"इश्क़ से ही सारी ख़ुशियाँ, इश्क़ ही बर्बादी
इश्क़ है पाबंदी, लेकिन इश्क़ ही आज़ादी
इश्क़ की दुनिया में यारों ख़्वाबों की आबादी
खो गया वो जिसको मंज़िल इश्क़ ने दिखला दीदेखो, प्यारे ये नज़ारे, ये दीवाने, ये परवाने, हैं इश्क़ में कैसे गुम"

Washington was smiling at his phone. He was talking to Shambhavi. She was coming back this Sunday. He asked her on a date to which she agreed. Washington, Shubman, Devdutt, Dhruv and Abhishek along with Ishan, Yashasvi and Riyan were out for breakfast.

"Bhai rakh de phone. Aa rahi hai teri mehbooba kal." Shubman said.

Washington blushed and closed his phone.

"Bhai, Shambhu didi ne kya jaadu kar diya?" Yashashvi teased.

"Tu yeh chhod. Tera Maddy ke saath kya scene hai?" Washington asked.

"Yaar, she has a boyfriend. Main unke beech me nahi aana chahta." Yashashvi said.

"Par tujhe toh Aliyah pasand thi na?" Shubman asked.

"Aliyah who?" Riyan asked.

"Arey, team ki assistant manager hai. Shambhu didi ki bahut acchi dost hai." Devdutt said.

"Kaafi sundar hai." Dhruv said.

"Haa yaar. Hain toh but I don't know whether she reciprocate my feelings or not." Yashashvi said, sighing.

"Bhai, ek kaam kar. Be her friend first and then mauke pe chauka." Ishan said.

Everyone agreed and Yashashvi gave them all a deadpan look.

Abhishek was sitting quietly which was noticed by Dhruv.

"Abhay, tu thik hai na?" Dhruv asked.

The whole table's attention turned towards Abhishek. Abhishek sighed knowing he couldn't hide anything from his brothers.

"Nimrat told Yuvi pa about how I used to bully her in school. Unhone mujhe saare social media se aur phone se block kar diya but usse pehle duniya bhar ki gaali di." Abhishek explained.

"Tune aisa kya kiya tha?" Ishan asked.

Abhishek told them everything.

"Bhai tere se bada behen ka lauda aadmi maine zindagi me nahi dekha." Washington said. He was shocked to his core.

"Bhai tu paagal hai kya." Dhruv asked.

"Yaar, main nahi karna chahta tha bully. Uss gang ke paas meri ek video thi. Jo unhone banai thi meri chhup ke. It was me masturbating taking Nimrat's name and they were jealous of her because woh Yuvi pa ki behen thi." Abhishek explained.

"Koi baat nahi, Abhay. Hum tere saath hai." Washington and Devdutt said.

"Haan bhai. Apan log sach samne le hi aayenge." Riyan said.

"Aur Yuvi pa ko main sambhal lunga." Shubman said.

"I love you guys." Abhay said.

"We love you too."

"Waise kal Nehal aa raha hai. Apni girlfriend ko bhi saath la raha hai." Ishan said.

"Saakshi aa rahi hai?? Tab toh Shambhavi kal ka plan pakka cancel Kar degi." Washington said, facepalming.

"Abey kal nahi parso aa rahe hai Saakshi aur Nehal. Tu chill maar na." Shubman said.

"Haan aur waise bhi Bhavi ditch nahi karti hai koi plan." Ishan reassured.

"Tujhe kaise pata?" Washington asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Ae jealous na ho. Meri bestfriend hai isliye mujhe pata hai." Ishan said, rolling his eyes.

"Haiya bhi aa rahi hai kal." Riyan said and blushed.

"Aee hey Boy." Devdutt teased.

"Soch raha hu iss baar propose kar du." Riyan said.

"Accha. All the best bhai." Washington said.

"Kal Sana bhi aa rahi hai." Ishan said.

"Aise sab kyu aa rahe hai waise?" Dhruv asked.

"Arey, Shambhavi, Haiya, Sana and Saakshi are friends and batchmates. Unhone saath me bhi MBA kiya hai. They are all very important for each other. Unka reunion hai isliye sab aa rahe hai." Ishan said.

"Tera date kaisa gaya Aashita ke saath?" Abhishek asked.

Devdutt blushed before answering "Accha gaya yaar. I asked her out on a date again to which she agreed."

"Yaar, maine ek gadbad kar di." Dhruv said and groaned.

"Kya bhai?" Yashashvi asked.

Dhruv told them about the whole Saina's karate class fiasco.

"Ho gaya hai tujhko toh pyaar sajna." Abhishek sang and laughed.

"Kuch bhi matlab? She's my bestfriend aur upar se Rohit bhaiya ka call aaya tha. Kal ghar pe bula rahe hai." Dhruv said and hit his head on the table.

"Kya pata rishta pakka karne ke liye bula rahe ho?" Riyan teased.

"Saale tu muh band rakh apna aur apni sadi si coffee pi." Dhruv said, vexed.

"Tere saath kuch interesting hua iss week me?" Devdutt asked.

Shubman shrugged and took a sip of his coffee.

"I made peace with Bhavi." Shubman said.

The whole table stop what they were doing. Yashashvi and Dhruv choked on their coffee, Devdutt and Abhishek stopped mid sip, Riyan and Ishan were about to take a bite of their pastry and their spoon stopped mid air but the guy who was shocked the most was Washington.

"You made peace with Bhavi?" Washington asked.

"You? The most egoistic guy I have ever seen in my life apologised to Bhavi?" Washington asked again.

"Don't hurt my feelings, man. But I realized I was wrong and it was not fair that I hate her without knowing her and I also did it for Srijani." Shubman explained.

"So like, you guys are besties now?" Ishan asked.

"No, not besties. Friends hai. Intial phase ki friendship hai." Shubman said.

"Sahi hai bhai." Ishan said.

"Waise ab mujhe uss raat ki video mil sakti hai kya?" Shubman asked.

"SHUBMAN." Everyone shouted.

"Alright, sorry. Geez."

Introducing

Lovesofsm as Saakshi Pandya, the sister of Pandya brothers.

unsaidwordsmusingsx as Sana Pallikal, sister of Dipika Pallikal and sister in law of Dinesh Karthik.

misslitreature as Haiya Chahal, sister of Yuzvendra Chahal.

They will play an important role in Shambhavi's life.

Thank you so much for reading.

I know the updates are irregular and I'm sorry for that. My college is about to start and parents ka pressure badh raha hai🥲.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

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