Butterfly Effect 🦋

❥︎𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩-2

Shubman felt too giddy that day.

He kept pacing back and fourth around the room listening to romantic songs, smiling and dancing sometimes.

He doesn't know why he is blushing without a reason, but he is doing that.

Ishan

That is Shubman's favourite name from now on.

"I just want to be friends with him"  Shubman prayed, before drifting off too sleep that night.

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The next day Shubman entered the school, later than his usual time. He was currently looking for his benchmates, Tilak and Mayank, to know if he reserved his seat in bench.

"Shubman!" Shubman turned his head around hearing his name.

It was Ishan.

Shubman quickly turned around fixing his shirt, "hey um Ishan, good morning"

"Good morning! Can I sit with you today?" Ishan said, smiling.

"Of course" shubman smiled back.

Ishan quickly held his hand, "let's go then"

Shubman looked at his their intertwined hands, he internally jumped.

Ishan gives him attention.

"Maybe he also wants be friends"

Shubman smiled.

As Shubman and Ishan sat together in third bench, shubman noticed Ishan is a jolly boy with an extrovertive personality. He made friends with the whole class that day.

Everyone loved Ishan.

Shubman couldn't help but feel bad.

Maybe I wasn't special, he would forget me.

Shubman does have good friends, but less in number. He was a bit of an introvert, he likes to have a small circle of friends. Shubman is happy with the friends he has, they are probably the best companions he could ever ask for.

But he didn't understand why he had this strong urge to be friends with Ishan, he wanted to be his special friend.

During the lunch time , he could see almost all of his classmates offering Ishan their tiffins, Ishan being friendly with all of them.
Ishan even made good friends with Tilak and Abhishek, Shubman's good friends and benchmates.

Shubman even felt jealous of them.

Finally, the last bell rang and the school was dismissed. Shubman ran out of the classroom without informing his two friends, with whom he walks home everyday.
The young boy doesn't know why he felt like that, Ishan is just a stranger he met the day before, just a boy he is still not properly friends with, why is he so desperate for his attention?

Shubman shied, he needs space.

"Hey, Shubman!" He heard a call.

A shorter came and held his hand.
"Why did you leave me there, I was looking for you!"
Shubman blinked,

Ishan?
He remembers me?

"Um, I was just tired so came out early" shubman said.

"Oh, Abhi and Tilak was looking for you too! They said they are gonna go straight to tution, so it's just you and me" Ishan said.

Shubman smiled.

Finally.

"To Tum kaha par rehte ho?" Shubman asked.

"Are yaar ye formality kahe lagaye rakhe ho, tu bol na. Aur ha hum yehi Abhishek ki Ghar ke bagal wale gali pe rehte hai" Ishan said, resting his hand on shubman's shoulder.

"Oh acha" Shubman said, slightly biting his lips.

"Tu chal na ekdin ghar, tu humara pehla dost he school ka"

Shubman squealed.

Pehla dost.

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"Hi my name is Ishan Kishan, I am a batsman but I can keep as well" Ishan introduced himself to the school cricket team's coach, holding Shubman's hand.

Shubman could see the spark in his eyes while talking to the coach, boy really loves the sport.

"Acha hai, We are actually looking for a wicket keeper, ae nontu, isko dekh" the coach instructed one senior of them, who came with a ball to test Ishan's skills.

Shubman squeezed Ishan's hand with a smile, reassuring him.
Ishan nodded and went to play.

It's been  two weeks since shubman became friends with Ishan and they already became so close.

Shubman realised Ishan is quite touchy, shubman was getting used to that. But still at times, he couldn't help but get butterflies in his stomach.

Shubman looked at that boy, catching almost every ball, he smiled proudly.

"Ishan, good performance, you are selected as our wicketkeeper"
The coach said, making ishan smile brightly.

While walking back to their class that day,  ishan practically jumped on Shubman.
"Shubman! I am so happy!"
Ishan squealed.

Shubman after trying to balance himself from the sudden outburst of his friend, he smiled hugging him back.

"I am so happy for you too, let's play our best from now on"

"Yess!"

"By the way" Ishan pulled away from the hug "you have a long name, can I just call you shubi?"

"Of course , whatever you like , um Ishu" shubman slightly blushed, adding a nickname for the latter sneakily.

"Shubi and Ishu, bestfriends!" Ishan smiled, they both walked through the corridor, swaying their intertwined hand.

Shubman chuckled.

Ishan really makes him so happy.

"Are shub, aj vi kharus tution ma'am ne class lagwa Diya hai school ke bad, I hate her!"
Tilak said laying his head on shubman's shoulder, pouting.

Abhishek said "phir to Hume Jana padega, tu Ishu ke sath Ghar chale jana"

Shubman nodded, even though he loved Ishan's company, he felt a little bad for not being able to go with his friends.

"Hume to ye physics ghanta samajh nahi ata be, kaise pass honge boards hai bhagwan" ishan shied, kicking a stone on the road.

"Tune tution kyu nahi lia?" Shubman asked.

"Kon itna paisa kharchega, waise vi hume padhai se ghanta pharak nahi padta, Hume to cricket pasand hai aur-" Ishan stopped.

"Aur kya?"

"Aur um, Fashion designing "

"Ohw, that's so cool!"

"You are the only one who said that? Sare mazak urate hai jab hum bolte hai. Humko wase koi pharak na padta hai , bas baap humara man jaye"
Ishan shied.

"Man jayenge chinta mat kar, wase Aaj Ghar aja na, I can help you with physics, maybe biology too if it's confusing you"

"Sacchi! Phir hum ate hai sham ko!" Ishan said, smiling.

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