The New Boy (Ishman)

Chapter 11

They reached the stadium where they'll practice for the rest of the day.

Shubman slowly got off the bus.

"Ishan! Wait!" it was Mayank's voice obviously.

"Y-Yeah!" Ishan replied as he took his kit from the chamber.

Shubman was carrying his own kit this time.
He slowly looked behind him and saw Mayank getting out of the bus with Ishan. His one arm was wrapped around Ishan's neck while Ishan smiled a lot.

Shubman rolled his eyes and grunted.

"Everyone meets me in the dressing room!" Rohit bhaiya said and went towards the room.

They all followed and within 15 minutes or so they were all present there.

"So! Listen carefully!" Virat bhaiya said with his hands on his hips.
"Since we got a handful of test matches next month, well, it's less than a month now. 4 days have already gone." he said with a sigh, "We're gonna divide you all into small groups! One batsman, one bowler and one wicketkeeper, for efficient practice."

Shubman looked from his corner of his eyes at Ishan who was standing close to Mayank who still had the arm wrapped around the other. Mayank whispered something in Ishan's ears and in response, Ishan smiled widely, almost laughing.

"So be quick! Choose your team members! Get to practice!" Rohit bhaiya said with a clap at the end.

Everyone dispersed together. For a brief moment there was chaos, Shubman stood still in his position, waiting for everyone to leave first.

As soon as he turned around to go, he almost collided with a short figure. He immediately took a sharp breath and looked down to meet with a pair of eyes which only belonged to Ishan Kishan.

Ishan was looking up at him with a soft and innocent face, with a very slight pout, barely visible.

Ishan's POV:

Shall I ask him to join with me...?

Guess that's a bad idea, cause he might get angry and continuously scold me on the field....

What if I hurt his feelings by not asking..??

What if all the efforts I'm putting into building our friendship goes to waste...?

Urgh! No! I don't want to ask him anymore! He did me wrong the other day!

"Ishan! Let's go!" I heard Mayank yelling.

Shubman kept looking at me, we didn't move.

Before I could move or say anything, Shubman took a breath and opened his mouth.

"Let's go, there's no time to waste." he said with his regular arrogant voice and walked past me.

I slowly turned around and faced them.

"Care to join my team?" Shubman asked Mayank.

Mayank smiled widely, "It would be an honor, Prince Gill!" he said with a bow. One hand on his stomach and the other going backwards as he bowed.

Shubman cracked a small laugh.

Wait, he laughed?

Like a real laugh?

Just because Mayank called him Prince Gill???!!

Shall I try it too...?

Maybe not, he might react in the opposite way.

Without wasting any more time, I quickly went with them outside.

Everyone was practicing in groups, alternating their roles inbetween.