𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙

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He was smiling amd busy enjoying the warmth of his house when suddenly someone came into the room , virat looked up and the smile on his face slowly wiped off .......

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Virat looked up to find his brother standing there with an ear to ear smile and virat cannot help but feel a certain rage , disappointment and hurt curling up inside his heart all of a suddenly. 

Virat have know mahi since he had learned to recognize people and since then he was closest to him he was his first freind , his crime partner, his safe space and above all his Mahi bhai the person he trusted the most probably more than his parents but today the person standing in front on him was not his Mahi bahi but rather he was Mahendra Singh Dhoni and virat could not help but feel disgusted of him .

His genuine smile slowly slid off and a small force smile appeared on his face .

"Cheeku kaisa hai tu , yaad nahi aati apne Mahi bhai ki , kabhi call bhi nahi karta hai tu" Mahi said as soft tears glistened his eyes .

Moving towards him in no time virat was engulfed in a tight bone crashing hug .

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Mahi was not much of an expressive person but those tight hugs were their things , whenever any of the brothers felt hard to share there emotions with each other they just engulf each other in such tight hugs. 

As he hugged virat tight a sudden relief washed over his face . He loved his brother a lot . Virat was practically his first kid and in this 2 year span he could feel his kid going away from him so much that he can't help but feel insecure for him . But now when he was finally in front of him, with him and he won't let him go not anytime soon .

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The hug that was relief for Mahi looked more suffocating to virat . As soon as Mahi hugged virat , tons of memories just washed off his face . All the time they had hugged each other tightly leaving behind all the worries in their mind .

That hug usually used to bring a lot of warmth to virat, however, now it felt a strange emptiness in that familiar embrace. The warmth he anticipated was replaced by a cold realization that things had changed, and they were never going to be same again

The battle of mind and heart was finally over and virat swiftly pushed Mahi back catching his breathe a bit .

"Woh abb aisi hugs ki adat nahi rahi na iss liye , waise maa yeh Saman kidhar rakhun ?" Virat asked silently diverting the conversation form Mahi to his mom , and both the other present in the room felt it .

"Oye cheeku naraz hai kya apne Mahi bhai se ? Kuch hua hai kya ? Bol na"

Mahi asked turning impatience now . He had been waiting for 2 years now and now he cannot handle this silent treatment at all .

"Nahi skipper aisa nahi hai it's just ki Saman rakh ke phir dad se bhi toh milna hai" Virat said , the best reason he could think of , but Mahi didn't heard a word after "skipper" .

"Why was his little brother calling him that ? Did he lose him ? Was he not going to talk to him ? "

A sudden panick along with all these thoughts rushed in his mind as he hear his cheeku calling him so formally instead of Mahi bhai , that he used to call him soo lovingly . Unable to bear anymore he finally asked .

"Baccha kya hua ? Tu Mahi bhai nahi skipper myu bol raha hai mujhe ? Mai toh hamesha tera Mahi bhai hoon na ?"

Mahi said not been able to hid the desperation in his life and virat could not help but leave a sarcastic chuckle in his mind . But then his eyes traveled to his mother who was too looking at him with an eyes demanding answers .

"Arey bhai mai bas dekh raha tha ki mere muh se skipper kaisa lagega coz ek baar mera team India me selection ho jaaye toh app mere bhi captain ban jaoge na"

Virat said with a smile plastered on his face and moved towards his bag picking ingredients it up .

" Maa kaha rakhun mai yeh?" He asked

"Tera kamra wahi hai cheeku , Mahi ne usse ajj bhi bilkul waise hi rakha hai jaise pehle rehta tha " saroj said adoring the brothers bond while virat couldn't help but give a small yet genuine smile and moved towards his room .

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"Bhai please trust me , trust your cheeku appko lagta hai ki mai aisa kar sakta hoon" virat cried as he stood in front of Mahi practically begging to believe his words but it seems like all his pestering was going to deaf ears .

Virat could not help but feel a warm tear drop rolling down his eyes as he entered the room . A sudden rush of nostalgia hit him as he entered his room . Everything was same , the smiles and the memories connected to them , and also the tears and the moments connected to the room .

Closing his eyes virat rested his body on the sofa with his head on the head rest . It was a lot for a single day and yet there was a lot to come . He was yet to meet his father whom he has been running away from past 2 years .

Mahi and him had talked over calls and vcs for 4-5 times in this span (though forced) but he and his father didn't had a single conversation in this span.

As much and he was desperate to meet him he was worried of his reaction .

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"Papa app tho karte ho na apne cheeku pe trust , ya app ko bhi lagta hai ki mai aisa kar sakta hoon ?" A 15 years old virat asked , tears flowing from his eyes as he looked at his father with all hopes filled in his eyes .

"Papa appne bola tha na ki kuch bhi maang loon , toh maine soch liya hai mujhe kya maangna hai , mai Mumbai jaana chata hoon" 16 years old Virat announced at the dinner table shocking all 4 people sitting there .

"Cheeku , baache uth jaa pehle kuch khaa le phir so jaana " Virat was brought back to the real world when his mother shook his body to wake him up .

Opening his eyes he looked around to find him present in his room and all the moments he watched were mere dreams or nightmares to br precise

"Pehle mujhe Papa se milna hai" Virat said mustering all the courage he had in himself .

Saroj nodded and took him to their room . Taking a deep breath he stepped into the room .

He knew a lot was going to come but he also knew that he cannot run away anymore . So taking a deep breathe he finally entered the room ......

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