- Mumbai -
- 2028 -

"Dad! I want to go to school like Anvaay and Ansh Bhaiya." Shivika cribbed sadly as she watched her elder twin brothers disappearing into the school student crowd.

"Alright! We will find a pre-school for you then!" Anika exclaimed as she took her phone out.

"Wait, what? Shivi baby, you're still very young to join school. We will get you in next year, okay?" Shivaay tried to persuade his daughter.

"Too young? Anvaay and Ansh also joined school at that age!" Anika argued.

Shivika looked from her mother to her father, unable to utter her opinion.

"But they were different. She is different!"

"Different as in which way? Because she's a girl? Unbelievable Shivaay!" Anika exhaled heavily.

"You know very well that I don't do gender discrimination. What I meant by different is that they had each other to help them out. Shivika will be alone!" Shivaay explained his point.

"And without even giving her a chance, you decided that our daughter will not be able to do it, huh?" Anika questioned her husband's rationality.

"I'm not saying it that way Anika! It's just that she's so fragile. I..."

"You feel extra protective for her. I understand! But let her be. She wants to go to school and we, as good parents should find her a good school, right?" Anika suggested.

"No Mom. No school!" Shivika grinned evilly while both her parents looked at her in surprise.

"No school! Okay, good! Shivi and I will have fun until next year now! No more forcing, okay Mom?" Shivaay claimed.

"Dad, I want a puppy!" She changed her demands.

"We have fun with puppy!" She giggled further.

"Wait, what?" Shivaay asked in surprise while Anika rolled her eyes.

Shivika and her never ending list of wishes!

"Okay!", consenting to his daughter's wish, Shivaay took the turn to the nearby pet shop.

Anika's mouth flung open at how quick he was in granting her wishes. Shivika on the other hand began bouncing in the car as she clapped her hands.

"Okay, so here we are! Shivi, Anika, come! Let's go choose our pup!" Shivaay beamed. Anshi moved from the back seat to the front, getting into her father's arms.

"This is ridiculous! I'm not coming and you both are not going too!" Anika firmly stated.

"Mommy, please!" Shivika requested as she made a pleading pout.

"Yes Mommy, please!" Shivaay imitated their daughter with the same tone and pout.

Anika looked at both of them annoyedly. She couldn't just comprehend whether her husband is learning these tricks from their daughter or its the other way around. Both of them are full of tricks. Now she knew why Gauri never stops complaining about Om and Ori. These two fathers are just so good at spoiling their daughter!

"Please, Mummy!" Shivika further requested.

"Who will look after the Puppy, huh?" Anika questioned them.

"Shivi!" Shivika exclaimed as she put her hand up.

"Who will bring it for walk and all?"

"Shivi!"

"Who will bath the puppy?"

"Shivi!"

Shivaay chuckled at how she was volunteering to do everything for the puppy, just to get her mother's approval.

"Who will clean the puppy's potty and all?"

"Shiv... no Dad!"

"Huh?" Shivaay was surprised at her smartness while Anika giggled it off.

"Mummy, please say yes!" Shivika pleaded again.

"I will not look after the puppy!" Anika stated her desicion affirmly.

"Okay, Mummy! Dad and Shivi will look after it!" Shivika beamed as she excitedly threw her arms around her mother's neck and thanking her.

Anika hugged her back and turned towards Shivaay who was already grinning at her. The poor mother could do nothing but to roll her eyes inwardly. Be it the twins or her daughter, their father left no chance in pampering them. Whenever they had to talk about the pampering that Shivaay gives to the children, he always denied the fact that they will be spoilt by his pampering by making himself as an example.

That night, as Shivika, Anvaay and Ansh played with their new puppy, Annika leant against the frame of the door and watched them. She stiffened for a moment when Shivaay hugged her from the back with no prior acknowledgement of his presence. When she turned to her side and saw his ever charming smile, she blushed and pecked on his cheeks.

"How will I control myself if you blush like this even after 10 years of marriage?" Shivaay sighed to which she blushed further and averted her gaze towards their children.

"They're so excited with the pup!" Annika said.

"Thank you for saying yes!" Shivvay thanked her.

"Perhaps, you can thank me in some other way, husband!" She winked as she walked into their bedroom while swaying her hips slightly seductively.

Understanding his wife's hidden meaning, Shivaay quickly followed her, not before requesting Jhanvi and Tej to tuck the kids into their bed.