Tale of Two Lovebirds

Chapter 8

It was Sunday morning at the Singh-Padukone household. Deepika was in the kitchen doing the dishes while Ria kept herself busy in the living room, watching cartoons and drawing on a sketch pad with crayons. They had already eaten breakfast and Ranveer was just waking up. A starving Ria tried to wake him up earlier, she poked him twice and he didn't answer. She was about to climb on top of him but Deepika didn't let her. He needed to rest.

"Papa, you miss breakfast." She said when she saw Ranveer walk into the area. He was stretching, his hair all messy and still wearing his Ninja Turtle pajamas.

"I'm sorry, Ri. I worked until late last night. I heard you this morning but I thought it was a dream..." He said sitting on the couch behind her. Ria chuckled. She was on her knees in front of the coffee table, drawing something he had a hard time figuring out.

"Nice... drawing."

She smiled proudly. "This is papa, this is momma and this is Ria."

He nodded, appreciating his daughter's doodles. "Such talent... You should become an abstract artist."

"Nah..." She dismissed it immediately. "I want to work in Disneyland when I'm more big." The girl already had a plan.

Now he was the one to chuckle. "Ok... We'll talk about that later... Now give me my good morning hug."

Ria dropped her crayons immediately and climbed to her papa's lap, wrapping her little arms around him, hugging him as tight as she could. His strong arms enveloped her tiny body.

"And a kiss too."

And a peck on his cheek she gave him too. "I love you, Papa."

He hugged her tighter, he loved this girl so very much his heart ached. "I love you more, Princess." He planted a kiss on her cheek as well and stood up from the couch carrying her in his arms. "Let's go see what mum is doing."

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"Good morning." Deepika greeted the other 2/3 of her family as they approached her.

Ria had put Ranveer in a really good mood with her silliness and adorable sweetness, he had a big smile on his face. "Good morning, my lady love." He greeted her back with their daughter in one arm and the other one arm extended, ready to give her a hug.

His contagious smile never failed to make her day better, she smiled back at him and walked into his embrace.

"No kiss?" Ria asked, he asked her for a kiss earlier...

"Yes kiss." Her dad answered and gave Deepika a quick peck on the lips right in front of her. Ria watched amused and hugged them both at the same time. She wasn't grossed out when they kissed, she loved it in an innocent way. It made her happy to see her parents happy and when they kissed they were usually very happy.

"Are you hungry?" Deepika asked her hubby, she knew well how hungry he usually was in the morning, at lunch and at dinner and pretty much all the time. He worked and exercised so much he needed tons of food to keep his body and energetic personality going.

Ranveer nodded a little bit embarrassed, he missed breakfast and now she had to fix something after being done with the dishes.

"Don't worry, I'll reheat it." She would go reheat his breakfast if he would actually loosen his arm around her waist. He just smiled at her and let her go but not without kissing her cheek first.

"Your mommy is the best!" He told his daughter then and flipped her in his arms so she's belly-down and soon he was flying her back to the living room like an airplane. Ria's happy laughter filled up the whole house and Deepika smiled, loving to hear her baby and her papa having fun.

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Ria went back to her cartoons and continued working on her abstract drawing while Deepika sat down with Ranveer as he ate. Her housewife role was honestly one of her favorite ones, and his' too. It was no secret he loved to be spoiled and taken care of and she really enjoyed doing that; it was a win-win situation.

"I finished reading the script." She started talking after a few seconds of just staring at him eating. She liked doing that too, watching him eat. The way he does it, seems like he's enjoying every single bite, like everything he eats is delicious. It's quite a sight.

"I'm not feeling it."

"Then don't do it." That is his honest advice. He wouldn't sign a film if he wasn't feeling it either regardless of who was involved in it.

"I won't..." She said and he was busy chewing his food so she continued, leaning her chin on the palm of her hand and her elbow on the table. "I was thinking I would rather work on the project we have pending..."

Oh? His mind wasn't quick enough but the way she looked and smiled at him made it "click."

"Another baby?" He asked wiping his mouth with a napkin and showing her a smug smile. He remembered when they were trying to conceive Ria... Those were good times. But not only that part was exciting, the whole thing was; Deepika's mood swings, her changing body*ahem*cute belly and ultimately the new life they created.

"Yes, it's been three years..." Meaning it's time.

"Deepu, I think... that is a great idea." He honestly thought so, he loved Ria immensely, another baby would be just awesome. Plus if the plan is to have lots of babies, they need to get working.

Deepika squealed and clapped excitedly. "Really?" Her excitement reminded him of Ria when she gets her way with something.

He reached out to hold her hand and squeezed it. She wanted to kiss him really badly so she stood up and he got the hint, moving his chair back a bit, away from the table. She sat on his lap, without ever letting go of his hand.

And they kissed slow and gentle.

"We need a boy now, I'm afraid I cannot handle another girl. I'm already helpless with you two."

Deepika smiled just centimeters away from his face. "I gave Ria dimples, you give the baby what he needs to be a boy."

Ranveer rose an eyebrow, "Meri mardangi ke bare mein tum gaon ki kisi bhi ladki se pooch sakti ho ... report achchi milegi."

"I don't need to ask anyone, I know." She winked at him and they kissed again.

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Updated on 29/10/17: minor changes.

To be continued...

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