Cricketing hearts - Chapter 49: Chapter 49
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"Ishu" Shubman shouted getting inside the restroom.
"Can you not shout? You will scare everyone" Virat scowled.
"I am scared for him, where is he?" Shubman muttered.
"Everything is fine. Ishan is just shaken up, so keep your voice down if you don't want him to get scared because of you." Virat sighed pulling him inside.
Shubman searched for him getting a bit restless when he heard sniffles. Virat took him inside the washroom section and they saw Rohit and Surya trying to comfort him.
Shubman quickly ran to him feeling disheartened seeing Ishan's state.
Ishan's face and his clothes were covered in black paint.
"What happened here?" Shubman asked looking at Surya whose clothes were covered in black paint as well.
"The guards and police couldn't handle the crowd. They started throwing things out of nowhere and when the police were busy handling them a few people came and threw black paint at Ishan. I couldn't pull him away on time," Surya looked down.
"Are you both fine?" Virat asked looking at both Surya and Ishan.
Surya nodded his head.
"How can everyone be so heartless? Nobody came to help us. Infact the paparazzi started taking pictures and videos," Surya scoffed.
Rohit patted Surya's back while Shubman pulled Ishan in a hug who flinched back.
"Ishu stop crying. We are all here now," Shubman said patting his back.
Ishan just continued to cry silently while looking at the ground. Tears continued to stream down his face.
"Cheeku you brought the extra clothes?" Rohit asked and Virat quickly handed him the bag.
Rohit took out a pair of cloth handing him to Surya who took it reluctantly.
"How do we calm him down?" Surya asked looking at Ishan who was just silently crying all along.
"We should give him some time. He is not in the state to answer any of us right now," Virat said.
"Cheeku he is been like that since the last 10 minutes. We need to pull him out of this state atleast," Rohit sighed.
"Ishu we are all here for you bacha. Please stop crying. You can tell us how you are feeling but please atleast reply to us," Surya said patting his back.
Ishan whimpered at the touch.
" Please don't hurt yourself, and stop crying.It's all because of me. You are in this condition because of me." Shubman muttered taking the towel to wipe his face.
"If you need to yell, to beat me, or to do anything to let out all your anger, I am ready. But please stop crying. I can't stand seeing you hurting yourself like this." Shubman pulled him closer.
"We can't stand seeing you hurting yourself like this," Rohit muttered from behind.
Ishan choked onto his tears finally looking up at Shubman.
"Yes Ishu, just like that. Breathe. We are right here for you Ish. Breathe. Calm down. Look at me. I am here," Shubman whispered cradling Ishan's face in his hands.
Slowly after 5-10 minutes, Ishan's sobs gradually subsided and only the sound of sniffles filled the room.
"That's like my baby," Surya said pulling him into a tight hug. Ishan hugged him back hiding his face onto the crook of his neck.
Virat patted Ishan's back lightly when they pulled away.
"I am so sorry," Ishan bit his lip trying to wipe his tears.
"Why are you even apologizing?" Shubman quickly swatted his hand taking his face between his own hands and wiping his face with the towel.
"You all have to worry for me every single time," Ishan murmured.
"Don't force me to scold you at this time. The security should be the one apologizing to you for your condition. We all should be sorry for not taking care of you. We are a team, we were supposed to get through all of this together. But we couldn't," Rohit clenched his jaw.
"No bhai, you all are here for me right now and see I am fine. Nothing happened to me. I am not hurt," Ishan said taking Rohit's hand.
"The things they all said were more toxic than the acid. Don't lie about not being hurt," Rohit said wiping the remaining of his face with the towel. The towel was completely black now.
"Is there another towel?" Ishan asked seeing his black hands.
Shubman quickly took Ishan's hands and cleaned them with his shirt.
Everyone raised their eyebrows.
"The towel was already dirty and I couldn't let his hands be like that," Shubman said when they all gave him a 'really' look.
"Vo sab toh theek hair par tere peeche tissue box bhi toh pda tha" Virat said pointing at the tissue box.
[That's okay but there was a tissue box behind you as well]
"Log pyaar mein andhe hote hai ye pagal bhi hogya hai," Rohit sighed shaking his head and grabbing the other set of clothes for Ishan which Virat brought.
[Love makes people blind but he is getting dumb as well]
"You both change, and please don't think about any of the things the paparazzi or any reporter said. Both of you are not allowed to even recall what happened okay?" Virat said and they both nodded his head.
"Shubi tum bhi mat sochna jo bhi hua. Unhone tujhe bhi bhot kuch kaha hoga par kabhi bhi media ki baat ko dill par mat liyo," Virat said patting his shoulder.
[Shubi same goes for you as well. Never take any media's rubbish to your heart]
"Han vese bhi media walon ko toh mirch masala hi chahiye hota hai. They doesn't care about anyone's feelings," Rohit said.
[The media onky wants spicy news]
"Meri baatein sunne ke bahane Ishan ki taango ko taadna band kar vo abhi bhi trauma mein hi hai. Saale tharki usko change toh krne de atleast," Rohit whispered giving a sarcastic smile to him.
[Stop staring at Ishan while he is changing. He is still in trauma because of what happened]
"I was not staring at him," Shubman's cheeks went a deep shade of red.
"Then were you staring at Surya's legs? Didn't knew you fancy married men Gill." Rohit raised his eyebrows.
"I— No wtf," Shubman snapped his eyes at Rohit.
"What happened?" Surya and Ishan looked at them after hearing the sudden outburst of Shubman.
"Nothing, we were just telling him about the online meeting tomorrow with BCCI. You are going to attend it as well right Ishan?" Virat said quickly averting the topic.
"Yeah, Rohit bhaiya has told me the rules so many times already." Ishan replied.
"So that you remember to just be silent and let me speak. I don't want any of you fighting with the directors," Rohit said.
"Yes I know bhaiya. Don't worry I would not utter a single word. I will let you do all the talking," Ishan said looking at Rohit.
"Good boy, let's go now. And you Ishu, tell me how are you feeling. I don't want you to keep anything bottled inside yourself " Rohit said seeing they both have changed.
"And Shubi you will do the same with me. I don't want any of you guys feeling traumatized while going home." Virat said looking at them.
"What about me?" Surya asked.
"What kind of trauma you have? That they should have threw blue paint instead of black?" Rohit stared at him.
"Wow, too much respect." Surya scoffed.
"Thanks,I try." Rohit shrugged making Surya pout.
Ishan, Virat and Shubman giggled at their banter.
"Okay okay, now we should get going. We have to go back and be ready for our flight to home as well." Virat said and Rohit nodded in agreement.
"I'll go talk to the security to make sure they're keeping an eye out for any more trouble. We need to make sure everyone feels safe." Rohit told before going out.
Ishan looked at Shubman, holding his hand. Shubman looks at him being surprised.
"Thank you," Ishan murmured and Shubman pulled him closer kissing his forehead.
"You don't have to thank me, I will always be there for you" Shubman whispered, wrapping his arms around Ishan.
"Come on love birds are you going to stay inside the washroom forever?" Surya's voice boomed making Ishan pull away from the hug and walk out.
Shubman chuckled ruffling his hair and following them out. The security was tight and only a few fans were there clicking photos and videos of them as they walked out getting inside the bus.
"Stop making that face," Virat said flicking his forehead.
"Bhai, I am just worried. Is this how public is going to treat us now?" Shubman asked.
"They are just shaken up from the news Shubi, given them some time and the team will clear out your guys name as well. Everything will go back to normal in no time,"
"Are you sure?"
"I am damn sure, rumors have been always a thing for everybody. When we will show the truth then the ones who are hating you guys right now will be the same ones cheering your names in stadium," Virat chuckled. Shubman hummed looking at him.
"Can you not shout? You will scare everyone" Virat scowled.
"I am scared for him, where is he?" Shubman muttered.
"Everything is fine. Ishan is just shaken up, so keep your voice down if you don't want him to get scared because of you." Virat sighed pulling him inside.
Shubman searched for him getting a bit restless when he heard sniffles. Virat took him inside the washroom section and they saw Rohit and Surya trying to comfort him.
Shubman quickly ran to him feeling disheartened seeing Ishan's state.
Ishan's face and his clothes were covered in black paint.
"What happened here?" Shubman asked looking at Surya whose clothes were covered in black paint as well.
"The guards and police couldn't handle the crowd. They started throwing things out of nowhere and when the police were busy handling them a few people came and threw black paint at Ishan. I couldn't pull him away on time," Surya looked down.
"Are you both fine?" Virat asked looking at both Surya and Ishan.
Surya nodded his head.
"How can everyone be so heartless? Nobody came to help us. Infact the paparazzi started taking pictures and videos," Surya scoffed.
Rohit patted Surya's back while Shubman pulled Ishan in a hug who flinched back.
"Ishu stop crying. We are all here now," Shubman said patting his back.
Ishan just continued to cry silently while looking at the ground. Tears continued to stream down his face.
"Cheeku you brought the extra clothes?" Rohit asked and Virat quickly handed him the bag.
Rohit took out a pair of cloth handing him to Surya who took it reluctantly.
"How do we calm him down?" Surya asked looking at Ishan who was just silently crying all along.
"We should give him some time. He is not in the state to answer any of us right now," Virat said.
"Cheeku he is been like that since the last 10 minutes. We need to pull him out of this state atleast," Rohit sighed.
"Ishu we are all here for you bacha. Please stop crying. You can tell us how you are feeling but please atleast reply to us," Surya said patting his back.
Ishan whimpered at the touch.
" Please don't hurt yourself, and stop crying.It's all because of me. You are in this condition because of me." Shubman muttered taking the towel to wipe his face.
"If you need to yell, to beat me, or to do anything to let out all your anger, I am ready. But please stop crying. I can't stand seeing you hurting yourself like this." Shubman pulled him closer.
"We can't stand seeing you hurting yourself like this," Rohit muttered from behind.
Ishan choked onto his tears finally looking up at Shubman.
"Yes Ishu, just like that. Breathe. We are right here for you Ish. Breathe. Calm down. Look at me. I am here," Shubman whispered cradling Ishan's face in his hands.
Slowly after 5-10 minutes, Ishan's sobs gradually subsided and only the sound of sniffles filled the room.
"That's like my baby," Surya said pulling him into a tight hug. Ishan hugged him back hiding his face onto the crook of his neck.
Virat patted Ishan's back lightly when they pulled away.
"I am so sorry," Ishan bit his lip trying to wipe his tears.
"Why are you even apologizing?" Shubman quickly swatted his hand taking his face between his own hands and wiping his face with the towel.
"You all have to worry for me every single time," Ishan murmured.
"Don't force me to scold you at this time. The security should be the one apologizing to you for your condition. We all should be sorry for not taking care of you. We are a team, we were supposed to get through all of this together. But we couldn't," Rohit clenched his jaw.
"No bhai, you all are here for me right now and see I am fine. Nothing happened to me. I am not hurt," Ishan said taking Rohit's hand.
"The things they all said were more toxic than the acid. Don't lie about not being hurt," Rohit said wiping the remaining of his face with the towel. The towel was completely black now.
"Is there another towel?" Ishan asked seeing his black hands.
Shubman quickly took Ishan's hands and cleaned them with his shirt.
Everyone raised their eyebrows.
"The towel was already dirty and I couldn't let his hands be like that," Shubman said when they all gave him a 'really' look.
"Vo sab toh theek hair par tere peeche tissue box bhi toh pda tha" Virat said pointing at the tissue box.
[That's okay but there was a tissue box behind you as well]
"Log pyaar mein andhe hote hai ye pagal bhi hogya hai," Rohit sighed shaking his head and grabbing the other set of clothes for Ishan which Virat brought.
[Love makes people blind but he is getting dumb as well]
"You both change, and please don't think about any of the things the paparazzi or any reporter said. Both of you are not allowed to even recall what happened okay?" Virat said and they both nodded his head.
"Shubi tum bhi mat sochna jo bhi hua. Unhone tujhe bhi bhot kuch kaha hoga par kabhi bhi media ki baat ko dill par mat liyo," Virat said patting his shoulder.
[Shubi same goes for you as well. Never take any media's rubbish to your heart]
"Han vese bhi media walon ko toh mirch masala hi chahiye hota hai. They doesn't care about anyone's feelings," Rohit said.
[The media onky wants spicy news]
"Meri baatein sunne ke bahane Ishan ki taango ko taadna band kar vo abhi bhi trauma mein hi hai. Saale tharki usko change toh krne de atleast," Rohit whispered giving a sarcastic smile to him.
[Stop staring at Ishan while he is changing. He is still in trauma because of what happened]
"I was not staring at him," Shubman's cheeks went a deep shade of red.
"Then were you staring at Surya's legs? Didn't knew you fancy married men Gill." Rohit raised his eyebrows.
"I— No wtf," Shubman snapped his eyes at Rohit.
"What happened?" Surya and Ishan looked at them after hearing the sudden outburst of Shubman.
"Nothing, we were just telling him about the online meeting tomorrow with BCCI. You are going to attend it as well right Ishan?" Virat said quickly averting the topic.
"Yeah, Rohit bhaiya has told me the rules so many times already." Ishan replied.
"So that you remember to just be silent and let me speak. I don't want any of you fighting with the directors," Rohit said.
"Yes I know bhaiya. Don't worry I would not utter a single word. I will let you do all the talking," Ishan said looking at Rohit.
"Good boy, let's go now. And you Ishu, tell me how are you feeling. I don't want you to keep anything bottled inside yourself " Rohit said seeing they both have changed.
"And Shubi you will do the same with me. I don't want any of you guys feeling traumatized while going home." Virat said looking at them.
"What about me?" Surya asked.
"What kind of trauma you have? That they should have threw blue paint instead of black?" Rohit stared at him.
"Wow, too much respect." Surya scoffed.
"Thanks,I try." Rohit shrugged making Surya pout.
Ishan, Virat and Shubman giggled at their banter.
"Okay okay, now we should get going. We have to go back and be ready for our flight to home as well." Virat said and Rohit nodded in agreement.
"I'll go talk to the security to make sure they're keeping an eye out for any more trouble. We need to make sure everyone feels safe." Rohit told before going out.
Ishan looked at Shubman, holding his hand. Shubman looks at him being surprised.
"Thank you," Ishan murmured and Shubman pulled him closer kissing his forehead.
"You don't have to thank me, I will always be there for you" Shubman whispered, wrapping his arms around Ishan.
"Come on love birds are you going to stay inside the washroom forever?" Surya's voice boomed making Ishan pull away from the hug and walk out.
Shubman chuckled ruffling his hair and following them out. The security was tight and only a few fans were there clicking photos and videos of them as they walked out getting inside the bus.
"Stop making that face," Virat said flicking his forehead.
"Bhai, I am just worried. Is this how public is going to treat us now?" Shubman asked.
"They are just shaken up from the news Shubi, given them some time and the team will clear out your guys name as well. Everything will go back to normal in no time,"
"Are you sure?"
"I am damn sure, rumors have been always a thing for everybody. When we will show the truth then the ones who are hating you guys right now will be the same ones cheering your names in stadium," Virat chuckled. Shubman hummed looking at him.
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