|Amour Indefinitely| ~ KR Drabble Series (link to thread 2 added) - Page 13

Part 6:

Kaira caught hold of Rey's hand tightly on seeing Kriya there.

"Kaira baby, why are you so scared of me all of a sudden?"

Kaira stayed quiet and looked down. Kriya caressed her hairs and made Kaira face her.

"Did I do something wrong with you?" She asked softly.

This time Kaira nodded her head in negation.

"Then why are you scared of me baby?"

"Because step mothers are bad." She replied innocently.

"Who told you that?"

"My friends and classmates. Today when I told them that I'm getting a new mommy they told me that new mommies are bad. They hit and scold their step children. They don't allow their new children to play and don't give them food. Even Cinderella's step mom was bad. She made Cinderella work for long and treated her badly. Step mothers don't love their step children. And yesterday when I heard you shouting over the phone, I though you would shout at me too." Kaira voiced out her feelings in her babyish tone blend in the mixture of innocence.

Everyone one understood the matter and relaxed a bit. They smiled at the innocence of the little girl.

"It is not true. Not all step moms are bad. A few step moms are good. They love their step children equally as their own children. They never shout or scold them without any fault. Moreover why would I be rude to a sweet girl like you?"

"Are you a good step mother or a bad one."

"What do you think?"

"Um, I think a good one." Kaira said smiling a bit.

In return Kriya too smiled at her and embraced her. Everyone relaxed completely.

"Now that everything's solved, let's go and have lunch." Preeti said.

"You people carry on, we'll take a leave now." Smriti said

"No. You people will not leave without having lunch." Preeti said.

On being persuaded by Preeti, Kriya and Smriti agreed to stay for lunch whilst Gautam left as he had an urgent meeting to attend. While everyone was heeding back inside, Rey called out to Kriya from behind and indicated her stop.

Once everyone left he spoke "Kriya, I...err I'm sorry for the way I behaved. But I get hyper at the things related to Kaira. I've always pampered her and today when I saw her smile disappeared, I got worried. And I vent out all my frustration on you and also blamed you though you weren't at fault. I'm sorry."

"Well, I can't say I understand as I've never had a child before. All I can say is it's alright."

"Thanks." He replied back to which Kriya smiled.

The proceeded back towards the dinning area. While walking, Kriya accidentally tripped over a stone. In order to save her, Rey pulled her towards him but in return both of them fell on the ground with Kriya atop Rey.

She had shut her eyes and gripped his shirt tightly. Her hairs fell on her face. His hand were securely placed on her back. He observed her face for a moment and then pinned her hairs behind her ear. As his hand touched her, she opened her eyes. Both of them were uncomfortable in that position. They wanted to part away but unfortunately couldn't because her hair got stuck in his shirt's button.

On seeing her struggle at untangling it, he indicated her to stop. Somehow he untangled it and both of them got up. An awkward silence prevailed between them. Without saying a word, they proceeded back in.

While having lunch, Smriti spoke "Let's call the pandit ji today evening and fix the dates for the wedding."

"Good idea. The more quick the wedding would take place, it would be easy for Kriya to adjust over here and get to know all of us." Preeti said.

"Kaira are you happy with your new mommy?" Preeti asked.

"Yes. I'm very happy." The girl replied catching Kriya and Rey's arms tightly as she was sitting in between them.