Arya and Kavya were walking together where Kavya continuously blabbered about what all she will do on her birthday, it was like infinite time she was saying this to her and Arya listened to her with all her pacience
"Sama what did you do?" Arya said as she looked at Samara's shirt clad with ink and she gave both Kavya and Arya a grin
"Miss Murty" it was Miss Natash, Samara's class teacher
"Yes Ma'am" Arya said as Samara ran and stood besides her
"Are you her relative?" the teacher asked
"Yes she is my sister" Arya gave a answer without second thought
"I should say Samara is very naughty she punch boys who trouble her and is always running in the class during lectures" Miss Natasha complained and Samara giggled to Kavya who smiled at her and cleaned the ink on her cheeks
"I will ask her not to run during lectures ma'am and about punching I will ask Arav to teach her more nicely" Arya said and smiled as Natash looked at her in disbelief
"Miss Murty" Natsha said but then they heard someone clearing their throat
"Any problem Ma'am?" Manik said taking their attention and Arya saw the teacher drooling over Manik
"Hello" she spoke loudly taking her attention "He asked something" she asked and Manik could read the annoyance in her voice
"Yes Mr Maltotra, nothing, nothing at all" Natsha said smiling at Manik to all the girls annoyance
"Mamu she was complaining about me to Ari Di" Samara spoke as Natasha gave a nervous laugh
"No she is a good child just a bit naughty at times" she said eyeing Manik who got the tone
"Oh is ok I will make her understand" Manik said and he smiled
"Ya" Natasha said "Nice to meet you Mr Malhotra" she said forwarding her hand and before Manik could shake hands with her Arya held his hand and indicated him to pick her up as Manik getting it picked her up
He saw Arya's dull face
"Mere baby ki tabyat thik hai?" Manik asked coxing feeling worried for the sudden change in her as she hid her face in his neck
"Ghar jana hai" she mumbled to him and Manik was on his toes, he asked Kavya and Samara to follow him as they will pick Rudra and carried Arya in his arms who peeked to see Natasha taking back her hand which was held out and smirk to herself
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"Arya aap thik ho sacchi" Manik had asked for the tenth time as the kids looked at him as if what he is speaking about
"Haan" she said siting comfortably on the passanger seat Samara was on Manik's lap and Rudra and Kavya at back seat
"Ari Di hum ghar jake kya kehlenge" Samara asked her as she peeked from behind Manik's arm which held the steering wheel
"Hide and Seek" Arya said and Samara gave a happy smile, she got down from Manik's lap and then tried to go to the back seat and succeeded
"Sama Aram se" Manik said to her as she jumped on the back seat
"Kavu Di apke Birthday pe aur kya kya hoga" she asked sitting between Kavya and Rudra
"Aise pura black color ka castel hoga and monster face wale Pumpkin and bats flying around" she said as Manik looked at her in horror, Navya's daughter was crazier than her
"Asli wale bat?" Samara asked
"No no Di asli bats nahi" Rudra said terrified
"Nahi hum asli bats hi layenge" she said excitedly
"Mr Malhotra where can I get real bats?" she asked Manik
"Beta ask your Mumma unhe inn sabke bare mein zyada knowledge hogi wo kya hai na aisi parties throw karne wali wo ek lauti insan hai jise mein janta hu aur aap bhi unke hi nakse kadam par chal rahe ho" Manik said to Kavya
"Whatever I will ask Mumma and will also tell her you called her wired and crazy" she said as Manik looked at her in horror
"I didn't" he argued
"But you meant" Kavya said
"Pumpkin?" he looked at Arya for help
"I will tell Mom you were flirting with Natsha Ma'am" she said
"What I wasn't!" Manik said annoyed "And you are just eight, who taught all this flirt and all, ha?" he asked her
"Bhai" Arya said convinently put the blame on Arav
"This Ameya guy was being nice to me for no good reason so Arav punched him saying 'Stop flirting and stay away from my sister' get it" she said and Manik nodded
"Good" Manik said and Arya looked at him
"Baised! You are baised" she yelled
"What no Pum..." Manik started
"Yes you are you were annoyed when I use that word but when Arav uses it it's Good" she said as she was almost standing on her seat
"No I said it's good because he punched that guy" Manik cleared
"Oh ok" Arya clam down, she is just like her mother Manik thought
"So you will scold Arav" she asked him
"I will talk to him" Manik corrected her and she hid a smile, What? she isn't going easy remember!
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Manik entered with Samara in his arms and Rudra, Arav and Kavya walking behind them
As they entered Choco- Coco greeted them
The entered the Mini Mansion to she Abhir playing with his car and Arav sleeping on the couch uncomfortably. Manik kept Samara down
He went and changed his position to a comfortable one but the second he walked aside Arya jumped on sleeping Arav making him goan and get up
"Owwwwww" Arav winched as Manik withdrew Arya from him, how does Nandini handel them was all he could think
"You" Manik heard Abhir yell and see Abhir and Kavya fighting
Kavya had kicked Abhir car on purpose to make him angry and next she know they were fighting
Abhir threw a pillow which hit Arya and she threw the pillow to hit Arav instead of Abhir, Done! The pillow fight started, everyone was beating everyone irrespective of who did what and why all the kids were pillow fighting
"STOP IT!" Manik's voice boombed in the hall and everyone stopped as if a statue
"You four" Manik pointed Arya, Kavya, Rudra and Samara "Go get fresh right now" he said strenly and all the four disappeared
"You two" he said to Abhir and Arav
"Champ you are elder atleast you act sensible sometimes" Manik asked in a softer voice
"I didn't she broke my car, it has a camera for God sake" Abhir said he was checking the car
"Idiot girl!" he cursed not so harmfully at Kavya and left
Arav was following him when he heard Manik
"You young man" he said making Arav stop and turn to him
"Did you punch anyone who's name is Ameya?" Manik asked sternly
"Yes" Arav said, he was scared, he never had this talk with father thing, Raqesh was a father figure but he never involved so intrigately because he knew that place was always Manik's
"Why?" Manik asked folding her hands near chest
"Because he was flirting with Arya" Arav said looking at Manik
"Who thought you all this?" Manik asked and Arav was scared
"I know how to punch..." Arav started
"Oh not punching, this flirt and all" Manik said throwing hands in the air
"You have no problem with me punching him" Arav asked shock
"Oh you could have kicked him and I wouldn't have cared" Manik said
"But you don't use those words in front of Arya, she is innocent" Manik said
"Oh she said that, didn't she?" Arav narrowed his eyes
"So let me tell you I heard this word in one of the movies she was watching" Arav dropped bomb on Manik and left
"How how does Nandini deals with them?" Manik thought aloud
"Kitne khurafati hai" he left a breath "Mere aur Nandini ke jo hai" he slumped at the couch
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Cabir had taken Navya and the kids on a family date
And here Manik was making a pasta in NavNi's kitchen as Nandini was going to come late because of Navya's date and kids were home alone
Fab3, Abhi and Malhotra couple were happy that Manik and Cabir were trying hard
Arya and Arav were sitting on the dining table doing there home work and waiting for Nandini
"Yeh lo have this" Manik said keeping pasta in front of them
"We will do something else for dinner" he saw Arav making a face and Arya already already eating the pasta
"I don't like pasta" Arav said plainly
"Sorry I didn't knew" Manik said apologeticly
"So what one day you can" Arya elbowed him glaring
"No" Arav said firmly
"Fine I'll make noodles" Manik said "You ok with it?" he asked and Arav nooded a yes so he went back to kitchen
"Stop being a Daddy's Dear Daughter" Arav hissed at Arya
"I am not!" she protested
"Ya right" he snapped
"He just made it with lot of effort and you were being a brat" Arya said
"I am always a brat" he smirked
"It's too much" Arya rolled her eyes
"And he should be able to handle this to much" Arav said as Arya even took his bowl and tranfered all the pasta in hers
"Arav" Manik kept the Bowl full of noodles in front of him and closed their books
"Eat first and then continue" Manik said and looked at the watch it was seven in the evening
"What will we have for dinner?" Manik asked them
"Mom will cook" Arav said "She always cooks for us" he contiuned globbling his noodles
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The kids were done with their homework and saw Manik who was busy in his laptop doing his work
"Let's play" Arav asked but Arya was looking at Manik
"No I am feeling lazy" Arya said "Let's sleep" she said looking at Manik
"What's in that head?" Arav asked
"Let's sleep but let's disturb him too" she said smiling at him
Both walked to Manik and stood besides him
"What?" Manik asked seeing them
"We want to sleep" Arya said
"Ha so?" Manik asked confused
"You are sitting at our place we sleep here" Arav said and Manik gave him a look
"So should I get up?" Manik asked
"No" Arya said and jumped besides him and slept with his support at his left and the same way Arav did on his right
It was 15 minutes the kids were already slept but the thing is both had made half of their bodies comfortable on Manik's lap
Not able to work because of the two monsters and since he was himself tired Manik slept adjusting all three of them comfortably on the sofa
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Nandini entered the house opening the door with her key
For a second she thought no one was home as there was silence in the house but the lights and AC of the living room were on
She walked and her eyes felt on the sofa and she smile widely
Both her kids were sleeping in their father's arms snuggling in him with a peaceful expression
She clicked and capture the moment in her phone, she brought a comforter and put it over them as the kids snuggle more to Manik who held them near him
She went to the kitchen and then started cooking their favorite
A delicious aroma filled the air as Manik stir in his sleep
"Chicken Ban raha hai chicken" he heard someone mummled and Manik knew it was Arav he flick open his eyes to see Arav sleep mumbling again
"Chicken, chicken" and he opened her eyes to meet Manik's face who smiled at his son who had a wide smile on his face
"Chicken..." Arav started again
"Ha I know but" he gestured Arya who was asleep and then Arav saw where he was and what he was doing he looked at Manik and then Arya he backed out of the hug
"Mom!" Manik shushed him as she saw Arya stir
"Arav" Manik warned but he ignored him
"It's already late wake her up or she won't sleep at night" he said and ran to the kitchen
Manik wake Arya up and then carried her to the kitchen
"Apke ghar pe macchar hai?" Arav asked Manik who kept Arya on her chair taking Nandini's attention who was setting the table
"No" Manik said confused
"Then what is that?" Arav said with worried, innocent eyes pointing to Manik's neck