire. When they reached Sharjah Airport, not only the foreign tourists there but also the Indians were looking at them with great admiration.
After a 3-hour flight, they landed in Colombo at the time of the lamp lighting. A luxurious Mercedes van of the resort had come to receive them. Ramesh and Neeta were sitting opposite each other on one seat and Vinay and Mita on the back seat.
They checked in to their suite at the resort.
“Oh, how cool!” Mita exclaimed happily as she entered the suite.
“Aren’t these rooms so posh!” Neeta chirped.
“So who found this resort?” Ramesh smiled at the two of them. They both blushed looking at each other.
It was a two-bedroom suite and both the bedrooms had king-size beds. The suite had a shared large living room. Just like they had wanted when they booked!
Before the bell boy brought the luggage to the suite, the manager had sent them two bottles of champagne and mint chocolates as a welcome drink.
As they walked in together, they cheered each other and emptied their first glass. The bell boy put on a pop music channel that they liked on the resort's music system. The fast-paced music brought life to the atmosphere. Leaving the Indian newlyweds alone in each other's company, the boy left, pocketing a dirty tip.
