WOUNDS ~ Shubman Gill

★21~ Meet Me In The Hallway★

Just let me know I'll be at the door, at the door
Hoping you'll come around
Just let me know I'll be on the floor, on the floor
Maybe we'll work it out
I gotta get better, gotta get better
~Meet Me In The Hallway
by
Harry Styles.

✿

(9 September 2019, Location- Unknown.)

Shubman's POV
I wake up feeling a prick of throbbing pain my forehead.

"Good morning, maharaj. Actually good afternoon, barah baj gaya hai.", I hear Shahneel Di's sarcastic wish.

"Ugh ab kya kiya hai maine?", I groan.

"Nahi, yeh pucho ki tune kya nahi kiya hai.", she glares at me.

I look at her in a very confused way and she groans.

"Okay pehle brush your teeth and come. Then I'll give you a painkiller and explain what have you done.", she tells me and I go into the bathroom to brush my teeth.

I come out, swallow the pain killer given by Shahneel di and sit on the bed. She takes her phone after texting somebody and then gives a gift wrapped box to me with it.

"Read the text first.", she tells and points her phone.

"Belated happy birthday Shub, hope you had fun. Had something really special planned but I guess you had better things to do. Hope you like the gift.

Xx
~Smriti"

"Isn't she in the hotel now?", I ask her as I rub my throbbing forehead.

"Of course she isn't, she has college remember? It was tough for her to get this week off only.", she tells me.

I open the wrapping off the box to find a sports watch which I've wanted for a long time. Hell it's a really expensive one.

"Oh fucking hell.", I curse as I cover my face with my palms.

"Kaise lag raha hai?", Di asks me.

"Pata nahi yaar. I just... I don't even mean to do things like this. Tiya had called me telling she knew where you guys were aur mujhe laga tha ki Smriti and Tiya would've decided to be peacefully with each other for my birthday...", I vent out.

"Shubman after the whole Suhana thing, Smriti would never be nice with ANYONE who seems backstabbing.", she explains.

"I know...", I groan, "do you think I should give her some time."

"I think you should make up.", she suggests.

"But how? I don't even have the guts to talk to her after what I've done...".

She ponders and then tells me,"Ah! I have an ideaaa."

"Go on..."

"Before she went, she told she wasn't sure about how much you want to be with her. Just tell her how much you like her."

"Di I just told you that I can't talk to her. Also I don't like her, I LOVE her."

"Why didn't you tell her that?!?".

"I just wanted to take it slow... It wasn't easy to gain her trust in a couple of months."

"Point... Also, Smriti is the type of person who knows people love her but... she needs to experience it".

"Hmm yeah. But aapka matlab kya hai?".

"Take her on a date? Di, she won't look at my face. The only thing I'll get by going to her doorstep and asking her to go with me on a date is a slap on my face."