A/N: So I got this idea from a reel I saw on Instagram, an adorable AbRat reel of them both having a fun little segment where AB and Virat both told they were neighbors back home in B'Lore and that AB's kids would run into Virat's room to wish him good morning.
Anywho, this one is kind of a multi-pairing fic with undertones of Rohirat, AbRat and Shubrat.
Shubman was resting his head on his big brother's shoulder and surfing through reels on Instagram, pods out as Virat was quietly conversing with Rohit sitting on his left. He came across a fan edit of AB de Villiers. He increased the volume so he could listen to the reel,
'There are many great batsmen in the world, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting and many more, all these great batsmen have lost their forms at one point or the other in their career, but what if I tell you there is one batsman who never lost his form, in fact his entire career was his prime. Notice how even without me telling the player's name, you know who I'm talking about?'
Virat looked over and promptly said in perfect unison with the voice-clip of Ian Bishop's commentary,
"ABRAHAM BENJAMIN DE VILLIERS!"
as the musical strain of Way Down We Go blared through his phone speakers and Vi spoke along to the commentary afterwards as well. Shubman raised his head and looked at Vi with surprise coloring his features and was even more taken aback at the soft smile marring Vi's face with his eyes alight,
"How did you know that bhaiyaa?!?"
"Yeah how did you figure that out so quickly. And so in sync too..." Ro looked at Vi eyebrows raised,
"Well Biscuit is my best friend, my big brother, the Lakhan to my Ram so, yes, I think I'll know immediately who they're describing. He is, was and always will be the most complete batsman this generation will ever see and-"
Ro smacked Virat, hard, on the back of his head,
"I'm sitting right here!"
"Oww! Yeah I know Ro! Why would you hit me that hard!"
"What else am I supposed to do? You call that Alien of yours, your best friend while your FIRST best friend is sitting right next to you-"
"Kane and Jaddu are my first best friends-"
"YOU'RE THE WORST BEST FRIEND VIRAT!"
"I NEVER SAID YOU WEREN'T MY BEST FRIEND!"
"For you everyone is your brother, best friend, everything, aur humareliye kya bacha hei?"
"Shub promise me you won't turn out like this idiot if Ishu gets even closer to Timmy or Cam Green in the near future!"
"TIMMY?"
"Yes Timmy. You know, tall, long-ish hair, Australian, post hair cut Rapunzel golden brown hair, plays for MI, used to play for RCB, power hitter, called the next Polly."
"Yes yes I know who you're talking about, but since when do you call him Timmy?"
"Since always?"
"See Shub kiddo, you don't become like your Virat bhaiyaa okay? He doesn't value us, he forgets our mere existence when he's with those firangis."
"Shub's already like a younger brother to David! Take that Ro, becoming friends with Proteans runs in our blood."
"You're not blood related! He's not your own brother!"
And this time both Shub and Vi looked at Ro with perfectly identical scandalized looks, asked in perfect tandem,
"How dare you!"
