(Four years back)
Siya
I don’t know why I am getting this nausea feeling since this morning, I haven’t eaten anything that made me feel this way. I was about to take medicine when I felt like vomiting, I immediately rushed over to the washroom, emptying my stomach.
“Bhabhi sa?! What is wrong?” I heard Kaya’s voice behind me, she instantly helped me to get my hair out of my face as she caressed my back.
“I don’t know, Kaya, I am just not feeling okay,” I told her honestly. She looked super worried.
“We should visit a doctor,” She suggested but I refused.
“No, I just need some rest I guess,” I replied as she helped me to get up when again I vomited after repeating the process a few more times. Kaya got me to the bed. I sat down as she handed me a tablet.
“Take this, it will make you feel better, “She says.
I nodded, gulping the tablet and water. “Thanks,”
She kept staring at me with a tensed face, “I will be back,” she said and left the room. I laid down on the bed and closed my eyes while massaging my head in the process.
She entered the room with something in her hand, “What is it?” I questioned.
She signed as a shy smile curved on her lips, “It’s a pregnancy test kit,”
I shot him a look, “You mean to say…” I trailed.
“Yeah, Bhabhi sa, it’s no harm to check it out, no?”
“But where did you get this kit?” I asked, raising my brow.
She sighed, “I prefer to be safe than sorry, I bought it in, just in case, you know. ” she specifies, embarrassingly.
I nodded to her, she gave me the kit as I went to the washroom, I did as was instructed on the pack.
“Two lines means I am pregnant,” I mumbled to myself and waited for it to appear.
After a few seconds, It appeared, and my left hand was on my mouth and another was holding the kit, my eyes were wide in surprise.
“Bhabhi sa, are you done? What it’s showing?” She questions from outside as I sensed the tension in her voice.
I left the washroom with a shocked face, “Kaya… I am-”
“You are?” She trails.
“I am pregnant!” I shouted in disbelief, she laughed, taking me a small embrace.
“That’s great, Bhabhi sa! I can’t wait to become Aunty again,” she says.
“Thank you so much. ”
“We should tell this good news to Karan bro, ” She said as I shook my head.
“No, Kaya not now! I am a bit nervous I will tell him when I will be comfortable,”
She sought, “In that way, I think Karan bro will come to know after a few months when your stomach would be huge af,” she mocked.
“No, Kaya, I just need some time, please, try to get,”
She nodded in understanding, “Fine, as you wish, I am in my room if you want something,”
“Yes, thank you.”
After that whenever Karan was around I tried my best to tell him about this good news but I become so nervous that I couldn’t able to utter a single word and even he asked me if I have any work with him or wanna tell him something but every time I changed the topic, making him slight angry and annoyed, it’s been a week since I got to know about this and still!
Ugh!
“Bhabhi sa, you still haven’t told, Karan brother, have you?” Kaya questioned, annoyed.
“I am sorry but I get so nervous-” She cut me off without even listening to me.
“Stop being a scared cat, Bhabhi sa, just go and tell him, he must be in the room right now,”
“But-”
“C’mon, I am behind you to give you confidence,” She took my hand and led me to Karan, and my room as I felt the anxiety in my body grew.
“Here we are. All the best.” With that, she pushed me inside the room as I found Karan was looking out on the balcony. I glanced back at Kaya who thumbs up at me, smiling.
I took a deep breath and made my way over the balcony as I called him, “Karan?”
He slightly tilted his head in my direction,” You came at the right time, Siya.” He spoke.
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, “Why?”
He sought out deeply,” I want to know what is going on,” His voice was quite serious, “I can see, something is bothering you, and you are not telling me,”
“I… Umm,”
“Siya, just know one thing, you are my wife I am not gonna judge you on anything so be free with me doesn’t matter what,”
Karan is being too sweet and caring that I don’t know how I should tell him. I found my fingers were fidgeting with themselves in nervousness.
“This is the last time I am asking, Siya, What is it?”
“Karan… Actually.”
“Actually?”
“I…”
“You…?”
“Am…?
“Ha huh…?”
I gathered enough courage and let out as I instantly closed my eyes in fear, “Pregnant!”
“You are preg-” He glanced at me in disbelief, “What?!”
“I am pregnant,” I repeated in a low voice.
Noticing a huge smile making its way on his lips as he wasted no time in taking me in his arms, “That’s great news! Siya!” He says, breaking the hug as he cupped my cheeks, “and you were afraid to tell me this! All this time?!” He questions in skepticism.
I nodded nervously, he leaned forward and collapsed his lips on mine as I put my hand around his neck, he trailed his hand down to my waist and we enjoyed our sweet moment.
~~~
Karan
And later we gave this good news to everyone, they were super happy. I just can’t believe I am going to be a dad, which I already am but unfortunately, I didn’t see Esha growing in front of my eyes until she became old enough to even speak and walk even though she is 5 now. This time, I will leave no chance to see my child growing in Siya’s womb.
“What the heck, Sunny!” I heard Siya’s angry voice coming out of our room, it seemed like she was scolding Sunny for something. I leaned against the door to know what she was angry about.
“What bhabhi sa?” He questions, innocently.
“I told you that I want to eat Strawberry ice cream, not butterscotch!”
I wanted to laugh at Sunny’s poor condition, since the last few months, Siya has become a different woman or you can say, I have seen her new side; Angry yet annoyed kitty one especially after Mom has advised her to eat whatever her mouth craves because baby also wants to eat that and if the baby didn’t get that exact food it’s not good for their health.
“But, it’s not my fault bhabhi sa, if they don’t have your favorite flavor,” He retorted and before he received another scolding from Siya, I interrupted.
“Siya, chill, you don’t need to scold a kid,” I told her, walking into the room.
She rolled her eyes, “But I don’t like this butterscotch, ” She says in distaste.
I indicated to Sunny to leave the room, he nodded, mouthing, ‘Thank you ‘ to me.
“No worries, sweetheart, let’s go to some ice cream parlors then,” I suggested when she shook her head, annoyingly.
“I am not in the mood of eating ice cream now, ” she said and went to the bed.
Her bloody mood swings.
I sighed, not knowing what to say.
“King and Queen?!” Esha called us, entering the room. She started to call Siya queen too because I am a king and she is my wife.
“Princess, can’t you knock for once?” I asked, walking over to the bed as she also hopped on.
“I don’t think I have to.” She says and I was about to scold her but Siya stopped me.
“It’s fine, Karan, ” She said, turning to Esha, “what are you here for, Esha? Don’t you have your homework?”
“No, I don’t like homework, it’s super boring.”
“But important,” I added.
She rolls her eyes, “Whatever, King, I was here to see the baby,” She says, moving her attention to Siya’s belly, Esha slowly touches her womb.
“What is the baby doing now?” She questions.
“Umm, must be taking a rest, ” Siya replies as Esha puts her ears on her stomach to confirm.
“Maybe, yes,” She trails, “when the baby will arrive, I can’t wait to touch him!”
We chuckled, “It will take something 6 months more but how are you so sure that it’s him not her.” Siya questions.
“Umm, because Queen my heart says that,” She says and bites her lower lips in thinking, creating a ‘Ummm’ sound.
“What are you thinking?” I asked her, curiously.
“Will the baby also call you both King and Queen?” She asked her thought aloud, innocently.
“No, he will call us Daddy and Mommy, but why did you ask this, princess?”
“Because you once told me that I am like your daughter it means the baby would be my sibling and if he is gonna call you both this then why can’t I?”
I shared a glance with Siya as our lips slowly lifted in a smile, “Sure, Princess, feel free to call me dad and your queen, mom.”
“Really? Mommy, daddy?!”
We nodded happily, to be honest, I was dying to hear this from her mouth for a long time, “Yeah!”
“Thank you very much! After mom left us, I was feeling so lonely, and now I felt better,”
My happiness fell within a second after those words left her mouth, we didn’t know what we could do to make her feel much better.
Siya and I pulled her towards as we placed a kiss on her both cheeks, “We will never leave you ever, ” I told her, kissing her knuckles.
“Pinky promise?”
“Pink Promise!” I said, smiling she mirrored my expression.
“If you don’t mind me, mommy and daddy but can I sleep here tonight with you?”
“Of course, ” We said in unison, making space for Esha on the bed as she slept in Siya’s arms. I placed a kiss on their foreheads, putting a blanket on them.