Little Hearts

Chapter - 27

|| Emotionally tired day ||

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Shravas was constantly looking at Lasya as he observed the way she carried her body for the badminton moves and he was impressed by her fast hand movements while playing badminton.

Lasya and Sheetal are playing badminton in their backyard play area. Sheetal was also very good at it likewise Lasya.

Lasya used to play in school which made her immensely popular in school days, but once they knew about her family background nobody showed any interest in her.

Everyone in Anand's family was enjoying the time with Lasya. There was one pair of eyes who were busy observing Shravas continuously for the past half an hour without taking her eyes off him. She had a smile on her face seeing him lost somewhere or maybe with someone.

"Well Vasu, it seems Lasya is a good badminton player", She just heard him and hummed for her to continue. She suppressed her giggles and tried to get the most out of him since he is in a dream trance.

"She is liked by your dad and me and especially your baby girl after a little conversation with her", she keenly observed her son's reaction to know whether he is feeling something for her.

"Yeah, she is indeed a good girl" He replied not looking at his mom but getting lost deeply with Lasya.

She smirked internally and decided to ask a mind-blowing question out of the blue directly.

"Do you love her?", His mom asked moving towards him and adjusting herself near his son's seat.

Since he was lost in Lasya's view, he answered nonchalantly, "Of course, I do"

After a few seconds, he turned around to look at his mom who was now suppressing giggles. Then he realized what blunder he has committed just a few seconds ago.

"Mo...mom... I didn't mean it. Actually, what were you asking?" He asked as if he has no clue at all.

His mom patted his shoulders and ruffled his hair lovingly. 

"It's okay Vasu. There is no issue to fall in love and that too with Lasya" His mom looked at Lasya who was playing along with her little daughter. She had smiled and looked at her son. 

"Son, I love when you are happy and if she is your happiness then I will not stop making her yours in turn ours. Your dad, myself, and your baby girl loved her. So there is no point in denying your wish"

He smiled at mom. He leans down on her shoulders and closes his eyes feeling the warmth of his mother. "Mom, I am happy you all like her in return. She is an orphan now. She was never loved by anyone and I want to be her prince charming mom. But this is very complicated"

He now pulled away from her shoulders and looks at her with tears.

"I don't want to see her in loneliness anymore. It hurts me here." He touched his heart. Then he continues "All I want is her happiness and I wish to give her anything in her life which she deserves mom. I want to cherish her, pamper her, and spoil her with my love throughout my life. I am crazy, and irrevocably in love with her mom since the day I saw her for the first time in that Olympics café"

His mom arches her eyebrows in surprise and he can see a hint of confusion brewing in her mind.

"Well mom, it's that I started loving her way before she joined our college. I was somewhat like a stalker at first." Like he narrated the whole story of how he used to follow her throughout her work, during the night until she reached her apartment, and also those secret admirer messages. He also shared about her family information that he knows and how she became an orphan and how she struggled to manage and lead her life normally.