10th may, 2024.

11:39 pm.

"yeh- yeh tera boyfriend hai?" kabir asked hesitantly.

"ha kyu terko kuch problem hai?" kasturie replied.

"arre nhi matlab waisa nhi but-"

"but kya? aye jaldi bol yaar humare paas time nhi hai."

"bubba jaldi, bohot kuch karna hai baad mein." shubman smirked and winked making sure to be seen by kabir.

"tune bataya nhi merko?" kabir asked kasturie.

"tu kya mera kaka lagta hai jo main terko sab batayegi?" she retorted and held shubman's hand. "let's go, love. bye bye, kabir." with that she pulled shubman inside the csk dressing room and closed the door behind her. "what the hell were you thinking?" she whisper-yelled at shubman.

"what? that was amazing. mainu toh maza aya and besides maine tujhe uss neech insaan se bachaya. i don't think you should be anywhere near him." shubman chuckled.

"ha but terko yeh bolneki jaroorat nahi thi ki tu mera boyfriend hai."

"chill bacche, chal tu mood mat kharab kar apna. people are waiting for you almost 12 baj gye hai chal jaldi." he said and opened the door of the dressing room.

"wait, woh sab yaha nhi aa rhe?." she asked confused.

"shhhh kitne sawal. jara shant reh aur chal mere saath." he held her hand and led her down to the party hall of the hotel they were staying in.

the door to the party hall was closed. not a single living being was seen there. "kaha hai sab?" she turned around to ask shubman but he vanished in thin air. "what the fuck." she looked down to see a bar of chocolate on the floor. "ooooh, chocolate." she giggled and picked it up and flipped it. there was a note on it that said, 'open the door to get more chocolate.' "damn, chocolates!"

kasturie pushed the door in front of her open. It was dark and pin drop silence. kasturie thought of doing something mischievous. she smirked and yelled, "jinne mera dil luteya!"

"oho" there were a collective oho's heard followed by some smacks.

she laughed and said, "chalo bhi i know tum sab yaha ho light on karo." as the lights turned on, everyone jumped up.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY KASTU!!" they popped a few party poppers and kasturie was showered by confetti.

"thank you sab log!" she clapped and said happily. all of the people present there, got in a line and one by one gave kasturie a yellow rose and a chocolate. "oh shit, itne saare chocolates. best day ever!" she jumped.

"uh huh, saare chocolates ek hi din mein khatam nahi karne hai." mahi bhai said and stood beside her.

"of course main thodi sab ek hi din mein khaane wali thi." mahi raised an eyebrow at her. "okay fine, I'll try to." she said and mahi laughed.

"chalo chalo ladko, cake leke aao jaldi." mahi ordered.

then shubman entered the hall holding a big 2 tier chocolate cake in his hand with lit candles on it. "happy birthday to you. happy birthday to you. happy birthday dear kastu. happy birthday to you!" he sang and everyone else joined him. he settled the cake on a table and waited for her to get there. she walked over to him and held his collar to pull him down and kissed on his cheek.

"thank you for everything." she whispered and smiled at him. pictures were clicked.

"my pleasure, milady." he bowed at her and flashed his classic dimpled smile. "chalo jaldi ab cake kaato." she took the knife from him and closed her eyes to make a wish. she opened her eyes and blew the candles. everyone clapped as she cut the cake. mahi took the piece of cake she cut and fed her. she then cut more pieces and fed it to everyone.

"shubman! now!" harsh yelled out of nowhere. shubman nodded at him.

"what?" she asked confused and shubman came behind kasturie and held her hands back with one of his hands and his other hand on her waist, pulling her back into his chest. "oh shit, no no no please." too late the cake was already on her face and clothes. shubman held her hair back as she doesn't like getting her hair ruined. harsh, jaddu, mahi, rachin, rutu, all of them attacked her with cake. she opened her eyes to see herself coated in chocolate ganache.

"oooh so chocolatey. i could eat you right now." shubman said in her ear.

"that sounded very inappropriate." kasturie said. shubman realized what he said and turned red as a tomato. kasturie laughed at him. "chalo ab sone jao." she told him and stood on a chair nearby. she clapped her hands. "everyone present here, thank you for all of this surprise and covering me in chocolate, thanks a lot. i appreciate all of your efforts but I'm afraid this party has to end now. thanks a lot again. party dismissed, everyone in their rooms."

"aye aye, captain." everyone said and left one by one. in the end there was only her and shubman left in the room.

"thank you for what you did when i was with kabir, sorry main thodi bhadak gyi tere pe, mera mood kharab kar diya tha woh chutiye ne." she said and held his hand.

"it's okay, glad i helped. raani sa, baki sabko bhej diya sone ab khud bhi jao sone, I'll drop you tere room tak." shubman smiled and dropped her to her room. that night she slept soundly with a smile on her face, without knowing what was going to happen the next day.

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may 11th, 2024.

8:49 am.

kasturie woke up to her phone buzzing continuously. it was ishan calling her, before picking up she saw a lot of notifications on her phone. thinking that those were the birthday wishes, she picked up his call.

"kya hai, kya subah subah call karke tang kar kyu rha hai." she said groggily.

"tune bataya nhi na merko." he sounded serious.

"kya batana tha?."

"it's all over the internet."

"what's all over the internet?"

"bro open your damn phone." he yelled slightly.

"ha ruk ruk bhadak mat." she opened her phone and saw what ishan was talking about. her eyes widened. "what the fuc-"

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a/n : hehehehe another one. sorry bout that.
what do you think? kya dekha hoga usne? try to guess and let me know. kal miltey.

peace out.
~k.