Part 15:
Safely making their way to the car, Aman held the door of the passenger seat open for her...looking back at her son, she hoped to take him back from Arnav..."..don't worry...your son is in the safe hands..." assured smiling Anjali from inside, making an embarrassed Khushi to unwillingly sit in the car...shutting the door after her, Aman waited for his friend, who still could not make his way in there..."...It wasn't that...I just wanted to make sure Aryan doesn't bother him..." smiling back, Khushi confessed in a soft tone... "Aryan...wow...so authentic...such a symbolic name...awww...look at him...he is soo adorable..." Anjali exclaimed while looking out at the kid in his cute sky blue knit top and cotton denim shortall, who was not giving any attention to his surroundings due to his exploration of the new discovery...quickly checked upon her son, she looked back at the young pregnant lady with a smile...then finding nothing to talk about, she kept her gaze down...
Noticing her awkwardness, Anjali decided to break the ice between them, while taking a scoop from her ice cream into her mouth, "..hmm...by the way, I am Anjali" she vivaciously introduced herself...instantly liking the 'full of life' girl, she responded with a smile, "...I know...you are Aman Sir's wife...have heard them talking about you occassionally during meetings..."...trying to make her more comfortable, Anjalli asked her, pretending to be serious, "...THEY DOOO??!!!...that's why I wonder why these two always stay together like sticky lizards...do they talk bad about me??!!"...breaking into a quick laugh at her sudden inquiry, khushi assured, "...no no maam...they are really concerned about you..."..."..so you think both of them are caring..huh?!!" she attempted to confirm...nodding her head in an affirmative, she reassured, "...yess...they are..."..." ok that conveys a good 'sign' " almost spitting it out, she bit the tip of her tongue...confused at her statement, Khushi asked, "...umm...what sign??"...in attempt to divert her attention Anjali continued, "err...nothing yaar...and what did I just say??...that call me Anjlai NOT maam...and stop addressing Aman as 'Sir', you don't work for them anymore...so stop making us feel too old hon " winking at her new friend, both the ladies shared a giggle...
Finally, making it to his destination, Arnav smiled at his friend...accepting the appreciation with a slight bow, Aman forwarded his hand towards Aman, asking for the key of the car as he decided to let his friend enjoy the moment with his beloved son...handing him the keyport key holder to his best buddy, Arnav decided to take the front passanger seat...first replacing the ice-cream cup on top of the dashboard, then settling himself on the seat, he made sure his son was all comfortable on his lap...almost heel-sitting on his knees, Aryan was still busy in his task...
A strange bond...that was it...yes...from the first day, he felt a strange yet a strong connection with this stranger...why? had no clue...that night, even though the circumstance had led this gentleman to this sudden approach by taking a hold of his tiny soft fingers in between his thumb and index...yet Aryan felt the tenderness and affections through it...he understood, neither did the stranger want him to fall back and get hurt by the floor nor he wanted to hurt him by his sudden grip...but now being in his arms, for some reason he felt protected...yet pampered as he was not being interrupted in his current task, which was, exploring the new discovery that was attached in the stranger's left ear, with his tiny chubby fingers...simply loving the attachment with the stranger...
Mission accomplished...for the last 20 minutes, ever since he was transferred from mommy to this person, Aryan was hell adamant to get the bluetooth out of his ear...and now feeling proud to hold it in his little hand, as he was about to taste the device, when he heard his mommy's disappointing voice..."...LOVE...don't do it..." she alerted her son in a calm voice...
Her first word sounded musical to his ears...as if he had been longing to hear that word from her FOR HIM...immediately turning back to look at her after that word...for the first time in his life, he felt embarrassed at his own stupid assumption, when he realized that the 'word' was not for him BUT for his SON...
Noticing the sudden glint in his eyes and a smile played around his lips, Aryan could not help but thought, 'sorry dude!!!...that was for me...and sorry mommy...I just wanted to taste it as it smells so good...but never mind...I will be a good boy now...anyway...back to you dude...that 'LOVE' was nothing...wait till you hear all the names that she calls me with...however, I am telling you, My Mommy is the Best Mommy in the World...NO DOUBT...period'...
To obey his mommy, he dropped the bluetooth on Arnav's lap to grasp the already melted ice-cream cup that was kept right in front of him...in his attempt to quickly grab the cup, his sudden anticipation has caused the liquid ice-cream to fall all over the duo...making Arnav instantly remove the cup out of Aryan's hold while letting out a sigh of sympathy "oh ouh!!"...loving the new and easy phrase from his mouth, he decided to imitate the man...proudly looking down at his favourite blue outfit, Aryan also let out his disapprovement in his cooing voice, "ouh oh", causing both Aman and Anjali to burst into laughter while a blushed khushi just looked down, biting her lower lip to hide the smile...
Experiencing the first interaction with his son, he couldn't help but cuddled onto him more close to his heart, completely not giving a damn towards being messy in the ice-cream...with a smile he looked out through the window, trying to avoid the embarrassement
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