After few months,

Raavi was found to be twirling happily in her room. She is very excited today. After all, it's Puchku's 1st birthday. Life is unpredictable. Isn't it!

The girl who decided to never marry or fall in love is deeply and madly in love with a guy who is not even aware of her feelings. She could have proposed to him, she did give it a thought but she was really afraid of Shiva's reaction. She wanted to give him some time to adjust with his life. She had seen him admiring Ishanvi's photo, speaking with her picture. She knew he misses her. She never felt jealous of Ishanvi. She knew that Ishanvi was a very lovely person and she loved Shiva unconditionally. She had no intention to take her place in Shiva's life. She wanted to create her own place in Shiva's heart and she can wait for him throughout her life. She loves Shiva with all her soul. Shiva Pandya is a prankster. He had scared her many times with ghost stories, sometimes Raavi used to get annoyed and call him, "Bhootnath sir". Once she unintentionally called him, "Bhootnath sir" in front of her colleagues. She still remembers how he grumpily puffed his cheeks and bickered with her that entire day. He is a child at heart. She even dreamt of a happy family with Shiva and her Puchku. Once she drew a cute picture of Rudra with a smiling Shiva-Raavi beside him and named it.

"BHOOTNATH PAPA AUR CHIPKALI MAMMA KI PUCHKU". She hid it into her almirah and kept it safely. Maybe, one day, she would be able to present it to Pucku with her proper " haq ".

During these recent months, her mother's condition worsened. Shiva had supported her and her mother throughout the phase. He used to treat Shruti like his own mother. Raavi's heart fluttered by his gestures; her respect and love for him has increased multifolds now.

Raavi's pov

"Aaj ek khas din hai, aaj Puchku ke bday ke sath sath Ishanvi ka barsi bhi hai. Aab samajti hoon kaise Ishanvi Shiva sir ka biwi hone ki baad bhi mujhe Shiva sir ke sath dekhna chahti thi. 'Agar aap kisise sachhe pyaar karte ho to na uska Khushi aap ke liye sab kuch hota hai' - iska matlab bhi samajhti hoon aab. ( She sighed)

Jaldi se ready ho ja, Raavi, abhi jana hoga. Shiva sir aur Puchku ki teri zaroorat hai."

Scene shifts to Shiva's house,

Shiva placed a garland on Ishanvi's photo. He was on the brink of tears but somehow he controlled himself.

Shiva : Aaj pura 1 saal hua tumhare bina. Bahut miss karta hoon tumhe. Aaj hamare Rudra ka pehla janam din hai. Aaj tumne jo sapne dekhe the wo bhi pura hoga.

Flashback,

During Ishanvi's pregnancy phase,

( This was before Ishanvi's breast cancer news )

Ishanvi was smiling and humming her favourite song, when Shiva came to their room from his office and pulled her to himself by her waist. He back hugged her and kissed her cheeks making her widen her smile.

Ishanvi : Tum aa gaye!, Bahut achha hua. Pata hai, maine na ek baat sochi hai humare baby ke liye.

Shiva smiled and said: Aisa kya soch liya, batao zara!.

Ishanvi : Dekho, humare real parents to nahi the, main chahti hoon ki hamara baby hone ke baad uska pehla birthday mein hum uske name se ek orphanage open karenge, jaha har bachhoko sab acha facilities milenge. Koi zaroori chizon ki kami nahi rahegi. Isse bahut bachhon, jiska maa papa nahi hai, uska bhi bhala hoga aur humara baby ko bhi bahut blessings milega. Achha hai na idea! Tum karoge na?

Shiva caressed her face and said : Ye to bahut achhi baat hai, usdin hum teeno ek sath wo orphanage inaugurate karenge.

Ishanvi kissed his forehead and said : Haa, tumhara humsafar aur baby sath hi rahega tumhara.

Shiva smiled and they hugged each other.

Flashback ends.

Shiva's pov

Aaj Rudra ke name pe wo orphanage inaugurate karenge. Par tumne to kaha tha ki tum rahoge mere sath, to phir ye kyu hua!

"Main to hoon tumhare sath"

Shiva got startled and turned back. He saw Ishanvi standing in front of him with a smiling face. Shiva ran to her and hugged her tightly.

Shiva cried: Tum kaha chale gaye the mujhe chod ke?, pata hai kaisa haal ho gaya tha mera!

Ishanvi rubbed his back and said: Main tumhare dil mein hi to hoon. Shayad haqiqat mein humara itna din ka hi sath tha. Ye to hum badal nahi sakte na!Tum bhi apne liye socho. Aise aur kab tak?, aab to age badho!

Shiva looked at her with doleful eyes and said: Ye kya bol rahe ho tum?

Ishanvi: Zindagi kisi ke liye nahi rukti, Shiva. Apne aas paas dekho, khud ko ek mauka do. Tumhara humsafar bhi hai tumhare samne hi.

Shiva slammed his eyes shut and shouted: Kaise humsafar!, Kya keh..

He opened his eyes and was shocked to see the person in front of him. He looked here and there but there was not a single glimpse of Ishanvi. Instead, there stood Raavi, with all her glory looking at him with her big beautiful eyes. She batted her eyelashes and said, concerned : Aap thik hai? Main aapka chilane ki awaz suni, kuch hua hai kya?

Ishanvi's words were ringing in his ears.

"Tumhara humsafar bhi hai tumhare samne hi"

Shiva's eyes bored into her and his breath quickened. He looked at her intensely. She waved his hands in front of him and again questioned him.

Shiva nodded and said : Main.. thik hoon. Tum jao yahase.

Scene shifts to the orphanage.

Shiva successfully inaugurated the orphanage. Rudra was very happy to see so many children around him. He was giggling and playing with them. They arranged a small birthday party and celebrated. Keeping him in one arm, Shiva took his hands gently and dipped it in a mixture of sindur and oil bowl. Then he placed his hands on the wall of the orphanage entrance. He did the same with his own hands too. Both the big and small handprints were looking adorable. Rudra looked at him cutely and poked his coloured finger on his nose. He giggled finding his papa's "red" nose making Shiva rolled his eyes.

Raavi was also playing with the kids.

Raavi( in mind): Ye bachhe kitne pyare hai, waise thoda badmash bhi hai! wo sindur ki bowl pura meri haat ke upar gira diya!, aab saf bhi karna hoga. Huff!.

While going towards the washroom hurriedly, She got stumbled with a kid and when she was about to fall down, she somehow held the wall for support, co incidently her red coloured handprints got imprinted just baside Rudra's handprints.

Honestly, the handprints on the wall were now looking complete, 2 little red handprints in the middle guarded by two pair of middle size and a two pair of little large size handprints. Someone uttered from behind,

"Wah, abhi family jaisa lagraha hai, bas iski hi kami thi. Bahut sundar dikh raha hai ye"

Shiva frozed. Then he took a step back and gazed at the handprints shockingly. He shrugged and took in a deep breath. He was lost in his own thoughts when Raavi cried.

"Shiva sir... hospital se call ayi hai... maa ka condition bahut critical hai."

Scene ends.