***Reyansh's POV.***

***Eight Months Later***

"Mamu, Mami is fat." Amara says to me.

"Amu!" Arya exclaims.

"Let it be, Aru. She is just a child." Ramya says as she continues her knitting.

"But it is an unpleasant manner. And don't forget Amu, it is Ramya Mami who brings you those beautiful dresses." Arya scolds her.

"But she is fat and isn't fat Mami cuter? I praised her and yet you scold me. So mean." She says and hugs me.

"See, how has she changed her answer? It is all Vedant's fault." Arya says.

"Oh, come on." Amu says, "Now I won't get that doll if Mom complains to Dad."

"Then why don't you patch up with her?" I ask.

"Good idea. But she is busy with Vedi right now. So maybe later on." She says and jumps back on the bed.

After they leave, Ramya grabs my hand and asks, "Am I fat?"

"Yes. But only here," I say, pointing at his belly, "which is natural."

"How many more days till their birth? I am getting tired already." She says.

"Just one more week, then they will be here." I say and kiss her belly.

"Ouch! Don't do that, Reyansh. You know one of them is waiting for that only. Now they are playing again." She says and rubs her belly.

"I am sorry." I say and caress her belly to stop the football match somehow.

"So, did you think about names?" She asks.

"Yes." I say.

"Let me guess, both of them are girl's names." She says with a teasing smile.

"Maybe." I say, and her smile widens.

"I wish they will be girls, too." She says.

"Why?" I ask with a smile.

"Because my heart won't be able to take another boy smiling, just like you." She says and pokes my cheek.

I take my hands in mine and kiss it and say, "So listen, I have to go to the office tomorrow."

"On New Year's Eve. Not fair. You promised you would be with me till the babies are born and another six weeks old." She says.

"I know, dear. But I have to be there for the party which Zain arranged for the employees. One of us has to go and as the doctor has told you for bed rest, I can't even take you with me." I say, trying to make her understand.

"Is this some kind of excuse to meet your mistress?" She asks.

"Okay. Who is this mistress, according to you?" I ask.

"Your cabin." She says.

"Oh, I thought you would doubt my assistant. Thank goodness." I say and she looks at me with mouth wide open.

"Don't tease me like that." She says, "Fine. You can go. But if you get late, I am giving birth to these babies and you will miss it."

"No. Do not go into labor without me." I say and she looks away.

"Not in my hand, dear." She says.

"But tell me you will at least wait for me?" I ask.

"Of course, I will." She says.

Next day, the exact opposite happens. It was ten at night and I was already planning to leave the party when I got a call from Mom saying Ramya has gone into labor and I should reach the hospital soon. After wishing everyone to have fun and them wishing me back good luck and congratulating, I leave for the hospital.

As soon as I reach the hospital, I rush inside and get changed to stay with my wife's side for the rest of the labor. Obviously it was difficult, not the labor, she was difficult. In her delirium, she would either ask me to kiss her one second or would curse me at the very next one.

But after two hours exactly at 11:59 pm, we had our first daughter and then at 12:01 am our second daughter was born.

"At least they won't have to share a birthday together." Ramya says and looks so beautiful.

We have to wrap girls in different colors to recognize them because they are identical twins. When after a few minutes, Ramya saw them she was confused who came first and who came second.

"Well, I hope you are ready to handle the twins because we are going to make many mistakes." I say.

"Well, I won't mind making mistakes as long as you are there to play along with me." She says, and I kiss her forehead for making our family complete.

***Ramya's POV.***

***Five Years Later***

"Shh!" I say to Riya, who is smiling like crazy or maybe like me, while on the other hand Rhea is busy eating her chocolate, which is her bribe for not crying aloud.

"Would Daddy be happy to see us?" Riya, my oldest, asks me.

"Oh, he would be over the moon to see you." I say.

"Me too." Rhea says rather loudly.

"Yes, dear." I say and ring the bell.

Reyansh had come to Delhi to set up a new branch of Reya Company, which Zain would handle for him. It has been two months since I saw him face to face and girls were missing him terribly. Facetime was not enough for either of us. So as soon as the girl's preschool vacation came, I packed our bags and came here to surprise him on his birthday.

I am excited to see my husband. So when the door opens we all say together but not in sync, "Surprise."

"Superb rice." Rhea says.

"Super Daddy." Riya says.

It takes him a second to respond, maybe because he was definitely sleeping, but then he wakes up fully and says, "Oh my gosh, my babies and my babe is here."

"Reyansh!" I say as he takes us all in his arms.

"I am so happy to see you all." He says and kisses my forehead.

"You forgot, didn't you?" I ask as I pull back.

"What?" He asks.

"Cakey day, Daddy." Rhea says.

"It's happy birthday, Rhea." Riya says.

"But cake." She says simply, "Mommy, cake. Rhea is hungry."

"Still. You just ate an entire bar of chocolate." Riya says.

"That was just a surprise chocolate. Now it is a birthday cake. Daddy loves me more so I will have a big piece, right Daddy?" Rhea says.

"Of course, my Rhea can eat anything she wants, but after some time. First, let me welcome my babies properly." He says and picks them both up and showers them with kisses and tickles as we go in.

"What a mess, Reyansh!" I exclaim as I look around his apartment.

"I am sorry. The maid didn't come, and I was too tired to clean up and fell asleep." He says with his cute face.

"Fine. I will clean up but I won't cook. So order something for today." I say and the girl cheers up.

"I want cake." Rhea says and we look at her.

"Your teeth are going to fall off." Riya says.

"No worries. I will swallow it." Rhea says, "I also want two paneer sabzi, roti, dal, rice, papad, kheer and kissie from Daddy."

Riya and Reyansh look at me now and say together, "She is your daughter alright."

"Of course she is. Also, hon, I want karari bhindi, shahi paneer, roti, dal, rice, papad, phirni and kissie from you, too." I say with a wink.

"Well, why not?" Reyansh asks and comes towards me.

"But I asked first. Me first. Daddy." Rhea says, holding his pants.

"But I am older. So me first, Rey." I say, holding his arm.

"When did I become a rope for your tug of war?" Reyansh says.

"Poor Daddy." Riya says with a sigh.

After that, Reyansh and I clean up the apartment together while Riya and Rhea watch some cartoons after helping us a little. We order the food and then sit down together to cut the cake first. Rhea, as usual, wants to eat the cake first, more likely demands it while Riya patiently waits for her turn.

"They are finally sleeping." Reyansh says as we look at our little devils sleeping on the bed.

"They look so cute." I say as I see Riya protectively holding Rhea's chubby form in her arms while Rhea is snuggling up with her big sis.

"Hey! They are finally sleeping." Reyansh says excitedly.

"Okay?" I ask with a frown.

"Well, it is our turn to enjoy some time together, but first and foremost." He says and takes me in his arms, "A long kiss for my love to tell her how much I missed her."

"Well, me too. But not here. Let's make out on the couch." I whisper.

"Perfect." He says.

"I missed you so much." I say as I caress his cheek.

"I did too, my love." He says, kissing my hand.

"When are you coming back?" I ask.

"In a month. You are staying, right? Because then we can go home together." He says.

"Well, I will think about it." I say.

"Think hard. Because where will you get kisses like this?" He says and kisses my neck.

Ten years of marriage and we are still going hot. All because we still love each other like crazy. Yes, we faced some issues on the way, but our love for each other made those issues seem like nothing. I hope that the next ten, twenty, thirty or however many years we have left, we live together just like this, in each other's arms.

***Riya's POV.***

"Do you like me?" I ask the boy in front of me.

"Yes, Rhea. I like you." He says.

"Which one are you talking about?" I ask.

"R-H-E-A, Rhea." He says, "Are you Rhea?"

"Yes. But you are rejected." I say.

"What? But why?" He asks.

"Because I like someone else. Do you see that older, paler vampire glistening under the sun?" I ask, pointing at Zeeshan a.k.a Zee, "That's my boyfriend. If you try to talk to me again, he will suck the blood out of your body."

He pales and runs off from there. I was just about to leave when a voice from the shadow stopped me.

"Pretending to be your sister again. That's so not you, Riya." Kiaan says and I turn around to look at me.

"Proposing to a 13-year-old girl. Not cool either." I say.

"Then why use Zee like that?" He asks, cocking his head sideways. I hate it when he does that.

"He is always hanging around Rhea. He might as well be of some use to protect her. Although I could just have said your name, you are paler than him." I say and turn to leave.

"I wouldn't have minded." He says and I stop in my tracks.

I look back at him and see him watching me again. He always does that, "You know you are two years older than me?"

"Yes. Why?" He asks with a smirk.

"So stop looking at me like that." I say.

"Why?" He asks as he walks towards me.

"Because... it feels different now." I say.

"How?" He asks, coming more close.

"I don't know." I say.

"Looks like you are growing up, kiddo. Can't wait for the day when you will finally understand why I stare at you like I do. I will wait for that day." He says and ruffles my hair and goes off.

"I am not a kiddo. And I will strangle you if you call me that again." I say and he just waves at me with a chuckle.

"I hate him." I say to myself. But as I look at the window in front of me, my cheeks are on fire, "I really do hate him."

***Rhea's POV.***

"I want it, Riya." I say as I look at the new item in the canteen, "Please bring it for me."

"Why don't you go ahead, Rhea? The crowd would literally part for you. And didn't you just have lunch?" Riya asks me.

"So?" I ask, "I have another space for sweet dishes. I will share 20%. Please bring it for me."

"No, Riya. I am not going. Ask your boyfriend to do your scut work." She says.

"Okay." I say.

"What? Wait a second, you have a boyfriend?" She asks.

"Yes." I say.

"Who is it?" She says with a frown.

"Zee, duh." I say.

"When did he propose? And do you know he is two years older than you?" She asks.

"Yes, I know. But he is also the only friend I have in boys. So he is the only boyfriend I have whom I can ask for anything." I say and leave while she sighs in relief.

I find Zee with his stupid friends. Stupid because they are dumb. I just don't like them because they are mean and bully my classmates. But Zee is a good guy. As Zee can't see me, I thought to spook him, but their conversation stops me in my tracks.

"Seriously, dude. You should stop hanging out with that girl. I know she is pretty and all and one day she will become a beauty if she doesn't eat our whole canteen, but you should enjoy other girls for a while. You know they are crazy for you." One of his dumb friend says.

"Yes. You should definitely date before going to junior college." Another dumb friend says.

"No. I am fine. And guys, next time I hope you won't address girls like they are some kind of thing, not a person." Zee says.

"Sorry. But still stay away from that chubby girl, otherwise she will get the wrong idea." His friend says.

"She won't get any idea. She has a chubby brain too and is totally clueless about what she wants." He says with a heavy sigh and I feel something sharp sting my heart.

I turn from there and get into the canteen and crowd literally parts to let me reach the counter. I take the honey bun and sit next to my big sis.

"Your boyfriend helped?" She asks, looking up from her books.

"I don't have any boyfriend and this is the last bun of my life." I say and take a huge bite out of it.

"Okay? Seems like you are angry about something. You will be back to yourself soon enough." She says and gets back to her book.

When Zee enters the canteen, girls fawn over him, but he waves at me. I look away from him and take this pledge that this cute chubby beauty will become a sexy beauty and win millions of hearts. Then she won't need to get an idea about anyone, others will dream about her.

This will be my revenge story. But maybe I can sneak in one sweet dish a week at least.

Unbeknown to me, the person in question still looks at me with a sad look in his eyes.