"and he just stared at us like we were aliens or something..." came Harry's voice as he described (the prank he and his teammates had pulled off) animatedly from the phone screen to his 'dear' Jass, while the latter sat there listening without interrupting (surprisingly)

Back in the days when Harry used to ramble nonstop about his self-proclaimed genius pranks, Jass had never hesitated to shut the former off. But it was different! Everything was different, at least for Jass and he was not sure about his idiot bestie.

'I miss you' is Three words, with 8 letters. How hard is it to voice them out? But the two were stubborn enough not to express how they felt. Classic, isn't it? And familiar too!

They are a different version of Rohirat', that's what Bhuvi had pointed out while watching Harry and Jass fighting over 'who was gonna sleepin with Ro bhaiya in his room.'

Ro Bhaiya! Their bhaiya, their first captain in the ipl, was the first one who accepted them. The one who made them feel comfortable. The one who should be given credit for; making them meet, be accustomed to each other, turning friends and then being best friends!

Words weren't enough to describe how grateful they were to their bRO/Ro bhaiya. How much they cherished him.

Jass sat there reminiscing about the times when Harry used to get on his nerves, making him lose his calm, resulting in a verbal debate between the two and the final touch!

Getting chastised by Ro, which Harry seemed to be at the receiving end of.

'He's biased!! bRO how can you do this to me!!' Harry had screeched for the nth time that day after getting a fresh scolding from Ro for annoying his kiddo.

'You people don't respect ma presence!' Jass paused his 'thinking about the past' thoughts. Those were just normal words anyone would have heard Harry whine, and those were just received by an eyeroll from a certain Sharma and Bumrah.

But suddenly those words meant more. Those words hadn't affected him in the past cuz it was just Harry throwing another childish tantrum.

Why were those words affecting him this much now?

Jass inhaled sharply as bile started rising up his throat. This action alerted a certain Pandya, who had been busy going on about his ventures as a captain and a senior player.

"HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN LISTENING TO ME!!!" And here goes another whining Harry session......

"Shut up Harry!! Your voice is hearable even in the hotel corridor" Ro said entering Jass's room.

As Ro made his way toward Jass, he sensed that something was wrong with Jass. Taking Jass's phone from his hand as he sat beside him, Ro asked "Why were you wailing Mr Pandya"

Hardik pouted, opening his mouth in his defence only to be shushed up by Ro.

"You sho....."

'Hardik bhaiya, bhabhi is looking for you. Aggu's been crying' a voice came from Harry's side interrupting Ro's sentence in the middle.

"Oh!! I need to go find them then. Thanks for the info Shubh" It was Shubhman Gill who had come to look for Harry and to tell him about Agastya.

'He's calling him Aggu' The fact didn't sit right with someone.

"I will call ya later, BRo and Jazzz. Need to go and do the dad duties" Harry waved at them from the video call as Ro smiled at him in return.

"He's never gonna change" Ro giggled

"Why would he need to" Jass mumbled to himself, meant to be unheard by Ro but his trained ears caught the whisper.

"Kiddo.." Ro tried wrapping his arm around Jass's shoulders in a soothing gesture.

"Is it really no different for him, bhaiya?" Jass said gulping the bile down his throat. Ro remained silent, wanting Jass to let his feelings out.

"He's having a great time...Haina bhaiya..." Ro rubbed his hands around his right arm, indicating support. The two just sat there, a deafening silence surrounding them. One was on the verge of tears while the other sitting there holding him close to his heart,

"Let it out baccha" Ro spoke finally noticing Jass trying to hold back his tears. At that Jass's cover crumbled as he hiccuped through his tears.

Clutching him tightly, Ro ran a hand through Jass's curls "It's alright, bacche." Ro's heart ached to look at Jass's state as the latter curled up against his upper body reduced to a mess of tears and hiccups.

But he needed it. He needed to let all those bundled emotions out of his system, so Ro just sat there mumbling sweet nothings into his kiddo's ears while rubbing his back in an effort to make him feel a little better.

After sometime Ro felt the sobs stop and he looked down only to see Jass sleeping curling into Ro's lower body. Ro stared at the sleeping figure feeling bad for the poor boy. It was the same feeling, he remembers how hard it was in the earlier days playing in different teams as Vi's. He used to feel mad over the stupid format which separated them.

'It doesn't matter, kiddo. At the end of the season, you two are gonna be together again. You'll have me too, remember. Just because we are playing for different teams, it doesn't make us enemies Ro'. It was just a normal conversation, Ro had called Mahi Bhai to whine to him about how he felt out of place without them around. But, Bhai being Bhai sensed Ro's dilemma, consoling him and telling him that it was alright.

He felt deja vu looking at the state Jass was in. He used to miss Vi and the others like that too. But he got accustomed to it. 'It's just two months and then we'll get to see eachother' Mahi Bhai had tried coaxing Ro, but the line seemed to have done the job as Ro was no more pouting and whining.

They talked for a while, only to be disturbed by an extremely pissed Kohli 'You people have been ignoring my calls for ages' was the first thing they had heard him say as they got him on the conference call.

*bzzzz*

Jass's phone went off. Ro hastily picked the phone up not wanting to disturb the former's sleep.

Ro smiled looking the caller's name 'dumbo'

Jass shifted in his sleep, groaning to himself he opened his eyes. Ro stared at him with a sweet smile gracing his face.

"Wakey wakey bud" Jass hummed but didn't untangle himself from his bhaiya, yawning to himself he said "what time is it bhaiya?"

"It's 4 pm, you can sleep a bit more if you want kiddo. I'll wake you up?" Ro asked combing his fingers through Jass's curls.

"I'm good bhaiya. Will sleep at night"

"As you say, your majesty" Ro mock saluted making Jass giggle.

"You feel alright now?" Ro said with worry lacing his voice.

"Yup! I'm all good now bhaiya. It was just that...it's stupid"

"Of course not bacche! It's not stupid. Missing you bestfriend in never stupid kiddo. Even I miss that monkey alot during the ipl seasons" Ro said in a comforting manner. Jass stared at the former listening intently to his words, noticing that Ro started again,

"It's not stupid bacche, never think like that. And you know how much that idiot loves you. I know he's missing you too just talk to eachother, yeah?"

Jass smiled at last nodding at his bhaiya in understanding,

*bzzzzz*

Jass's phone which was by Ro's side went off again.

"whose phone is it bhaiya?"

"It's..." Ro started only to hear a clink from the outside,

The door's knob clicked indicating of someone's entry into Jass's room "Why the hell are you not picking up my calls"

A very perplexed Pandya came (more like barged) into the room. Jass widened his eyes as he stared at his bestie (who was supposed to be in a different city by the way!) standing with his hands on his waist, an annoyed expression sporting his face.

"Wh.."

"Accha beta!! Mai yaha nhi hu toh you are taking advantage of the fact!" Harry said glaring accusingly at Jass as he saw his bRO and bestie (which he is EXTREMELY mad at) cuddling.

"What are you doing here idiot!" Ro asked completely surprised by the sudden appearance of his idiot kiddo. He was supposed to be in his hotel room, staying the night there for the match next day.

"Why bRO! Just because I'm not in the MI team now, I'm not welcomed here?" Harry asked scowling

"That's not the case Harry"

"Don't Harry me, I'm not talking to you. And you Mr. Jasprit, would you spare me an hour or two? I have something important to discuss with you" Harry gave a quick 'pleading' glance to Ro, who understood the matter and cleared his throat "Haan, you people talk, I have got to call that idiot and make sure he's not with that clinging man"

Ro excused himself walking out of the room but not before ruffling his two kiddo's hairs affectionately.

Awkward silence surrounded the room as Harry and Jass looked at each other, one standing close the bedside while the other stayed in his half sit position.

Harry cleared his throat "so..."

Jass looked at him expectantly "Hi.." Harry cringed at himself for his awkwardness, making Jass smile a little.

"Hi.." Jass helped

"Nice...nice bed" Harry remarked making Jass stare at him open mouthed. Harry didn't have a clue onto what he was doing. In his defense, he's meeting Jass after a long time (if you exclude the talking to eachother for hours thing)

"Oh, yeah. Yeah, thanks" Jass answered after registering what had been said to him earlier. The two went mute again not knowing what to do or say. Jass sat in his bed swinging his legs while Harry played with his fingers (wait! Why was he playing with his fingers?"

"Wanna sit here?" Jass asked finally wanting to ease out the tension surrounding the room.

"Huh?" Harry voice out startled. "I guess" saying that Harry sat on the corner of the bed, far from Jass, which made the latter frown at his bestfriend's action.

"So..." Harry started again only to shut up. They stared at eachother expecting the other to do something, having enough Jass exclaimed "Oh my god this is awkward!!"

Jass laughed making the other laugh too.

"Oh my god!! I missed you" Harry expressed throwing himself onto Jass who laughed at his antics.

"I missed you too idiot!!"

TBC...

Will write one more chapter on this,

No promises on when I'm gonna publish tho...

M RLLY busy with the studies so hope you'd understand 💙

And yeah, not proofread so....😬