"Now open your mouth like a good boy.. Yes" Supriya fed porridge to six month old Aditya seated on Bansen's lap, who was busy adoring the beauty of garden.  "Vahini let me eat myself! I am a big boy now" Vrishketu whined, "I know you are a big boy ketu, but we are in a hurry na, you have to finish your meal quickly" Maitreyi quickly fed him a morsel of rice. Aditya smiled and rested his head on Bansen's shoulder, "Where do we have to go?.. Your buashree's kingdom" Supriya murmured and Aditya opened his mouth excitedly, Supriya quickly fed him another morsel, making Bansen and Maitreyi smile. "You are going to be a jyeshth bhrata a Dada now! You have to behave like a good boy! "

Whoever fed Aditya had to use such sweet words to feed him as he was a picky eater. "Priyaai, Vashu Tai is going to be a mother then I am going to be Mamashree?" Vrishketu asked with twinkle in his eyes. Supriya nodded positively making him grin, "I am just ten years old and I am going to be a Kakashree and Mamashree both!" He exclaimed. "So much responsibility on my little shoulders!"he frowned. All three elders burst laughing looking at his antics. Seeing all elders laughing, Aditya too started laughing and the bowl of porridge spilt over Bansen's angavastra. Supriya pulled Aditya on her lap as Bansen rose on his feet to change his angavastra but Aditya started crying. Bansen made Aditya sit on his lap, sitting there with spoilt angavastra as he cannot see his nephew crying.

"Last morsel, finish it fast and run to your chamber to get ready. Hurry up" Maitreyi fed the last morsel of rice to Vrishketu and he ran to his chamber. Supriya smiled seeing them, "Sometimes I think maitri even if me or Jyesth rani would not be there, you and Snigdha would love all our sons like your own kids" . "And where are you both going to go? You are going to be with us always, don't say such things" maitreyi frowned. Aditya pulled Bansen's hair like they were threads, Supriya and maitreyi laughed seeing this.

"Done with your haha huhu, go get ready fast! We are already late!" Vrushali's voice startled them. She pulled Aditya in her arms , "Go see whether Nath is ready or not. Confirm whether Snigdha had packed everything necessary for Adi, it's long journey from Anga to matsya" vrushali instructed Supriya. "Where are we going? Buashree's place! For Godh bharai, huh!" Vrushali murmured kissing Aditya's forehead and rocking him in her arms.
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Vedangi entered her chamber caressing her baby bump, tired from the day's work. Simple tasks seemed tiring for her ever since she had entered third trimester. Shvet entered behind her and closed the doors of the chamber, ordering all servants for ekant. He held Vedangi's shoulders and made her sit on couch and himself sat besides her. Vedangi raised her eyebrows, "So many many years ago there existed a Rakshas king names hiranyakashyap he had a son named Prahlad, who was a devotee of Shri Narayan" Shvet begun.

"Nath? You are telling me the story of Narsimha avatar of narayan?" Vedangi questioned "I am not a kid" . "You are not a kid but our child is!" He kept his hand on her bump. "He already feels your presence and definitely recognises you, I want him/her to feel my presence too. I want to tell him that his pita loves him and waits for his arrival" Shvet said dreamily. Vedangi smiled fondly and asked him to continue the story, while herself munching on sour tamarind. "Enough Meenu, this much tamarind is not good for your health" he pulled the bowl of tamarinds from her hand. Vedangi looked at him with a pout at puppy eyes.

"No risk regarding your or our child's health, come it's time to sleep now" he extinguished the diyas and made her lay on the bed. Vedangi massaged his scalp and caressed his forehead and he layed besides her. "We don't even get to spend few minutes with each other the whole day, that's why evening and night feels special" Shvet kissed her cheek, making her blush. "Sleep now! It's already late" she said turning her back towards him. Shvet crawled closer to her and encircled her waist, placing a kiss on her neck slowly.

Vedangi turned again, facing him now and slowly placed her lips on his, making him gasp. Shvet held her waist and pulled her more close to him. The moon shine brightly in the night sky a they both were lost in each other.
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"I missed you all so much" Vedangi hugged karna, who rocked her head lovingly. The blinked furiously to send back the tears threatening to run down his eyes. His little daughter was a woman now, happy in her martial home and soon to become a mother. He watched her as she seperated from his hug, wiping tear droplets from her eyes by the end of her veil and went to hug Shon, who held her as if she was still a baby. His eyes turned towards Shvet who was adoring Vedangi just like him, his eyes reflected the love he held for Vedangi.  A content smile appeared on Karna 's lips. What more does a father asks for?

"Is there a tradition in matsya to welcome your family with tears, huh?" Shon jested making everyone smile and wiping Vedangi's tears. Vrushali adored her child, her daughter who was all set to give birth to a child and her eyes brimmed with happy tears. "And also it is not the tradition in matsya to make our guests cry" Vedangi hugged Vrushali from behind, making her smile.

"Meenu Tai, you have became too fat" Vrishketu said with a frown. Maitreyi quickly put her palm over his mouth, "Say sorry to her. It's not right to say so" she urged. "Vahini, it's okay. Afterall he is my brother, he has the right to tease me" Vedangi smiled placing a kiss on his cheeks. Her gaze then turned towards Shvet who was trying to hide a mark on his neck by covering it with angavastra. Vedangi smirked as their gaze met and Shvet tried hard to control his smile and pretended to be engaged in some conversation with Chitrasen.
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