"Itni shiddat se maine tumhe paane ki koshish ki hai ... ki har zarre ne mujhe tumse milane ki saazish ki hai"
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Kulya: Neha!!!
Kuldeep looked at his phone really sad when he didn't receive any reply from Neha.
Even when the little ticks turned blue but she didn't reply and Kuldeep couldn't help but ponder whether telling her the truth was a wrong decision or not?
He means he just messaged her to apologise after what Harry did in the group. He felt it was his fault, he was the one to add her and he felt really really guilty. But he continued talking to her because he found her funny and amusing. The way she talked and fought for him without even knowing him.
Well, he couldn't help but feel happy talking to her. She cheered up his mood with her sassy replies and he liked talking to her. Someone apart from his team who trusted him so much. And he really didn't want her to know him as anything or anyone else than his true identity.
He knows it was a risky thing telling a person he knows nothing about his true identity when she has his number and if Virat bhai gets to know about this.
He'll give him a very big lecture on not telling strangers about "I'm an Indian cricketer" but she is Neha, his little monkey. He knows, she won't leak his number or do something wrong with him. He trusts her.
But now it, feels he really shouldn't have told her. She isn't replying to him. What if, she doesn't talk to him ever again? What if she is angry on him for calling her little monkey on Twitter? Oh! God, what should he do now? He just liked talking to her.
Kulya thought gloomily when his phone pinged with her message and a million-watt smile lit on his face.
Neha: hey! You're really the Kuldeep Yadav.
Neha: OMG! And no, no I'm not angry just surprised. Let the surprise sink in, Okay. I almost fainted.
Neha: You're really Kulya, Omg, can I call you Kulya? It is fine right. I can call you kulya right.
Neha: OMG, I'm talking to the Kuldeep Yadav. Omg, omg, Omg can you send me pics of you and Yuzi? I've not seen my Kulcha together for long. Can you??
Neha: oopsie, it came out wrong.
Neha: I'm talking to the Kuldeep Yadav. Oh, I can die in peace now.
Kulya: hey, don't die now. You've got an exam tomorrow.
Neha: thank you for spoiling my mood with this kind reminder.
Neha: oopsie sorry.
Kulya: don't be, I like to talk to the real you. Yeah, the one with no brain to mouth filter.
Kulya: and yes, you can call me Kulya. We are friends after all.
Neha: I have a brain to mouth filter alright, mister.
Neha: well, did you by chance add me to a cricket group chat?
Kulya: yups.
Neha: and the person who asked me about my boyfriend, was he, Hardik Pandya, by any chance?
Kulya: Yups
Neha: I knew it, it couldn't be anyone else but that Baroda wala Chimpanzee. Who thinks he is from Barbados.
Neha: oopsie again 😅😅😅
Kulya: You're a weirdo though you're right too. 😂😂😂
Kulya couldn't help but laugh out loud reading her text and she claims to have a brain to mouth filter. Well, in their case a brain to finger filter.
His laughter stopped abruptly when he found Harry and Yuzi standing inches away from him. Both Harry and Yuzi were looking at him without blinking and it was kind of creeping him out.
"Uhm...What happened guys?" He asked them a little nervously, as they continued staring at him without blinking.
The duo nodded their head in negative on sync. Successfully freaking out Kulya with their strange behaviour.
"Umm...can I help you with something?" Kulya tried again but they continued staring at him with scrutiny.
"Kulya!!" The sudden call from Virat saved him from the duo freaking him out. And thanking his stars, he rushed away from there.
"You noticed that, Yuzi??" Harry asked Yuzi in a thoughtful tone.
"Yes, Harry...Kuch toh pakka gadbad hai" Yuzi whispered back to Harry as they looked at Kulya talk animatedly with Virat.
"He was texting to someone"
"Do you think our suspicions are correct??" Yuzi questioned back as both harry and he looked at each other with a pondering look.
Flashback a few minutes back.
Yuzi was going towards Kulya when a sudden pull from back stopped him on tracks and pulled him behind a pillar.
He turned around to see Harry looking at him very seriously. Well, as seriously as he can holding his cuff from where he pulled him back.
"What do you want?" Yuzi demanded from Harry annoyed at being pulled in a corner like this.
"Do you think our little Kul got a girlfriend?" Harry demanded back equally seriously to Yuzi. Who looked shocked at even hearing Harry say such things?
"Have you gone crazy" was Yuzi's way of declining such shocking rumours. How can Harry even think that their little Kul can get a girl without them having any knowledge of the matter?
"Why do you think so?" Till Yuzi asked wanting to know what made Harry think such a ridiculous thing.
"Well, hasn't been Kulya spending too much time on his phone," Harry said in a total conspiratory tone which seemed eerily similar to Aunties sharing a new gossip with each other to Yuzi.
"So, what everyone is doing that" Yuzi dismissed Harry's words with a casual wave again.
Now, Harry couldn't help but pass Yuzi a "you're an idiot, are you seriously not getting it" look and when Yuzi sent him a "what" look. Harry facepalmed and whispered his revolutionary theory to Yuzi.
"Kulya is messaging someone on WhatsApp, daily. Yet, he isn't active on our group and neither he messages any of us then who is he messaging?" Harry muttered to Yuzi who looked towards Kulya and found him still texting.
"Could be family na?" Yuzi countered not believing his little brother will get a girl without telling him.
"All day" Harry muttered incredulously and even Yuzi knew that wasn't possible.
"Now see that smile, have you seen him smiling like that and now see he even tweets about a little monkey. Do you know a little monkey?" Harry asked Yuzi who nodded his head in negative and both of them continued to spy back on Kulya from their hiding spot behind the pillar.
"Now, she must not be replying to him or fighting with him. See how gloomy he is becoming." Harry whispered to Yuzi like a detective following a suspect and Yuzi nodded at his words taking them to heart.
"And suddenly he becomes happy, all sorted out or she texted back. I'm telling you Kulya must have gotten a girlfriend." Harry muttered again and this time even Yuzi nodded even though he didn't want to believe Harry's words but his brother was really behaving oddly.
"We need to find out if he really has a girlfriend or not." Yuzi declared suddenly very determined to solve this mystery.
.Flashback Ended.
Yuzi and Harry were still looking towards Kulya who was done chatting with Virat and was again doing something on his phone.
"He is texting her again," Harry whispered to Yuzi sounding like some secret agent on a mission.
Yuzi just narrowed his eyes on Kulya and pondered what kind of girl his brother was dating? What if she is some rude and arrogant person bullying his little brother? Oh, God, he needs to save his brother fast.
When their phone tinged with a notification again. Kulya posted a pic of Yuzi and him on Insta with the caption on popular demand.
"Harry, we need to find Kulya's mystery girl." Yuzi declared sounding very-very serious and Harry supported him wholeheartedly by chorusing an "aye-aye"
Bhuvi who was just passing by from there noticed the plotting looks being passed between Yuzi and Harry. And promptly decided to be on guard. Who knows what kind of trouble this two were suddenly trying to unleash on them?
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Rahul has just gotten out of his room to join the team downstairs for their trip to a team meal. When he spotted Shreyas coming out of his room at the same time too.
"Hey there, non-streaker!!!"
Rahul greeted a confused Shreyas enthusiastically. Who didn't know why he was suddenly being called "non-streaker".
"Hey bro but "non-streaker" why though?" Shreyas couldn't help but ask Rahul as he reached him.
"Well, I'm sending you snaps from the past 4 days forming streaks but you hadn't sent even a single snap back bro."
"Umm...I didn't receive even a single snap from you." Shreyas informed Rahul sounding all confused by Rahul's sudden declaration of sending him streaks.
"But I did, here see. I sent you this Snaps today." Rahul told Shreyas fetching out his phone to show Shreyas the snap he sent to him today.
Shreyas stared at the screen hard for few minutes and then deadpanned "umm Rahul who are you sending the snaps exactly? Cause this ShreyasIiyer isn't me. The username is wrong my username is ShreyasIyer"
"You're joking right," Rahul asked Shreyas sounding a little wary.
"Nops buddy, this is someone else," Shreyas replied to Rahul sorrily keeping a hand on his shoulder.
"OMG, what I've done? I sent all these snaps to someone else and even asked for thoughts on which pic to post on Insta. And even sent a snap of team details thinking it's you. Gosh, Virat is going to murder me." Rahul exclaimed looking totally panicking.
"It's fine buddy the snaps disappear after viewing for 2 times. It will be fine" Shreyas tried to reassure him.
But Rahul wasn't listening his mind was reeling with horrible possibilities.
"Oh God, I can see the headlines tomorrow. KL RAHUL sends naked snaps to fan... And then it will create another drama like after KWK, reinstalling my playboy image and BCCI will ban me again and I'll be finished." Rahul groaned while Shreyas tried very hard to stifle his laughter. His friend was being overdramatic for some reasons.
Shreyas was just about to reassure him on how something like this will never happen. When Rahul's phone dinged with a notification.
ShreyasIiyer took a screenshot!!
"I'm over now, the copy cat Shreyas took a screenshot." Rahul groaned dramatically as Shreyas's consoling words drowned in his throat.
Rahul could only think about how the media will roast him alive tomorrow along with the social media. People will be going crazy telling him how inappropriate and wrong his actions were and then his career will also be over.
ShreyasIiyer: sorry
And the simple message from this copycat Shreyas made him think about all the worse things about to happen again. He didn't care how rude he sounded as he sent his message to her. He just needs to make sure this copycat does not share his pics with anyone. So, without thinking, he sent his text.
Rahulkl: Don't share this pic with anyone. Name your price, whatever you want you will get but just don't share this with anyone. Forget this.
ShreyasIiyer sent you a message!
ShreyasIiyer: If I had to share your or team India's confidential info with anyone I would have till now. And I don't want or have any price.
Rahul stared at the somewhat angry and hurt message feeling a little guilty. But he was still suspicious and didn't contact or reply to this copycat again. Dreading the next day.
~to be continued~
Heya, so that's it for today people. Kul and Neha are friends. Harry and Yuzi are on a mission. Rahul is suspicious and Ahankara is angry and hurt and the rest of ICT is unaware. So, keep reading to know what more chaos will this lead too.