Words in the chapter :

Srivaru - husband

Srimathi - wife

Evandi/andi is used to address husband

Gorintaku - mehendi

Rakshashi - devil

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It was almost seven in the evening, both mother and daughter came home. They had a bubble bath which Aadhira loved and enjoyed a lot.

Aadhira was all set to welcome her father back home. She sat in the living room playing with her toys whereas Sri Devi was preparing dinner while keeping an eye on her naughty daughter who tend to do all naughty pranks when nobody is around.

Unusually, Aadhira was playing with her toys with a pout on her face which did not go unnoticed by Sri Devi and she just chuckled to herself.

The door bell rang and quickly crawled towards the door and yelled happily as though asking her mother to come and open the door. Sri Devi switched off the stoves and picked Aadhira into her arms and opened the door.

As expected it was her dadda, only hers whom she wasn't okay with sharing. There he stood with tired eyes, and eyes with dark circles which literally had fifty shades of dark, whereas his face was pale,he indeed looked tired but just by seeing his little sweetheart his lips turned into a beautiful smile.

"Da.. Da... Da",she calls him out throwing her hands towards him. Devi moved inside leaving him space to enter into the home.

As he enters home, she just makes happy noises which were damn cutest and could make anyone's day better. He quickly went towards the washroom to freshen up and Aadhira pouted sadly as her father didn't take her into his arms. She slowly crawled towards their room and sat in front of the door waiting for Ram to come out.

After a good fifteen minutes he came out to see his little princess waiting for him at the door step and he smiled and took her into his arms, she pouted first but then gave in. She pulled his hair first followed by his moustache and then beard.

"Rakshashi",he said while trying to keep her hands away from his hair but her fist was so tight he wasn't able release it.

"Dei, I know you are angry my little princess please leave na, it's hurting dadda and if it hurts dadda will cry",he talked to her hoping she will understand and kept a sad face which melted her heart at an instant and released her hold on his hair. He breathed in relief.

She started speaking gibberish while he listened to her intently as though both of them are in a deep conversation regarding World War. Devi set the table and all three of them settled in the couch.

"How was your day?",she asked.

"Not bad, but my princess makes it all better",he said looking at her lovingly and earning an angry pout from his wife.

"Also did I tell you? My wife's smile makes my day even more better",he said and she glared at him for a second but laughed along with him while hitting him on his chest lightly. She put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

That's exactly when our Aadhira baby found her mamma's hair so pretty so beautiful she jumped onto her from her father's arms and pulled her hair and had it in her fist while trying to see how strong they were.

"Aadhira, what is this fantasy of yours showing us hell while pulling our hairs ugh baby leave it already",Devi shrieked trying to get her hair out of Aadhira's hold and eventually she left her hair and looked at both of her parents.

As though something popped into her brain she crawled down the couch and went to take her toys. She got a ball, she picked it up and threw it towards Devi first. It hit her on her forehead as she wasn't expecting it.

Aadhira crawled back to them, took the ball and this time threw it towards Ram, he caught it and slowly threw it back to her.

"Your daughter I must say, she loves hurting me",Devi said rubbing her forehead where the ball hit her.

"No, Aadhira loves you! That's why she threw the ball towards you first",he said trying to control his laughter while Devi glared at him.

Aadhira was just 10 months old and she loved playing with her parents and hates it when her parents doesn't give her attention the only reason she does naughty things is do gain their attention.

"Now c'mon munchkin dinner time! What will baby Aadhira eat?",Ram picked her up in her arms while she just rubbed her face onto him showing him that she was sleepy. She was trying to rub her eyes with her tiny hands as well.

"No no, no sleepy without eating",Devi took her into her arms and started feeding her which she ate without any tantrums because she was sleepy already.

Devi walked around patting her back gently to burp her and she eventually fell into deep beauty sleep which was filled with colourful dreams. Devi put her on the bed and covered the mosquito net along with the four pillows on the four sides so that she doesn't fall untill they come atleast. She had a small smile on her face, Devi leaned in to her and kissed on her forehead which made her wriggle in her sleep. She checked on her for two minutes and went from there.

By the time, she came there Ram was waiting for her to have their dinner together.

"Ah, you are here! Come today, I'll feed you. My wifey must have been tired",he said and she nodded sadly.

"So, how's the project going on?",he asked feeding her and she was feeding him too.

"After yesterday they are working properly but don't know how long they will work properly. I'm seeing for ways to make them work though",she said and he ruffled her hair.

"You need to rest, love. Look at your face",he said and she gave him a are-you-serious look.

"Have you seen yourself? You look like a walking zombie",she said and giggled.

"By the way, what are plans for this weekend?",he asked.

"Cleaning the mess in the home that you and your daughter do everyday", she said glaring at him while he looked everywhere except her.

"Let's go somewhere",he suggested.

"Nah, this Saturday no wait, we have some ritual so I need to apply mehendi. I grinded it and kept but did not apply! Oh god",she said hitting her head slowly and doing the dishes as they completed doing dinner.

"Also, evandi are you listening? We need to go to Aadhira's vaccination as well",she said forgetting that he was standing behind her with gorintaku(mehendi) bowl in his hands.

"Why are you yelling? I am here only and it's been two years you still make me feel butterflies in my stomach when you call me that",he said while his ears were turning red.

She finished doing the dishes and turned towards him wiping her wet hands with the end of her pallu.

"Call you what andi?",she asked him teasingly and his ears turned more red.

"All this evandi, andi  this brings butterflies in my stomach",he said and she pulled his cheeks.

"How adorable my srivaru is",she kissed him on his cheeks and he kissed her back.

"Meeru pedathara andi?(Are you going to apply the mehendi?)",she asked and he nodded.

Both of them locked all the doors and switched off the lights. They went to their bedroom and sat on the chairs which were available and slowly yet tenderly holding her hands Ram applied her mehendi.

"It's definitely going to be red, after all my dearest srivaru applied with so much love and care",she said and his ears were turning red again.

"Did I ever tell you how cute you look when you blush",she said looking at him.

"Yeah, a million times! Good night srimathi",he said throwing some flying kisses at her and she giggled.

The next morning they were surprised, shocked to see...

To be continued..

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