Ch-6 The Punishment
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Kiara's pov
I heard Mr K yelling my name. I heartbeat began to race and I started walking towards him.
When I reached there I saw Mr K was fuming in anger and Atharv was also kinda tensed and stood beside him.
"What happened sir?" I asked catching my breath.
"Seriously! Don't you know? What the hell were you thinking while lying to me?"
Atharv's pov
"Seriously! Don't you know? What the hell were you thinking while lying to me?" Coach asked her.
"Sir...I...umm...Sir..." She stuttered.
I had no idea of what was going on. But I was pretty sure that the consequences won't be good since Coach K hated liars, no matter how small the lie is.
"Speak on Kiara. I don't have the whole day.
"I am sorry sir. I was just scared."
"But why? There was not a single reason to lie!! What did you get by hiding your identity?"
Oh! Now I get what the matter is about. Kiara might have told him that she doesn't know me. Or we are not brother-sister!
"I am sorry sir."
"Oh yes! You will be sorry. You don't know how much I hate being lied on my face. Since it's your first mistake, I'll try to go little easy on you."
"Both of you, move to changing room and report back in 3 minutes."
"Yes sir"
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When we were coming back, I gave Kiara a sympathetic look. She made eye contact once and headed to the ground. I too followed her.
Kiara's pov
"I'm glad to see you are back on time. If you have been a single second late than the time given to you then your ass would have been mine" Mr K said with a straight face.
"Kiara how old are you?"
I heard Mr K asking me a question. I was a bit confused that why is he asking it but I replied, not wanting anymore trouble.
"Sir I'm 9 but I'll be 10 in 2 months."
"Good. You will be running 20 laps of the ground and then report back to me. 2 laps for each year of age. Atharv you too join her. You will be running 8 laps for warm up."
Both of us headed to the ground. I was scared that how I would complete 20 laps but Atharv boosted my confidence.
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Atharv completed his 8 rounds only in 10 minutes and then went to Mr K. I was only on my 5th at that time.
Mr K asked him to do a few stretching exercises so that they can continue their training after that.
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I completed the first 10 laps with no difficulty. Thanks to Dad's morning routines. This had built up my stamina up to a reasonable level.
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After 12th lap my legs were killing me. I couldn't move any further. My breath started to get heavy. I thought I'll never be able to make it.
Somehow I reached till 15. This time I was gasping for my life and mentally cursing myself for when I decided to lie to him. I was sure as hell that next time I'll be thing at least 10 times before lying to him.
This way talking to myself, I completed the 16th round and then FELL. My mouth was so dry that I couldn't even ask for water.
Atharv left his exercise and ran to help me get up but was stopped by Mr Khurana.
"Who told you to stop? Go continue with your exercise. I don't want any distractions in your training. I'll handle her myself."
With that Atharv went back although he didn't want to!! And Mr K headed towards me.
"Get up."
Can he give me a moment to return back to life?
I stood up using all four limbs so as not to fall back and hurt myself!
"I'm impressed!" Mr K said
I couldn't believe my ears and as a reflex I said-
"What!??"
"You heard me. I said I'm impressed. I did not expect you to complete even 8 rounds and you made it to 16. That's amazing. Moreover, your timing too was not that bad!"
"Thank you sir." I said with a little smile on my face. At this time I had forgotten all my pain.
"Ah! That's not sir to you. From now on, you will address me as Coach just as Atharv does."
Atharv's pov
I saw that Kiara fell down after completing her 16th round and I ran to help her. She is my little sister. I couldn't see her hurt.
But then Coach stopped me and asked me to continue with my stretching. Although I couldn't concentrate but I knew better than to defy him.
I heard that Coach was praising Kiara. I couldn't believe my ears. I mean it was next to impossible to impress him. When I remember my old days then I remember that for first 3 weeks I did not receive a single compliment from Coach and I was in class 4 at that time means on year younger than Kiara. I just received some awful rude comments from him in the first 3 weeks. Then I worked my ass off and after putting in my 100% I got the first word of appreciation from him. Although it was not proper appreciation but listening this from him made me jump in excitement. He had just said "Hmm..." with a nod.
On my first day I gave up on 11 laps but Kiara still made it to 16. It was impressive. It means the tantrums she throw in the morning walk with dad are all fake. She acts like she is exhausted just after covering a small distance.
The next thing that coach spoke caught my attention and I jumped in reflex.
"Ah! That's not sir to you. From now on, you will address me as Coach just as Atharv does." I heard coach saying something like this.
"I will send your name for 100m, 200m, 400m, 4*100m relay, and 4*200m relay. All in U-14 category." Coach further said.
I was a bit excited too for Kiara but I was also upset at the same time thinking if she will be able to undergo all this Torture..!
Yes!! This is what I call my training. It really is not less than a torture. And maintaining the same pace in study along with sports is a really difficult task. Dad won't let us play if we drop down in studies. He has education always as his first priority.
Coach received a call and then he moved aside to attend the call. He came back roughly after 3 minutes and then shouted my name.
I went closer to him.
"Listen, I have an urgent meeting now with the director. I have to submit him the details for the upcoming events. I'll catch with you guys later. You are dismissed for now. One more thing that weekends will not be off for you since we have very less time left. And moreover, Kiara is although doing good but she's still a freshmen so we need to work a little harder. Any questions?"
"No Coach." We said in unison.
"Good. You will be reporting here at 900 hours in the morning and you will be dismissed by 1500 hours. Your lunch will be provided here only, so need to bring your lunch. And plan your studies accordingly."
"And one more thing, I'll plan your diet chart and will inform Mr Agnihotri about the same. No more junk food will be there in your diet from now onwards. Understand?"
"Yes Coach."
"Ok! Dismiss now. I gotta go. And Kiara since you are new, I'll tell you about the rules when we meet next."
Saying this he went...
"Don't be Late." He shouted as he went away.
"Yes Sir. We won't be!!!"
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