ephemeral

csk vs gt

26th march, 2024.

it was 4 in the morning, there was a knock on kasturie's room's door. at first she didn't wake up, the knocks got louder. hesitantly she got up from bed and opened the door.

"kya hai, kya subah subah neend kharab kar rha hai." she opened the door to see shubman standing there in his practice clothes with a wide smile.

"chal chal uth ab bahar mausam mast hai ek round maarke aate hai, aalsi." he said excitedly.

"aalsi tu, aur 4 baje hai, thodi der mein practice karne jaanay. subah subah itni energy kaha se laata hai tu. chal aaja andar." she invited him inside. they walked inside and kasturie plopped back on her bed, snuggling into her blanket given by her grandmother which she takes everywhere with her.

"aye uthna bacche, kitne dino baad mile hai hum." she raised her hand.

"5 minutes."

"count kar ha hu main, sirf 5 minutes fir direct paani fekunga." she showed her thumb.
"chal uth ab."

"uth gyi, muh dhoke aane de fir chalte hai." he layed on her bed while she got ready. she wore csk's practice tank tshirt and shorts. "chal ab, 6 baje practice ke liye jaana hai tab tak ghumte hai fir direct practice." she said while wearing her shoes.

"ha theeke chal." they both got into the lift. she rested her head on his arm. shubman looked down at her. "tu itni choti kaise hai re." she's 5'3 and looking at her height, she played phenomenal.

"tu itna lamba kaisa hai re." she looked up and said sleepily. he just laughed at her.

they got out of the lift and started walking around the hotel's surrounding.

"merko neend aa rhi hai."

"aalsi."

"tu aalsi. chal coffee peene chalte hai. oh shit tu toh coffee nahi peeta na." he smiled at her. "acha chal main coffee banati hu tujhe mere haath ki coffee toh peeni hi padegi nahi toh bohot maarungi tujhe."

"jaisa aap kaho raani sa."

they went to the self service kitchen of the hotel and she made coffee for him.

"kaisi hai?"

"kaun?"

"coffee re."

"accha ha, mast hai. aaj se main sirf tune banayi hui coffee piyunga."

"arre ab main itna bhi kuch khaas nahi."

"ho tum." he whispered.

"kya?"

"kuch nahi. chal practice ka time ho gya dono team ke captains gayab hai sab dhund rhe hoge humko."

"ha chal. tujhe harana bhi toh hai."
shubman just laughed at her.

time skip

match time.

gt won the toss and elected to bowl.

"ganpati bappa." she yelled as usual.
"morya." everyone yelled back.

kasturie and rachin were the openers.

csk made 206 runs.

gt had to make 207 to win. shubman came to bat and kasturie whispered a quick 'all the best' to him to which he nodded in thanks.

kasturie did the nazar utarna wala thing with her hands as a wicket fell of gt.

tushar deshpande bowled 3 wides in a row.

"aye deshpande kiti wides dalega, itka apneko parvadega nahi." she said mixing marathi and hindi.

csk won by 63 runs.

shubman looked sad, kasturie went to him and put her arms around his neck and hugged hum, because of the height difference she was lifted off the ground a bit by him and he put his arms around her waist. "it's okay baccha game hai haar jeet hoti rehti hai, ek haar ke wajah se aise nirash hoke kaise chalega aur bhi bohot matches hai ek match ke wajah se discouraged nahi hote chal bacche cheer up." she said and broke the hug.

"ha meri maa. tu kabhi kabhi same mere mummy ke jaise kyu behave karti hai." shubman laughed.

"toh tu aise bacche ke jaise behave karega toh yeh sab karna padhtay. acha teri next match mumbai ke saath hai na? kab nikal rha hai?"

"kal shaam ko."

"acha hum bhi shaam ko hi delhi ke liye nikal rhe hai. toh subah tum log yahi pe ho, chennai ghumna hai?"

"are you sure? matlab aise jaane denge?"

"of course not, hum chupke niklenge."

"matlab vapas uss din jaise khatron ke khiladi karke niklenge?"

"yeah, bas iss baar without ishi, yaad ayegi uski. oh ha tere next match mein milega na tu usko, mere taraf se hi bol dena."

"ha zaroor, ab chalo baki. wait kar rhe hai."

"ha chal."

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a/n : 24 hours mein 2 updates? haanji.
bhay dusra kuch karneko bhi toh nahi hai reels open karu toh jaha dekhu vaha mahi ke sad reels bhare pade hai. kal raat bhari royi main ab aur roya nahi jayega.

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peace out.
~k.