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48. Pihu & Papa's Shopping Date- Part 2

Suddenly they saw a lady taking a beautiful, lightly sequined white gown upstairs. Both their eyes fell on that dress. They looked at each other at the same time and smiled.
Ram: Priya ka birthday dress!
Pihu: Mumma bilkul Princess lagegi iss dress mein!
Ram: Hainaaaa! Main bhi yeh hi soch raha tha...."Meri Cinderella", Ram thought.
Excuse me! That dress! Hume woh dekhna hai.
The lady stopped on her tracks.
The lady: Yes sir?
Ram: Madam that dress you're holding woh dekhna hai hume.
That lady came and displayed the dress on the counter.
Ram and Pihu thoroughly examined the dress with huge smiles on their lips.
Ram: Yup! Yeh hi chahiye!
Pihu forwarded her hand and Ram did a high five with her.
Pihu: Yay! Mumma ka birthday dress bhi select ho gaya. Yeh Mumma ka best birthday hoga!
Ram smiled seeing Pihu to be that excited for Priya's birthday.

After trying out some more sweatshirts and formal shirts that Pihu chose for Ram, he chose to try a black tuxedo suit and showed it to Pihu.
Pihu: Phir se black suit?
Ram(pouting): Cupcake aapki Mumma woh dress pehenke Princess lagegi aur main woh sab pehenu? Tch. Tch. Mujhe bhi toh Prince jaisa dikhna chahiye na!
Pihu thought for some seconds.
Pihu: Haan yeh bhi thik hai.
Ram: Main hamesha thik hi bolta hoon.
They started giggling together.
Ram came out wearing the suit a little later. Pihu's hands went to her mouth and she went to him, taking little jumps.
Pihu: Wowwww! Papa! You're looking like a prince!
Ram(setting his hair): Thank you. Thank you. Okay toh ab hum chalein Priya ke liye dresses choose karni hai.
Pihu(clapping): Haan haan chalo chalo.

They both entered the women's section and started selecting outfits for Priya. They chose 4 salwar suits and 2 sarees for her.
Ram(swallowing hard): Pihu bachhe humne yeh le toh liya. Par Priya toh daantegi uska kya?
Pihu(carelessly): Ohh kuch nahi. Thoda scold karegi mumma sunn lenge na Papa.
"Haan haan aise bol rahi hai jaise bilkul darr nahi lagta isko. Par Priya jab gusse mein hoti hai toh mujhe saamne kar deti hai. Aaj toh main bhi bolunga ke tumne choose kiya. Main kyun akela daant khaun", Ram thought.
Ram: Thik hai dekh lenge. Chalo ab yahan se nikalte hain.
Pihu: Okay.
Ram sorted all the bills and there were a lot of bags. Ram picked all of them in his hands.
Pihu: Mujhe bhi chahiye bags.
Ram: They're heavy bachhe.
Pihu: Main bohot strong hoon. Aur main hamesha Mumma ki help karti hoon.
Ram smiled proudly listening to her. He then handed her 2 moderate weighted bags.

When they're about to leave the store, Ram got a call from a security personnel.
S.P.- Sir there's media outside.
Ram deeply sighed. He couldn't just wait there making Pihu wait. He doesn't know when the reporters would go back.
Pihu looked at Ram and saw him getting tensed.
Pihu: Kya hua Papa?
Ram sadly looked at Pihu.
Ram: Woh News reporters aaye hain phir se.
Pihu(hitting her forehead with her palm): Offo! Woh phir se aa gaye.
Her reaction amused Ram, eliciting a laugh from him.
Pihu: Papa aap daaro mat main unko scold kar dungi. Phir woh nahi aayenge.
Ram laughed again, shaking his head.
Ram(under his breath): Yeh toh sahi hai. Darr jayenge woh.
Pihu: Kya kaha aapne?
Ram(smiling): Kuch nahi kuch nahi. Chalo phir par daantna nahi kisiko. Just walk karna hai mere saath car tak. Okay?
Pihu: Nahi mujhe unhe daantna hai.
Ram: No no Pihu bachhe don't do that. Please.
Pihu: Kyun?
"Ab isko kaise samjhayun? Priya tum kyun nahi ho yahan? Mujhe rona aa raha hai.", He thought.
Ram: Main mana kar raha hoon isiliye. Please bachhe.
Pihu pouted at first and then nodded.
Ram(caressing her hair): Thank you. Ab chalein?
Pihu: Hmm.

Ram held her little hand and they started walking outside the store. The moment they walked out, they could hear at least 10-12 cameras clicking together.
Ram: It's okay bachhe. Aa jao. Don't be scared.
Ram was assuring Pihu but he saw that she was pretty cool with everything happening around her.
Among the reporters there was a person who waved at Pihu, smiling. She waved back at her giving a very bright smile.
Soon the security team helped them reach their car. Ram made Pihu sit properly and then went towards the driver's seat. He was heavily irritated but he knew that it was gonna happen anyways. He started driving after making sure Pihu was actually fine. Pihu stared at the back to look if those people were following them.
Ram: Shayad ab nahi aayenge woh.
Pihu: Haan. Papa main ek baat poonchu?
Ram: Haan bilkul.
Pihu: Aap Mumma se chote ho na?
Ram chuckled listening to her question.
Ram: Nahi toh. Balki main aapki Mumma se 6 years older hoon. Kyun?
Pihu went into deep thought.
Pihu: Mumma kehti hai ke jo humse bade hote hain hume unki baat manni chahiye. Toh aap Mumma se kyun darte ho?
Ram couldn't decide whether he should cry or laugh. He didn't know how to tell his 4 year old about the dynamics of marriage.
Ram: Ummm... because Priya thodi gussewali hai.
Pihu: Haan toh aap bade ho toh aap Mumma ko daant sakte ho.
Ram's eyes got bigger just by thinking what would happen if he even tried to scold Priya like she does.
Ram: Ore baba! No no! Mujhe darr lagta hai.
Pihu: Isiliye toh pooch rahi hoon ke aap bade ho toh aap kyun darte ho?
Ram could understand that Pihu didn't get her answer as he went in circles.
Ram: Umm...Priya thik kehti hai par woh poora thik nahi hai.
Pihu: Matlab?
Ram: Mera matlab hai ke choto se bhi aap darr sakte ho. Aap jab aise badi badi eyes karke mujhe daante ho toh bhi toh mujhe darr lagta hai!
Pihu chuckled keeping her hand on her mouth.
Ram: Bohot mazza aaya na yeh sunke?
Pihu(with a toothy smile): BOHOTTTT!
Ram also chuckled with her.
Ram: Actually bachhe aisa nahi hota. Jab aapki Mumma galti karti hai toh main bhi unhe daanta hoon. Par main thoda zyada naadan hoon toh mujhe daant bhi zyada padti hai. Hehehe.
Pihu threw her head back and started giggling non-stop.
Ram: Itna funny tha kya?
Pihu nodded still giggling.