"Mumma hai na aapke paas. Phir-"
"Nhi! Aap aur nani hamesha aise hi krte ho. Kabhi nhi batate mujhe mere papa kaha hai. Mujhe papa chahiye chahiye chahiye!"
He cried and Diya felt like crying. Jagrav knew it was his turn to intervene and he held Divay in his arms.
"Friend! Mumma se bolo na mujhe mere papa se milna hai."
He cried and hid his face in Jagrav's neck. He rubbed his back and kissed his head. Diya felt like she would breakdown seeing him handle her son with such love and care.
"Pehla stop crying."
He wiped his face and then looked at Diya before asking him.
"Aapko papa se milna hai?"
He nodded and looked at him with a spark in his eyes.
"Aap jaante ho wo kaha hai?"
"Hmm. Wo na kaam ki wajah se aapke dur rehte the. Lekin ab wapas aa gye hai."
"Sachi? Kaha hai wo? Aap please unhe bula do."
He asked so cutely that he felt his heart ache.
"Hi buddy! Sorry mai pehle kabhi milne nhi aaya. Forgive papa?"
Diya froze. She didn't know how Divay would react. But when a little sob raked out of his body and he launched himself in Jagrav's arms she couldn't handle anymore and fell on the couch crying while holding her face in her hands.
"Aap ab hamare saath hi rahoge na? Mujhe chhod kr nhi jaaoge na?"
Jagrav cupped his face and wiped his tears. He then looked at Diya and said.
"Wo toh mumma pr depend krta hai. Agar mumma papa ke saath rehna chahti hai toh papa mumma aur Divay dono ke saath rahenge."
Divay turned to his mother and asked.
"Mumma! Please papa ko hamare saath rehne do. Please mumma."
She closed her eyes and nodded and Divay jumped happily.
After he was settled Jagrav told her parents how he knew Diya and that they loved each other and he intended to marry her someday if she wanted.
They were currently in her room's balcony.
"He is not my biological son."
Jagrav looked at her shocked.
"I was coming back from Udaipur after my graduation. Train mai just baithi thi when a woman who looked really weak and tortured came to me. She handed me a bundle and asked me to take care of it. When she left I heard a cry from the bundle and saw a newborn inside the sheets. Turned out some villagers of her place wanted to kill her and the child. I hid myself and the baby in the train washroom until I was sure they were gone. I bought the baby home and adopted him legally. Divay is that baby."
Jagrav sat in silence for some time processing the information.
"Ab tak I thought I was doing a good job providing for him and looking after him. But seems like it would never be enough."
He hugged her and rubbed her back.
"It's not you Diya. He is a kid. And every kid needs a mother and a father both. Isiliye bhagwaan ne dono banaye hai. Because both of them have different roles to play in a child's life. Jis tarah baap chahe jitne bhi koshish krle maa ki tarah mamta nhi de skta bache ko waise hi maa bhi ek baap ki tarah harr jagah usse support nhi kr skti. There are times when the father falls weak and there are times when the mother would fall weak. Isliye balance ke liye dono chahiye Diya."
She didn't say anything for some time and they stayed in silence in each other's embrace.
"Diya?"
She hummed with her eyes closed relishing the feeling of his warmth.
"Will you marry me?"
She looked at him pulling back slightly. She blinked her eyes not believing he just asked her that.
"I really want to live the life that I now have imagined with you and Divay. Be a father and a husband to him and you. Please Diya!"
She got up and walked inside the room without any word. He followed her and held her hand. She looked at him and said.
"I don't want ki when in future we have another child you start neglecting my son because now you have your own blood. Or any of you family members doing so."
She raised her concern. He looked at her with a mock offended look and said moving closer to her.
"I feel offended ki tumhe mujhse ye kehna pad rha hai. But I am happy you shared it with me. So now listen to me and listen well."
He cupped her face and kissed her forehead before looking into her eyes and stating with firm assertion.
"Divay is my firstborn. Do you get that? So even if we plan to have a second child, it will be our second baby just like I said. Divay is always going to be the first and the most loved. Ghar ka chirag you know."
He winked and she chuckled with tears in her eyes.
"And what is this 'my son'? He is our son. Chahe tum chaho ya na chaho. Marry me or not. I am Divay's father."
He might as well have stolen her heart because this statement made her want to marry him right away. She launched herself in his arms muttering 'Yes' in his ears multiple times making him grin wide and twirl her around.
He looked at her pulling back with her still in his arms, her feet a little in air and leaned in placing his lips on hers taking her in a soft, passionate kiss.
The kiss turned wilder and Diya soon found herself on her bed with him over her. Just as his hands invaded her top and caressed her bare stomach he heard a loud voice and pulled away with the speed of lightning.
Divay came in running and yelling with a big grin on his face. He ran to Jagrav and forwarded a piece of paper to him.
"Maine aapke card banaya papa."
Fuck! His heart! Papa! He was a father now! Jagrav bent to his son's level and took him in his arms. He took the card from him kissing his head.
I love you papa
This was written on the card with three stick figures named Mumma, Papa and Divay.
Diya smiled seeing Jagrav get emotional. She kissed his bicep hugging him from the side as they stood there in each other's embrace like the small, happy family they were now.
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