"This game is an emotion, dude."

Tani didn't know whether to be totally annoyed or curious; when a super excited yet secretive Neha dragged her and a totally annoyed Siri to god's know where.

She had stuffed them in a cab and the cab had dropped them on the threshold of the hotel Oberoi Grand.

And yet, she is totally unaware of why she is being dragged inside a five-star hotel by a Neha vibrating with excitement.

Tani couldn't even frame out her question? And Siri looked ready to fire grenades summoned out of thin air on Neha while the girl in question seemed to be too busy on typing something on her phone.

And again, before Tani could ask her anything. Neha had stalked to the receptionist asked her something, passed her a beaming smile.

And then looked beside her a little surprised not finding her two besties beside her, Neha frowned.

She turned around searching for them and noticing them still standing near the gate, gesturing them towards her wildly.

Tani took a deep long-suffering sigh. This girl will be her death one day for sure.

Siri gritted her teeth frustrated with her unbearably excited and cheery roommate.

What had she drunk today? A truck full of red bull to be so over-energized?

When Tani and Siri reached Neha, ignoring their confused looks and angry glares, she dragged them to the lift.

Neha seemed really in a super-excited state. She was visibly vibrating in the lift after pressing the desired floor.

"Why are we here Neha?" Tani questioned Neha getting fed up with her antics.

She has to study but here she is in a lift of a five-star hotel without any reason.

"Neha, answer the question" Siri hissed at Neha, who has suddenly started to whistle some unknown tune.

"Patience, dear patience. Everything will be revealed in due time." Neha beamed like a saint in their direction as the lift opened.

Neha walked out of the lift with a visible spring in her steps.

Tani and Siri followed behind scowling and frowning.

"What's wrong with her?" Siri questioned Tani while eyeing the skipping Neha with a wary look.

"I honestly don't know" Tani replied back, even though she was calm and composed one in their group.

Sometimes even the most calm persons lose their cool. And Neha's behavior was achieving just that.

Neha totally unaware of her irritated friends rushed towards the room sparkling in front of her.

"Knock" "knock" "knock"

On the third knock, the door opened and a slightly disheveled Kuldeep stood in front of her.

Looking at her all surprised.

"Hi, Kulya" Neha glowed with happiness.

"Nehu!!" Kuldeep beamed happily going forward for a hug while Neha forwarded her hand for a handshake.

Kuldeep with open arms and Neha with forwarded hand look at each other. A bit awkward, a bit shy (of course it's Kulya, Neha and Shy don't go hand in hand) as Kuldeep rubbed the back of his neck feeling a little bit sheepish.

Neha just shrugged her shoulders a little and comply with Kulya's wish of a hug. They were best friends, after all.

Kuldeep was surprised for a minute that Neha hugged him but it took him just a few seconds to recover and take her in a bear hug.

"You said, you can't come today." Kulya accused Neha with a bright grin.

"Well, is the surprising department only yours?" Neha retorted rolling her eyes.

She didn't even feel a bit hesitancy or something like that in retorting back to Kulya. He has really become her bestie.

A bestie, she can scold, tease, irritate, annoy and surprise forgetting he is a star. For her, he is her Kulya.

Her bestie, who is more worried than her for her exams? Who tells her to sleep in time? Who asks her whether she had eaten or not? Who cares for her and who teases her too.

While Neha and Kulya were having their reunion of sort.

Tani and Siri were standing behind Neha totally dumbfounded.

Neha was hugging Kuldeep Yadav and talking to him as if he is her childhood bestie.

What else do you expect them to do?

"Oh! And they're my besties. The one I told you about, Tani and Siri. Yes, the genius Tani and roomie Siri, they're them." That was Neha's way of introduction.

"Hello, Kuldeep sir," Tani spoke looking at Kulya with starstruck gaze.

"Don't call him sir, he doesn't like being called sir," Neha said, Kulya smiled at her.

"Yes, Tani you can call me Kulya like Neha, Kuldeep or even Bhaiya will do, Just not sir it makes me feel odd," Kuldeep informed Tani with a sweet smile.

"And Hi Siri, " he greeted the still dazed girl too.

"Come inside, do you guys wanna have something? Should I order juice or something?" Kulya asked the girls as he ushered them inside his room.

"Don't get so worked up, Kulya. If I want something, I'll let you know" Neha told him bluntly with a smirk.

"Who said, I'm buying you anything? I was asking Tani and Siri. Do you want anything girls?" Kulya retorted with a sly smile.

Neha pouted, Tani and Siri gaped and Kuldeep laughed.

"No, we are......." Taani stopped abruptly in her sentence as Virat entered Kulya's room totally unaware of the girl's presence inside.

"Kulya wanna go to the pool?" Virat asked Kuldeep walking in lost in his phone.

The resonant silence that followed his entry was broken by an excited scream, startled Virat as he looked totally shocked at the girls in Kulya's room.

The girls were looking at him like all of their dreams have come true.

Tani couldn't believe she was in the presence of The Virat Kohli. She just continued staring at him in a trance feeling if she blinks even once he'll disappear.

Siri's condition was kind of the same. She doesn't actually like to display many emotions but right now her eyes were portraying amazement and wonder.

While Neha was the one who was doing the delighted screaming.

"Oh my God, Virat Kohli sir, I'm a very big fan of yours, sir. Can I get an autograph? Leave that Can I get a picture of Rohit Sharma and you together? Please. I don't have many pics of you two together. Can I??"

Neha blabbered excitedly pinning Virat with her starry gaze.

Neha's starry eyes were easily rivaling Shinchan's starry eyes at that moment.

Virat looked at her totally amused with his eyebrows quirked upward.

Kulya tried his best to not laugh as he introduced his best friend to his captain.

"Virat bhaiya, this is Neha. She is a little mad, too. " Kuldeep giggled while mentioning the last part.

"Oye, I'm not mad, Kulya," Neha said nodding in negative.

"And that's Tani she is a medical student and that's Siri, she is an engineering student like Neha and she is also Neha's roommate." Kulya ignored her laughing as he introduced the other two girls.

Who just couldn't believe that Kuldeep Yadav knew about them?

"Hello, Virat sir, it's a pleasure meeting you" Tani muttered shyly looking at her idol.

"Yes sir, it's an absolute pleasure," Siri mumbled too.

"Please call me Virat or Virat bhaiya, and nice to meet you all too. And Neha, yes you can have a photo of Rohit and me." Virat laughed as Neha did a little happy dance beside Kulya at the prospect of getting a Rohirat pic.

"Forgive her sir, sometimes she forgets how to behave, " Siri added dryly watching both Virat and Kulya chuckling at Neha's antics.

"She is cute, " Virat chuckled "though didn't you say, you can't come today?" Virat questioned Neha curiously

"Well, Virat bhaiya... They had some work so I was unsure and then they got free and I decided to surprise Kulya." Neha started innocently and finished with an innocent smile thrown at Virat's way.

Tani and Siri gawked at Neha, why were they being thrown under the bus here?

"Okay, now I'm sure you want to meet the rest of the boys too. After all, you can't have that pic until we hunt down Ro, now can we Neha?" Virat asked Neha teasingly

While she beamed ready to follow Virat to the ends of the world if it means she'll get her Rohirat.

"Let's go to the pool, girls. Everyone's there."

The four of them followed Virat to the pool while Virat and Kulya were walking together talking about something.

Tani and Siri were grilling Neha with their questions.

"From when did Kulya become your bestie?"

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"You could have told us na that we were coming to meet the ICT."

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you and I'll tell you everything else later." Neha dodged the questions as they reached the pool.

The pool area was filled with the ICT.

Rohit was lying lazily on the lounger sipping an orange juice from the looks of it.

Jinks was sitting beside him, reading a book.

Rishabh was sitting beside the pool with his legs dipped in the water, throwing smiley balls on the players in the pool.

The players in the pool being Shreyas, Shubman, Shivam, Navdeep, Hardik, and Jassi.

Manish was talking with Jadeja while Rahul seemed to be counting clouds standing beside them.

"Virat, come join us" Hardik screeched spotting Virat.

Virat shook his head and walked towards Rohit and without any warning or anything like that, he sat on Rohit's legs.

"Neha, You can take that pic now if you want" Virat called out to Neha grinning while Rohit tried his best (half-hearted attempts) to throw Virat away from his legs.

"Oye, motte hat" Ro grumbled pushing Virat

"Mein Motta?" Virat said with total disbelief filled tone and then looking at Neha shouted: "Neha, do I look fat to you?"

Neha couldn't help but nod her head in negative vehemently. She just couldn't make herself say any word watching the Ro-Hitman Sharma in front of her.

"Neha, Kulya's bestie Neha?" Rohit asked her officially giving up on pushing Virat away from his legs.

Neha again just nodded her head in affirmation, looking at Rohit with an idolizing look.

"She wanted our picture together. She is a fan of ours. Can you believe it?" Virat asked Rohit snickering

"Yes, I can Vi...I mean, I know not everyone can bear a creature like you. But you can be quite endearing too, sometimes." Rohit snorted

"Hahaha, very funny Ro. You're a distinct character here while I'm the dynamic one." Virat said dryly

"You dynamic?? I'll say, you're more akin the peculiar creature of our team"

"Peculiar creature, really" Virat questioned back vexed.

Neha couldn't believe her Rohirat were bantering in front of her. Oh God, she was just too happy.

"Miracle, I didn't know Neha can be silent for so long" Kuldeep whispered with an exasperated shocked expression.

"Even I didn't know that Kuldeep bhaiya, looks like miracles really do happen" Siri agreed wholeheartedly with Kulya

And both of them started chuckling at the situation.

The whole situation was finally settling in her mind. It didn't feel as dreamlike and untouchable when their idols were talking, teasing and behaving so normally around them.

While Kulya, Tani, and Siri were chuckling on Neha's tongue-tied moment around Rohit.

The rest of the team has gathered around them too.

Hardik introduced himself while passing charming smiles to the girls as he demanded from Neha: "what did she mean by not as crazy as him?"

"Well, not everyone can be as amazing as you. Now, can they Hardik bhaiya?" Neha asked back from Hardik warmly.

Hardik visibly beamed at her.

"Of course, not, after all, I'm the handsomest player in this team" Harry announced grinning boastingly.

While the others around him rolled their eyes and mentally facepalmed.

Siri and Tani didn't bother to contradict Harry while Neha decided to not burst his bubble yet.

"Handsomest isn't a word, Harry" Jassi informed Harry as he introduced himself to the girls.

"Of course, it is as long as I'm the one using it" Harry declared arrogantly

Ignoring him, Shreyas introduced himself to the girls followed by Manish, Jadu, and Rahul.

Rahul introduced himself quite quickly and distractedly as he went a little away from the team, after meeting the girls.

Rishu and Shivam were the last ones doing their introduction. After, introducing themselves and shaking hands with the girls.

Shivam shyly, Rishu eagerly though he felt that Tani was a little cold while their handshake but ignoring that fact. He happily introduced himself to them and expressed quite cheekily "beside bhai, you guys can call me anything you want"

~to be continued~

Okay, so one group of girls met their idols. The next will meet soon too.

Till then continue reading and enjoying the story.

Hope you liked the update.