Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan really shouldn't have gotten so drunk and hooked up the night they win the T20 World Cup final because the consequences are disastrous...not least the fact that they can't stop double guessing their own feelings for each other.

Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma spent their teenage sharing a dream. That someday, they would open for India together. When that dream finally comes true, they can't stand being in the same room with each other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shubman would say they never dated. Abhishek doesn't have proof to counter that. But he has known for some years now that he was always only a side character in his closest friend's life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nitish comes into Abhishek's life at his lowest when Shubman has found his soulmate and tells him their childish romance had merely been a glitch in the matrix. And Nitish makes Abhishek hope that the past can be left behind. Shubman and Ishan know they are each other's forever. There was never any doubt. But when Ishan loses the central contract and fades out of the national team while Shubman is promoted to new heights every day, they find an ocean between them. And Shubman finds that it's so lonely at the top. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ But it was Shubman-and-Abhishek first. Before there was Ishan or Nitish. Before they were famous. Before they were successful. Before they even knew themselves. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you ever really get over your first love?

Somewhere between answering journal prompts and praying, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy fall in love.

~𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐍𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲~ Nitish doesn't face problems head on. He runs from them. And at one point, running does seem so much easier than fighting the world and most importantly his family for Abhishek's sake. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Wasn't it supposed to be obvious that we couldn't end up together?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Nitish leaves him, Abhishek knows he hasn't ever been good enough for anyone and he loses his ability to trust too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I can never stop loving you. But...I don't think I can trust you again when you say you-you love me, or anything of that kind." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Or, Nitish ruins his own life and that of the person he loves more than anyone in this world and then decides to put it back together, or die trying. Metaphorically, of course.

~𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐍𝐢𝐭 𝐃𝐮𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲~ As far back as he remembers, Abhishek's been in love with his best friend. He has borne Shubman's undying love for Sara, then him flitting from girl to girl always with a smile on his face. What would he complain about?-he prefers men (or one man); his best friend prefers women. But the day he realizes Shubman's soulmate is Ishan...that day finally, a ten year long unrequited love shatters his heart completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~ At the same time, overwhelmed by the glamorous life of IPL, Nitish finds steadiness and warmth in someone who has played for their team for years. Because Abhishek Sharma is like sunshine...he tries to make everyone happy, always, wherever he is, and whatever he is feeling. ~~~~~~~~~~~ "I know a broken heart when I see one. But I can heal yours." ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Thanks, but no...you can't." ~~~~~~~~~~~ Or, Abhishek refuses to entertain the idea of getting over the love of his life, though he needs to so badly and Nitish knows he's the worst person for that job and can't help attempting it anyway.

The story of Harshit Rana and Riya Ganguly's presence in each other's life going through all the dyes of autumn till they discover what was meant to be...

Because some things aren't meant to be, and some are. The story of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mahati Chaturvedi trying to rewrite their stars.