"but this is not what it should be"
He sat on a nearby chair with his head towards the ground. He was disappointed.
His friend reached him out and sat beside him to console him.
"I know, shubman, do we have anything to do about it?"
He lifted his head up, almost crying.
"But sudarshan, we could do it if we got a chance. This rain stabbed us for two days, respectively."
His friend smiled widely and started to speak.
"That's where we succeeded"
Shubman still was not ready to accept the elimination of their team from IPL just because of the rain.
"But..."
Sudarshan finally decided to change the topic.
"Well listen, ishan called you to the changing room. Meet him as soon as possible"
"He came today? I didn't know--"
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As soon as Shubman reached the changing room, he found his best friend, Ishan Kishan and a girl sitting next to him. They looked upset. There was no one except them in the room.
"Ishan.."
Ishan kishan stood up as soon as he heard his name.
"S-shubman!"
Shubman came near... avoiding the girl sitting beside him.
Without losing any chance, shubman hugged ishan but kept courage, not to cry.
Ishan hugged him back and smiled with pain.
"It happens..we also got eliminated few days ago... remember?"
"I know ishan, but you got chance to play..we didn't"
Ishan pulled off the hug and looked at shubman.
"That's better...if you would've played well and your team lost the game, it would hurt you more than anything"
Avoiding any further conflict, ishan changed the topic.
"Fine. I called you here for an important reason! I have to go to Nawada to see mom. She is a bit unwell. My brother is still a kid...so-"
Shubman interrupted ishan while he was speaking.
"So you want me to accompany you? I'm ready--"
Ishan giggled.
"No..I want you to take care of my sister until I'm back"
Shubman looked at the girl and then at ishan in loop.
"Sister? You have a sister? I thought she's your girlfriend!!"
Ishan made a :-| face.
"...our faces are so similar dude. Still?"
"You never told me of her. Nevermind. But me myself is a kid, how will I take care of her? What's her age?"
Ishan kishan was not hesitant at all.
"She'll be 23 soon-"
But his sister was.
"Ishan can't you please stop giving my personal information to someone else"
"Someone else? You know how important shubman is to me!"
She rolled her eyes.
"I know but obviously not more than me"
"Needhi...stop it"
(Author's name is not needhi, so don't think I'm obsessive)
Shubman assumed her to be a sassy and nagging kid.
"Why are you so aggressive towards each other from the very beginning? I thought you would feel each other attractive"
Ishan said looking at shubman and needhi.
They both looked at each other and said together,
"Attractive? Ewwww"
To be continued...
