A very insane idea which transformed into a hilarious story by NoushinHP and me. Yes this story is jointly written by me and NoushinHP. A cute story involving the three generations of our beloved ICT. This is pure imagination.
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"Stop it naa, Bhai", whined Virat for the umpteenth time to his elder brothers.
"How can we let go of this golden opportunity of teasing you both", chuckled Yuvi, ruffling Virat's hair making him more annoyed.
"As if you don't already do that", muttered Ro, grumpily.
Confused of what's happening, right, then let us clarify. So the gist is that, Yuvi and Mahi accidentally came across some childhood pictures of Vi and Ro, more specifically, embarrassing childhood pictures of the duo. And now both of them are busy in a full fledged teasing spree, teasing their little brothers to their heart's content.
"Oho Cheeku look at this one you are eating so dedicatedly. Why don't you do that now??", said Mahi showing him the picture on his phone to Virat where he was eating something that looks like a burger or a vada pav, while eyeing the camera through his one eye.
"Bhai?!", Virat exclaimed with eyes wide in shock, and Mahi couldn't but laugh at his horrified expression.
"Aww, look at these, Mahi. Baby Rohirat", said Yuvi genuinely gushing over the baby, toddler pictures of Virat and Rohit.
"Stop aww-ing, Yuvi Paa, it does not suit you", scowled Virat at Yuvi, while Ro nodded eagerly in Virat's approval, thinking what the world is coming to. He was agreeing to Virat out of everyone.
Mahi and Yuvi ignored them royally and continued going through the treasure (pictures) they have been blessed with. Well, they have this golden opportunity that they are not gonna let go.
Virat and Rohit looked towards each other with looks that clearly said how helplessly annoyed they both were.
Stop them, Ro.
As if I can.
How did they get these?, asked Virat through his eyes.
How am I supposed to know?, scowled Rohit. Firstly, his big brothers are in a teasing them enough for the whole year, and here his idiotic best friend is also troubling him. What a life, thought Rohit, in his "pissed off with the whole world" mood.
"Are Cheeku tu toh thoda sa bhi nhi bdla, bachpan me bhi aisa hi to tha tu (Cheeku, you didn't change a bit, you were like this in your childhood also", chuckled Mahi seeing a collage in which Virat's one childhood photo and present photo was there, both with the same pose.
And Yuvi laughed out loud, actually, was rolling on the bed with laughter. This dialogue coming from Mahi made it seem stupidly hilarious to Yuvi. Vi and Ro could just grumbled about mean older brothers while looking for a chance to sneak the phone and delete the pictures.
"Are Shana, Yeh tu h?", said Yuvi looking at the next picture, "it looks like you were eating something while getting clicked", laughed Yuvi. He was having the best time at the expense of his younger brothers after a long time.
Mahi swiped to the next picture and he didn't speak for a while, but just stared at the screen. Yuvi peeked into the phone and smiled. It was a photo of Virat in his school uniform probably, and he was smiling brightly at the camera. Yuvi knew why Mahi didn't speak. For Mahi, Virat's smile has always been the most prized possession. But it won't do Mahi gets emotional now, thought Yuvi. So he nudged Mahi with his elbow and said to Virat, "Look at you Cheeku, showing all your 32 teeth in this photo. Colgate ka ad de rha tha kya? (Where you advertising Colgate?)", pinching Virat's cheeks.
Virat slapped Yuvi's hand away, and said sarcastically, "Toh hasu nhi toh kya rou camera me dekh kr? (So, should I cry seeing the camera?)", which only made Yuvi to laugh more seeing his annoyed face.
And this went on.
"Please Bhai, stop it naa", whined Rohit this time, trying to stop the teasing spree of their dearest elder brothers.
"Kya ho rha h yaha", came a voice from the door. The four boys looked towards the door and saw Sourav and Sachin standing at the door. The two seniors walked into the room to see gleaming eyes of Mahi and Yuvi and two annoyed and sulking faces and Rohit and Virat.
"Arey see na Sachin Paa. So many childhood photos of our Shana and Cheeku", said Yuvi, over eagerly almost falling on Sachin.
"Yes Dada they look so funny", said Mahi, eyeing Dada to see the pictures.
Dada and Sachin shared a look. They seemed to get a gist of what was happening here. And looking at the sulky faces of the youngest boys in the room, they decided to take pity on them help them. After all, even they are elder brothers of Mahi and Yuvi, and it had been a long time since they teased their youngees.
"Arey, why are you both teasing them on their childhood pictures? Everyone looks childish and funny in childhood pictures", said Sachin in a duh tone. Mahi and Yuvi made faces that screamed "Don't be spoilsports", while Virat and Rohit looked elated to find some support against certain mean elder brothers.
"Vaise bhi, you both have done things that will put even the most foolish people to shame", said Dada, who could remember at least 5 incidents back to back in which Mahi and Yuvi acted like absolute fools.
Virat and Rohit's head shot up in the direction of the two senior most men in the room. Eyes gleaming and looking for revenge, they said in sync, "What did they do, Dada? Please tell us. Sachin Paaji, please tell us"
Mahi and Yuvi looked stumped. "No Dada, Sachin Paa, you can't do that", they exclaimed.
"Well, looks like we can", said Sachin, chuckled at the faces of the two.
"But you won't, will you?", said Mahi, looking up at Dada with pleading eyes.
"Don't listen to them Dada, Sachin Paaji. You have to tell us now", protested Virat, while Rohit gave a look to his elder brothers as if saying, "Now you'll see", with a smirk.
Dada took out his phone and tapped on the screen a few times before turning it towards RohiRat. "Look at this", said Dada with a solemn look. Virat and Rohit stared at the screen for a few seconds before bursting out laughing. Sachin peeked into the phone and started laughing too, gasping in between, "Oh God.... This. Dadi you still have this."
"Ofcourse I do. I never delete things like these", said Dada winking at Sachin. Mahi and Yuvi also saw the photo and suddenly their cheeks started to burn, especially Mahi. He remembered that day pretty well, as if it was yesterday.
"Wha...what... were y..you thinking he...re, Bhai?", gasped Virat, who was about to fall down the bed due to excessive laughing.
"Is... is that a dust... dust bin on your helmet?", choked Rohit, doubled up with laughter, as he held onto Virat.
"Well, yes it is", said Sachin.
"Please don't do this naa Sachin Paa. Please, Dada", pleaded Mahi with a sulky expression.
"Well why not, Mahiya? Weren't you both teasing your younger brothers a while ago. Now we are teasing our younger brothers", said Dada.
"Tell us the story Dada", shrieked Virat, all excited.
"Slow Virat. You don't want to gather the entire hotel here, do you?", said Sachin, looking at the buzzing kid.
"Kya milega yeh sb krke? (What will you get by all this?)", said Yuvi, pleading a "Don't do this, please" to his elder bros.
"Mazaa, sukoon, jo abhi tak aap dono loot rhe the (fun, peace, which both of you were stealing till now)", said Virat, cackling along with Ro.
"Well, this is from I think 2005 or 2006, predominantly before the 2007 T20 WC. Both of you know how good a pair of best friends this two are. When they both got together as you have seen on field, no one could stop them. But the same applied to their pranking strategies as well."
"Pranking Strategies??", repeated a confused Virat and Rohit.
"Yes, pranking strategies", continued Sachin, "Their pranks were always over the top. And most of the time, both of them would be involved but only Yuvi would get the hearing. That fine day, though both were involved it was Mahi who got caught."
"What did they do? What did they do?" asked Rohit as if he had won a lottery. On an another note, it was a lottery to Rohirat.
"So you mean Mahi Bhai got punished?", asked Virat so thoughtfully that Mahi couldn't help but think that Has Virat ever thought this much when he took any decision for the team as a captain.
"Yes", said Sachin, "Dadi you continue. After all you were present there and you were the one who came up with this amazing punishment."
"Yeah, so, Yuvi always had a habit of poking Mahi to do something extreme. And Mahi generally ignored Yuvi very royally and that used to get Yuvi very annoyed.
"Yeah, so, it goes like this. We had won the match against Pakistan and were having an after win party at the hotel. And you know how Yuvi was. He was dancing like a lunatic with Bhajju and Munaf while Mahi was very decently sitting at the bar table with us. Mind you, he was not drinking. This irked Yuvi and he challenged Mahi for a drinking competition."
"And Mahi bhai agreed?", asked Virat, beginning to be shocked.
"Yes, he agreed. I and Sachin were not able to be present at that time, Jammy had already gone to bed, all in all, the seniors were not their to monitor these babies", said Dada with a straight face. Virat and Rohit burst out laughing. Mahi and Yuvi's ears turned red due to embarrassment. When, Rohirat calmed down, Dada continued his story.
"So, I don't know what got into Mahi that day, but nevertheless he agreed and he, being a first time drinker, didn't know his limits and got drunk. Yuvi was already drunk. And then Mahi, who was totally out of his senses, challenged Yuvi for a bike race at night"
The reactions from the two kids were instantaneous. They gasped soundly, looking horrified.
"Mahi bhai challenged Yuvi Paa....", said Rohit in a daze.
"...for a night bike race", completed Virat.
"Well, yes he did. Then the thing happened which was supposed to happen. These two got pulled over by the cops for rash driving and drunk driving. Luckily, there was no accident. But the scare I got when I saw them totally passed out in the police station, was something I can't explain. I paid their fines and took them back to the hotel. But the fun started the next morning."
"You punished them next morning?" "But how did you get such an idea for a punishment?", asked Rohit and Virat at the same time, respectively.
"Patience boys! I tell you", chuckled Dada.
"No Dada, not that please", screamed Yuvi and Mahi, horrified and embarassed.
"Tell us Dada", screamed back Virat and Rohit.
"I will I will", said Dada looking towards Rohirat. "Dadaaaa", whined Mahi and Yuvi.
Dada ignored the whiny kids and continued with his story. "So where was I? Yeah. So, the next morning these two came down to breakfast, with their heads in their hands. And of course they didn't remember the chaos they caused the previous day. All us seniors were very silent which made the kids pretty suspicious. As always, Mahi came up to me, oblivious of everything to ask if I'm angry. I simply denied and waited for the team to reach the stadium. When everyone was in the dressing room, I played the video footage of the party on the TV and signalled everyone to watch that", Dada took a pause and looked around. He saw Virat and Rohit listening to every detail word by word with utmost attention, while Mahi and Yuvi sitting there with the sulkiest expression possible.
"After the video ended and Mahi-Yuvi were completely speechless, I asked them to come forward"
"And you punished them?" said Virat, over excitedly, cutting off Dada.
Dada laughed at the excited kid, while Yuvi muttered, "It was a verbal dressing down in front of the entire team".
Sachin heard that and said superiorly, "You deserved it that day". Yuvi shrank back and mumbled, "Yes we did"
Dada continued, "This kind of stunts were pretty expected from Yuvi but Mahi, not at all. So after giving Yuvi, a punishment of exercises like 100 sit ups and burpees, I came back to Mahi. As I was scolding him, saying "What were you thinking when you drank that much? Dimaag hai ya dustbin", he replied, "Dustbin hi hai Dada". And that gave me the idea for that awesome punishment. I called the janitor to bring a new plastic bin and told him to stick it to his helmet and wear for the whole day in front of everyone"
"It was so embarrassing", said Mahi, his face hidden in his palms.
"Believe me Mahi, this is more embarrassing than that", said Yuvi pointing towards a rolling- on- the- floor Virat and an about- to- fall- down- the- bed Rohit.
"Wow, Dada, tussi great ho", said Virat between his laughter.
"Sacchi me", choked Rohit.
When they managed to stop their mad laughter and compose themselves, Virat said, "Now I know, from where you get these amazing and innovative punishments Mahi bhai"
"Learnt from the best Mahi Bhai", said Rohit.
"Dada I was already your fan, but now I'm an even bigger one. Next time when Mahi bhai or Yuvi Paa teases us naa, I'll call you", declared Virat, smirking at Mahi and Yuvi.
"Sure Virat", said Dada ruffling his hair.
"But this was mostly about Mahi Bhai getting a punishment, but what about Yuvi Paa?", said Rohit.
"Arey, Yuvi ka toh roz ka tha", said Sachin, "If we start that list, it will not be over by even tomorrow. The number of times Yuvi got punished I can't even count." And that set off RohiRat again.
"Ha toh main kya krta. Aap log the hi aise", said Yuvi sulking.
Sachin couldn't help but pull his kid's cheeks, and said, "Tu bhi toh vaisa tha."
Dada looked at both his kids and stuffed in a bear hug. Although they both wanted to be angry, they couldn't resist the warmth of the hug. Dada then very quietly whispered in their ears, "Look at the pure smiles and hearty laughter on their faces, Mahi, Yuvi. A little embarrassment in exchange of that is always acceptable."
Mahi and Yuvi looked at their little brothers, who were laughing their hearts out, and smiled.
Dada was correct! If their embarrassment can bring smiles to their faces, it is always worth it. And it was not embarrassment. After all, they were their own, their family, it's not embarrassment.
Mahi suddenly pulled Virat up in his lap and started tickling him saying, "Bohot hasi aa rhi h ha"
Yuvi got inspired by Mahi and grabbed Rohit and said mischievously, "Ab tu dekh"
Dada and Sachin sat back and watched their four kids grappling with each other, and shared an indulgent smile. They could clearly remember their own time as the kids of the team. The boys in front of them were pretty much the seniors but the inherent child in all of them has not gone anywhere. They are still the same kids fighting with each other at one moment, and being thick as thieves the other moment.
And to be honest, Dada and Sachin never want them to change.
They never want them to loose their childish innocence under that mask of professionalism.
They always wanted them to remain as their kids, forever.
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Pheww!!! This is the longest I have ever written anything. No wonder it took this much time.
Anyways, hope you like it.
I tried to include all the three generations in one single story, I myself am very satisfies by the result. Waiting to hear from you all.
Ingore the typos, please. I'm too lazy to edit😜)
Thanks a ton PARIMALA020 for lending the ideas and NoushinHP for being an awesome IB.
A big THANK YOU to DreamerTani Dii, I borrowed your idea....
Love,
Baishali❤