Days went! Every day came up with a surprise, especially for Anika. She tends to see the things which she never experienced in these 5 years with him. Naina and shivaay, She always adored to see them, Sometimes, She wanted to place a secret camera and watch them for the whole day, 24*7. And her little man finally realized that Anika is his mom. His Radish like legs started to crawl and search for her whenever she visits him. 

The absence of his parents and his maternal grandmother increased her visits in the Oberoi mansion. Shivaay was so pleased to see her so often when he couldn't come to Chaitra's place whenever she was in her home. His stupid behavior with Chaitra in the past resisted him more. But Anika worried more about Arush weakness, He lost his weight so terribly but he's active. 

"He lost 2 more kgs." - Shivaay announced her in a worried tone. Anika took Arush from his hands and kissed his forehead with a concerned face. He knew the reason but afraid to tell it anika. When he took Arush to the hospital, doctors said that he's getting weak because breastmilk stopped at the earliest stage, and also supplements are not working to the expectation. 

Even Chaitra told about it to her, Anika knew the reason but her situation, She knew if he gets used to it in the start, It will be difficult for her stop him for the second time, And it also requires staying with him for months, And she still has only 15 days, Naina improved a lot, She started to move her legs and stand, But couldn't able to walk. 

"I am so so confused, Right now." - She said taking the seat in the couch. Shivaay looked so concerned. 

"I think I should cancel the tickets." - Anika finally said. Naina who was playing with figi turned around to her with a lightened up face, She immediately gazed shivaay and smiled at him but he smiled faintly to her understanding Anika's condition. She didn't want to stay here but her concern towards her son making her staying here. 

"I can come with Arush. Or else, I can send Arush with you for some months." - Shivaay said in a concerned tone. 

"It's not about who's staying with whom, shivaay. It's about time. I think I should do this for Arush, If anything ill happens, I can't forgive myself." - She said with a concerned face. 

"But I having one request." - She asked him. 

"What?" - He asked. He got used to her formal speech in these 15 days, There was nothing that she can ask with a right to him. 

"I either can come here every day or stay here. Chaitra is moving to Delhi, She said she's going to take PG over there, as her Job over there technically for one year, Till then, She asked me to take the house. So I am going to take figi and Naina with me. If you permit, Shall I take Arush along." - She asked him. Naina turned towards shivaay in an instant, She knew her father hardly visits  Chaitra's place. Naina didn't speak anything but her expression told her many things. 

"But we are here to take care of Arush." - Om argued. 

"I think Anika is right, Take Arush along with you. Probably he will improve if he stays with his mom." - Shivaay said, Anika, didn't react as she could sense the change in him since the day he visited them in L.A. 

"And Gauri needs rest, She can't stress during this time." - Anika said. It was a bumper of Surprise when Gauri found herself pregnant on the sixth day of their visit. She told naina visits always bring happiness to her life. And during that time, Her visits became frequent. Om argued for a while but shivaay consoled him and asked him to take care of Gauri. But Gauri wasn't ready to hear any of Anika's words. 

"Look, I have booked exotic boathouse stay for you both in Alleppey. I mean in Kerala. Go there, Relax. We both knew Gauri that how much you yearned for this moment. Enjoy the moment, Gauri. Anyway, sleepless night going to continue after 9 months." - Anika convinced her, She knew how to convince the people around, When she agreed, She felt like her Ph.D. in knowing her brothers and sister finally working. 

She booked the tickets before taking the decision of staying a little longer. She got ready to send them she saw her getting worried for Arush for his weight loss. She didn't sleep much in the tension. 

Shivaay packed Arush's clothes along with naina who taking the clothes as a set and arranging it So that shivaay could fold it and place it in the bag. 

"Ne-Nah." - Shivaaay called her sweetly, She raised her head with a smile. 

"Does this smell so good?" - He asked while sniffing Arush's new clothes. She crawled towards him and sniffed the clothes from his hands. 

"Yeahhh!!!" - She exclaimed and sniffed it again. 

"Pineapple." - She exclaimed to shivaay. 

"Isn't it peach?" - He asked her and sniffed again. 

"Yeah, Pineapple. Sorry, My bad." - He said and Naina chuckled while cupping her mouth. 

"You won't visit us there." - She asked him shockingly. He looked at her and smiled. 

"Come here." - He widened his hands for her. 

"I can't walk." - She said while bowing down her head.

"Aww, My baby!" - He pulled her to his lap by her waist and gave a tight kiss in her cheek, She started to giggle. 

"It's my promise. I will there with you every time. you know why?" - He asked her. 

"Why?" - She asked him innocently. 

"Yesterday we watched fairy tales, Remember. where the witch's soul will be stored in a parrot." - He asked. 

"Yeah, That bad witch." - She said. 

"Yes, Likewise, My soul is stored safely in you, Then how can I stay away from my Ne-Nah" - He asked her, And he gave her this nickname when he felt it's formal to call her naina and if he calls her baby, His 8-month-old got confused and look at him wierdly. 

"So, You're bad." - She asked him.

"I was bad, But when you both left, I got so tensed, And that's why I scold you. But when the doctor operated my brain, he said I can't live without my ne-na, I come to know that I can't live without my Ne-Nah. So I rushed to see you, But your mumma got afraid I might scold you again and hurt you, So I left without saying a word." - He said in a low tone, But he discovered whenever he talks with naina his voice and behaviour automatically become childish and innocent. Even he started to think like naina. 

"Mumma always does that. When dhadhu slapped me on that day, She took me from this house and I started to stay with Chaitra aunty." - She said while looking at him. He was shocked. But he couldn't stop himself from asking further questions to her. 

"When? Where?" - He asked. 

"In cheek." - Naina said while pointing towards her left cheek. He caressed her cheeks by taking her in his lap. His face became low, Suddenly after imagining the moment. Even shivaay didn't raise his hand against naina, He scolded her but never think of slapping her especially when she fell down from the bed due to his yelling when she was 6 months old. 

"Hereafter it won't happen! Sorry for not stopping him at that time." - He said kissing her forehead.

"I love you, Papa." - She said and he kissed her again on her forehead, Cheeks, Chin, and everywhere and she started to giggle. Naina stopped to giggle when she heard a knocking sound from the door, Anika was holding sleeping Arush in her arms. 

"Packing is done?"- Anika asked them. She got used to their cuteness.

"Almost." - Shivaay said and zipped the bag.   

"Okay, Let try to walk and go." - Shivaay helped naina to stand and held her two hands. 

"Ahhh." - She cried initially But started to take baby steps holding shivaay's hand. He quickly took her in his arms when they moved towards the steps. Khanna was holding their luggage and Shivaay was holding Naina where Anika holding Arush in her hand. They reached Chaitra's place in a few minutes of travel.

"Papa, Don't go." - Naina held her hand. Anika expected that, She opened the door widely for him with a smiley, He smilingly entered the room. 

"Okay, I will take the couch, You three sleep in the bed." - Shivaay said taking the blanket. 

"Shall I sleep with pappa?" - Naina asked anika taking her little mermaid blanket in her hand. 

"Ever stopped you?" - Anika asked while pinching her cheek. He stayed sitting in the couch and widened his arms, He was encouraging Naina to walk towards him. Taking baby steps little by little, She reached his hands. He flew her in the air and placed her next to him in the couch. 

"Let's binge watch Shinchan. My favorite cartoon." - He said opening his phone, Naina looked at him perplexed. He was shocked when she told her she knew nothing about Shinhan. And when he shows the character, She told Anika never let watch Shinhan. 

"Anika, Why didn't you allow her to watch Shinchan?" - He asked Anika who was filling water bottles in the kitchen.

"That troublesome son cartoon?" - She asked him in return. Shivaay chuckled in an instant. 

"Yeah, That cartoon." - He replied laughing. 

"Such a bad influence." - Anika replied taking the water bottles in the hand, And switched the A/C temperature to 22, Like both father and daughter loves, When she saw them in the drawing-room laying in the couch, She took the blanket in the ground and covered both of them when they were watching a cartoon in his phone. Naina was in his shoulders and watching the cartoon.

"Water bottle is here."- She informed them. They both hmmed in the chorus which initiated the smile in her face, She returned to her room where her son waiting for her. She looked at him before closing the door, He turned back to her, Nothing was spoken but both smiled looking at each other. 

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"Papa, Wakey Wakey." - Nain woke him up when he dozed off while watching the cartoons with her. 

"Sorry, Baby. I forgot to switch it off." - He said and switched off the phone. 

"No, Papa. Cake." - Naina asked him while waking him up again. 

"Cake?" - He asked her. 

"Yeah, cake." - she replied. He thought she dreamt about cake and asking it for him. He opened the phone and tried to order but unfortunately at that mid-night, none of the bakeries were available in that area. He was very keen to grant all the wishes of her which he missed for the last four years.

"Let's make one." - She said when she saw his worried face. He took her in his arms and moved towards the kitchen. 

"You know where the ingredients are placed." - He asked her. 

"Over there!" - Naina pointed towards the cupboard. Shivaay took out the needed ingredients and opened the fridge, There was some fresh cream left along with strawberry squash which would be added for the milkshake. 

"How about strawberry cake?" - He asked her. 

"Mumma loves strawberry." - Naina said. 

"Then, We should definitely go for it." - He said taking out all the ingredients. He added some squash in the batter and the batter turned into the pink shade. Naina started to clap in excitement, He took a batter in his index and asked her to taste it. She licked it and asked for it again as it tastes so good. 

"It's nice, Know." - He asked her but she continued to giggle in excitement. They kept the batter in the oven. Anika woke up when Arush snuggled in sleep because of the naina's giggle sound coming from the kitchen. 

"Is your sister laughing?" - Anika asked him, Arush started to giggle along with the sound, He's the ditto-copy of her sister when she cries, He cries, When she laughs, He laughs hysterically while crawling around the place. His sister's giggle sound excites him to the core. When Arush started to crawl in a circle in excitement. She decided to go outside holding all-awake Arush in her arms. 

"What are you guys doing?" - Anika asked them. 

"Cake." - Naina replied to her. Anika turned to shivaay with much expectation. 

"Cake?" - Anika asked him. 

"Naina craving for cakes." - He replied. 

"So it's naina who's craving for cakes, Nothing else?" - She asked him when naina tried to pull shivaay's shirt to save her dad, Anika raised her eyebrows and nodded no to her. She didn't say anything. 

"Okay, Let us both help you." - Anika said and placed Arush in the counter slap where Naina was sitting. She took Naina's arms and wrapped it around Arush. 

"He's little know. He may fall, so hold him tightly." - Anika said to Naina. Shivaay continued to see them with a smiley face.

"So I am big." - Naina asked Anika chuckling. Both Anika and shivaay chuckled when they heard her. 

"Yeah, You're a big sister, Now. With lots and lots of responsibility." - Shivaay pinched her cheeks. 

"So I can have boyfriends, Mumma." - Shivaay got palled but Anika continued to chuckle. 

"Nobody gonna has boyfriends here. You didn't become that much big, Baby" - Anika said chuckling. Shivaay stayed stunned with her words. 

"Oh gosh." - She thudded in the counter slap, Her little hand's stills holds Arush and resisted him from falling. 

"Gooooo" - Arush enacted Naina. Shivaay chuckled to see them so cute together, She held 

"My little munchkins, Come to mumma." - Anika widened her arms. But naina refused to come to her and Arush did the same as her sister. 

"Hey, You both." - Anika started to tickle their stomach and they started to laugh hysterically. Shivaay joined them and saved them from anika holding them in his arms and ran away from the kitchen. Anika ran behind them and tried to catch them. 

"Okay. Okay. Surrender. Surrender." - He surrendered himself when he went running out of breath. 

"I thought 'never surrender' is your mantra for life." - Anika asked him with a wide smile. 

"Sometimes I have to surrender myself." - Shivaay said taking a seat in the couch with a smile keeping the kids next to him. 

"At last, Somebody understood. Your would-be-wife is too lucky." - She said taking arush in his arms while suppressing her chuckle. This time, His throat didn't get dry hearing those words because it accompanied her lost smile which again found in the same place where he lost. He didn't reply to anything but accompanied her. 

She took the cake from the oven and inserted the tooth-pik inside it. Shivaay assured it when he checked it on his own. Naina was sitting in the counter slab holding Arush in her side. Anika took the fresh cream from the fridge and poured it in the bowl, Shivaay powered the sugar and added to the fresh cream. 

"That's enough. You will have sugar-rush after eating it." - Anika said when he poured the sugar in the cream. He nodded like a child and kept the sugar on the other side, Anika lost control over her chuckle but soon she composed herself. 

"Strawberry squash?"- He asked her. 

"About three tablespoon?" - She asked him. 

"Let's have four, You can't taste the flavor." - Shivaay said adding four tees spoons. 

The cream splashed all over the four people's faces when shivaay started the blender in a sideway. But everyone busted to laugh when shivaay looked at them shockingly. 

"What the hell?" - Anika asked him laughing.

"I am sorry." - He said taking the wet cloth and started wiping her face, She didn't expect that. But he stopped when some of the creams splashed in her dry lips. Her eyes widened and his lips started to tremble and she could sense the shiver in his palms. They couldn't stop themselves from recalling the beautiful memory in their past. 

The third day of their honeymoon, Anika was wearing a white off-shoulder top along with her ripped jeans, The morning sun kissed her face made her so beautiful. She couldn't stop himself from gazing at her. When she raised her eyebrows, He nodded no to her and watched her having her pastry with her latte. The cream sticks in her mouth, every time. but she swallows it the third bite. When he couldn't stop himself, He held her hand and stopped her from eating. 

"What?" - She asked him. 

"Yesterday I watched a clip from a Korean series, I guess." - He said.

"Okay, What's for that?" - She asked him confusingly. 

"There's a girl and boy having coffee in the coffee shop, Exactly like us." - He said. 

"Okay!" - She replied. 

"Like you, The cream stuck in her upper lips, You know what that boy did?" - He asked her, She didn't reply. But in no time, He kissed her lips by standing from his seat opposite. 

"He kissed her upper lips like this." - He whispered, But her eyes still widened in shock. 

"Didn't understand? Take another bite, I will do it again." - He said and again kissed her lips. She couldn't do anything but to chuckle. 

"Oh my god!" - Anika exclaimed and got up from their beautiful memory lane first. Before shivaay could react, Anika reached Arush who was playing with whipping cream and it was all over his hands. 

"No, Baby!" - Anika exclaimed when he applied it on her face. Seeing them playing, Naina also drenched her hands inside the bowl. 

"Ne-Nah. Noo..." - Shivaay exclaimed it to her. But she applied it in his face and fell back in counter slap and continued to laugh. 

"Okay, Enough playing. Come wash your hands." - Shivaay took his both kids and washed their hands. Both Anika and Shivaay wiped off their faces. 

"I don't think, We need a blender anymore. It's already blended with a pair of two handy blenders." - Anika chuckled. 

"This cake only for four of us." - Shivaay replied to her chuckling. And they dressed the cake in the whipped cream. 

"Ne-Nah. Bring candies baby which I bought you this evening. Let's decorate the cake." - He said placing her in the floor. 

"Shivaay, She can't." - She said. 

"She just have to exercise, See, She couldn't feel the pain in excitement." - Shivaay said looking at her, She walked towards her bags and brought the candies to him. 

"Thank you, Baby." - He said taking her in his arms. Arush looked at him as if he called him. 

"This baby! Arush." - Shivaay said to Arush. He turned towards Anika with trembling lips. 

"He got disappointed." - Anika said when he busted to tears. Shivaay and Naina shifted the gazes when Arush felt bad with Shivaay's words. 

"Oh, my baby!" - Anika took him in his arms. 

"Isn't he drama queen?" - Naina asked shivaay. He smiled at her. 

"Stop talking about my son. And please work on the cake." - Anika said while patting Arush's back and consoled him. He stopped crying but didn't turn around to his sister and his father. 

"Attitude." - Shivaay exclaimed when he refused to turn back. 

"Whose son?" - Anika asked him. 

"Mine." - He showed his teeth. 

"Then?" - She asked him. 

"Mumma, What's your spelling?" - Naina asked while arranging the candies in the cake. Shivaay looked at them confused. 

"It's A.N.I.K.A. Naina." - Anika said Naina arranged the candies in that way. 

"Why mumma's name?" - Shivaay asked Naina. Naina asked permission from her mom. 

"Tell him, Baby!" - Anika permitted with chuckling. Arush raised his head when she called baby again. 

"I called you, Baby. lay on mumma." - Anika said patting his back. 

"Today is mumma's birthday." - Naina told to shivaay, His face went down, He didn't expect that. But Anika smiled at him. 

"Oh my god, I completely." - He stopped, But he was too worried. 

"It's okay, Papa. Say sorry and solve the issue." - Naina said to him. 

"And I am waiting for your sorry." - She replied and almost shook him. 

"For forgetting my birthday." - She completed, But tears welled up in his eyes. Naina was hung to him, Taking Naina, He proceeded to Anika who had Arush in her Arm. In no time, He pulled her to a hug. It looked like a family hug. 

"Sorry for forgetting your birthday for the past five years. I am sorry." - He said in a low tone. She didn't respond but smiled and rubbed his back. He chuckled in between the tears when he found all the three of them patting his back and consoling him. This beautiful moment. This is what he missed in the past four years. 

"My Family is the bestest." - He thought to himself. 

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