Live with a daughter
You will learn to respect women,
And ........
Live with your father
You will learn to not judge all men.
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Sameer's pov..

I love a girl more than anything, hmmm...sometimes more than Naina. Ah yes!!! She stole my heart before she coming into this world. With whom Naina felt zero jealous for stealing my whole love only for her. Yes she is our daughter suman.

I still remember the day when I came to home with another failure attempt in searching job, Naina looked at me nervously, I hugged her but she was quick in separating from me running to the bathroom. It's wierd ah...why on the earth my wife behaving different these days. Soon the door opened she whispered in my ear " Sameer I think Iam pregnant.."

Shock, happy, tear,.....lot of emotions that's what it feel like right?

Really,,,But how????..the first words slipped out of my tongue with excitement the idiot I am.

What question is this Sameer???? Naina glared at me.

"Ohhhh, you didn't leave her sleep whole night and now asking" my inner mind jumped out of nowhere in a protest for her.

before I could reply tears rolled down on her cheeks. "You don't want this baby now??? She started weeping.

Hain!!! When did I said that? Naina please stop crying sweet heart, i didn't mean that, I just asked with over excitement...i scratched my head. Before I finish she was in my arms. Her tears wetting my soul, my tiny life raising inside her tummy.Our own blood with little flesh...oh it was the best day of my life. My dark days turned brighter that second. Yes, we're expecting our little bundle of joy, how the tiny life in it's mother's womb brighten our lives with just a news of arrival.

Tho???? Naina asked caressing a slight baby bump. Yes she was four months now and the baby's growth was reflecting in her body. The chubby cheeks glowing, the slight bump in her abdomen making her looking ethereal.

Tho??? I love you baby...pink shade streaked her cheeks, she blushed profoundly.  I leaned towards her lips cupping her face in my palms..

But my little devil pushed me aside. "Sameer Iam pregnant..."

"So what dear , Iam only kissing you" I said softly capturing her lips without hurting her.

"Ummmm, Sameer we want to go for check up" she said breaking our kiss.

"Get ready sweetheart, and I will get return for this in night." I winked. She looked at me shocked, the previous pink shade turning in to red.

"Just joked get ready.." I said pecking her cute button nose.

"Sameer... everything will be okay right??" Naina asked for ninth time driving to the hospital in our car.

"Yes dear, baby will be fine..it's just a monthly checkup..".

Looking at our baby growing just gave me serene, we can see it through ultrasound every month. She was growing now, yes we're expecting a girl. Tiny fingers and toes are formed. And she cocooned peacefully in her mother's womb.

My heart missed a beat when doctor made us to hear her heartbeat for the first time, the music awed me, we wish to hear throughout our life. We looked at eachother, the gift of our love making our heart thumping with joy.

That night i placed my palm on naina's stomach, to feel my love's heartbeat again, the soft thumps vibrating through naina's skin, the best song I heard in my life. Naina smiled " I love you Sameer....".

" I love both of you.." I said kissing her baby bump.

Time flew and months passed and Naina was eight months now and her mood swings and craving for food never stopped..

"Sameeeeeeer.......Sameeeer utho nah jaldi.." she screamed.

I got up in panic sweating hardly is she in labour pain? But here my wife was leaning on the headrest reading a book.

"What now Naina??"

" Sameer I want ice-cream"

"Kya???? It's already 1 am and its raining".

"So what, we have ice cream in fridge right...."

I stood up defeated. Who can win against wife that too when she was pregnant.

" Sameer suno...I want butter scotch and chocolate" she licked her lips. Hmm my weakness.

Soon the one month flew and when she was cooking for dinner, I tiptoed and back hugged her, she screamed in pain.

"Did I hurt you ???"

"Sameer...ahhhhhh it's paining" her water bag was broken.

Time ticked slowly not like before. Naina was inside the labour room. I shivered it's more than one hour. What happened to my wife and daughter. It's looked like my world is spinning up side down and I heard,I heard the first cry of my daughter. Tears spilled out my eyes.

I held her tiny petite form in my hand, like a soft feather her eyes closed, tiny fingers fisted into a ball like going to punch me, I chuckled if she is the one going to fight against me I am ready to defeat all my life whole heartedly.

I opened my eyes to look at the beautiful morning view.Naina was making my little doll getting ready for the day. suman was only six months now.  I admired them, my two treasure of my life cuddling and peppering kisses with eachother

"My suman good baby right, sleep with papa, I'll come soon" Naina said tickilishing her small stomach. She giggled stretching her arms to me still in her mother's arms. "Pppaa." she giggled. World seemed stopped for us. Did we heard right?. Naina's voice made me come out of the shock.

"Baby, what did you said??? Sameer she called you right?" Naina asked overwhelmed.

I held my hand and lifted her in my arms. "Baby say it again ma please" papa.." I mouthed.

"pppaa" she giggled leaning on my chest. None of my achievements can't make me proud like the one word from her.
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" Papa...I fell from the bicycle.." she jumped into my arms as soon as I returned from office.

"See my knees got hurt papa" she said fake crying.

I blew onto her wound" aww don't cry baby, papa will hit that cycle".

" Heee hee papa, cycle don't get hurt" she giggled.

Aww My five year suman talking sensible. I kissed her temple.

" You're right baby, come papa will give you ice cream".

"Really...?" She hang on my shoulders.

We opened the fridge recieving glares from Naina.

"Sameer you're not a child, it's cold outside, she will get sick" she said putting her hands in her hips.

I chuckled remembering the past.

"Papa I want butter scotch and chocolate" suman said tapping my shoulder.

"How can you eat both flavours  suman, I said no.." Naina looked at me .

"Like mother like daughter..you too ate both flavours at once dear, remember when you're pregnant". I winked. She looked at me dumbfounded.

"Do whatever you want, don't call me when you're sick"  she walked into the room.

"Papa,..mumma is angry I don't want ice-cream".

"That's my girl, come now let's cool your mumma". I picked her up in my arms.

"Papa..mumma is still angry" she wishpered softly.

" Idea...go and kiss your mumma" I said putting her down.

She ran into the room and stopped in midway.

" You?? " She turned.
" You too want to kiss her papa, she is angry with you too"  she wishpered looking up on me.

" AHH?? I was stammered.
"I'll later baby".

She ran quickly climbing up on the bed sitting on Naina's lap kissing her cheeks and pecked her lips slightly. In instant Naina smiled hugging her back.

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" Papa you can't go now, sleep" suman said pushing me to the bed.

"Ill come soon ma".

" No, you're sick papa, sleep" she said putting her hands in her hip with a ordering tone.

Aww she was just turned ten and ordering me like my mother, my cutie.

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I entered to home after my hectic day in the office to welcome only by a eerie silence. Naina was working on the kitchen but no trace of my suman.

"Naina where is suman?, Playing outside?" I held her waist plastering her into my chest. She turned in my arms her eyes brimming with tears. Why she is crying? But with a smile playing on her lips.

" Sameer....suman...suman" my breathed hitched hearing her name. 
"Sameer suman attend her puberty" Naina said hugging me the same kind of happiness enveloped me when I held her in the hospital. My baby was attended her puberty, she grown so fast, that she was 13 now.

We both went to her room, but what I saw was suman on the bed curled into a ball. I looked at Naina and then at suman.

"Kya hua baby?" I asked caressing her head. She looked at me, her eyes reddened, tightly holding her abdomen. She leaned on my lap.

"It's hurting papa.." she cried in my lap.

My cute little doll was turned into a woman with so much changes physically year by year

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And here Iam now crying in my room, today she was going away from me. How my daughter grew up this fast, some years ago she came into my arms with a pinky pinky fingers and toes and now she was going away from me wearing a dark red lehenga, how beautiful my daughter looked today. Yes I only decided to get her married I was happy too when I saw her happy with him.

when I gave her gentle hands to him, it hardly hit me that tiny hands which held mine was leaving me now.

"So you're here.." naina's voice echoed in the room. She was wearing a spectacle on her nose, sometime I feel irritated as it hide her dark hazel eyes.Some of her hair turned white, but my muffin hide it with hair dye, ummm Iam too.

I looked back, again turning to look at my daughter's photo.

" Sameer, you want to stood with her, if you cry like this, what she will do?"

Yes ,Naina was right I want to stood with her in every phase, I promised her.

"Naina but I never want to leave my daughter, why girls only want to leave their parents home". I sighed

"Uffo  Sameer but I also cried in my bidai, you didn't felt like this that time".

" Jaan, That time Iam a husband and now Iam a father, priorities change right?".

"Great, come with me now"  she dragged me to the hall.

There stood my pretty doll decorated like princess holding her husband's hand. And he was consoling her. A view worth to watch. I smiled I indeed made a best decision but it hurts.

She ran into my arms, with her every steps her childhood replaying in my mind. she hugged me tears brimming out her eyes along with her lips curving into a smile, yes that's what I needed her smile, I sware I will break my son in law's nose if he ever try to make her cry.

Fingers adorned with mehendi brushed off my streaming tears. "Papa I hate tears.." she said in a Bollywood style making me laugh.

"Me too baby.." I wiped off her tears planting kiss on her cheek.

Sleep was far away from me when my moon left my paradise.

"Sameer, suman sent a gift for us.." Naina said sitting beside me on the bed.

Narrator's pov

"Gift .."  he unwrapped it and there is a photo of three of them suman hugging Naina and sameer.
and a letter fell from it.

"Hello, papa , mumma,
I know you both are missing me. But don't worry I always love you both and will visit every weekends. Papa you remember you promised me to buy butterscotch ice-cream on Sunday. So don't think you both only can eat, because that Iam not there"

Good night and I love you two so much.

Yours,,,
Pyaari Suman❤️❤️.

Sameer and Naina smiled through the tears. They both hugged eachother looking at the shining moon.

"Thank you Naina for giving me this daddy's Girl". He said kissing her hairline.

" With my pleasure my dear husband". She said leaning on his chest.

____________The End__________

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Lavani