Apologies for being extremely late. Can't even explain the reason because i myself don't know whether it was the writer's block or the busy schedule that kept me from updating. Really sorry.. Will try to update regularly now.

   And don't know how will it turn out to be for you guys. Quite a long gap it was... Hope you'll like it❤

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Flashback

"Three years after their wedding"

        'You don't love us, papa.' Annika cooed in a babyish voice holding her eight months old baby bump making shivaay roll his eyes.

       They were on their way back home after her regular checkup. Everything was normal except her terrible mood swings that generally had shivaay on steroids.

    Not that he was complaining. He loved pampering them, his babies! Bigger one seemed more childish though. He chuckled seeing her looking at him with an adorable frown making her already chubby cheeks look more puffy.

      
      The reason behind that adorable frown was that he denied her wish of eating ice cream. How dare he? Bagadbilla! She cursed him mentally. After several failed attempts of ordering him, she tried buttering but that went unanswered too. So, finally, she thought of blackmailing him emotionally. 

      But he knew her too well to not understand her ploy. He continued driving acting nonchalant all the time.

     
       She looked down suddenly feeling sad. Biting her lower lip, she tried controlling her sobs. She knew it was too childish on her part to cry for such a petty thing but her hormones didn't help at all. At times, she felt extremely happy, at times, angry while in the next moment, she turned sad. Shivaay handled everything patiently but her tears, his biggest weakness.

    
      One tear from her eyes and he would turn the whole house upside down.

      He looked towards her since she didn't say a word since long but her tears made him stop the car instantly, carefully though. He opened his seatbelt turning to her. He cupped her face but she resisted looking up.

      'Jaana, look at me please!' His voice showed how worried he was. Her tears pained him.

     She looked up at him sniffing lightly. He sighed looking at her.

   
  'Sorry!!!' She whispered looking down but he immediately made her look up.

 
   'Don't be!!' He kissed her forehead lightly. She smiled a bit making him peck her nose tip.

     
        'Ice cream... ' she pouted. He shook his head seeing her drama. She clapped excitedly like a kid as he agreed. Why does he even show "nakhre" when he has to agree at last? She thought giggling.

        Kissing her forehead again, he got down the car to buy one for her. She smiled widely.

      She was waiting for him in the car patiently when her eyes landed somewhere. Her hands instantly clutched her baby bump. Her eyes immediately turned teary.

      It was a baby's deadbody whose mother was crying holding the baby close to her. Annika literally shivered seeing the scenario. She so badly wanted to take her eyes away but it was as if her eyes got stuck there. She couldn't even blink. Her throat felt dry. She wanted to call him but couldn't even let a word come out of her mouth.

        He came back after few minutes to see her lost somewhere holding her babybump. He placed his hand on her shoulder making her come out of her reverie. She sighed looking at him. He smiled a bit forwarding the ice cream to her. She took it without reacting much. Thinking all this to be her mood swings, he drove towards their home. But he did notice that she was unusually silent. She didn't even look at her ice cream that was melting. He decided to talk to her once going home.

A day later,

      'Jaana, stop crying!!!' He rubbed her back muttering soft nothings to her as she was crying hugging him tightly. Well, the reason behind her tears was that he was going on a business trip for three days. That's what everyone thought but he knew there was something more which he couldn't understand. She was not being herself since they came back after her check up. Unusual silence, no tantrums in eating, no mood swings, all this made shivaay worried for her. She agreed to everything he said.

      'Shiv, don't go please!!!' She cried hiding her face in his chest holding his kurta in her fist tightly. He sighed.

   
         'Baby, look at me!!' He parted her away forcefully cupping her face. She sniffed looking at him. He wiped her tears kissing her forehead firmly.

 
       'Now tell me what happened?' He asked after calming her. She gulped looking at him. He waited for her to say. She explained everything to him only to burst into tears yet again. He heard everything calmly.

     'Shiv, our... our baby.... ' she stuttered but he placed his finger on her lips preventing her from saying any unwanted words. He shook his head looking at her.

 
       'Nothing would happen, neither to you nor to our baby, and that's my promise.' He said cupping her face softly kissing her tears away. She sniffed lightly. He mimicked her action making her giggle.

 
       Holding her close to his chest, he made her sleep. His thoughts still in the promise he just made to her. Little did he feared that he won't be able to fulfill his promise this time...

 
      Next day, he left for his trip not before telling her all the dos and don'ts. Though she was sad but other family members cheered her up saying that he would be back soon.

 
         Although shivaay had assured her that their baby would be all fit and fine but still that uneasy feeling didn't leave her mind.

Two days later,

       Busy adoring that cute frowning pout, he was laying on the bed keeping his chin on hands propping his elbows on bed. She was busy frowning with a pout, glaring him as if wanting to scare but all he did was adoring her cuteness.

      'Baby, say something.. ' he said the same thing for last two hours. He just came back to his hotel and there she called, not to talk but to show that she and the little munchkin were angry on him because he couldn't talk to them much being busy with his meetings. At first, he tried making her talk but when she didn't budge, he stopped making her more furious.

         Soon, her anger changed into sadness. Tears just started flowing from her eyes and there, started his literal panic attack.

    'Ayee, stop crying!! Baby, please try and understand.' He pleaded, worry written all over his face but she cried more.

 
     'Okay i'm sorry!! Ik I'm an idiot, stupid badtameez.. Ik I'm a donkey.... ' he kept blabbering but stopped seeing her glare.

  
    'Don't you dare talk ill about my husband... ' she spoke pointing a finger at him as her nose turned red because of crying.

       He sighed sitting up. Sniffing, she wiped her nose with her back palm making him smile. She pouted seeing him smiling.

     'Come back soon.. ' she whispered softly looking at him. She knew his work was important but her worry because of that incident wasn't helping at all and she was so scared and nervous without him. His presence always made it little easy for her. If he was there, she could conquer the whole world.

       'Just one more day, love!!!' He blowed a kiss to her making her smile a little. It wasn't that he wasn't missing her. He surely did. In fact, he was more worried than her. But work couldn't be ignored either. He looked at her to face to see the sadness intact. He thought to cheer her up.

  
      'Bdw i know why are you sad?' He had a teasing smile on his face which made her confused.

      She asked through her eyes not getting his meaning.

      'Well, i know my doll is missing me and you are jealous.' He showed tongue to her while she rolled his eyes.

    
       'Excuse me, it's my boy, not your doll..' Twisting her lips, she looked away. He knew he was successful in diverting her mind.

      'Even you know the truth, Annika! My baby loves papa more.. ' he shrugged. She frowned as the baby kicked in response. He giggled knowing what happened as she immediately kept her hand on her bump.

     'But papa loves mumma more...' Saying, he kissed the laptop screen making her smile widely.

     'Love you too..' Replying with an everlasting smile on her face, she laid down on bed feeling sleepy. He kept talking to her till she slept and finally cut the call kissing the screen for the last time for that night.

A day after

     Annika was going out of her room, humming a song. Her face having the serene smile, that was the proof of shivaay's arrival. She couldn't wait for the clock to hit 12 and he would be standing in front of her.

      In her happiness of meeting him, she couldn't notice the oil spilled on floor. Her feet slipped and..........

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     Credit for the slipping idea: violet_virago