Sparks Fly

2. Convincing

2. Convincing:

"Absolutely not, what if she also turns out to be like Arya? Absolutely not. Never. We're fine in the same house as now, even Papa, Maa, and Shahneel Di said so. And she's not even said yes herself." Shubman said, playing around with his bracelet.

"She's not like Arya bro, she isn't. And her friends are going to talk to her." Ishan replied.

"Just give her a chance bro, just give her a chance."

"Tum dono mile ho usse? Have you met her, that you both are siding with her. We're fine in this house, and so we are! Itna hi mann kar raha hai, to let her build a house, then get her to build your house. Not mine." Shubman replied, and left the room.

"Ab kya? He's not even ready to give her a chance, bro." Ishan said.

"Your his Geeta na, Sita's Geeta, go convince him."

"Me? You want me to go into Punjab's Sher's den?"

"Bro, please."

"Fine, but I'm not going to his room alone. You have to come with me."

"That I can do, I will come with you to convince him, but not say a word."

Ishan and Shreyas proceeded to go to Shubman's room:

Shubman was on his phone, scrolling through his Instagram. 

"Shub,"

"I said no already, Ish."

"But why,  Shub? What's wrong with Aadhya? You've seen her resume, you've seen her photo. Then why not?"

"What if she turns out to be like Anya? What if she turns out to be like Arya?"

"Shub, Anya was your ex. You didn't deserve her, but you know also that not all girls are like her." Shreyas said. 

"Guys, just leave. Please." Shubman said, and Shreyas-Ishan left his room. They knew exactly who to call.

Abhishek Sharma.

"Abhay, where are you right now?"

"BCCI office, is there something wrong?" Abhishek might have shown himself to be grumpy, but he was the person you could call if something went wrong. He would be there for you, in minutes. 

"Remember I told you about Aadhya?" Shreyas asked.

"Aadhya Verma? The interior designer?"

"Yeah."

"And I assume that Shub said no, to even meet Aadhya?" Abhay replied.

"Yeah. We tried to convince him, but he didn't agree. Can you come home, and convince him?"

"Guys, if you couldn't convince him, you really think I can? Ask Virat Bhai, not me."

"Come on Abhay, please just try?"

"Alright fine, I'm coming home."

1 hour later...

"Where is he?" 

"On his phone, in his room." Shreyas replied, pointing at Shubman's room.

"Shub," Abhay said as he knocked on the door. 

"Now they sent you, to convince me? How many times do I say no?"

"Just listen for once bro, we're sure Aadhya Verma isn't like Arya."

"Abhay, just leave me alone, please. I want to sleep."

"But Shub-"

"Abhay. Please." Shubman said, looking at Abhay.

"Alright, fine." Abhay replied and left Shubman's room.

"He's not even ready to talk." 

"Now what do we do? He knows himself that he wants to move out of that neighborhood, in Fazilka, but because of Arya and his talent of overthinking, he doesn't trust Aadhya." Ishan said.

"Virat Bhai," Shreyas said. "He can help, because Shub will listen to Virat Bhai."

The other side, Kanishka, Kashvi, and Anisha had just reached  home.

"Guys, let's just be straight forward about it and tell her. Everything will be fine." Kanishka said.

"Let Anisha tell her, this was all her plan anyway!" Kashvi replied, earning a swat on the arm.

"We'll all speak, one by one okay?" Anisha said, opening the house door.

"Oh finally you guys have reached! I thought something bad happened!" Aadhya said as soon as the door opened.

"We're fine, Aadhya. Ab andar aaye?"

"Sorry-" Aadhya moved to the side to let the girls enter.

"Aadhya, we wanted to talk to you about something." Anisha said as they all sat down on the sofa.

"Yeah, bolo? I'm all ears."

"Anisha knows Ritika Sajdeh," Kanishka said, breathing in and out trying to be calm, because that was just the start, and Aadhya's mouth was wide open in shock.

"And we've just come from meeting her and Rohit Sharma," Kashvi added.

"We told them about you, asking if anyone they knew needed an interior designer." Anisha also said.

"And...and what did they say?" Aadhya asked, clutching onto a pillow.

"ShubmanGillneedsaninteriordesigner." Kanishka said, but it came out in triple speed then expected.

"Shubman Gill needs an interior designer."

"And you guys said yes from my behalf?! Have you even thought, what will happen if I meet him? I'll faint you guys, I'll faint!"

"We didn't say yes, because we knew you'd say this! This is your chance girl, to meet him!"

"I...I don't know! I'll faint y'all, I'll faint."

"You can do this, because even Kashvi got the job! She's going to work as a photographer for MI! And you know who is in that team."

Aadhya smiled at Kashvi. "Congrats Kashvi. But guys I don't think I can do it."

"Please Aadhya? For...Shubman, if not for us?"

"You guys, seriously. I'll do it. But for you three, not him."

"Thanks Now you'll live your dream." The girls shared a group hug.

Worli: 

"So you want me to convince Shub to agree to Aadhya being the interior designer?" Virat Kohli, asked Ishan, and Shreyas. Virat and Anushka had reached the house immediately, after being told there was an "emergency."

"We tried. But he isn't willing to give her a chance."

"But why Aadhya?" Anushka asked.

"She's the country's top interior designer."

"You think she can pull it off? With the behavior of Shub, we don't the country's top interior designer in tears on the first day."

Virat and Anushka went to Shubman's room.

"Please Shub, just give her a chance." Anushka said.

"Fine, but only because you said, Bhai and Bhabhi." 

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How was it?

Precap: First Day.