The Broken Soul - KL Rahul FF

1 year leap

A lot of things happened in the past 1 year.
Rohit stepped down from captaincy and handed it over to Shreyas Iyer.
Shubman was the vc. Slowly a young team was forming.
Rohit decided to retire when Virat was banned . But kids stopped him from doing it.
He couldn't leave the kids all of a sudden to deal with the pressure alone. So he decided to stay till, Shreyas gets used to being the captain and guiding few other kids to handle pressure without seniors.
So today he too was retiring.

Wasn't an easy journey for Rohit after Virat left.
The team who topped the rankings in all formats, were not the same anymore. They had their flaws. It was not just about the game. But Virat's ban affected the players a lot mentally. But everyone tried their level best for the country.If not for guiding the youngsters, Rohit went into a shell of his own.
Mahi bhai was the most affected with Virat's disappearance after the ban. It was one year since he left them all and went away.
Mahi bhai was always in Ranchi and has never stepped out of his home, infact his room, after that. Rohit took a flight to Ranchi as soon as he retired.

He was greeted by Sakshi..... she hugged him.
They talked for a while and then she led him to Mahi's room.

Mahi bhai was lying on the bed, facing the other side... Rohit looked around....it dint even look like his Mahi bhai's room. It looked like an absolute mess.

"Bhai..."

Mahi immediately got up and looked at the person standing at the door. He gestured Rohit to come in.
Rohit looked at his bhai. The dark circles around his eyes , spoke a lot about what he was going through. He sat on the bed next to Mahi bhai.
There was an awkward silence for a while cos they were meeting after a long time..
Rohit initiated the talk...they talked for a while about each other..and the current affairs as Mahi bhai was totally disconnected from the world.

"I never thought that being away from Vi would have caused you such a damage..."said Rohit.

"Me either.........I'm sure your condition is no different..you lost a lot of weight Ro....."added Mahi bhai.

Rohit just gave a faint smile...

"He took away everything when he left...nothing feels good without him.."said Rohit, his eyes started to well up.

Mahi bhai put a hand on his shoulder and patted gently...

"Any info about him?"asked Mahi bhai.

"Nothing.... I'm going to change by team for further investigation...I'm not satisfied with the current one."said Rohit.

"I also tried for the first few months... and gave up. He doesn't wanna come back to us..."said Mahi bhai.

"Maybe...but can we leave him like that... we need him...and he also needs us..."said Rohit.

Thats when Sakshi got in juice and snacks...Rohit looked at Sakshis dull face. He never saw Sakshi this way.... She was full of life every time he saw here. But now it was different. He decided to talk about it to Mahi bhai.

"You should stop doing this to yourself bhai..you have a family...bhabhi needs you... Ziiva needs you..."started Rohit.

Mahi bhai looked away...

"How is everyone... the kids..?"asked bhai changing the topic.

Rohit sighed..

"They're ok...but everyone misses Vi a lot.... Everyone is disturbed in their own way with his absence....it also reflected in their game and body language..."said Rohit.

"I know... he's always the light in anyone's life who knows him...no wonder the kids are affected.."sighed Mahi bhai.

"Everyone... except one person!!" said Rohit, his expression slowly changing from calm to anger.