2nd T20, Ind vs Aus, 2020...

India was fielding and wasn't in a very good state. Australian players were really hitting good and hardly any bowler was spared. Virat was doing brilliant job with the field placements and rotating the bowlers but that was yielding no good.

India gained a little momentum when two wickets were down. Virat's instincts told him they will make it today. That's when he saw that! At the opposite side of where Virat was standing. Placards!

"WE MISS YOU DHONI"

Oh! How desperately he was missing Mahi Bhai!

He averted his eyes and concentrated back on the game. Yuzi bowled the second last ball of the over. Outer edge and Rahul catches it! Wicket! Virat ran to hug Yuzi and Rahul came towards them too. Australia had taken the review but Rahul was sure the batsman was dismissed. And the decision was in their favour. Yuzi and Rahul were once again showered with hugs and 'well done's.

"Dunno why they waste time in such reviews!" Rahul muttered to Virat and turned to Yuzi. "Yuzi, bowl exactly how you would have bowled earlier, okay?"

Virat looked at Rahul once before they got back to game again. Rahuliya's many things remind him of someone. His two most favourite people resembled a bit too much.

Why couldn't you still be here, Mahi Bhai?! Virat thought to himself. And he saw it again! The same placards!

God, I miss you Mahi Bhai!

Concentrate on the game, Virat!

What aren't you here, Mahi Bhai?!

Concentrate on the game, Virat!

Why did you leave, Mahi Bhai?!

Concentrate on the game, Virat!

SHUT UP!

Virat couldn't continue this battle of his heart and brain. He passed nearby the same placards again and this time fans held it high cheering as Virat walked nearer. He read it for third time again.

"WE MISS YOU DHONI"

"ME TOO!"

There was loud hooting from the crowd and Shikhar who was fielding nearby flashed a toothy smile to which Virat grinned too.

Virat knew he had said his mind aloud and gestured his "Me too" pretty well to make himself clear. He was missing his Mahi Bhai too! And he didn't regret at all! Why should he? He wanted to say it aloud. Now, he felt happier! Now, he could focus on the game better! Would Mahi Bhai have noticed this? He knew Mahi Bhai watches all the matches but wasn't sure if they showed this on television. He made a mental note to call and ask Mahi Bhai after the match.

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India won the match and Hardik was the hero! India had won the series and Virat couldn't be happier. At night, he was alone in his room when it came back to him. He took out his phone and scrolled through the social media. He had been expecting it.

Rahul came back from Mayank's room just then after having a fight with him again over the prank Mayank and Hardik planned and whose victim he had been again. He entered the room and saw Virat grinning looking at his phone.

"What are you looking at?" Rahul asked suspiciously. Virat smiling looking at his phone, scrolling through the social media, was not normal. Social media usually carries rubbish stuffs about one or the another, according to Rahul. (Another thing of Rahul's which again reminds Virat of Mahi Bhai.)

"Oh. Look at this, Rahuliya." Virat looked up at him from his phone.

"Stop calling me that." Rahul said annoyed. "And have you seen my yellow hoodie, Virat?"

"Why do you need it now, Rahuliya?" Virat asked completely ignoring Rahul's first bit. "I, anyway, saw Mayu wearing that one I think." He shrugged as Rahul's eyes widened.

"WHAT? NO!" Rahul shrieked and ran out of the room. "I'll kill you, Mayu!"

"What happened to him now?" Virat asked himself confused as he got back to his phone.

He took a last look at his screen before calling Mahi Bhai. He didn't really expect Mahi Bhai to pick up but to his surprise, Mahi Bhai answered the call at second ring itself.

"Hey, Cheeku!" Mahi said beaming at him. "Congrats on the series win, kiddo! I'm so proud of you!"

"Thank you, Bhai." Virat's eyes gleamed. "How come you answered my call so soon today?"

"Because even I was going to call you now." Mahi said simply.

"You were? Why?" Virat asked excitedly.

"To congratulate you, Cheeku!" Mahi said in an obvious tone, confused by Virat's question.

"Oh. Yeah, of course!" Virat mumbled. "Did you see it, Bhai?"

"What, Cheeku?" Mahi asked completely unaware of what Virat was talking about.

"Today's match, Bhai?" Virat said hopefully.

"Of course, I saw. Harry was brilliant. He has already made me repeat this about fifty times." Mahi laughed. "And that.."

"I'm not talking about the match, Mahi Bhai. Did you see that?" Virat said ruefully.

"Clearly, Cheeku," Mahi sighed. "I've not seen that that which you wanted me to see."

"Don't you ever open your social media, Bhai?" Virat asked in half whining and half disappointed tone.

"If this has got anything to do with social media then... " Mahi began.

"I'm sending you something, Bhai, check it out." Virat cut off Mahi Bhai and was working into action immediately.

"Cheeku, what's.." Virat had already done his job and Mahi opened what Virat had sent shaking his head.

As he opened it, a wide smile came on his face and refused to leave. Now, he knew why Virat wanted him to see this desperately. Mahi couldn't help but find this really warm.

After a moment, he noticed the second pic. MahiRat! He never saw it on social media himself but as much as Virat had shown him, he knew what this term meant and surprisingly, he never find it cringy at all. Infact, that term sounded so good to him.

"Had you seen that, Bhai?" Virat asked innocently.

"No, I hadn't seen it but I wouldn't have wanted to miss it." Mahi Bhai admitted.

"I knew you wouldn't!" Virat said gleefully. "Didn't I always tell you that MahiRat is my favourite thing in the universe? Isn't it yours too, Bhai?"

"When will you grow up, Cheeku?" Mahi Bhai laughed.

"Isn't it yours too, Bhai?" Virat asked again pretending that he didn't hear Mahi Bhai's question at all.

"The person whom MahiRat refers to is my favourite in the universe!" Mahi Bhai said sincerely.

"I love you so much, Bhai!" Virat beamed at him gleefully.

"I love you too, kiddo!" Mahi Bhai chuckled.

"I wanna hug you so badly right now but you aren't here." Virat complained.

"I'm always there with you, kiddo! Not physically, but you will always find me beside you whenever you need me, Cheeku." Mahi Bhai said reassuringly.

"I know, Bhai." Virat smiled a little.
"Bhai, you are visiting me after Anu's delivery!" Virat stated.

"And when did we decide that?" Mahi Bhai asked.

"Just now!" Virat said shrugging. "Bhai, tell me you will come!" Virat whined when Mahi Bhai didn't reply.

"Ok! Okay, I'll come." Mahi Bhai agreed.

"Promise?" Virat asked childishly.

"Should I say 'God promise', Cheeku?" Mahi Bhai asked teasingly.

"Nope, promise would do." Virat grinned at him.

"What happened to you, Rahuliya?" Virat asked Rahul whom he just noticed entering the room, completely drenched in something which didn't look like water. "How come you're all wet?"

"You noticed so soon, Virat." Rahul said sarcastically. "I was wet since the first time I entered the room."

"Were you?" Virat asked raising his eyebrows. "And why?"

"Go and ask Harry and Mayu." Rahul said in resentment.

"You look in foul mood, Moi." Virat said grinning. "I'm talking to Mahi Bhai, you want to?"

"I can't hold the phone. Put it on speaker." Rahul said taking out the towel

"Hello, Mahi Bhai." Rahul greeted.

"What happened, kiddo? Anything wrong?" Mahi Bhai asked noticing how annoyed he sounded.

"Urgh.. No, Bhai." Rahul said reluctantly and Virat jumped in between. "Poor Rahuliya has again been victim of a prank of Mayu and Harry, Mahi Bhai." Virat shouted at the top of Rahul's head.

"Poor boy! I know to what extents Harry's prank can annoy someone." Mahi Bhai said pitifully.

"What exactly happened, Kiddo?" Virat asked, still grinning.

"I'm not a kiddo." Rahul snapped.

"You don't say that when Mahi Bhai calls you Kiddo?" Virat accused.

"Because he is Mahi Bhai and You're Virat." Rahul retorted.

"Continue with your story, kiddo." Virat said as if there had been no interference.

"Firstly, Harry and Mayu got two whole buckets of water emptied over me." Rahul said giving up on arguing with Virat. " Then, in an attempt to take revenge, I poured down whole bottle of ketch up on Mayu and.. "

"And?" Virat prompted.

"And I wondered why didn't he protest at all. After I came to get changed and you told me that you had seen Mayu wearing my hoodie then I realised that... That.. " Rahul hesitated.

"That he was wearing that yellow hoodie of yours?" Virat asked putting in a great effort to not laugh.

"Yes." Rahul nodded his head in despair. "I realised that I've spoilt my own hoodie. Then, again, when I went back to get it... Huh... He again poured whole glass of orange juice over me." Rahul completed.

Mahi Bhai and Virat, both were silent for a second or two before Virat thrusted the phone in Rahul's wet hands and was howling with laughter.

"Stop laughing." Rahul threw disgusting looks.

"You can also laugh, Mahi Bhai!" Rahul said as he didn't hear Mahi Bhai laughing yet.

"I don't want to laugh, kiddo." Mahi Bhai said smiling. "I know what it's like to handle Cheeku and Harry together. You have Mayank in addition too!"

"I'm the only sane person, Bhai." Rahul chuckled and Mahi Bhai gave a small laugh.

"Bye then. I'll talk to you guys later." Mahi Bhai said and Virat jumped from where he was and snatched the phone.

"Bye, Bhai. I miss you." Virat said still laughing.

"I miss you too, Cheeku." Mahi Bhai said truthfully. "See you soon, kiddo!" He added with a smile.

Virat threw the phone aside and started howling with laughter once again. After a few minutes of getting continuous menacing looks from Rahul, he stopped laughing.

"Stop sulking and get changed, Rahuliya." Virat said throwing his own hoodie at him. "You will catch cold, kiddo, go and get changed quick."

For once, Rahul decided against protesting for being called kiddo or Rahuliya. He knew Virat Bhaiya was always the most concerned for him. He went to get changed.

Virat looked at his screen which still showed the pic he had sent to Mahi Bhai. How precious this was! He had shown the world that he misses his brother too. He knows what Mahi Bhai would say to this. You don't need to show anything to anyone, Cheeku. I know it and you don't need to prove anything to anyone else.

But for once, Virat wanted to show it out, to the people who had claimed that team India was happy without Mahi Bhai, to all the people who had said Mahi Bhai had retired because they had a rift. He wanted to show that he misses being with his brother too and he had done it. He felt happy with it. He felt happy when he saw it all over the social media and fans being awestruck of this gesture with MahiRat hashtag trending everywhere.

As he always says, MahiRat is his most favourite thing in the universe forever!

I can't wait to meet you, Mahi Bhai. Virat thought to himself. See you at the soonest!

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A/n

Hey everyone!

I planned to write a MahiRat only but couldn't help adding bit of HulRat. I combined my two most favourite pairs.

Isn't that gesture of Virat was so sweet?! I've been watching that video on loop. We're getting MahiRat moments even when they aren't together. I just can't thank Virat for giving us this special moment.

Hope you guys liked it! Do vote and comment!

Love ❤️