When our Lives Intertwined

Chapter 3 (Part 1)

You can listen to the song above as I feel it goes with this chapter

Devdutt's Pov.

Last night me and Ruturaj played video games and had a great boys night. He has really become my bestie over the years. Not just him but Ishan, Shubman and the whole ICT has become a one big extended family for me for which I am grateful to God.

Last night was all fun but now it's time to work hard. I am trying to keep a positive attitude towards everything but how much ever I try I just can't ignore. My social Media was filled with all sorts of trolls, hate memes on me and even threats. I know it's the part and parcel of this profession but I can't ignore so much hatred directed towards me and it affects me somewhere.

The team bus came to a halt which we were using to reach the ground. We reached the ground and I decided to keep everything aside and focus on my practice.

We got down and went for our warm ups. After doing our warm ups we went to the nets to start our practice. Jammy bhai (Rahul Dravid) came to me and said "Today you work on your defence ok in the first set then against bouncers and body liners. Okay?" I nodded at him "Okay bhai." I started wearing my helmet, pads and everything and went to the nets to practice. I started to practice my defense with a balling machine. I felt myself a bit clumsy playing the shots.

Jammy bhai came and gave me some pointers on my hand and leg coordination when he came to inspect me. I was playing when I misjudged a ball and it hit my hands. "Ahh!" That sure hurt.

"What happened are you okay?" Asked Rahul bhai who was in the adjacent net. "Yes Bhai I am good, thoda laga he haath pe baas." I said and removed my gloves to take a better look at it. "Go to the Physico and check it once." I saw the place where I got hit red "Yes I think I should go" l said looking at it. "I would go in the break, I can still practice." "Pakka?" "Yes Bhai don't worry." I said wearing my gloves again. Rahul bhai nodded and continued his practice.
When it was break time I saw the spot where I got hit bright red and turning blue. I decided to visit the Physico and started walking towards her cabin. I went there and knocked on her door. I heard a faint come in and I went inside.
"Hey Dev. What brings you here?" Asked Trusha standing up from her chair. "Hey. I actually got hit by the ball here on my hand can you please check it?" "Yea sure sit down" said Trusha and I sat down on the patient's bed.

She was checking my hand and as she was checking I couldn't help but notice there was a certain smell, no let me correct it, a certain aroma in the room. I cannot pinpoint exactly what but something smelled really amazing. "It's nothing to worry about. I would give you an ointment, apply that and the wound will heal. Wait a second." Trusha said and went towards her desk and opened a drawer and that's when the aroma hit me strongly.
"Rasam Rice '' yea that was Rasam Rice's aroma. Ohh how much I missed homemade food. "Here's your ointment and apply it twice a day." Trusha said, handing over the ointment to me.

I took it from here and couldn't help but ask "By the way it's random but your lunch smells amazing. Is it Rasam Rice?" She smiled warmly at me and said, "Yes, it's rasam rice. Actually my friend lives here. Her name is Radhika and she makes delicious food so I asked her to make me a home-cooked food." I nodded at her and said "Lucky you. Getting home cooked food after months feels like heaven." "I know. Oh! Do you want to try some? You can taste it." Trusha said, going towards her desk again. I immediately said "No no Trusha I can't eat. I am on a diet currently and I am afraid if you open it I won't be able to control it." She laughed and said "Okay then. Maybe some other time then." I nodded and said "Thank you and would see you around." "Bye and take care." Said Trusha waving at me.

It was almost the end of our practice. It extended a bit but now I was doing my last set of practice. I practiced my defense today thoroughly and now I am practicing some attacking. After a while when I was done with my practice I went to my kit, packing everything. While I was packing I was not able to find the ointment. I searched it everywhere and still was not able to find it.