"Ishan you don't think we are being unfair to you right?" Virat asked him softly.

They were having dinner. Virat sitting on one side and Shubman sitting on the other side of Ishan.

Rohit was sitting beside Virat, engaging  in a conversation with Hardik, trying not to show that his sole focus was on the talk Virat was having with Ishan.

"Ofcourse not bhaiya. Why would I even think that?" Ishan whispered.

"Just wanted to make sure. You do have great skills okay, a little bit more practice and you can be perfect." Virat continued.

"Rohit bhaiya told you about everything?" Ishan asked looking at Rohit.

They way his posture changed Ishan was sure Rohit had been eavesdropping at the conversation.

"I—"

"Bhaiya please tell Rohit bhaiya I am really sorry for today. Dad didn't meant like that. It's just his way of talking." Ishan said not letting Virat speak.

"What happened?" Shubman asked, his focus on Ishan now. Hardik who was talking with Shubman also turned towards them.

"Nothing, we were just talking about the food." Ishan replied.

"You were saying sorry? How is that related to food?" Shubman asked.

"Oh I offered a sandwich of these buns with butter chicken in between, topped with chocolate syrup to Virat bhai." Ishan replied.

"I can feel my taste buds cringing at that without even eating it." Hardik snorted.

"Ishu you made a sandwich without me?" Rishabh retorted. Everyone joined into the conversation now.

"You are so far away from me. How could I have done the experiment with you?" Ishan shrugged.

"Let me come and we can do it together again. Shubi change seats with me." Rishabh said.

"Never" Shubman snorted.

Everyone laughed at the face Rishabh made. 

"Virat bhaiyaaa" Rishabh whined.

"Bold of you to assume I will back you up after what you shared in the group." Virat retorted.

"But those fanfic links were worth it." Shreyas hummed.

"Yes especially that Shubish one, what was the name? Yeah Did you know me. That's so amazing." Surya grinned.

"I liked it's sequel more though, the way Shubman and Ishan fought for their love. Such a great ending." Hardik chuckled.

"I liked Virat bhaiya's entry in the ending chaps, the way both the parents agreed right away after listening to him." Shardul hummed.

"Do you think their parents will agree to the marriage if it happens in real life?" Rishabh asked.

"It depends, no matter how much broad minded our parents are, they might feel uncomfortable with this topic due to the generational gap." Surya shrugged.

"Uhh what about you guys? What will your opinions be if someone from our group turns out gay?" Ishan asked.

"Yeah, Shubman you tell first." Virat said.

"I won't have any problem with it. I will be always happy for my friend no natter who they date." Shubman said staring at Ishan.

Virat nudges Ishan slightly on thw shoulder.

"You told him?" Virat whispered so nobody could hear.

Ishan nodded his head and Virat patted his shoulder.

"What about the others? Come on tell what will you guys do if someone from our group confessed about them being gay?" Rohit asked.

"I will try to keep my physical contact minimal with them." Hardik replied.

"Oh" Ishan looked down at his plate.

"You are homophobic?" Shreyas asked him.

"No, I meant it like see I go around hugging and touching almost everyone. But I don't maintain the same physical contact with other women, because they will feel uncomfortable naa. So if a man is gay they might feel uncomfortable too,that's why I said that." Hardik explained quickly.

"But what if they don't feel uncomfortable with those hugs and pats?" Ishan asked looking at Hardik.

"Then I won't stop at all." Hardik smiled.

"Surya what about you?" Rishabh looked at him.

"I don't know. I mean why should I be doing anything? When I married Devisha, I didn't asked everyone about their acceptance. I just told you guys and you all were happy for me. So if someone tells me they got a bf I will be happy for them too." Surya shrugged.

"That's a quite nice perspective." Rohit hummed.

Ishan wanted to jump on him and give a tight hug to Surya.

"What about you Siraj?" Kuldeep elbowed him and Siraj hummed softly.

"I would ask him to be my fuck buddy. Then I won't have to find any girls in other countries. I can simply fuck him whenever I want to." Siraj spoke.

The whole table went quiet.

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Ishan :: 4 saal ki bachi ye story pdd rhi hai uske liye toh thodi sharam krli hoti.
[ A 4 year old girl, Urvashi, is reading the story. Atleast have some shame for her]

Siraj :: What? You guys asked and I just told the truth.

Shubman :: But why are you after my boyfriend? Stay away from him.

Author :: He is not your boyfriend yet. You guys are bestfriends, stay in the character.

Urvashi :: Ms author you again broke the 4th wall.

Shubman :: Yeah, with the amount of times you have broken the 4th wall I feel bad for the readers. They must be super confused and irritated by this behavior.

Ishan :: They are just irritated by the fact that Urvashi is in the story.

Urvashi :: What did i do?

Virat :: Bache they are just jealous that you are still innocent and they are more unholy than the devils.

Urvashi :: Let them be jealous. But if they will continue to hate me then I will not let Ishan and Shubman have a happy ending.

Shubman :: Isme meri kya galti, main kyu saza lu?
[ What is my fault in here? Why am i getting punished?]

Urvashi :: Idk, ask the author. She is the one who is writing all this.

Author :: I think I should go and fix the fourth wall. Haha byeee.

*Okay back to story otherwise Shubman will punch me again*

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After a bit of chit chat and fun while having dinner, eberyone went back to their room.

"I feel happy for you Ishu" Shubman said and Ishan grinned widely.

"I am also very muh happy, nobody is homophobic in our team."

"Yeah now you don't have to worry." Shubman said opening the closet.

Ishan was also going to change into his night clothes when his phone dinged.

"Shubi"

"Yeah Ishu?"

"Aditi wants to meet me tomorrow."