Anika finally reached her friend Chaitra's house where Naina staying with her for the past 3 months, After the tension of divorce started. She shifted Naina to Chaitra's house before asking her husband about the divorce. Anika constantly traveling from Chaitra's house and Shivaay's house in these three months to check on Arush. 

Naina, Her only solace, Especially during the time when she didn't have anyone by her side, And she didn't want to think about that moment ever in her life, From tomorrow, It will be only Naina And Anika starting their new life in a new city. 

She knocked on the door, Chaitra, 40-year-old, Single and Independent woman opened her door and symbolically showed her the way to her new life with a wide smile, Anika smiled faintly and walked towards Naina's room where she was playing with her toys. 

A 4-year-old, Black-marble-like-eyes, White tone, Always juicy pink lips, Fluffy cheeks having rolls in her hands and legs.  People who cross her never fail to pull her cheeks because of her overflow of cuteness. 

"Hey! Naina, Playing with dolls." - Anika asked while taking the seat opposite to her, She raised her eyes and focused on Anika. The pain she had gone through was visible in her eyes but she never failed to smile widely looking at her, Only her lips were stretching for a smile but that smile didn't reach her eyes. Naina understood, She kept her doll aside and stood up to hug her, Anika caught her in her embrace, The tears, She sealed up, Escaped when Anika felt Naina's pat in her back which Anika does that when she was too sad. 

"Papa scofled you."- She asked in her childish language, Anika hugged her tightly and recalled the incident when she gets scolded by him when she attempted to talk about something which he didn't like. Anika quickly shrugged off her thoughts and hugged her even tighter. 

"No baby! Papa didn't scold me." - Anika told her, She also told her mind to stop thinking about the past and focus on her future with Naina, Only Naina. But Arush?

She immediately took the phone from her bag which was lying next to in the handle of her bed. Anika didn't break her hug but Naina took a seat in her lap and leaned her head in her chest while rubbing the button in her thumb.

"Gauri. Hi." - Anika said with a little bit of awkwardness, Even there was nothing to get awkward, As shivaay was the one who loose the tongue in the court, She wasn't responsible for anything. 

"Bhabhi, Hi." - She answered in a delighted tone. 

"Actually we packed the bags to leave, Can you do me one favor?" - Anika asked her directly without giving her a chance to speak anything. She stayed silent for a while, Anika guessed she must be crying by now, Anika can count on her as someone who wishes good for her truly by her heart. Even though they met before three years, It just needed them three days to open up their heart to each other. 

"Anything for you, Bhabhi. Tell me." - Om said out of sudden, She understood the phone was in speaker. 

"We are having a flight at 6 pm in the evening, Before leaving, We both want to see Arush, Can you both please." - Anika asked them. 

"Bhabhi don't worry about it, Now Arush is playing with us. Don't worry!" - Om said in a blissful tone, He tried to hide the emotions pouring out. Anika understood it. 

"And Please, Shivaay." - Anika asked. 

"You have the right to meet him anytime. And if you don't want him to know anything about it, I respect you, We won't say anything to him." - Om busted out in anger. 

"Thank you!" - Anika said. 

"Bhabhi, Is Naina there with you?" - Gauri asked her. 

"Nainu. Chachi..." - Anika said and gave the phone to her. She placed it in her ears without any smile. She looked so dull. Even Anika knew the reason, Anika reminded silent. 

"Chachi." - Naina called Gauri.

"Yes, Had lunch!" - She replied faintly. 

"Chaken all my toysh. Chachu." - She replied and after that, she gave the phone back to anika and combed her barbie doll's hair without any smile. Looking at her like that, Anika couldn't hold her tears, How much she tried not to recall anything, She couldn't stop herself from hitting the path again and again. 

"Call me once you both reach the airport." - Anika said and rested the call. 

"You know we are leaving, Right." - Anika asked while caressing her cheeks. 

"Yeah, Mumma." - She replied while combing her doll's blond hair. 

"I will be back in a minute." - Anika kissed her forehead and left outside, She reached the kitchen and took some fresh oranges from the fridge and peeled it. Chaitra followed her. She is the gynecologist by profession and her mom's friend's daughter and that's how they became friends, In fact, She became her thick friend after getting married to this city, Leaving the US behind. 

"So, Back to the US, Uh?" - Chaitra asked her. 

"Finally! This city! My God! What I thought what happened? And thankfully Shyla, Ron's wife offered me for being a business partner in the correct timing. So we both are moving there. I hope there will be no problem." - Anika said and pouring the peeled oranges in the bowl and took green grapes from the friends. She didn't meet Chaitra's eyes. 

"Ani, You are traveling abroad, That too for a long duration, Do you think Arush can cope up without you? He's just 7 months." - Chaitra asked her. Anika's eyes welled up in an instant but she blinked away the tears. 

"I know Arush is just 7 months, But If I stay here for a while, My naina will become worse. I stopped breastfeeding him before a month and he's keeping good. And he used to my absence, I hope there won't be an issue." - Anika said and left the place having the fruit bowl in her hands. Chaitra followed her and stopped at the doorstep when she fed Naina fruits, And she continued to play with her doll. 

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Shivaay couldn't recall anything, But he knew his tongue slipped again against her. But it all came out as a output which he's going through for the past three months, When he finally felt that his life changed completely. But the twist, Divorce papers in her hand. He tried to stop her saying he won't leave Arush to go with her, But surprisingly, She was ready to give the full custody of him. What the hell going in her mind?

Looking at the divorce papers, His ego went out of control, He had no idea when he took it from her hands and signed it. After signing it, There were only one word left with him to tell her, Out.  he shouldn't have done that, But his problem, Being a heatheaded person, He couldn't stop herself from leaving him for the last time. 

He thuds off in his bed as soon as he reached his room. He didn't check on his son, He forgot, But his brain has a perfect excuse for it, Anika. She was always been his excuse for his rude behavior, His carelessness over his family. And everything, He never thinks before blaming her for messes he does. When it started? 

The first time he saw her in her house wearing white and red salwar kameez sitting opposite to him bowing her head down in blush or heaviness of the necklace which his mom made her wear on that day. But the smile in her face didn't fail to wake his heart which was in the sober state for the long time. 

In a blink, They were only two, He always wondered, Why always guys has to make a first move? and proceeded his way towards her and sat next to her. His mom chuckled from the distance, He acted like not noticing it. Soon her crossed legs became normal and palms intertwined with each other tightly. Her free-hair almost covered half of her face, He thought he would have gazed her from the opposite, At least, He would have had a opportunity to see her. But staying next to her, He sensed the tension in her posture. She bitted her lower lip every 10 seconds, He assured, She must have doing it in anxiety. 

"Anika right?" - He called her. She nodded looking at her hands. 

"I won't eat you. There's nothing to get tensed this much."  - He said holding her intertwined her hand. Her eyes rolled in shock when he did that in the most unexpected moment. 

"Your hands are colder than ice." - He muttered when he released one of her palms and intertwined that with his palm. Tugging her hair behind the earlobe, She turned towards him and smiled. He didn't smile back, But wondered how someone can be so beautiful when they are smiling. 

He woke up from the middle of his sleep when he heard Arush's continuous crying from the room adjacent to his room. He didn't wait for a moment to wake up and rushing to his room. Om, Rudy and Gauri were already present, The time clicked eleven thirty in the night. And all are awake. 

"What happened?" - Shivaay asked everyone. 

"There were Ants in his bed, That's why he's crying, Bhaiya." - Gauri said when om and rudy didn't bother to answer anything to him. Gauri took off his diaper and cleaned him. Om passed her wipes and rudy came with a cold water and wiped his whole body. 

"It's okay! Arush! It's Okay. I have killed all the ants, Now nothing will trouble my Arush's precious sleep. My baby!" - Gauri took the naked baby in her hands and patted his back. In a few walks, He gone back to sleep. But Anger sparked in shivaay's eyes when he thought Anika wasn't there to take care of her son, Right then.

"Thank you, Gauri. From tomorrow, I will appoint some nanny to take care of him, You guys don't have to take stress." - Shivaay said calmly. 

"We don't need nanny, Bhaiya. I am there, along with me, Om also there to take care of him. He will be fine." - Gauri said and over then, Om took him in his hands and walked outside without bothering to look at him. But shivaay didn't get convince. Taking his keys, He drove to Chaitra's house where Anika was living with naina for the past three months.

He knocked on the door, The time reached 12 by then, Chaitra opened her who was in her night suit. She looked at him, Shockingly. 

"Tell Anika, I am waiting for her in the parking lot, Arush is not well, And ask her come with Naina. I want to see her." - Shivaay said rudly and left. But Chaitra stopped him from leaving. 

"For that, Anika should be here. She left." - Chaitra said in the same rude tone. 

"What? Where?" - He asked her. 

"US. California." - She said while crossing her arms against her chest. 

"Already? When?" - He asked her in a slight disappointed tone. But he was hell disappointed inside. 

"Boarded flight before 6 hours." - She said. 

"6 Hours." - He muttered in shock, But soon got in his balance and left the place. He got into the car, And drove it in the road fastly. At least, She should have said good bye.

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