A Love Twice Told (ishman) (shubish)

Jealous? No.

Shubman was sitting next to Abhishek. He never expected to be so relieved to have Abhishek by his side. Honestly, Abhishek was the only familiar person here.

Abhishek, when he entered the room, made his way through the crowd directly towards him. Ishan looked like he was going to introduce Abhishek to Shubman, but Shubman just stared at him and then suddenly pulled Abhishek into a hug. Don't mind him; he was too happy to meet someone he knew.

Abhishek was smiling when they pulled apart. "I never expected our friendship to endure for such a long time." "rightttt. But see, we still are friends, and it's all thanks to me." "Obviously." And Shubman smiled with that. He looked beside him only to find Ishan smiling too. "I guess you are too happy to finally meet someone you remember knowing, right, Shubi?" He chuckled at that.

"Oh, Shubman, meet your new best friend. Ishan." There was that teasing smile on Abhishek's face that Shubman remembers witnessing when he introduced Shubman to some girl he thought was Shubman's type. The reason for the smile in this conversation was still unknown to Shubman. He passed Abhishek a done look and decided to pry no further into the topic.

"I have already met him. I think I now know why he is my best friend and not you." Abhishek raised his eyebrows at that and asked, "Oh. Why so?" "Because Abhi, this is not the first time I have met him after my accident." "Yeah, he has met you before, obviously. We were on a damn tour, okay, and I didn't have his guts to be leaving everything in the middle and running here to meet you." He rolled his eyes at the end, and Shubman smiled at the gesture.

"abhi." Ishan interrupted. "what? You know Shubman's health is the only reason you are not sacked yet, right? Why would you even do that? I swear they should have kept you tied up before telling you about him waking up because, the speed at which you ran, oh my god." "Yeah, because not everybody can be as unbothered as you, right?" Shubman said, raising his eyebrows with a small smile on his face.

The fact of Ishan running in the middle of his work to meet Shubman the moment he got the news of him waking up had always brought a smile on Shubman's face. "unbothered? Trust me, Shubman, everyone was dying to meet you, but, Ishan? Nope, nobody can be compared to him." "Okay enough." Ishan seemed to have run out of patience, and Abhishek instantly glued his mouth shut.

After a few minutes of the faithful conversation that would be keeping Shubman awake tonight, Ishan was called by Rohit for something. Abhishek instantly turned to Shubman and whispered, "He is scary." And then pretended to shiver. 'God, he is just as dramatic, isn't he?' Shubman thought before shaking his head adoringly.

Abhishek then started sharing few of the interesting incidents in his life, and some of them had Shubman in them too. Though he didn't remember any of them, he still listened to them just as enthusiastically. After some time, Rishabh joined in on the conversation, and suddenly both of them shifted to bullying Shubman.

There was some commotion heard at the door, and soon a group of people could be seen entering the house. They seemed to be a family. The man was having a conversation with Virat, and the lady came to greet Anushka. "Who are they?" Shubman turned to Rishabh. "Oh, they are some close friends of Virat Bhai. It seems like they were in town, so Virat Bhai invited them too." "oohkay."

The younger of the two men, who looked just a year older than Shubman, came towards them. "Hi Shubman, how are you?" He asked with a smile on his face. "I am fine, thank you." "I am Karan, by the way; you might not remember me, but we have met before." He said, extending his hand towards Shubman, which Shubman took gratefully.

This Karan guy seemed like a decent person, and Shubman was happy to be meeting new people. "hello. Sorry about my memories." "no no. Please don't worry about it. We were not too familiar anyway. Just get well soon, okay?" And he left with that. "He is better than his sister," Abhishek said after he had left. He received a side eye from Rishabh at that.