DQ#1 Thousand Reasons Why

Her Advices

Aradhya's POV

" What will you have?" My father asked me and I shook my head.

" Nothing. I am fine." I said to him and he chuckled.

" Coffee?" He asked again and I nodded.

" Maa kaisy hain tumhare?" (How is your mother doing?) He asked me handing over the cup of coffee to me.

" She is fine." I said to him.

" Why didn't she come with you?" He asked me.

" Unko lagta hain k mujhe apke saath akele baat kerna chahiye." (She thinks that I should talk to you alone) I said to him and he sighed deeply.

" I can never ever repay her back for whatever she has done for me." He said to me. I nodded.

" I want to know your story too. Now everything got revealed." I said to him and he chuckled.

" I have nothing left to tell you. You know everything. When I came back from the mission my family told me that your mother ran away with someone else. That hurt me the most in the first place." He said to me. I sighed.

" She passed away by then." I said to him and he chuckled looking out of the window.

" Yes. Selfish woman. Left me all alone." He said and I was looking at him trying to accept the fact that he was my father not Vikram Chauhan. I think I have got my skin tone from him.

" Why had you loved my mother even if she had a dark complexion?" I asked him. He chuckled.

" Do you hate your mom for having dark skin?" He asked me back and I was taken aback.

" Can a child hate his or her mother?" I asked him. He chuckled.

" Whoever tells you that you don't need a reason for loving someone is a big fat lie. You need at least one reason for loving someone. When you get used to loving that person and that reason fade away doesn't effect your love for that person cause you already love that person. I loved her innocence, her spirit and her smile as well. You got that smile from your mother." He said sipping on the coffee.

I looked at him weirdly. Years back Asher also said the same thing to me that we need reasons for loving someone but when we fall in love already and that reason doesn't exist anymore doesn't matter effects our feelings at all. 

" I didn't have anything that time but I had your mother and I used to feel like I am the happiest person alive. But now I have everything but I don't have your mother which feels like hell with every passing day. Living all alone is like fighting with yourself to drag you to live each day. I have been suffering from worst depression but I kept myself alive each day." He said to me.

" Why didn't you go to back your family?" I asked him and he chuckled.

" They hurt me the worst way possible then why should I be there?" He asked me and I sighed deeply. " I always wanted to have a daughter. I am happy that I have one." He said and I sighed deeply.

" Will you mind if I want to stay with my mom?" I asked him and he chuckled.

" I knew that you will choose her over me." He said to me. I was uncomfortable now with this situation though I have prepared myself to answer his questions with valid reasons but I am feeling weak now. " I am okay with that but I want to see you often." He said and I sighed.

" No one can stop you from meeting me. You have the right but I will request you not to drag this matter to the court house." I said to him.

" I am settling down here so that we can see each other often." He said.

" That's great." I said. He nodded.

"Break the uncomfortableness, Ari. He is your father. You can do it. You can do it. He loves you a lot. Just because you are uncomfortable he couldn't make things better between you two. Kick the uncomfortableness out, Ari. Kick it out . Kick it out." I kept encouraging myself to do it.

" I haven't seen my mother yet. Do you have her photos?" I asked him and he chuckled before walking toward the study room.

I waited for him to come back. He came back with a photo frame and gave it to me. I took the photo and for the first time I saw my mother which made my eyes stuck on her. One thing registered in my brain that she was beautiful. She had beautiful eyes. Her smile was reflecting in her eyes.

" Thus was the day we got married." He said and I looked at him smilingly.

" She was beautiful." I could say only.

" Yes, she was." He said touching the photo and all his emotions were clearly visible on his face. " You can visit the backyard garden. I bet you will love it and I will prepare the lunch." He said to me. I smiled.

" Let the chef do that." I said to him.

" I want to surprise you with my skills." He said and I smiled.

" Ok. As you wish." I said to him.

" And call the boy in who is waiting for you outside." He said and I looked at him weirdly. " Is he your boyfriend?" He asked me putting on the kitchen apron. I chuckled shaking my head.

" He is my friend." I said to him. He chuckled.

" I was also your mother's friend." He said chuckling.

" I want to know more about my mother." I said to him.

" You will have time for that. But call him in first." He said. I smiled. He gestured me to go and call Asher inside.

I stood up and walked toward the door then turned and ran to my father before hugging him tightly. He hugged me back at once. It was like he was waiting for this from years. I couldn't hold my tears back. I have never felt like this before.

" I missed you whole my life. Where have you been, Dad?" I asked him. I felt he flinched when I called him Dad.

" I am sorry for everything." He said and tears slipped down my cheeks.

I have my father with me now whom I was writhing to have with me. I smiled widely. Meeting him was the best decision for me. Thanks to Juliet for her advices.