"We are insane and proud."

In Taj hotel, Chandigarh

Simran Kaur was over-viewing the house keeping workers and at the same time looking at her watch after every few minutes. 10 minutes more to 5, she thought tapping her foot on the floor.

Normally, Simran isn't like this. She sometimes lingers even after several minutes of her shift being over. But today wasn't that day. Today, she was in hurry to leave this place and go back to her home.

Simran was really a normal, career-oriented Indian girl who was lucky enough to land a six months internship with Taj palace hotels. She was a normal girl with not so normal best friends. She'll like to use the term "blatantly insane" and "Crazy" to describe her besties. 

And they were coming to stay in her apartment today. So, she wanted to reach her flat before them for she is sure if she by any chance gets late they'll taunt her about it for the rest of her life. Even though Krishika has an extra-key of her apartment. Well, what kind of besties will they be if they let go the matter without bringing it as an emotional blackmail material during their fights.

She can totally imagine them speaking "yaar, tune toh humara swagat bhi ni kiya uss deen. Hum bichare bhooke pyaase bacche tere ghar pr tera wait krte hi rh gye and mera toh hath bhi fractured tha". The scene played perfectly in her mind with a sad Krishika giving her "bs yahi thi teri dosti, yahi tha tera yarana" look while Ahankara looked at her with an expression rivaling a kicked puppy's expression as she held her wounded hand to put emphasis on her situation.

So, she wanted to be back home before those bichare thake haare (poor and extremely tired) engineering students reach her flat. And she has suggested them to come to her flat sensibly taking a bus, cab, auto or even rickshaw taking in consideration, Ahankara's wrist but she is sure they'll reach her flat using Ahankara's scooty. They doing something sensible is next to impossible.

She has known Krishika since childhood. Same neighbourhood, same school, same class. So, you can say they're besties from childhood but for graduation they opted different field. Krishika went to engineering college and she went to a hotel management institute but they were still in the same city even if 10-20 Km away from each other. Her college was a lot closer to Mohali while Krishika's college was in Chandigarh.

And then Krishika was living in the college hostel while she is living in her family apartment here. During these days, she met Ahankara, Krishika's roommate and both are literally what she'll call Rab ne bana di jodi, Room mate goals and everything along those lines. Plus, the three of them had the same love for cricket so they bonded very well over time. 

When the girls wanted a break from their hostel food and life in general. They'll just drop at her flat unannounced and raid her fridge for food. Binge watch Tv. And she loved those two, even after all their stupid antics. 

Thinking about those two she smiled and her smile only widen knowing the next day is Sunday and they'll go to Mohali stadium to watch live match. She can do a happy dance at that thought and she finally noticed it's also 5 minutes past five now. 

Telling the Housekeeping manager of Taj under whom she is learning housekeeping management at professional level. She rushes away from there, eager to leave.

She couldn't help beam thinking about the rest of evening and tomorrow with those two crazy humans. Tonight, she is sure those two will make her cook #gharkakhanna while asking her a thousand and one time whether she has added poison in the food? Will we get food poisoning eating this food? yet eat the food made by her with gusto.

And then they'll do fukrapanti for the rest of night, which will include stories, dancing and joking around in general or gushing about someone or maybe, they'll sleep early tonight. After all, tomorrow is match day.

And if, she knows those two they'll want to reach the ground even before the ground staff because they don't want to miss anything. Even the before match warm up session of the players. 

So, thinking about her crazy besties Simran really wanted to teleport back to her home. How cool it would be if they could really teleport?  Lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice the man glaring at his phone coming from the other side. And like destiny would have planned for those two souls, they collided with each other. 

The sudden collision made Simran totally lose her balance and almost fall to the floor, almost as on last moment someone held her hand and she found herself hanging few inches above the ground. Her eyes totally wide with surprise and fear as she looked at the person holding onto her hand. 

And looking at the person, she was ready to faint though she didn't actually faint. She just let go of his hand and fell on the floor. An "oof" escaping her lips as her mind did some sort of weird rituals. A fire alarm ringing in her mind Screaming "It Shubman, Omg, I collided with Shubman Gill. OMG Shubman Gill tried to stop my fall. Shubman Gill is standing in front of me. Shubman Gill, The Shubman Gill. He looks more cute in person. OMG, What should I do? Does it mean Indian team is staying here? Of course, it does, you idiot." She scolded herself as she got up holding onto Shubman's extended hand and then scolding herself a little more for being so dazed.

What kind of manager she'll be if she gets distracted like this? Even if it's Shubman Gill or Virat Kohli duty comes first. Come on, gather yourself, Simran.  You can do it, Simran. She reassured herself with "Guest is god" echoing in her mind. So, keeping her fangirl side aside she acted like a mature and responsible staff.

"I'm so sorry, sir. I wasn't looking where I was going. I'm so sorry, please forgive me." She apologized very seriously from Shubman not meeting his gaze.

"It's fine, I wasn't watching where I was going too." God, he sounds so good in person. Simran couldn't help but mentally fangirl over Shub's voice. For her everything about the cute cricketer is perfect.

"Still I should have been more carefully. You could have been hurt." Simran apologized again, maintaining the decorum and humbleness taught to her. 

Shubman just smirked at response as if finding the thought of her hurting him, really funny. And, even though Simran should have felt annoyed watching him smirk. She didn't. She couldn't look beyond how cute he looked.

"Umm....can you tell me where the indoor sports room is, they said it was somewhere here but I'm kind of lost." Shub asked Simran looking a little sheepish and a lot annoyed at being lost here.

"Sure sir, follow me..." Simran said while internally gushing over everything about Shubman as she led him to the indoor sports room and then left the hotel.

Reaching the staff parking space, Simran squealed of happiness and did a little of jumping and fist pumping in excitement as she screamed "OMG, I just met Shubman Gill."

Only she knew how she controlled herself from going full on fangirl mode in front of Shubman. He is the one she loves the most, afterall. She can't wait to tell the other two girls about her this interaction with Shub. Maybe tomorrow after match, they can come and try meeting them somehow.

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The team was gathered in Rohit's room relaxing. Kulcha were chatting with Neha. Well, or thats what seemed to Rahul from where he was sitting with Harry's head lying on his lap playing PUBG with Rishu and Shivam. Shreyas was sitting on the sofa next to him glaring daggers at his phone, a thing that Shub was doing few hours ago but now seemed just lost.

Rohitaaa was sleeping totally unaware of anything going around him while Virat  and Jaddu were looking at him with a gaze that didn't board well with Rahul. He wanted to be as far as possible from that trio when the chaos finally unleashed.

They won't throw water or Rohit's face now, right? Virat and Jadu will be above such fickle tricks, right? Well, for his own sanity he hoped they won't throw water on Rohit and they didn't as he saw an almost giggling Jadu pull out paint colours and brushes from somewhere. 

Jaddu held one brush and gave the other two Virat as both of them started painting like toddlers on Rohit's face using all and every colours with them on Rohit and Rohit kept on sleeping even when his face was being painted by two grown men acting like immature toddlers. Doing even finger painting tricks on Rohit's face.

And knowing what's good for him, Rahul wisely looked away from his captain, vice-captain and Sir Jadeja. He really didn't want to get in between these guys. He looked down only to find Harry to lost in the world of PUBG to be aware of the reality as he screamed at Rishu "Headshot le, Headshot le" and then "Revive me".

So, ignoring the creatures living in the PUBG world. He focused on the lost Shub.

"Oye, what happened to you?" He asked Shub opening his whatsapp for timepass.

"Nothing,"

"Then what are you doing now? Meditation?" Rahul questioned him back indecorously

"No, when I was coming to the sports room na there was this girl..."

"Oh!!! so there was a girl, huh...... continue Shubi boy, baba Harry is listening." The still now lost in PUBG Harry suddenly seemed very alert looking at Subh preening.

"Ugh...there is nothing like that Hardik Bhaiya." Shub denied firmly blushing under Harry's scrutiny 

"But you want something to be there,Shubi boy. Don't worry continue with the story your Harry Bhaiya will decide whether there really is nothing or not." Harry said brushing off Shub's denials.

"Areey but Bhaiya, she just showed me the sports room after she collided with me. She apologized and was so calm and collected around me."

"Oh...Collided huh..." Harry hummed thoughtfully and then added grinning broadly " Pehle takrar fir mohabbat, off to a good start Shubi boy." 

"This is not that takrar, Harry yrr." Shreyas spoke dryly coming to poor Shubi boys rescue.

"Don't be a spoilsport Shrey, Shubi boy tell me about her your Harry bhaiya will help you search her unlike there unreliable people." Harry said throwing a haughty look to both Shrey and Rahul as they just rolled their eyes at Harry.

"She seemed to work here, Harry bhaiya." Shub mumbled not knowing what else to do or say.

"Excellent, we'll find her soon then Shubi boy, trust me." Harry exclaimed with his eyes glinting maniacally 

"just don't" Shreyas deadpanned and Shub wanted the attention to be just gone from him. So, he throwed Rahul under the bus.

"What are you smiling at Rahul bhaiya??" Shub asked Rahul noticing him to be not paying any attention to the convo, any longer.

Harry wasn't as courteous as Shub finding Rahul not responding he just snatched the guy's phone away and watched two girls laughing on the screen before something else started playing on the screen.

And a back to senses Rahul protested and tried to snatch the phone away from him. But Harry was faster than him and knowing his intention. He jumped away from Rahul and in-between Shub and Shreyas on their sofa as he backed out from the on-going status and clicked on the previous status of someone called "Clumsy soul" with laughing emojis. What's with his friends and their totally degraded sense of nicknaming.

Kulya named Neha, little monkey and now, Rahul has someone's names saved under clumsy soul in his contact list. God, Why didn't his friends get his sense of humor? Leave that, why didn't they get even a percent of his intelligence? At least than he wouldn't have to be face such nicknames.

Sighing, he clicked the status to see what had their Rahul so bewitched? He could feel both Shreyas and Subh lean in closer to see what it's all about? On Rahul's till now blank screen a girl appeared lip syncing and doing some little steps standing on the bed as someone giggled watching her.

"I thought she was the shy one. she's cute." Harry heard Shreyas mutter from beside him but he ignored it for now as another girl joined the one in the video lip syncing and dancing  without a care of the world. They were enjoyed themselves and the video ended with them giggling and laughing at themselves.

"Oh bhabi," Shreyas exclaimed teasing Rahul and Shub realizing who the girl in the screen is, also contributed in teasing Rahul by grinning suggestively at him.

"yrr abhi bhabi ni hai (guys, she isn't your sister-in-law, right now)" Rahul said not meeting their gaze.

"Ha toh koi ni na, future bhabi hai" Shub said shrugging off Rahul's denial as the guy glared at him with a look that said "beta tera bhi time aayega."

"Wait a min, What Bhabi? What is going on? Why wasn't I informed? Harry demanded throwing a look towards Rahul that screamed "There's better be a good explanation or you're going to die a very slow and painful death."

So, Harry was educated on the whole case of mistaken id's on social media and how Rahul was scared for dear life and then how Shreyas and Shub got to know about the whole matter. By the end of the whole story, Harry looked to be deeply contemplating the whole thing. While Rahul prayed to all gods out there to not make Harry be angry on him over this matter.

"Where is she now?" A very serious Harry asked Rahul who gulped and replied with a simple weak "Chandigarh"

"Oh, yrr tujhe mujhe yeh pehle batana chahiye tha na ab tak toh bhabi bhi bn chuki hoti fir voh humari." Harry said shaking his at Rahul for his this foolishness. That idiot should have told him, after all he is the best match maker on the team.

"Hmm ya mujhe chorkr bhag jati" Rahul mumbled plastering a big fake smile at Harry's direction as the other two tried their best to not snicker at these two.

"So, kb milwa rhe ho ( so, when are you introducing to us?)" Harry asked Rahul grinning innocently

"Pehle khud mil lu fir milwata hu"

"Abey yrr, pehle bolta toh aaj milkr aa jate ek kaam krte hai parso chalte hai. Surprise and all. ( Dude, if you had told me about all this earlier we would have met her today. Okay, let's do this we will go and meet her day after tomorrow.)" Harry said and Rahul knew by that tone that they'll go through it no matter how much time he tried to deny. These three will accompany him to Ahankara's college.

"God please meri ship sail hone se pehle hi sink hone se baccha lena ( please god, save my ship from sinking even before it sailed)." Rahul silently prayed to god watching the evil smirks on the four boys face.

Now aware of the girl's identity. Harry replayed the status even when Rahul again tried to snatch away his phone. The guys this time even unmuted the video and the song played with the dancing girls.

Jali Toh, Bujhi Na, Kasam Se Koyla Ho Gayi Haa
Lagi Hai, Bujhe Na, Kasam Se Tauba Ho Gayi Ha
Jali Toh, Bujhi Na, Kasam Se Koyla Ho Gayi Ha
Lagi Hai, Bujhe Na, Kasam Se Tauba Ho Gayi Haa

( The first girl whose name Harry now know as Krishika started while singing and dancing with perfect expressions)

Mila Na Koi Aisa, Mere Sapno Ke Jaisa
Mila Na Koi Aisa, Mere Sapno Ke Jaisa
Chhan Ke Mohalla Saara Dekh Liya

(Rahul's girl joined next singing these line with perfect expressions)

Jawani Chadti Jaaye, Karega Kaun Upaaye
Jawani Chadti Jaaye, Karega Kaun Upaaye
Chhan Ke Mohalla Saara Dekh Liya

(The two girls finished together and then burst out in fits of giggles as another girl's voice joined there laughter)

And without thinking Harry messaged Rahul's clumsy girl "Moholla mein hum nhi the na😉 "

Rahul didn't know whether to groan or curse his friend as he saw the message get delivered with two ticks. And as was just telling himself he'll just delete the message before she read it, two blue ticks appeared beside the text.

And now Rahul had all the real reasons to panic. He knew it, he just knew it his friends will be the reason his ship will sink.

On the other hand, Ahankara was going through the same level of shock. She has totally forgotten that Rahul was on her whatsapp.  And oh god, she hadn't hid the video from him. God, this is totally embarrassing. What she should do? And here he is teasing her? God, please someone let the earth open so that she can sink in it.

She was thinking what to do when Krishi snatched the phone away from her and replied back " so shift ho jaiye humne nhi roka😜 (so shift in our area, I didn't forbid you.)"

OH GOD, kill her now please.

~to be continued~

So, how's it guys? I don't have much knowledge about hotel management courses and all. So, you can correct me if I did some mistake on that front. Simran, I hoped you liked your intro and finally welcome to the chronicles. So do you think Rahul and Ahankara's friend will succeed in giving both of them panic attacks?

And Happy Holi Fam, I hope the colours of joy, happiness, health, love always remain in your life. And we continued bleeding blue till the end.