Cricket One Shots- Extremely Short Stories

Sanki

"Cookie, Saanvi mili toh hume bhool jaayegi na?", Ishan asked his daughter. "Emotional blackmail khatam ho gaya toh chale?", Shubman asked. They were supposed to pick up Sanju and Saanvi from the airport as Yashasvi was down with a twisted ankle and put on rest.

"Dada, Saanvi will sleep in my room today. Yashi chachu had promised", said Cookie. "She might end up sleeping with you the whole week", Shub replied. "Sharam karo Shubman. Bacchi se aise kaun baat karta hai?", Ishan scolded his husband. "Ishu, I meant with Yashi's ankle, they would prefer if Saanvi doesn't jump around near him. Ye alag baat hai ki noone can stop Yashi from jumping on his husband", Shubman explained with a wink.

The two friends finally met at the airport after a long one year gap. They talked non-stop all the way to the hotel. "My ears will bleed by the time the vacation finishes", complained Shub. "Hi Sanki", greeted Abhishek the moment they reached the hotel. "Abhi yaar, Sanki mat bol na mere babies ko. Viki bula le. Teri wajah se poori team Sanki bulathe hai abhi", Ishan cried. "Harkat ke hisaab se sanki hi suit karta hai dono ko", replied Abhi carrying them both in his arms.

"Oye. Papa se milke toh jao na Saanvi. Nahi toh 'meri beti mujhe bhool gayi' bolke royega. You need to freshen up and eat as well", Sanju called his baby. Once they reached the room, Saanvi ran to jump on her Papa's lap and was held back on time by Sanju,"Baccha, papa has hurt his ankle, dhyan se", he said. Before the tears came rolling, Yash made her sit near him,"I am okay Saanvi. Just a small boo boo. I can start walking tomorrow", he consoled her. "Chalo, let me give you a wash. You can go play with Cookie after that", said Sanju after unpacking the necessities.

Ishan called Sanju in the middle of the night," Saanvi ro rahi hai. Usko Yash ko dekhna hai. I think she had a bad dream". "So jao, Yashu. Saanvi wants to come and sleep with us. Let me go pick her up", putting his older baby back to sleep, who had woken up when he lost his husband's arms around him. "Sanju Uncle, can I come and sleep with Saanvi there. I will miss her", Cookie asked when she saw that Saanvi was going back to her room. "Aa jao baccha", he said picking up both the girls. It was going to be a tight fit on the bed, but Cookie needed Saanvi and Saanvi needed Yash, who in turn needed Sanju. He just hoped it wasn't going to be a case of "they all rolled over and one fell down" like Cookie's favourite rhyme.