Let's keep it simple

part 26

"that's my house"
He pointed pulling the jeep by the side of the residential colony....

A decent duplex bunglow.
In a suburb area in the outskirts of Delhi....

She saw in excitement as they got down ...

"I Just wana have a quick check around....
I don't come quite often to look around....
If you don't mind ..
It will take half an hour Max"

"No problem at all sir....
Can I have a look .. too"

"Sure .... You are more than welcome ..."
He regret saying that ... When are you gonna learn to keep a control on your heart captain
He scolded himself

He unlocked the front gate .... Leading both of them in a small porch and a bed of garden at left.... With a small swing ...

The plantation was not much due to lack of care....
Still few trees managed to survive

While naina dashed on swing like an impatient kid...

"Ye jaam ka ped hai"
She asked as she inspected her surrounding

"Yeah but ... Ye season nahi hai .."
He replied

As he threw some waste aside and tidy up a bit......
Checking on the electric meter board and a small well on left aisel.

While she swing in joy....

"You wana come inside"
He asked as he opened the inside door.

And she jumped down from the swing

"You don't have any sibling na"?
She asked

"Nope just me ...
I had a dog as a kid though.... Mr. Thomas ...."

"That was his name"
She asked amused with the choice of name

"I was a nerd as a kid....
and i used to think that he is my brother....
And it use to really bug me that why don't I look like him..."

She broke out laughing as they entered the home together....
And for some reason he just checked that she set the right foot first .... Not that he would have done something is she hadn't..still

The house had a perfect 80s vibe
With earthen colour on walls and Bengali arts and  crafts.
Maple wood furniture and German chandelier.....
French decoration on one wall and a wall size fancy painting on the left hand.

"They are your parents"
She asked as she walked towards a handsome potrait of a couple in their early 30s

"You have taken after your father."
She made a comment....

"He wasn't in army right"?

"He was the collector
Jeevan "
He replied.

"Wow impressive... And your mother "?

"She was a physics professor here in Hindu College
Her name was Radhika"

"That's why you teach so well...."
She thought out loud...

"I wana see your photos "
She asked again.... As he was making a visit in the kitchen and dining room....
And she was following him aimlessly wondering around.

"Those are in my room"
He said as he opened a specific door ..

And she entered the bedroom of a classic teenage boy
With action figures and bikes posters all over
And on one wall there were boxing gloves and dart board....
But the elephant in the room was...

"Your room is pink "
She made a strong bold statement....

"Yeah my mother always wanted a girl
And she wanted to teach me from early age about equality and not to do gender bais...