"Let me speak!" - He resisted and took off the ventilation mask from his mouth, His eyes filled with tears, His hands were shaking but he desperately wanted to convey the thing which was in his heart for a long time, He couldn't able to speak aloud, over when he was able to speak, He was crying when he sensed his pulse going to down. He was going away from her, He didn't want to leave her, He didn't want to leave her alone, He knew, Other than him, She owns nothing, Not even a friend, She threw everyone and everything only for him, She was ready to accompany him when he lost every tie in his life, He thought she came to his life feeling it as a charity but he never speaks it aloud. Somewhere In his heart, He needs charity. But it wasn't charity but love, He understood it lately. 

"No, Please" - She cried holding his hand tightly, Tears in her eyes didn't take the name to stop as she felt her own life lying in the death bed looking at her with helpless eyes. She couldn't do anything to relieve him from the pain. Over her whole, She only loved him, Initially unknowingly but now, With all her heart. His tears, even more, make her weak, She held his hands tightly. 

"Now Or Never, Ani... Let me speak, Please" - He cried again looking at her eyes, She cried badly hearing those terrifying words from him, Her sobs weren't loud but it tore his heart for not noticing this beautiful soul in his life when he thought he was the king, She was just another woman for him, then. but when she comes to know about his condition, she was the only one to run to him and took care of him. Everyone expected something from him but the only thing she excepts was him to have a normal life like others. People live with aids for years, But depends on one's immune system and He has a very weak immune system from the birth, Which leads to this condition at his 33rd year. 

"Don't say like that, I can't take it shivaay... Please" - Ani cried on while keeping her head on his palms which held palms tightly. She couldn't able to see his face but can hear him, She knew he was nearing to the time, And she didn't want to see him like that at any cause. 

"I know, I never been a good husband, Not even a good human being, I know I clearly deserve this end, But I don't want to die... You know the reason?" - He said to her in his lowest tone which again gave her immense pain than she could imagine. 

"It has been 4 years since we are together, But I never told this thing to you, Even Now, I don't want to say, Because saying that at my last minutes will give you pain than happiness, You never could able to cherish the moments... But you will cry every time you think about this moment... For the first time, I have no idea what to do... Please help me..." - Shivaay said while holding her palms tightly, She wiped off her eyes in an instant and raised her head and face him. 

"Whatever you say, say with your killing smile, It won't make me cry every time, I recall... But make me blush, Do you want to see my pinky cheeks whenever I recall your smile..." - She said, He was stuck for a  while hearing her words, The intensity of the love, she has for him, will always have for him. The tears from his eyes stopped, Seeing him looking at her intensively, She stopped crying and looked into his eyes. 

Even though he had no energy to say anything, He tried to be normal for the person, He loves more than the universe, He smiled, His whitish teeth were visible along with a smile which trapped most of the girl's heart once. But now this smile, this heart only belongs to her, None else. She became numb seeing him. She was stuck. 

"Don't know whether life gives me a second chance or another life with you, If it does, I will carry you in my heart and gives you the whole world, Because now, not only you, Me, Shivaay Singh Oberoi gave my heart to you, I know you will never break but I promise, If fate gives me a second chance, I will cherish you for life Because..." - He stopped when he felt severe pain in his stomach but he didn't show it in his face. She stayed stuck, But that moment tattooing to her soul. 

"Because I love you and this love stays with you forever, Even I don't exist..." - That was his last words before closing his eyes and accepted the defeat in the battle of life, He was dead, But Souls are immortal. 

 She didn't cry but became stuck, She didn't leave the place even when the nurse asked her to fill the form to take his body back to their house. Her eyelids continuously gaze from his palms to his face which was smiling, Clearly he wasn't smiling, His lips were in the stretched state. 

Last rituals happened with the help of his old friends who did for a cause of sympathy. His parents visited her, but her parents didn't visit, She didn't shed a drop of tear after that, throughout his final journey. 

"I think you have to go back to your parents house, After all, they are your parents..." - His mom, Pinky said to anika before she left, but she least responded. All these incidents were witnessed by him, Throughout the whole journey, he was right next to her, Holding her palms, But nobody could see him, Neither his wife, Anika. After burying him in the coffin, She straightly went to her house, Her room. Her instinct just searched for him in the whole house. 

"Shivaay... Shivaay..." - She called him and searched for him in every nook and corner. 

"I am here, Ani... But... You can't see me..." - Shivaay cried following her to every room. 

"Shivaay... Are you there inside?" - She called him. 

"Ani... Calm down... Please..." - He cried following her. 

Her knees gave up, Her breathing started to hitch. But she didn't shed her tears, She passed out in the floor looking at his smiling portrait of him hanging in the wall. He sat next to her looking at her with teary eyes. 

"CRY OUT, Ani... Please, For me..."  - Shivaay asked her but nothing went inside her ears. Neither she could hear him or see him. But he could see her every suffering. She stayed in the same position for hours looking at his portrait without any emotions. She stayed with her, Sometimes stayed while hugging her, But she just couldn't feel him. After a few hours, Her friend, Kalpana came inside as the house was in the wide-open state. Shivaay stepped back. 

Kalpana couldn't hold back her tears when she saw her friend in that state, Hopelessly. She didn't find any tickets to Delhi so she couldn't able to attend his last rituals. She was one of her friend who was against her decision when she decided to marry him. But when she heard about his demise, She couldn't stop herself from reaching her friend. 

"Ani... Oh my god, Oh my god" - She exclaimed and took her to the washroom and cleaned herself. But anika didn't respond to anything. but Kalpana didn't loose her hope, Tried everything to cheer her up. Shivaay was there in her every moment. Shivaay thought time will change her but he was shocked when she slid her hand after 4 months when everyone including shivaay thought she became fine. 

Shivaay was in the hospital next to her, and hoping her should be fine, Over then, The door opened, It was not a doctor but someone else in a black blazer. 

"Hey, Shivaay... You're still here?" - He asked him. Shivaay understood who was him. 

"Who are you?" - Shivaay asked while holding Unconscious hand tightly. 

"Don't worry, I came for her, Not for you..." - He said and proceeded his way towards anika. 

"No... Please..." - Shivaay stopped him and hugged anika. 

"It was her own will... We respect the decision of the pure soul..." - That man said.

"No... I want her to live, Please go... Please..." - Shivaay pleaded him while hugging anika.

"But she decided..." - That man said. 

"No... She will live... I want a life for her, Please don't end..." - Shivaay cried.

"But To live her life, She needs you...Which is not possible, We both know that..." - He said.

"But, Please go... The pain will get subside, I will make her understand, She will live her life happily... Please... Go..." - Shivaay cried while hugging her. That man exhaled the deep breathe. 

"How will you do that? You are nothing but a soul..."- He asked. 

"But My Anika will not die... she has to live, She has to win..." - Shivaay cried. 

"Okay, Tell me... What you want?" - He asked.

"Please Leave..." - Shivaay asked. 

"I asked what do you want?" - He repeated. 

"A life for her..." - Shivaay replied after a long pause. 

"I repeat the question... What do you want?" - He asked again. He gathered up the meaning behind his words. 

"I want her to forget me, I want a perfect life for her, A good husband, A beautiful family, I want her to achieve all her dreams, I want a happily ever after for her... That's it...  Please" - He said while looking at her eyes. That man smiled. 

"You won the game even though you lost it... This is your present..." - That man snapped his fingers and a bright light hit his eyes. 

When he opened his eyes, He was completely into a new world, And the fan in his old room was stopped rotating and he was lying in his old room. He stood up, He was shocked to feel himself and another shocker, The date was 10th Feb 2007 went behind 14 years, When he was just 17. 

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