THEIR LIVES AFTER THE STORM 🌟(completed🔚)

27.NEW WAY OF LIFE🌺...

It had been about a week since their baby was born. Shivaay and Annika together had named her Aadhya which was another name of goddess Durga just as the name Annika was. Little Aadhu as everyone called her lovingly was an extremely happy and friendly baby unlike the other babies who cried always. She was friendly with everyone, the only time she wanted her parents was when she was hungry or when she was sleepy. She was a very active baby and an attention seeker who needed someone by her side always, talking to her or playing with her. She never cried unnecessarily and everyone in the family found it really amusing,the family thought that she was actually a God gifted child or an angel descended from heaven.

It was late night now, annika was sleeping on one side of the bed, while shivaay,a half sleeping saahil and Aadhya were awake. Saahil had come home for his niece's naming ceremony. Annika had tried her best and convinced the little one to go to sleep, but as soon as annika had slept she had opened her little eyes, and again started cooing and smiling wanting to play more. Shivaay and saahil were trying out ways to entertain their little master, little Aadhya loved saahil a lot and always started cooing and laughing when he was around. Saahil now fell on the bed full asleep and aadhya started slapping him with her little fingers as if asking him to wake up, but to her disappointment he had fallen asleep. She then turned her beady eyes towards shivaay for attention now that her maamu was asleep, shivaay was smiling the whole time looking at her and her antics when she was just a week old. He thought she was a drama queen just like her mom. He was brought up to the present again by aadhu's baby sounds. He turned to her and spoke in a childlike tone "papa will put back your maamu to bed and come back, until that be good and don't wake up your mumma", to this she cooed again as if agreeing to shivaay. Shivaay smiled, kissed her, kept pillows around his active baby and carried saahil to his room. He put saahil into bed, covered him with the comforter, kissed his forhead, switched off the lights and came back to his room.

When he came back he saw Aadhya playing with annika's mangulustra with one of her thumb in her mouth. Shivaay smiled at the scene and thought that she was too cute. As soon as she saw her papa again she started crying, shivaay quickly ran to her, carried her and brought her out of the room in order to not disturb annika who always had to entertain little Aadhu throughout the day. Shivaay didn't understand what to do coz his baby never cried always and whenever she seldom cried pinky or annika had been by her side. Now he didn't know what to do, he couldn't sing either,he knew if he sang his baby would cry more.

"Shh don't cry, shh papa will take you to see ducky tomorrow, she don't cry".shivaay tried to calm her but she looked with her beady eyes and started crying more. Shivaay knew she wasn't hungry because she was fed only half an hour ago, her napkin wasn't full either, he was confused in handling her for the first time.

"Why are you crying my aadhu, what do you want" he asked swaying her gently but to his disappointment she started crying more loudly. Shivaay didn't know what to do, he thought he'd strike a deal with her with the business mind of his.

"Ok soo aadhu would promise to stop crying now, and papa would talk to her the whole day" it seemed to work she started to stop crying slowly, he understood she wanted someone to speak to her. So he started narrating her a story which was his own imagination, she started smiling and cooing again, moving those curled fists of her playfully. Shivaay went on narrating more and more his own fabricated story, made a mental note to read some fairy tales to narrate to his Aadhu everyday, and the baby started drifting into a peaceful slumber unknown to shivaay who was busy imagining a story for his angel, shivaay could feel a small hand holding his kurta tight, he turned his head down to see his little angel had fallen asleep hiding in the embrace of his chest holding his kurta in her little curled fists tightly. He was overwhelmed to see such a scene,a little life was fast asleep in his embrace, trusting him and that pricked his eyes and heart,tears started rolling down his cheeks. He promised that time that he'd be there for his daughter everyday and that she'd always have his back.

He went to their room and settled on his side of bed carefully as to not disturb his daughter who was asleep on his chest clutching on to his kurta. He held her tight in his embrace with his one hand so that she wouldn't roll down off him, held Annika close to himself with the other hand, kissed both of their foreheads and slept looking at annika and his daughter from time to time. He thought that  He didn't deserve either annika or his angel Aadhu, he had always been an arrogant ass in the past and he thought that was why God had separated him from his brothers as a punishment. But he also knew God was not that cruel he had given him Annika when he had thought to die and now his little bundle of joy,he thought they were too precious to him and he was scared he'd loose them too. He sent a silent prayer to the heavens to always let him have them by his side always. He pledged to protect them what may come and vowed to himself to not let them go away from him like his brothers. Annika and Aadhya were his life now and without them he was sure he'd die and stop breathing the next second. He just didn't know what merit he had done that God had been gracious enough to gift him these innocent souls including saahil and his parents after all his arrogance and pride that had hurted many including his mom in the past. They were his family and he vowed to protect them always even if it costs his life.

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Annika got up late at night to see if Aadhya wanted anything, this had become her routine for the past few days. They say becoming a mother changes many things and it had been very true in her case. She herself slept like a dead log,but coming of this angel into her life had made her worried of her daughter's needs every time over anything that mattered to Annika. She didn't complain either she just loved this new feeling that was running through her soul urging her to be the best mom to her daughter every second.

She adored the scene in front of her, her daughter was sleeping on her husband's chest with her little fists holding him tightly and Shivaay was embracing her so tightly even in his deep sleep. Shivaay had become so tired in the past few days and annika very well knew it, he had a hotel to open within few months, had to handle NISH and wanted to spend time with his daughter. He overworked on certain days in order to spend time with their daughter and annika or shakti could do nothing about it. She stroked her husband's hair gently and kissed the wrinkles on his for head, she then turned to give her daughter a kiss before going back to sleep and was startled to see two little blue-green orbs staring at her. Alas Aadhu had woken up again and this time, she wanted her mom. Annika slowly took her out of her husband's embrace and started singing her a lullaby swaying her gently. Aadhu felt a sleep in her mother's arms with her little thumb in her little mouth. Annika smiled looking at her angel,kept her on the bed between shivaay and her, covered her with a little quilt. She then took Aadhya's thumb out of her mouth, to which aadhya smiled in her sleep and yawned. Annika laughed looking at the scene because she thought it was too funny.

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Sorry for not commenting back to some previous comments, internet connection problems, I'd reply to all of them very soon ,as soon as my connection is rectified. Thank you for all the love you sent me guys🙏. Pardon the grammatical errors please.

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      Yours loving Tabitha💗.