Rohit had made a lot of mistakes in his life; everyone does. There's a saying, "When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it, admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it."

But here was the problem! Rohit repeated the mistake of listening to his best friends out of the box thoughts! And what's even worse was that he agreed to work upon his 'plan'.

Virat was never the best with ideas. There was never a day when he planned something, and it didn't backfire on him. But this time, the plan was different and creative too; Rohit had to give him that. After lots of careful brainstorming and pondering on; 'How to implement the plan, the duo finalized everything and gave each other a pat on the back. As they were going to bed, Virat said, "Ro!! Let's drop some messages in the group."

Rohit turned to glare at Virat, tired and sleepy as they had been discussing the plan since breakfast, and it was two in the morning. The former wanted nothing but to snuggle into the warm blankets and sleep.

"Can you let me sleep!" Rohit whined in desperation.

"Ro, Listen na..." Virat said, looking at Rohit only to stop when he saw the state Rohit was in. He was looking like a zombie who had been starved and had not been to bed for ages.

"You...you look...fabulous." Virat sweatdropped, sheepishly grinning at Rohit who glared, even more, hearing the words.

"What do you expect, Idiot!! I have not slept a wink in two days because of Sammy, then you being the biggest enemy of my sleep gotta make my life more miserable! Gosh, sometimes I think that you are rubbing off on Sammy. That little devil would just sleep when I wanna play with her, but whenever I try to go to sleep, she magically wakes up crying as If she knows when I'm gonna sleep!! I never asked for one more Virat, I swear!!"

"She's my princess. No doubt she's gonna help her chachu to keep her father in check. And don't pretend that you don't like when she asks for you while crying!" Virat defensively countered.

"That's not the point! You Ape!! Of course, my baby would ask for her dad when she, wakes up, and I never denied that I loved her attention. I would do anything for my little munchkin even if that means saying goodbye to my sleep...."

Virat grinned in victory as Rohit continued his ramble. He successfully diverted the topic without the other realizing it. As he was praising himself for his genius mind, he heard Rohit say, ".....she's the best daughter, but that's out of topic. Mr. Virat Prem Kohli! You thought you diverted the topic, huh? You are an insufferable prick whose sole purpose in life is to annoy me and not let me sleep. I mean, why do you hate my sleep that much? I just...."

BANG BANG

"CAN YOU IDIOTS LET US LIVE IN PEACE, OR YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO! ANY SANE PERSON, FORGET THAT ANY PERSON BE IT SANE OR NOT, WOULD BE SLEEPING AT THIS HOUR!" They heard an angry Jinks yelling at their door side.

"Shit!" Rohirat cursed and turned to look at each other in horror when they heard the banging again. "IF I HEAR EVEN A LITTLE SQUEAK FROM THIS ROOM, I'M KICKING YOU TWO OUT OF THIS HOTEL! SLEEP ON THE STREETS OR ON THE FOOTPATH. I DON'T CARE!"

With that being said, they heard the footsteps and a loud bang of the door, indicating that Jinks was in his room. Sighing in relief, they looked at each other only to scowl.

"That was close!" Rohit whispered

"Yeah"

"I'm sleeping."

"Oh...Ro, wait!"

"what now!!" Rohit almost yelled

"Shhh..." Virat shushed him, remembering the threat that Jinks had given them.

"Sorry." Rohit apologized. He was also not a fan of sleeping on the footpath.

"Can we drop the message?" Virat whisper pleaded

Rohit sighed in defeat and picked his phone, typing a message and looking at Virat, making him grin. Virat's phone buzzed. He opened the phone, smiling evilly only to facepalm after reading what Rohit had sent.

"Hey." The message read

"What the hell, Ro!! A plain hey!!"

"What do you want me to type then, Einstein?"

Their phones buzzed again. They looked at each other in confusion.

"Cap!! You are awake!!!" Rohirat groaned in annoyance

"He's awake" A message came again

"I can see that!" Rohit huffed at the sender

"What is doing at this time in the night!" Great! one more hooligan! Rohit thought.

"How can I know?"

"Can you just shut up"

Their phones kept on buzzing off. "Happy now!" Rohit glared at Virat

"How would I have known that all of them would start messaging at this ungodly hour!"

"So you accept the fact that we should be sleeping?"

"That's not the point, Ro!" Virat stomped his feet. Their phones kept buzzing, but they kept on ignoring the messages.

"That surely is!"

"Look I..."

Thud

They froze in their positions, ready to run, thinking it was Jinks.

Meow

"Oh, It's just a cat." Virat waved it off casually.

"Oh, Alright." Rohit looked at the little fluff ball.

"So as I was saying..." Virat started only to be interrupted by Rohit.

"wait!" Rohit yelled.

Meow

"What now..." Virat whined as the cat came and sat beside Rohit.

Rohit pointed at the cat and then said, "It's a cat."

The cat mewed in acknowledgment as Rohit patted her affectionately.

"I can see that!" Virat answered, staring at him as if the former had grown two heads.

"In the middle of the night." Rohit tried again as the cat climbed into his lap.

"She must be looking for food!" Virat was honestly done with his best friends' idiocy.

"In our room!" Rohit yelled, annoyed, trying to make Virat understand.

"Yeah....Oh.Oh!" Virat exclaimed as if realizing something. Silence filled the room.

Meow

"What the hell!" Virat yelled, startling both Rohit and the little cat, who were busy playing together.

"Why is it here!" He yelled again, pointing accusingly at the animal who mewed as If trying to say something.

"That's what I was saying, Vi!!" Rohit exclaimed happily that Virat finally got his point. While the cat stared at Rohit, turning its head sideways. Rohirat sat pondering while the cat snuggled more into Rohit, who happily caressed her.

'Meow'

"Shhh..." Both of them shushed the cat, who mewed again.

BANG

They saw a tired Jinks standing at the door-side with a slipper in hand, ready to kill Rohirat.

"WHAT DID I TELL YOU TWO YOU......Oh, A cat.....Wait!! WHAT IS A CAT DOING HERE?" Jinks exclaimed, half asleep, trying to process the sight in front of him. Rohirat, sitting on the floor with the cat, snuggled up into Rohit while Virat petted her.

"That's what I was asking!" Virat said, scratching the cat's ear, who mewed, loving the attention from both the cricketers. 

"Guess he slept." That was the last message exchanged on the group chat.