20th may, 2024.

8:54 pm.

ishan, kasturie and shubman were laying in silence on the floor of the living room of kasturie's house in mumbai. on 25th, they are supposed to leave for new york. before that, they had a few days for themselves as they were already done with ipl. kasturie told them to pack their bags for new york and get their asses over her house to stay for those few days.

right now, they were sprawled all over the floor of her living room. ishan was laying parallel to the tv with kasturie's head on his stomach while shubman laid his head on kasturie's lap. each of them had a whiskey glass with iced tea in it in their hands.

"guys i think merko yeh iced tea chadh rhi hai." ishan said breaking the silence. "yaar mumbai mein kitni garmi hai re. were literally laying half naked and still garmi ho rhi hai. kaise rehte ho tum log?"

"whiskey ke glass mein agar iced tea piyega toh aur kya hoga? aur bhendi mumbai ko kuch bolneka nhi." kasturie said staring at the ceiling. ishan just hummed in response "guys agar yeh sab ek sapna hua toh? like apan log cricketer hi nhi hue aur we are just sleeping in real life. ya agar real life mein cricket jaisa koi game hi na ho toh?"

"tum dono ko sahi mein chadh gyi hai. utho chalo I'm hungry mujhe kuch khaana hai." the only sane one in the room said and got up from kasturie's lap.

"nahi yaar merko neend aa rhi hai." kasturie said and turned around to hug ishan's waist and laid her head on his chest.

"haa yaar merko bhi. let's just sleep." ishan said and hugged kasturie back.

"abbey o chhipkaliyo, uth jao. woh rohit bhai tum dono ke wajah se hum sab ko sust murge bulate hai." shubman was frustrated. he went over to them to pull them apart and made them sit. they groaned. "tum dono ne bhi kuch nhi khaya, maine bhi kuch nhi khaya. I'm hungry as fuck and I'm ordering something for all of us to eat. tum log chup chap khaa rhe ho. no nakhre please." he pulled out his phone to order food. "kastu kya khayegi?"

"chicken!" she yelled.

"ha isko kuch bhi dedo jisme chicken hai aur yeh khush ho jayegi." ishan said.

"I'm craving momos." shubman said.

"yes! chicken momos!" she yelled again.

"hmm i think kastu, tere favourite momos place ne home delivery band ki hai." shubman looked at kasturie with a sad face.

"but i want momos." she said and kept her head on ishan's shoulder.

"acha theeke theeke get up aur kuch pehen le woh place yahi paas mein hi hai na, vaha jaake khaate hai fir." he hated to see her sad.

"yay. teri ekhad hoodie dede neeche shorts theek hai. tum dono bhi kuch pehen lo." she jumped up and sat on the large L shaped couch.

they all got changed, shubman gave kasturie one of his hoodies and got into the lift. the momos place was not much far just a few minutes away from her building. they tried to keep it as lowkey as possible while walking to that place but the paps somehow always find their location. but then again who cares when you have momos in front of you.

they went inside and ordered some momos for themselves. without uttering a single word, they all started to dig into their food in comfortable silence.

"khatam bhi ho gya?" ishan said looking at her empty plate.

"yeah tum log kitna slow khaate ho, but i want one more piece." she smiled and looked into ishan's plate.

he pulled his plate closer to him and said. "na na I'm not sharing."

she huffed and turned to shubman who was sitting beside her and smiled at him. he looked at her for a moment and said "okay fine but just one piece."

"ha ha ek hi." she smiled at him again and opened her mouth. shubman carefully fed her one of his momos. she turned to ishan and said "dekh, aise dost hone chahiye. nhi toh tu." he just showed her his tongue and continued eating.

after eating, they all walked back home. they got in and fell onto the couch. "abhi toh 10:30 hi baj rhe hai, itne jaldi kaun sota hai. let's watch a movie." kasturie suggested.

"ha chalega." they said.

she got up and said "chalo fir utho jaldi. tum dono yeh couch ko bed mein convert karo, andar se bedsheet, blankets aur pillows laake bed banao. ac chalu karke 16 pe daalo. tab tak I'll make popcorn."

kasturie went into the kitchen and fetched out 2 large packets of microwaveable popcorn and cooked them one by one. on the other hand, the boys were making the bed. soon enough, they got their respective works done and laid on the bed and pulled up the blanket. kasturie was in the middle with shubman on her right and ishan on her left

kasturie got the remote and asked "kaunsi movie dekhni hai?" before they got a chance to reply she said "go goa gone."

"kaisi ladki hai yaar, khud hi question puchke khud hi answer de diya." ishan shook his head. shubman just laughed at them.

she played the movie. throughout the movie, one by one, the boys fell asleep. she looked at their sleeping figures and chuckled. she turned off the tv and pulled the blanket upto her chin. suddenly she thought of making an instagram post. she got her phone.

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a/n : guys aaj se mera college shuru ho rha hai so updates will be slowed down a bit but don't worry even tho this is my boards ka year, i won't stop writing this story because this is my only escape from studies.

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~k.