Choti Si Duniya - ArShi FF

32. How's a baby made?

Kavish looked curious and happy at the same time, as his papa remembered his question and was willing to provide an answer,

"Yes papa, mamma told devi maiyya put me in her tummy. But where did devi maiyya get me from?" oh boy, Kavish's questions sure didn't come easy, thanks to his dad's smart-ass genes!

"We are coming to that Chiku, but for that you will have to listen to a story." Khushi began, as she too came to sit beside him, now that twins were finally asleep.

"Which story?"

"A story about how you, Aru and Pari came to be in mamma's tummy. So do you want to listen?" Arnav adjusted him between himself and Khushi and pulled a comforter on his tiny form.

"yes papa, I want to hear that story. And then I will tell Rucha that I know where I came from. She says Nisha aunty got her from fairyland. I dont believe her." Kavish made a face but his excitement was already evident. And every new thing he learnt he wanted to share with his friends.

Arnav and Khushi both chuckled at their son's excitement. He was such a cute and innocent bundle of joy. Too bad they didn't get as much time to adore him now, since his baby sisters took a lot of their time.

"Ok beta. So, listen, a long time ago, I met your mamma and we realized we love each other." Arnav started with giving a loving glance at Khushi, remembering that golden phase of his life when he realized his love for her.

"but you used to get angry at mamma all the time and mamma used to trouble you so much. I know. Bua nani told me." chiku said, adding his knowledge about his mamma-papa's love story that he had heard from almost all elders of his family.

"chiku aap na bohot badmash ho gaye ho. Do you want to listen to the story or not?" khushi asked with mock anger. Hearing her son recount the times of her and arnav's love story, especially their fights, was a bit embarrassing.

"sorry mamma, batayiye na pls. fir kya hua (what happened then)?" he asked Khushi but Arnav continued from where he had left off.

"Fir, mamma and papa had their beautiful world full of happiness and a lot of love for each other. Their choti si duniya had everyone, nani, mama-mami, akash chachu, payal maasi, aapke lucknow wale nana-nani and bua nani. But someone was missing. They wanted to share their love with some cute, sweet little person." Arnav said remembering the time of their first unplanned pregnancy, subsequent loss and then how they had prayed and planned for Kavish.

"And so, they prayed to devi maiyya to grant them one such a cutie. You know who that cutie is?" Khushi added this time, her mind only remembering the day when she first got a confirmation of her pregnancy during Chiku's time.

"MEEE!" he said grinning proudly.

"Yes, little man, it's you." Arnav said pinching kavish's nose and continued the most technical part they had decided to divulge, "so, the way you came to be was, mamma and papa had to give a special hug to each other and then a little bit of mamma and a little bit of papa made a small baby in mamma's stomach." they had decided to cut the bees-and-flowers theory and tell him as carefully yet as truthfully as they could.

"haww" Kavish said with his mouth forming an 'O' as the story was too amusing to him.

"hehe, yes, exactly. And then that small baby stayed in my tummy until it was ready to come out in the world and meet us. And that, my Chiku, is how you came to be." Phew, there, Arnav and Khushi answered their son's questions as directly and as rightly as they could.

"are all babies made the same way? how do I know when I want a baby?" uh-oh he's not done yet.

"chiku, yes all babies are made the same way. But beta, every mummy-papa have to grow up at a certain age to be ready to be parents. They have to complete their education, become a good person, get a job and then they can be parents. aap abhi bohot chote ho." Khushi rushed to put a full stop at chiku's ideas of becoming a 'papa' :P

"ok mamma. But can we please ask payal maasi to have a baby boy this time? I have 3 sisters, i want a brother now" kavish's cute demand made arnav khushi chuckle.

"It's not in a mamma's hands baby, but you can pray ok? aap so jao abhi." khushi said kissing him on his forehead and he happily drifted off to sleep.

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Khushi and Arnav returned to their bedroom, which was adjoining to the kids bedroom.

"Wow. so that went well ha?" arnav asked her, looking for some praises on his story-telling skill.

"I think so. Good job Mr. Raizada" Khushi said, patting his cheek lightly. 

"You mean the job of telling a story to our son or the job of making him?" Arnav was quick to hold her by her waist when she came that closer, making her giggle.

Khushi wrapped her arms around his neck, pecked his lips, and gave an honest answer, "both".

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A/N - this was a tough one to write than I thought. 'The Birds and the bees' talks are no easy lol. Lemme know what you thought of it or if you had a different version :P