•HOSPITAL•
As it was a normal and healthy delivery, the doctor agreed to discharge Annika from the hospital on the same day. It was approximately 4:00 am. Mr. Oberoi had gone home and Shivay stayed with Annika in the hospital.

Annika and Shivay were lying on the same bed while the baby was sleeping on the cradle which was kept near their bed.

Annika's head was on Shivay's arm and he was holding her hand kissing it lovingly.

"Annika, I can't believe we are parents now. This is such an immensely great feeling. I mean I can't just express my happiness.. this is all because of you. You have completely changed my life into good" Shivay said looking at the ceiling of the room while kissing the back of her hand.

"It's not because of me Shivay, it's because of us. I know how you affected my life since you entered into it. I was a random girl with beautiful dreams and you made them all a reality. A few months back from now I never thought that my life will be blessed with a beautiful baby and your immense love but you made it possible and I m really grateful to god for everything I have. You and our baby complete me in the most beautiful way" she said with happy tears leaving the corner of her eyes.

"You don't need to cry Jaan! I love you and I can't see you crying" Shivay said turning a bit towards her and kissing her cheek lightly.

They turned to each other. Annika still had a little pain near her private area due to the delivery but the pain relief injections helped. Shivay looked into her shining eyes, she looked back admiring his oceanic blue ones. There heartbeat was fanning their faces. Their lips coming real close to each other. She felt a heat erupting in her tummy while his heart beat started beating faster.

Next He touched her lips softly giving her a beautiful thankful kiss. She responded back with the same warm touch.

"Thanku for the best birthday gift Annika. You are the best" he said making her blush and again pasted her lips to hers with a pressure this time. This was an immense one unlike the first one, it showed immense love, immense gratefulness, immense happiness, immense pride, immense trust. They kissed each other like they were craving for it since ages. The atmosphere grew more warm and romantic, they were losing each other in their arms when suddenly the new sounds interrupted the romance.

"Owaaaaa, Owaaaannnn" the loud and shriek cries of the baby brought the parents back to the real world.

"Shivayyy our son!!!" Annika exclaimed in worry breaking the kiss while Shivay jerked back in tension.

He suddenly stood up from the bed and took the baby in his arms. Annika sat up on the bed crossing her legs, aking space in her lap for the baby. Shivay handed him over to Annika.

"Aww what happened to my baby??" Annika said cuddling him up in her arms.

Shivay stood near her bed, snapping his fingers trying to console the baby but he was still crying.

"I think he is hungry Shivay!!" Annika said looking at the baby's face.

"Oh then feed him" Shivay replied looking at her.

"Ya! So you need to turn the other side" she said looking at him.

"What??? Are you insane? I have seen everything for god's sake Annika" Shivay said chuckling at her literally.

"How can someone be so besharam, please turn over na, I m feeling shy" Annika said rolling her eyes while her face blushed into red.

"Okay fine" Shivay said giving into the crazy heeds of his crazy wife.

He lied down turning the other side while Annika opened the upper buttons of her gown. She started feeding the baby and suddenly the cries distinguished.

"Oh he was actually hungry Annika!" Shivay said.

Getting no reply from her he got worried and turned to look at her. He saw her face which was red with silent tears. He quickly got up and cupped her face. She came back into senses.

"What happened Jaan? Why are you crying? Is it paining?" Shivay asked in worry.

"No Shivay, It's not paining. I m just overwhelmed. I can't express to you in words the feeling of motherhood. I can't tell you how I feel after giving birth to a life as delicate as our baby. I can't tell how beautiful it feels to be a mother. It's the best feeling of the world" she said sobbing silently.

The way her baby was sucking milk, the whole experience was so ethereal and surreal in its own. It's was purely a bliss nothing could ever replace the feeling.

"Aww! You know what? You are the cutest Annika" Shivay said kissing her forehead caressing her back.

"By the way I need to tell you one thing" Shivay said while side hugging her.

"What??" Annika asked. Her hands were holding the baby carefully while he was having his meal.

"I saw you feeding our son" Shivay said looking at her and winked toward her.

Annika could literally feel her face turning into a tomato. Her mouth was rounded into an "O" while her eyes widened and she suddenly tried to hide her chest by pulling her legs towards her chest.

"You are so mean Shivay" she said hitting his chest.

"I know you love me" Shivay said hugging her again while she laughed lightly.

It was not that Shivay saw her for the first time but she just felt shy because feeding the baby was something too personal and new for her. It might not be new to Shivay but she still felt shy.

After the baby slept they lied down again. Shivay asked Annika to take rest while he turned off the lights of the room. The newly parents hugged each other lovingly and their baby slept peacefully near them in the cradle.

The next day was really beautiful. Although the cries of the baby woke them up making them part away from each other but the newly feeling of being a mom and dad to a handsome boy just swelled their hearts with pride and happiness.

Annika fed the baby, both of them played with him while he just slept and made weird faces. Shivay and Annika laughed at the cute faces the baby made. Mr. Oberoi brought breakfast for them. He blessed Annika and Shivay and played with his grandson for sometime.

Annika was having her breakfast when Shivay excused himself to make a call. He went to the lawn of hospital and called Karan. They both talked for sometime and then they hung up.

It was time for Annika and the baby to go to their home. Shivay already completed the discharging formalities. Annika was really happy and excited to go home. Her baby will be going to his home for the first time, nothing could be more happier than this. She was also overwhelmed because she wanted to spend some beautiful moments with Shivay on his birthday and luckily she was getting an opportunity to leave for home the same day.

It was 7:00 pm when they reached home. Annika was holding the baby carefully in her arms. She was wearing a pastel green maxi dress. As soon as she reached the main entrance she saw Karan on the door with a beautiful message board in his hands saying
"WELCOME JUNIOR & THE BEAUTIFUL MOMMY"
Annika's eyes widened in shock  and happiness. She smiled widely at him
"Congratulations" Karan said with happiness.

"Thanku Karan" Annika replied with equally magical smile.

The door slowly opened and she saw a footway made with red and white roses, for her to move on. Her lips curved into a lovely smile and as she was about to move inside when Mr. Oberoi came there with a Pooja thal in his hand. He rotated the platter round their faces and then applied red tika on their foreheads, including the baby. Both Shivay and Annika smiled at each other with moist eyes.

Annika was about to enter inside when Karan held Shivay's arms stopping them from stepping in. They looked at him in confusion when he said,
"Wait" he said and went inside making her standing surprised.

He came back with tray in his hand. As soon as he reached them , they saw the tray with wet clay sheet spread on it. They saw him lying the tray on the step of the door. He then asked both Shivay and Annika to step in keeping her right feet on the tray and also asked them to imprint the marks of the baby's right feet on the clay sheet.

Annika and Shivay felt their eyes getting moist. Was this man for real? He prepared for such a special welcome of them without thinking about his health. Can they ever pay him back for his generosity and humble heart. Karan snapped his fingers infront of them and requested them to fulfill his wish.

Shivay held the baby carefully in his arms. Both Annika and Shivay entered the house putting their right feet on the wet clay, Shivay also imprinted the soft and weak feet of their baby without any pressure on the clay. As soon as his small feet's touched the wet clay, his beautiful print got marked in the clay. His feet marks were imprinted in between Shivay and Annika's . The tray looked beautiful with three feet marks imprinted on it.

Karan took the tray in his hands and then handed it to Shivay
"Happy birthday Shivay" he said with a smile.

Shivay's heart swelled with utmost happiness. This was such a priceless gift. He could not even think of an idea like this. Karan locked the first step of their baby in the house, what else could be more amazing than that?

"Thanku so much Karan. This is really beautiful. We can't thank you enough for this, this is the most special gift."
Shivay said with tears in his eyes while Annika cried along.

"He is right Karan, you are the most beautiful friend one could ever get. Thanku so much" Annika said with a smile hiding between her tears.

Precap :- Let's name the baby.

Hello readers
Thanku for all the likes and comments on the last part. I m immensely happy ❤️

Sorry for the late update, I was badly injured. I hurt my arms, leg and head. So could not update.

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