9 | ralph lauren
"Woah, this place is crowded!"
"Well, it is a terribly huge match."
"..."
"What?"
"Its just that I've never seen you so happy and excited. You really like cricket."
"Yeah. I really do, a lot lot. Which sport do you like?"
"None, I'm horrible at all and today is the first time I'm actually seeing a cricket match but I think I'm going to like this."
"Well, I hope you do. We're all into in our family except for Shahid bhai, that is. He can't play to save his life. Cricket's my thing and Nargis is a pro at football."
"So, you're three siblings?"
"Yeah, what about you?"
"Shiiit, look at that! That shot went right into the audience."
"Yaaas, that's a six. Okay, so let me explain: A batsman can get 1-2 runs by running between the wicket when he hits a ball that doesn't touch or go beyond the boundary. If a shot touches the field but reaches the boundary, its 4 runs and if it goes right beyond it without touching the field its a six."
"This is so interesting. I kind of want to play now."
"I could totally teach you. I'm a very good teacher, I've heard."
"I'm a golden student."
"But if you get hurt, don't blame me, okay?"
"Nah, I am strong guy. I don't get hurt. Hell, I don't even get sick. I have a perfect constitution."
"..."
"Seriously, I never even get a headache forget anything else--"
"So the whole cold and cough thing where you ignored me for days was...'your constitution' playing a joke on me..."
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Dedicated to the lovely mccnlit for the amazing comments and the support!
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At least Memphis being a bad liar is a positive characteristic, eh?
P.S. The Shahid, Nargis references...? Where my & Series readers at? :D
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