Against the odds

Friends and foes

Aditi's POV
I saw Sara laughing with Shubman, well I know it was too early but they looked soo cute together. I'm definitely shipping them 😁
I was thinking all that when a voice startled me
"It's too early, you know?"
I turned to see Ishan kishan standing there with a sheepish grin on his face 👀
"Is that stopping you though?" I countered back smirking and he shook his head chuckling
"No, it's not. Sadly he's taken" he said his smile disappearing.
"Nooo, I just started Shipping them" I said whining. Woww I'm whining, I never do that in front of someone I've just met.
"Well, yeah it's sad. His gf though is someone I don't like" he said, his nose scrunching up in disgust
"And why is that?" I asked curiously
"Well, ik for a fact that she's just using him to get fame. He's loved by a lot of people you know?"
"That's horrible, how could someone do that? Do people like those really exist?" Of course they did I knew the answer. I had experienced it with my abusive ex too.
"You know they do exist, Aditi" he said sadly
"Hey, you can call me Diti or dits" I said because I'm not used to my own name now because of those insane people 😭
"Why Diti? Shouldn't it be Adi or Adu?"
"Whatt noo, don't call me that" not Adi, please
"Why? Your nickname is supposed to start from an A as well so I'm calling you Adi " he said shrugging
"That's no rule, and don't call me Adi" I said exasperated even though I had a feeling it would be of no use

Ishan's POV
I wonder why she has such a problem with someone calling her Adi but I've a feeling she knows I won't stop calling her that
"You think I would listen to you " I asked grinning widely 😁
"Ofcourse you wouldn't" she said pouting, such a cutie she is 😂
"You know, your introduction made you seem very mature but you're extremely childish really" I said teasing her
"I'm not childish" she said stomping her foot like a three year old
"Ofcourse you aren't" I said laughing and she laughed at that as well 😂
I have a feeling we'll get along well

Aishi's pov
To say I was nervous was an understatement. Seeing my crush in front of me definitely felt unreal. I'm very nervous to even go and talk to him. I saw Aru talking to Shubman, and they look so cute. I would've shipped them if he was single for sure. Then I saw Dits talking to Ishan whining about something and that shocked me. But I was happy that she looked genuinely herself. And Ish well she was busy quarrelling with Abhishek. Hmm enemies to lovers trope? I'm in. Everyone is talking to someone or the other and here I am roaming here and there to avoid him in any way I can. God why me? Remind me why I was so excited to come here?

"Hey, Aishi nice to see you after so long" damn it, it's him. I knew it, I know his voice. I turned around to look at him, shyness taking over me

"Hi, Nice to see you too. You're playing well. You finally achieved your dream" I said smiling lightly and trying not to blush. Damn it Nagar, why do you have such an effect on me 😭
"Yeah, but I still have a long way to go. Nice to know you watch U-19. Watching it for me?" He asked winking at the end making me blush
"What no! I just like cricket in general, that's all" I tried to say while hiding my blush
"Sure, I can trust you because I've known you from 7th std" He said smirking but he knew exactly what he was doing judging by his smirk 😒
"Don't be too full of yourself Nagar. To tell you the truth I watch U-19 because I have a crush on Abhishek" the way the colour drained from his face was satisfying
"Ohh, I'm sorry I just thought you would watch it since you knew me and knew how important it was for me" ohh shit. I shouldn't have said that . He felt really bad
"I'm sorry, I was just joking. I don't have a crush on him. I watched it for you because I've liked-" shit. Wth did I just say. He was guilt tripping me. Why am I so naive.
"So you like me?" He said raising his eyebrows and adorning his signature smirk. Damn itt, ye sab bolne se pehle ye zameen phat kyu nahi gayi 😭

Nagar's POV
She's too cute and naive. She fell in my trap of guilt tripping her. Well she kinda deserved it. How can she say she has a crush on Abhay?
I looked at her looking like she wanted to run away from there but before she could I held her wrists pulled her close and whispered in her ear
"This is your punishment for saying, you like Abhay. You already have a claim on you so avoid saying such things in future"
I could see the goosebumps on her neck. I liked the effect I had on her. I kissed the side of her hair and walked away giving a final wink to her, who was by now a blushing mess.

Abhay's POV
After the instructions were done and everyone were going to talk to one or the other. I signalled my team I wanted to talk to Krisha. They understood the assignment, passed me teasing smiles and went to talk to others. I found her looking around, looking lost. So I approached her.
"Hey, quite the introduction there" I said with my signature smirk that makes girls swoon over me but to my surprise she didn't give me that reaction, instead

"Ik, I'm the best. Who were you again?" Woww, she doesn't know me? ME?
"I'm Abhishek Sharma, you would know me if you stopped living under a rock" I said mockingly
"Well, if not knowing some mediocre U-19 cricketer meant living under the rock, I'm better there" that hurt, how's she so savage? I need to give a good reply
"Mediocre? Atleast I'm in the National team and representing our country. What are you doing? Lemme remind you, you're still a student " that sounded hurtful enough right?
"So? If you are representing your country with this attitude, it'd be better if you don't "
"Huh, really? So you do agree you're doing nothing for the country?" I asked feeling irritated
"You're irritated " she said observing me
"That's not the point here" I added glaring at her now.
Instead of saying sorry she just laughed. Woww really?
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, just...." She couldn't complete her statement because she ended up laughing again. What's wrong with this girl really?
"Have you officially gone crazy or what?"
"I'm not crazy, you are"
"That's your response. Come on I was expecting something savage " I said smirking
"Shut up, let me say my joke"
"You would have if you didn't laugh continuously at your own joke like a psycho " I said raising my eyebrows
"Shut up, I was saying you really need to detox that ego 😂😂"
"Wth, I wasn't even reading that book. This reference doesn't work on me"

Krisha's POV
He looks so irritated , it's fun 😂😂
"Well it works because of your egoistic personality Mr Sharma " I replied laughing until realisation dawned upon me. Did he call me a psycho?
"Did you call me a psycho " he smirked at that , asshole
"Ohh, maybe I did. What will you do about it?" He asked raising his eyebrows.
I smiled at him sweetly while opening the cap of my water bottle slowly and suddenly splashing it on him.
"Wth, are you crazy? Why would you do that " he asked angrily
"That's for calling me a psycho " I stuck my tongue out at the end and ran away so he couldn't catch me. He did catch me in the end because he's good at running obviously and also poured water on me 😭
Even though we fought like kids, in my heart I knew I didn't hate him. But he was definitely not my favourite person to be around because of how irritating he can be.
Both of them didn't know that they would find their own home in the same person who they find irritating now.

That's it for this part. The italic part in the end is like a third person pov from future? Kind of if that makes sense. You can give me some scenarios you want me to write in the story. What should I write about next? I'm out of ideas. So tell me some ideas in the comments so that our protagonists can bond more.
Thank you for the votes and comments. Lots of love, tidingg 💗