RaYa Snippets

Bedtime

It was 8 PM, and Ram and Priya were in their room after a long and tiring day. Priya was sitting on the bed, breastfeeding baby Prachi, while Ram had just emerged from the shower.

"Shit, 8 baj gaye? Pihu ko sulana hai, kal usko school jaana hai," Priya grumbled.

"Main Pihu ko sula deta hoon. Aaj kal unke saath akele mein waqt bitane ka chance hi nahi milta, toh thoda catch up kar lunga. Tum yaha aaraam karo Prachi ke saath, main abhi aata hoon."

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*1 hour later*

"Papa, ek aur story, please!"

"Pihu bacche, aapka sone ka time ho gaya hain. Aap abhi nahi soge toh kal aap school kaise jaoge?"

"Toh nahi jaungi main!"

"Badmaash! Mumma se daat paregi school nahi gayi toh."

"Papa sirf 5 minute aur, pleaseee?"

"Pihu..."

"Papa..."

"Pihu, aap chahte ho na ki Papa aapke saath aise time spend kare aur masti kare?"

"Of course, Papa!"

"Toh please so jao meri maa. Nahi toh Mumma mujhe bhi daategi. Aapko toh pata hai na, woh kitni strict hai. Ekdum masterni ban jaegi aur meri class le legi ki maine aapko time pe nahi sulaya."

"Ok, good night, dude."

"Oye! Dude kaun hai?"

"Aap, aur kaun?"

"Kisne sikhaya?"

"Woh school mein Rayna hai na, woh unke Papa ko 'Dude' bulaati hai. Toh main bhi aapko ab se 'dude' bulaungi!"

"Bilkul nahi! Pehle toh tum mujhe Mr. Khadoos bulati thi. Itni mehnat se tum mujhe Papa bulane lagi. Ab please kuch aur naam mat do yaar."

"Okay, sorry Papa Dude!"

"Arre!" Ram exclaimed. Pihu's giggles intensified as Ram started tickling her, and she started squealing as she tried pushing his hands away.

The two soon heard footsteps walking towards the door to Pihu's room, and they both dove underneath the polka-dotted covers of Pihu's bed.

"Kya ho raha hai yaha?"

The two figures under the covers stilled.

"Mujhe pata hai ki aap dono jaag rahe hai."

Ram slowly emerged from the covers and stood up, rubbing the nape of his neck.

"S-sorry Priya. Main Pihu ko sula hi raha tha, lekin tumko toh pata hai na ki kitni ziddi hai! Mujhse keh rahi thi ki 'Papa 5 minutes aur, Papa ek aur story'. Maan hi nahi rahi thi!"

"Ek ghanta pehle Pihu ko sona tha! Aur mujhe pata hai ki aap ko phir se Mr. Khadoos nahi banna tha, toh aapne unki demands puri kar di. Aap na jaiye yaha se. Ab se main hi Pihu ko sula dungi."

Ram lowered his head and nodded before dashing out of the room. Priya sternly walked up to the bed, where Pihu was putting on her best puppy-dog face to convince Priya of her innocence. Priya burst out into laughter as soon as she sat down on the bed, and the two girls giggled together over Ram's change in demeanor in Priya's presence. Priya put her princess to sleep before she made her way back to her room, contemplating on keeping up her angry act so that Ram could shower her with love to "manao" her.

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A/N: I was on Instagram and saw a reel that Durjoy Datta posted about putting his daughter Rayna to sleep and her calling him "dude". Not sure if the link will work, but: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CofXtz7g2t3/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ%3D 

It was SO Ram and Pihu that I had to write this scene out. And of course, Pri walking in on them doing masti but pretending to be upset was a must. Hope the dialogues make sense because Hindi's hard lol. But hope you all liked this lil scene ❤️