MaNan- She is to be Loved

Chapter 10- The Grandpa meets Lilliput!

~For all I know, Love must be an intriguing feeling~

-Affu-

In India 

Murthy Mansion

Gym

"Papa is home. Dad is going to be at work. Sohesh Papa is going to orphanage, to give gifts to children." Rudr filled in the information, to Nandini, over phone.

"You missed our own father." Karan chimed in, and Rudr frowned. "You know, it's not important." he replied, and Rithvik smacked in his head. "He's your father. So talk about him, with respect." 

"But Bhai! What I meant is, Cutie is already going to meet him in the hospital. So he's not important, for she already knows his schedule." Rudr winced in pain, and they heard Nandini sighing.

"Honestly Bhayyu. You scare Rudy Bhayyu more than AI does." Nandini's voice was heard out loud, as the call was kept on speaker mode.

"I don't scare him away. I just teach him ethics." Rithvik defended himself. "While all Asad does is yelling." he added, and Asad squinted his eyes at it. "Excuse me, bro?" he questioned, and Rithvik shrugged.

"Let Jaan say if I'm wrong, then." Rithvik commented, and Asad turned to the mobile, as if he could see Nandini through it. "Princess!" said Asad. "What am I going to achieve in return, if I need to lie?" she asked, and he gaped at the mobile.

"You mean..he's right?" He groaned out loud. "Why do you think I call you AI and Shivaay Bhayyu AI 2.0??" she asked, giggling and the rest joined her, in laughing at Asad, except for Shivaay, who sulked for getting dragged in the conversation, when he was sitting with his mouth shut.

"Come on, Nanni. I didn't even open my mouth." Shivaay whined, as if he was a kid. "Alright, Bhayyus. Time up. I reached hospital." Nandini said, grabbing their attention. "Waise, Dad kab thak office mein hoga aaj?(Till when is Dad going to be in his office?)" she questioned, and the brothers looked at each other.

"Angel, aaj hi?(Today?)" Viren asked, and Nandini grinned from the other side. "Patience is a virtue. But unfortunately, Nandini Murthy doesn't wanna practice it, always." and the Murthys sighed at it.

"What's the plan?" asked Karan, and her grin got wider. "What if Dharmendhr Murthy's car decides to take an off day?" she wondered out, and their eyes widened.

"No way! His car loves him so much." Om pointed out. "Bhayyu! You do know Nandini Murthy is possessive, right? So what if I just do haqq jathana on DAD, and push his car out of my way?!" she questioned, and they nodded at each other.

"Rest in peace, Car-Bee." Sidharth chimed in, and the boys gave him a look filled with disbelief, while Nandini muttered. "Amen!"

***

"Congratulations, for the bun in the oven!" Nandini winked at the couple in front of her, who stared at her aghast, before bursting out in tears of joy. "Really?" the lady asked, wiping her tears away, and Nandini smiled at her.

"Really! I mean, the test reports say it. Not me." she joked, and the lady laughed out, before smiling widely. "The test I took from home also came out positive, but my mother told me not to believe in home-test-kits. Thank you so much, doctor." the lady was all smiles, and Nandini wondered why every woman who comes to her burst out in tears, the moment they get to know they were expecting a baby.

"You should probably thank your husband, and not me, Mrs. Ahuja." Nandini said, and the lady squeezed at her husband's hand, which was resting around her shoulders. "I've already done so. When I got the test positive, at home. But you know, we had a feeling that..what if my mother was right." Mrs. Ahuja said, while smiling at her husband, who had a stupid grin plastered on his face.