Her sorrows and tears faded away without leaving a trace when the baby held her index tightly and stopped crying, He was in the incubator and only one day old when she visits him the incubator ward. She couldn't stop smiling when he didn't let her go off. And Raima was right, He will be always her most priced possessions. From that second, She couldn't imagine her life without him.

With heavy heart, They did Raima's last rituals. And over the next moment, They reached the hospital for Adoption procedures. Gauri and Kalpana looked Anika like a goddess when she told her interest in adopting the kid.

"I can see the light ring behind your head." - Gauri said to her When they finally came with their new happiness after spending seven days in the hospital. Even though they were not in the mood to smile, They smiled at her words.

"Come on, Guys. I know it's bad timing but, Officially Our Junior stepped into his new home for the first time, Isn't the time to celebrate?" - Kalpana asked Harsh who held the baby in his hands gave it to anika. Jhanvi and Dadi joined the happiness, Still, Tej needs time to accept everything. And Shakthi and Pinky didn't call them again when they said about Raima's demise and Their decision of adopting her child. But they hardly care about it.

"Decided the name?" - Harsh asked him when they took the seat in the couch after done with the aarti. He had no idea about what they decide. But Anika and Shivaay exchanged a painful smile with each other.

"Raima chose it already. It's Aniket." - Anika announced while kissing his forehead who was in her arm, He widened his lips when she kissed him and they found his new dimples which have an intensity to steal everyone's heart.

After Aniket's entry in their life, Time didn't go any slower. Shivaay was there with him from morning Five to Twelve. He hardly disturbs anika for anything, Their fridge had no cold-drink or Snacks but full of baby foods and milk supplementary. And anika turned her cupboard as his cupboard and stuffed with his clothes for the next three years. He don't have to worry about clothes. For Aniket it became more like a habit to sleep in Anika's chest holding her pendant tightly. And shivaay couldn't able to sleep without hugging both. Without both, Sleep won't knock his door, It had been a small pause to their private life, And they hardly noticed it.

"Mummummumma" - He started to call shivaay using that name when he mistook that he's calling Anika, But when he fretted in his lap, He finally understood that he's calling him Mumma. Both chuckled to see their 5 months old baby.

"It's cheating yeah, He should call me, Mumma, Why he's calling you mumma?" - Anika started when he was brushing his cheek to cheek to shivaay. He chuckled constantly when his beard poked his cheeks and tickled him.

"You're my boy, Say bye to Ma." - He said taken him inside. Anika followed them to the bedroom and he was wearing only his nappies by that time.

"Wait, You're again changing his clothes." - Anika asked him shockingly.

"Yeah, It's CSK vs MI. And both dad and son gonna support the captain cool. For that, we have to change, Right." - He said taking out his baby-sized yellow jersey And made him wear.

"In that case, Sharmaji ka Beta Kel Raha hai. And we have to support Mumbai Indians." - Anika said while taking out the blue jersey.

"It's cheating. Kiddo is in my team. Namba Chennai Chennai super kings." - Shivaay took Ankit in his hands and ran away from anika.

"Okay one idea, Let him wear, Top one-color jersey and bottom another color." - Anika said when she became done following him.

"Okay which color top and which color bottom?" - He asked her.

"Let's put a toss If heads, Top will be blue and If tails, Bottom will be yellow." - Anika said and tried to fool him but Shivaay caught her.

"Mrs. Clever, Your husband is more clever than you, If heads, CSK. Tails, MI. Okay?" - He said And tossed the coin in the air, Aniket looked at the flying coin Wonderly and clapped when it reached the ground.

"CSK. Kiddo. We won. So the top must be yellow jersey and Bottom can be MI." - Shivaay said narrowing his eyes to anika and shrugged off her faking. She followed them like an ignored kid follows her parents, Bowing her head down.

"Kiddo. Say CSK, Say CSK." - Shivaay asked him to cheer up when the screen shows dhoni.

"No, Anku. MI Say MI. MI."- Anika asked him to cheer up. But he chuckled clapping his hands looking at the cheer girls. Anika and shivaay busted to laugh keeping their hand in their stomach.

"Like father Like son." - Anika said when he saw heroines in the blue jersey waving for Mumbai Indians. And paused the tissue to him to wipe off the tissue. Heaving out the deep breath, He took the tissue from her hands.

"You. A piece of." - She stopped when Aniket looked at them hitting posture.

"Piece of Cupcake." - Anika changed it, Shivaay chuckled and pulled him to his embrace. And aniket to his arms. And they huggingly watched the whole match.

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"Ma, It has been almost one year, Please forgive us, And see also Anku wanted to see his dadi!" - Anika said holding Aniket in his hands and pleaded her mother-in-law in the video call. She initially didn't want to see Aniket anytime, But now, She called her every day, And everyday Anika shows her in the picture and she slightly smiled at him whenever he smiles at her. Anika acted like not noticing it.

"And Anika I called you to tell something." - Pinky came to the point.

"Yeah, MA." - She said, Placing him in the couch and held him sidewards so that he won't loose his balance.

"You know Anyone called Rita Singhania?" - Pinky asked her.

"Rita Singhania, Gauri's mom. Ma. What happened?" - Anika said.

"What? Gauri? Your friend?" - Pinky sparked in instant anger.

"What ma? What happened?" - Anika asked her.

"Ask your friend!" - Pinky said and rested her call.

Over the next second, Shivaay rushed inside their house early, Anika was shocked because he left his house just before three hours. He looked so shocked.

"You knew about it." - He said in confirmation.

"What?" - She asked looking at him.

"About Om and Gauri and they are living together." - He said.

"What the..." - Anika shook to an extent, That information is kind of new information even for her. She was equally shocked looking at him. But she quickly paced herself thinking about Rita Singhania who is her mom and the most protective, Uncool mom, She ever met in her life.

"Are you sure?" - Anika asked him.

"That Piece of cupcake told me this morning." - He said gritting his teeth in anger, Ankit chuckled when he saw his parents in the distressed state. Seeing him chuckling, Both chuckled looking at each other and fate.

Leaving Aniket in her father's house, Anika and shivaay drove their car towards the Gauri's house. She knew taking shivaay along with him won't be a good idea but when he insists, She couldn't ignore him.

From the entrance, She saw Gauri sitting in the couch in her night suits while cupping her face thinking something so deep. Anika felt like smashing that innocent face, She called Kalpana to know whether she knew about it, Instead, She got a panic attack hearing that.

"Anika." - Gauri whispered to herself when she saw her in the entrance, Anika rolled her eyes angrily at her and stepped inside her house gathering all her courage.

"Stay right there. You know about it, Right." - Rita stopped her in the entrance in the raging fury. But Anika smiled widely at her and entered the house along with shivaay. She was shocked to see shivaay well treated by them, unlike anika. Anika made her understand, That her daughter is not innocent like she's appearing. Kalpana joined them in a few hours And convinced her father. They took three days, And at last, They ended up in taking the trophy and they get convinced to call Shakthi and Pinky through Skype.

Shivaay felt weird when they knocked out each other sweetly through a video called, Their conversation felt like a sugarcoated Mirchi. But Anika stayed as a referee and consoled it. And they are both convinced to get them engaged and marriage fixed in the next year. Om looked shivaay sheepishly when he conveyed the news to him. Shivaay felt like breaking the teeth but stopped thinking about his engagement photographs.

And proceeded his way towards his house as Shakthi's house in Delhi was in renovation. And they had to stay with them for the next month for Gauri and om's engagement. Pinky and Shakthi arrived the next day. Anika and shivaay were a little bit worried thinking about Aniket and how they would be reacting after seeing Aniket in person.

Shivaay went to pick them up from the airport, Even though he speaks with them regularly over the phone. He felt weird to face them directly. He bowed his head and touched their feet as soon as they came in front of them with a cold look. He prayed every god for Aniket when they prefer to hear radio than speaking with him.

"Mummammamama" - Kiddo started to murmur when shivaay arrived inside holding their luggage. He smiled widely at him when shivaay's eyes met with him and He was in om's shoulder and wondered looking them.

"I think he's wondering how these people come out of the mobile phone." - Anika started casually and took blessings from him. Nodding to Anika, Pinky moved inside and stood beside Aniket. Anika and shivaay glanced a confusing look.

They both signed relax at the same time when pinky widened her hands while clapping. He beamed his black marble-like eyes to her hands and shivaay. Shivaay gestured him to jump to her rolling his eyes.

"Mummmamammama" - He cried in an instant and sobbed shivaay to hold him. Pinky and Shakthi couldn't hold their serious look when they heard Aniket calling Shivaay mumma. They busted to laugh. And Shakthi took Aniket to his hands and again laughed when he goes to shivaay calling him Mumma. Love doesn't need permission, It just needs an Open heart and the vision of looking everyone like the same. And finally, Aniket has been accepted by everyone and also became everyone's heartbeat.

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