Blossom 🌼

THE END

One day they two left India to bloom their love blossom, today landed again on motherland with three more flowers — sign of their love. Waves of memories surged in heart. The city they lived was indeed beautiful but they found musty smell of hometown's ground most cozy after taking exotic oxygen for ten years.

While stepping in Punjab's ground Mayank took infant Olly from Abhi and started loosing her furry covers. Abhi panicked -- "arey kya oar rahe ho ? She'll catch cold!"
"Kuch nahi hoga, thoda apne watan ki hawa lagne do." Mayank continued letting his daughter catch her country's air.
"Tum kabse ye sab sanskar maanne lage ?"

They reached near the market, near Abhi's flower shop, which is closed and sooted now.

"I told you Dandy, papa loves me more than you two." Little Amy pointed at Dandy and Olly.

"And why we should believe that didi ?" Dandy asked raising an eyebrow.

"See Papa's shop's name"

Yes, the name Amaryllis is indistinct but still visible. Abhi became nostalgic memorising the history of that name, which he cannot explain to his children.

"See the buildings Dandy, there was a vast arable paddy fields before years... there I had kissed your papa for first time" — Mayank informed his son reaching near that special place, "he was a cute shy baby then, not a tetchy guy like now."   Abhi glared at him for too much information. His children's chuckles made him more angry.

"Yehi sikhenge tumhare bachche" – Abhi yelled snatching Olly from Mayank.

"So what's wrong in it ?  Aur tum jaise cute partner mile to pyaar me lattu honge hi naa"

"Just shut up buddhe!!"

Mayank forgot his age and formalities stepping in his hometown. Though Abhi is an evergreen tree to him for ever.

Abhi's mom and didi went to Mayank's house to welcome them together as Abhi's frail for recent C-section and visiting two families at same day would be tough for him. Mayank's mom did welcoming rituals for her grandchildren.

Mayu's dad, who once accused Abhi a lot, today took him in affectionate embrace and blessed his head with tear drops --- for giving their clan three healthy offsprings and three little companion of his old age.

Abhi's mother couldn't keep her tears seeing her grandchildren, his didi lifted three of them one by one as they're getting to touch the babies for first time.

"Tere bachche to bilkul tere jaise cute hai Abhi!"

"Kya matlab ? Mere Mayu jaisa nahi hai ?"

"Are aunty mera woh matlab nahi tha... I mean dono jaise hi hue hain"

"Par tumne sirf Abhi jaise cute kaha"

"Umm sorry aunty"

Mayank's eyes rolled for his mother's everlasting characteristic. But his mom stroked the girl's chin-- "arey pagli main to majak kar rahi thi. Of course bachche Abhi jaisa hi cute hain"

Some good long family hours spent along with 'desi khana'. Both of the grandmothers made a lot of poha, lachcha paratha, kheer, imarti, halwa, rabdi and many more items for their grandchildren. Little Olly couldn't taste those but Amy and Dandy didn't leave a little bit on their plates.

Their childhood friends visited at afternoon. Most of them are now householder and have one or two kids. A lot of childish gossip ran. They teased;
"Usually two people run and returns becoming three. But Mayu, you two ran and came back becoming five!!"
"There was no chutiya friends like you to waste time, so... what to do ?" Mayank got a glare from Abhi for this savage reply.