Past by shivaay...

•Ten years back•

Shivaay stood near his desk, hiding his emotions. Emotions which rushed in his body seeing his brothers after Four long years. He has longed for the love, but the longing isn't finished, yet. As they stood with no emotions and just cold faces. He held himself back.

"We're here to give you your proofs, mr. Oberoi" om spoke shaking shivaay without even touching.

Earth slipped under his feets as his brother didn't called him by his name. He wished to die, he could never bear such words... But again he composed himself

"W...What?" he asked as if he don't know what they're talking about.

"Oh, i think you forgot. You forgot about princess... Our Naina. Who was ruthlessly killed by your so called love, anika" rudra taunted.

Being the kids... They still managed to throw taunts... At their big brother... Shivaay stood still... His body stiffened as they moved little closer...

"You asked for proofs. You wanted proofs, as your family's words didn't mattered to you. You didn't believed us and believed your anika. The same anika, whom we saw running away after killing our naina. Our only princess..." om's voice cracked but he composed himself...

"before you ask. We got proofs the week after her d..death. But you were nowhere to be seen. We didn't informed anyone... We didn't wanted to send her to jail. We wanted you to send her jail." rudra spoke as he shook shivaay.

"W.-what kin...Kind of proof?" shivaay stammered... He got an idea that whole these years, he trusted a murderer and longed for family's love. His expressions changed... His face was getting pale... And the fidgeting fingers..

"Feeling guilty, already?" om spoke pricking shivaay's heart, more.

"As you know bhaiya..." rudra paused "I mean you know naina used to love your camcorder... And if you remember, you gave that to her before going to New York. So she never left that... Always charged and with her... That day, it was with her only..." he handed him the recorder...

Shivaay opened it and played... With his trembling hands...

•More Four Years back•

Naina started recording, while she was getting ready... She was smiling all the while, while getting ready for fun in cottage at madh island. She always thought that anika loves her as anika never behaved badly with her, though anika used to hate her but naina never felt so...
Naina picked up the recorder and smiled widely 'Mein anu ko batau gi bhaiya gift..La rhy' she spoke in front of cam, with her ever childish and cute tone...
(Shivaay's eyes filled up)

Then the video started when they all were swimming and naina was just sitting on her bench recording everything...

"O bhaiya... O bhaiya... Fast fast fast..." she yelled while swinging her legs in air...

She turned her cam to anika who was climbing up to naina's bench. Then naina placed the cam on stand and started talking wuth anika...

"ani... bhaiya called me..." naina happily told her but she didn't know that she's adding fuel to fire.

"Shivaay called you?" anika asked being all red

"Han. He said he'll bring so many gifts for me..." naina smiled broadly raging anika

"Or kya kaha? (What more did he said?)" anika smiled hiding her anger, which she felt after seeing happy naina.

"He loves me so much. More than you" naina chuckled "He'll bring princess dress for me and many more things..." naina smiled and Anika fumed.

Anika was burning in jealousy as shivaay didn't called him, neither he said he loves her more than anyone... She ripped the tissues she was holding into million piece's and rushed away... In anger...

Naina held the cam and switched it off...

All of them were tired after playing so much so they slept when it started getting little dark as sunset... Naina and anika were wide awake as they both didn't swim and were just sitting...

When all slept anika's evil mind ran like anything. She decided to finish the chapter of naina from hers and shivaay's life...

By that time naina was half asleep and was playing with her doll house and recording...

"Naina... Let's play in sand" anika said in her buttering voice which naina failed to notice.

"Where?" naina asked cutely.

If anyone else would've been on anika's place then he-she would've dropped the idea of killing naina seeing the cuteness... But it was anika, devil since born.

"Outside." anika replied and held her hand

"O bhaiya" naina called out but her words didn't reached to him as Anika covered her mouth

"Sshh... They're sleeping... Let them sleep. We both will play" anika pulled her with her... While she resisted little... little far from the pool cam fell from naina and anika was seen pulling her near pool... Naina was crying little but she didn't shouted as anika was with her... She trusted her and they stopped just inches away from pool...

"Ani... I'm scared. Please let's go back" naina sobbed lightly seeing the water of pool while anika smirked.

"Don't worry naina... I'm here na. I'll not let anything happen to you." anika made her sit and sat beside her... She picked up the little rope and started tying naina's hands and feets

"What you're doing?" naina asked confused.

" I'm tying so.. if you... By chance fall in water... I can save you." anika spoke and smiled...

"Okay" naina smiled...

Then she taped her mouth and naina just looked at her... She couldn't speak anything... She just stared her face and fear was visible on her face...

"Naina... I hate you" anika slapped her and naina started crying... She wanted to speak, shout, cry but nothing came out. Because of tape...

"Because of you shivaay didn't called me. He don't love me as you're here... You get all the love... You are the one whom everyone loves... Nobody loves me... All loves you." anika slapped her again... Naina tried to run and literally succeeded too but before she could enter in the room, she fell down and anika dragged her to the pool... Her face started bleeding and before she could take a breath which stuck in her throat as anika dragged her all the while... Anika pushed her in pool... She stood... Seeing her drowning... Her father came and was shocked to see her there... He looked down and saw naina almost lifeless...

"Now shivaay will love me only" anika spoke looking at naina and mr raichand bent little to naina...

Naina fainted by that time with fear but mr. Raichand assumed her dead and didn't bothered to check. He was no less 'Heartless' then anika. He brought naina out and removed the ropes and tape and pushed her in water again... And ran away...

Anika was asked to move, but she wanted to enjoy seeing her, dead. She stood their... Till naina's body started turning blue with cold water... It was past 4 when om and ru came there finding anika and naina... She heard them and without looking back, ran away... Omru reached near pool as anika ran away and both immediately jumped in pool to save their princess... Both with much difficulty bring her out, tried their best to wake her up. Being kids... They used their little minds and even sprinkled some water to wake her up. Poor souls didn't knew that she is dead, because of water only.

Om made rudra sit near naina who was now in room on her part of bed, wrapped in blanket, and himself called home... Shakti and tej arrived and took them... Crying!!!

•Past of more 4 years ends...•

Shivaay fell on his knees watching the video, where his princess was killed by his anika. He didn't cried... He couldn't as his brother's were already crying. Who themselves didn't cried after he left. But he didn't know, did he?

Rudra was the one to broke down first and hug his bhaiya.

Whom he missed like anything.

Whom he wanted to hug and cry...

Whom he wanted to sleep by his side...

"Bhaiya..." he sobbed placing his chin on shivaay's shoulder and wetting his shirt from there...

shivaay felt so low and disgusted... He blamed himself for everything and didn't hugged him back... But his control breaked as om too joined the hug with more sobs and tears...

"Shivaay... We miss you" he cried and hugged him with his little hands then shivaay.

Shivaay engulfed both in hug, a bone crushing hug. Their sobs increased as the hug, tightens...

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... I'm sorryyyy" he kissed their heads and cried...

"Now you'll send her to jail. And come back to us all..." rudra parted and wiped his tears...

"Of course..." shivaay wiped their tears..
He called pari and asked for her help.... To file a case... But what she told him, rifted bros again...

It wasn't her fault... But somewhere, omru balmed her... Blamed her for everything...

"Shivaay..No use. She's in coma. So police had stopped filing a case against her and above that she's a child. Not adult yet." pari informed him... He couldn't do anything, he wasn't that powerful yet.

"Sorry om... Sorry ru.. Police will not arrest her... She's in coma..." he leaned to their level and held their hands...

"You can't come to us till you send her to jail" om moved...

"But om... Pari... See police isn't arresting her" shivaay spoke calmly...

"You see... No anika in jail. Then no home" rudra moved out...

Om followed him... Shivaay kept on calling them and even ran behind them... But they got lost in the crowd....

He was devastated...
When his brothers doesn't want to see him there till anika gets arrest... Then what he'll do by going there, now? He took the flight and landed back to dubai...

•Past Ends..•

Shivaay was crying bitterly as he completed little bit of his past. The past which led him here... Where he raped his own wife... Though not in senses but definitely with the hate for her as she killed his sister, according to him, back, when he didn't trusted her...

She got the answers of her all questions...

"Then how you believed it? Like do you believe them? Of course, you do! But how? And how you got to know all? And how all got settled? Elaborate..."

But when thing was left... "How all got settled?"

She wiped her own tears, as her self respect was again and again stopping her from touching him. She wanted to but he made such a mistake that she even feared to touch him..
Touching him will hurt her...

"Uh.." she cleared her throat... "You didn't told, how it all got settled..." she looked at him who was still sobbing...

Past, was also the topic which leds him back to the darkest memories of his life. Which he has buried, deep down his heart...
The reason behind care of all his dears in dubai.. The past!
Whenever he remembers that, he goes deep down... Deep in the hole of GUILT. which he has digged...

There was a time... A time where shivaay locked up himself in room... Room of his apartment... Crying all the time... Bitter past was the only reason..
He used to punish himself by not eating anything for days and no one was even able to reach him... As his room was having just one way to enter... The DOOR.

"Shivaay" anika called out as he didn't replied to her. She picked up the remote and touched him with that...

He looked up sniffling... With bloof red eyes...

"I didn't trusted my F...a...m...ily.. Anika... I didn't... I lost themm..." he shutters as he goes back to the GUILT PHASE.

Another reason behind not telling his past to anyone was... His care for himself. As he was not alone... He had promised his besties... His lifes to never go back there, where the almost lost him. But today it was necessary...

He tried so much to not go in there... The guilt zone, while telling her... But not everything is possible for him... He went back there... Without his consent.

"S..Shivaay" anika stammered seeing him hitching for breathes...
She did noticed his face's color changing...

She jumped off the bed to grab him... Not caring about herself... She jumped off and grabbed him as he fell unconscious...

Layer of fresh tears formed in her eyes as she stared the pale face of shivaay...

"what happened to him?" he mind asked but she had no clue... She blinked her eyes to clear the view...
She let out a sob...

She touched him... She was holding him... She failed!!! Failed to control herself, from loving him.
Failed to hate him...

"J...E...S..." her words died in her mouth as he didn't woke even after splashing water...

She couldn't move him, due to her weakness... And gathered courage to call jessie...

"Jessie... Jes...Jess..Jesiie" she called rather shrieked.

Jessie came running and was shocked to see shivaay... She ran to her and helped her lay him on bed...

Anika herself got on other side and tapped his cheeks... Which were burning...

He too had fever when she got... her fever was cured by him, but his... He didn't cared and... She didn't knew...

"Call... Call... So..Someone" anika stutters stepping of the bed...

"Wait... Stay. I'll call. You're not fine." jessie said pulling her cell out...

"N..No. Water.. I mean water i need cold water with..." anika couldn't complete as jessie left nodding...

She moved back to his side and caressed his face...
Tears formed in her eyes and fell on his face...

"You are mad shivaay" she sobbed placing her forehead on his, from side...

Jessie came with water and anika moved back... Jessie didn't let her do as she herself was weak, her arms were paining, in fact her whole body. But she didn't cared and kept caressing his face...

"Do you know anything? why he fainted" anika asked looking at jessie...

"Hm... We know everything... We're here to take his care. So pari mam has told us everything..."

"What happened to him? What's wrong with him...?"

"Maybe... Another stress attack... Sometimes when he overthinks about his past, when his guilt... Surrounds him... When he don't find any way out from his past... He faints..."

"Is it dangerous?" her eyes fixed on shivaay's face and heart thumping hard... Anytime will jump out...

"Yes. Of course. It is. That's the reason all helped him to come out of it and never let him go there... Wherever he feels like... Like he's not able to breath... He usually calls the one near him and we give him his tablet... It's been long since he fainted, due to it." jessie completed and stood up..

"What should i do?" anika asked with her moist eyes

"Don't ask about his past from him. We can't afford losing our shivaay." a voice came from back and tuning behind anika found the same guy whom she saw when she got conscious...

jess left and rajeev entered...

"Do this favor... Don't force him to tell you his past. Sometimes the past which seems like nothing to others, is the nightmare of someone...." he spoke as he gazed shivaay "We love him... Love him so much and can't afford losing him, also." he sat on the couch...

Anika gulped hard hearing his words...

'He's too precious for everyone here...' she thought... 'As if, he's not equal precious for you?' her heart replied and she dropped her gaze on him again...

Her mind and heart doesn't fight much, as they both are right, mostly.

"I'll not ask him anything... But-" he interrupted "Ask us... We know everything... Each and everything just ask us..." he paused "Btw I'm rajeev... His friend... Best friend " rajeev introduced himself and she smiled faintly...

Doctor entered and rajeev moved aside... The same doctor which checked anika...

"Don't tell me you forgave him?" lady spoke as she gazed her hand on his face...

"No, i didn't..." anika spoke and then narrowly looks at lady...

"Did you forgive him for whatever he did with you?" lady asked leaning and anika got what she's talking...

"Of course not. I'll never..." anika glared the unconscious shivaay and it made rajeev chuckle little... But he manged to keep it to himself...

"She's adamant to not forgive him and even galring the unconscious bechara! but he... He had vowed to get back the trust and earn the apology..." he murmured

"Are you both mad? Have you both sworn that we'll not eat anything? C'mon... You're not Infants... That you'll not need things other milk! " lady shouted scaring both...

"MAKE HIM EAT SOMETHING. AS SOON AS HE GETS CONCIOUS, DID YOU GET THAT?" lady glared anika, rajeev... And the new entered jessie...

They all gulped and nodded... "And here..." she handed a file to anika...

"Here's his blood test report... Which he wanted... Give him his old medicines as he wakes..." lsdy left... And jessie moved to get his medicine box...

"Truth is in this blood report... Too.
You've answer of one of your un asked question..." rajeev spoke "I'll go and will meet soon... To tell you the past... But, please don't ask him... Hosky tou... Just tell him to not tell you and accept his conditions too..." he moved away leaving anika behind in bundle of thoughts...

She opened his reports and went through papers... Her eyes widens...

To Be Continued...

Precap: CONDITIONS!

Hey buddies Of my Cutiepie, annie... It's your part time author Sumi.

Here's your update. Sad to tell you that your author is a mad girl in real life, As you all wished her soon recovery but she's in no mood to get fine. Most likely You don't know her much, like i know. Otherwise you'd never wait for her recovery...
Trust me darlings, she's a mad girl. Who doesn't care for herslef... And you've your answer. She's not going to come for a week more i think. So bear me and keep loving me, till then..

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