Window seat

                                    

                                          

The alarm rung at 8 am as jaddu stirred in his sleep. He felt warm and fuzzy. Something soft was nuzzling in his chest making him feel ticklish. He opened his eyes to find Kuldeep snuggling in his chest. His curls were tickling Jadeja but he controlled himself. Kul was looking so peaceful in his sleep. His arms were wrapped around Jadeja's body. As jaddu looked at him, time seemed to have stood still. 5 minutes turned into 10 minutes which turned into 20 minutes of jaddu staring at Kuldeep.
As Kuldeep stirred in his sleep, Jaddu too woke up from his dream land. He looked at the time on the clock above their bed, it showed 8:30. Jaddu checked again on his phone, it showed 8:30 as well. 
'Did he just stare at his roommate without moving a muscle for 30 mins?' He wondered as his cheeks grew warm at the realisation. 'What was wrong with him lately?' He pondered.
Kuldeep opened his eyes to find jaddu deep in thoughts. He cleared his throat to gain his attention.
"Good morning" he said cheekily
"Good morning Kuliya" jaddu replied with a warm smilie spreading on his face.
"Let's freshen up fast. We have a flight to catch at noon." Jaddu said as he hurried out of bed. He did not want Kul to see him blushing.
"Ok bhai" said kul yawning.
Yuzi seemed surprised when he saw the two of them coming at the breakfast table together. As they slipped into the seats beside him, he whispered into his younger brother's ear.
"What happened yesterday? I was so tensed." He questioned 
"We made up" Kul replied 
"And?" Yuzi asked
"And what?" Kul replied puzzled 
"What happened after that" Yuzi said raising his eyebrows 
"We slept Yuzi. That's it." Kul said firmly
"Are you sure?" Yuzi whispered. Only to get a 'are you done' look from Kul which finally made him shut up.
On the other hand, Jadeja's interest piqued at the conversation happening by his side between Kul and Yuzi. While he was constantly staring at Kul trying to figure out what they were whispering about, Hardik intervened.
"Gonna eat him or what?" He asked sarcastically 
"Nothing of that sort Harry" Jaddu replied
"Well you were staring at him so intently. Like you are in love or something." Hardik teased
"Ofcourse I am not." Jadeja replied blankly "I just wanted to know what they were talking about."
"Okay. Okay. But eat your food we are going to leave in 10 minutes." Hardik informed him.
As Jaddu sat in his permanent front row seat behind the driver's seat with Rohit, he couldn't control his mind wandering back to Kuldeep. He looked behind only to see him laughing while sitting with Rishab and Axar. He unknowingly started thinking about how these two had more time with Kul being in the same ipl team. He only saw Kul two times in two months during the dc vs csk matches. Rishabh was lucky he got to share a room with Kul. 
Seeing him deep in thought, Rohit decided to trouble his seat mate.
"Thinking about your lovely roommate, aren't you?" Rohit began
"No!" Jaddu said in a voice that was more high pitched then he had wanted.
"You were missing him. You are such a softie." Rohit teased
"You also miss Vi all the time." Jaddu retorted 
"Well, he is my boyfriend. I have full rights on him. Why are you missing my baby Kul?" Rohit asked
"He is not YOUR Kul." Jaddu said offended 
"He isn't yours either" Rohit laughed
There was a truth in those words. For some reason that Jadeja couldn't point out at that moment, those words stung. He looked behind only to find Kul and Rishabh squeezed together as Siraj had also decided to join them on the three seater seat. He didn't like the way Rishabh had his hand on Kul's thigh. Or how he whispered something that made Kul all shy. For the love of god, he couldn't understand his feelings. Rohit's word spun around his head. The words echoed ' KULDEEP IS NOT HIS. KULDEEP IS NOT MINE.'
"Jaddu bhai!!" Jaddu bhai!!"
Somebody was shaking him. He came out of of his thoughts.
"Harry bhai is seating in my window seat. Tell him to get up. We always sit together in the flight" cried Kuldeep while trying to pull Hardik with one hand.
"I won't get up" Hardik said while sticking out his tongue.
"Jaddu bhai. Tell him to get up please." Kul said
The moment Jaddu opened his mouth to scold Harry for unnecessarily troubling Kuldeep by occupying his seat, he heard a familiar squeal.
He spun around to find Kuldeep hugging a stranger or rather crushing him to death with his hug. 
"How are you, jaaneman?" Kul squeaked 
"Perfect, just like my darling Guddu." The stranger replied
'Jaaneman? Guddu? Isn't Guddu what Kul's family called him? No one called him Guddu except Sky in the team. No one was allowed to. Who was this stranger? Why did Kul call him jaaneman?' Jadeja wondered with a frown on his face.
As if he had heard Jaddu's internal monologue, Kul spinned around.
"Let me introduce you to someone." He said to the stranger 
"This is jaddu bhai and Hardik bhai, my teammates." Kul introduced as Jaddu stood there silently.
"Who is this kuliya?" Hardik interrogated 
"My childhood bestie, Advik." Kul said
"Well, I liked him a lot but he just treated me like a bestie lifelong." Advik said dramatically while shaking Hardik's hand.
"Shut up!" Kul smacked his arm
Advik forwarded his hand to Jaddu.
"I have heard a lot about you from my jaaneman. You seem to be his favourite." Advik said
"But I have never heard about you." Jaddu said while shaking his hand firmly. Maybe too firmly.
Advik chuckled awkwardly.
To change the direction of the conversation Kul intervened.
"Where are you sitting, jaaneman? He asked
Advik pointed to his seat which was diagonally across jaddu and hardik's seat.
"Sit with me. My manager cancelled last minute. I will give you the window seat." Advik offered.
For a brief second Kul looked at Jaddu before accepting the seat. As he went away with Advik, Jadeja's  eyes still couldn't leave him. Jadeja slumped in his seat. As much as tried to not show it, his face showed all his emotions clearly. 
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