Forever Begins Now || A Virushka Fanfic

Chapter 2

Everything, in life, happens for a reason. The sun rises so that it can bring a smile to someone's face. The sky cries and it pours down as rain so that earth can have a cleansing again. Every single thing in this world happens for a reason, good or bad, and Anushka has always believed in that. We meet people for a reason. They either give you a lesson, or sometimes they just lift you off of the ground.

When Virat and Anushka made it to the studio, neither of them had any idea who their co-actors in the shoot would be. Virat knew it was an actress and Anushka knew it was a cricketer. Had they known, would it have changed anything? Perhaps.

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29th July, 2013
YRF Studios, Mumbai.

"Virat Kohli, it's a pleasure to see you, sir. Big fan." The director, Manan, said with a big smile.

"Pleasure." Virat replied with a smile. It has been five minutes since he has arrived and they were busy in his hair and makeup. He knew the actress had arrived as well and was probably busy with her own routine. The director told him that he was shooting this ad with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.

Virat smiled, thinking how big of a fan he was of her film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and the song Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai. He smirked, thinking back to the numerous times the boys have played it in the changing room. It was one of his favourites and he thought Anushka looked really pretty in the film. However, he never considered himself a big fan of her. He just admired her acting skills.

"Sir, set ready hai." A guy informed him.

Bunty Sajdeh, Virat's manager, was outisde, talking to the manager. "Bhai, chalo, jaldi shoot kar ke nikalna hai gym ke liye." Bunty said, patting Virat on his shoulder. He sighed and nodded.

Virat was busy talking to the director and Bunty at the centre of the set for the shoot when he heard her voice and turned.

"Anushka ma'am, kaise ho aap?" An elderly man with a tray of tea cups and biscuits greeted her. Somehow, Virat was eagerly waiting to see her response. She was dressed in a black sleek dress; hair straightened. She looked really pretty.

Anushka was walking towards the centre where she saw the director with Virat Kohli and his manager. The director earlier told her she was sharing the shoot with Virat. Anushka was nervous, a little, because she loved cricket and she thought Virat was an excellent player- minus the gaalis, perhaps. She made her way when someone called her from behind and she turned to see it was Vishnu kaka. He worked in the canteen and has been very sweet to her since her RNBDJ days. She remembered how he once took care of her when she fell ill; instead of the set directors and the people, Vishnu kaka was the one who provided her with hot soup and some masala chai.

"Kaka!" Anushka exclaimed and went towards him, "main thik hoon, aap kaise ho? Aaj kal dikhte hi nahi. Itne busy ho gaye?" She said with a laugh to which Vishnu kaka chuckled and shook his head.

"Beta, hum kaha se busy honge. Lekin aap ki picture'e bahut dekhte hai hum. Bahut garv hai humein." Vishnu kaka said, patting Anushka's head and she nodded and bowed.

"Shukriya, kaka. Aise hi dekhte raho pictures aap. Bahut acha laga aaj yeh sun ke." She smiled, turned and walked towards the centre.

Virat stood there, witnessing the whole exchange. "Wow." Bunty, standing beside him, exclaimed. Virat looked at him and nodded.

"Anushka ji, welcome. Meet Virat Kohli, I'm sure you know him." The director introduced her to him. She was standing before him and he thought she had never looked more beautiful. He still couldn't stop thinking about the way Anushka greeted the man- she was so kind.

Anushka looked at him and smiled. "Hi, it's a pleasure to officially meet you. You're making India proud." She said and extended her hand.

Virat's heart melted a little, perhaps. She was so different. He shook her hand and smiled. "Thank you so much. Pleasure to meet you, too."

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"Cut!" The director announced. "Brilliant." He exclaimed and they all clapped.

After the shoot, both Virat and Anushka were sitting on a couch, waiting to see some takes since they were allowed to choose pictures that would look better. Virat cleared his throat and looked at her and smiled. He never knew she was so kind and easy-going. Initially, he thought it would be difficult to share the screen with her, thinking perhaps she'd be a diva. He hated those girls. Anushka, on the other hand, was simple and honest. When they were shooting, she kindly taught him how to exert some facial expressions without boasting altogether.

"Acting achi kar lete ho aap." Anushka said with a smile and turned to him. He was already staring at her and so he looked away, embarrassed at having being caught at his disposal.

He shrugged with a smile at her "aap". "Pata nahi, but thank you. And thank you for helping me out there." He said.

"It was nothing." She said with a smile and turned to her phone.

Virat had an idea; he was not sure whether he should implement it though. He wanted to get to know her- as a friend- and he wanted to ask her for her number. However, he was not sure whether she'd have liked it or not. Virat has never felt strange about asking a girl's number. In fact, he was quite the champion at it; having been named the 'womanizer' by his friends and the 'casanova' by his colleagues. He was confident and kind of a player. For instance, he left his former girlfriend, Isabelle, a Brazilian model, because he couldn't handle to tolerate her disposition. For him, his ego mattered the most and almost everyone knew that.

However, that didn't stop him from doing what he did next. It happened out of sheer interest- an attraction towards getting to know her after having seen how kind she was.

"Um, if you don't mind...can I, uh, ask you something?" Virat said, looking at her. She was busy on her phone but turned her attention towards him as soon as he called.

"Yeah, sure." She replied, her eyebrows narrowed in a good manner.

"Can I get your number?" He said, looking down. He can't believe he was feeling shy.

Anushka let out a little chuckle and said yes. "Of course. Here, type yours and I'll text you." She said, handing him her phone.

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And just like that, they began texting. It all started with a 'Hey' from his side and continued till they ended up knowing their favourites. Initially, it was once or twice but soon it turned out to be the whole day and whole night. No one could stop them from getting to know each other and they did just that.

However, they didn't know that what started out as just friendship and regular texting would turn out to something magical and everlasting.

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