Choti Si Duniya - ArShi FF

52. School chalein hum

The month of June always brought a lot of excitement for Chiku, first because it was his birthday month and second, it was the time of school's reopening.

Although his school was closed in between due to pandemic, Kavish had loved his pre-school days. In those 2 years he went there, he had made a lot of new friends. And now he was going be in 1st grade and way more excited than other first graders. Piya on the other hand who was now going to be in 2nd was happy too, although she was not as fond of making friends as Chiku. She liked school though, especially the part where her teacher would make them recite rhymes.

And then this year, two more Raizada kids were going to join same school albeit in pre-school, Arohi Singh Raizada, and Shriya Singh Raizada!

All Raizada kids went to one of the most reputed schools of the country, D.A.V. school, as Arnav, Akash themselves were alumni of the same. But unlike their bhaiyya, twins had never known what was school and this was going to be their first experience.

And in all this, two more people were having mixed emotions, Arnav and Khushi. After all, this was again that time of their lives when they had to send their babies away, first time ever!

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When Chiku had gone to school for the first time back in 2018, it was the toughest for his parents. Until then, they had never let their baby be away from their eyes even for a minute and now he was going to spend many hours away from their watch. That thought alone was enough to make Arnav anxious and Khushi nervous.

However, when Chiku enjoyed his pre-school and made so many new friends, slowly Arnav-Khushi's anxiety and nervousness faded away. Their son was a charmer and very soon became a popular kid amongst his toddler classmates as well as teachers. He had finished his pre-school with more fun than they could imagine and just as he was going to be in KG, schools got closed due to covid pandemic.

And now, 4 years later, they were going to face same day again, but this time for their daughters...

The night before school's first day:

"Hey. Are you awake?" Arnav asked, whispering near her ears, as she was sleeping with her back to him.

"Hmm. good morning Arnavji." Khushi turned while answering, stifling a yawn, and reached to look time in her mobile phone which showed 4.30 am

"Can't sleep?" Arnav asked further

"Aap bhi toh jage hue ho(You too are awake)." she stated the obvious

"They will be fine, right? I mean, Pari takes so much time to open up (he didn't want to admit that she never opened up to anyone easily) and my princess, Aru doesn't like staying confined at one place for so long..." he trailed off

"I am more worried for their food. They are not used to eating by themselves; we feed them..." Khushi voiced her concern

"Hmm. you know what this reminds me? Kavish's first week at school." Arnav said and chuckled as they both remembered how Chiku had been sweetly taking care of his friends who cried on their first week at school

Flashback from Chiku's pre-school first week, June 2018:

It was Kavish's first day at school and they had been anxiously waiting to receive him outside his preschool. Along with them were few other parents too including Jatin and Nisha, Rucha's parents. Arnav and Khushi had actually never left the school premises after dropping Kavish and kept strolling around in case their son asked for them. But to their pleasant surprise, when the school time ended, a cheerful happy Chiku with spring in his step, ran to their arms, while a slightly grumpy Rucha went in her father's arms.