Mumma, Do You Love Me?

Chapter 9 - Take Back What He Lost

"Surprise!" Annika beamed as she entered Ansh's room that morning. Her son had just walked out of his shower and had his towel wrapped around him.

"Mumma!" Ansh exclaimed. He ran and pulled her into a tight hug while clutching his towel tightly by his chest. Annika couldn't help but chuckle at the cuteness of her son and planted a kiss on his temple.

"I missed you!" Ansh whispered while planting his head into the crook of her neck.

"Aww baby, Mumma missed you too!"

"Why didn't you come at night after Halloween? I waited for you as long as I could until I fell asleep!" Ansh pouted.

"I'm sorry baby, but Mumma was a little busy. I don't think I'll be able to come during the night after this. But, Mumma promises to visit you every Sunday. We will have fun the whole day! Okay?" Annika reassured him.

"Yaay!" Ansh squealed and slithered out of her arms, digging into his dresser. Annika watched the little kid picking out a T-shirt of the same shade as her dress. She then helped him to dress up and was about to lift him up when the bathroom door opened yet again and Shivaay walked out, with just towel around his waist.

"Shivaay!" She gasped as she wasn't expecting him to be coming out from their son's bathroom.

"Annika, hi! Good morning!" He greeted, being unusually excited with her presence.

"Good morning!" She replied courtly and picked Ansh up in her arms.

"Where are you going?" Shivaay questioned just before they could leave.

"It's Sunday today, remember?" Annika briefly reminded him and left with Ansh while Shivaay watched her walk away with a grin.

"That's the only reason that made me bath after three days of laying around lazily!" He muttered to himself and swiftly went into his room. That morning, like any other mornings, Ansh had plopped on him to wake him up and he was trying to convince his son why they should have another lazy day when Om walked in. He had informed Shivaay that it was Sunday and also that a particular someone might come in a while. Initially, he hadn't understood it and slumped back lazily on the bed. When he realized who that particular someone can be, Shivaay immediately jumped out from the bed and went behind Ansh who had just left the room.

"Ansh! Wait up! I'll shower with you today!" Shivaay exasperated as his son was about to enter his bathroom. And that's exactly how he showed up from Ansh's bathroom when Annika was there.

A while later, when he got down, he found Annika introducing Ansh to Aditya. Shivaay fumed upon seeing Aditya being present there. That man had already win over his wife and now what? His son too?

"I prefer you don't call me Uncle though, you can call me AD!" Aditya exclaimed as he and Ansh shared a Hi-5.

"Okay, AD!"

Aditya opened his arms for a hug and Ansh jumped into it right away. He was exhilarated when he got to know that he has another uncle in addition to Rudra and Om.

"Ansh, where are your manners? Didn't I teach you to always address the elder respectfully?" Shivaay reprimanded Ansh causing him to flinch in Aditya's arms and all the eyes present in the room to glare at him. They were worried for Ansh, but to their surprise, the little kid handled it in a cool manner.

"Oh God Papa! Didn't you hear AD saying that he wanted me to call him AD? Plus you also told me that respect should come from within right? Within me, I respect AD a lot, but I call will call him by his name because he had become my buddy!" Ansh explained, rendering Shivaah speechless while the others couldn't help but to chuckle by how he had handled his angry father. Only Ansh had the ability to do that.