PART - 25
Blissful morning for Geet. Though she didn't know what exactly Maan was thinking, but after sharing her heart she felt light and good. Maan and Piya sleeping next to her,in solace. She found a content calmness on his face.

All feared of his anger but in sleep no one can tell that he ever show anger to any one. He was calm and composed,just like Piya. Geet slipped near them and gaze both for next few minutes.

She streched her arm and caressed sleeping Piya. She leaned and kissed on her head. She couldn't able take off her eyes from them. Her small possession. Without any hesitation and second thought her hand caressed Maan's cheek to after Piya.

And like Piya,she kissed him too. Then realisation striked her and she slipped inch away. But couldn't able to went far away. A thought strike her and she picked up her phone. Very carefully she leaned her head over Maan and quickly took a selfie. She wants to captured the moment. A stolen moment from the hands of destiny who still playing with their lives.

She clicked but don't got time to enjoy as Maan start wriggling and next his eyes were fully opened. he found her leaned over him. An awkward position for him,for sure. "what happened?" he asked strongly and send shivered to her.

Geet without wasting a seconnd slipped back. "wo... Wo... Actually i found something,on your side." she excused in a fummbling voice.

Maan roamed his eyes but couldn't found any strange thing. "par yaha to kuchh b nahi hai."

"It was there. I saw rat there." In a haste she made an excuse which definitely a foolish one.
Maan's eyes popped out. "yaha rats hai jo bed tak aa jate hai." he clenched Piya more firmly. This thought scared him for his little doll.
Geet cursed herself for this. "nahi chuha nahi tha." she corrects herself.
"To kya tha?" Maan enquired.
"cockroach." one more blunder and again she got weird look from him. "nahi cockroch nahi,i mean fly. Ha shyad fly ya butterfly hogi." she looks so dumb to him the moment she made weird excuses.
"Geet cockroch ka ye size hota hai or fly ka ye." Maan stretched his fingers to show the size of both. "i think you need an eye check up." he remarked.
"apko kya hai? Kyu itni enquiry kar rahe ho. Keh diya na kuchh tha ab nahi hai." she snapped in frustrated tone,which broke Piya's sleep. Little soul scared with sharp sound. "see apki wajh se mera bachha utha gaya." She aacused him for braking Piya's sleep and Maan only stared her in confusion. "ooo mela baby,Papa ne nenni khalab kal di mere shona ki." Geet dragged her into her arms and patted her back to calm her. Geet glared Maan and he was all confused what exactly happened few moments before. Without any mistake he get scolded from her.
" Geet it's you,who was shouting." Maan tried but Geet not listened.
"Shhhh. Can't you see my doll is upset. Don't make a noise." She commands him to hide the truth from him. For Piya's sake he shut his mouth and left from there. This made her guilty and shattered. "I am sorry Maan. I know apki koi galti nahi hai. Even i don't know why i did this." Geet had a dual with her own self. Their increasing proximity effects her which she herself even don't know. But Maan's presence gave her feel good. There was a time when she might hate him most but those days passed away. Now things are changing between both. Might not from his side,but definitely from her side.
He might not good in talking terms with Geet but he gelled with Avantika very well. Her motherly affection towards Him and Piya melts his frozen heart a bit. He found difficult to deny her wishes. He obeyed in once like a good son. Just in a week a sweet bound developed between Maan and Avantika. He treated her like his own mother and listened her words. He talked her more than Geet. He found no good reason to talk with Geet. They only communicate when Piya is concerned.
7 days passed and Piya become more active than she was in KM. Now she learn many new words and all credit goes to her grand parents. They spend lot of time with her and taught many new words. Though she doesn't able to utter properly but she tried.
Morning time and she was sat with the strength of pillow,playing with her toys. While playing she threw her toy on Maan. He turned and she grin wide. Maan took her toy and gave to her. He again turned and got busy in his tie. Piya stared him for few moments but when he don't looked back she screamed in anger.
"aanuu..." first time she called him properly. Same time Geet too entered and heared. Maan quickly turned to his daughter and took her in his arms.
"baby say again. Please say it again." he was pleading to his little doll. She called him Maanu,which she actually trying since she called him first. Uuuu was her first try and finally she progressed.
"Uuuu" she again utter same words.
"nahi sweetheart abi jo kaha wo bolo. Say Maanu. Please say na baby." Maan kissed her and pleads. The yearning in his voice was visible.
Piya now throwing tantrums and testing his patience but soon he rewarded for what he was waiting for. "Aanuu..." she uttered and dropped her saliva on him.
Maan kissed her and cuddled firmly. His eyes sheds tears. Geet was a silent viewer till now but when she saw him crying her heart squeezed and so was of Piya. She stare her father shedding tears and her brows knotted.
"Uu..aaa....",Her smile vanished and lips curved. Geet noticed. She knew Piya was on the verge of crying. Geet without any hesitation wiped off his tears. "please Maan don't cry or else she too start crying." Geet was aware that Maan was weak this time,but don't know the reason.
"Maan kya hua hai?" she asked curiously.
"My grandmom called me with this name Maanu. Or unki dekha dekhi Tia ne bhi bulana shuru kar diya. In a start she used to tease me but later it became her habbit. Two most important person of my life or aaj dono hi nahi hai." his voice whimpers on his grief. He cuddled Piya into his chest and shed more tears.

(Imagine Maan with Piya)
Geet went closer to him and catch his tears drops. She wiped off his tears and wrapped her arms around them. Maan was emotionally broken. His heart posessed so much pain then he showed. He loose all relations in his life. He surrendered himself to her warmth. Though it was for that time only but he allowed Geet to hold him tight. Geet consoled him. Its a very big gesture from his side. Because Maan not share his pain with any one but in this moment he did. Might past one week had changed some thing though its very little but it did.....
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