The New Boy (Ishman)

Chapter 12

Ishan, Shubman and Mayank, with the rest of the players kept practicing. The afternoon practice went quite smoothly.

Although there were times when Shubman would get a bit annoyed at Ishan for wasting time of making pjs and roaming around with Mayank and laughing along.

Shubman always considered cricket practicing time with vital, important and religious. He would only and only think about cricket the whole time and not get distracted. But with Ishan by him, he would occasionally get distracted and pause.

It really boiled Shubman's blood. Mayank would always calm him down by saying, "Come on Shubi, let's relax a bit, it's alright..."

Although Shubman would calm down a bit but would still be mad at Ishan who was still busy laughing and jumping around the field.

Rohit bhaiya and Virat bhaiya also enjoyed his company and weird jokes and laughed at them.

"Urgh! This is just too much to handle..." Shubman gritted his teeth.

After the practice, they all packed their bags and started to leave the stadium. During their return, they had their cars parked outside and the bus was nowhere to be found.

"Fuck...do I have to drive again...? I'm pretty tired..." Rohit bhaiya cursed as he yawned.

Shubman looked around and spotted his car too. He looked back at Ishan who was sticking to Mayank. He rolled his eyes.

"Come on yaar! I'm so too tired..!" Virat said and he tightened the straps of his kit.

Rohit bhaiya sighed and looked around him to see if anyone else could drive. Everyone he made eye contact with, they looked away, acting to see something else.

"Hey! Mayank! Come here!" Rohit bhaiya said.

Mayank went towards him running, leaving Ishan behind. Shubman saw how he pouted sadly once Mayank left his side. Shubman frowned, he doesn't know why.

"Haan bhaiya...?" Mayank said.

Rohit bhaiya scratched the back of his head and placed his one hand on the other's shoulder. Mayank raised his brows, waiting for the other to speak.

"Um, well, can you please drive us to the hotel? Just the half road, I'll take over later...!" Rohit bhaiya said.

He knew Mayank wasn't a very good driver but they were too tired and since the road is almost empty, they really didn't have any potential threat.

Mayank opened his mouth to speak something but closed. He bit his lower lip contemplating the scene.

"O-okay...bhaiya..." Mayank finally replied.

They cheered loudly and Mayank slightly scratched the back of head.

"Bye Ishan! See you tomorrow then!" Mayank said as he came towards him and took his kit on his back.

He was about to hug Ishan when his nose crashed against a somewhat strong obstacle.

It was Shubman's chest.

"A-Aooow....!" Mayank said, slowly rubbing his nose.

Shubman kept a straight face. Ishan frowned, concern was evident in his face.

"Yes, good night Mayank." Shubman said and held Ishan's wrist and started to walk towards his car.

"Bye...!" Mayank replied looking at Ishan.

Ishan just frowned and slightly moved his hand, said bye-bye.

Mayank, with the rest of his car mates, went into the car.