Taylor Swift or Tai
Ruchi cuddled a sleepy Nihar
"Can u stay here for ever?" he asked softly
Ruchi sighed, fighting tears
"Fa ko de doon chhotu?" she asked teasingly
"They can stay too" he muttered
Ruchi stared at the walls in his room, choc a bloc with sketches and cartoons
Many displaying astonishing talent, she assumed were Suvechhas
"Do u want to grow up and be an artist?" she asked kissing his forehead
"I dunno" he drawled
"Ofcourse not" she chuckled
"Can u stay?" he asked
"I can try beta"
They both sighed audibly
Most were asleep, it was 11 PM
Pushkar rarely stayed up late, he hated it
Amma was too tired
She had spoken with Neel's brother in Blore and retired for the night
Preet seemed adorable to Ruchi
She wished, she was single, Amma adored her too it looked like, trying to speak in broken Punjabi with her
"U smell like Mom" Nihar woke her up from her trance
Ruchi froze... devastated, she was wearing Nupur's perfume from Neel's chest of drawer
She had done her hair up in Neel's master bedroom and had helped herself to it afterwards
"I am not sure why?" Ruchi whispered, lying
"Did u use Mom's perfume?" he asked sadly
She nodded and hugged him tight, her eyes filled up with tears
"If I shut my eyes and hug you feel like Mom" he said innocently
"Mom will be warm and scented like this" he said
She nodded sobbing uncontrollably
Tearing her lower lip in trying to stifle her sobs
"How would it be if I shut my eyes, and hugged you and when I opened... its MOM" he said delighted
She pulled a pillow up from behind his body and buried her face in it sponging off all the tears
"That would be fantastic" "I also want to shut my eyes and when I open I no longer want to be in Glasgow" she competed trying to change the topic
"Thats why I am saying bua... STAY HERE" he said
Finally pulling away and laying down, shaking his legs and watching the ceiling fan rotate
"How about I find you a MO, (she stopped, corrected herself) a certain someone who you can be friends with that stays here?" she offered
"Like a nanny?" he asked, playing with his hair, yawning, snoozing
"Umm... umm... not quite... someone that will hug you and sing to you"
"Taylor Swift?" he asked
She laughed hysterically... they both did for a while
"Your Dad will want to date her" Ruchi whispered
"He is OLD" Nihar said smugly
"I agree" she nodded
"We need to find him a woman HIS AGE" Ruchi said disdainfully
Nihar smiled... sitting up on the bed... wide awake
"Will u look?" he asked
"Do u want me to?" Ruchi asked, unsure where this was going
She didnt know if this was a joke or if she cud push it further
"I dont know any old women... except Dadi ma." he said thoughtfully
Ruchi looked at his expression and cleared her throat
"AND OH... Suvi aunty's mom?" The lady that eats all day" he said
Ruchi didnt know who Tai was
"Does she have any teeth?" Ruchi asked
"LOTS" Nihar did an eee, "she has bad teeth and lots of white hair... and wears saree only... like umm" he didnt know too many people that only wore sarees, not even Amma
"Umm... lets find umm..." Ruchi stopped, her heart hammered
"How about Suvi aunty?" she asked
"She is not OLDDD" Nihar said outraged.. "she looks like YOU" he said
"Uh oh... hmm... does she go to college?" Ruchi kept the pressure on... relieved
"NOOO she has a kid... Aadhya" he said smugly "She is very umm... not I mean not old' Nihar shook his head
"Maybe not... ur Dad is a olddd man... lets settle on that old woman in Suvi aunty's house... she will be perfect" Ruchi said softly, almost trembling
Nihar looked afraid at the thought of his Dad married to Tai
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The door bell rang...
suvi had locked up for the night she peered tthru the hole... it was NEEL
She opened it as he rang again.. she was shaking like a leaf
"NEEEL?" she said stunned
He pinned her to the shut door and began to kiss her
"Amma made pao bhaji I want you to know its not bad at all" he flirted
She kissed him back hungrily the sack dropped to the floor as she guided his hand to her curves
"Yeh batane ko raat ko bara baje aaya tum?" she whispered
"I guess" he whispered back.. kissing her again groaning as sucked on the juicy lower lip
Anupamaa
Indian Idol 15
