Heart's Desire

Tasting my own medicine.

anika... i came here to see you... you are not supposed to ignore me like this... anika... I'm talking to you...anika... - Mallika kept on calling her where she didn't care about anything and moved towards the door. 

you yourself become an orphan... now you're making your son feeling like an orphan, even having you alive...  - Mallika spoke when was about to leave the cabin. 

she stood stunned after hearing those words from her. she didn't even turn back and faced her. an orphan, she's really making ansh to feel like an orphan, she asked herself. slightly after that question, anika felt like cloud clearing from her isolated place. that words hurt her to the core. she really can't even able to imagine her son's condition because of her ignorance. but unfortunately, he's going through everything only because of her. because of her, he's getting punished for no reason. her heart started to blame her for everything. in no time, she fainted on the floor where Mallika rushed towards her by calling her name.

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shivaay, ansh, and nisha reached Bangalore to apply for the transfer certificate. both nisha and shivaay tried their level best to cheer him up but he acted as he responded to them but in reality, he wants his mom back like before. he was yearning for her one touch. he was feeling the hell on the earth because of her ignorance. after reaching Bangalore only he understood how they lived happily in their small world by exploring each and every little thing. they don't need money to be happy, they needed each other presence to be happy. but now everything changed, neither they are thereby each other side nor they are happy.

"ansh... your school came..." - shivaay informed him and dragged him out his thought. he nodded and stepped outside. 

a range of happy memories started to rain when he stepped inside his school. his first memory on school when anika held his hand and made him sit in his class. his first drawing on the topic called family where anika frame it and kept it in their drawing room. anika's meeting with the principal regarding his low marks in maths. anika's showering her fake anger just to stop his teachers blames over him. those memories aren't ready to leave him alone. he tried his level best to control his emotions and also succeed in it. but neither shivaay nor nisha has no idea about his fight over the happy and beautiful memories.

"this way..." - ansh pointed his finger towards the office room. the trio went inside and finished the transfer certificate procedure. by then ansh noticed his friend rithwik on one corner. he moved towards him and kept his hand on rithwik's shoulder. he turned back with a jerk.

"woah..woah... relax bro... it's me" - ansh reacted to his shock.

"bro... what's up?" - rithwik hugged ansh.

"tell me... you're not angry right... for sharing your topper position in maths" - ansh teased him where he knew he's the one to teach him the whole 9th Standard NCERT maths book in just a month and also the one who had become an half-mental after getting a roast after roast from him. even anika felt so pity for rithwik when he was teaching ansh.

"i am thanking God for not making my efforts and try in vain" - rithwik teased him. 

"thankyou... bro" - ansh hugged rithwik where he pinched him saying thank you.

"by the way, how's aunty?" - rithwik questioned him where ansh thought for a little before answering "yes, she's fine"

"tell me... how's aunty?" - ansh asked him back where he remained silent which made things so suspicious for him. 

"bro, everything alright?" - ansh suspiciously asked him. 

"yeah... yeah... everything alright..." - rithwik replied in a very low tone. he suspiciously looked at him.

"mom found it yaar... i still talk with my father..."- rithwik told him where ansh shockingly responded to him as he knows that their parents got divorced 2 years before and his mother was so dependent over him and she fought for rithwik's custody but rithwik secretly talking to his father. his mom had no idea about that but unfortunately, now his mom came to know about that.

"then, what happened?" - ansh asked him.

"she attempted suicide yaar..." - he said while wiping his tears. ansh's eyes came out in shock. he hugged him and also his words made him think deeply.  their hug was broken when shivaay and nisha came towards them. 

"Hey! rithwik" - nish greeted him.

"hey, nish... what a surprise?" - rithwik said. nisha smiled at him.

"hi, i am shivaay... ansh's father" - shivaay introduced him and forwarded his hand. where rithwik looked at ansh who was still affected in the shock.

"hi... i am rithwik... ansh's friend" - rithwik introduced himself to shivaay by shaking his hands. the duo (nisha and shivaay) enjoyed rithwik company but ansh still lost in the thought. where he thinks about the consequences when anika came to know shivaay and ansh relation. 

"ok... nice to meet you uncle... bye uncle, bye nish and ansh" - rithwik called ansh. 

"yeah..." - ansh came out the thoughts.

"bye... i am leaving" - rithwik said and bid a bye to them.

"shall we also leave?" - shivaay asked him.

"shall we go to my home? i left one precious thing over there" - ansh said, shivaay nodded and they drove to their ansh and anika's house.  when they reached ansh rushed inside the home where shivaay and nisha become confused and waited for him outside. 

after 10 mins of waiting, ansh came out with a framed painting in his hand. "shall we go?" ansh asked them.

"what was that?" - shivaay asked him.

"its the painting i made it for my mom..."- he said and showed it to him.

     

shivaay really got amazed to see the painting which cleared showed how happy they spent these 14 years. how amazingly anika raised ansh and he really felt bad for ansh. where on the other side, the question "aren't we enough for each other?"  from anika's mouth to ansh echoing in all the direction.