He Couldn't Take It Anymore || An ICT Fanfiction

13. Emotions

A/N:- This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. According to me, if I had to describe what I feel for Virat with just one song, I'll choose this one. The amount of respect it holds, the feels, everything!!

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"No, Bhai! There must've been some other reason. You cannot doubt his belief in you. But the more important point is that we've searched for him everywhere. We've scanned every hotel and asked almost every person, but there's still no sign of him. He cannot just disappear like that!"

Mahi Bhai thought long and hard until it finally clicked.

"You all are dumb. You are searching for Virat! In South Africa! Where is the first place you should be looking?!?! He almost has a home here!!"

Rohit gasped as the realisation hit him.

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"You?" breathed Virat, shocked to see his host.

"Yes, me", replied AB, grinning back at him.

"But-but how?"

"What do you mean, how?" asked AB, as he bent down to pick up his phone.

"How are you here?" questioned Virat.

"Well that's because my parents gave me birth, so I can walk on this earth, anywhere and anytime I like", said AB cheekily, his broad smile not even fading for a second.

"That's not what I meant and you know it", grumbled Virat as he tightened the blanket around himself, "And don't use your sass on me."

AB let out a small laugh at that.

"How did you find me anyway? The whole point of leaving the team hotel was to people not find me."

"I will always find you."

Amongst all the negativity and hate Virat was receiving for the past few days, this one line from AB made his heart swell with such joy that his eyes turned misty.

He averted his eyes as he wiped off the tears before they fell.

"Okay, okay, stop being mushy and tell me how did you manage to find me?"

"Well, I was coming up to check on you as soon as I heard the news but I couldn't find you anywhere. Luckily, I heard someone saying that a man with a huge kitbag was walking down into one of those lanes. I somehow knew that it was you, so I went there."

"Then?" asked Virat promptly.

"A film scene", said AB, the corners of his mouth twisting into a smirk.

"A what?" piped Virat in confusion.

"You know, your wife's first film? The one you made me watch at least a hundred times?"

"Yeah, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi? How does it relate to any of this?" asked Virat, not understanding where this was going.

"The poster scene! You were falling down and I came just in time. I caught you in my arms and-", said AB as though he was enjoying every word of this.

Virat's eyes widened as he understood what AB was implying.

He put his hands firmly over his ears and said, "Shut up! Shut up! Not a single word more!"

AB laughed out merrily at that but continued anyway. "So, you kept your hands on my shoulders and you arched your neck backwards; all your hair were falling down and-"