The Binding String

Don't let fear of loosing be greater than the excitement of winning.
-Robert Kiyosaki

Love was the only way to win her heart for him.

Love was the only way to win her heart for her.

The couple looked at each other with eyes carrying different emotions which had same context. Love isn't easy and they were learning it slowly. As they started to learn the value of relationships they wanted to savour them before the time passes. She curled her toe and bit her cheeks looking at her daughter who was happily playing with the balloons hung around everywhere, dancing randomly wiggling her ponytails,  a sight to behold for her making her yearn to become the reason of her happiness in comings days the way her husband is.
Unaware to her, her husband was capturing her every moment and every little gesture from corner of his eyes, he was able to read the yearnings she hid in her eyes, wishing himself to be watched same as she is watching their daughter today.

Nine weeks, sixty three days, one thousand five hundred twelve hours, ninty thousand seven hundred twenty minutes and he was determinant to make every minute magical for them, so much magical that it change the entire dynamics of their relationship and they ended up happily together. She in his arms and, little reflection in their arms. He kept his laptop aside and walked towards his wife who was pretending to read some book but her entire focus was on the little girl who was dancing along her balloons.

"Don't worry she will forget her anger." He whispered softly sitting beside her.

"I'm not thinking  about that." Ishita replied in ignorant tone continued to glue her eyes on book she was reading, "I'm doing my work." Ishita further said looking at other side.

"You never told me that you can read inverted book as well." Her face turned red with embarrassment finding herself reading the inverted book of Indian Polity prescribed for first year honors students. She kept the book aside and passed stern look to Raman which miserably failed on him and all she received a cute dimpled smile. She passed him tight lipped smile with a silent warning stop acting smart and sighed looking at her daughter who appeared carefree and happy in her own balloon world. "Trust me mother's can do wonders. She is same like me, i used to show fake anger to Maa but I cannot stay away from her for longer period." Raman shurgged his shoulder like he did something amazing with his mother. "Children are like that. Now you cannot ignore the fact that you scolded her, so big scolding big anger." He tried to explain her acting through his hands, his actions made her rise her left eyebrow and she wondered from where does he learnt so much about child psychology?

"But she did friendship with you in blink of second." She pouted cutely not able to digest that her husband is ahead of her.

"Charm baby charm!!! The dimples can woo anyone." He acted as charming SRK dramatically but it was true, he is a charming man with the most handsome manly features she came across. The sharp jawline, grey eyes to lost for, trimmed hairs, pointed nose maybe he had everything she could imagine in her dream man but what she doesn't know why their relationship isn't dreamy. She left a cold sigh and looked back into his eyes which were gazing her face with adoration and something beautiful which is unsaid, like hidden behind his pupils. "Stop staring me. I know I'm handsome." She shook her head making unbelievable face and started to look here and there, either her mobile or some book or newspaper so that he cannot eat her head more.

"See how she is looking at you." He tapped her shoulder after few seconds and she peeped through her lashes to the end of the living room from where a small figure was visible who was looking at her from corner of her eyes but hid herself as soon as Ishita spotted her. Her innocent actions have a ray of hope to Ishita and she was determinant to win her daughter's heart. The day passed in a pee-ka-boo game of Ishita and Roohi where both stole glances of watching each other but didn't spoke a word and the game witnessed by only memeber Raman who indeed enjoyed the cute ways of a mother professing love to her daughter. Ishita decided to cook chole (chickpeas) and bhature in dinner, knowing very well the dish is favourite of father-daughter duo. She cooked the recipe under supervision of her mother in law over facetime, hoping her attempts turned fruitful and she manage to convince her little grumpy daughter.