Fate's play

Chapter 15: Yearning heart

They reached Miami finally, only for a few minutes, shivaansh slept with his father and he woke up again because of another turbulence, switched back to his move. From then, he didn't sleep in the fear that his mom would leave him any moment. Even shivaay didn't force him to be with her. Shivaansh was constantly holding anika's hand in fear, even anika didn't leave his hand due to his raising temperature, he started to fall sick and buried his head in anika's neck didn't even raise his head even for a while.

"Maybe it's because of his first long travel, I think," Rudy said while ruffling his hair when they were moving in the car. But both shivaay and anika were worried to see him weak, he neither eat anything nor smiled, he was constantly sleeping in anika's arm. Anika became slightly emotional to see him weak in her arms, she kept her close to her chest and kissed his forehead every few seconds and checked his temperature.

"Shall we go to the hospital? I don't want to take any risk." She asked shivaay who sat next to her. This time, she spoke to him straight.

"I already called the doctor, he's waiting in our home," Shivaay said to her while looking at shivaansh. His vision told her that he's disturbed because of his son and the way shivaansh cried while he was touching him hurted shivaay to an extent but never asked anything. She was afraid that he must not misunderstand that her closeness to her son keeping him away from shivaansh after seeing his longing for him. He didn't speak but he can understand her.

They reached the home, Anika's eyes searched for the doctor, she had no mood in analyzing the place where he was been for the past 4 years. But she can say, it was a huge house, as she reached his room in the upstairs after two minutes of walking. She placed shivaansh in the bed and joined him before he starts to cry again for her.

"Where's the doctor?" Anika asked him over then, a half-blank man entered the room, and he started checking shivaansh. Shivaansh didn't cooperate with him as he was touching his stomach and checked his tongue, he placed his head in her lap and cried silently as soon as the doctor left. Shivaay followed the doctor while anika consoled his son.

"Baby! You have to be strong, he's just checking you. See, he didn't even squeeze the needles in." Anika asked him, but he continued to cry.

"Why are you crying? Talk to mumma." Anika made him hug her and asked.

"I don't know. He's bad." He busted again.

"Who's bad?" Anika asked him in shock.

"Shiv.vaay." He spoke his name rather than calling him daddy.

"He's your daddy, baby! He can't be bad." Anika tried to convince him but he again fell on her lap and cried. Anika was confused, what would have made him think like that. He also not saying her the reason.

"I don't want to ruin your dad's surprise but he told he will take you to Disney world on this Sunday. If he's bad, why he will make that plan to go there. He knew shivaansh loves mickey, and mickey will be there." Anika lied, shivaay didn't discuss it with her but to change his perspective on his dad, she lied. It was the first thing that comes in her mind to cheer him up. But the opposite happened.

"I don't want to go with him," He murmured, while then, shivaay enters the room and saw him crying in anika's lap. He looked sadly at shivaansh and shifted his gaze to her. He looked so tired and sad because of his son's ignorance. Even though anika can able to know the reason behind her son's ignorance, she felt genuinely bad for shivaay.

"Do you both need anything?" He asked, anika nodded no while consoling shivaansh in her lap.

"Okay, I will be there in the next room, do call me if you need anything." He said in a low tone. Instead of trying, he was ready to give up on his own son, and the way he looked at shivaansh was enough to tell his helplessness, enough, anika will sort this out in this night. For that, she wanted him to sleep with him tonight.