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Shubman's POV

Furious I marched into the locker room.

I tried to apologize!

Why does she have to have such a large ego?

She doesn't even know what happened that night!

Then it hit me, I was the one being irrational. I was the one being stupid. I had to take it from her view.

"Is everything alright Shub? You don't look like a bull who's seen a person wearing red." KL raised an eyebrow and closed his locker. I threw my shirt into the locker and mumbled a quick 'Nothing'.

"What did the shirt ever do to you?" Shreyas asked coming from behind me, my nostrils flared. 

Can't a guy have some alone time?

"It's a girl." Cheeku bhaiya called out from the other side of the locker room.

What next? Are they going to broadcast that I'm angry to the whole world? Or tell them that Aditi rejected me in the most insulting way?

"Kat gaya?" Gabbar stifled a laugh, I swear if anyone tries to talk to me once more I will rip their head off with a bat. 

"Look, it's none of your guy's business," I grunted angrily and slammed my locker shut. Silence descended upon us, the sound of the locker slam echoed silently.

"Shub, we're trying to help," Shreyas spoke in a calmer and softer tone, I got the idea that he was trying to soothe my anger. 

"Well, it's not helping." I bit back harshly and stalked out of the room. I was literally fuming.

I look for her for a year!

When I do see her I immediately apologize!

Why can't she put her colossal pride aside?

I saw Ziva and Zoraver running around in the field while Rishabh was trying to catch them.

"Please! Stop yaar!" Rishabh pleaded before trying to scoop up Ziva, who ducked and evaded him. The sight of Rishabh failing at babysitting almost made me laugh. Keyword, Almost.

"Didi! Help! Chachu is trying to grab me." Ziva ran past me with open arms. 

"Chachu?" Rishabh stood stock still for a moment feeling bewildered.

"I'm only 23!" Rishabh let out a guttural cry, "I always get stuck babysitting."

"Then do it right." A feminine voice sounded behind me.

Not Aditi.

Wait... when could I recognize Aditi's voice right off the bat? I turned my head and saw Akanksha standing there with Ziva hiding between her limbs. Rishabh walked up to Akanksha, more like marched.

"Ziva comes here," He spoke ever so sweetly.

"Nahi!" Ziva whined, Akanksha stifled a laugh. She lifted Ziva into her arms.

"Why won't you go with Bhaiya?" Akanksha asked Ziva, Rishabh smiled a bit that she'd called him brother instead of uncle.

"I wanted to see papa! But he said Papa is busy." Ziva pouted and complained, Akanksha tickled Ziva.

"That's because Papa is busy. He's in a super important meeting with the other chachu's! Don't you want Rishabh Bhaiya to hit a lot of 6's?" She bounced Ziva in her arms. Ziva shook her head vigorously.

"Then let's let Rishabh Bhaiya practice, you and Zoraver can watch me and Aditi work," Akanksha suggested with a smile on her face. Rishabh drew a breath to ask something.

"But it's boring!" Zoraver complained and stomped his foot.

"We're going to take photos! You can take photos of your papa." Akanksha countered, Ziva seemed to ponder the idea. Zoraver on the other hand was fully ready. The two kids ran in the direction of Aditi. I turned my head to catch a glimpse of her. Her brown chocolate locks were curled and fell to her shoulders. She had a floral jacket and a black shirt, the shirt seemed to make her figure pop. Her legs were covered with lightly washed jeans and black fur combat boots. Her copper skin seemed to glow on today. Ziva bolted toward her wanting to be the first. She knelt and spoke with Ziva. 

I met her gaze, her eyes were liquid chocolate and filled with warmth. But when they landed on me they hardened and became darker.

Well, I guess I should try to take Anand's advice...

I gave her a small awkward wave, which she didn't bother returning. She met my gaze once more, I took the chance to wink at her. She knit her eyebrows together and got right back to talking to Ziva.

Look's like a toddler is more important than me.

Slowly like water leaking out from a tap, people came out of the locker room. Aditi stood up and started to unpack her camera bag. She was moving frantically from setting up a tripod to cleaning her lens. Ziva and Zoraver attempted to help her, which was adorable.

"Shubman!" Cheeku Bhai barked getting my attention. I whipped my head away from Aditi and saw Virat smirking.

"Kya?" I grumbled, putting up my sour mood again.

"Oh come on! You were all smiley looking at Aditi, but you frown when you look at your captain?" Virat teased me, he seemed way too amused with the situation. I noticed Sundar waving to someone behind me, I turned around for a split second to see Aditi waving back at him.

Washington Sundar.

Quick intro, he's the first guy I became friends with. Now he's kinda like my best friend. For some reason, I didn't like the small eye talk that he and Aditi had. I decided that I was just jealous that she's talking to a guy she knew for like a day and not me. 

The practice was a blur, I can barely remember how many push-ups or squats I did or even how long I held my plank.  I saw Sundar looking at Aditi's camera while she was showing a few pictures she'd taken.

"-PA! Semma talent Aditi." I heard Sundar exclaim when I came into earshot.

"Dai! Poi solatha!" Aditi threatened, but her eyes were anything but threatening. I realized that she was speaking her native tongue, Tamil. She always called me colorful words in that when we were younger. Her personal favorite was eruma (Cow)

"Poi la solla la, nejamava semma ah photo educura." Sundar shook his head and pointed to the camera. Sundar had finally noticed that I existed and waved to me.

"Sari, I'll see you tomorrow." Sundar gave Aditi a quick hug, which I hated, and walked up to me.

"Kya Washy? Naya girlfriend?" I teased him, but inside for some reason, I was burning up.

"Nah man, we just became friends." Washy rolled his eyes to the heavens.

Weirdly enough, for some reason, I didn't like the idea of Sundar hanging out with Aditi.

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Translations

Tamil 👇

PA! Semma talent Aditi ~ WOW! You're talented Aditi

Dai! Poi solatha~ Dai! Don't lie

Poi la solla la, nejamava semma ah photo educura.~ I'm not lying, really you are taking great photo's

Sari~ Ok

Hindi 👇

Kya Washy? Naya Girlfriend? ~ What Washy? New Girlfriend?

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