Mute love

family

When I was going to the kitchen I heard Adhya's voice.

“ I would be a good girl,but please I don't want to go today!! ” Her voice was soft and demanding..

She was at the dining table, having her breakfast , already in her uniform and Anshika was sitting next to her.

She just passed her a slice of apple and signalled her to eat it.
“ Mumma please, you know today I will eat everything you say no matter how full I am, I will drink ten glasses of milk, but please tell dadda, I don't want to go school!! ” she whined while taking a bite of her apple.
I didn't get the matter before she said that last line.

“ And why does my princess don't want to attend school? ” I walked towards them as their gaze shifted to mine.

Anshika looked at me with a straight expression and again shifted her eyes to Adhya, who was looking at me with a sad pout.

My steps stopped beside her chair and I asked again “ What happened baby? ”
She kept her apple slice on the plate before looking down. At first she didn't say anything but I waited until she looked at me .
“ Say!! ”I repeated.
“ I am not feeling like going to school!! ”
“ And may I ask why?? ” I said , as softly as I could.
“ Dadda… . . ” she whined and I frowned at her teary eyes.
My heart dropped, what happened that literally made my daughter cry out of nowhere.
Anshika panicked and immediately walked towards her , but of course she couldn't ask what happened to her.
I immediately lifted her in my arms and asked, being worried, “ Baby, what happened?? ”
Something is definitely wrong, I know kids cry for small reasons but my daughter crying for a reason I don't know at all is scaring me to hell.

“I don't want to go there!! "Her big eyes turned red along with her cheeks, Anshika patted her back as she continued to cry, she was worried for her.
I looked at her and nodded indicating not to worry about anything.
“ Fine baby , you can skip school but please don't cry!! ” I wiped her cheeks with my thumb and she immediately hugged me “ Thank you dadda!!! ”
Her thank you wasn't in the sense typical kids say out of happiness when they are allowed to bunk the school.

I rubbed her back and looked at Anshika who was still looking at me with a frown expression.
I sighed.
She needs to stop worrying about it when I am here, so I will ask Adhya if she is not okay .

“ But baby, why don't you want to go!! You love your school na!! ”
I asked just to get silence as reply. She snuggled more in my embrace and I felt her small arms encircling my neck .
“ Not going to tell your dadda?? ” I asked but she didn't tell me anything.
“ Baby, please say something!!! ” My voice was heavy this time and she spoke “ I don't like my school dadda, they are very bad people, I don't want to go there!! ”

My heart panicked, what was she saying?
Is someone hurting her??
If yes then I am not going to spare whoever it is.

“ My Miss is really bad, my classmates are very very bad, I don't have any friends!! ” she cried loudly.
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Anshika… ..

I can endure anything but I can't see Adhya like this, my eyes teared up after seeing her crying and she is not saying anything more than what she said earlier. Just the fact that someone might be hurting her is haunting me.
School bullying can be a really traumatising experience for someone small like her. I know how it feels, I know very well.
And I am just praying to God it shouldn't be true what I am thinking.
She shouldn't face it.
And it's not possible, obviously not, because if Aditya found out that someone is hurting his daughter I literally don't know how bad the consequences would be.

“ Baby, tell your dadda, if you just continue to cry how would dadda be able to help you!! ”
I came out of my thoughts at his soft voice.

He was still comforting her , he was sitting on a chair and she was on his lap, hugging him tight. And I was standing behind the chair.
Her hiccups providing torture sessions to my heart. My throat dried, it hurts. She is crying, right now she doesn't need someone to ask her continuously what happened. She is a kid, this is too heavy for her.
He shouldn't pressurise her like this , I heaved a sigh before placing my hand on his shoulder making him look at me.
I traced my thumb over his shoulder and shook my head as no with pleading eyes, trying to make him understand .
I know he is more concerned about her than I am, but still it's really important for her to relax right now.
He nodded in agreement before shifting his eyes to her, again.

“ Fine, don't tell me for now, okay?? ” his long fingers were still stroking her back in order to comfort her.
“ You know, you don't need to drink ten glasses of milk to skip school!! ” his stroke slowed “ In fact, you got the best dad, let's just skip this day, both of us . I will take my daughter out ”

I noticed her hands clutching on his T-shirt when she tried to pull herself back from his hug.
He chuckled when she looked up at his face with her big red eyes “ Is that okey for my princess?”  she nodded yes but didn't smile.
My heart relaxed when her hiccups finally faded .
He wiped off her tears with his thumbs and pecked her forehead “ Go get ready!! ” he whispered, cheering her up with his excited smile.
She wiped her face again with her small palms and climbed down from his lap before running towards her room without saying anything.
He also stood up from his seat and turned to look at her.
My eyes also followed her until her tiny steps stopped at the stairs and she turned back looking at us again.
“ Honey is also joining us, right? ”

He slightly chuckled before giving her thumbs up “ Obviously!! ”
I was back facing him but I know he is just behind me and I can guess his facial expressions right now.

She resumed running and he shouted from behind “ Careful!! ”............

I heard him sighing as soon as she was out of sight. My vision got blurry, I don't know why she was crying but whatever it is I don't want to see her like this.
I can't.
I felt his palms on my shoulders , warm and calm. He turned me to face him, he knew I was worried because he wasn't surprised by my tears.
“ Don't worry about her ” my tears fell as soon as his cold fingers dug in my cheeks “ pretend as if nothing happened, pretend as if she didn't say what she said ” he wiped my cheeks off “ I know you are very sensitive but just forget about it and leave rest of it me, my ladies don't need to worry about anything when I exist ”

How should I leave it!! I know he would take care of it but…
“ For now, go get ready for our family date ” he pecked my lips and tilted his head towards my room “ Do you want me to carry you there? ” he said it in a flirting way and I literally laughed at the cringe line.

“ Guess you really want me to lift you!! ” my eyes widened when his right hand slipped under my hips and he lifted me bridal style .
“ Let's get your wish completed ”
I wrapped my arms around his neck and he started walking towards my room.
I was only staring at his face. He really thinks he can act like everything is fine and people would believe he is okay with it.
Especially when it's about his princess, he might fool other people, he might fool Adhya as she is a kid, he can't fool me with that pretty smile of his.

I know he is burning from inside, I got to know him that much after living with him for months.
He is not as calm as he shows from outside.
I heard him cursing someone on call last night. I wasn't eavesdropping but, it just happened when I was about to enter his study room to call him for sleep. He shouldn't overwork, that's why but I got curious about who he might be talking to so late at night. But I didn't ask and he is unaware that I heard him.

The door of my room wasn't locked, he carried me inside and put me down when we reached in front of the cupboard.
“ Let me choose an outfit for you!! ” he opened the cupboard and scanned it before fiddling with dresses hanging there.

I watched him doing that with a confused face . He is damn cute.
I never found a confused face cute before. He is driving me insane only by such small things.
I don't know what will happen to me when he will be d… … … .
Ahhhh!!! Stop it!! Don't go so far Anshika!! Don't think so deeply.

“ Yeah this one!! ” he said, dragging me out from my unholy imagination.
He took out a purple dress from my wardrobe. The dress I never knew I have, I never wore it before. This is the one he bought for me along with the whole showroom's traditional clothes when we went out on our first date.

“ This is perfect!! You are going to wear this ”

I am really sorry for being so late
I was busy with my exams
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