Shubman's pov:

Today, I was happy about winning the match and scoring a century, but in the elevator when Aashna almost collapsed, it pushed my heart into my throat, scared me to shit seeing her like that, something happening to her always scared me.

She said it was because of the heat....but it made me suspicious because Dubai is not even that hot right now....but again, it could be her iron deficiency as well.

It just concerns me that she's so weak and deficient, and she doesn't even take that shit seriously, skipping meals everyday.

Right now, I'm wearing my gears for the second match that is India vs Pakistan.

I have to say that I'm quite excited for this match. Aashna, Shahneel, my mom and dad are also here, including my friends too.

But I'm only excited for her to watch me play, she knows how badly I want to win this match. And also this is the first tournament that she's watching in real.

I got out to bat along with Shreyas Bhai and the first thing I did was glance up at the stands to steal a glance at her.

My matches go well when I start them with looking at her.

We made eye contact for a second making her smile and I smirked up at her.

She's wearing a light blue coloured short jumpsuit.

I blew up a kiss and she caught it smoothly.

Then I focused on my match.
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(Bhai yaar me nhi likh rhi match wala boring matter, ab seedha match ke baad ka likhungi theek he?!
- aapki lekhika.)
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(After the match)

We sat on a round table with Virat bhai, Anushka bhabhi, kids and Ishan.

It's just that I have familiar terms with them so I prefer their company.

"I leaned back in my chair and relaxed...ODIs are tiring.

Aashna is sitting beside me answering some question of Anushka bhabhi about the wedding.

"Arey Bhabhi abhi actually yeh busy he toh after the World Cup is over, we'll plan everything, karne ko toh me bhi kar sakti hu but participation is important yk?" She said.

I may not say it but I feel a bit guilty for making her wait because of my tight schedule, we should've been married by now....

We finish our dinner and I got up from my seat, waiting for Aashna to get her bag and get up.

But as she did, she seemed to lose her balance and held the back of the chair for support.

I held her hand in worry and she regained her consciousness within a second.

"Aashna what's wrong?" I said holding her hand, she looked up at me.

"What? Doesn't this happen often? Iron deficiency yk? Head rush!" She said looking away and pulled her hands out of mine to start walking towards the elevator area.

Her eyes were not telling the truth, the way she looked away, I know she was hiding something, but what?

"What just happened?" Ishan asked me.

"This is the second time since yesterday." I said.

"She should probably get checked." He said and moved forward.

"Is she okay?" Anushka bhabhi asked me.

"I don't know?" I said.

"I keep telling her to eat healthy but she doesn't listen to me. Can you make her understand Bhabhi?" I asked her.

"I'll see what I can do, don't worry." She said.

Third pov:

Anushka went to Aashna's room at night hoping to pour some sense into her to start eating healthy.

They had gotten close over time and Anushka was concerned for her health.

She knocked on the door of Aashna and Shahneel's hotel suite and Shahneel opened the door.

"Bhabhi aap? Please come in!" She said with a chuckle.

It seemed like she was brewing some coffee as she had a whisking machine in her hand.

"Arey stop this! I brought wine for us! And it's expensive!" Anushka said entering the room.

"I'm sorry bhabhi but you can ask Aashna....because I'm used to drink something hot at night." Shahneel said and went back to the little kitchen as Anushka walked through the suite, she found Aashna in another room with a box of medicines and a water bottle with her back to her.

Anushka watched as Aashna took the medicines and quickly slipped away to sit at the lobby area of the suite.

Aashna came out and gasped as she saw Anushka and took out her airpods from her ears.

"Bhabhi aap kab aayi?" She asked.

"Abhi abhi! Come sit! I brought wine for you guys but Shahneel said she drinks something hot!" She said as Aashna took a seat kn front of her.

"Uhhh....actually Bhabhi wine toh me bhi nhi pee sakti..." Aashna trailed off.

She couldn't consume alcohol because the doctor had strictly advised against it as it could increase the heart rate and can lead to sudden heart failure if taken in large amounts.

"But you used to drink alcohol right?" Anushka asked her.

"Yeah...I'm so sorry Bhabhi but I just don't feel like it." Aashna said.

Anushka counted her own suspicions.

"Are you okay? You almost collapsed at the diner?" She said.

"Yeah! I'm fine! It happens sometimes..." Aashna said.

"Oh...."

Shahneel came and sat with them and placed a plate of sweets in front of Aashna.

"Sweets for you guys!"

Aashna and Anushka picked up a sweet and Anushka was the first to pop it in her mouth.

"Mmm, it's good!" She said.

Aashna too ate it....but little did she know that it had bananas in it and Aashna hated bananas, they made her nauseous.

As she chewed, she froze and looked at Shahneel with wide eyes.

She covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom while the other two women were too shocked to say or do anything.

Shahneel got up when she heard the sound of puking from the bathroom.

Anushka's mind wandered to something similar that she had gone through.

Pregnancy!

How could she have missed Aashna's symptoms?

She got unconscious twice since yesterday.

She took meds...that must be prenatal vitamins.

She's not drinking alcohol.

No coffee either.

And now she just puked at the taste of a very expensive sweet that Anushka herself loved.

She quickly got up and bud farewell to Shahneel and ran out of the room to tell Shubman about it.

She knocked on Shubman's door only to be faced by Ishan opening it.

"Ishan, where is Shubman?" She asked with urgency lacing her tone.

"Bhabhi wo....kya hua aapko?" He asked.

"Shubman kahan he?" She asked a few octaves louder.

"Bathroom me he bhabhi, kya ho gya?" Ishan said and anushka looked at him for a second before pushing him and entering the room.

She gestured Ishan to close the door and Ishan closed the door behind him.

"Aashna is pregnant!" Anushka said to him.

Ishan widened his eyes as big as saucers.

"Kyaaaa??" He said with his mouth open agape.

"Haan! I'll tell you kese! Look, she lost consciousness twice since yesterday, and today I saw her taking medicines, I'm sure they were prenatal vitamins! And she refused alcohol! Aashna never refuses alcohol.....and she threw up too like just now!" Anushka explained to Ishan.

"Accha.........par Bhabhi, do you think Shubman knows?" He said.

"I don't know.....let's confront him..." They both stood silent as Shubman came out of the washroom in pyjamas.

"Kya hua......?" He asked as he saw both of them looking at him weirdly.

"Ok, I understand that you didn't wanna make it public but saale tune mujhe nhi bataya?" Ishan said with a dramatic hand over his chest.

"Kya nhi bataya?" He asked completely unaware.

"It's okay Ishan! Agar inn dono ne decide kiya he to keep it private so we should respect their decision....aur wese bhi we were not supposed to know......" Anushka said keeping a hand in his shoulder.

"Kya ho gya guys?" Shubman asked them with his nose scrunched up.

"Wait a minute!! You sent me to her.....so....so that means??? Ishan!! Isko bhi nhi pta! Shit!" Anushka said.

Ishan gasped loudly.

"Oh no....you were supposed to be the 1st one to know.....sorry yaar!" He said walking towards Shubman.

"Mai rone lag jaunga! Please mujhe aur confuse mat karo!" Shubman joined his hands in front of them.

"Okay....mujhe lagta he ki tujhe is baare me Aashna se jaa kar baat karni chahiye....but jab tak tujhe pta nhi hoga tab tak tu baat hi kya karega....I think we should inform him 1st, what do you think Ishan?" Anushka said.

"Yaar bta do please!!" Shubman begged them.

"I know this will be hard to hear from" a third person....but Shubman.....congratulations...... Aashna is pregnant!" Anushka said with a small smile.

"Hain???!!" Shubman said with a weird look on his face.

"Yeah that's true bro...." Ishan said hugging him.

"Ro mat bro....ik this is big but you need to talk to her." Ishan said caressing his back when he sensed Shubman's body vibrating.

But Shubman pulled apart by pushing at his shoulder and doubled over in laughing.

He sat in the bed due to the intensity and hitted the covers.

"Ok...ok guys yeh prank mujh par kaam nhi karega-" He said and started to laugh again.

"Shubman it's true!" Anushka said with a serious expression on her face.

"I'm sorry bhabhi...but this can't happen!" He said controlling his laughter somehow.

"Bhai dekh...kabhi kabhi...contraceptives fail...we need to accept it!" Ishan said.

"And we support you Shubman!" Anushka said coming closer to both of them.

Shubman stood up from bed.

"Ok I don't have a better way to say this....but Bhabhi.....we haven't yet done the things that need to be done in order to get pregnant." Shubman said with a smile.

Anushka's face resembled a frown.

"What happened?" He asked her.

"Ok...now....I don't know what you're saying....but Shubman! Aashna is pregnant!" She said emphasizing the is.

"Accha? Then let's see if we have a baby so soon?" Shubman said with a giggle.

Starting with a deep breath....Anushka explained the symptoms she had noticed to Shubman.

Shubman heard her with all concentration.

"If nothing like that has happened between us...then how can she get pregnant?" He thought loudly.

"Dude.....bura mat manna...but you're not the only boy in the whole world...I'm just saying..." Ishan trailed off, not daring to complete the sentence.

"Kuchh bhi mat bol Ishan....tu nhi jaanta Aashna ko....she would die than ever cheat on me." Shubman said in a warning tone.

"Yeah you are right...but what about bhabhi's saying?" He said.

Shubman looked at Anushka.

"I think you should go talk to her Shubman." She said.

Shubman nodded picking up his phone and walking out of the suite.

He knocked on their door and Shahneel opened the door.

"Kya he bhai? It's late, let us sleep!" She said.

"I need to see Aashna." He said, stress evident on his face.

"Ok...come inside..." Shahneel said.

"What happened Shubman?" Aashna said coming out of the bedroom.

"We need to talk....private!" He said.

Shahneel left with her lips twisted at the ends on her brother's rudeness.

"Aashna...you know you can tell me anything right?" He walked closer and held her hands.

"Of course...but....what happened?" She asked him fearing that he had found out about her condition.....but how?

"I know Aashna.....now you don't have to hide anymore...at first when Ishan and Anushka bhabhi told me then I laughed it off....of course...it seemed impossible but when she told me the symptoms...I had to believe her...I didn't have any choice..." Shubman said and he literally saw the blood drain from Aashna's face.

"Hey you don't have to feel bad...I know we were away for too long and of course anything could have happened during our break. But I just want to know...that who was behind all this? Please Aashna, we are not breaking up but I need to know!" Shubman begged feeling the emotional lump in his throat.

Tears filled Aashna's eyes when she knew that she needed to tell him that it was him who caused her heart condition.

"It's you Shub." She whispered spilling hot tears from her eyes.

"Me? But it's not me Aashu! We never had sex!" He said making Aashna narrow her eyebrows.

Who was talking about sex?

"What do you mean? Of course we never did but who's talking about sex?" She said.

"Wait! Isn't that the way to get pregnant?" He said tightening his hold in his hand.

"Who is pregnant now?" Aashna asked pulling her hands out of his grasp.

"You are!" He said making her mouth fall open.

"I'm not pregnant!" She said with a chuckle.

"You're not?" He said in surprise.

"Well of course we haven't done anything for me to get pregnant, have you lost your memory?" She said with surprised wide eyes.

"But then.....what about your symptoms?" He said.

"What symptoms?" She said.

"You took medicines and you fainted and you love coffee and wine but you refused! And then you threw up!" He rambled like a kid.

"Are you hiding something?" He said.

"Shubman..." She whispered his name.

"Tell me please? Why did you it's me when I asked you? What did I do?" He said.

"Nothing?...umm I just said for fun? I-i didn't know what-"

"Please! Now tell me! You cried....was that for fun too?" He said.

Now there was no other option other than to tell him.

"I have Tachycardia." She said in low voice.

Both of them went silent for a second.

"You...you have...what??!" He said.

"I have tac-"

"Fuck I heard!! But...you hid something like that from me?!" He said taken aback.

"And you thought I was talking about it so that's why you took my name? You meant that I caused it?" He said in a depressing tone.

"Shubman I knew you would blame yourself, isliye mene tumse chhupaya...believe me I hated lying to you but this is just not so important! I will be fine in q few month's medication!" Aashna said feeling the urgency of the situation.

"But you still lied! And of course I was the reason that you went into depression...so basically it was me who caused you to have it!" He said in a loud voice.

"Shubman please don't be mad-" She couldn't complete her sentence before Shubman pulled her into his chest for a tight hug.

She could feel his heart beating loudly under his chest where she rested her head.

"It's all my fault....I should've never done what I did...." He said and swallowed thickly.

"Shubman please, now the last I want is for you to blame yourself!" She said.

"I'm sorry!" He said placing her hands on her cheeks.

"Baby please! It's not your fault, at least not for me!" She said.

"So those were the symptoms of Tachycardia?" He asked making her nod.

"It's okay to feel faint in my condition...I can't have coffee or wine as it can lead to cardiac arrest....and of course the meds I took....and I vomited because I ate a desert that had bananas in it! I hate bananas!" Aashna said clearing all the doubts that ever existed.

"Will you be fine?" He asked.

"Yes...the doctors say that...with a complete and right course of medicines and correction habits....I will be perfectly fine in a few months." Aashna said making Shubman sigh in relief and look up to the ceiling to silently thank God.

It was rare for him to pray to God but today, he did.
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After that day, it was unlikely for Shubman to leave Aashna alone....he made sure to be with her all the time....he made sure that they both stayed together for all the remaining matches.

Always reminded her to take her medicines and not stress herself out about anything big or small.

It was as if he was pampering a little kid, with remembering minor details about her diet, about her eating habits and also all of her personal things.

Not even letting her wear tight clothing like skinny jeans as they can restrict the blood flow and make the heart worked up.

And Aashna hated it...because she was not used to having a personal bodyguard cum assistant with her 24/7.

It was only when he went to practice, that she could breathe without him being up her nose.

But to be honest, she too secretly loved the pampering she got. Who doesn't love getting a little spoiled.

It was just the restrictions that he put on her, for her own good they may be.

After a good two weeks of matches.....it was finally the World Cup.

Surprisingly, USA's team had made it to the finals. Now after winning the toss, they were coming out to bowl while Indian team batters came out to bat.

It was a hard match.

Shubman got out on 87 runs....a good score according to Aashna but she knew he would sulk about not being able to hit a century.

And like that...our players set a good score of 284 for USA to beat.

Now it was their turn to bat.

Aashna felt proud and Shubman took two wickets by catching the shots.

One by jumping high in the air and another by taking a dive.

The other wickets were taken by the other fielders and our amazing bowlers.

And with that, USA was all out in 18.4 overs with 232 runs.

As the last player got bowled, the entire team celebrated by jumping and shouting words of cheers.

The whole stadium stood up to clap for team India.

And India's and Shubman's heartfelt wish had come true.....to win the World Cup by being in the team.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: HELLLOO PEOPLE, I KNOW THIS UPDATE IS VERY LATE AND I'M SORRY BUT FROM THE NEXT CHAPTER THERE WILL BE THE WEDDING SHIT SO WAIT FOR IT!!

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