Hello friends......this one is dedicated to one of my lovely readers, Parth....😊......welcome back dear🤗
Shot #31
Taking a pause to take another taste of the moring caffeines, Mr. Gupta continued, "....I am a father too......".....there it is......finally found the missing piece of the puzzle....... '...Father...'........
"...just like a mother, a father too can never see his kids in pain..." he stated in a soft tone........"....I know you are feeling bad for Prem....."...noticing the look from his audience, Mr. Gupta justified, "....oh c'mon!!.....a two months baby can read your face at this moment...."........."....then why are you keeping yourself away from him???.......If you feel, you did injustice to Prem for keeping him away from your love then get the guts to fix it, damn it...." he tried to persuade Mr. Mittal.......".....that boy had been through a lot since childhood.......if you realise your mistake, then please go to Prem and admit that you care for him.......that you do love him too........don't make yourself a worse example in the definition of a father......" finishing his words, Mr. Gupta left him alone as he thought the dose to be enough for today......
'....it was too late to reverse it now.....didn't he already prove himself one last night???......' Mr. Mittal thought at his advice, but he couldn't find any answer for it as he himself was not sure about what he really wanted......or felt.....all of a sudden feeling miserable at the confrontation between his heart and mind, he turned back when his eyes caught the image of the father-son outside of the main conference room.......
Holding a cup of hot black coffee Preet headed towards the conference room when his eyes fell on his father, "...Hey dad!!!.....where do you think you are going??.." noticing Mr. Gupta walking towards the Coffee shop Preet asked, very well aware of his father's intention.....caught by his son, the poor man mumbled for the right words, "...umm, to-the-conference....".......raising an eyebrow the son informed with a smile, "....Oh really!!!....but the conference room is behind you and as far as I can see, you were heading towards the Coffee shop, planning to buy some chocolate timbits....right??!!..."......."....trust me they are sugar-free...and they are good for my health......" the clever father tried to convince......."....really??!!.....since when??!!...." Preet demanded.......unable to find a suitable answer for the question, Mr. Gupta tried to ignore the discussion as he was being so desperate to taste the morning fresh doughnut balls, "....Oh just forget it yaar.....just look at those lovely, tasty and tiny timbits......."......
"...That's why I am telling you, at least have mercy on them.......lets go from here......" slipping his hand into his father's arm, Preet almost dragged him out the coffee shop, giggling........."....Oh man!!! you are such a spoiler...." he too laughed, then like an obedient child Mr. Gupta unwillingly followed his son.....turning back to the shop, giving a last look to his favorite sweets, the old man tried again, "....see!!, they are looking at me....lemme grab some for you then....".....shaking his head in disbelief, Preet cut in, "....they are blind dad...and I don't accept bribe....let's gooo!!!....." unable to keep up with his childish father, Preet literally dragged him into the conference room all laughing......
He found himself smiling at the scene.......the bond those two share......a strange bond in fact, mixed of love, friendship, fun.......his gaze dropped on the floor thinking of the 'only' bond he shares with his son, the bond of 'hatred'......as he realised, he had to repent for his deeds......
Late Afternoon
After feeling satisfied with the milk, little Pratham snuck out of the part of mommy's saare, used to cover him during his feed.......while busy in covering herself properly, brightly smiling at Heer, he carefully rolled over on the bed from him mommy's lap, not letting her make him burp......finding the scope he started crawling closer to the end of the bed to get off to practice his daily exercise as he had been expert in taking atleast 7-8 steps without any support..... "..Prathaammm, wait!!!..." she quickly grabbed his right leg.......then gently pulling him closer to her, she picked him up on her right shoulder......after finishing up with the burp, she tenderly lied him down.......before he could escape again, Heer captured him under her as she almost lied on him, making sure of maintaining her weigh on his chubby body...."....aap hamesha momma ko tang karte ho...." pretending to be upset, she complained while cupping both his little hands into hers......sensing the upset tone he called her "...hmm-mah...." instantly making her forget about everything as she just admired the apple of her eyes.......
Unable to put up with the 'fake' anger, she simply smiled at her son before nuzzling her nose with his cute one.......after placing a soft kiss on his tiny adorable lips then another one on his cute dimple on the chin, the mother replied, "...yesh!!..maa....."......giggling at the sudden nuzzle, little Pratham got the hold of his mommy's lower lip, only to feel a couple of pecks on his chubby fingers.......
Slipping her both hands under his back, she rolled over to grab the 3.5 by 5 silver leaves photo frame.......bending both her knees to support her son's back, Heer comfortably positioned Pratham on her abdomen........turning her attention back to the man in the frame, her lips slightly curved up to a small smile......his gentle smile in the image was the reason behind her smile........
'....what is it??......lemme see!!!...' he couldn't take the suspense anymore as he held the upper border of the frame and pulled it down to steal a glimpse of the reason of his mommy's smile......'....oh!!....it's my favorite buddy....what do you call him again??....' busy in refreshing his memory, the son unknowingly spoke up his mind, '....pae..pe....pep...'........observing the cute-frowned face of her son, as he was facing a hard time pronouncing the name with his tiny sharp lips, Heer broke into a giggle.......cupping his adorable face, she brought him closer to place a kiss on those little cute lips......"....aww my poor love.......want momma to help you shona???!!....." noticing his hard effort to get it right, she decided to offer a help to her son.......
At Night
All his tiredness ran away after seeing the beautiful faces of two important people in his life as he placed the black leather targus laptop case on the table........but she did notice those exhausted eyes, after getting a sleepless night, why wouldn't he look tired??........she thought of setting the dinner for him before he decides to hit the bed.......after welcoming Prem with a smile, Heer headed towards downstair, leaving the two men in charge of each other.......
"....Hey big man.....still up??......" brightly smiling at his son, he greeted him while unbuttoning the sleeves before turning to the large closet to get his clothes.......and the son got all ecstatic seeing his friend in happy mood.......noticing his back towards him, little Pratham carefully got off the bed without making any noise.......after successfully taking a couple of steps without any support, the poor one failed to keep the journey on.......getting up from the floor, he straightly took four more steps and grabbed him by his leg just in time before falling on the floor again......."....Paa-Paa...." he greeted back the man......
After rolling the sleeves up to his elbows, he lazily untucked the grey shirt half way......as he was about to grab the navy-blue pair of pyjamas, he felt something soft around his right leg, before he could react, his entire world stopped for a second as soon as those syllables echoed in his ears.......half-consciously, looking down at the source of the voice, Prem surprisingly smiled at his little son before picking him up in his arms, feeling top of the world for his son's accomplishment...... forgetting about everything, he held his dear son close to his heart, when he again heard him attempting those words, "...Paa-Paa...." but this time, the little one pointed at something on the bed-side table.......Prem smiled before heading towards the piece that his son was pointing at......
Prem picked up the silver frame of his own photo from the side table after comfortably positioning themselves on the bed.......'...Yes, this one!!!.....mommy taught me that I should refer you as...' little Pratham acted out the lesson as he pointed at the photo with his chubby finger when Prem held the photo before him...."....Paa-Paa...." he repeated.......understanding the narration of his son, Prem full-heartedly thanked his wife for the wonderful gift.......too happy to do anything, Prem placed the photo frame back on its original place before grabbing his son back into his arms........placing a kiss on his soft, chubby cheek, he lied down cuddling onto his son.......as soon as his back felt the softness of the matress, his sleepy eyes took him to a peaceful dream-land.....
'....Oh boy!!!.....is that what I get for calling you that???.....' surprised at the result of his effort, poor Pratham stared at his Paa-Paa.......the smile on his face didn't let the little one disturb the man as he thought, '....lucky you because I was gonna get back at you......but never mind, I can always catch you tomorrow as I'm too sleepy to bash you up right now......' grabbing the chest pocket of his shirt, the little son yawned before cuddling himself into his 'Papa's protective arms'........
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I will post the next part before next weekend as my last exam is on monday😃,,,,,,,so will have plenty of time to write😊.........thanks for the wonderful feedbacks hon😊
Edited by tania86 - 17 years ago
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