"Who's there?" Rohit asked from the wash room. Virat took a deep breath, "It's me Virat." He mumbled.

"Who locked you in the wash room?" Virat asked. "Locked? Rishu said it's jammed and not opening." Rohit asked, bewildered.

Virat unlocked the door and Rohit came out, "It was locked from outside, wasn't jammed." Virat said reaching for the door knob.

Virat turned the knob to open the door, he frowned, and tried to open it with more force.

Rohit looked at him struggling to open the door, "What happened?" He asked.

"The door's not opening." Virat said still trying to open the door.

"Let me try." Rohit said, reaching out to the door handle. He tried but up to no avail.

"It's not opening." Rohit said as he went to sit on the bed. "Call someone please Virat." He said, still not looking at Virat.

Virat didn't like the sound of his full name from Rohit. It had been ages since he had been called that by Rohit now.

He also wasn't looking at Rohit when he said, "I don't have my phone with me, can you please do it?" Virat asked.

"My phone's with Rah, he took it to call Tia." Rohit said and Virat frowned.

"Even Jassi came to take my phone." Virat said slowly, "That means just one thing."

"It was their plan." Rohit and Virat said in unison and looked at each other finally.

~~~

"Harry chachu!" Samaira and Vamika ran towards Hardik, who had come to pick them up.

"How are my babies?" Hardik asked taking them in his arms.

"We are fine chachu, why didn't Vi cha and dada come?" Samaira asked looking behind Hardik.

"They are locked in the room." Hardik said and Ritika and Anushka glared at him.

"Harry what did you say?" Ritika asked pointing towards Samaira and Vamika.

"Uh nothing sorry." Hardik said sheepishly scratching his neck.

"Ah why's akaay sleeping I wanted to play with him." Hardik said looking at the baby in Anushka's arms.

"We are here only Harry play with him as much as you want later." Anushka said.

They sat in the car and the kids were fast asleep. "So what's the progress?" Anushka asked.

"At this moment Ro and Vi are locked in the room, hopefully." Hardik said.

"What do you mean hopefully now?" Anushka asked, exasperated.

"That depends on Rishab and Shreyas na." Hardik said reminding them.

Rohirat ~ Bharat milap

Anushka: Are they in the room, locked?

Rishabh: Yes bhabhi of course how can you even question our intelligence!

Ritika: How did you get them in the room though?

Shreyas: *sheepish emoji* that's better left unsaid bhabhi...

Rishabh: Exactly aam khaao gutliya mat gino.
(see what's important and ignore the not so important things)

Shubhman: Omg tell us!

Ishan: Yes please do!

Rishabh: No

Shreyas: No

Rahul: Why aren't you telling us? They are in the room right?

Rishabh: Obviously don't you believe us?

Jasprit: No

Jadeja: *in Ro and Vi's tone* Kiddos stop fighting.

"For how long will i have to be the mature one arghhh!" Jadeja said as he threw the phone on the bed.

~~~

"This is so frustrating." Virat said as he paced in the room.

"So now you can't even bear my presence." Rohit muttered under his breath, sitting on the couch.

"Did you say something?" Virat asked looking at Rohit. Rohit just shook his head.

Virat also sat down on the bed, tired. Rohit passed him some water and Virat took a sip.

They sat in silence and mind you, it wasn't a comfortable one, rather very uncomfortable and tense.

Rohit leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

His mind wandered again to their happy times - the first time they met, the first time they shared a room, the first time they felt jealous of the other's other friends.

Meanwhile Virat held his head in his hands, thinking how did they go from the pair to never sit quiet together to this.

Rohit got flashes of the last time they had talked, the way it had ended and how apparently Virat hadn't even cared.

His breath became uneven and that  made Virat look up. He hastily went to sit besides Rohit who was breathing heavy now.

"Ro what happened?" Virat asked rubbing Rohit's back.

"Pills..." Rohit muttered weakly, "Huh what pills?" Virat asked frowning but still trying to calm him.

"Sedatives.....in the bag." Rohit said in between heavy breaths pointing towards the bag.

Virat ran towards the bag and opened it, trying to find the medicines.

"I found it." Virat said taking the pills and a glass of water towards Rohit.

Rohit gulped down the water and pills in one go. Virat still made soothing noises and made Rohit lay down on the bed.

Rohit was panicking, thinking about how he bad tried to hide this from everyone so that they don't get tensed.

But now Virat was going to know and subsequently the whole team too.

Virat hugged Rohit tight and kept rubbing Rohit's back to calm him down.

After a while Rohit drifted off to sleep and Virat just caressed Rohit's hair.

"Did I hurt you to such an extent Ro that you have been getting anxiety attacks?" Virat whispered to a sleeping Rohit.

"I did not realize that I hurt you so much Ro, I did not mean to. But now there's nothing I can do to reverse it, is there?" Virat said in a low voice.

"I am so sorry Ro, I love you. I wish we were like how we used to." Virat mumbled leaning back on the bed rest.

Rohit frowned in his sleep and started mumbling something, "Vi... I.... Really....love....you!" He mumbled breathing heavily again.

"Don't.....leave me...." Rohit said, reaching with his hands. Virat grabbed Rohits hand and made soothing circles.

"I am here Ro, I'll never leave you. No matter how much distance comes between us I'll be the first one to stand with you." Virat said, his eyes now moist.

Rohit openend his eyes briefly, still under the influence of the pills, and smiled at Virat.

Rohit closed his eyes again as he felt Virat caressing his hair, feeling at peace after days.

Virat shifted Rohit's head on his lap, and sleep took over both of them soon enough.

A/N: Please vote and get me 50+ comments and votes on this one.

PS: The next one will be a flashback part.

Loads of love <33