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Aditi's ear was in pain, but she didn't regret the piercing she got on the helix of her left ear. "What did you do!" Ishan shouted as he saw her red ear. "Your ear is red!" He looked closer. "Did you?"

"I got another piercing!" She exclaimed. Even in pain, she had a huge smile on her face. She was happy with the new change. A few hours ago she went with Shahneel and got the piercing done from the place she got her earlobe triplets done.

They were in the hotel lobby waiting for their bus to take them to the airport. Shubman whispered in her ear. "Did it hurt" she shook her head. "Is it hurting now." She nodded, and looked away not meeting his eyes. "On the scale of 1 to 10?"

"Its a 7, I guess. It doesn't hurt much." Their bus arrived and they sat in the last. Ishaan took the window seat, Khushpreet sat next to him. Shubman took the other window seat. Aditi sat next to him, putting her bag over their seat.

Shahneel sat in the middle, working on her laptop. "I told her, to get it done in the summers, but wanted to get it done here in Ahmedabad." She shrugged.

"Sara kaha hai?"Aditi asked and got to know she will leave today with her father and brother to Mumbai first.

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When they reached the airport, they were swamped by the paparazzi. Aditi held Agastya's hand and walked behind Hardik and Natasa. Shubman and Shahneel followed her with Khushpreet and Ishan. The crowd was bustling, shouting.

They checked in their baggage and got their tickets. Aditi and Shubman were next to each other, Shahneel with Khushpreet. "Mai window seat pe hu, and thats final." They were fighting over the window seat. Shubman said no, but Aditi opposed. "Are! Mujhe window seat mili hai mai vahi baithungi." She smirked and he snarled at her.

He smacked her head and accidentally hurt her ear. "Ouch!" She slapped his arm.

"Kya baccho jaise lad rahe ho tum dono." Ishan said. "Mujhe second hand embarrassment feel ho raha he." He shook his head.

They waited for an hour before going to in the flight. Aditi and Shubman sat right behind Virat and Rohit. She had a plan to annoy the hell out of them for the next one hour. "Hi. Chiku. Hi Roro!" She stood up over their head. The two whined, knowing their fight is going to be troublesome.

But to their relief, Aditi was out, ten minutes in. She rested her head on Shubman's shoulder and he slept on her head. She was woken up bu Shubman patting her head. "Chal, pohach gaye." She got up and fixed her hair while Shubman got her bag down. He hung it on his shoulder and they got down the plane.

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"Adi, Pune me konsa dost hai tera?" Hardik asked, he remembered meeting one of Aditi's high school friends last time he came here.

"Raghav ke company ki branch hai yaha. I think he's here in Pune currently " He nodded and closed the door to her room. It was 6 in the evening and everyone was in her room. She thought that, she should call him.

Raghav and Aditi were best friends since eighth grade. They were still connected even when Aditi was in UK for five years. "Bohot jaldi yaad aai humari, Madam. Ab to aap bohot busy ho gaye, naye dosto ke sath." Raghav said sarcastically.

"Are kya batau, purane dosto ke paas to call tak lagane ka time nahi hai." She gave him an equally sarcastic answer. After a pause, they laughed over phone. Shubman looked at her and thought who was she talking to. Is it that Raghav guy? "Kaisa hai? Mai aaj Pune aayi hu, bahi ke match ke liye"

"Sab sahi chal raha hai. Tu free hai? We can go out for dinner and have some fun in town. Tere dosto ko bhi puch, if they want to join." He said. A smile was plastered on her face. She was greatful to have Raghav, even in her darkest times he was there for her when everyone left her all alone.

"Only if we go to your restaurant and club. Wait..." She put down her phone and looked at the group, "Guys, my friend wants to invite you guys, for dinner tonight. And then we can go to a club. What say?" She looked at them.

"Sure." Shahneel said. "It's gonna be fun! Right guys?" Ishan agreed to her and so did Khushpreet.

"Ha theek hai." Shubman said bluntly.

"Raghav! We're in!" She informed. They caught up for another fifteen minutes. "We'll meet at 8:00?" Raghav said yes and hung up the call.

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Aditi dressed herself in a black tank top and skirt. Shahneel was wearing a white knee length winter dress. They took a mirror selfie after getting ready and posted on their stories,

aditi.pandya

"By the way... I'm going out tonight."

The two girls waited for Shubman, Ishan and Khushpreet to come. They went to the address given by Raghav. "So, you and Arjun were friends since eleven years?" Shubman asked with a weird tone.

"Yeah, he's my best friend ever since I went to a boarding school. After 12th, he went to IIT Bombay and I went to Manchester. But every time I came back, we used to hang out together." She flaunts ober her friend proudly. "He also owns both this restaurant and the club we are gonna go to after dinner."

They went in and were greeted by the receptionist, "good evening, ma'am. How can I help you?" The receptionist gave her a tight lipped smile.

"We have a reservation under the name of Mr. Saraf. I'm his guest, Aditi Pandya." The receptionist nodded and showed them the way.

Raghav was on a call with someone. He got up when he saw Aditi and gave her a tight and long hug. Too long much to Shubman's dismay. He kissed her forehead, "Sure, I'll call you later." He hung up and hugged Aditi again, "Adi!"

"Raghav!" They broke their hug, "How's life going?" He replied with a charming smile. "Raghav, meet Shubman, Ishaan, Bhai's teammates and my friends. She is Shahneel, Shubman's sister and this is Khushpreet, Shubman's best friend." He greeted everyone.

Aditi sat next to Raghav and opposite to Shubman. They asked him for the best dishes. They had a nice introduction of Raghav and got to know that he was an IITian with under 1000 ranker in JEE Advance.

By the end of their night together, Everyone except Shubman grew fond of Raghav. They were in the VIP lounge in the club with their drinks. Aditi had a high alcohol tolerance, she was on her second Manhattan.

"Raghav! Let's go dance." Aditi jumped up. She took Raghav to the dance floor, they were playing upbeat music. She went to the DJ and got some bollywood party songs played. Raghav was a good dancer. The rest four joined them.

Chaleya was playing in the club, it was one of the new songs Aditi's been obsessing over. Shubman pulled her to him when they were dancing. "I don't know if both of us are too drunk. But this is the only state in which I have the courage to say." He took a pause and pulled her to him. "Aditi, I like you, a lot. And I, umm..."

She cut him off, "I like you too, Shub. And I am not drunk talking. I have a good alcohol tolerance. I am in all sense. And yes I would go out with you. Date? Tomorrow?"

Shubman was on cloud 9, never ever had he longed for someone so much. They continued with their dirty dancing, hands over each other. Too drunk to care if anyone noticed.

The night went on and finally Aditi was somewhat, wasted. She didn't stumble, but was in no condition to drive. Raghav dropped them to the hotel and to their rooms.

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