Chapter 4: Ready for a game?

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"Here you go," Abhinav forwards me a earthen tea cup

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"Here you go," Abhinav forwards me a earthen tea cup. I thank him and grab the cup. He sit beside me with a earthen cup in his hand.

"Kahan se ayi hai aap? (Where are you from?)" he asked.

"Udaipur."

"Aur aap? (And you?) I mean have you always lived in Kausali."

"This is my hometown. I grew up here."

"That's nice."

"What brought you to Kausali?" He asked after he sipped the tea with a slurp.

He's practically a stranger and I didn't want to go into detail. "I just needed a change hence why I came here."

"Okay." He looked at his watch and then back at me. "Let's finish our tea and head back before it starts getting dark."

"Okay."

We sip our chai's in silence and head back in the car. Abhinav dropped me back to the hotel.

I stepped into my hotel room and freshened up. I call and order dinner. Waiting for the food, I grabbed my laptop from my backpack and placed it on the bed. Sitting crossed legged on the bed, I booted it. I adjusted the pillow on the headboard to my comfort level. I opened the ROBLOX app and sent a text to my online friend.

Aks_g: What's up. Ready for a game?

NavNinjaStar: Sure.

Aks_g: Cool! What do you wanna play tonight?

NavNinjaStar: Tower of Hell

Aks_g: Lets start.

We both joined the lobby and our avatars started loading.

Both our avatars climbed up the stairs and then jumped on the escalator and went up high. I was about to move up but my avatar accidently jumped and was back on level 2. A knock on the door interrupted my concentration.

"Food's here," I muttered, setting my laptop aside. 

Aks_g: Hang tight. Gotta grab my dinner. 

 NavNinjaStar: Ok. 

NavNinjaStar: Where are you. I can't find you anywhere. We were suppose to stick close to eachother.

Aks_g: I'm at level 2 -_-

NavNinjaStar:  Be quick. I'm waiting for you.

I grinned as I opened the door to a tray laden with steaming dishes. The aroma of Daal Makni and garlic naan filled the room, and my stomach growled in approval. 

"Back," I said, balancing the tray beside me.

I ate while playing and went back to the 5th floor. We both climbed the tower, laughing as we chat and played.

A/N

Sorry for the short chapter. But I didn't want leave y'all with a cliffhanger. So the next chapter is gonna be long.

I'm sure you must've guessed NavNinjaStar is our Abhinav.

This is the secret identity part that's gonna be played in this story. (A reader requested it.) At first I thought to make Abhinav a secret cop and then I dropped the idea cuz it would've ruined the flow of the story. And I can't imagine Abhinav as a serious cop. He's a cutie.

And the whole ROBLOX shebang was inspired by @galaxy-lane . The inspiration came from her book games culture. It's a must read.  

I have played ROBLOX as a kid. And this is making it refreshing.

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