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Aditi sat in the passenger seat instructing Shubman the way towards Bhadra fort with the help of google maps. "No, we need to cross the bridge. Go straight."

It was seven in the morning when they started their journey. Ishan was sleeping in the backseat. So were Khushpreet and Shahneel. Sara stayed awake and and was looking out the window. Mellow sufi and hindi songs played in the car.

They reached their destination and got down after they found a secure parking space. It was a breezy morning. Aditi was wearing a haldi orange top and black jeans. "Jacket pehen le. It's cold." Shubman gave her the black jacket she got. He too wore one.

They explored the place and clicked pictures. Shubman and Aditi were separated from their group afte r30 minutes of roaming. Aditi called Ishan, "kaha gaye tum sab?"

"Pata nahi, hum upar kahi hai." Ishan said. "Chod 9 baje bahar mil lena. Ghumo tum dono." He hung the call up.

Putting her phone down, Aditi said. "Unko nahi pata vo kaha hai. Ishan ne kaha 9 baje, bahar entrance pe milenge." They roamed around the fort.

"Oh this place is nice, click my pictures." Aditi insisted on Shubman to click her pictures. She went back and posed. They went to different places to get photographs.

She took some pictures of Shubman too. They also clicked some together. Since they came in the morning. There were not many tourists. They dodged people everywhere, so that no on e would fuss about Shubman Gill roaming out with his teammates sister.

"Neche chal, vaha Bhadrakali temple hai. Let's visit there." They visited the Kali temple in the fort before going back to their car.

It war nearly 9 when they went out. The two waited for rest of the group to come. "Ab kaha jana hai, madam." Ishan asked Aditi.

"We can go back to the hotel and chill there. Shaam me mandir chalenge, fir sab garba ke lie jaenge kahi."
They drove back to the hotel.

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Everyone sprawled out on Aditi's bed. Shahneel rested her head on Aditi's lap. Shubman sat next to her with Ishan all over him. Jugnu and Sara sat wherever they got space. All of them were showing pictures to each other, Shahneel didn't had any with Aditi but took some with Sara. Shubman had Jugnu's phone looking at their pictures.

"Di, ye wali post karu ki, ye?" Aditi showed Shahneel two photos that Shubman took.

"First wali thodi dull hai dusri wali post kar." Aditi took her advice and posted the picture on her instagram.

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xodhruvi kise dhund rahi ho?
-aditi.pandya secret door to a magical land.
-xodhruvi Aditi and the secret door.

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-aditi.pandya still your bacchi bhabhi 🫶🏼

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"Photo khicha lo fir credits bhi nahi dena. Ab se nahi lunga teri ek bhi." Shubman huffed.

Aditi laughed at him and poked his cheek where he gets his dimples. "Are are, tu to offend ho gaya." She shifted her head on his shoulder and edited the post giving him the photo credit. Edit: pc:@shubmangill.

"Khush!" She nudged him and he showed his tongue to her. "Dhobo." Sara looked at the two and was saddened by the fact looking at the two. A pang of jealousy hit her hard.

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They had their lunch in the hotel itself. Sara got a call from someone and she left. Khushpreet had some pending work to complete so he went to his room in order to get it done. Aditi had her lunch with her brother and sister in law today.

After lunch, the four went back to Aditi's room,"Yaar neend aa rahi hai." Shahneel said. It was two in the afternoon and they had nothing to do.

Ishan already passed out in the corner of the bed. Aditi looked at him and said, "yahi so jao. We'll wake up at 3:30." She let out a small yawn. Shahneel slept on the other corner hugging Aditi from behind. Ishan's leg was clung to Shubman's torso. Aditi slept facing Shubman, he looked at her for a while before he passed out.

Aditi woke up to her phone ringing. It was under Shubman's arm. She woke him, ishan and Shahneel up before taking the call. "Ha, bhai."

"Kya kar rahi hai?" Hardik asked.

"So rahi thi. Aapke call ne utha dia." She got up and unlocked her room. "Ruko room mai aati hu." She looked at the three, "3 baj gaye. Bhai ka phone aaya tha. I'm going in his room." Everyone got up and went to their rooms.

She knocked and went in. Hardik and Natasa sat on the bed while Agastya was sleeping. She sat next to her brother. "Kya hua, bhai?l

Her brother spoke, "Tera kuch decide hua? Job ka?" She shook her head. "Meri baat hui hai, markeing mai ek team manager ki post vacent hai, you should try for that."

Natasa kept her hand on Aditi's. "Take your time, acche se soch le. Try out for all the places and see where you get the best for yourself. Okay?"

Aditi nodded her head, "I'll do the application myself. Please aap mat baat karo kisi se bhi because I want to do this myself. And not get a job because of favors." Hardik understood her concern and promised not to meddle in between.

"Today we'll be going to for garba at eight after dinner" Hardik said. "6:30 tak vapis aa jana ghum ke?"

She remembered that she got kurta for them, "I just remembered, I got you guys kurta. Wait I'll get it." She ran back to her room and got the bag of clothes that she bought. "Te tamara mate, ane aa be Agastya mate che." (That one is for you and these two are for Agastya) She referred to the kurta.

She showed them their clothes. "Sundar che." Hardik complimented his sister's choice. (These are beautiful.)

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Aditi went to the ISKCON temple in the city along with Shubman, Shahneel, Ishan, Khushpreet and Sara. She was wearing a white full sleeved Anarkali with sequined floral patterns on the dupatta.

She always was attached to Krishna since her childhood. Her father was a devotee of him. He read her stories of the God and recited Bhagvat Gita to her when she was young. Being in the temple of Radha-Krishna she was hit with a wave of nostalgia of her visting the temples of lord Krishna with her parents and brothers.

They took a basket of offerings and went inside. Aditi put her dupatta over her head. Three of them stood in the front while Aditi stood behind them with Ishan and Shubman. She offered the basket to the pandit and prayed to the deity. Her dupatta slipped of her head but was soon fixed by Shubman.

He closed his eyes too. Ishan looked at them and prayed to the pair of Radha Krishna to make his friends find their love for each other soon. The priest applied a dot of kumkum on their forehead and tied moulik (a sacred thread) on their wrists, afterwards gave them the prasad.

They went out of the temple and Aditi told Shubman about her childhood. "One time, I went to the temple in udaipur with my nani and nana when I was there for my summer vacations. I got lost there, and I knew that my cousin lived nearby so I went there, instead of finding my grandparents. After an hour, they found me and my cousin playing in her room. Nobody was at home, everyone went searching for me."

"I never did something like that to give my grandparents a minor heart attack." Shubman laughed at her.

"Hey! Mai saat saal ki thi. I did what I thought the best would be." They sat in the car and drove back to hotel to have dinner and get ready for garba night.

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Shahneel went to Aditi's room after dinner to get ready with her. "Look, I have no idea what to do. I'm all yours." She said.

Aditi chuckled at her. "I'll help you." She helped Shahneel style her dupatta into an loop pattern. She wore a brown and orange lehenga she got from the market. Natasa too came for Aditi's help with the dupatta.

Aditi wore the white one, with the colorful dupatta styled in traditional Gujarati way. She wore subtle makeup, switching mascara for kajal.

Aditi was so excited for garba. She literally squealed when they reached the venue. Everyone was there, the whole cricket team and their family. They planned a garba night for them only with people from management as well. 

Aditi noticed Shubman was wearing a white kurta and they were kind of twinning. "Shub, look we are twinning." She looked at him and said. She was called by Natasa, so she went to them, leaving Shubman awestruck.

"Aayi humari Gujarati chokri." Anushka teased her. They talked for a while before the Garba started. They formed two circles. Aditi was in the outer circle with all the players and their wives. The kids made a mini circle in the innermost part.

The first song played was the trending Khalasi. Aditi and Shahneel knew the reel dance steps. They were having so much fun. Aditi's face was lit up in a different glow of joy when she danced.

She took the lead and everyone else followed. They took a break and had some refreshing drinks. "Kya nachti hai." Shahneel appreciated her.

"Aditi classically trained bhi hai." Ishan mentioned. Her showed them her dance videos on her old instagram feed.

"You should join a dance team and continue your work." Shahneel said. "Why did you stop though?"

"After 11th, I was focused on my 12th boards and university selection. I did perform in my school one or twice in the 12th but after I went to UK. I didn't get the chance to continue, I got too busy there." Aditi sipped her thumbs up. "I do plan on continuing. When I go back to Mumbai. Pankhuri bhabhi had signed me up for a dance class near our house. I'll start there from December"

They started playing garba again. Shubman was observing from the back. Now she was playing with her bhai and bhabhi. Three songs later, Ishan came to him, "Bhai taadna band kar, Aditi ko." He looked at his friend awkwardly. "Sab dekh rahe hai tujhe."

Shubman looked back to find, few of his teammates staring at him suspiciously. Fortunate for Shubman, Rohit, Virat or KL were busy dancing.  Aditi came to the two and pulled both Shubman and Ishan in.

He got awkward and followed what everyone was doing. He occasionally bumped into Aditi. Tu peeche lag." She pulled him behind her and continued with the dance.

"I may not be a good garba dancer, but I sure can do bhangra better than you." Shubman challenged her like a child.

"Yeah, we'll see that." She smirked cockily.

The night passed, dancing, laughing with loud Gujarati songs blasting the speakers. It was 11 when they reached back. All of them were exhausted, except for Aditi who still had the energy to dance for three more hours.

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kerat.gill. beautiful ❤️❤️

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shubsara.ship why did Shubman liked all her post?

shubmanmyheart The Gill's spamming Aditi's instagram and liked all her 450 posts is epicc! #gujinmaking

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Swifties! Congratulations on Taylor being Times: Person of the year. And I hope they let her bring benji.