'Kya hum bhi dekh sakte hain?'

Suman's voice came from behind, and they both froze. Rohit's mouth had been almost near hers, and he quickly shifted.
Sonakshi struggled out of his hold, brushing her hair back with her fingers, while Rohit just rocked the baby.

'Ma! Papa! Aap log kab aaye?'
Rohit turned to face them, acting as if nothing had happened.

'Jab aap dono beech living room mein romance larra rahe thay, or woh bhi bachon ki nanny ke saamne!'
Suman lifted an eyebrow at him. Rohit bent his head towards his daughter, while Sonakshi turned a slightly darker shade of red.
Both Anil and Suman gave each other a look of mirth.

Sonakshi quickly came to take Mishaye from Rohit. She was still crying on off, and Rohit handed her over.
'Kahan ja rahi ho mujhe akela chorr ke?'
He said in a low voice.

'Akela? Abhi jab khullam khulla chipak rahe thay, to nahin khayal aaya. Ab sambhaalo, mein chali!'
Sonakshi stuck her tongue out at him, and hurried up the stairs, leaving a sheepish Rohit behind.

He turned around, and was startled to see both Anil and Suman still standing there with their arms folded across their chests.
'Uhh..Papa, Ma! Uh..kahaan thay aap log? Aaj mein jaldi agaya to aap log kahin chale gaye..'

'Hmm, tum to khush hogay hi. Kabab ki haddiyan ghayab jo hogayin...'

'Aray! Haddi ho aap ke dushman! Aap dono to pooray ke pooray kabab hain!'

'Hum? Kabab hain? Really?'
Anil asked him, his expression deadpan.

'Mera matlab aap log koi pyaar ke dushman thori hain..'
Rohit had tried getting out of the situation, but seemed to be getting deeper into it.

Suman and Anil looked at each other, and burst out laughing.
Rohit looked at them, and gave an embarrassed smile.

'Kya, Rohit! Itni si baat ke itne bahaane! Biwi se hi chipak rahe thay na, kon sa parosan se..'
Anil patted him on the shoulder.
'Waise..hamari parosan bhi kafi achi hai..'
He winked, and Rohit's eyes widened in amazement.

'ANIL!!'

Anil shared a 'caught out' look with Rohit, as Suman shouted his name.
'Mar gaye!'
He whispered, before turning back to his wife.
'Aray, Suman! Mein to mazaq kar raha tha..'
He quickly moved back to where Suman was standing.

'Khoob samajhti hun mein tumhara mazaq!'
She hmphed and made to leave.

'Aray ruko to! Kahan ja rahi ho?'
Anil called.

'Apne room mein!'
He began to follow, as Rohit watched their exchange, stunned.
'Tum kahan aa rahe ho?'

'Hamare room mein, tumhare saath..'

'Aisa kuch nahin ho raha! Aaj yahin raho tum..'

'Aise kaise? Mein kahan jaunga?'
Anil made eyes at her.

'Parosan ke paas hi chale jao..kafi achi jo hai!'

Rohit was finding their banter cute, and watched unashamedly, till a thought occurred to him.

Yeh in ke chakkar mein Ma Sona ke paas sonay na chali jaayen, and I get stuck with Papa. No! No! No! Aisa nahin ho sakta..kuch karo, Rohit!

'Aray Ma, aap naraaz kyun ho rahi hain..Papa to bas tang kar rahe thay..'
Rohit quickly moved forward to resolve their spat.

'Han! Mein sach mein tumhe cherr raha tha..you know you are more beautiful..'

Suman stopped.
'Bolte jao..'

'Tum se zyada koi khoobsurat ho hi nahin sakta..or mein to tum se hi pyaar karta hun..yaad hai, jab..'
His voice faded, as they both headed towards their room, together.

Rohit heaved a sigh of relief.

Shukar! Baat barhne se pehle theek hogayi..

Rohit quickly headed to where Arihaan had been busy playing with his nanny, to spend some time with him.

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'Sona!'

'Hmm?'
Sonakshi said from where she was changing Mishaye on the cot's changing table.
'Kya hua, Rohit?'
Sonakshi wasn't fully concentrating on him.

'Baba! Ihaan ko horsey pe jaana!'
Arihaan tugged at Rohit's hand, as he got up from where he had been playing with him, in Sonakshi's room.

'Horsey pe jaana hai?'

'Kya bol rahe thay, Rohit?'
Sonakshi asked, without looking up, as she finished cleaning up after Mishaye.
'Rohit!! Kya..'

She turned at the sound of laughter, as Arihaan clapped loudly.
'Baba horsey!! Baba horsey!'

Rohit was on his hands and knees, with Arihaan sitting on his back, while Rohit crawled around the room.
Sonakshi smiled at them, and lifting Mishaye in her arms, came over to the sofa.
'Wah! Arihaan ke to mazay!'

Rohit glanced at her, as she sat on the sofa with the baby.
'Arihaan ke hi hain mazay. Baba to bechare iss umar mein crawl kar rahe hain..'
Rohit complained, but Sonakshi could see how much fun he was also having, by making his son happy.

'Mama! Baba horsey pe betho betho!'
Arihaan called to her, and Sonakshi chuckled.

'Beta, Mama agar beth gayin to Baba ko kon sambhalega?'

'Baba koi playing cards to hain nahin, ke gir jayenge! Mama ko bhi utha ke ghoom sakta hun!'
Rohit was slightly breathless now, but continued entertaining Arihaan.

'Mama! Ihaan saath bethe horsey pe?'
Arihaan patted the space on his father's back, for her.

'No, beta! Aap enjoy karo..'
Sonakshi looked down at Mishaye, who had woken up, and was looking at Sonakshi.
Sonakshi knew she wasn't exactly looking at her, but it was nice to think so.
'Mishaye! Aap bari hojao, to aap ko bhi chance milega. Magar, no! Uss waqt tak Baba aap ke budhay hojayenge..'

'Budha hoga tumhara baap..'
She heard Rohit mutter, as he passed by again.

'What?!?! Kya bola tumne?'
Sonakshi seemed to be offended, and Rohit realised that maybe he had stepped over the line.

'Bas, Arihaan! Baba thak gaye..'
Rohit quickly removed Arihaan from his back, and got up, holding his back.
He walked up to Sonakshi, while Arihaan hurried over to his toy cars.
'Sorry, Sona! It was just a joke!'

'Aah han..'
Sonakshi hmphed, and turned away from him, giving all her attention to her daughter.

'Aray! Maine to aise hi bol diya..you know, I have a lot of respect for Anil Papa. Or tum ne mujhe budha bola..'

'To? Mere kehne se tum hogaye?'
Sonakshi gave her finger to Mishaye, and she grabbed it with her tiny fist.

Rohit opened his mouth to speak, but stopped as he saw that. The sight of his tiny daughter, and her tiny fist holding on blindly, was something he was mesmerised by.
'Kitni pyaari hai na?'

'Hmm..two weeks mein change hogayi hai na shakal?'
As Mishaye looked up at them, and gave a big yawn.

The both smiled at that, as she tried to stretch, but was restricted due to the blanket wrapped around her.
'Tum se milti hai, nahin?'
Rohit lifted a finger, and stroked Mishaye's cheek with it.
'Issi liye itni pyaari hai..'

'Much as I'd like to take the credit, mujhe nahin lagta. Iss ki naak tumhari tarha hai. Or yeh honth..tumhare jaise..'
Sonakshi touched the tip of her index finger to her lips, and the baby immediately opened her mouth, as if to suck on it.

'Sonaaa..not fair..'

Sonakshi lifted her eyes from her daughter, to look at Rohit.
'Kya?'

'She's just searching for your breasts..'

'What even..'
Sonakshi gave him a look.

'Yes! It's true! Dekho..'
Rohit showed her, as Mishaye tried to suck her finger.
'Han, Mishaye aap abhi kar lo..lekin mein bata dun. Pehle haq un pe mera hai. They are my property!'
And Rohit put his arm around Sonakshi's waist, and gave her breast a light squeeze with his hand, and Sonakshi's eyes widened.

'Rohitt!! Kuch bhiiii!'
Sonakshi swatted his hand away, but he brought it back.

'Kya? Yeh jaan na uss ke liye bohot zaroori hai, Sona!'
Rohit had a very serious look on his face.
'Abhi choti hai to theek hai, I can share. But, baad mein..no! No! All mine!'

Sonakshi rolled her eyes at that.
'Shut upp! Yeh kya bol rahe ho? Or woh bhi beti ke saamne, wah!'

'Han, or usse to saari baat samajh aa hi gayi hogi ab tak, hai na?'
Rohit rolled his eyes, as he held her tightly against himself.
'I'm a devotee of these breasts..'

Sonakshi's laughter came out in the form of a snort, and even Rohit chuckled at that.
'Tum pooray ke pooray paagal ho!'

'Absolutely! Tumhare in breasts ke liye, tumhari iss body ke liye, tumhare in lips ke liye, tumhare yeh..'

'Bas! Bas! Mein samajh gayi, Mr. Devotee Sippy!'
Sonakshi laughed at him, but his words were doing weird things to her insides.

Mishaye had fallen asleep in her lap by now, but Rohit wasn't deterred.
He continued teasing her, a look of desire in his eyes.
'And I wish I could touch..'

'Please, Rohit! Stop it!'
Sonakshi flushed.

'Baba! Ihaan Nano paas jaaye?'
They both turned at the sound of Arihaan's voice, having been lost in each other.
Arihaan stood there, holding several of his cars in front of him.

'Arihaan ko Nano ke saath khelna hai?'
Rohit stood up, and lifted him in his arms, toys and all.
'Chalo, mein aap ko chorr ke aata hun..'
He turned back to look at Sonakshi.
'I'll just be back, and we can continue this conversation where we left off..'

'We will not!'
Sonakshi was shaking her head.
'Jao!
As Rohit gave her a leering look.

He laughed, as he left with Arihaan.

Kuch bhi bolta hai..Paagal!

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'Han, Mom! Mein pohonch gaya! Sab theek hai! Arihaan bhi theek hai, or Mishaye bhi..or jab mein aap se milna aaya tha thori der pehle, tab bhi yeh sab bataya tha..'
Rohit teased Veena, as he climbed the stairs to Sonakshi's room, and finished with his call.

Rohit had had dinner at his home tonight, since Veena had been missing him badly.
He had called Sonakshi to tell her, and had been pleased, when she had sounded disappointed.
It had however, taken him longer than he had thought, and now it was quite late.
Since he had been given a key to the main door, nobody had to stay up waiting for him, since his schedule wasn't a fixed one.
He was now upset with himself, because he knew Sonakshi and the kids would have slept by now.

He opened the door quietly, and entered. Shutting the door behind him, he stood there for a minute till his eyes adjusted to the low light, being emitted from the lamp on the nightstand.
As he had thought, the children were asleep, as well as Sonakshi.
He saw that she was sitting against the headboard, her neck having tilted in an awkward position. As he moved closer, he saw that she had her phone in her hand. That immediately made him feel guilty, because it was probably his call that she had been waiting for.

He walked quietly across the room, and made it to the bathroom.
He came out a bit later in his pajamas, and walked towards the bed.
As soon as he lowered himself on it, Mishaye woke up, crying.

Sonakshi woke up immediately, blinking her eyes. She grasped her neck, which had become a bit stiff from the position she had been in.
Before she could get up, the crying receded, and Sonakshi looked up startled.
Rohit had taken the baby in his arms, and was rocking her softly.

'Rohit! Tum kab aaye?'
Sonakshi reached by his side, her voice low.

'Bas, abhi, thori der pehle..'
He handed over the baby, but not before he saw her quote t-shirt, which announced 'I WAS NORMAL..TWO KIDS AGO'.

He chuckled, and Sonakshi gave him a glare before moving to the bed.

Uh oh! Lagta hai naraz hai..

He quickly hurried after her, and sat down on the bed next to her.
He watched, as she lifted her t-shirt, and Mishaye started sucking greedily.
He had witnessed the sight several times now, but it always seemed to fascinate him.
'Sona! I'm sorry! Mujhe der hogayi..'

Sonakshi didn't reply, just kept looking at Mishaye.
'Sona! Kuch to bolo..'

'Hmm? Han, theek hai. Koi baat nahin..'

'To phir aise ukhri ukhri kyun ho? Meri taraf dekh bhi nahin rahi ho..'
Sonakshi turned to look him straight in the eyes.

'Dekh rahi hun..or naraz kyun hongi? Tumne aisa kya kar diya..'

'I had thought mein dinner karte hi nikal jaunga, magar phir Papa, chachu, Ajit..sab ne pakkar liya. Ke thori der betho. Kitna miss kar rahe hain. Maine socha bas paanch minute, magar woh do ghantay hogaye..I'm sorry..'

'Iss mein sorry kyun hona? Tumhara ghar hai, jab tak chahe raho..'

'I know..but I choose to be with my family..you, and my kids..ab tum yahan ho..to mein bhi..'

'Tumhe yahan reh ke bura lag raha hai?'
Sonakshi asked him, her expression very serious.

'Aisa kis ne kaha tum se?'

'No, kaha to kisi ne nahin. But tumhara ghar hai, parents hain..'

'Or tumhara ghar, tumhare parents nahin hain?'
Rohit frowned.

'Matlab, ke woh sab tumhe miss kar rahe hain na itna..'

'Han, to? Tum wahan hoti ho to tumhare parents tumhe miss nahin karte hain? Yeh kaisa logic hai?'

'Rohit..I don't want to argue with you..'

'To don't! Lekin yeh sab kya hai? Aaj dinner mein kya khaya tha?'

'What?'
Sonakshi blinked at the sudden change of topic.
'Dinner kahan se agaya?'

'Nahin..matlab kuch ulta seedha kha liya tha jo mood aisa kharab hogaya tumhara?'

'Mera mood kharab nahin hai!'
Her voice was slightly louder now, such that Arihaan shifted in the bed.

'Yeah, right!'
Rohit said in a sarcastic way.

'My mood is fine!'
Sonakshi lowered her voice, as she continued feeding her daughter.

'Han, woh to dikh raha hai..'
Rohit put his hand on her chin, and made her look at him.
'Kya hua hai, Sona? Batao to..'
Sonakshi looked at him for a moment, without saying a word.
'I don't even know why...'

'Tum wapas apne ghar chale jao..'

To be continued..