Stolen Heart

LilG and LilS

India had an ODI series with South Africa from 6th October 2022.
It was a late night, around 1am on October 5th. Shubman was lying in bed, trying to catch some sleep. But little did he know, his roommate Ishan had other plans. Ishan, fully engrossed in a thrilling series on Netflix, had the volume turned up high on his laptop.
After a few failed attempts to ignore the noise, Shubman couldn't take it any longer.

Shubman: Will you please turn down the volume?Or else use your headphones.

Ishan: Kyu?? Kya problem hai tujhe?

Shubman: Bro, mujhe sona hai... Kal practice bhi toh hai..

Ishan: So my late night netflix binges are keeping you up?

Shubman: Yess!! Now let me sleep please.

Ishan: Is it my netflix binges or Sara bhabhi, who's thoughts are keeping you up? You know, it's late night..

Shubman: Chup kar!!! Ofcourse it's you.. Sara ke saath toh bohot achhi neend aati hai.. woh tere tarah pareshaan nahi karti hai...

Ishan (teasingly): Toh aisa kya karti hai?

Shubman: Tujhe maar khana hai toh direct bol...

Ishan: Tujhe private details nahi deni hai toh direct bol..

Shubman: Haa nahi deni hai... itna detail mein nahi jaana chahiye...

Ishan: Theek hai, phir chup ho jaa...Mujhe series dekhne de...

Shubman: Bhai band karde isko... Tere netflix series ke wajah se hamare South Africa wale series affect honge...

Ishan: Tujhe itna problem hai toh tu apne room mein jaa na...

Shubman: Ugghh!! Tujhse baat karna hi bekaar hai...

Ishan: Mujhe pata hai, tu phir bhi idhar hi soyega... Tujhe mere bina neend hi nahi aati...

Shubman: Kuch bhi?! Bakwas!!!

Shubman grabbed an extra pillow and placed it on top of his ears, hoping to muffle the noise and find some peace. But that didn't work.
Shubman finally gave up on the idea of sleep. He slipped on his slippers and made his way towards the balcony. Just as he was about to step outside, Ishan called out to him.

Ishan: Kaha jaa raha hai?

Shubman: Balcony mein...

After that, Ishan went back to watching the series, and Shubman made his way to the balcony. Finally, he found some peace and thought, "Why not call Sara?". Since it was around 8ish in London due to the time zone difference, he figured she might be free. So, he called her up.

Shubman: Sara, are you free?

Sara: Yes baby!! But what's up? Is everything alright? Why haven't you slept yet?

Shubman: Puch lo... aur questions hai toh woh bhi puch lo... tumhara ho jaaye toh main batata hu...

Sara: Okay I'm done. Now answer.

Shubman: Ishan yaar!!! Sone hi nahi de raha... He is watching some series and ain't even using headphones.

Sara: Oh.. So why don't you go to another room. Are you sleepy?

Shubman: Not at all. I'm just missing you.

Sara: Miss you too.

Shubman: Can I FaceTime you?

Sara: Yes pleaseee!!

They start talking, but little did Shubman know that Ishan was secretly checking up on him from the room. When Ishan saw Shubman talking to Sara, he couldn't contain his excitement and hence interrupted.