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I controlled my tears as he took me into his lap and embraced me in his arms. I leaned back and placed my head on his chest. Tears rolled down my cheeks as he said, "I love you."

But I stayed mum. I'm not going to reply to him until mine and my little one's anger melts. I'll miss him. I want to ask him to come along with me. But why should I ask him? Let him come by himself.

I'm really not going there because of our fight. Nandu and Siri have been nagging me for a long time to spend time with them. And how can I miss this phase when my parents are leaving no chance to pamper me?

This boy not only has to manofy me, but also both of them. Especially, his kiddo, I'll at least melt with two tubs of ice-cream and a bunch of chocolates, but that devil will make your wallet empty.

Oh no! I forgot about Arjun Anna. Damn he is not talking with me too. You want to know, why?

Then listen, "Pumpkin, didn't I tell you to punch that person when he/she talked bad about you?"

So, that's the matter. That aggressive brother of mine was mad at me, because I didn't slap that girl. He is really crazy. I don't know how Diya vadina is handling that crazy man.

I snuggled into my man, as I would miss him for a week. Well, I'm going to stay at my maternal home for a week on the demand of my brothers and sister. They have even prepared a schedule of what to do this week. I chuckled mentally, thinking about them.

Umm, wait, in all these things, I totally forgot about my check-up. And today we have to go to the Murty mansion for dinner. Actually, we had planned it yesterday, but canceled it as some of us were busy.

Our moment was broken by the knock on the door. I got up and unlocked the door and saw Arjun Anna standing at the door, talking on his mobile with someone.

"Bag", he mumbled, while continuing his talk in the mobile.

I moved inside and brought my luggage bag and gave it to him.

"Are you planning to stay there forever or what?" He said, looking at my bag.

"What?"

It's not me or Anna, it's Avi who shouted. Hehe, his face is worth watching.

"What happened? Why did you shout?" Arjun asked him.

"Nothing", he said, rubbing his nape.

I giggled, looking at his face. I gestured to Anna to leave. After making sure that he had left, I went towards Avi and pecked his cheeks and said "I'll miss you".

Hope that dumb head understands, what I mean. With that, I moved down and saw my father and brother waiting for me. Woah!! That's totally unexpected. I didn't know that my father was coming.

I bid bye to everyone and left with my father and brother. As soon as I stepped inside, I was engulfed into a tight hug from Siri. I chuckled at her and greeted my grandparents, amma, aunt's and my uncle. Siri dragged me to her room, making everyone chuckle.

"Woah, slow down little sis, I'm not running anywhere", I said, making myself comfortable on the bed.

"How is this?" She said, forwarding a box to me.

I opened it. And there are beautiful handmade bracelets inside it.

"Wow", that's only word that came out of my mouth when I looked at them.

"How are they?" She asked, looking at me with a hopeful face.

"They are so beautiful, Siri. Where did you buy them?" I asked her, I'm definitely going to steal one from that. I had this craze for bracelets and rings, so now looking at these beautiful pieces, I couldn't stop myself.

"I made them", Siri said proudly.

"Really?" I said, looking at her, to which she nodded her head.

I never knew, she had this talent too. She is a beautiful dancer and we can watch her performance all the day without getting bored.

"Then this one is for me", I said, pointing at a set of five bracelets.

"Okay", she said.

I was about to take another one as it caught my attention, but she slapped my hand and said, "First, he needs to manofy me, then only you can take one for him."

I pouted, listening to her. Yeah, actually there is one leather bracelet with the letter A, so I want to take it for my hubby.

"Okay", I said and asked her, "When did you make them?"

There are around 20-25 handmade bracelets inside the box.

"When I'm bored", she said, taking two couples' bracelets and closing the box.

"Aww, these are so cute", I told her.

"I'll make him wear it, if he buys me the latest version of the Mac book", she said, grinning.

Look, didn't I tell you about this girl?

"By the way, didn't you make one for your NEW FRIEND?" I asked her, stressing on the word "friend".

She smiled cutely, and gave me another box. Hayee, now I understand, why my best friend has fallen head over heels in love with this girl.

We were talking, when her mobile started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and made a weird face.

"Siri, some TRSPC is calling you", I said, handing her the mobile.

Now, why is she blushing? Umm, hold on what does TRSPC mean?

"Who is that?" I asked her, raising my eyebrows.

She muttered Pranav's name and moved to the balcony to talk. She came back after finishing the call.

"Can you please enlighten me with TRSPC?" I asked her.

"The Rockstar Pranav Chowdary", she said, smiling shyly.

I made an "oh" face. I was about to ask her further, when Nandu and Vicky barged inside. Vicky crawled onto the bed and lied down, keeping his head on my lap.

While Nandu pulled Siri's hair and sat beside her, and she hit him on his head. These two will always fight like cats and dogs.

We played UNO, talked about their studies, their childhood memories. I was teasing them by telling their naughty acts in the childhood. After that, amma called us for lunch. We had the lunch with lots of fun. I took rest for sometime after that.

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It's evening, and I'm getting ready in my room, as we have to leave for Murty mansion. I chose a simple kurta and pants and paired them with a denim jacket as it's cold out there.

"And you ate a tub of butterscotch ice-cream in this cold weather", mocked my mind.

"That's an exception", I said, rolling my eyes.

"What if Avi gets to know that?" Questioned my mind.

"Who is going to say it to him? Because I had it by sneaking in at midnight", I said, smiling.

"Umm, let me think", with that it disappeared.

"Akka, everyone are waiting for you","said Siri, coming inside.

"Woah!! These are cool. I'm going to steal them," she said, looking at the sweatshirts I had forgotten to put away in the closet.

"I'm taking this", she said, pointing at the blue one.

I told her, "Take whatever you want."

"Okiee", she said, pecking my cheek.

"Shall we leave?" I asked her, grabbing my clutch and mobile.

Both of us moved down and saw everyone waiting for us. Me, Nandu, Siri, Vicky, Janu maa and Jai babai in one car. While amma, nanna, Anju maa and my grandparents are in the another car.

We entered the Murty mansion saw everyone busy in their talks. While my eyes searched for one person.

"He is with the boys at upstairs", said Tara akka, answering my unanswered question.

I dragged Diya vadina with me and moved upstairs.

"Why did you drag me?" She asked me.

"Arey, I don't know, where they are, that's why", I said, giving her a sheepish smile.

She shook her head at me and said, "I thought you were angry at him."

"I'm still mad at him", I told her.

"We can see that", she said, giggling.

"My little one is missing his nanna", I told her.

"Little one or his mother?" She asked me, looking at me mischievously.

"He only, not me","I said, pinching my throat, to which she chuckled.

We saw all the boys having their drinks, except mine and Veeru bava. "Good boys", I thought in my mind.

"Hello guys!!" We greeted them.

I went and sat beside Pranav, making my hubby pout. While Diya sat beside Arjun Anna.

"Why do you guys always drink?" I asked, scrunching my nose.

"You are saying as if we drink daily", said Pranav, hitting my head, to which I glared at him.

Umm, I know they don't drink regularly, and also that they will just stop with 3-4 shots. But I hate smoking and drinking.

"Hey, nice bracelets", said Pranav, looking at my hand.

"Your girl has made them", I told him, to which he grinned.

"She is still not his girl", said Surya, making his grin wipe away.

We laughed, looking at his poker face.

"So, when are you planning to propose to her?" Diya vadina asked him.

"On her birthday?" He said, but it sounded like a question.

"Are you asking us or telling us?" Avi asked him.

"I don't know, I'm confused", he said with a sigh.

"About what are you confused, Mr. TRSPC?" I asked him, with a teasing smirk, while everyone looked at me weirdly.

"Did you hit your brain somewhere, Mia?" Sunny (Surya) asked me.

"No", I told, glaring at him.

"Then what is that weird name?" Arjun Anna asked me.

"Ask your little sister, not me. She is the one who saved his number with that name", I said, coolly.

Now it would be fun. Otherwise, that girl is teasing me everytime, by asking weird questions, and embarrassing me in front of everyone.

Soon the rest of the girls and Nandu joined us. While the kids and Vicky are with their grandparents. We talked, teased and sang songs. All this while, I could feel my man's gaze on me.

"Taara akka, Siri has a gift for you", I told her.

With that, Siri made Taara akka wear the bracelets that she had especially made for her.

"These are so beautiful. I really loved them. Thank you, Siri", Taara akka said, looking at them.

"Then, where are ours?" Diya vadina asked her.

Siri told her, "If you give me a little niece or nephew, then I'll gift you too."

While Arjun Anna and Diya vadina widened their eyes listening to her, and the rest of us burst into laughter, looking at their faces.

"Nice one, kiddo", said Yash Bava.

"So, Arjun, when are you planning to make me atta?" Arpita akka asked him, controlling her laugh.

"For now, we have enough babies. And if my wife gets pregnant, then who will handle these two pregnant ladies?" He said, pointing at me and Taara akka.

"Smart answer, bro", I thought in my mind.

"By the way, Surya, it's been a long since the four of you played some music together. Why don't you sing a song for us now?" Taara akka, asked us.

True, it's been two years since I touched my keyboard. I looked at Aashi, Surya, and Pranav. They nodded their heads.

"Sure", I told her, to which she grinned like a kid.

"You can do whatever you want, but first come and have dinner", said Meera atta, coming towards us.

"Till then, I'll ask the helpers to arrange your instruments in the living room", said Taara akka.

With that, we moved down to have our dinner. Me and Taara akka grinned, looking at the items on the dining table, as most of them were our favorites.

After having a yummy and tummy full dinner, we sat in front of our instruments. Pranav is standing with his electric guitar, Surya is sitting with his drums, me with my keyboard, and finally, Aashi with her violin.

We closed our eyes. Surya started singing with his soulful voice.

As we have ended the song, we heard our family clapping. Sravya was just staring at Surya without blinking her eyes, and her eyes brimmed with tears.

She just ran towards him and hugged him tight. While he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. We hooted, looking at them.

"That's simply superb, guys. And Surya you have magic in your voice", Arpita akka exclaimed.

"One more", Nandu asked us.

This time it's Aashi and Pranav who decided to sing for their loves. Well, we have planned all this while having dinner.

Suhaas bava lifted Aashi in his arms and twirled around as soon as we finished the song.

Looking at all the couples, my eyes pooled with tears. I excused myself and moved to the garden and stood there.

But I moved inside, as I heard the strumming of the guitar. I widened my eyes looking at Avi. I don't know that he plays guitar.

Oke Oka Lokam Nuve,

You are my only world.

Lokamlona Andham Nuve,

You are the beauty of my world.

Andhanike Hrudhayam Nuve Nake Andhave,

You are the heart of that very beauty which I have attained.

Eka Eki Kopam Nuve,

You are the abrupt anger.

Kopamlona Deepam Nuve,

You are the beacon that comes out of anger.

Deepam Leni Veluthuru Nuve,And you are the beaconless illumination,

Pranannila Veliginchave,

who lit my life.

Ninnu Ninnuga Preminchana

Shall I love you as who you are?

Nannu Nannuga Andhinchana

Shall I offer myself to you as I am?

Anni Velala Thodundana

Shall I stand by you all the times,

Janma Janmala Jantavana

and become your consort in all the births?

I stood rooted in my place, listening to him. As soon as he finished the song, I took slow steps towards him and slapped him. Yes, I have slapped him. I know, that's not reaction you have expected from me. But this man, deserves it.

While he embraced me in his arms, and muttered an uncountable "sorries".

"Sorry not accepted Mr. Avinav Krishna", I told him, breaking the hug.

"Then what tell me what should I do?" He asked me, pulling close to him.

"Will you do anything for me?" I asked him.

"Haa", he said, looking into my eyes.

"I want a tub of choco-chip ice-cream, a tub of rainbow sherbet & a tub of rocky road, a box of gulab jamuns and also rasgulla. And haa a big bag of kisses", I told him, trying to remember "did I forget something?"

"A freaking no", he shouted, looking at me wide-eyed.

I pushed him and went to my father and said, hugging him, "Nanna, from where did you get this boy for me? He is not even fulfilling simple wishes of his pregnant wife."

"I'll get you anything, but not them", Avi said, coming towards me.

"Then I'll accept anything other than your sorry", I said, placing my hands on my hips.

"You'll catch cold", he said.

"I won't", I said. And just then I sneezed.

"It's due to dust", I said, covering up.

Shit, bad timing.

But then, I again sneezed. He raised his eyebrows at me and mumbled "told you".

"That will only happen when you eat ice-cream by sneaking in at middle of the night", he said.

"I didn't do that, I'm a good girl", I said, giving him a nervous smile and hid behind my father.

"Then what about the empty box in the dust bin?" He asked me.

"Shit, when did he see that?" I thought to myself.

"Arjun Anna must have eaten it", I said, throwing the blame on him.

"Oyy, idiot, why are you dragging me in between?" He asked, coming towards me.

"If you didn't take the blame now, then I'll tell Diya vadina that you fed the chapati to your dog she made for you", I tried, blackmailing him.

He widened his eyes, looking at me. That's it, I knew, I hit the right chord.

"You are smart by birth Maya", I mentally patted myself.

"Yeah, it was me who ate the ice-cream and threw the box in dustbin", said Arjun Anna nervously.