Weight of Motherhood

Embracing the Truth

He swiftly jumped on the box, hiding it behind him.

Diksha, still engrossed in the lingerie collection, asked nonchalantly, "What are you hiding, bhaiya?"

Shyam's face turned bright red as he tried to divert attention. "Nothing!"

He whispered in Priya's ear, "It's a strap-on... I'll tell you everything about it later."

Priya's eyes sparkled with intrigue, and she whispered back, "I think I know what we're going to do tonight."

Diksha's voice brought Shyam back to reality.

"I'm looking for matching lingerie for my date," she said, holding up a lacy set. Shyam's eyes widened in surprise. "Your date?!" He couldn't believe his sister was going on a date, especially with someone he disliked. "Who, that smoker Ramu?"

Diksha's response shocked him further. "He's been clean ever since that meeting, and be respectful, he's going to be your brother-in-law. Besides, you don't know how good he is in bed."

Shyam's jaw dropped, and he protested, "I'm your brother, you shouldn't share these things with me!"

"Oh, come on, bhaiya, I'm just teasing. But seriously, Ramu's changed a lot. You should give him a chance." Diksha chuckled mischievously.

"And Priya bhabhi have told me everything, and by the looks of it I dont think you will like to stay as my bhaiya any more"

"What are you saying?"

"She is talking about the highschool incident" priya replied "I know you always wanted to be a girl, thats why you agreed to be wife of Govardhan so easily".

"Yes..." Shyam said finally defeated "I tried everything to stay like a and maintain the facade of masculinty but I really want to stay as woman."

"I know, and I would love to have and older sister that I can share some secret about men" Diksha said with wink.

"Priya I dont want to loose you"

"Your body wont change anything, beside I kind like soumya more than I liked shyam" priya said kissing shyam again but with more passion.

"But what about maa- papa?" Shyam said " I was hoping to get back to being a man so they would start loving me again"

"Oh.. that.." diksha said and dialed a phone number.

"Soumya beta, it's soo good to finally see our elder daughter" a familiar motherly voice came out of the other side of the phone the phone showing faces that shyam was praying to see for last 5 months.

He said sobbing "maa- papa i have missed you so much"

"We missed you to my baccha" Rajesh added "Priya made us realise how much you have been killing yourself just to make us happy"

"We cared so much about what others would think that we forgot how much it was hurting you" sunaina added.

"Thank you, priya" Shyam cried "I am not sure how will repay you"

"By teaching me some of your makeup skills" priya said and hugged her husband tight.

"I think i should start calling you didi from now on"

"You should" Soumya finally embraced her true self using the name 'soumya' for the first time to refer her self " but I still need to check if Ramu is the right person for you or not"

"Okay didi" Diksha ran and hugged her elder sister.

"I need the real deal from now own" priya whispered while pointing to soumya chest as diksha moved back to the lingerie section "I wanna jiggle between the those bad boys"

"They kind of feel real, I could swear that I feel the touch on my nipple when I shower sometimes" soumya said.

Sumitra smiled warmly, "So, my little sister, are you ready or not?" She approached the door, her eyes shining with love and acceptance.

Soumya's voice was filled with wonder, "Did you know, didi? That I... wanted to be a girl?"

Sumitra's expression turned serious, " From day one, my dear. I've seen it before, Soumya. The way you'd dress, the way you'd move... you've always had a feminine soul. And I'm so proud of you for embracing it."

Soumya's eyes widened, "You knew? But how?"

Sumitra chuckled, " That's why I gave you those breast forms. They are not simple silicone forms but were filled with hormones."

"What??"

"Take this adhesive remover" sumitra threw a bottle towards soumya.

Soumya applied the remover and the form came off. Shyam gasped with the huge surprise
"What??"

The form was now just a thin layer of skin sheet, revealing soumya's own real breast. He touched his nipple and a shiver ran down his entire body.

"You took this big gamble" soumya said with little hint of anger "what if I was just a guy thinking of helping the couple. I did not expect it from you"

"It was a gamble" sumitra said "but I knew you weren't 'just a guy' helping us out. You were searching for a way to find yourself. No cis gender man would risk his manhood for mere 1 crore. You always wanted to be a woman. Thats why Goddess lakshmi made you visit the temple that night"

" But what if I didn't want to "

"Then I would have changed those breast forms with normal ones" sumitra added " but I saw how happy you were every time you looked in the mirror. I knew what I was doing was right".

Soumya felt defeated, he thought he concealed his identity well but literally everyone knew about her from the start.

Sumitra hugged soumya tight and put her hands on her stomach "baby show you mausi how you do it"

Sumitra guided Soumya's hands to her stomach, and soon Soumya felt the baby's movements too.

Tears of joy filled her eyes as she experienced this miraculous moment. "Oh, wow!" she exclaimed. "It's like a little miracle in there!, You mausi is waiting for your arrival here little champ."

"Can anybody help me out here I have a date to plan" Diksha said throwing lingeries over head.

"Carefull those are my favourite ones, I am picking new ones for you", Soumya schooled her.

"Okay.... didi" Diksha made a face which made all for of them laugh hard.

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Hi readers, as you must have seen the naration has started referring Soumya as soumya as opposed to 'shyam' as soumya as finally accepted herself.
There are only 3-4 chapters remaining but I am not sure if I should add the final twist which might impact the storyline as whole.

Please give me your opinion if I should write the twist or end the series on happy note.

Also I have started another series "Luck by chance" which will be lot shorter than this one. It was suggested by another writer Shruti. I hope you guys give the same love to thay story as well.

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