Against the odds

The Archade

Krisha's POV
We lazed for a while but then eventually became tired of it

"Let's go somewhere na" whined Sara in a bored tone
"Ha par where do we go Aru?" Asked Aditi
"Heyy, let's go to the Archade, there's a new archade nearby" suggested Raisha
"Yess let's goooo" me and aru shouted together and we ended up laughing at that 😂

We all got ready and reached the Archade but the guards told us that we can't enter.

"Par kyu nahi ja sakte bhaiya? Abhi to closing time me bahut time he" asked Aditi
"Madam kuch cricketer log aye he aur unhone Puri jagah book kar rakhi he" the guard replied

"Yaar esa thodi chalta he hum bhi to Paisa deke khelenge na" whined Aishi

"Sorry madan par hum isme kuch nahi kar sakte " the guard replied sympathetically.
We were about to go back when I heard an annoying voice

Abhishek's pov
We got ready and reached the Archade. It was empty which was highly unusual
"Why is it empty, it's a new archade?" I asked my friends
"Well because we booked the entire place duhh" said Nagar
"But kyu? Hum utne famous nahi he " I answered back
"Speak for yourself Abhay. I'm quite popular " that was another savage reply by Nagar
Before I could retort I was interrupted by Shubman telling us to go in. We went in and started playing all sorts of games. We did bowling for a while and Ishan had won as usual. We then played ice hockey in teams and me and Ishan had won. Next we were about to shoot basketballs but I got a phone call from mummy. Now I could have told her that I'll call her later but mujhe Marne ka shauk nahi tha. So I went outside the arcade and to the backside of the building because I'm pretty popular too right?
When I came back I saw Krisha and the other girls in front of the archade and they were about to leave. I quickly went to them to stop them.

"Are you guys following us around?" I said with my usual smirk 😏
All of them turned in sync and krisha glared at me. This was going to be fun

"You have some confidence in yourself to believe we would follow you" she said still glaring at me. Why was she so good at comebacks?

"Abhay, hi!" Said Aishi, the only one he knew a bit more.
"Hi Aish, you guys wanted to go to the Archade?" I asked sweetly
"Well, we're standing in front of an archade obviously dancing class ke liye to aye nahi honge" she replied Sassily again
"Ish, you're being too rude right now" said Aditi. Someone sane atleast
"Whatever, did you guys book this place?" She tried to ask more politely this time
"Yeah we did, I can help you guys enter if you want to" I said proudly
"No thanks" said Ish arrogantly
"What no? Yes please Abhay if you can" said Sara cutting off Ish
"Dude you were supposed to be in my team" she said betrayed
"Tu chup reh do minute. Abhay please help us if you can" said Aishi politely

"Of course I will, but I need a favour" I said my eyes glinting with mischief I'm sure.
She narrowed her eyes at me suspiciously
"You'll say Abhay you're the best everytime you see me" I said pointing towards Krisha. She glared at me. It was so fun teasing her already
"What makes you think I'll do it, Sharma?" She said furiously
I just smiled sweetly at her friends

"Ish please na aj ki hi to baat he" requested Aish
"Aish, seriously tu..." She started but was stopped soon
"Ish please na " it was Sara this time and before she could retort even Aditi had told her to swallow her ego for just a few hours.
"Fine, I'll do it" as soon as she said that I talked to the manager and we went in the Archade. I saw Nagar and Ishan shooting hoops while Shubman was doing commentary.

Sara's POV
I heard Shubman's commentary and I chuckled at that ,all of us did. Abhay went towards them to tell them about our arrival but they all shushed him at the same time and we chuckled again. After their game they finally looked at Abhay
"Where were you? Hume laga mummy se baat karte karte kahi unke paas hi pahuch gaya hoga" said Shubman
"Merko to laga koi kidgap kar le gaya ho gaya then realise hua ki is hathi ko koi kese hi uthaega" was Nagar's savage response 😂😂
"Yaar tum log sunte hi nahi ho" Abhay said exasperated at which Ish laughed but one glare frok Abhay shut her up.
"Kya hua bol na" Ishan said, he seemed to be so much more saner than the other three like Dits .
Abhay pointed towards us and that was when they notice us properly.

Shubman's POV
It was when Abhay pointed in that direction that I noticed our four new friends were standing there.
We went ahead to greet them
"Heyy Sara, Aditi, Krisha and Raisha" I greeted with a smile
"Call us by our nicknames yaar, it's so weird to hear someone saying my own name 😭" Raisha whined
"Okay Aishi I'll tell them" said Nagar winking at her. We coughed at the open flirting while Aishi turned red

"How did you guys enter though? We booked the entire place" Ishan asked logically
"Well Abhay gave one condition to follow and we're here" answered Sara
"Gave ME a condition🙄" added Ish emphasizing on me
"What condition?" Asked Nagar excitedly
"You'll see" Abhay answered winking
"So what do we play?" Asked Aditi
"Adi, let's play ice hockey" said Ishan
"Ok sure and don't call me Adi" she said irritated. The girls looked shocked. I'll ask Sara What happened later
"Aishi let's go to mirror maze Naa" you can guess who it was and just like that it was the four of us, me, sara, Ish and Abhay

"There's no way I'm going with him" Ish said annoyed
"Oh but you'll have to, remember the condition?" He asked smirking while she humphed and went ahead and Abhay followed behind. That left just me and Sara

"Sara, wanna go to the VR game?" I asked her
"Yes, and call me Aru, Ari anything but not Sara. We're friends afterall" she said sweetly
"Okay, but I like Lara better" I said grinning sheepishly. We both laughed at that and went to Virtual reality game.

We all returned to the same spot after an hour. Me and Sara reached first so we saw ranging emotions between the duos. Aditi-ishaan radiating the "We vibe together" emotion, Raisha-Nagar with the "I am crushing on you energy" and then came Ish-Abhay with the "he/she is so annoying" energy. Well me and Sara came into good friends energy nothing more nothing less. We all exchanged numbers and went to have dinner together, the girls also ate ice cream because they were craving it but we couldn't because of our diets 😭😭
After this we all went home for the day peacefully. After a long time I finally slept that night forgetting all my insecurities and family problems.

As promised another chapter. I don't know if I could potray this well enough. I wrote this right now so there might be some errors. I uploaded it just before midnight so it still counts as the same day 😂😂