Tale of Two Lovebirds

Chapter 12

"Wakey, wakey, papa!"

Ranveer felt an itch on his nose and opened his eyes to find an over-enthusiastic Ria tickling him with a fuzzy magic wand toy. His alarm clock read 6:13 am.

"Ri..." He begged. It was too early. It was his day off too.

"Wake up, King Veer!" She aimed the magic wand at him, trying to make him wake up with magic.

"Ribbit. Ribbit."

He started making frog sounds and funny faces instead of "waking up." Ria looked at him surprised and very amused.

"Ribbit. Ribbit."

"Papa!" She exclaimed, what's going on?

"You turned me into a frog. I think your wand is broken. Ribbit. Ribbit." More frog sounds and faces that according to him resemble a frog. Without doubt, some of his finest acting.

"No! Go away bad froggy!" She aimed her magic wand again.

"It's not working!" He kept on making frog sounds and Ria climbed on top of him, shaking and pointing the toy at him. It didn't work, her dad still sounded like a frog.

"It's not working! I need a kiss from a Princess to break the spell! Ribbit. Ribbit. Do you know where I can find one?"

Her eyes grew big with excitement, she remembered that fairytale about a princess and a frog. "Yes! I am Princess Ria! Don't worry, papa! I save you!" She exclaimed with enthusiasm and kissed his cheek. He kept making frog sounds though. She kissed his other cheek and for a second she thought he was back to normal... but he still sounded like a frog!

Deepika stirred next to them, the commotion causing her to wake up. Ria noticed her kisses didn't seem to work, so she decided to ask for help.

"Mommy, wakey! Help! Kiss papa!" She poked Deepika's shoulder and got off her dad to climb on her mom to get her help. Ranveer caught her before she could climb on Deepika, trapping her in a big bear hug.

"Let the Queen sleep, I need a Princess kiss!"

"What's going on?" Too late, the Queen was awake now. Her daughter and husband were laughing like crazy next to her.

"Mommy, he's a frog!"

"What? Why?" She decided to play along. Ranveer looked at her, silently asking if she was alright. She'd been having really bad nausea for the past few days. She nodded with a lazy smile, letting him know she was fine.

"Maybe one kiss on each cheek by both Princess and Queen?" Said the King turned into frog. His Princess squealed, liking the idea. His Queen snuggled close to him and he put an arm around her. He got a kiss on each cheek from both of them at the same time and that sure did it. The spell was broken. "Ahhh, thank you, my beautiful ladies. You saved me!"

Ria cheered, trying to get away from his embrace. She was not one to stay still.

"Stay here, Princess. I like this." Ria hesitated but saw that her mom was content snuggling with him and so she did the same, laying her head on his shoulder, mirroring her.

Ranveer closed his eyes and smiled, holding his most precious treasures in his arms, feeling like a true King.

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All three fell asleep again in a few minutes and slept like that for a little over an hour. Until the King woke up to his Queen suddenly jumping out of bed, making her hurried morning trip to the bathroom. He heard her throw up in there and felt awful, wishing he knew what to do to help her feel better. Previous experience told him to stay out of the way but he still got up, carefully, trying not to disturb Ria.