A/N: Happy belated(?) Friendship day to you and all your besties out there first of all.
From when he was a kid, Virat could only ever convey his affection, apologies, happiness, sadness and guilt through hugs. And after coming into the ICT it hadn't changed at all.
Mahi bhai
When Virat first came into the team, he was anxious of the people he'd be sharing the dressing room with. So when MS Dhoni, his captain, came and greeted him with a smile welcoming him to the team, he hugged him tightly profusely thanking him and promising they wouldn't regret selecting him in the squad. MS had stared bewildered and would never admit but was a little scared of that strange weird child who skipped away happily to his room, bags dragging behind him noisily. He'd learn years later that the same demon child would be the one hugging him providing him comfort from the outside world, he'd learn that hugs were sometimes the only way Virat could express what he was feeling. Something only a few people in Virat's life would be able to distinguish between. With Virat and his Mahi bhai there wasn't one incident they could single out to say that was the moment they had cherished the most.
Yuvi paa
After Virat's embarrassing first meeting with his idol, he was sitting in his room staring morosely at his kit bag. He looked up startled when he heard yelling outside his room and a red faced Yuvraj Singh was pushed into his room and the door shut behind. Virat looked back down quickly. Yuvi suddenly felt a rush of guilt watching the usually bubbly kid's downcast expression, he sighed and hesitantly sat beside him on the bed,
"Sorry."
"Hmm?"
"Poori hallway ko patha chalna hei kya? I said I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be a jerk you know?"
"I'm the jerk?!? It was just a prank. You took it too seriously and now sabhi bade bhai mere sir pe aake beit gaye!"
"Sorry. I didn't mean to." Virat looked down feeling guilty, Yuvi sighed yet again, but as he was getting up, he suddenly felt arms around his waist, startled he looked down and heard the innocent voice of the new kid,
"Don't do that to me again? I like you and Bhajji pa very much, Munaf bhai too. Next time, I want to prank someone with you. Please Yuvi pa?"
Yuvi melted. Mahi was right, you couldn't escape the kid's charm, he thought to himself. After that day, Virat had become his go to partner when it came to pranking people and with Jaddu joining them it was in best interest for everyone to stay clear when they had that sparkle in their eyes. For Yuvi and Virat hugs had become such an integral part of their relationship, Virat had run away after he heard the news of Yuvi's cancer, when Yuvi finally found the kid, Virat had hugged him tight making him promise he wouldn't ever leave him and go away, Yuvi had been there for Virat after they lost the 2014, 2015, 2016 WCs, he had been the first to give a hug to Virat after they lost the CT in 2017 when the entire team was mad at Virat for not seeing them through and all the faulty decisions he had made the day and finally, before the news of the squad for the 2019 WC had come out, Virat had sought him out gave a tight hug conveying his apology without a word being said and Yuvi had just understood.
Ro
Rohit when he first met Virat was weary of him, a strange creature who was awfully cheerful (especially in the mornings. Who in the right mind is so cheerful in the mornings?), looked starstruck half the time and he didn't entirely like how close Yuvi and him had gotten. Until one day Ro lost his watch. Again. Virat had just barely entered the room only to find the entire room turned upside down and a bhulakkad looking underneath his bed and then promptly ripping the sheets off,
