*Oberoi Mansion*
Shivay already informed Sheetal about his picnic plan for Annika. Although he wanted his mother to come along but knowing the initial reaction of Annika after seeing his mother he thought of going alone. Even Sheetal didn't forced him to take her along because she herself wanted them to spend some alone time.

Annika was cheering and clapping the whole way. For the first time even Shivay felt really excited for the picnic. It was true that she was the only force which brought  positivity in his life ever since she entered. Even before she suffered the tragedy she was the one who taught him how to smile by heart, how to be optimistic about things, how to live life to the fullest in the smallest of the things. And even now she was doing the same.

*The Museum*
After a peaceful drive of an hour they reached the picnic spot which was a bird museum. Shivay came out of the car and then helped her come out. He picked all the stuff that they carried with them like the mattress, food basket, some playing stuff like ball, badminton, etc.

Annika was super excited. She also carried her birdies with her. The cage was there in her hands all the time. With one hand she was holding shivay's arm and with other, the cage.

They entered the museum. Shivay bought two tickets and they walked inside. The museum was rather built in a beautiful park full of grass, trees, bushes, flowers and greenery all around. There were cages implanted of different sizes with millions of different species of birds in them. The chatter of the birds seemed more like a melody into the ears. The way those numerous birds were busy playing with each other even after being caged and locked up made Shivay realise the meaning of him having his Annika beside him no matter what were the circumstances. Just like those birds were happy with each other, the feeling of being caged didn't bother them much felt so much relatable to Shivay. Even though Annika was not stable mentally but she being with him, on his side was the most amazing thing for him and he understood that instead of just getting disappointed over the fact that he lost his old Annika, he should enjoy this present phase of their life and should side by side keep trying to get her back. He decided that he will live his life to the fullest with her just like those birds were living theirs.

He and Annika went to the different cages, She was continuously clapping and jumping in excitement whereas Shivay just admired her. May be she somehow felt connected with those birds, who had been gifted wings to fly high into the sky but were actually not allowed to do it because the selfish humans have instead locked them up in those huge metal jails. Similarly her life was like those chirpy birds once, she smiled and made everyone smile, she laughed and made people laugh, she lived each and every second of her life and made sure that she pours in happiness in the lives of everyone who surrounded her. She was brave, she was courageous, she was helpful, kind and generous but those inhuman selfish beings cut down her wings and now she was someone different then what she used to be. She lost her individuality, her innocence, her existence. She was weak, vulnerable and helpless now. That was the reason may be she liked birds around her.

After spending some hours walking, roaming and jumping Shivay convinced Annika to sit at some place and eat something. She agreed at once this time, may be she was really happy today.

Shivay found a silent corner and sat there laying his mattress on the grass. He took out some fruits from the basket and gave them to Annika. She smiled widely looking at the apple and started eating it just like a child eats their favourite food. He remembers that she always liked apples. "An apple a day" was something Annika took too seriously although he always hated eating one. He recalls an incident where once Annika got angry from him on some matter and the only condition she put in front of him was to eat two apples in return of forgiving him. Shivay remembers how hard it was for him to eat those two big round apples but apparently he knew he had to and he did. Annika was laughing hard watching him make those silly faces he made while eating, although she did kissed him on his cheeks for doing it.

Shivay smiled remembering those little memories when her sweet voice entered into his ears
"Shivay!!!! eat!" She said offering him her apple after taking some bites.
He smiled at her and took the apple from her hands, without even giving a thought to anything he took two bites from them and gave it back to her. She again started eating it and concentrated on her birdies.
Nothing mattered to him more than the happiness of his Annika, not even eating those apples which once seemed tasteless to him. He just kept staring at her cute peaceful face while she enjoyed her own time.

After eating, Annika decided to play with Shivay. Taking the ball in her hands she said
"Shivay! Catch ??" And threw the ball on his face. As Shivay tried to catch hold of the ball, he missed it and the ball landed on his face instead.
"Ouwww" Shivay said rubbing his nose which got hurt by the ball whereas he saw Annika laughing crazily at him.
Shivay could not help but laugh along with her. She came forward and rubbed his nose saying " No catch!??? Zero score" and laughed again.
Shivay literally giggled at her comment. She was even calculating the score for the game.
"Okay Okay. I will show you now" he said and continued playing with her.
They enjoyed a lot and at the end Annika was the winner. Obviously Shivay lost by himself to make his Annika win and give her the happiness she wanted.

It was now almost evening. Shivay took all the stuff in his hands and decided to make a move towards home. He could see Annika was also tired. The excitement level was dropped, showed her face. She was still holding her cage and was moving towards the main gate. Suddenly she shouted
"Ice cream! Shivay! Let's go" and ran towards the ice cream vendor who was standing at the corner of the park.

Shivay followed her and saw her asking for her favourite ice cream from the vendor. Now it was time for him to see if she remembers her favourite ice cream or not.
And to his surprise she said,
"Cornetto chocolate give!!! Two Corenetto chocolate Shivay" she said looking at Shivay with a shine on her eyes.
He felt his eyes getting moist. She still remembers her favourite ice cream. Chocolate cornetto was her favourite ice cream and she always ate two. He could not handle his happiness and just hugged her tightly. He was so happy, she tried forcing him away from her but he kept hugging her with tears dropping from his eyes.
"Shivay cornetto! Two cornetto" she again said but the moment she parted away from the hug, she saw his tearful eyes. He was crying. She forgot about the ice cream and wiped his tears.
"Shivay? No crying! No ice cream! No crying" she said wiping off his tears.
He smiled at her innocence. She thought he was crying because she asked for ice cream and thus she said she don't want to have ice cream. He wiped his tears and said,
"We will eat ice cream Annika, I m not crying" and the next moment he asked the vendor for two chocolate cornettos. She grew so excited and started eating both of them like she used to.

"My heart says you will surely be back to your real self soon Annika. The way you still remember so many things about yourself, about me and about us gives me high hopes" he said to himself while adoring her eat those ice creams.

She looked at him and offered him the ice cream, he smiled and nodded negatively. The most satisfying feeling for him right now was to see her enjoy those ice creams. She again started eating with a tint of happiness on her face. After eating them she looked at Shivay showing him her sticky hands. He giggled at her innocence and took out his handkerchief to clean her hands and face. He held her hands and cleaned them and then held her face lightly wiping the ice cream from her face. She smiled once she got rid of that sticky feeling from her face and hands and again started playing with her birds.

Shivay held her hand and started moving to the exit door of the park. It was already dark, the sun had gone and the street lights on the sides of the pavement made the environment look so serene. It was the starting of November and the light chilling wind gave a nice pleasant feeling. Both of them were walking towards the exit hand in hand when suddenly they heard the sound of a train passing by from the railway track.

Not to miss the fact that the museum was near the railway tracks. As soon as the sound of the train fell into her ears Annika left his hand and threw the cage down from her hands. She started screaming loudly and kept her hands on her ears. Shivay was baffled and shocked for some seconds, he could not understand what happened but as soon as he realised he started holding her but she jerked him away and kept on shouting saying "helpppppp!!" crying bitterly with her hands on her ears and as soon as Shivay caught hold of her, she collapsed in his arms.

Shivay tried waking her up but she was fainted. He was also crying now. He realised that the sound of train had just scared her. It was possible because she was harassed and molested near a railway track and was also found fainted near the tracks as told by the doctor. He cursed himself for bringing her here. He was so scared, he didn't know what to do. It was as if his life was slipping away from his hands. He was not sure of what this incident is gonna do to her. He just held her in his hands and asked a man to hold the cage of birds for him to his car, he can't leave those birds here. The man helped him with the cage to his car while Shivay lied Annika down on the back seat of his car. He sat in the car as soon as possible and ran it towards the hospital like a wind passes by.

Precap : A step toward her past

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