Maybe!! Maybe Not?? (ishman/shubish)

chapter 29

Ishan woke up the next morning. He raised himself slightly to look around, only to find himself alone in bed.

With half-closed eyes, Ishan got up and went hunting for his phone, God knows where he threw it last night. After looking for it for minutes, Ishan finally locates it, buried in the pile of clothes that consists of both his and Shubman's clothes. He scrolls through the call log only to see missed calls from Mayank from last night.

Ishan decides to call back, and the call is answered instantly. "What is it?"

"This is how you greet your best friend in the whole world?" Mayank pretends to be offended.

"I just woke up. My brain can’t process phone calls right now. Stop being a crybaby," Ishan explains.

"I'm not a crybaby, geez! I'm just annoyed because it seems like you forgot about me," Mayank says with a dramatic sigh.

"How can one forget someone as annoying as you?" Ishan mutters.

"Did you call me just to insult me?" Mayank yelled out.

"If that's Mayank, tell him we're on our way" Shubman said, coming out of the bathroom right after taking a shower, "and tell him I'm not gonna let him hijack you."

"Alright, we're on our way" Ishan ends the call, saving his ass from being yelled at by doing so.

"Did he call you too?" Ishan asks.

"He said he's at your place, so I told him to wait there." Shubman hums. "Should we get going or make him wait."

“Too hard to decide” Ishan mutters thoughtfully, still frowning as if he’s thinking really hard.

"I'll make it easy for you" Shubman runs towards Ishan, tackling him onto the bed.

"Hey, go away, you're still wet" Ishan said as he playfully punched Shubman's chest, trying to move him away.

"Always wet for-" Shubman gets cut off by Ishan.

"Don't even try to finish it," Ishan said quickly.

Shubman laughs and tries to hug Ishan closer to him, but there’s already no space between them. He squeezes his fingers into the thick of Ishan's thigh, just holding him. Ishan relaxed his head on Shubman's shoulder, wrapping his hands tightly around him.

"Seriously, you're planning to sleep again? No goodnight kiss last night, now no good morning kisses" Shubman mumbles in a pout.

"You're such a baby," Ishan said, opening his eyes slightly and planting a kiss on Shubman's cheek, then his whole face, and the last one on his lips. Ishan pulled back and gazed down at him. "Enough kisses now?" Shubman grinned and shook his head, indicating he wanted more.

"We're totally gonna make him wait" Ishan leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to his lips. 

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The elevator to their apartment complex pings, and the doors open. Ishan and Shubman walk hand in hand down the hallway towards their unit. The smile soon disappeared as they stood in front of the door to their apartment waiting for either of them to put the pin in.

"Come on, just do it" Ishan says, breaking the silence.

"No way, you do it" Shubman puts his hands back into his pockets.

"Why? Are you scared?" Ishan teases.

"Yes," Shubman admits, swallowing to moisten his dry throat. "Yes, I am."

"Stop being such a wimp" Ishan said, shrugging and glancing at Shubman. "It's not like a flying punch will land on your face as soon as you open the door."