Have you ever sat with anyone where you’re supposed to make small talk but you just don’t have anything to make it happen ? I’m sure each of us have been in a boat which seems to be headed nowhere.
Fiddling through my phone, when my ammi and sis decided to leave me and abbu for some impromtu shopping, I was caught again in a situation for the umpteenth time. And better for company than my Abbu, who is a level-up when it comes to “keeping it quiet”.
But he played smart. He dozed off.
And I only feel sleepy when I had to study something. On hindsight, I should have tried this today.
But anyways, after a barrage of questions about “work” and the favorite Bangalore Traffic, there wasn’t much to even think of talking about.
Earlier I at least used to feel bad about this. Now, I’m Chill.
I took my phone and started looking at the news headlines, getting amused and confounded about the happenings of the world, how Trump gave his first press conference and did it in the most trumpesque manner, how THAT video is trending and got that many views on Youtube, Why people still tag me in their DPs on facebook and a lot of world problems was discussed in my head.
I looked up and saw the uncle with whom I have been sitting for close to 20 minutes (but it felt like 20 hours, I swear) and noticed he seemed to be lost in his phone as well.
And then we both smiled at each other and went back to our phones.