BONUS CHAPTER NO. 1

Hello everyone, welcome back and I know very well how badly everyone is missing our Dhruv and Geet so here is the bonus chapter no.1.

Before reading it,  I really apologise if you find the chapter filled with mistakes and the reason is  I am not well when I started editing it so kindly ignore my mistakes.

Happy Reading

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Geet's POV

"Geet jija, when are you planning to get ready?" Avantika asked,placing the  boxes in the room.

"I am tired, Avantika" I replied ,laying down on bed patting my baby girl's back who cheerfully played holding my other hand. Today we have organized the naming ceremony of my twins.

Junior Dhruv is sleeping peacefully in a cradle placed next to my bed.

The whole Shaktawat house is not less than a tom and jerry due to the chaos created since the morning. Dhruv and his family had already visited Hyderabad a few hours back .

I noticed Shivu jija's reflection in the mirror as she approached my room.

"Geet,are you okay?" Shivu jija asked worriedly, glancing at me as soon as she entered the room along with her son, Akshat Banna who followed her, holding her pallu of her odhna in his small hands.

"Akshat,meet your brother and sister" She introduced , making him sit on her lap .

"How are you, Akshat Banna? Mamisa ko miss kiya?" I asked,sitting on the bed,offering my hand for a handshake.

(Did you miss your aunt?)

"Adi ne isko handshake nahi jai shree krishna sikhaya hai " Shivu jija replied and continued speaking "Akshat chalo aapsa ne sikhayaa hai na bado ko kese pranam karte hai"

(Adi has taught him Jai shree Krishna instead of handshake)

(Akshat come on,  dad has taught you how to greet elders)

As soon as she completed  saying this, he raise his hand touched the bedsheet in front of me and started speaking  by joining his hands "Jai shree Krishna"

"Jai shree Krishna" I replied, joining my palms  too.

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After placing a bindi between my brows, I checked myself  if I missed something while getting ready. "Everyone is waiting for you in the living room and here see our

Mrs. Dhruvpratap Singh Deora is still getting ready for our beloved Mr.author" Kavya taunted  entering the room, followed by Coco.

"Jija,mumma is scolding me for no reason " She exclaimed, faking her tears.

"Are my palak paneer and matar paneer ready?" Avantika asked ,checking them and each of my sisters slowly lifted one by one carrying in their arms.

"Juniors your mumma don't have any plan to name you so we have to continue using random vegetables names as your bade maisa uses " Kavya said slowly to Junior Geet but her words were targeted for me.

(Maisa - alternative term for maasi)

Coco tried jumping to look at her and Kavya slowly sat on the bed  ,  ordered “ Coco no touching “ and as an obedient kid of Kavya , he accepted her words and admired her sitting nearby.

"I am ready and Avantika stop using this names" I ordered and asking them to hand over me one of them but they said let them spend some time with them as we are leaving for Sirohi today evening .

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Dhruv's Pov

The pooja preparation was completed and I sat down on a bajot waiting for my wife and my kids ofcourse. I will be meeting them after two months and I met them last time when they were around four weeks.

My attention diverted from my thoughts when I heard anklets approaching from her room's direction and I turned back to notice her entering the living room following her sisters who had my twins.

Kavya carefully placed Junior Geet in my hands.Yes, this is how we call them Junior Dhruv and Junior Geet. She sat next to me a bajot which was placed and Avantika placed Junior Dhruv in her hands carefully.

The feeling of holding a child,especially when it's yours, is surreal but here I am blessed with two. Her little hand slowly engulfed one of my fingers while she slept undisturbed,unbothered, unaware  that we had gathered here to name her along with her brother.

The yellow simple poshak blended with red design, her earrings of red kundan moving to and fro while her hands coloured in the mehandi design, softly moved on my son’s chest calming him down.

"I know Junior Geet got her charm from her mumma" I leaned a bit, to let her know how beautiful she is looking today.

Instead of replying,she lowered her head and I noticed a smile formed on her lips through her ghunghat.

"Twins ke papa, Sirohi jaakr baatein kar lena twins ke mumma ke saath.we won't disturb you" Vihaan teased,handing the plate of aarti to panditji and sitting near me .

"Twins ke Mamosa,  aapki bhi baari aayegi you know very well" I replied but stopped noticing my mumma asking me to stay quiet.

The pooja of the naming ceremony began with mantras chanting but my eyes couldn't stop from looking at three precious gems of my life.

Her parents sat next to her, while she calmly sat slowly patting the back of one of our twins.

I looked down at my junior Geet who slept silently in my arms and here she proves she is definitely a sleeping beauty like her mumma.

The evening when I sent her the request, I never assumed my life would change drastically that night onwards. From witnessing her achieving at her college level to seeing her mood swings during that pregnancy phase and now I can’t wait to witness our kids learning their words to speak and the first step to walk.

“Inn dono mai se bada kon hai? ” Panditji asked and her aapsa replied, “Beta bada hai. ”

(Who is the elder one among these two?)

(He is the elder one)

“Taarik ,samay aur janam sthan bataye '' He continued asking, writing in a book I guess which is their kundli.

(Tell me the date, time and place of birth)

“17th July, shaam ke 6 bajkar 40 minutes aur Hyderabad ” Aapsa replied.

“ Naam bataye ” He asked and without wasting a moment  ,I announced “Rajveer, Iske bade papa ne kaha hai ye naam.Garv apne concert ke kaaran nahi aa paya but uski ye wish hai ki naam Rajveer ho i guess problem kisiko nahi hai ” I mentioned and looked around to take everyone's permission especially Shivu jija’s permission.

(Tell me the name)

(Rajveer, his uncle has suggested to keep this. Garv isn't present here as he went for his concert but I think there is no issue if we name him Rajveer as it is Garv's wish)

Everyone nodded and clapped while Shivu jija announced “Rajveer Singh Deora, finally you got your name but I will call you Raj ”

“Beti ka samay bataye ” Panditji continued and Bhabosa answered “6 bajkar 45 minute ”

(At what time she was born?)

“Naam soch rakha hai bata dijiye ” He asked and my mumma asked Avantika to say her wish.

(Tell me the name  )

“Samriddhi Kanwar Deora ” As soon as she announced, everyone showered us with flowers and she looked at me with a smile.

One by one, everyone arrived to bless us while we still sat on our places. We are leaving for Sirohi soon .We have to catch a flight for Ahmedabad and after that we have to go by train.

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“Mere aloo gobi ka dhyan rakhna ” Avantika said, hugging her sister before she could get inside of the car. So basically her aapsa would be dropping my parents and jijosa and jija in one car and Kavya would drop us and Vihaan in another one.

She sat on the next seat of mine, while Vihaan handed over her Riddhi carefully. We have decided nicknames a few moments back Raj and Riddhi.

Kavya started driving and within a few minutes Vihaan stopped him “Kavya is it a car or aeroplane? ”

“Sorry, I will drive slowly. ” She apologized and resumed driving on our way to the airport.

“Dhruv, Geet is sitting silently even today just like her bidaai ”Vihaan turned his head to look at us but I noticed her sitting silently, wiping her tears off.

“Twins ke mumma, why are you crying ?” I asked, giving her my kerchief.

“Geet jija, don't cry. I should be crying as you are going back after six months along with my cutie pies. Even Coco will miss three of you, "she said, while her eyes were on the road.

“Paani pioge aap? ” I asked only to notice Vihaan admiring us sitting on the front seat.

“They are still behaving like a newly married couple ” He continued speaking, handing over her water bottle. I haven't heard her speaking even a word since I arrived in Hyderabad. Hopefully she speaks once we reach home.

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The Next Morning

We are on our way to our Sirohi house after a long journey. It's already around 7am in the morning and my cousins have picked us up from railway station .

The car slowly stopped in front of our main gate, everyone got outside except us . Her face clearly showed how tired she was due to traveling.

“Geetanjali,I have been waiting for you to speak something” My words made her look at me ,she slowly moved her eyes from me to Riddhi.

“ Dhruv, how am I going to manage them alone ?” She hesitantly asked , and I missed her smile.

“ Alone? Then who am I? I remembered our vows which I promised on the night we married. When I say I am with you ,it includes every stage of our life,even while raising our kids.” I calmed her down with my words,holding her hand ,assuring to be by her side.

“What if you changed all suddenly into a rude husband ? This is what happens after kids “ She questioned,joining her eyebrows.

“ I won't, neither now nor in future.Don’t worry, I love you more because at the end, everyone will be busy loving them but their mumma needs love too . Stop overthinking and smile Twins ke mumma “ I cheered her up and kissed her forehead making her smile.

Noticing Shivu jija approaching , I alerted her and she opened the car gate ,asking us to get down as everyone was eagerly waiting to meet them.

She handed over Raj to her and she exited the car ,turned and asked me to give her Riddhi. I carefully placed her and got outside , asking my sister to let me carry Raj but she denied.

We reached the doorstep, to notice the Deora house decorated with flowers and balloons on the wall as well as on floors , a plate filled with vermillion mixed with water placed on the entrance.

Shivu jija placed Raj in my arms and asked us to wait until the welcome aarti gets over.Mumma along with an aarti thali, stood facing us , applied tilak on our foreheads  and performed aarti.

After aarti,she instructed to get footprints of her grandkids dipping into plates of vermillion and imprinting on the kerchiefs held by their Shivu bhuasa.

“Samriddhi is the lakshmi of our home. Let us take her print on it first”  Shivu jija said and her mumma carefully completed it and next I was incharge of getting Raj’s footprints.

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Geet's POV

The whole day was tiresome and I am a sleep deprived person who survived the whole day to stay awake forcefully keeping my eyes open on chai.

I barely had a sleep if around 2 hours in the day and I can't wait to hit my bed now but Riddhi is still awake while Raj is still sleeping for one hour.

She with her big eyes looked at me smiling, playing with her hand, while I tried swinging her cradle slowly. Raj prefers a speedy swing while she prefers calm swing.

“Geetanjali ” I heard Dhruv's voice only to find him removing his watch from his wrist and placing it on his study table.

"Ha ” I replied while my eyes were on Riddhi.

"Please go and change your clothes. I know you lack good sleep" He ordered, removing my hand from it.

“Are you sure? ” I asked, looking at him.

“Yes, ” He nodded.

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Our kids were sleeping in their cradle in front of our bed. I slept on the sofa in our room waiting for him, who was busy with his work in the next room.

How can he find himself energetic?  Isn't he tired after hustling for the last two days between Delhi and Sirohi and then Hyderabad and then again Sirohi.

I checked my babies who were fast asleep and I know they won't wake up soon.  I raised from my sofa only to check him what's that important work where he is so busy even at this time.

Everyone was already sleeping and I reached the room where he was working. I knocked on the door and heard him speaking “Kon? Door open hai ”

I opened the door but what is it? Is this the work he said I shouldn't  disturb him but I noticed him arranging flower vases on the table .

“Dhruv what is this? ” I asked, looking around.

“Surprise ” He replied, monotonous.

“What! ”

“Surprise for you Geetanjali ”  He answered, putting the flower in the vase and walked towards me.

The fairy lights hung on the wall, along with our photographs and he brought my favorite red roses bouquet which he placed in my hands.

“ I don't want to feel that my love has decreased after our kids ” He whispered into my ear, holding me slowly from my back, bringing himself closer to me.

“Dhruv, you haven't slept in the entire day. I think you should take a rest ” I reminded him, looking into his eyes.

“Tomorrow is Sunday my dear wife ” He replied, pulling me again before I could go away, taking the bouquet away, only to place it back on the table.

"Dhruv ,we aren't new married couple anymore.” I resisted as I can't trust him when he is closer.

“Atleast we are newly parents of three month old kids ” He smiled back, touching our noses.

“Dhruv, what's your plan? ” I asked firmly.

“My plan is to taste your lips once again only if you permit ” His husky voice moved into my ears, resulting in my hands turning cold, heartbeat losing its calmness .

“What - what if I say No? ”

“I know you won't.  ”

“How can you be so sure about it? ”

“Because you are my Geetanjali and I know it very well when your no is actually no. This no isn't what it means ”  and he slowly leaned towards me, kissed my lips gently.

I tried making myself move but his hold ,his embrace made me motionless but his lips continued meeting every corner of mine.

He stopped and looked at me, “ Let's sleep. I know you must be tired ”  Saying this he picked me up in a blink, headed towards our room where Raj and Riddhi were sleeping.

“Dhruv , why did you kiss me? ” I asked, looking at him when he entered our room.

“You aren't innocent. I wanted to. I did. No questions, "he replied, smiling at me as usual.

“Dhruv, Raj riddhi are here ” I reminded, asking him to put me down.

“They are sleeping and if you keep talking. They are definitely going to wake soon ” He answered, placing me on the bed and laid down next to me.

“Dhruv ” I said, when his arms wrapped around me.

“Shhhh, Raj riddhi are sleeping. No more talks ” He whispered, while his hand switched off the room light except the lamp placed on the table next to bed.

Should  I trust him?  Never. His brown eyes looked at me, he slowly hugged me placing my hand on his shoulder.

“ Don't worry I am not going to do anything” He teased, hiding his smile and kissing my forehead and I stayed quiet .

“Geet, what are you thinking ? Relax, I won't change myself.  Understood ” He continued speaking, moving his fingers in my hair and I smiled hugging him tighter.

“I love you and I missed you so much Dhruv ”

“I missed you more Twins ke mumma and I love you too ”

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