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Vishnu: Mine too. Need this break badly.

Raghav stared at the screen for a moment before finally typing.

Raghav: I’m in.

Krish: Yep. Just booze and some boys’ fun.

Ayaan: Now that’s the first sensible thing you’ve said all evening. (LOL)

Krish sent a string of celebratory emojis.

Krish: Boys’ trip it is, then. Bangkok, here we come. ✈️✈️✈️

That was all it took. The reaction was instantaneous. The group exploded. Trisha was the first to respond, followed by Meher, Siya and Simran, their messages appearing one after another, along with enough angry emojis to make their feelings about Krish’s suggestion very clear.

Trisha: Absolutely not. (angry emoji)

Meher: You cannot be serious. (angry emoji)

Siya: A boys’ trip? To Bangkok? (angry emoji) Never!

Simran: Not happening. (angry emoji)

Krish replied almost immediately.

Krish: Why, ladies? You don’t trust your husbands?

Ayaan entered the conversation next.

Ayaan: I don’t know about your wives, but my Meher trusts me completely. @Siya @Simran @Trisha, don’t worry. I’ll take care of the other three men too. I’ll make sure they are well-behaved out there.

Vishnu was quick to respond.

Vishnu: Ayaan, not you. I’m the most honest and loyal man here. And the eldest too. I’ll be the one keeping an eye on you three. So, if someone has to make sure none of you starts flirting with women on our boy’s trip, it’s me.

Krish immediately sent a laughing emoji.

Krish: Okay, Boss @Vishnu.

Ayaan: Excuse me? @Krish. Since when did you start taking his side?

Vishnu: Because he knows I’m right. And by the way, @Ayaan and @Raghav, you both inevitably draw attention wherever you go. Apparently, being married doesn’t stop either of you from attracting admirers. And you might not show it outright, but you twins do love the attention. So, I should be the one keeping an eye on you all during the trip and not the other way around.

Krish: Bang on @Vishnu

Ayaan: Don’t be jealous, Vishnu. We can’t help it if we’re the hotter ones. (smirking) Besides, you love the attention just as much as we do. Half the crowd at your political rallies are women who apparently come there just to see you.(laughing emoji) We don’t get jealous about that, do we?

Vishnu: There’s a difference. They come to listen to their future leader.

Ayaan: Yes. That is exactly what you tell yourself every time a woman spends the entire rally staring at you instead of listening to your speech. (laughing emoji) You once spent twenty minutes talking to a woman after a rally because she ‘had an important question.’ (laughing emoji)

Vishnu: She did.

Ayaan: She asked you if you were married. (laughing emoji)

Simran: What the hell! When did this happen?

Vishnu: I’d told you, Simran.