A few hours later at Home:

Daya was sitting on bed with Adi in his lap. Adi was sleeping peacefully holding his hand tightly. He is much better now. Daya was contunuosly running his fingers through his hair. Diya was silently sitting beside him, she sometimes was trying to touch his brother's face with her cute little hands, but Daya stopped her every time. So now she was quiet. Few more minutes passed like this. Then,

Diya: Pappa, baiya aul kitna soyega?

Daya: Shhhhh! beear hai na woh? sone do ... tum bhi so jao, aao - yaha so jao...

Diya: Nahi - Diya ko nahi sona hai - Diya beemal nahi hai -

Daya: (Hopelessly) Beta raat ko 1 baje sirf beemar log nahi sotey, sab sotey hai -

Diya: Pal Diya ko to kahani sunna hai - Diya aise nahi sote -

Daya: (sigh) To baithi reh! mera kya -

Diya: (cnfused) Pappa ne danta Diya ko?

Daya: (feeling danger) Nahi meri maa - tu ab chup kar na thode der ke liye!

again after 5 minutes she started with new energy,

Diya: Pappa - woh chhota baby kitni choti hai? (trying to show a size with her fingers which is merely one inch) itni si?

Daya laughed aloud.

Daya: Tu bhi na Diya! Abhi rehne de, woh baby ab kuch din tere mausi aur Rajat uncle ke saath yehi rahenge - humare saath - tab khud dekh lena -

Diya was excited like anything! Her questions were non ending!

"Baby kaha lahegi?"

"Baby Diya ko kya bolega? Aul baiya ko?"

"Baby mele saath khelegi na?"

"Bale Pappa uss baby ko bhi gaudi me lenge?"

She seemed to be a bit doubtful while she was asking the last question. Daya was watching his baby's expression and was thoroughly enjoying it. Just then the door bell rang. Daya went to open the door with Adi in his arms, his head was on his shoulder. Diya was following him. She was extremely excited.

The rest of the family entered. All had a broad smile. Shreya's smile vanished as soon as she saw Adi.

Shreya: (worried) Adi thik hai na?

Daya: Haan baba, bas so raha hai - ab bukhar nahi hai, temperture bilkul normal hai. Tum sab jao - fresh hoke baithte hai -

Abhijeet: (exclaimed) Arre Daya, Diya kyun jag rahi hai?

Daya: Ussi se pucho na - apni ladli se -

Tarika and Shreya exchanged a confused look, but Abhijeet burst into laughter. "Tu bhi na Daya -" he passed the comment while making his way towards their room. Diya went to him and started firing her questions to him. soon the two of them were gone into the room, and after freshning up Tarika and Shreya started talking about the new thing in their life -

Shreya: Di, Purvi ko kb tak discharge milega?

Tarika: Pata nahi, par 2 3 din se zyada nahi lagna chahiye -

Shreya: Tab to bohot saara kaam hai, hai na? Rooms ko thik karna hai, baby ke liye shopping bhi karna hai -

Daya interrupted -

Daya: Yeh baby ka shopping aap dono mere pe chhor dijiye - yeh mera department hai -

Tarika: Chalo - chor diya - phir bhi kaam to bohot saare hai na, hum log itna busy rehte hai - aur bacha aur maa dono ko kisi ka zaroorat hai - sirf nurse ke paas to nahi chhor sakte -

Shreya: Di, tum chinta mat karo - hum itne sab log hai n, hum chuttiya manage kar lenge, phir Purvi fit ho jaye to woh khud sambhal lengi - aur haan, Kajal bhi to aa rahi hai -

Tarika: Yeh tu bharosa de rahi hai, ya dara rahi hai?

Daya and Shreya burst into laughter!

Tarika: Aise haso mat! pata hai na - aur phir Rahul bhi to abhi chota hai, sirf ek saal ka hi to hai - ab woh kaise sambhal payegi!

Daya: Bhabi - aap na kuch zyada hi tension le rahi ho. kuch nahi hoga - hum sab milke sambhal lenge - (he paused a bit) Yeh baap-beti kaha gayab ho gaya?

Tarika: Rehne do, Diya ko sula kar ayega shayad...

Daya smiled looking at her.

A few days later at home:

It was early in the morning. The kids were not going to school today - their leave were approved! Because the new member is going to come to their house today. All were super excited. Daya was in call:

Daya: Haan Rajat, hum kab jayenge?

...

Daya: Arre, hum bhi chalte hai na - sab saath me chalte hai -

...

Daya: tum bilkul fikr mat karo - hum sab kab se wait kar raha hai . Haan haan, Adi aur Diya bhi hai!

After he ended his call he looked at the kids, who seemed to be very busy.

Adi: Tujhe pata hai, aaj humara ek aur chota bhai bhi aa raha hai -

Diya: Chota bai?

Adi nodded as Yes.

Diya: Hum sab mlke khelenge - aul hum sab humale loom me lahenge na? eksaath?

Adi: (as serious as possible) Nahi - sab log new Baby ke liye uss room ko ready kar raha hai - woh humara room me nahi rahega - par chota bhai rahega -

Diya: (pout)New Baby kyu nai lahega humale saath?

Adi: Arre, Diya - woh chota hai na, aur hum to bade hai - isi liye - Chachu ne kaha hai!

Now this seemed to be a satisfactory answer to her.

On the other side of the hall, Daya was sitting quietly when Abhijeet came and sat beside him. He kept one hand on his shoulder.

Abhijeet: (Caring tone) Purane din yaad aa raha hai?

Daya: (dreamy tone) Haan Abhi, woh din yaad hai, jab pehli baar iss ghar me koi bachcha aya - humara Adi ko jab hum ghar laye -

Flashback starts...

It was the day when Tarika and little Adi came home from hospital. Tarika was holding the smallest creature into her arms, who was completely covered with a soft white cloth, only its face was visible - and it was so tiny! Tarika was looking at his face with an unbelievable look. Abhijeet was sitting beside her. His one hand was wrapped around her shoulder. His eyes were moist. Tarika placed her head on his shoulder. Daya and Shreya were sitting there - they were curiously looking at the baby. Shreya touched him with her one finger -

Shreya: Di - yeh kiski tarah dikhta hai? tumhari yah jeej ki? kuch samh me kyu nahi aa raha hai? bolo na Di?

Tarika smiled at her childlike excitement. Daya was silent, he was just staring at the baby! Shreya took the baby from Tarika and kissed him on his head.

Shreya: Awww- m baby - kitna pyara hai - hai na? Jeej, Di - iska haat dekho - kitni cute -

She was just overwhelmed with every little feature of the baby! Actually it's like a new toy for her. She was happy like anything. But then Abhijeet felt something. He looked at Daya - who was still in the trance.

Abhijeet: (in his deepest tone) Dayaa -

Daya jerked from his world!

Abhijeet: Kya soch raha hai, haan? Tu yaha aa, mere paas -

Daya came and sat in front of him. He placed his head on his knee. Abhijeet started caressing his hair.

Daya: (dreamily) Boss - dekho kitna sakoon se so raha hai - hum sab uske saath hai na - (his eyes were teary) I promise Abhi, zindegi ka kisi bhi mode pe woh kabhi khudko akela mehsus nahi karega- main isse woh saare khushiyan dunga jo -

He stopped suddenly. He did not want to mention those sad things on such a happy day. But his incomplete sentence was enough to touch the hearts of his near and dear ones. Tear came to Tarika's eyes. She immediately tried to change the topic -

Tarika: Daya, Adi ko apne Chachu ke paas bhi jana hai - tum usse goud me nahi logey?

Daya: (scared) Na Baba na, woh kitna chota hai - bas itna sa - m-m-main nahi le sakta - agar -

Tarika: (strictly) Kuch nahi hoga - Shreya - Tu baby ko Daya ko de -

Shreya obeyed.

Daya: (trying to resist) Par Bhabi - main kaise - yaar Abhi - bolo na kuch -

But he stopped, because the little cute one was already into his arms then. He was looking at him with his cute little marble like eyes. His eyes got the brown of Abhi's. Daya was lost into him... A perfect miniature of a human being! He was mesmerized. To his surprise, the baby for the the first time held out his little hands and clutched Daya's finger which was in front of his face. It was a feeling that he never felt before! Something very new... He felt a warm pressure on his shoulder, he looked at Abhijeet, who was looking at him with a loving smile. A tear escaped Daya's eyes.

"Thank you Abhi - thank you Bhabi" - he whispered!

Flashback Ends...

Daya removed tears from his eyes. Abhijeet also looked into his eyes. Yes, they could read the thousands of emotions that were present in their hearts right at this moment. They both smiled and looked forward to welcome the new guests to the family!

A/N: Genuinely SORRY for being late! As you can guess next chapter will be again a full family get-together! All will be there!

I hope you people like this one. Will definitely try to entertain you in the next chapter too.

Be Happy - Keep Smiling...

- AbhiRikaFan