[Translations at the end of the chapter]

Shubman's POV-

I was done with my batting practice, and as I was on my way to where all the other players were, I noticed Kamlesh and Meher laughing about something.

Honestly, I felt so guilty for dropping water on her today, and chocolate ice cream on her yesterday. She was really nice to not make a big deal out of it though.

Meher has been here since morning and as to what I've seen, she has gelled nice with the team.

We had a team meeting last night where they informed about a female photographer, who'd be coming to our practice sessions and matches to click us. Adding to it, we were also told to maintain a professional relationship with her, till the end of IPL.

But I guess, the latter was chucked out of the rules book, seeing that everyone was everything but professional with her.

Kamlesh and Meher walked to where all the players were sitting.

"Meher, you got to try this!" Narine said, and walked towards her with an avocado sandwich in his hand, before he stuffed it inside her mouth.

Meher showed a thumbs up symbol, and acted as if the sandwich was one of the best things she's ever had, causing the rest of us to laugh.

"Thanks for the sandwich." She said, chuckling at Narine, before turning her attention towards us.

"I need to leave, so I'll see you all day after tomorrow." She smiled.

"Why not tomorrow?" I asked her.

"Need to travel to Dubai to click SRH." She replied. I nodded at her, before taking a bite of my own sandwich.

"Bye guys!" She waved at us.

"Bye Meher."

"Bye."

"See you soon."

Said the boys, randomly.

I noticed her ID lying on the ground, and so I raced to get it, before jogging up to where Meher was heading.

"Meher!" I called her out.

She turned around, before a confused look found her face.

"Yeah?"

I handed her ID over.

"Oh, thank you so much. This might've fallen while capturing pictures. Thank you again." She smiled at me.

"This is the least I could do after what I did last night and today morning." I said, scratching my neck.

"You really need to forget about it. It's completely fine, trust me." She chuckled.

"You stay in the same hotel, right? You could come with us." I offered.

"That's really sweet of you, Shubman, but I've already got a car waiting for me. My travel is taken care by the hotel." She said, smiling.

"Oh okay." I nodded.

"So, I'll get going?"

"Yeah, sure. Bye." I waved at her.

"Bye." She smiled, before walking towards the car.

Once she got in the car, I turned around and walked back. Kamlesh gave me a teasing smile, and so I walked towards him.

"Kya?" I asked him.

"Kuch nahi, bass aise hi." He said, but still had that smile on his face.

"Bol de, bhai."

"Nahi, bass, bohot baate ho rahi hai teri Meher se." He teased, jokingly.

I rolled my eyes at him, before saying, "Just reminding you, I like someone else."

"Just reminding you, katega tera."

I rolled my eyes at him again.

"Bro, Sara and I have spoken about it-"

"Has she ever confessed about liking you?" He questioned.

"No, but-"

"That's your answer, man." Kamlesh shrugged.

When I didn't answer, he spoke again.

"Dekh yaar, Shubman, I'm just looking out for you. I really don't want you to be heartbroken." He stated.

"I know." I sighed.

"And, look. I've no hard feelings for Sara, she's an amazing girl. But you really need to sort this out with her, before you fall deep into this." He explained.

I nodded at him, before saying, "Aaj raat baat karke dekhta hu."

"And anyway, if not Sara, there's Meher. If I were you, I'd choose Meher." He winked at me, jokingly.

I know he was joking to cheer me up.

"Hmm, yeah right. I saw you laughing with her back then, so definitely, you'd choose her." I said, shrugging my shoulders.

Kamlesh laughed, before saying, "Alag hi insaan hai woh toh, bhai. Initially, she's all shy, but once you spend thirty minutes with her, tu khud sochega kya bandhi hai ye. She's really fun."

I chuckled at what he said, but in my mind, I could only think about how Sara would react tonight on the call.

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Translations-

~Kya? - What?

~Kuch nahi, bass aise hi. - Nothing at all, just like that.

~Bol de, bhai. - Just tell it, bro.

~Nahi, bass, bohot baate ho rahi hai teri Meher se. - No, it's just that, you're speaking too much to Meher.

~katega tera. - You'll get dumped.

~Dekh yaar, Shubman - Look dude, Shubman.

~Aaj raat baat karke dekhta hu. - I'll speak to her tonight and see.

~Alag hi insaan hai woh toh, bhai. - She's a different person altogether, bro.

~tu khud sochega kya bandhi hai ye - You yourself would starting thinking, what a girl she is.