The Call of Destiny - AdiYa FF

Chapter 29: Startling Havoc

It was around noon, and Pooja, Arjun and Zoya had gone out. Aditya was sitting in his room, at his bed, lost in thoughts.

He was looking at the photo frame in his hand; his 2-year-old pic with his mother. He kept caressing that pic, as he tried to share his emotions with his mother in the picture; hoping that maybe his mother would listen to him and help him out.

"She loved clicking pics with you."

Aditya looked up at his Naani, who looked at the photo and sat next to him in his bed. She smiled looking at that photo.

"You know what she liked the most about you, Adi?" Naani asked, while she pointed at the photo, "Your smile."

"She would say, I would do anything to see my baby smile...his smile is that precious..." Naani said, while tears filled Aditya's eyes. Naani placed her hand on his shoulder, "Today if she had seen you like this, all moody and distressed, she would have felt so bad. She would have scolded me...asking 'Where is my Adi's smile...why isn't he smiling? What are you doing, Mama, instead of taking care of my child?' What should I tell her?"

Aditya just looked down while tears fell on the photo frame. Naani caressed his head and said with a smile, "I know I am not your mother...I cannot be your mother too. But, I can also do anything to see you smile Adi...if you trust me with that, consider me as your mother and share your feelings with me. Can you do that?"

Aditya looked at her with a painful look and lied on her lap and hugged Naani by her waist. He closed his eyes and let his tears flow, while Naani stroked his hair gently.

"What's it Adi? Tell me...what's bothering you?"

"Naani...why does happiness always arrive with terms and conditions in my life?" Aditya cried, as he sniffed his nose, "Why can't I never experience some love and happiness, with no baggage and hurdles? Why does it always have to be that way?"

Naani listened to him keenly, while Aditya added, "My days with Maa were the happiest. I didn't even get contented spending my time with her, but she left me abruptly. Then my happiness was with Arjun and you...I had begun...just begun to experience a different life filled with a new happiness, but Paa and Arjun's mother never let me live with you both...they sent me away...and after that, my job. My job was my...passion, ambition, love...but I had to give up that too, because of that fateful encounter..."

Naani listened to it with a sad face, as she stroked his face, while Aditya said in tears, "And now Zoya..."

Naani bent forward listening to that, while Aditya looked up at her. He sat up as he wiped his tears, and looked down, entwining his hands.

"Go on..." Naani said, looking at Aditya, "And now, Zoya...?"

"And now Zoya..." Aditya said in a low voice, "Zoya has become...a part of my life now...and..."

"And?" Naani asked, as a light smile came on her lips, "Say it."

Aditya looked at Naani, with teary eyes, and said, "And...I am...in love with her now."

Naani had a wide smile hearing it, while Aditya looked down and said, "I don't know how and when it happened...but...I have fallen deeply in love with Zoya."

"My God, Adi!!!" Naani said happily, as she turned his face towards her, "This is such an adorable news, and why are you telling it this sadly? You have fallen in love...and that's a happy thing right?"

"I have fallen in love...and that's the same reason why I am worried too..." Aditya said, as he stood up and walked towards the window, "Naani, you know the complications in this. Firstly, I don't know if Zoya can ever love anyone, the way she loved Yash. And moreover, if she doesn't see me the way I see her, I can't force her to love me too."