Virat and Rohit settled on terrace floor. After cooling off a comfortable silence prevailed between them. And Rohit started,

"You know what happened the other day?" Rohit said "I was with Harry and KulCha and..."

He narrated how Yuzi had royally trolled Harry and they both were soon laughing.

"Harry should stop teasing Kuli, infront of Yuzi atleast." Virat said.

"But who would tell that to Harry?" Rohit said still chuckling.

"KulCha are unbreakable aren't they?" Virat said fondly.

"Yeah much like us." Rohit said feeling all mushy for Virat now "They don't fight this much though."

"Yeah, our fights are so cliched now." Virat said "I  don't think it worries them any more."

"Yeah but the last few days were hard" Rohit said inching closer to Virat.

"Yes they were" Virat said and then suddenly felt silent.

Both of them had cooled down now and became introspective about the last few days.

"You know one thing Ro." Virat said "If Bhai hadn't made us stop talking to each other. I never would have realised I could miss your silly jibes this much."

"Yeah, even though you are a jerk sometimes, but I would have you shouting rather than silent any day." Rohit said.

Both of them fell quite again. The things were slowly falling in place in their mind. Their anger had waned and now they could see how the silence had just brought them closer. The could kinda vaguely see what MSD had wanted.

"You know Vi, Jinks said that Bhai would never knowingly hurt us." Rohit said after a long pause.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Virat said.

"That's such a cliched line." Rohit chuckled.

"It is " Virat agreed "But seriously are you? Do you think Bhai did this for a reason?"

"I am starting to think so." Rohit said.

"Rohit" Virat said with a sudden horrified expression "we directly disobeyed him. Not only that we shouted on him, we called him a control freak. What if he really doesn't ever talk to us?"

"I don't know. I was thinking the same thing." Rohit said "but he will never do that would he?" Rohit's voice was small now.

"But what could we have done? Because I couldn't have stayed silent like that for even one more day." Virat said.

"Not shout on him may be." Rohit said his voice becoming smaller.

"Yeah. But what to do now.?" Virat asked.

"He said if we want talk to him he will be in his room" Rohit said suddenly remembering "which means he will still talk to us, this one time atleast. Let's go fast and just say sorry to him."

"Yeah, we will let him scold us as much as he wants." Virat said.

"He will scold us if he wants to, there is no "letting" him do that." Rohit said.

"That's right let's go fast." Virat said.

And both almost dashed to MS's room, scared that their brother might not speak to them ever.

They arrived their slightly short of breath but stopped as soon as they entered the room.

MS looked up at them from where he was sitting on the bed and raised his eyebrows.

Both them just stared at their shoes.

"You guys want to say something?" MS prompted.

And suddenly both them dashed to him, hugged him from both sides almost knocking him off and hurried their faces in his shoulder.

MS was a little taken aback, but quickly hugged them back.

"Hey...hey...your anger has calmed down at last, I see" He said warmly patting their backs.

Hearing that tone of his voice, they burried their face even more in his shoulder tightening their grip.

"I understand your anger kiddos" MS said reassuringly rubbing their backs "And I am not at all upset they you defied or shouted on me. Rather I am happy that you proved my point."

"You are not upset?" Rohit asked parting from the hug.

"And what do you mean by proving your point?" Virat said confused.

"I am explaining. But first say what do I mean to you both?" MS asked.

"You are everything to us Bhai." Virat said at once.

"Yes bhai, you are our big brother. And we don't just say it, we mean it from the depth of our heart." Rohit said sincerely.

"I know that. And that probably why you obeyed my insane orders for so long." He said patting their cheeks "But at the end you defied me. Why?"

"Because we couldn't take it anymore." Virat said "We had reached the snapping point. And didn't know what else to do. Please don't stop talking to us."

"Yes, we won't be able to bear that either." Rohit said "Punish us in some other way if you think we deserve it. But please don't be cold to us and don't stop us from talking to each other again, please."

MS smiled "Calm down bachcha. Do I sound like I will stop talking to you? Neither will I stop you both from speaking to each other. I just wanted to show you both how it would feel if some day your friendship is damaged due to your fights. How much you would miss each other. And also how much the bond is worth that you even fought with me just now for it. That's all  I wanted to show you." Mahi said cupping both their cheeks "I am sorry I put you through this pain. But I had to be tough for you guys to realise this. I was genuinely scared that you guys would someday ruin the precious bond you have. And how could I let that happen. But you realise now right that you cannot be without each other?"

"Yes bhai" the nodded together "we understand now."

"I promise Bhai we will try not to fight so much" Virat said.

"And even if we do" Rohit said "we will control words. May be silent but not speak unthinkingly."

"We will always remember this lesson" Virat said.

"That's good kiddos. Friends fighting is normal, but you should always control your words. They can make and break bonds." Mahi said fondly
"And bachcha I wasn't talking to you both, because I couldn't bear to to see my Cheeku and Ro in so much pain. But I knew this was necessary and I also knew you would be angry on me. But that's ok. I can bear you guys calling me a control freak but not you guys fighting like that."

"Bhai we are so sorry for that" Rohit said "please forgive us."

"Yes bhai I just lost my mind." Virat said "its just that..."

"I understand you idiots." MS said "Now don't look crest fallen come here." He opened his arms and both of them fell into it again.

"Bhai" Rohit said "Can we order food in here today?"

"And then watch movie together?" Virat asked.

"Ok, but do you wanna call the others too" MS said.

"No, please just us three" Rohit whined.

"Jinks has gone back today evening anyway and Bhuvi has taken Jassi out. Sikhi has taken Ayesha bhabi on a surprise date and KulCha and Harry are watching UCL at the sports lounge" Virat said "No ones there anyway. And let's just be us three na pls."

"Ok..Ok" Mahi said raising his hands "I am not objecting. Anyway captain Kohli has kept late practice tomorrow so we can watch a movie."

The ordered food and started discussing what the wanted to watch.

"Gladiator" Virat said

"Dekhi Hain Maine" MS said

"Isse toh humesha mardhar Wala kuchh dekhna hota hain" Rohit joked.

"Aur tujhe kuchh bhi romantic chalta hai." Virat said.

"Haa toh, what's wrong in it?" Rohit said.

"What's wrong in action then?" Virat said.

MS watching them with incredulousness, to see how the fight goes.

"Vi..." Rohit raised his voice but then suddenly quited "Chhor na, ispe Kya larna?"

"Wahi yaar" Virat said "let's watch something comedy."

"Haa" Rohit said "Woh achha rahega."

"Stree?" Virat said.

"But who toh Sabke saath dekhne ka plan that na after T20s" MS said, happy that they resolved their argument rather than escalating it.

"Toh aur Kya dekh sakte hain..." Rohit wondered.

"Dil chahta hai dekhe?" MS said suddenly.

"Haa" both of them instantly agreed.

They had all watched the movie but it was a classic and an all time favourite.

So after dinner they settled on the bed, Rohit on the left and Virat on right side of MS (because both wanted to sit beside Bhai), under the blanket and played Dil Chahta hai. MS was half lying with his back against the wall cushioned by pillows. Half way through the movie, almost simultaneously, MS felt a weight on his left shoulder and right side of his chest. Both Rohit and Virat had fallen asleep, MS smiled fondly. Both were hugging him, Virat snuggling in his chest and Rohit on his shoulder. The looked so peaceful now that there fight was over and they could talk to each other. The days had been tough for these two, but MS knew sometimes tough love was necessary. He ruffled both their hairs and let them sleep. MS reduced the volume of the tv. But soon he also fell asleep in that position his one arm around Virat and the other holding Rohit.

They slept peacefully as,
"Dil chahta hai, Hum na rahein kabhi yaaron ke bin..."
played faintly in the background.

A/N: This the last chapter. Thank you for all the love you have shown to this story. You guys are wonderful.

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