 ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Raju couldn’t help but agree with Renner about Viano’s name being strong. He was already a big fan of it, as he was of the boy. The shy demeanour was not at all off putting. “Agreed,’’ Raju remarked cheerfully. It was really now occurring to him that Viano might be a little starstruck. The coach was used to it by now and luckily had a lot of experience on how to handle such a situation. “Yes, you should definitely join us. I recommend the juice, by the way.” He gave the boy a wink before turning to Vesper. “I think a nice charm bracelet will work well for me, Vesp.”
Ah, so Viano played Chaser too. Raju was oddly delighted by this fact. “That’s wonderful. Are you aiming to play professionally?”
Viano didn’t know {obviously} that Vesper was planning on making something for him. He would have been grateful to her; he would be when she handed him that jewellery. What he was grateful for was her encouragement. He gave her a small smile before nodding at the adults. “I’ll have the juice, please.” Hey, he sounded much better and not at all timid now! Perhaps now he would be a proper conversationalist. “Professional. I plan on getting selected as soon as I can for a team.” Which meant a lot of hard work and sacrifices but he was prepared to make them. At Vesper’s question, Vi shook his head. “Nowhere near this beach but there’s a field that a few of us use to practice.” But ‘us’, he meant the occupants and matrons of the orphanage. “Chocolates? I like chocolates,’’ he blurted before he could stop himself.
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