Shreyas

After leaving the room I went to the pub that I usually go to here in delhi and ordered a whiskey. When I saw aria at my doorstep I completely lost it.

Every body is telling me the same thing. I am sick and tired of hearing it again and again.

"It's okay shreyas"

"It's just a few matches shreyas"

"Maybe it's not your season shreyas"

"Maybe change your squad shreyas"

"Change the training sessions, that might help"

Shreyas this, shreyas that! Fuck it. Fuck everybody. It's getting too much to my head. I've tried possibly everything. Maybe it's bad luck. I don't know man. I hate this feeling. I feel like such an incompetent captain. I feel like I've let my whole team down.

I gulped down shot after shot. I didn't even count the number of shots I drowned.
I could feel my throat burn but I didn't care. I asked the bartender to keep the shots coming. I need atleast one night's sleep.

I'll sulk just for one more day and then get my ass up and face it like a man.

I'm high as fuck now. Everything around was spinning.

The alcohol got to my head.

This is not what a good captain would do right. Drown his feelings in alcohol.

Shut this nonsense right now shreyas.

Enough is enough.

Man up and face the world.

I took my phone to see what the time was and saw my wallpaper.

It was of Aria and I clicked during Ari's birthday when I had gone to Bangalore to surprise her. She was looking at the camera grinning while I was looking at her.

No not looking at her, I was admiring her, completely lost in her beauty.

I have no idea why I lashed out on her.
It's just that phrase it's okay that set me off.
I should not have yelled at her like that.

Poor thing she came all the way from Bangalore. Her schedule was so busy and yet she came just for me.

And the way I behaved. Fuck you shreyas.

You don't deserve her love. I need to go apologize to my baby right away.

That's when the bartender gave me my last shot of whiskey. I drowned it and for some reason it tasted weird, but I was way too buzzed to notice anything.

I got up from my seat and stumbled.

Shit how am I going to go back to the hotel like this.

My head spun as soon as I got up and I held onto the chair for support.

"You okay there skip", asked the bartender.

"I'm okay I'm okay", I slurred holding onto my head.

My vision was getting hazy and my head was heavy.

I wanted to reach the hotel before I pass out somewhere on the streets and make a fool out of myself.

After a minute of standing, I slowly started walking.

"Shrey", I felt a hand on my shoulder.

I turned around to look at the person. I could barely see who that is. My vision was getting worse and my head was already pounding.

I continuosly blinked trying to look at that person.

"Shrey it's me aria", she said.

"Ari baby. You came for me?", I grinned and leaned forward.

"Yes I did. Let's go to the hotel", she said and put my hand over her shoulder.

"I'm sorry honey. I'm so sorry I yelled at you", I said tripping over my own foot.

"Which hotel are you at?", She asked.

She knows which hotel I am at no. Or maybe she forgot. Maybe she's also high like I am I thought giggling.

After telling her the name of the hotel, we got into a cab and I immediately placed my head on her shoulder and held her hand.

"You changed your perfume? You smell different", I said closing my eyes.

"Yeah I did, do you like it", she asked.

Why does she sound different?

I've drank so much now I can't even recognise my own Ari's voice.
I should never drink after this. Imagine something bad happened and Ari was not here with me. She would have lectured me for one full day.

"Baby I love you", I said almost dozing off when the cab stopped in front of the hotel.

"What's your room number?", She asked me.

"You were just there Ari how do you not remember", I said laughing.

I told her my room number and we got into the lift.

I tried opening my eyes and getting a better look of her face. She had straight hair. Wait my Ari has curly hair.

"Why is your hair so straight? What happened to the springs?", I asked pulling a strand of her hair and leaving it waiting for it to go boing boing like a spring.

"I straightened it while I was waiting for you", she whispered.

"I don't like this. I miss the maggi on your head", I said leaning into her putting my whole body weight.

The elevator dinged and we reached my floor.

I stumbled for the key of my room and opened it and went inside.
The lights are out.

I should complain to the building manager.

Oh shit no wait.

This is a hotel.

You're miserable shrey.

That's when aria pushed me against the wall .

"Someone's in the mood", I smirked.

She didn't say anything. Instead she pulled the tshirt off my head and threw it somewhere in the dark.

I placed my hands on her hip while she placed them behind my neck.

I leaned forward and touched our foreheads.

"I was such an ass to you. I'm sorry. Will you forgive me", I asked.

And that's the last thing I said before I passed out.

Aria

Seeing Laila and shrey together again brought back all those memories from seven years ago. I cant believe what I just saw.
I can't believe shrey would do this to me again.

What about all those times he looked at me and told me he loved me? Did he mean it or were they just blank words with no meaning. He said I was best thing that happened to him. But this?

Wasn't I enough? Was I doing something wrong.

Maybe his fans were right.

Maybe he deserves someone more than me. Maybe I did ruin his life.

I went into my room and took my phone and booked a flight to Bangalore.

I was numb. I could feel nothing. No tears left my eyes. I was empty inside. Broken. Shattered.

I found a flight 6 in the morning and booked it.

There's no point of me being here anyways.

I didn't tell deepak nor rahul about this.
What's the point of anything at all?

Shrey doesn't care. I don't expect anyone else to.

I took my luggage and looked at myself into the mirror. I looked like a zombie. I looked lifeless.

Well, who cares now.

I saw the chain hanging down my neck.

It's the yin yang chain I gifted shrey for his birthday. I held onto it and yanked it, cutting the chain.

I looked at it and that's when tears started flowing down my face.

I quickly wiped them off and left the room.
I stopped in front of shrey's room. I pushed the Door and went in praying that everything I saw earlier was a dream but what I saw only broke my heart further.

Shrey and laila were in bed sleeping together.

Laila wore his tshirt and was snuggled into his chest while he held her tight.

My heart cannot take this anymore.
I walked to this bedside table and placed the chain on his phone and with one last look I left.

I took a cab and went to the airport. While I was in the airport I texted Deepak.

"I'm leaving"

Shreyas

I woke up in the morning to someone banging loudly on the door. What do they want this early in the morning!
My head pounded with a massive headache. Fuck I should not have drank so much. I got up and went to open the door.

"I'm coming", I yelled holding my head.

I opened the door found Deepak standing there.

"Where is aria?", He asked.

"Aria? She's here?", I yawned.

"What the fuck did you do shreyas?", He grunted.

"She's right here what are you talking about", I said walking to my bed and when I saw the person lying down I was shocked.

I felt my world stop.

It was laila on the bed.

What is this bitch doing here?

Fuck fuck no no. I ran to my phone to call aria but instead I found her chain.

The chain she got me for my birthday.

This can't be happening No.

I pushed past deepak and ran to the reception.

I went to the reception and asked them which room aria was in.

"She checked out sir. She left today morning", he said.

Fuck what have I done.

I fell to my knees, tears forming in my eyes.

I can't believe this is happening.

She left me.

*Slowly comes back, updates and runs away again*
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