Ram walks down the stairs smiling, his mind playing the scenes of what they were doing in their room.

Down the stairs, there was a spacious area called aangan. The whole Kapoor fam used to eat there only.

"Ram, putt ithē aa. (Ram, son come here.)" Biji pats the place beside her. She was sitting on a Khatiya (a bed like thing).

"Mom, where's Bani?" Ram asks sitting beside Biji.

"I think she's upstairs with Reet." Aradhana replied.

"Hor dass putt! Sab changa? (How's everything going, son?)"

"Haan ji Biji, Rab di kripa naal sab thik aa. (Yes Grandma, everything's fine by god's grace)."

"There she is. Where's Reet Bani?" Aradhna says looking at Bani walking towards them.

"She's sleeping." Bani replies, smiling lightly.

"Tu kijo jehi Maa hai Bani? Reet nu bhook lagi honi hai fir bhi tu usnu sone ditaa.(What kind of mother you are Bani? Reet must be hungry and you still let her sleep.)" Biji scolds Bani in a loud voice making her shock.

"Huh? Excuse me? I didn't get you." She asks blinking her eyes fastly in nervousness.

"She had food?" Aradhna asks Bani.

"Yes Maa. She had some daal rice and curd." Bani replies, meekly.

Ram looks at Aradhna, his eyes full of anger.
Aradhna makes a what's-my-fault face.

"Umm what were you saying Biji?" Bani asks after few seconds of silence.

"Nothing you should know. Come sit, let's have lunch." Ram says getting up.

Bani nods, confused.

"Bani twadde Maa Pyoo kithey hain? (Where are your parents Bani?)"

Bani looks at Ram, not getting anything what Biji said.

Mummy ji Bani anatha hai. (Mummy ji Bani is orphan.)" Aradhna replies on Bani's behalf.

"Ji nahi, bilkul bhi nahi. Hum anatha nahi hain. (No, not at all. I'm not an orphan.)" Bani says in a brittle voice. "I've Radha Maa, Devika, Arpita, Shloka, Ritwik and my other siblings."

"I didn't mean that Bani, she's asking about your real parents. The one who made you." Aradhna says calmly.

"Waheguru waheguru Ram tune ek anatha kudi naal vyaah kitta? Tere akal ch patthar pad gaye hain? (Oh lord Ram, you got married to an orphan. You're mad or what?)"

"Mummy ji please." Aradhna requests in a low voice. She felt extremely bad for Bani who wasn't getting a word but she knew Biji is talking against her.

Ram looks at Bani who's face was clearly showing how hurt she is by all these incidents happening in this house be it about her not being a punjabi or Reet sleeping and now her parents.

"Can you guys please talk in English or Hindi? I don't understand Punjabi."

"Mom, send food in our room. Me and Bani are going."

"Putt ruk toh---" Biji tried stopping Him but he held Bani's hand and went to his room.

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"I feel so bad here, let's go back to our home Mr. Kapoor." She says when they were inside their room and the door was locked.

"I'm so sorry, Baby. That's why i didn't wanted to come here. Biji is too much." Ram held her palm in his hands, rubbing her soft skin.

"Everybody here looks at me like I'm from some other planet!" She pout-s sadly.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to Mom about going back."

"Okay." She says, her voice still low and sad.

There was a knock on the door and a house help was there with their lunch.

"Place it on table and go. Also, tell Mom to take her medicines after lunch." Ram orders the help and turns back to Bani who wasn't there.

"Bani?"

"I'm in the washroom Mr. Kapoor." He heard her yell from the bathroom and smiles.

"Reet baby get up." Bani says pinching nose of a sleeping Reet.

"Why are you waking her up?" Ram asks. He was sitting on the couch waiting for Bani to join him for lunch.

"She was so sleepy that time, she didn't had food properly. I'll just wake her up and make her eat something."

"No don't. She hates when someone disturbs her sleep. She'll have food whenever she'll get up."

"I won't be able to eat knowing she didn't had food properly." Bani looks down at her Reet's face.

"Bani, come and have your food." Ram says, sternly and Bani reluctantly agreed.

They had their lunch in silence, tho Ram was trying to initiate a conversation but Bani's mind was too occupied with all the things happened in last few hours.

Bani laid down on the centre of their King size double bed because Reet likes to sleep in corner and Ram too.

Bani turns to Reet taking her in a hug and closes her eyes to stop her overthinking.

Why is Ram's Grandmother so rude to her?  

She feels Ram's hand gliding down her waist and he back hugs her.

"Stop overthinking Baby, it's all good. It's just Biji is very stupid."

"Don't say such things Mr. Kapoor." Bani says controlling her smile.

"Anyways, turn to me."

"Why?"

"Why not? What you doing there?"

"Troubling Reet."

"Enough of Troubling Reet, it's time to trouble her Papa now." He says nuzzling in her neck.

"I never thought you're this romantic Mr. Kapoor."

"I'm many more things you don't know, Bani." He makes her turn her towards him.

Their lips were inches apart.

"Ram!" She moans when he pulls out her lower lip.

"Bani!" He mimics her.

Ram stares in her for a few seconds before pulling her into him and placing his lips on her.

"Reet's here, Mr. Kapoor." She says between the kiss.

"She's sleeping, we can do some more things for now."

"Not when she's here."

"Please."

"Not happening." She tries moving back from him but his hold on her gets tighten.

They Kiss each other agin, this time lazily. Their lips were moving in a slow rhythm, Sucking each other's tongue tasting each other.

"I want you so bad Bani." She hears him whisper near her ear and blushes.

"Let me sleep Mr. Kapoor."

"Let's sleep together Mrs. Kapoor."

He hugs her from back kissing the back side of her neck and back visible in her blouse.

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