A new beginning, new environment, new vibes and it all felt good. It felt like everything's starting from a zero again. Everything just changed in a blink of an eye.

Anika entered into her new residence, new home with anirudh and aravind. Anika felt so good and was happy that she was coming out from aradhaya's missing-ness a little.

Definitely, arav her baby, was the main reason for it. The happiness which could be seen when he was with her is indescribable.

Aravind made anika realize how much she had missed being with him. Anirudh's friends who had come up to their new house was having a talking with Anirudh.

While anika was feeding a bowl full of rice to aravind, looking out at the shore. Anika and aravind was having their own time, talking, giggling, playing after ages. Anika felt so relieved and loved being with aravind. Each and every of his doings brought her alive to sense.

The interior design of the house looked classy with furnished living hall and it was a huge living hall. It was decorated with photo frames of anirudh's and anika's parents, which was taken during their wedding.

And the other side of the living hall was a way to the backyard, it looked stunning beautiful with all flowers. More than everything, anika loved her room where she will be spending her time with anirudh and aravind.

Not to make anika stress out everyday, anirudh had appointed a maid to be with anika all the time and to do the needful.

"Arav, I'm going to the garden to play football with sid and sreyas! Are you coming little kid ?" Iyappan said, coming up from behind.

"Nanaa! I'm not coming." Aravind said, reculantly.

"Why not ? Don't you want to play ball with us ?" Iyappan said, tugging his hand on his hair.

"Nanaa! I don't." Aravind replied.

"Baby, why not? Iyappan mama is calling you sweetly to play with him right. Go play baby." Anika said, with a smile.

"Nanaa. I go then you'll leave me." Aravind said, sadly.

Anika cupped aravind's face and looked at him, deeply. She understood what he actually meant. Aravind smiled boardly, pinching his mom's cheeks.

Just then, Iyappan came forward leaving a way for anirudh to come in. Anirudh looked so calm  and took his seat beside anika.

"Anika, please don't make arav call me as mama. It sounds weird to me." Iyappan pouted.

"Then what you want him to call you as?" Anika asked.

"Let him call me , whatever he feels like to. But I know he can't say the word 'mama' yet." Iyappan shrieked.

"Okay! So, arav baby are you sure, you don't want to join iyappan ?" Anika said, lifting up aravind's chin.

Aravind nodded his head to sides, meaning no.

"Why aren't you going baby ? Look sid and everyone is waiting for you." Anirudh said, with a smile.

"Nanaa ! I don't want to leave maama. Mamaa poidum." Aravind said, fixing his gaze down at the table.

Anirudh and Anika starred at each other for a second. It was so clear and obvious what aravind actually mean and what he's afraid of.

In aravind's point of view, if he leaves to play with anirudh's friends he thinks that anika will go away from him. He doesn't wants to stay away from his mum, like how he was before.

"Baby ! Look here, I won't leave you and go. I'll be here only and with you only." Anika said, sweetly.

"Naanaa ! I want only mamaa." Aravind said, hugged anika tight, holding her shirt top.

Anika was taken back with aravind's action. She caressed his back, smoothly as her eyes welled up  with tears. She realized how much hurt aravind was going through when she didn't take care of him for months. She hated herself for being a heartless women.

"Okay so, seems like you don't want to see the surprise I have for you." Iyappan said, smirked.

Aravind broke the hug and looked up at iyappan, with a confused look. Iyappan signed his fingers doing some random actions, to divert aravind towards him.

Aravind shrieked his eyes, saying huhh.

And looked back at his mom, anika waiting for a word. Anika turned around and looked at iyappan, wondering about the surprise. Anirudh just remained silent as he didn't wanted to leak out the surprise that they had planned.

"Yappa, I'm coming." Aravind said, standing up on the table.

"Finally, you got me right kid. Come let's go have fun." Iyappan said, carrying aravind in his arms.

Anika laughed silently, looking at aravind's sudden reply. Aravind left the place, biding a bye to anika and anirudh.

Anika looked down at the table and was smiling to herself. Anirudh from corner of his eyes admired anika's beauty and her cute smile. He couldn't take his eyes off.

"Do you know how happy I feel when I see your smile on your face, niku?" Anirudh said, moving closer to anika.

Anika looked at anirudh, with lack of words.

"My happiness can't be expressed with words when I see you smiling. Just one thing I ask to god, which is my wife's face should be smiling like a twinkling star, always." Anirudh said, holding anika's hand.

Anika smiled.

"I have hurted arav so much right and you also! I was so stupid by not thinking about any of family members. All my concerning was only on me and aradhaya. I shouldn't have done with to you and aravind." Anika said, brokenly.

"Niku, stop talking about it. It wasn't at all your stupidity. It was my parents fault I could say, they were the one who didn't wanted to let aravind see you. But, I bashed everything and I made my son to see his mum. I just feel happy." Anirudh said, consolingly.

"Arav must have missed me so much right?" Anika said, unsurely.

"Yes, he did. Every night when I visit him the only word which came from his mouth was mamaa. He missed you awfully, niku." Anirudh said, looking down.

Anika paired her hand with anirudh's and layed her head on his shoulder. Anirudh shrunk and looked at anika, he wrapped his other hand around anika's waist, hugging her tight.

"Hereafter, I'll never hurt my loved ones. Including my loving husband." Anika said, with a smile.

Anirudh turned around to tune anika's face just then his eyes glanced at aravind and iyappan coming towards them, with the surprise.

Quickly, anirudh got up and went behind anika. He blind folded anika's eyes, with both of his hand. Anika was confused with anirudh's sudden movement. She didn't know what was happening.

"Ani, what's wrong? What are you doing?" Anika asked, under her breath.

"Hold on niku ! Your boy arav is coming." Anirudh whispered.

"So, what. For that why did you close my eyes. Come on, ani stop playing." Anika said, reculantly.

"Mamaaa! See. Maamaa see." Aravind came yelling out towards the backyard.

Iyappan bend down and helped aravind to place the puppy on anika's lap. The moment when a soft furry creature was placed on anika's lap, an electric current just passed through her spine. Anirudh with his one hand held anika's hand and placed it on the puppy.

Aravind excitedly climbed up on the chair and jumped on to the table. Anika opened her eyes and looked at the puppy, surprised. The puppy was small and white in colour. It looked dam cute and adorable. Anika carried the puppy, looked at it smilingly.

It was wagging it's hand and it's tongue was sticked out. Aravind was standing on the table and was caressing the puppy's body, iyappan was holding aravind's waist, safe guarding him from falling down.

"Mamaaa, doggie is cute." Aravind commented.

"Hahaha, baby it's not doggie. It's a puppy. Say puppy. " Anika said, with a smile.

"Doggie." Aravind said, nonchalantly.

"Dei, arav you have been saying this for past hours. Anika, we tired hard to make him call it as puppy but he is sticked with the name doggie." Sid said.

"Really ! Okay, arav name your doggie." Anika said, with a smile.

Aravind looked down at his shirt and he looked back at his mom, with a smiling face.

"Tiger !" Aravind said, raising his voice.

"Tiger ? From where does he gets these sort of names ?" Iyappan said, raising up his eyebrows.

"Arav, do you love him ?" Anirudh asked, tunning aravind's face to face him.

"Yesh ! And I love mamaa." Aravind said, clapping his hands.

"I love you too arav." Anika said, pecking a kiss on aravind's forehead.

"Guess it's time for us to leave, sid. Machan, we will come tomorrow. Take care of anika and arav." Sreyas said, tapping one of anirudh's shoulder.

"What? Why are you leaving this early sreyu? I planned to make dinner for you all." Anika said, getting up from the place.

"No, it's fine anika. We're going out for a party. Well, yeah if we leave now only we can reach on time." Sid said, with a smile.

"Oh Okay then, tomorrow better come for dinner." Anika said, crossing her fingers.

"Okay madam!" Iyappan saluted. "Bye- bye my little kid." Iyappan said, pinching aravind's chubby cheeks.

"Bubyee." Aravind bid a goodbye to anirudh friends.

Anirudh let down tiger on the floor to walk, carrying aravind in his arms. And anika got back with her work on making dinner for them. Aravind jumped down and ran behind his pet tiger, playfully.

Anirudh decided to work on with his laptop by keeping an eye on aravind on what he was doing. Anika was busy preparing roti with dhal for dinner. She was all alone in the kitchen, working stressfully.

And in about 35 minutes, anika finished preparing dinner and everything was set at the dinning.

All together like a family they had their dinner at the dinning hall, while tiger was relaxing himself on the furry soft carpet. He looked so innocent and calm. Aravind just kept on looking at tiger, calling him to eat.

But tiger was so tired and he didn't bother. It was a good family time, after ages. And anirudh was extremely happy with the day how it turned to be.

After a few moments, Anirudh and Aravind was already in their bed at their new room. It was late for aravind to sleep, he literally spent his time disturbing his pet tiger to play with him. And now, aravind was waiting for his milk and he was doing his naughty chaos with his dad, anirudh.

Anika entered into the room, silently with aravind's feeding bottle. Aravind's face brightened up with smiles, seeing his milk bottle in anika's hand.

"Mamaaa, milk." Aravind said.

"Here you go, baby. Have it and sleep well." Anika said, laying herself beside Aravind.

Aravind started to drink his milk, sipping it fastly. Anirudh got up from the place, turned off the all the lights but just left the night lamp on.

He took his place beside anika and wrapped his arm around her stomach. Anirudh leaned up and placed his head on with anika's. Anika smiled at herself, putting aravind to sleep.

"I love you." Anirudh whispered, silently.

"I love you too." Anika replied with a smile on her face.

"I love you too." Aravind repeated after anika, taking out his bottle.

Anirudh and anika laughed at aravind's statement. Anika made aravind to finish his milk and sleep. In about no time, aravind drifted to sleep.

Just then, anirudh pulled anika into his embrace and started to tell stories to anika, recalling about all their golden memories.

Anika felt so much better, hearing those stories as it made her to travel back. She was feeling so dumb and hated herself for everything on what she had done.

So much of thoughts, ruptured her deeply.

Anirudh was exaggerating all the memories, sincerely. But anika was already about to sleep. He wanted to make sure that anika sleeps well with a smiling face.

Anika quickly leaned up, cupped his cheeks and gave a light kiss on anirudh's cheeks. Anirudh stopped talking and was freezed with anika's intense. He looked at anika surprised.

"Goodnight anirudh. I'm going to sleep well tonight with all smiles on my face." Anika said, looking deep into anirudh's eyes.

Anirudh hugged anika tight, pulling her more closer to his embrace. And pecked a kiss on anika's forehead. Anirudh felt so relieved and happy as he made anika smile more than anything else.

This is all what he needed for now and after. Anika adjusted her place and slept off hugging anirudh tight. But anirudh remained caressing anika's back and was putting anika in sleep, lovingly.

To be continued..

A/N

Hola people :) Hope you'all are doing good! Sorry for not updating quite a week. As usual I was busy with work. And now here it goes for you all ! This is just a smiple chapter and a filler one, nothing to be interesting. But hope you all like it!

Dedicating this chapter to my lovable mates who made my birthday a special one. I can't do anything else other than this and thank you all :)