Completely Lovestruck

• | Distraction | •

"Give me a sec. I'm coming..."

Combing his hair back and taking one last look at himself through the mirror, Aditya walked towards the door to his room and opened it wide. Saying that seeing his mom standing on the other side of the door, with a sweet smile and holding a big tray containing food and drinks surprised him would be an understatement. It took him a few seconds to realize what his mom was attempting to do and soon Aditya smiled at her uncomfortably and turned around and walked towards the mirror again to check himself while Anjana glanced sadly at her son's retreating figure. Neither of her attempts to make her son realize how much she loves him has worked till date and she was feeling miserable at her own fate, as Anjana very well knew it's all because of her own fault and Aditya had every right to neglect her.

She had lovingly prepared breakfast for Aditya after a long time which included savoury flavored Tomato toasts, a warm and fresh fruit bowl and some Pineapple juice. Since Zoya arrived the Hooda house in the morning to stay with them, Anjana decided to take in-charge of the entire kitchen herself and give Maria and the other servants a rest by making breakfast for everyone. She had happily thought why not prepare her son's favourite dishes which he preferred eating when she used to make them, when he was a little boy and attempt small talk so that she could get to know what her son is up to these days since he is on his vacation from the university. It's better late than never.

Behind Anjana's idea of talking with Aditya she had her personal motives but she wasn't feeling bad about either of them since neither of the reasons purposely caused harm to anyone. One was to make good mother-son bonding time and let Aditya know that she cared the most about him and the other reason was supposedly Harshwardhan's plan, which he came and talked to her just last night, to make Aditya have some sort of conversation with Zoya every now and then while as long as she would be staying with them since Harshwardhan didn't want his friends' daughter to have a wrong impression about their family which is anyway not going to be a wrong opinion with regards to the fact that the Hooda's was a shattered family that is beyond repair.

While Aditya walked towards his closet humming a tune, he completely ignored the presence of Anjana and didn't even care to inquire what was the reason of her arrival since he noticed the tray full of food in her hands. He started choosing a pair of shoes to wear outside while Anjana sat on her son's bed with the food tray on her lap so that she'll try talking with him once he gets free and remembered Harshwardhan's conversation with her last night.

"Anjana, tumhe mujhe ek favor karna hoga. I know ki Aditya aur tumhara bonding utna achcha nahi hai jaise ki ek Maa aur bete ka rishta usually hona chahiye, par woh meri baat se zyaada tumhari baat maanta hai and I've seen it clearly. In fact mere bete hone ke bawajoot woh meri baat kabhi maanta kaha hai? I'll always remain unimportant to him and it's useless trying to convince him in to doing something that I want him to do. Is wajah se aaj main tumse ek request karne aaya hoon Anjana aur meri baat sunneke baad I'm completely sure, ki tumhe bhi yeh teek lagega kyun ki ye bohot zaroori hai"

Anjana was confused thinking what kind of favor is her husband trying to ask from her by putting the entire blame on Aditya since her son didn't even care about his dad's whereabouts.

"Harsh, aapko mujhse kaisa favor chahiye?"

"Anjana, kal subah Waseem ki beti Zoya yaha humare ghar aayegi, she's coming for breakfast so make sure that you order Maria to make something special. Bas main yeh chahtha hoon ki Aditya unke saath gul mil jaaye. Ye ladka mujhse, apne dad se badtameezi se baat kartha hai aur har choti si choti baat lekar humesha mujhse oochi awaaz mein kuch suna kar hi chodhtha hai. Anjana, Zoya mere dost ki beti hai, koi kiraya dekar yaha rehene nahi aarahi hai aur woh kya sochegi humare ghar ki maamlo ko lekar you've any idea? Agar galti se bhi Aditya mere saath unke saamne jaghra kiya ya phir woh kuch aisa kehediya, jiske kaaran Zoya ko sab patha lag jaayega aur ye baatein ghar ke bahar jaayegi, toh humare parivaar ki reputation satyanash hojayega Anjana. Upar se mera career bhi barbaad hojayega. Sirf aur sirf Adi ke wajah se! Toh please unse jaake baat karo, samjha do us maharaja ko ki Zoya jab tak is ghar me rahegi unhe koi hint bhi na de humare parivaar ki asliyat ke baare mein. Jab woh ghar par nahi hogi toh Adi aisa kuch bhi kare, kehede I don't mind kyun ki main apne bete ko jaanta hoon. Kal subah hi jaakar Adi ke saath is baare mein discuss karo aur make sure that you take the responsibility to keep your son's attitude controlled"