Against the odds

What was that?

Sara's POV
After spending some time with the team, we returned home. Papa had gone to meet the men's senior team and all of us came back to my house. Arjun went to his room saying that he's going to talk to Sana(Saurav Sir's daughter) , I didn't mind they've been besties since childhood. I was sitting in my room with my gang when I heard Dits saying something
"What was that Aish?" She asked raising her eyebrows at her
"What was what Dits?" Asked back a rather confused Aishi. Dits looked at me and Ish to ask if we saw it and we both nodded in affirmative with teasing smiles 😁
"Why are you guys smiling like that?" Sounding half confused half scared
"We saw that exchange between you and Nagar you know?" Added Ish. Aish really turned completely red and hiding her blush said
"I just know him from school, we were good friends"
"And why didn't you tell us that?" Demanded dits
"Exactly, I knew there was some reason you want to go there but you didn't even tell us" I chimed in
"I'm sorry guys" said Aishi
"Chal theek he maaf Kiya, ab bata you guys like each other don't you?" Asked Ish teasingly
"What? Noo. I mean I like him but I'm sure he doesn't" she said sadly
"Dude if he didn't like you he wouldn't kiss your forehead just like that" I tried to explain exasperated at her denseness
"Tell us what did you guys talk about?" Demanded Diti
Well when Diti asks we just answer, none of us can deny her anything
So Aish gave us details of her conversation with Nagar and by the end of it the three of us were facepalming at her dense nature 😭

"Aishi, you're unbelievable. He literally told you not to say you like anyone else because you have a claim on you. What are you? A ten year old?" Said Ish in a frustrated,"I'm so done with her" tone.
"Bhai aj kal to 10 saal ke bache bhi relationship me hote he, tera kya hoga Aish" said Diti exasperatedly
"So you guys think he likes me?" Asked Aishi in an uncertain tone
"YESSSS, YOU IDIOT" all of us shouted at her
"Okay, guys chill 😅"
"Btw, Ish tu Abhay se itna kyu lad rahi thi?" I asked as I saw them bickering, well everyone did.
"He started it, he got all offended when I didn't recognise him" said Ish shrugging her shoulders
"What about you Dits?" Asked Aishi
"What about me? I didn't do these weird harkate you guys did, so keep me out of it" said Dits
"Well, I saw you whining to Ishan and stomping your feet like a three year old" I retorted with a smirk 😏
"Soo what? How does that even matter?" She knew how and why it mattered
"You never whine Dits not even to us and you whined to someone you met today itself. So it does matter " said Ish stating the facts.
"Well, I don't know I just felt like it, I don't know why I did it honestly " said Dits with honest eyes.
"It's ok Dits, don't worry, I've a feeling we'll be thrown with them very often so maybe then you can figure out why you feel that way" I said comforting her
"Yeah she's right Dits, anyway are you interested in Shubman?" Aishi asked straight away.
"Nooo, why would I be. He's a friend and we just met today " damn Aishi can be too straightforward sometimes, cut that she's straightforward all the time with us atleast.
"Just so you know, he's already in a relationship " said Aishi
"Soo? How does that matter? I'm not interested in him that way. I just met him for god's sake Aish" she was starting to annoy me now
"Well it'll be useful for future " Dits said sneakily
"Dits!! You too? I told you I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HIM" I said shouting the last part.
"Take a chill pill " all of them shouted together
I shook my head at that and we continued talking about anything and everything ( mostly utter nonsense because you rarely talk sense with your best friends)

Shubman's POV
Everyone had gone home except those insane friends of mine.
"Soo what should we doo?" Asked Ishan over excitedly
"Let's just go to my home and chill I'm tired " said Abhay
"Well ofcourse you are after all that fighting and running with Sachin Sir's daughter's friend" said Nagar
"You can just say Krisha dude instead of giving a full description " I told him in a matter of fact tone
"Yeah whatever , bol bhai Abhay what was that?" Asked nagar again
"Kuch nahi, she is fun to irritate. Plus she was arrogant to me first so I retorted back" Said Abhay innocently
"I bet you were trying to flirt and your ego was hurt when she didn't flirt back " said Ishan, pointing out facts as usual.
"Whatever, tu bhi to Aditi se baat kar raha tha na" Said Abhay trying to give a good comeback but failing as usual. Though I wanted to know what he was talking to her too.
"Well we were talking about you and Sara most of the time" me and Sara?
"Me and Sara? Whyy?" Why would they talk about me?
"Well because she was shipping you guys" WTH
"Whatt, kuch bhi I'm in a relationship Ishan"
"Ik I told her that and started whining like a three year old" he said smiling fondly
"But I support her in that. You'll be better off with Sara than that so called girlfriend of yours" said Nagar
"I second that" was Abhay's response
"Guys please. Whatever you think about my girlfriend is a different matter. I'm still going to stay loyal to her. And anyway she's my idol's daughter for god's sake" Before I could say anything further Ishan interrupted me saying "ha bhai samajh gaye hum, but if future me you need help lemme know 😉"
And all of them ended up laughing
"Nagar, tera scene bhi dekha mene" I said to stop those laughing monkeys
And the way he turned red was priceless. We looked at him with teasing smiles
"Kyaa? Areeeee we just know each other from school"
"You meet her after some years and you kiss her forehead already huh? Tell us, you like her don't you?" Said Ishan logically, which was rare
"Yeah I do, khush ab pareshan mat karo" Nagar said, still blushing furiously
"Guys chalo na archade jate he aj" suggested Abhay
"wahhh Abhay pehli baar acha suggestion diya he" came Nagar's savage response 😂
"Ha, chalte he " me and ishan said before Abhay could try to give a savage comeback.
And that was how we ended up meeting the girl gang again

I'm so sorry for the delay. I was caught up with school and plus I didn't really know what to write. This chapter is kind of a buildup chapter for the Archade one. I just tried to showcase the conversation factor between them and also some similarities in each of their personalities since the beginning.
Like Abhay being bad at comebacks, Aditi showing she's mature but extremely childish from heart, Nagar with his savage comebacks etc. I'll upload the Archade chapter tonight to make up for the wait for this chapter