Battle for Love (Comp)

Epilogue

A/N: The final chapter! 

Warning: Auto corrects and typos are always behind my back so sorry for any mistakes. Also Hindi is not my First or Second language so I'm prone to make mistakes. And the predictive text decided to go wanky so... The usually registered words aka hinglish words and names (Idk why but Khalid always becomes Khalifa and Kabir becomes Katie or Kaur) are well... erased and not getting registered back so... There might be a lot more typos than expected. I usually try to see and correct them but... yeah

Since that heart to heart session, it seemed like the dynamics had shifted quite drastically. Whatever tension was there between Kabir and Khalid seemed to have vanished overnight, judging by the way they were moving around each other without any wary glances or hesitant steps.

The team, though initially disappointed that their ship still hasn't sailed, were more happy with the fact that Kabir had started opening up to them, narrating incidents from his past missions a bit freely than before.

"Khalid is doing good for him" Aditi muttered. "He sure is. Just waiting for them to sail the ship..." Saurabh muttered back as he saw the two of them chatting away with ease as they cooked. Everything had become livelier after the whole discussion it seems, even though they don't know what exactly happened in there.

"Vacation hai na? Zaroor us samay they will get together." Aditi challenged. "Ek aur step le chalte hai isko... Khalid will invite Kabir to his home this time." Saurabh said. "Taking it a notch higher, Khalid ki Ammi will walk in on them." Prateek said.

This didn't mean that the team left the two of them to their own devices and take it at their own pace. They often tried to push the two of them together, causing embarrassing situations for the two in question. Or they would often catch the two of them in weird positions while they slept together, sometimes on the couch, sometimes on the floor... and they made sure to save some pics and tease them with it later.

Not only the team, Kabir and Khalid themselves noticed the change as the days went by. Kabir had stopped avoiding Khalid and was actively seeking him out, often caught staring at him and the blush that rose when he found out that he was caught staring...

The same could be said for Khalid, if not worse. He'd openly started flirting with Kabir, but at the same time tried to stay within the limits and give Kabir the space he needed instead of forcing himself onto him. Kabir's recovery was the first priority after all.

Another thing had been the fact that the two of them often found themselves in the other's room whenever they had difficulty sleeping... so much so that, in the end they decided to sleep on their own beds in alternate days. Aka, they will sleep in Kabir's room one day and in Khalid's room the next. And this is turning out to be beneficial for them as they seem to be getting enough rest and not much nightmares that way. And if they have any heart to hearts... that's their wish.

And after a long time, the team had got its vacation, even if it was for a week which was coinciding with Eid... and everyone was jubilant to pack up, getting ready to head back home. And Kabir stood in a corner, watching all of them running about the place, filling up forms and reports before quickly getting distracted by either a phone call from their parents or packing.

"Sir, aap kahaan ja rahe ho is chutti pe?" Aidti asked. "Kahi nahi, I'll be staying here, as usual" Kabir replied with a smile. "Par kyon? Family, girlfriend... kuch bhi?" Saurabh asked.

"Na, koi nahi hai mere liye. But that's not a big deal, mujhe aadat hogai hai akele yahaan time spend karne mein, some free time away from all you brats is always appreciated" Kabir said with a teasing smile.