(A/N: Sorry, for this repetitive chapter. I had published it as a OS in my ICT Short Stories book. But since this book is a continuation of that OS, that's why I had to publish this in here.
Sorry ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ !! But I have added a few things so make sure you read it once, and don't go without voting plejhhh _/\_)

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Mahi stared at the papers in his hands. 

He read them over and over again, in case he read them wrong the first time. But it was the same every time. 

Those papers confirmed that Yuvi, HIS Yuvi has cancer -- more specifically, a cancerous tumour in the left lung. 

Mahi felt the ground slipping off from beneath his feet. He couldn't comprehend the fact that Yuvi had a life threatening disease. A disease which can snatch Yuvi away from him.

He couldn't understand how or when did this happen. And moreover Yuvi took a test and didn't even bother to inform him, thought Mahi. 

Mahi was sure that Yuvi wouldn't have told him the reports also, it's just that he accidentally got hold of the reports and he was mad. Mad at Yuvi. He was determined that he would confront him and ask him why did he hide such a big thing.

At that time, the door burst open and Yuvi came inside, coughing , very violently. Mahi turned around with the speed of light and all the anger he had in himself vanished into thin air seeing Yuvi's condition. His face was all red due to continuous coughing. He looked like he could choke anytime. Mahi dropped the papers and ran to hold his friend.

"Yuvi...Yuvi, what happened?", asked Mahi frantically. Yuvi couldn't say anything. He just pointed towards the drawer. Mahi got up and opened the drawer and saw an inhaler. He picked it up and rushed to Yuvi. He watched, aghast, as Yuvi took the inhaler and breathed heavily to calm himself down.

Mahi supported Yuvi to get up from the floor and sit on the bed. Yuvi was not meeting Mahi's questioning glances. He knew where the conversation will lead to. He didn't want anyone to find out about his disease, especially Mahi. He didn't want Mahi to suffer because of him. But looks like fate had different plans. He got to know on his own.

"Yuvi, What is this?", asked Mahi in a stern voice seeing Yuvi averting his eyes.

"It's not...."

"WHAT. IS. THIS." Mahi said each word separately, gritting his teeth. Now that Yuvi was avoiding the question, Mahi's anger came back. He can bear anything, but Yuvi hiding away from him? No, not at all.

"My reports. They say I have cancer", replied Yuvi, seeing no escape.

"And when were you planning to tell me about this"

"You were not supposed to know. No one knows. I have not told anyone"

"Why Yuvi?? Why? Don't we have the right to know about this?"

"I don't want you all to suffer because of me", said Yuvi meekly. This was not the Yuvraj Singh they knew. This was someone whose life now has a probable expiry date -- a realization that can break even the strongest person.

Mahi's features softened.

He went and sat beside Yuvi and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. Even though Mahi was feeling shit scared himself, he had to relax Yuvi first. 

All of this plus the World cup hovering over them not helping at all, Mahi was suddenly feeling very scared.

He didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry I hid this from you Mahi but I myself didn't know what to do", said Yuvi totally not like Yuvraj Singh and Mahi hated it. Yuvi jabbing at him or fighting with him was far more better than this.

"It's okay, Yuvi. We will fight this together. We will win", assured Mahi, which looked more like he was assuring himself than Yuvi.

"I have planned to fly to USA for treatment after the world cup", informed Yuvi, after few moments of silence. "I've found Dr. Lawrence Einhorn who is a very famed oncologist at Boston. So I'll be going there."

Mahi nodded and said, "I'll go with you"

Yuvi rolled his eyes. He was expecting this. "No, you'll not. My mom is going with me. I'll not be alone."

"But that does not mean I can't go. I'm coming and that's final", said Mahi, firmly.

"No. Absolutely not. The team needs you Mahi. What will happen to the team when you go? We don't know how much time the treatment will take or when I will recover or whether I'll recover or n..." He couldn't complete his statement as he got a tight slap from Mahi. Mahi, who looked like an active volcano right then.

"Dare you utter even a single word about n..no..not recovering, you numbskull", shouted Mahi, swallowing the pain and fear as he uttered the sentence.

"But still you can't come. Think about the team Mahi. Think about Cheeku. I have to tell them all this sooner or later. Who will handle them? Who will handle Cheeku? I know he will be affect a lot. Who will handle him?", said Yuvi, for once ignoring Mahi slapping him, for making him understand was far more important.

"Ok. But you have to call me three... no four times daily", said Mahi, placating, not at all willingly.

"I'm not leaving tomorrow, idiot", said Yuvi, rolling his eyes for the third time in past five minutes.

"You are an idiot", retorted Mahi and thus ignited another Yuvi-Mahi bickering session, which will make Dada facepalm, for sure. That after such a big revelation also, they can bicker. 

"But Mahi", said Yuvi suddenly becoming serious and interrupting the bickering, "Don't tell this to anyone else."

As Mahi looked ready to protest, Yuvi hastily added, "At least not for now, everyone is tensed for the World cup. I don't want them to worry more."

"But Cheeku. He certainly deserves to know right?", said Mahi, because what may happen, Mahi knew he will not be able to hide anything from his Cheeku.

"No Mahi, we cannot tell him. That kid already has to deal with many things. It's his first ever World Cup, first ever ICC tournament. I want it to be memorable for him, but not in this way", said Yuvi, while thinking of Virat, fondly.

"But will you be able to hide from him? You know he will found out. He has got that third eye you know, he always manages to see through us", said Mahi softly.

"Nope, I'll never be able to hide from him. I will have to tell him and I know that I have to do that myself. And if I don't, then also he will always come to know, he has his ways", said Yuvi agreeing to Mahi.

"But I don't know how to tell him", mumbled Yuvi slowly after sometime.

Mahi snapped out of his thoughts and turned towards Yuvi. He was also thinking the exact same. He had no idea how to tell that kid and for the first time, had no idea how he will react to the news.

"And I don't want that he comes to know from somewhere else. He will feel betrayed", Yuvi mumbled again, already thinking of a plan to tell about his disease to his Cheeku.

"Don't worry Yuvi. We will tell him together. He will understand, he is our Cheeku, yaar" said Mahi consolingly, hoping that his words will come true. 

Yuvi knew Cheeku will get affected by this hugely, and moreover that kid doesn't know how to handle emotions. Yuvi was already feeling scared thinking of the possible consequences of the same.

"He will be fine, Yuvi. We will handle him", said Mahi again.

"Yeah, hope so", said Yuvi, sighing.

Just then, they heard a high pitched voice followed by a calm voice trying to calm the former, coming towards their room from the corridor. Evidently, it was Cheeku narrating very hyper- excitedly about something and Zak's trying to calm him down. 

"Mahi, hide those papers, fast", said Yuvi frantically. Mahi stood up nodding as he picked up the the papers and hastily put them inside the drawer.

"Bhai, Yuvi Paa, you know what happened?", began Virat in his usual loud, over excited manner, but after noticing the disturbed faces of his elder brothers, he immediately became worried, and said in a little low voice, "What happened?"

Yuvi and Mahi instantly straightened and put up two smiles on their faces. They didn't want their little brother to suspect them. 

"Nothing happened, you say what did you do?", said Mahi, as normally as possible.

Yeah, you came into the room yelling 'Do you know what happened?'", said Yuvi slinging an arm around Virat's shoulder. 

Virat looked from Yuvi to Mahi and tried to find something by looking into their eyes. But he couldn't. He found Zak pa too, looking at Mahi bhai and Yuvi Paa with scrutiny. 

"You sure nothing happened?", asked Virat again.

"No baba, nothing happened. You tell what you were telling", said Yuvi, with his trademark goofy grin on his face. 

Virat let go of the matter thinking it to be another team matter that Mahi bhai was discussing with Yuvi Paa. But he knew it remained in the back of his mind because whatever it was, it was worrying his big brothers.

But little did he know that it was something on an altogether different tangent. 

Virat went on to narrate with a typical Virat like smile about what he had done to prank Ash, getting stuck in the washroom and stuff like that with Zak piping in about the madness on that situation. 

While listening to the rambling of their little brother, Yuvi and Mahi shared a look, a look that had a worry, a worry that the smile on this face might not last long now. 

Because both of them knew that Cheeku was very possessive for them, for his brothers. 

They did not know how they will make their Cheeku accept this news.

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So... Here is the first chapter. It is the OS but I have added a bit more.. And Tell how it was...

Also, dhillon2017 had requested for a continuation of the OS an age back, so finally here it is..

Love,
Baishali💖