Ishu ke Issues

Chapter 3

Shubman rushed to his room and slammed the door shut.

He was this close to kissing Ishan today.
What was he even thinking?

He took out a bottle of whiskey from his fridge and downed two glasses. He kept on going until he was too drunk to stay awake and passed out on the couch.

He woke up the next day with a really bad neck pain. His phone was vibrating with endless texts.

Shit!

He had missed morning training. Rohit was going to thrash him so badly today.
To his horror, there were 46 texts from him, 20 from Virat and 10 from Abhishek.

However his heart skipped a beat when he saw three texts in a row from someone new.

Ishan:
thank you for taking care of me last night, I owe you one. :3

hurry up you're late!!!

shit you missed practice, Ro bhaiya seems so pissed off!!

He brushed his teeth, slipped on his trousers, gave his hair a quick brush and headed towards the dining room because he definitely didn't want to miss breakfast.

No one was there yet except Rohit. Shubman took a seat and cleared his throat to draw his attention.

“I'm really sorry bhaiya. I overslept. I swear this won't happen again.”

“I'll let you off because this is your first time. Do it again and you'll see the worst of me.”

The others soon joined the table and it was the usual ICT chaos that accompanied them everywhere.

“Why did you miss practice bro?” Abhishek asked.

“And where did you disappear last night?”

“Well, I met someone hot and the rest is history. Anyway, you took my car to drop Ishan? He wouldn't stop talking about that the whole morning.”

“Yeah I did, I just felt sorry for him. Anyway, what was her name?”

“It's a he and no I don't know his name.”

“You don't have to make excuses if you don't wanna tell me her name, man.”

“What excuses. What are you on about?”

Shubman looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

“What? Oh not again, Shubman. You know I'm bi.”

“Well I didn't know you're serious about it!”

“And why would I not be serious about it?”

“How can you take a man to your bed Abhi?”

“Stop being dramatic for once Shubi. I don’t say anything every time you’re ogling Ishu as if you’re going to eat him up.”

Abhishek was just pushing his buttons now.

“He was wasted last night. So I brought him to his room. That’s it. He slept in his room. I slept in my room.”

“Chill bro. Why are you getting so defensive?”

“WHO'S GAY?” Siraj interjected as always.

“You are. For Shreyash.” Surya stated, his eyes fixed on his phone.

“WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT. And Siraj GET AWAY FROM ME BEFORE I DUMP MY OATS ON YOU.”

Their bickering continued and Shubman chuckled at their antics.

Then he caught sight of Ishan approaching the table. His hair was wet, drops of water traveling down his neck and making his white collar appear transparent. To his utter surprise, he sat beside him.

“Good morning Shub!”

“Morning.” Shubman tried his best to return his smile.

“I wanted to thank you once again in person. I'm so sorry for being a burden last night.”

“Mmhm n-no no. Not a big deal at all. That's what friends are for.” Wait, WHY WAS HE STUTTERING???

Shubman noticed he was wearing a pair of shorts reaching upto his thighs. He tried not to look and all of a sudden all he remembered was how plump and how pink Ishan’s lips had looked in the car last night.

How much he had wanted to kiss him last night.

There was a long pause until Ishan spoke again.

“Well since you acknowledge we're friends, we should go out. And I don't mean with the group. Like alone.”

“Huh?” Shubman was dumbfounded. Was Ishan asking him out?!

“I owe you one. Remember? Let me treat you to lunch today. Whenever you're free of course.”

“Oh- yeah- no okay I get it. Y-yes, yes I'm free this afternoon.”

“See you soon then Shub!” Ishan took the last bite of his sandwich and left the table.

Shubman felt a certain way, he was unable to explain it. It's weird.

“Abhishek, I'll borrow that pale green shirt of yours for today.”

“Tillu nahi aaya breakfast ke liye?” Rohit asked.

Meanwhile Tilak was in his room frantically pacing back and forth. He hadn’t been able to face Ishan since last night.

Tilak was so happy at the club, enjoying Ishan’s undivided attention until Arjun came along. He couldn’t deny it. They had great chemistry. He was a better choice for Ishan anyway. He was more handsome, his abs were more well defined, his muscles were bigger. He wondered if Ishan ever saw him as someone more than a brother. Ever since last year, they’ve been exploring museums and libraries together since no one else in the team shared the same interest. Did it mean nothing to Ishan? Were they all just friendly ‘hangouts’ for him?

When Ishan started dancing with Arjun last night, he left. He couldn’t take it anymore. Probably no one would even care enough to look for him.

“I think it’s not just a crush anymore. I think I’m in love with him.” - he texted the only person in the whole world who knew him better than he knew himself.

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Hope y'all liked this chapter :) pls do vote and leave comments!!

Also why are we getting cooked by SL in the ODIs 😭 and WHAT HAPPENED TO SHUBMAN MAN.

Anyway ISHAN KISHAN COMEBACK SOON LESSGOOO