TADAP

Chapter 26 - The wreck

"Abey yaar! Paka mat, bol na" Sidharth sighed.

"Acha suno, I think... I mean, I guess... Nishu ko Shub pasand hai and usko Nishu" Shehnaaz revealed as she had noticed them stealing sweet small moments throughout the lunch.

"Really? You think so?" He asked rather calmly contrary to how Shehnaaz had thought he'd react.

"Ha baba... I could see some sparks. Tujhe bhi dikhta only if you were not sulking over me and Shub" Shehnaaz bit her tongue and giggled at herself for the way she taunted him mischievously.

She looked too cute to get offended by her taunt so Sidharth let that go and grabbed her face under the chin only to bite her cheek.

"Khaa jau tujhe?" He mumbled faintly still keeping his teeth on her cheek.

"Ammaaa..." She whined as expected, making him laugh and move a tiny bit apart.

She touched her cheek and mumbled incoherent words with a cute pout which made her look absolutely adorable. And that compelled Sidharth to grab her close to him by her waist and press his lips against the cute pout of hers. What started as a sweet peck transpired into a passionate kiss. Shehnaaz was taken aback with his sudden gesture but nevertheless reciprocated with equal passion as she was glad that Sidharth was not sulking anymore and was showering her with his best kisses.

"Khaa jaunga tujhe sach mei ek din..." Sidharth chuckled moving a few inches apart.

"I'm all yours" she whispered, catching up on her breathe. Sidharth's eyes widened at once and scrunched the next moment intensely. He was second guessing about what her words insinuated but then he really didn't want to go there yet so he skillfully dodged it.

"Of course, baby" he pecked her cheek and smiled wide, she did too.

"Acha chal bata what's up with Nishu and Shubman?" He asked, pushing away the hair on on her forehead.

"Nothing much as of now I guess, Aaj hi toh mile hai dono. Meine bas notice kiya lunch pe, you know the first time tingles of attraction? Waisa kuch... Just thought you should know too because it's our Nishu and the boy from my family. Voh teri bachi hai, I know how protective you are of her so honestly, I didn't want any misunderstandings between us aage jaa kar if at all they both get together, you know?" Shehnaaz said insinuating at a probable future.

"Uhm, I do. Thank you batane k liye but baby please don't think iski wajah se there'll be problems between us. It will not baba...as much as I'm protective of Nisha, I'd never blame you or anyone for her actions irrespective of Shubman being ur family or not. She's an adult and meri bachi apne decisions ki zimmedari khud leti hai... So it's all fine. Samjhi?"

Sidharth explained as if she was a child. In a way she was one, considering how pure and innocent her nature is. Shehnaaz nodded her head in agreement while she played with his shirt's buttons.

"Toh you don't have a problem with Nisha dating someone or Shub?" She questioned curiously.

"Umm nope as long as she introduces the boy to us and we feel that she's safe around him" he replied with nonchalance. He seemed really cool about his young niece's probable love life.

"Hein? Sachi? Mujhe laga tu gussa karega" she said astonished at how cool he was. He laughed and pinched her cheeks.

"Gussa kyu bey? She's 20 years old, this age you know, it's tricky, we cannot impose our thoughts on her right? Besides, voh apne liye kya sahi hai kya galat hai choose aur decide karne ki capability rakhti hai and we've let our child be herself. Agar hum usse samjhenge nahi, hum uske sahi ya galat decisions pe guide aur support nahi karenge toh aur kaun karega? Preeti or Jag or me or mom none in our house want her to feel scared of her own family. We feel children should be given the wings to fly wherever they want to, if they soar high and reach heights without failing then none will be as happy as us, but in the flight that they take if they falter or lose a wing for worse, they should be knowing that they have a family behind to hold back and tend to, they should not get scared ki ab meine galti kardi aur ghar pe pata chalega toh they'll rip me apart... No aisa nahi sochna hai bacho ko. They have to feel secure, bas that's the parenting style which mom and baba adopted toh hum bhi vahi follow kar rahe hai..." He finished with a smile fondly remembering his father.