Ayush and his mom

Heir to Ninnad Enterprises.

This is a multi-part story of a boy named Ayush Ninnad. He is a successor to an enterprise built by his late father Avinash Ninnad. This story revolves around his loved ones whom he considers his family.

Ayush was a normal Indian boy with a brown-white complexion. Height 5’8″. He was a Triathlon athlete, so he carried a normal athletic body of an 18-year-old.

It was another normal morning for Ayush. He woke up to a phone call which was ringing for the 3rd time. Without looking at the screen, he picked up the call with frustration.

Ayush: WHAT? (still sleeping)

Caller: Have you not woken up yet? It’s 8:30 am. We are going to be late for class, hurry up.

He knew who was on the other end. Then Ayush woke up immediately realizing he was late. He got ready, packed his backpack, and went downstairs to greet his mom in a hurry.

Ayush: Hi mom, good morning!

Mom: Hi Ayu, good morning! You seem like you are in a hurry (points him to the dining table to have his breakfast and take his lunch box).

Ayush: Have you not seen time yet, maa? It’s 8:45 am and my class starts at 9 am. Why didn’t you wake me up?

Mom: Calm down! You’re just going to miss a class. It’s not like you will miss your wedding or something.

Ayush grunted at his mom’s carelessness.

Ayush: How can you be so calm all the time and not forget, careless?

Mom: Watch your tongue, young man. Don’t forget you are the one who woke up late. Don’t blame me. I am all ready for the clinic. I was waiting for you to have breakfast.

Ayush realized it was not his mother’s fault that he woke up late. But still, he didn’t want to lose the argument.

Ayush: You could have still woken me up. I sometimes wonder whether you are my mother or my enemy.

The whole house felt like ice cold. Ayush realized he should have not said that to his mother. He looked at her who was stuck in her place and deeply hurt with a frozen sad expression. Ayush immediately dropped his breakfast on the table, went to hug his mom, and apologized.

Ayush: I am so sorry, I crossed the limit, and I should have not said it. Please, please forgive me.

His mother with teary eyes came back from her frozen state and said, “It’s all right. I know you didn’t mean it. But it still hurts you know. Now go, you are late to class. Don’t worry about me.”

Ayush: Class can wait. First, you have to forgive me.

Mom: Fine! I am all right, I forgive you. Now, run.

Ayush said goodbye and left for his college by bicycle.

There was a reason for their moment to turn sour and that reason was she was not Ayush’s real mother.

Ayush’s mother’s name is Bhavya, age 30, height 5’5″, size 36-24-36, brunette, white in complexion. Everything was not like this when she came from her village to the city in hopes of becoming a doctor. She was 16 when she came to the city with her elder sister’s advice.

Her sister Navya, age 25 was also from the village, but she was married to a wealthy businessman from the city. But with her style and elegance, she adapted to rich city life quickly.

As a responsible sister, Navya took her sister Bhavya under her wing to protect and educate her. Navya’s husband was friends with many rich businessmen. Among them, his closest one was Avinash Ninnad.

Avinash Ninnad was a self-made billionaire. He was 42 years old and his wife Aarthi Ninnad was 38. She was the CFO of their company. They had a 6-year-old kid named Ayush at that time (Yes, our protagonist). Ninnad couple had their child at the later phase of their life after they became rich.

Both Avinash and Aarthi were good and responsible parents. Although money was not short with them, time was. They were not able to take good care of their kid with their busy lives and feared for his well-being. With their absence, he was too often silent and had been very inactive.

Aarthi expressed her sadness to her dear friend Navya. Navya understood her friend’s troubles as Navya also had her own daughter the same age as Ayush. Her name was Anjali. Although Navya brought Bhavya to the city for her well-being, she thought Bhavya would help her take care of Anjali. Keeping this in mind, Navya gave an idea to Aarthi. Aarthi was curious.

Navya proposed an idea that Aarthi had no reason to reject. Navya proposed that Bhavya can babysit Ayush when his parents were busy. As already seen how friendly Bhavya was with Navya’s kid Anjali, Aarthi took her time and discussed it with Avinash and finally, they all agreed Bhavya would babysit Ayush in their absence.

2 years later, bonding between Ayush and Bhavya started pretty rough. Ayush was dull and less active at first. But Bhavya was successful in making Ayush active and happy. But bonding between Ayush and his parents was getting weaker day by day. Looking at his happiness, they roamed around the world without worry and kept on developing their enterprise.

Bhavya was having successful years in her college too. Everything was going well until one bad day. Aarthi had caught a virus that was unknown to humankind in some remote forest during her charity event.

She was in observation for months. Her state was miserable. She was under quarantine from the day of her diagnosis. She was only allowed to look at her husband and son from a distance and was not permitted to touch them or come near them. Looking at his mother’s state, the distance between them grew more, so much more that he did not feel connected to his mother. For him, Bhavya became everything.

Meanwhile, Navya’s life was shattered too. Her husband had died in a fatal plane accident. She was left with her only daughter and her college-going sister. But Navya was strong enough to continue what her husband had started.

After the demise of his loving wife, Avinash had lost hope to live in this world. His only savior was his son Ayush. Due to his habits and state of depression, Avinash realized he might not live up to seeing his son grow. Feared of living his son alone in this world, Avinash decided to marry someone.

Avinash showed many suitable wives to his son so that he could accept anyone as his mother. But Ayush was reluctant to accept anyone as his mother.

Looking at the bond between Ayush and Bhavya, a dark idea popped up in his mind. It was to wed a 19-year-old Bhavya. Bhavya loved Ayush. They were inseparable. She was with him during their darkest days. If not for her, the state of Ayush would be unimaginable. Avinash was successful in convincing Bhavya, her sister Navya, and their parents in the village.

Avinash struck a deal with Navya and her parents in return for their marriage he would sponsor Bhavya’s entire college fees. However, Bhavya agreed to marry Avinash on one condition only. That is, “Ayush will accept her as his mother and will address her as, Mom.”

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