11. 1. Extra of FNTE

Ryan's adoption story.

“He isn't talking to anyone, Siya? It's worrying me, now," Pratibha said(Siya's mother).

Siya sighs looking at the little boy sitting under the tree silently while other children are playing around happily.

He came here two days ago. Poor boy lost his parents in a road accident. Not having any guardian, his fate brought him here.

Her heart hurts for this little innocent soul. His cute yet gloomy face pained her.

She saw him looking at the kids playing silently.

Taking a deep breath, she walked to him and sat beside him making him look at her.

Siya smiles at him but he just stares at her face for a moment before turning to the front.

“How are you, Riyu?!" As she said this, he snapped his head towards her and blinked his eyes.

Siya panicked seeing his big eyes started watering.

“What happened, bachcha?? Why are you crying, Riy-"

“No!!! I am not your Riyu!! I’m my Mum's Riyu!! No one's Riyu!!!” He said crying badly.

Siya felt emotional seeing him like this and a few tears rolled down her eyes.

“I am sorry…" she whispered looking at him but he just stood up and ran inside taking a small piece of cloth in his hand.

Siya watches him running inside while wiping his tears. She sniffed back her own tears seeing the pain that boy suffered at this tender age.

“Ma, I am leaving," Siya said, coming out of her office.

Pratibha nodded, smiling at her. Siya hugged her and was about to walk out when she suddenly stopped and looked at Pratibha.

“Has Ryan slept?" She asked.

"Yes but he didn't have his dinner properly??”

Siya walked inside the room where few kids are sleeping peacefully. She looks at them with a warm smile and kisses their forehead softly.

Standing beside Ryan's bed, she stares at his peaceful face and smiles. Her eyes fell on the cloth piece he was holding in his fist.

It was his mother's dupatta which he bought with him and since then he never let it go. He always keeps it with him all the time.

Siya lightly caresses his cheek and smiles when he sighs softly at her touch.

“I wish I could take away your pain, champ," She whispered then kissed his head.

Covering him properly, she smiled at his sleeping form and went out of the room.

“Who is me, Ma??"  Siya chuckles hearing the cute voice of her baby as someone closes her eyes from behind.

She smiled as she touched the hand that belonged to her dear husband.

“Hmm..Pratibha Ma??" Siya said as she pretended to think who was behind her.

“No!”

“Hmm, is it Kriti Chachi,"

She heard a giggle from her daughter.

"Nope!”

"Then who is it??” Siya said with a dramatic sigh.

“Ma!! It's me Aaravi,"

Siya turns to them as Ruhaan removes his hand from her eyes.

“Surprise!!" Ruhaan and Aaravi exclaim, making Siya chuckle at them.

“Aww my cutie baby!!" Siya said, taking her from Ruhaan and kissing her both the cheeks lovingly earning giggles from her.

“How about baby's Daddy, beautiful?" Ruhaan flirted, raising his one eyebrow.

Siya shake her head while smiling and said,

“What about him, Mister?" She teases him and turns around before she starts walking towards the garden of the shelter house.

Ruhaan wraps his arm around her waist and lightly pinch her waist making her yelp.

“Ruhaan ji!" She lightly scolded him.

"What Siya Jii!!” he innocently said.

"There are kids around us, Ruhaan ji,”

"But I am not doing anything, Jaan,” he smirks.

Siya pouts as he is caressing her waist sensually.

“Ma, I wanna play with everyone. Put me down!!" They turn to Aaravi.

"Be careful, okay,” Siya said.

Aaravi instantly ran away as soon as Siya put her down.

“Slow down, baby!!" Siya said but then sighs when unheard her words and joins the other kids in the playground.

After making sure Aaravi is busy with kids, Siya turns to her husband and hugs him.

“I miss you,..." Ruhaan smiled at her, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I miss you too, Jaana,” he whispered, then kissed her temple as they stayed like this for a while.

“Siya Di!!" They pull away hearing a voice.

Siya turn to see one of the girls comes running towards her with a worried expression.

"What happened, Tanu??” she asked.

"Di, Ryan is having a high fever. Pratibha is calling you,” Siya got worried and hurriedly walked towards Ryan's room. Ruhaan followed her from behind.

“Ma, Ryan…" Siya walked near the bed and sat on the bed beside Ryan.

She touched his face and felt him burning.

“Oh God!! He is burning,"  she said in panic.

"I called the doctor. He must be coming,” Siya nodded as Pratibha informed her.

“Tanu, please bring some cold water and clean cotton cloth," She asked the girl who instantly ran out after nodding at her.

“This is what I am fearing? Poor boy…" Pratibha said softly, running her hand through his hair.

Ruhaan stands there as he looks at the cute boy. Then his eyes went to his wife who was looking at the boy with her teary eyes.

“He will be fine, Siya,” he consoled his wife.

Siya sniff and look at him,

“He is in so much pain, Ruhaan Ji. He lost his parents a few days back. Why does God have to do this to him," she whispered in a broken voice.

Ruhaan sighs sadly, feeling bad for him. He can't even imagine his pain. He can never.

“I gave him an injection. He will be fine by tomorrow. And if not then call me again. Also give him medicine, I wrote, " Pratibha nodded at the doctor, taking the prescription from him.

"Thank you, doctor..” the doctor left.

Siya was placing cold water strips on his forehead.

"Ma, I am here with him. Please go check on children. And ask someone to bring his medicine,” Pratibha also walks out leaving Siya and Ruhaan with Ryan.

“Why is his temperature not going down?" Siya murmure feeling her heart heavy seeing him so pale and lifeless.

"It will take some time, Siya. Don't worry, he will be okay in no time,” he again assured his wife who is stressing so much.

Now it's almost night, Siya is sitting beside Ryan. His fever comes down a bit.

Ruhaan is giving her company and now little Aaravi also joins them.

Aaravi watches her Ma, taking care of Ryan. She gives an angry look to the boy who snatched her mother's attention.

“Daddy, let's go home," she suddenly said looking at his father.

"You wanna go home, bachcha??” Aaravi nodded at him.

"Okay, I will call your Chachu. He will come to take you, hmm" She frowned and held his hand as he was about to dial his number.

“You and Ma come…we will go na," she whined.

Siya turns to her and calls her. Aaravi ran to her and sat on her lap.

Siya brush her messy hairs softly and smile down at her,

“Baby, Ma can't go home today," she lovingly said to which Aaravi looked at her with sad pout.

"Why??”

“You see him, this cute little boy. He is having a fever. He needs someone to look after him. Ma is taking care of him till he will be alright,”

“No!! Ask his Ma to look after him. You are my Ma," Aaravi said angrily, not liking the idea of sharing her Ma's love and attention.

Siya sighs and looks at the sleeping Ryan with her soft eyes.

“She can't take care of him.." she said then look at her daughter who was looking at her innocently.

"His Ma is not with him. God take his Mumma and Daddy to their place,” Siya told her. Aaravi blinks her eyes.

“Like Badi Dadi,” Siya nodded as Aaravi innocently said.

“Now there is no one to take care of him except us," Aaravi looks at Ryan with her soft eyes.

"He must be sad, Ma…” Siya smiles at her daughter's kind and empathetic heart.

"He is…”

"We can take him with us to our home, Ma. He won't be sad there. I will be friend with him and then we will play together and have fun. Then he won't be sad,” Aaravi happily told her Ma.

Ruhaan and Siya smile at her. Hugging her to heart, Siya kissed her forehead.

“How is he now?" Ruhaan asked as he entered the room after making Aaravi sleep in Pratibha's room.

“Better than before," She informed him as she changed the cloth strip on his forehead.

“Mum..Daddy…" Suddenly they heard Ryan whispering in his sleep which breaks their heart.

Siya's heart clenched seeing the desperation and pain of Ryan.

“It’s okay, champ," she whispered lovingly, caressing his cheek.

Ryan suddenly holds her fingers and hugs her hand. He smiles slightly in sleep.

Siya felt her heart filled with warmth seeing his beautiful smile for the first time.

She smiled and lightly patted his head.

Ruhaan smiled at their little moment as he sat near them.

Ryan let out a yawn as he slowly opened his eyes. Blinking his eyes a few times he looks at the ceiling with a frown before slightly turning to his right side. A loudly scream left from his mouth,

“Ahhh!!!"

“Maaaahh!!!”

Aaravi also screamed in fear and then started crying, getting scared due to Ryan's shout.

Ryan stopped hearing her cry and sat up on his bed. He looked at the little girl with two tiny buns like Minnie mouse. He looked around the room, finding it empty.

“Maaa!! Aaaaa!!" Aaravi kept crying.

"Don't cry…” Ryan softly said looking at her with his innocent face.

“I am sorry…please shhh!!" He again said when she didn't stop.

Ryan again looked around then at the crying little girl. Then his gaze went to his hand.

He slowly forwards the dupatta piece of his mother near Aaravi's face.

“Here!!"

Aaravi slows down her cry as she looks at the piece of cloth then looks at Ryan with his teary eyes.

Her lips again started trembling but before she could again start crying, Ryan put the cloth in her mouth stopping her from crying.

Aaravi blinks her eyes and frowns as she looks at him. Ryan moves his eyes on the ceiling as Aaravi is looking at him with a deep frown.

Aaravi moves his hand away and then removes the cloth from her mouth.

“Why did you do this??" She asked cutely, while placing her tiny hand on her hip

"You are crying,” Ryan told her.

"So…you scared me,” she told him.

"You scared me,” Ryan told her as she suddenly came in front of his eyes which scared him.

“No, I was looking after you. Ma said you will be fine if we look after you and see you wake up," she said proudly then grin looking at him.

Ryan frowned at her and before he could say anything he felt someone's presence. He turns to others and finds Siya coming with a tray in her hand.

Siya smiled at him as she sat beside him.

“How are you, bachcha!!" She touches his forehead and smiles widely.

"Woah!! Ryan won the fight with fever," she exclaimed happily.

“Ma, I looked after him well after you went away," Little Aaravi told her mother to which Siya chuckled at her.

"That's really nice. My baby is so caring," Aaravi grinned proudly, hearing a compliment from her mother.

Siya then fed breakfast to Ryan and Aaravi. Ryan remains silent while Aaravi keeps on babbling about her school and her friends, especially her Manyu.

After two week

It's been two weeks since Ryan fell sick and now he is alright. Sitting with other kids, he is doodling something on a white sheet.

“Is it a potato??" Ryan looked up hearing a voice and saw Aaravi standing in front of him with a cute frowning face.

He look his drawing then at confused Aaravi,

“No," he said.

Aaravi sat beside him.

"Then??”

Ryan scratches his eyebrows as he looks at Aaravi who is waiting patiently for his answer.

“It’s a monkey,"

“Hein!! Monkey??” Aaravi frowned more than stared at the picture for a minute.

Shaking her head, she turn to Ryan and said,

“That’s not a monkey, silly…give me, I will show you," saying she took the pencil from his hands and drawing sheet.

Ryan curiously looked at her as she began drawing various lines and curves on the sheet.

“This is a Monkey now," Aaravi proudly said as she looked down at her drawing with a wide smile.

“This is a monkey??"  Ryan asked her to which Aaravi nodded proudly.

Suddenly Ryan started laughing. Aaravi pout seeing him laughing.

Siya, who was watching the kids from her office room, suddenly catches the beautiful sight of Ryan laughing.

She felt warmth inside her chest at the cutest sight.

She chuckles when suddenly Aaravi glares at him and covers his mouth with her palm, stopping him from laughing.

“Bye bye, Bhai!!" Ryan looks at the Aaravi waving at him.

He looks at the Siya who has a smile on her face as she is standing holding Aaravi's hand.

"Bye Ryan,” Siya lovingly said.

He watches Aaravi grin at him from inside the car and wave at him again. He saw the car soon disappear from his sight.

Unknown to anymore, suddenly gloominess appears in his eyes seeing them going away.

“Ryan! Let's go inside dear," Pratibha said and holding his hand, they started going inside.

Ryan looked back at the empty door and soon his eyes filled with his innocent tears.

Ryan sat on a bench in the playground and his eyes fixed on the entrance of the orphanage as he was waiting for someone.

He got tired sitting there but his eyes didn't wave from the gate. Soon he fell asleep while sitting on the bench.

Ryan felt someone holding him in his embrace. He softly sighs in his sleep and snuggles more into the warmth and comfortable embrace.

“Love you, Mumma" he muttered in his sleep and smiled lightly, lips on his temple.

Siya gently laid Ryan on his bed and then covered him with the blanket. She kisses his forehead before walking out of the room.

“Ruhaan Ji?" Siya called Ruhaan as he was busy reading some files.

He humm still engrossed in his work. She took a deep feeling of nervousness crawling inside her.

“Actually, I was saying..I mean I think…" she stammered not knowing how to say this to her husband.

Ruhaan frown and look at her patiently waiting for her,

"Siya, what is it, Jaana?” he asked to which she sighs again.

"I want a child,” suddenly she burst out, making Ruhaan and herself shocked.

She slapped herself mentally. Ruhaan's shocked face turned into an amused look.

Suddenly Ruhaan smirks looking at her. Siya widens her eyes knowing this look very well.

“Wait! Wait!! Let me complete first," she told him.

Ruhaan got confuse but then let her say whatever she want,

"I was thinking of adopting Ryan as our second child,” she waited for Ruhaan's reaction but he just stared at her.

“Ruhaan Ji, my heart goes to that little boy. He has already made a special place in my heart now. I wanted to give him a happy life and a beautiful family. And then I want us to be his family and give him all the happiness of this world. I feel his pain, his suffering. I feel connected to him. You know, a few days back he called me Mumma in his sleep. I know it's not for me but I felt it in my heart," Ruhaan listened as she pored over her emotions and feelings in front of him.

"And our Aaravi, she calls him Bhai ... .it feels so good when Ryan responds to her without even realizing," A emotional smile formed on her face as she recalled their cute moments.

Ruhaan smiled at her and cupped her cheeks making her look at him with hopeful eyes. Ruhaan places a loving kiss on her forehead making her close her eyes.

“I think it's time to add a new member to our family. I will be more than happy to have a cute little boy as our son and a protective big brother to our baby girl," Ruhaan softly said while smiling at her.

Siya instantly hug him tightly and hiding her happy tears,

“ I love you so much, Ruhaan Ji. I love you," Ruhaan chuckled as she kept saying this.

"I love you too my Jaana,” They smile heartily in each other's embrace.

Ryan sat silently on a chair as he looked around the office. Soon his gaze fell on the aquarium placed in the corner. His innocent eyes glow with excitement. He took a look around the room again before he slowly walked near it and stood in front of the aquarium. He placed his index finger on the glass as he was trying to touch the fishes. A cute smile formed on his face when fishes started running away from his finger.

Soon the room filled with his cute cheerful giggles as he chased the fishes and played around with tiny creatures.

Siya and Ruhaan smiled at the boy as they looked at him from outside through a glass window.

“He looks more cute while smiling. Such a cutie pie he is!"  Siya nodded, totally agreeing with her husband's words.

“I think we should get inside and have a talk with his cute little guy," Ruhaan stated before he and Siya walked inside the room where Ryan was busy in his play.

Ryan turned back with a big smile hearing a sound from behind. Suddenly his smile dropped as he saw Siya and Ruhaan standing in front of him.

Hiding his hands behind his back, he looked at them innocently.

Ruhaan slowly walks near him and gets on his knees with a warm smile.

“Hello, champ!! Do you know me?"  He asked him after greeting him in his soft tone.

Ryan looks behind him at Siya who has a smile on her face. He looked at Ruhaan and shook his head timidly.

Ruhaan smiled more and said,

“You know her…" he asked, pointing at Siya.

Ryan nodded, making Siya’s smile widened.

“I am her husband and Aaravi's Daddy. You know Aaravi, right?" He nodded again.

Ruhaan smiled at the innocent boy, feeling like to hide him from the world.

He lovingly ruffles his hair but suddenly he chuckles seeing Ryan instantly start fixing hair with his small fingers making a cute pout.

Siya bit her lips to stop her laughing after seeing his cute annoyed face.

“Ryan, come her baby,” Siya called him near her to which he obediently listened to her and walked near her and stood in front of her.

“Can we have a little talk with you?" She asked to which he nodded.

Sitting in front of little Ryan, Siya took her small hands in her big one.

“Ryan, we really want you as our baby boy, our son. You know, like Aaravi…" Ryan just listens to her quietly.

"We wanted to be your parents. Have you in our life, in our family…” Ruhaan said this.

Ryan unconsciously held Siya's hand and started brushing his thumbs on her palms.

“Will you accept us as your parents??" Siya asked and her heart started pacing inside her chest in anxiety.

What If he doesn't want them??

Ryan looks at their hopeful faces as they wait for his reply.

“Will doll stay with me in your house?" He innocently asked, making Siya confused.

Ruhaan looks at her with a frown silently asking about his doll.

“Who is Doll, baby?"

“Your little girl. Doll!!” he reply in a small voice.

Siya suddenly realized that he was talking about Aaravi.

“Aaravi??" Ryan nodded instantly.

Ruhaan notices the sparks in his eyes at his daughter's mention. For some reason, he went overwhelmed thinking about his endearment to Aaravi.

Siya nodded swiftly while chuckling at his innocence.

“Yup!! She will stay with her Ryan Bhai," she told him, caressing his hands softly.

“So would you love before a part of our family,..." Ryan blinked his eyes then slowly nodded looking at them making Siya smile with tears.

“Thank you so much, bachcha. Thank you for making our family complete," she whispered emotionally, placing a few light kisses on his palms.

“Let’s go inside Bhai. I will show you your new room. I decorate it with Daddy and Chachu…You will love it," Aaravi excitedly said, dragging Ryan inside but Pallavi stopped her in the entrance, making her pout.

“Calm down, little firecracker. First let me do Aarti then you all can enter inside," Aaravi huff cutely but then silently stood beside Ryan.

Ruhaan and Siya stood with them at the entrance while Pallavi did their Aarti. She bent a little and placed a tika on Ryan's forehead.

“Welcome home, Ryan. You are really cute, darling," Pallavi said as she fed him a piece of sweet. Ryan feels shy as she compliments him, making everyone chuckle at his cuteness.

Then everyone welcomed him with open arms and wholeheartedly. Ryan looks around the big beautiful house with his big glowing eyes.

“Do you like your home?" Ryan just nodded lost in admiring the house.

"Bhai come I will show our new room,” Aaravi said and holding his hand she started dragging him upstairs.

Siya shook her head at her daughter's excitement while Ruhaan chuckled as they followed them upstairs.

“It’s pretty na," Aaravi grinned as she saw him, his room.

Ryan stood in his place as his eyes fell on a small photo frame beside the bed. He ran to it and smiled looking at the picture of his Mumma and Daddy.

“My Mumma and Daddy," he said, showing it to Aaravi.

Aaravi looked at his face and seeing tears in his eyes, she turned to her parents with a sad face.

Siya smiles at his love for his biological parents.

She walked to him and sat in front of him.

“Ryan, don't cry bachcha. Do you want your Mumma and Daddy to see their brave boy crying? No right!!" Ryan looks at her with glossy eyes as he hugs the photo frame to his chest.

“They leave Riyu…" he said between her sobbing.

Seeing Ryan crying, Aaravi ran to Ruhaan and started crying, hugging his leg. Ruhaan picks her up and hugs her.

Siya hugged him, not able to see his tears. It hurt her seeing her boy crying.

“They didn't leave, bachcha. They will always look at their Riyu from heaven. And now they are not really happy seeing you crying," Ryan sniffed in his shoulder.

Rubbing his back Siya places a few kisses on his head before she pulls back slightly. Cupping his small face, she wiped his tears gently from his face and smiled softly.

“They must be feeling hurt seeing these tears," Ryan sniffed lightly as he looked at her innocently.

"I don't want them hurt," Siya smiles, hearing his words.

"Then show me your cute smile,” Ryan instantly grins cutely, wiping his cheek with the back of his palm.

"That's like my brave boy. We all are so proud of you,” she said and kissed his forehead.

Suddenly their attention went to Aaravi who was sobbing in her father's arms.

Ryan frowns and then turns to Siya with a sad pout as if asking her help.

“Don't worry, she will be okay. She didn't like her big brother crying so she also started crying to give you company," Siya said.

Her daughter can't see anyone crying and her brother is sad and crying. How could she not feel sad, right?

After a few minutes, Aaravi finally calmed down and now she is playing with Ryan.

It's been a month since Ryan became a part of the Roy family. He is getting all the love and care of the family. He seems happy and comfortable with them. He now often smiles. But he is still a little shy with everyone except Aaravi and Siya.

“Ryan, baby come let's have our breakfast," Siya said to him as she saw him playing with twins.

He looked up at her from the crib and shook his head.

“I wanna play more…"

"Bachcha, you can play later. Come see Dadi make your favorite Kheer,” now hearing about Kheer, Ryan instantly looks at her before running inside the dining room.

Siya chuckles seeing his excitement as she walks behind him.

“Good morning, Champ," Vivaan greeted him, seeing him coming inside.

He greeted back politely before sitting beside Ruhaan. Ruhaan smiled when he greet him,

“Good morning, little man," and then he ruffled his hair, making Ryan pout.

“My hair!!" He whined, setting his back.

Everyone chuckled at his cute annoyed face.

Siya serves him some fruits and Kheer.

Ryan happily ate his food and finished his Kheer. He looks around for Siya as he wants some more.

He saw her on the other end of the table, serving food to Raghav.

“Ma!!!" He suddenly called her loudly, making everyone look at him in shock.

Ryan blinks his eyes a few times realizing what he just called her.

Siya turns to him instantly in surprise, hearing him calling her Ma for the first time.

She smiled, feeling warmth spread through her whole body. Her eyes brim with happy tears.

“Ye..yes baby," she asked him, holding her emotion, not wanting to overwhelm him.

He shows his heartwarming smile and shows her his empty bowl.

She grinned and walked to him.

“You love it, Bachcha," she asked as she filled his bowl with Kheer.

He bobbed his head, making everyone smile at the table.

Siya stares at him as he is enjoying his Kheer. She looks at Ryan with a big smile to which he smiles back at her feeling happy for her. He knows how much Siya waited for this moment. They didn't want to pressure him to call them his Mother and father. They let him decide this if he wanted to address them as mother and father.

Now finally he started accepting them as their new parents. He can take all the time in this world as long as he is happy with them. That's what matters to them most.

The whole day Siya couldn't stop smiling after all, finally her son called her Ma for the first time.

“Ryan, sleep bachcha. It's late now," Ruhaan told him, seeing him engross in drawing something in his drawing book.

"Just five minutes, please…" he asked, showing his puppy eyes. Ruhaan sighs but then lets him do whatever he is doing.

Ryan tries to look at his drawing but Ryan quickly hides it and turns around.

“Don’t peek,.." he told him, looking at him with his narrow eyes.

Ruhaan raises his hand in surrender to which Ryan chuckles softly before turning to again get busy with his drawing.

After half an hour, he finally went to sleep but not before hiding his drawing safely under his pillow. Ruhaan chuckles at his antics as he pat him to sleep.

“Ruhaan, Did he sleep?” Ruhaan looks back to see Siya coming inside the room after putting Aaravi to sleep.

“Yeah, just now he slept," Siya turned to Ryan and bent down placing a kiss on his forehead.

Ryan moves in his sleep and turns to the other side in sleep.

Siya's gaze fell on the page peeking from under his pillow. She slowly took it out as she felt her eyes burning, looking at it.

Ruhaan frowned seeing her wiping her tears and slowly took the paper from her hand to see it.

His heart skips a beat as he looks at the most beautiful drawing in his hand.

He draws himself holding a little girl's hand and his other hand holding a woman's hand. Then the little girl's other hand is held by a man. He read the spelling written under them.

The little girl is Aaravi which he writes as his doll while the woman and man are them, but what he writes under their figures makes him emotional. It's saying, his Ma and Dad.

He also saw two figures of a man and a woman who were looking at them from the sky.

His angel Mumma and  angel Daddy.

Ruhaan looks at Ryan with eyes filled with love and adoration after reading the sentence which says,

Riyu's family.

Riyu loves you all.

He lovingly caresses his hair before kissing his head.

“We love you too,"

"Thank you for accepting us, Jaana. We promise to cherish you always,”

Both Ruhaan and Siya promised to themself.

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Thank you so much for reading.

Many of you are asking for his adoption story so here is it.