"What's the consensus guys, is Virat a manwhore or not?" Ritika giggled as Virat punched her lightly on her shoulder, laughing into his drink.

"Hey hey hey, no hitting my girlfriend." Rohit punched Virat on his shoulder, making him open his mouth in surprise at the intensity of the hit.

"Bro, I literally hit her with the strength of an ant." He muttered, rubbing his arm.

"An ant can pick up around 135 more than its weight." Anushka comes with a drink in her hand, sitting on the armchair.

"Kiss Rohit's ass more, why don't you." Virat snickered, getting hit by Anushka on the same hand.

"Guys this is assault, I'm going to go and find Gia." He got up and went into the crowd, his friends laughing behind him.

"When do you think Gia will finally get together with Virat?" Ritika hummed, leaning towards Rohit.

"Uh, not until he improves his man whore ways." Nupur comes out from the crowd, breathing heavily. "My gosh, this is one heck of a party."

"Says the host." Ritika laughed. "When have you not hosted a killer party?"

"Never." She giggled. "I love you guys - even the manwhore."

"Love you too."

He was confused for the first time in his life.

Hardik Pandya was well and truly confused.

Meera stood in his periphery, talking and laughing with Gia while he stood with Jai at the bar, drinking beer after beer.

"What's going on between you and the mute?" He gestured towards her, a smile in his lips. "We really can't call her mute anymore, who knew she was a freak in the sheets?"

"Hey." He motioned, looking at him.

"It's true, don't hey me." He snickered. "Did you even think she would have the courage to jump into bed with the Virat Kohli within this school year? It's like she knew he was graduating this year and wanted to have a shot with him." He jerked his head to the side, looking at Pallavi as she put an arm around his waist.

"Pallavi, meri jaan." He said, smiling. "Where did you come from?"

"Aare, I was talking with the girls." She said, pointing at the group. "They all went with their boyfriends to dance and I didn't want to. So I came to see what's up with you." She dragged the you and kissed him on the lips.

"Perfect decision." He laughed, kissing her back.

"Guys, single guy here." Hardik said, tipping his bottle a little, causing both of them to turn to him.

"Sorry." Pallavi blushed. "How are you, dude? It's been so long since we've seen you with us?"

"Ah." Jai interrupted. "He's been running after the mute."

"That's rude." She laughed. "But Hardik, you really shouldn't."

"Why?" He cocked an eyebrow, looking at her.

"Well." Pallavi said. "I don't know what you've been doing with her but after Virat posted those pictures, she's kind of become an outcast. To top it all off, she's hanging out with Gia after all that. Gia, Virat's soulmate!"

"That's pushing it a bit, soulmate?" He muttered.

"You have no idea, man." She said, looking at him. "He has the power to do anything and she's playing with fire. Tell her to stop talking to Gia if she doesn't want to be friends with her for real because if anything happens,"

"She's literally gone, Hardik."

—

"What's the whole plan?" Simran asked Nupur, looking at her. "This is kind of scary, not going to lie."

"We just want to have our old gang back." Ritika jumped in, looking at Simran. "Believe it or not, we've missed you two."

"Huh." She said. "Why didn't you talk to me when no one was?"

"Because we didn't want to." Nupur cut in. "You were right, we hated you for what you did to Jasprit. But over time, it lessened."

"We hated Anushka too." Ritika said, looking at her. "But we also forgave her, like after a year." She giggled.

"Wow." Simran muttered, taking a swig of her beer. "Jeez, you guys are judgemental bitches."

"We know." Nupur and Ritika chimed in unison. "You kind of have to be, when you're dating some of the most powerful boys in the country, you know?"

"You're the powerful one though, you bitch." Ritika giggled after finishing her sentence, pointing at Nupur.

"Don't I know it." Simran said, reminiscing her times with Jasprit. "I really was on top of the world."

—

"So, what's even the fault in our stars about, you know?" Virat mumbles into her shoulder, Anushka laughing at him.

"What are you even on about, Vee?" She laughed harder as he looked with a serious face. "God, you're so plastered."

"Don't... don't call me Vee." He slurred. "Only Gia can call me that."

"Ole baby." She said. "Aren't you a little Gia lover."

"I don't knooooooooow, man." He said, looking at her. "She confessed today, you know?" He shouted, scaring her.

"What, really?" She asked. "You must have said yes?"

"How am I supposed to say anything if she doesn't let me speak?" He said, throwing a stone he picked off of the ground. "Bloody train she is." He laughed.

"Virat, what did you say?"

"I don't know, Anushka." He hummed. "Wait!" He said, picking a flower off the ground.

"I love her, I love her not." He said, plucking off each petal. "I love her, I love her not."

"Please don't tell me you left her without saying anything." She snickered, feeling bad for Gia.

"She." He said, pointing at the air. "Left me." He said, pointing at himself. "Without letting me say anything. Is she always like a bloody train?" He said, shaking her.

"Virat, stop shaking me." She giggled. "It's a simple question, really."

"Do you want Gia by your side, in every step that you take in your life?"

"She's going to be a train in her future life."

"Focus, Virat."

—

"Meera, I have to ask you." Hardik said, catching her forearm in his hand and dragging her away from the party.

"Hardik, it hurts. What the fuck are you doing?" She asked, pushing him with her other hand.

Hardik pulled her outside and left her hand, standing in front of her while she rubbed her arm.

"What are you doing with Gia?" He said, looking at her.

"I'm friends with her, that's it!" She said, looking at him. "Why are you so worried about her? I was your friend before!"

"What does that even mean, Meera?" He frowned. "You both are my really good friends."

"Are you both just friends or is it something else? Huh?" She sneered. "Moved on from me that easily?"

"Moved on? What?" Hardik said. "First of all, you knew that I liked you? And secondly, what is wrong with you? You're acting crazy!"

"I'm not crazy!" She shouted. "Do you know the humiliation, the fucking menace that followed me around when Virat did that? You still go and fall in love with that- that witch!"

"First of all, you're the crazy one." He said, moving back. "Secondly, I don't like her. She's just a friend!"

"Right. I'm supposed to believe you." She scoffed. "Look who's doing so much to protect her. God, I want to ruin them, Virat and Gia."

"Are you bloody mental?" He finally shouted, looking at her. "You're messing with the wrong people, man. Stay in your fucking lane!"

"Yeah, you'd be the one to say that." She said, turning around.

"Look, listen to me." Hardik said softly, making her turn back around. "What's done is done. He apologised, you accepted it. No one has those pictures anymore, you're all good. Why are you still doing this?"

"He didn't feel the humiliation I felt when he did it." She said. "He might never feel it but I'm going to give him a taste of his own medicine. I really am."

"How?" He finally said after a minute of silence. "How are you doing this?"

"Through Gia." She muttered. "I don't want to be friends with her, not when her glorified boyfriend perpetually ruined my life. She doesn't deserve anything."

"Meera, are you sure?" He asked. "You can still back out from all of this, you know it. Is revenge really what you want?"

"Yes, it's what I want." She nodded. "I want them to feel what I felt, Hardik."

"Then you should know something." He said. "It might help you."

"What?"

"Gia's adopted."

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Extra long chapter for my extra drama loving people🥺💯
The things you do for love really sucks, doesn't it🤸🏻‍♂️