HÆVEN- [ Shubman Gill X Sara Tendulkar]

Angels and their Demons

Shubman found himself sitting on the backseat of the first SUV, cramped between the two guys on his each side. It was a hour drive,  to the Tendulkar mansion from their stadium.

"Aj din bht shi h, pehle match mast gya, phir Sara k Darshan huye, then Sachin sir ne  Ghar me khane ko Bulaya, chahiye hi kya aur" Kamlesh spoke breaking  the silence.

" aree nagarkoti chup reh Tera to bas ladki aur khana, kuch aur pe bhi concentrate karle , jindagi sawar jayegi"  everyone  laughed except for nagarkoti, who glared at shubman.

"Tu bda bol rha, khud ki to ladki k same ek word bhi bol nhi Pata, tu jalta h cause I got the Rizz bro" Nagarkoti points towards himself , emphasising his words.

"Sara ko pta k dikha itna confidence  h to, tab Manu mai" Abhishek  looked at him directly  in the eye, putting forward his challenge.

"Bet! Bet! Bet!" The group erupted in chants.

"Aise stupid bets kon Lagata h, wo insan h yrr, koi cheez nhi, ki aise hi bet lagao" Shubman spoke, getting  a bit irritated at this prospect. He had an elder sister and he had seen getting  hurt by guys, bets such as these are nothing  but immature ways of having  fun at the expense of others.

"500 for nagarkoti" ritwik spoke ignoring  shubman

Shubman looked at him exasperated , "wtf bro"

"500 that he can't " Abhishek spoke up.

Shubman looked at Abhishek surprised, "bhai, tu bhi?!" "Kya yaar tum log"

"Chup reh, shubman ki tarf se 500" another member spoke up.

"Kya yaar" shubman whined.

The car stopped, halting their banter.
"Beta ji paunch gye lijiye" the driver broke the silence. "Aur Haan meri tarf se 500, narakoti k support me" he chuckled.

The group  erupted into laughter at that, only shubman was left annoyed.

Getting  out of the SUV, Shubman was left in a trance gazing  at the villa infront  of him. To say the gate itself  was huge would be an understatement. It was freaking  gigantic, as the gate was pushed open by the security  guard,  his eyes traced the path, leading  to the main door of the house. There was a literal fountain infront of the main door, surrounded  by lights  that  were reflected in teh fountain water. Karte honge Ameer log, he thought.

They were walking  on the tiled pavement  towards the door, when they spotted a butler, who recognized  them immediately. He proceeded to divert them to the second route that went along the side of the house, reaching the backyard.

There was the brunch, shubman thought. It was a ground, with trimmed grass covering  the surface and open sky overhead. Chairs and tables were spead throughout. On the right side was the buffet stands, 10 of them , shubman counted. The maharashtra  team had already reached here before them and were enjoying  the buffet. Each one of the players had full plates in their hands, enjoying  lunch. There were other guests too, whom shubman couldn't  recognise.

Not only him, all of his team members were surveying  their surroundings.
He bumped Abhisheks shoulder, "bhai, kya karna h, Sachin sir ko greet kare, ki chip chap khana start kare"

"Bhuk to bht lagi h, Sachin sir dikhayi bhi nhi De rhe" Abhishek  said with a frustrated  expression. " Bina greet Kiya khane lagenge to rude lagega"

"Aree shubman ko bhej do greet karne, hum chalte h khane" Nagarkoti quipped.

"Hein?-" shubman barely  got a chance to voice is protest, as they had all rushed to the buffet counter, leaving  him behind.

Shubman was left searching  for Sachin sir, he went on to ask a waiter, who directed him to the house. He was a bit hesitant, but finally  decided to go inside as his stomach was urgently  reminding  him of its empty status.

He should  have waited in the drawing  room itself,  but hearing  the faint voices of shouting made him curious. He went to a door on the side which was slightly  open, causing the voices coming  from inside to escape  through.

"What do you mean siddharth, you made a mistake!?" Sara's voiced oozed with anguish.

"Look, it was a mistake OK. People get tempted  and make mistakes" a male voice followed her voice, trying  to console her.

"You were busy in college,  I was frustrated,  she was hot, tempting, she seduced me. And I won't apologise to you anymore, it was a one time thing you're over reacting  Sara!"

"I'm not over reacting! What do you want, you want me to sit back and let you cheat on me with whoever  you want?!" Sara shouted back.

"You know for a being  a chubby nerd, you're awfully  demanding.." the male voice said in a mocking  tone. " you should  be grateful that I'm dating  a loser like you, when your friend  set me up with you, I thought  you'd be hot like the other girls in the group, but look at my luck, hah."

There was  silence  for a moment. Then a sharp sound  of a slap rang out. "You bastard"

There was silence once again, after which shubman  heard a shriek of pain, "you bitch! How dare you slap me!?"

Shubman stilled for a second,  his hunger long forgotten. He was on full alert. He was moments away from opening  the door and entering  the room. But as it was disrespectful  just to barge in, this thought had stopped him from doing so.

It was the sound of things falling  on the ground  next, that broke his patience, he immediately  opened the door wide. The scene that greeted him was of sara on the ground ,  with a guy standing  over her.

"Sorry to disturb- but I heard sounds"  He said looking  at the guy infront  of her.

The guy seemed to have grew livid at his intrusion, he went out ,without saying  a word. Shubman looked at Sara, who's still on the floor. He tried to help her get up, bit she put his hand away, she got up hurriedly , dusted her skirt and moved away hurriedly,  refusing  to meet his gaze.

It was only when shubman had got his lunch and was back in the SUV, with the other boys, he allowed himself to revisit the moments he had witnessed  in the room. He tried not to think much of it, but somewhere Sara's  situation  reminded him of his sister and her bad breakups.

Maybe even ameerlog had problems like common people do.

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