Embracing The Unplanned

87-Family

"Chalo bhai sab,apni apni gaadiyon mein betho"Mahir said as the function had finally ended and they all were ready to leave for their home.

It was almost 4 pm now,they hadn't thought that the function would go on till this late but then it was kind of a get together for all of them,Hriday and Aayat were introduced to many of the close relatives who were invited.The whole time they all had just chatted with the kids playing with eachother.

"Bade papa mein aapki gaadi mein aaunga"Abhimanyu said as he was too tired now and Mahir nodded at that.

"Tu,Kiyaan aur Rishi aa jao mere saath,jaa apni badi maa ko bulakr laa,nikalna bhi h"Mahir said and Abhi nodded and did as asked.

"Hriday tu Iti aur Aayat ko lekr aaja,hum sab saath chalte h"Nirvair said as he went outside to get the car and Hriday nodded and left to fetch his wife and daughter.

He walked towards Aayat who was sitting on a chair with Iti in her arms who was sleeping peacefully.

"So gayi?"Hriday asked as he saw his daughter.

"Bht thak gayi thi,aur itna kheli h yeh aaj,itni masti ki h na inhone baaki sab bacchon ke saath"Aayat said and Hriday smiled at that.

He gently pulled Iti in his arms and carried her outside the venue,her head laid against his shoulder.

Finally he gets to hold his daughter!

The whole function he and Aayat were the only ones who didn't got to spend any time with Iti.Every single person there was so happy to meet Iti that they didn't wanted to leave her.His own family was busy passing Iti around, everyone wanting to hold her and spend time with her.

She and Aayat had taken a back seat because of that,even Iti was busy with them all,she for once didn't even came towards them,well she hadn't forgotten them but it was just that everyone were busy engaging her in things continuously.

Aayat opened the car door for Hriday as he was holding Iti.Hriday settled in the passenger seat while Aayat and Maahi settled in the back seat.

Hriday made Iti sleep comfortably in his arms.

"So gayi?"Nirvair asked and Hriday nodded at that.

"Jaldi ghar chalo bhai,I am fcking tired now and I just want to change from this horrible clothes"Maahi said as she was tired now wearing the lehenga for so long.

"Kya hoga na aapki shadi ke baad?"Hriday teased her while she rolled her eyes at his comments.

"Aree yeh bol iske pati ka kya hoga,bichara torture ho jayega"Nirvair said and both the men laughed over it.

"Aapki biwi se toh better hogi uski life! atleast I will be a responsible partner unlike you!"Maahi said and Nirvair rolled his eyes at that.

Aayat didn't interfered between them,it was their daily thing to do and she wasn't even surprised by it now.

They continued to bicker throughout the ride even dragging Aayat in between them at times.

Night,

"Papa,bhui ne bola h ki woh kal hame mall lekr jayenge,chachu bhi chalenge hamare saath,phir hum sab pizza bhi khayenge,aur phir park bhi jayenge!"Iti excitedly shared what Aashi and Shivansh had promised her.

Her smile was contagious and so Hriday couldn't help but reciprocate it.

The moment he had started narrating her the story she had started blabbering how she enjoyed today the most,what she did with the family members,how it was meeting the princesses,how her buddy kept on entertaining her through out the function,how her chachu and bhui were constantly beside her,how her badi dadi had made her eat lunch and how her chote dadu and dadu had fought like kids to get pics clicked with her.She had enjoyed every moment of it.