"What do you mean by this?", Shivaay asked

"I mean all brothers know how to ignore someone and how to show attitude", Anika replied giving him the reason why she said it. Shivaay remembered the past few days when he was ignoring her.

"Yes Anika and they always tease me", Priyanka said with a pout

"Same", Anika said

"One second. When I showed attitude?", Shivaay Asked as he never showed her attitude. Yes, he ignored her but never showed her attitude so this point looked like a lie to him.

"You always do", Anika said and twisted her lips

"Haha I am taking it as a joke ", Shivaay said acting dramatically. Anika giggled and turned toward Priyanka

"Why they are ignoring you?", Anika asked

"Because they asked me to meet them at the mall a few days ago and I forgot. Then when they called me I didn't pick up their call", Priyanka told

"Then it is your...", Shivaay said but Anika interrupted him in middle

"What your? They should understand her", Anika said

"Everyone is not the same", Shivaay said

"Aare bhaiya this is not a serious fight why are you guys taking it seriously? Give me your phone I want to talk with them", Priyanka said. Shivaay gave his phone to her after opening the dialler.

"They challenged me to force them to talk with me and blocked my number", Priyanka told the exact reason and challenge. Shivaay understood why she is that desperate to talk with his brothers.

"Haha ok call them", Shivaay laughed as he know Omru can never win over Priyanka. If they are smart then she is their boss.

"Say hello ", Priyanka said after dialling her number. After that Priyanka left there and slept
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Next morning

"Don't get up. Check your fever first", Anika said when she found him getting up. She is already awake for the past hour and was waiting for him to wake up.

"It's fine", Shivaay said in a sleepy voice. Anika didn't hear him and gave him a thermometer. Shivaay sighed in defeat and checked his temperature.

"99° is still there. Can you stay here today and take a rest?", Anika asked while caressing her hand on his back softly

"No I want to go back ", Shivaay said to which Anika nodded. They had their breakfast with family and Anika gave him medicines before starting their journey. When they came back, they saw Janvi, Tej and dadi all sitting together in the hall.

"Namastey badi ma bade papa ", both said and touched their feet.

"God bless you both. Stay happy like this ", blessed Janvi. Tej touched their head with his both hands. Shivaay and Anika moved toward dadi

"Namastey dadi Ji", they said and touched her feet together

"God bless you both. I feel so happy to see you both happy with each other ",dadi said with a genuine smile. She feels so happy to find Shivaay happy, this is what she expected from Anika and dreamt for Shivaay which is now fulfilled. They were going back to their room when Tej called Shivaay and asked him to meet him in his room. Anika stopped as well and decided to check if the conversation is related to her or not so when Shivaay and Tej left, she followed them after a minute.

"Shivaay first of all ask your wife to behave with me. I didn't tell her behaviour to maa and Janvi but I will not tolerate it as well. She should not forget respect and how a newly wedded wife behaves. She behaved like it was her house ", Tej told Shivaay

"I'm sorry bade papa she will not repeat it", Shivaay apologized. He knew already that he will talk regarding this so he was mentally ready.

"She should not otherwise I will forget patience. Don't know what her parents told her ", Tej said

"She is an orphan", Shivaay said, he felt anger rushing through his veins with the way Tej talked about her but just because of his respect towards Tej, he gave a normal reply by controlling his anger.

"Ohh you both have a similarity ", Tej said

"Can we talk about something else? Because I don't want to talk on this topic. She already told me regarding that conversation", Shivaay said after raising his voice a little. Hearing his voice Tej got a hint that Shivaay is angry so they started to talk about Tej's business trip. Tej thought Anika will hide this thing from Shivaay which he can use to show him down but Anika proved him wrong.
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"Shivaay ", Anika called his name when he came back after sometime

"Yes? Wait for a minute I will take a rest ", Shivaay said thinking that Anika is going to ask him to take a rest so he replied in advance.

"How are you patient Shivaay? I'm sorry because of me you apologized", Anika and apologized looking down. She is feeling shame that he controlled his anger and didn't reply whereas she made a wrong impression in front of Tej.

"It depends upon nature Anika. Don't worry ", Shivaay said with a smile and sat beside her

"Ok wait for me till I apologise as well ", Anika said and stand up to go but he stopped her and stand near her.

"Don't go. Finish that matter ", he said Anika said "ok" and cupped his cheeks in her hands and moved towards his face, when their faces were inches away Shivaay closed his eyes due to proximity. He got the hint of what was coming next and held her waist. Anika smiled at his gesture and pulled him in for a kiss.

Shivaay pulled Anika close leaving no space for air to pass through them, when Anika stepped back due to loss of breath Shivaay joined their forehead together

"Wow this is unexpected for the 1st time you initiated a kiss", Shivaay said happily

"Yes because I love you and you wanted to ask me what I feel so I gave you a live example. I feel the same as you feel", Anika said

"Can I get one more", Shivaay asked huskily to which Anika nodded and kissed him again completing his wish with love.

"Why this beautiful gift by the way?", Shivaay asked then they felt their breaths normal

"Because you are very nice and take it as your karvachauth gift. I love you Shivaay. I wish you stay like you are", Anika said

"I will ", Shivaay replied

"Sometimes situations can make a happy person dull as well", Anika said and played with his collars

"Happy person will always stay happy even if he is sad inside. He will never show this to anyone Anika. I mean if you ask about me then yes I feel sad and hurt many times but I never let anyone guess what is going on inside my heart. I don't want to destroy someone's mood because of my problems. You will find me the same daily, even if my mood is worst because I know how to hide emotions ", Shivaay said.

" But I am not anyone so always talk with me if you are sad. I will always find a solution or I have one trick ", Anika said

"Which trick?", Shivaay asked

"I will ask you to count numbers in backward form like 10, 9,8...", Anika replied

"What if this didn't work?", he asked further and traced his finger on her waist. Anika shivered feeling his touch which gave her goosebumps and took some time to control her raging heartbeat before replying

"Then try the same with alphabets like z,y,x,w,v,u..", Anika said

(A/N. Try this one this actually works and in the end, you will start laughing. I and my friend have already tried. The idea was suggested by our soft skill teacher 😆)

"What if even this trick didn't work in front of me?", Shivaay asked as he is having something going in his mind that Anika can never guess

"Then...", Anika started to think about the trick when Shivaay started to move without breaking their hug, Anika started to move backwards balancing themselves and stopped when her back hit the wall.

"Then I have one trick which you can use", Shivaay said in a husky voice and removed his hands from her waist. Anika felt like he snatched warmth from her. Shivaay held both of her hands and placed them on the wall.

"What is going on in your mind?", Anika asked confused by his actions

"Showing you the trick which you can use to light my mood up", Shivaay said and decreased the distance between themselves. Anika looked aside with her eyes closed tightly, her heartbeat started to increase as well as her breath.

"T...this is called seducing", Anika said. Shivaay held both of her hands with his right hand and used his left hand to turn her face towards him. He smiled noticing her red cheeks, he always feel happy to see her blush.

"You can", he whispered near her ears. Anika looked toward him, she found his eyes filled with desires, she always sees this and finds desperation in his eyes. Anika blushed more and passed a smile towards him.

"Even you can. You have all rights and I believe you the most. Thank you for waiting and giving me time. If someone else was in your place then I think he would have....", Anika said but Shivaay interrupted her in middle

"Don't think about it. I gave you time because this marriage was not a love marriage and you needed time to trust a stranger so I can understand. Even now there is no need to hurry ", Shivaay reasoned

"I am not hurrying. At that time I was scared after hearing from people that it is painful. But now I think that I should forget this because your love is special to me", Anika told

"I can't say anything because I don't want to hurt you. I am happy with these moments as well ", Shivaay said and kissed her forehead. Anika wanted to touch his face but her hands are caged so she can't do anything. Shivaay moved his left hand on her hair softly and set her hair with his hand. Anika smiled feeling his love from his actions. She knows he still finds difficulty in confessing his love but his actions prove his feelings.

She doesn't need his confession because without the use of those words he always makes her feel loved. I love you word is common these days but she felt its real meaning after meeting him and falling for him.

"I am saying yes so you should use it as a chance ", Anika said to which he shooked his head

"First confirm me that you are ready ", Shivaay asked. Anika removed her hands from his loose hold and pulled his cheeks. She found him cute when he asked her to prove it, she don't have any idea how to make him believe.

"I am", Anika replied and kissed his cheeks. Shivaay smiled and hugged her tightly as he was waiting for her approval. He never thought like this for anyone in his life, he never felt like kissing anyone. Instead, he used to find these things weird but with time he doesn't remember when he started to crave her.

His heart accepted her completely, he forgot that he is the same guy who used to hate the word marriage. Now whenever he hears the word marriage, he thinks about the word beautiful. Slowly they bid bye to their clothes and became one in every sense. Today they stepped forward in their relationship making it strong.
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In this part, they kissed and became one as well ❤️. I tried giving much detail as it was possible for me. Baki you guys can imagine yourself. Mujhse jitna hona tha mene likh dia

Trip delayed because you asked for their romance. Hope you all are happy now🥰

Sorry again for the inconvenience that happened yesterday.