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I just love the above picture!!! How beautiful  and happy they look 😍 . I can sit and stare at them like for one whole day even . Shivika ❤❤❤❤😭😭😭

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Annika let a loud chuckle when he kicked the punctured tyre frustratedly. And immediately she had to cover up her smile and look away when he presented his fuming face to her . What else  can she do after finding his cute acts ! ?

Any little gesture of him can evoke a great impact in her .

Again he tried something else, but before he could hit the bonnet she held his hand halfway and insisted not to.

A- chod na !

S- not even a week since I serviced it , par

A- shivaay , even the world's top automobile engineer can't build a vehicle which can never get punctured . Flaws are natural.

As she completed shivaay lazily rolled his eyes anitclockwise . She has every way to interrupt and set up her type of dialogue into his .

S- fine ! Now what we do ?

A- God's grace , we aren't far from the bus stop . We shall take a bus , lock the car now

S- what ? No !

Before she could finish he shouted in horror as if he just awoke from a devastating nightmare and she stood pressing her folded arms with chest.

A- don't argue please , the auto stand is quite far and I have no energy to walk till there . Maan jao na ,

Sliding the handbag strap back which just fell off her shoulder, she squeezed her eyes for he still had the same grumpy face.

S - tuje pick karne ke liye aaya na mein , meri galthi hai !

A- haww! Teek hai , stand here till ever and I'm going.

Announcing it , she walked fast ahead and he let a deep sigh .

Ok , it's his first and last time .

S- anni ...! wait ,

Clicking the key lock , he called her from behind and sprinted fast upto her as she hardly slow downed even after listening to him but it would be a lie if said that she didn't smirk . When he finally landed beside her , she pretended to notice him through the corner of her eyes.

A- so deal ?

S- haan .

His face was drained of anything called peace as he really was very very sceptical on travelling in bus .

Crowd , loud noises , passengers seated as though they were some glue to be stuck with the other. Whoa , tragedy!

S- find a mechanic and come pick the car

He was talking to driver over the phone when he felt a tug on his wrist and before even he could contemplate anything , there , he was already running behind her. Thanks to the way she had caught him tight if not he would have slipped and fell already .

A- bus aa chukka hai ,

S- tho ?

A- arey, is the bus driver your great grandfather? He won't wait for anyone ,

S- great grandfather ! Seriously annika ?

This not so intended argument was going on when they were actually on the rush towards the bus . Totally juvenile kids they are .

Annika as a good girl guided him into the bus first then followed him back .

Shivaay was really slow in stepping up in as he wandered his eyes inside as if he was dropped into the next planet to survive today while annika had to push him slightly from behind as an impulse for him to move forward.

A- shit !

S- kya huwa ?

A- all because of you ,

S- arey , tell me what's it first?

A- if you had been a little quick I'd have got you that seat , see the tiny kid is more faster than you . Kaisa business man ho tum !

S- excuse me ?

What's the connection between business and this seat politics in bus ? He crooked his eyes towards her who was looking around to find a place for him.

She can't keep him stand throughout , poor man is already on his first time bus experience ever because of her, so it's her duty to look after him and take him home safely now .

Due to the sudden break , shivaay suddenly jerked to shake left and right but she soon supported his hand on the balance bar and insisted him to hold on tightly.

He nodded silently, like a kid would do to is mumma.

Then annika somehow convinced the boy there to offer his seat and sit on shivaay's lap in turn.

And shivaay just watched all this with a defeated face . If anything that bothered more than to carry the boy on his lap was the fact that she had actually referred him as uncle to the boy when she conversed to convince him.' Ye uncle yahan baitegi haan' . Didn't she find any other word ? He frowned .

Finally after fetching him a place there , she found an empty seat by the ladies side when a woman just got down by that stop . She sat there and looked the opposite side to check on him once .

Look at her cute Prince there .

Well , the tiny boy wasn't actually tiny rather a bubbly balloon and shivaay remained a statue with his thighs joined together on which the not so tiny kid sat.

Annika couldn't do anything but adore the way his face looked serious that moment. As though he was in some war,  with a sword in his hand.

He definitely wasn't comfortable which she grasped and mentally apologized for that  . Standing would be more annoying if the bus gets crowded so it's best to safeguard her Prince like this .

He looked at the kid who was now sipping his shake and enjoying the sight outside happily. Shivaay had no faith on the driver who rode the bus like how Rudy would do in his game . Fast and reckless . What if the boy spills the yellow shake on his pant ? He feared and kept a keen look on the kid thoroughly.

His line of concentration was broken when the conductor called for him .

S- ohh , yeah ,dho Oberoi mansion ,

Lending the clean new two thousand rupee note , he demanded ,only to witness the conductor cringe in confusion .

' kahan ?'

S- Oberoi mansion.

Shivaay raised his voice a little thinking that the man had some hearing problem while the conductor still had the same reaction.

' arey , stop name kya hai ? aur ye kya 2 hazaar de rahe ho . Change nahi hai mere paas'

S- what do you mean by stop name ? Oberoi mansion pata nahi ? And as a conductor, isn't it your responsibility to have change ?

Annika who heard the loud encounter sighed shaking her head and went near him at once .

A- shivaay , chup raho tum.

S- mein kyun ? this man doesn't even know where Oberoi Mansion is .

' Oberoi mansion koi Taj Mahal hai kya ?'

S- what !come again ?

A- ohh please shivaay , be quite now . I'll get the tickets.

She insisted him and bought the tickets while shivaay sat quiet being totally pissed of with everything.

Even now he can't believe that he's actually here , inside a bus , with a bubble boy on his lap , on top of that he has to take some taunts from this annoying conductor. Ok , today is not his day.

After sometime , he noticed the lady who was was sitting beside annika to have stood up for getting down. And without any further delay , he offered the boy his seat back and rushed to sit next to her.

If not anything , atleast some peace .

She smiled sensing him next to her but soon both heard a loud voice from the seat behind .

' hey ladka , yahan kyun aaya tum ? Ladies seat hai ye , koi jagah nahi hai tho teek hai par you were sitting there right ? Aajkal ke ladke aisehi hamesha '

A- aunty , pati hai mera .

The lady stopped her words when annika highlighted pressing her palm on his shoulder.

' ohh sorry '

Annika didn't want to blame anyone, the woman genuinely reacted to her side. But shivaay's face was worth watching when the lady scolded him. Poor guy, what all he has to go through ?!

Let the Lord be with him throughout this journey.

Soon he found that she was trying her best to suppress her laugh and in response he didn't get angry rather he gradually smiled too.

A- why is everyone so into scolding you today shivaay ?

Grinning till extreme , she somehow managed to ask when he just bent down and chuckled before looking at her again .

S- deko ! what all I have to go through for keeping up your wish .

She frowned a little when he said that .

A- my wish ?

S- come on annika , you seriously don't remember? A bus ride with me was your wish right ?!

At once her eyes popped out when she realized that it was only today morning she had spoken to him of that.

A- Wow! God actually fulfilled my wish already

S- a curse certainly , for me atleast.

He interrupted to correct her .

A- curse ya wish ! God only fulfills good one's claim. I'm the good one among both of us , and I have to admit that a bus ride with you is really funny man . Matlab , you seriously thought that they would drop you infront of OM ? Ohh sorry , I just forgot . The driver is your great grandfather na !

She laughed stating it and he pretended to not hear her .

But soon the legendary great grandfather pushed the brake all of a sudden for every passenger to oscillate from their positions like some dancing dolls.

Due to the sudden freaking jolt shivaay automatically pushed his hand to hold onto the seat handle infront but all he could feel was her wrist which he had actually held. She had certainly extended her arm in a jiffy, hiding the handle for him to seek balance on her wrist .

A- careful man , already your hand is wounded .

She alerted him and turned to enjoy the breeze by the window casually but he looked baffled . It was only when he noticed the totally rusted handle with sharp edges at it's side , he realized why she did that.

Well , still doing that .

Her arm didn't move from that place after that and everytime when the brake was applied , shivaay rocked front and back to finally hold her hand which she had exclusively lent for him .

Bus ride with her wasn't very bad . Admitted .

She was into her own world of exploring things through the window while he took a nice advantage to peep and just wander his eyes on her,inch by inch . Noting some tender details of this girl beside.

From dancing fringes to smudged liners to those peech pink lips which she kept wetting within every now and then . Everything was accounted by him.

He was entirely gaping at her but through the very corner of his eyes , he seeked all these details with a light grin on his face.

Yes , he has realized. He likes to notice her when she hardly knows of it .

Only when he'd want to ask the time to prolong it backfired and soon they arrived to their stop .

She got down first and looked upon to find him seeking her hand to step down. She chuckled, Prince is behaving a Princess today . As though the step is five feet above the ground , well , agree or not , shivaay is just a LKG in this bus topic.

She happily lent her hand which he caught carefully before hopping out.

He let a lava of sigh , out from that alien planet finally.

It was dinner time . Spectating her eyes around on not finding him there , she sat on the side chair with a plain reaction on her face . Just then she heard gauri speaking something to herself.

A- kya huwa gauri ?

G- kuch nahi bhabi ,vo actually pinky aunty is not feeling well so shivaay baiya has taken food to her room but he just forgot this sweet here. Ye pinky aunty ka favourite hai , koi nahi I'll go give it . Aap kaayiye mein aathi hoon.

A- arey gauri ruk , see Om's here too . Have dinner with him while I give this to shivaay. Come on , baito .

Taking the bowl from her , she pressed her shoulders so that gauri lands on the seat .

P- shivaay I'll eat by myself beta , go and have something first. You look so tired.

It was the nth time she's saying this , but her son didn't seem to be the obedient one today. He really was so worried after knowing that his mom is resting in her room , fighting her headache .

So here he is ,pestering to open her mouth for the next morsel . Annika watched all this standing by the door . She personally liked the way he behaved with his mother . The mighty business man to the world still looked a tiny little boy when with his mother .

Well , she couldn't clearly hear any of what they both spoke but witnessing his childish grin and her hands which tended to ruffle his hair within every few seconds said it all .

He's a Mumma's boy before anything , before being her Prince even and she was happy with the fact .

Remembering the reason for why she's here certainly , she peeped in slowly and knocked the door catching their attention.

Shivaay blinked with a smile and she made her way in .

A- urgh...this .

Annika lent the bowl to shivaay and noticed pinky's face which bloomed after seeing her favourite dish inside .

S- ohh yeah, I totally forgot this . Thank you .

When shivaay extended the spoon with some amount of the sweet , pinky happily accepted and relished it contentedly.

P- oh my mata ! Ye tho bahut achi hai !

Shivaay smiled and didn't delay to pick the next spoon of it after signalling annika to sit there on the bed which she did with a not so normal face . She hasn't got so close with pinky yet .

Annika just kept her eyes busy by looking around the room ,the fall ceiling and some pictures where she could find the kid version of her Prince in some.

A- Blimey ! you look a clown in this .

Pointing one frame which was kept on the table beside the bed , she expressed, and before even shivaay could oppose pinky reacted .

P- no way , Mera beta heera hai heera . Like a Prince !

That was a picture taken on the fancy dress day competition so obviously he had been dressed up with some weirdly fancy cloaks that day representing a king .

As soon as pinky completed keeping up to her defending statement , there was a good silence . None knew whether she refered him to a prince knowingly or unknowingly but she has already done it . Shivaay spared a glance on annika while feeding pinky to only find annika staring at him since long .

He couldn't ignore but contribute to share a sweet eyelock with her.

It was only when pinky coughed out suddenly , both reverted and shivaay soon fed her some water  .

P- bas shivaay , I'm full.

Then shivaay kept the plate beside and checked for the tablets inside the draw noticing which annika hurried to face pinky .

A- uhh , kya huwa aapko ? I mean , gauri said you aren't feeling well .

P- kuch bhi nahi ! Just headache,

Shrugging enough , she mentioned it and took the tablet which he passed.

A- by any chance , do you watch daily soaps ?

Raising her brows , she questioned looking at pinky in keen but it wasn't she who answered back.

S - yeah she does .

A- hogaya na stress ! I think you mustn't watch those stupid stuffs , maybe you can choose movi..nah , nowadays even movies are so boring you see . Hmmm... cartoons !

Both watched the way her eyes popped in exclamation when she said that .

P- hein?

A- I agree episodes would be very childish , but trust me , you'll enjoy watching those at the end of the day . No drama , no slow motion , nothing . Obviously no stress !

Shivaay was already smiling , noticing the weird looks his mother gave to annika .

P- you're coming to say that daily soaps are the reason for my headache ?

A- certainly , then ?do you have anything to worry of ? Uncle is fine , your son is doing great in his field and he just got married so you got the best girl ever as your daughter in law ,then what else ...

She stopped abruptly when her mind recollected her words . Shivaay looked so enjoying this moment, he just couldn't wipe that smug smile on his face while pinky raised her eyebrows listening to her last line.

With God's grace annika's mobile rang at the right moment .

A- uhh ...excuse me ,

She ran from there gripping the mobile tight .

P- ladki itni buri nahi hai par , she boasts much and yeah , talks so much.

S- I can't agree more.

Still looking by the door through which she disappeared, he replied to his mother and smiled wide .

A- mmmm...! Your hands are magic gauri , this sweet is delight !

She moaned sensing her taste buds dancing up on the tongue .

Rudra who was seated opposite to annika added .

R - indeed bhabi , I've left a holiday for my diet after eating this .

Pointing the plate , he expressed when annika nodded immediately and nudged gauri who was sitting beside her .

A- don't forget to insist me to buy you something in my next month's salary. Maybe , bangles for these magical hands !

Licking the spoon to grab even the little left out on it , she exclaimed while all the others except shivaay who silently ate beside Rudy ,started laughing.

A- kya ?? I'd like to laugh too , what's it ?

Peeping to look on Om ,Gauri and Rudy's face in keen she whined while all the time shivaay just concentrated on his plate and nothing else though he knew the reason for their laughter.

R- bhabi , bangles won't look good in a Male's hand .

He grinned again stating this for which shivaay passed a glare at him and annika looked baffled hearing it .

A- means , gauri didn't cook today . Is there a new cook appointed ? I didn't see him anywhere . It's ok , I'll get him something else , watch , ring , something. But I have to admit yaar , he has got some really superb spells in his hand ,  his wife must be so lucky . You know ? I always used to tell charu that I'd  keep cooking tests for the groom before selecting him kyunki muje kuch nahi pata haina !

She giggled completing her words and the trio again started laughing sheepishly . This time shivaay himslef was actually having a smirky grin which he totally hid by facing the plate and nothing else .

R/G/Om- oohhhooo!

They chorused in a tune and teased shivaay with their mischievous glances who perfectly ignored them.

Annika narrowed her eyes .

Om - annika , you want to meet the cook ?

Suppressing his smile he peeped ahead of gauri to see annika's face who in turn nodded excitedly.

Om- he's right here , infact sitting just opposite to you .

Annika's face boomed in shock hearing Om's statement.

A- don't tell me !, Rudy ?

R- arey mein nahi , my cooking talent would be still more better . If I'm not wrong , every grain of every dish you had today was prepared by our very own Master Chef Shivaay Singh Oberoi !!

He completed and pulled shivaay's hand up as tough he was some referee declaring the winner of the boxing match to only receive an immediate smack from shivaay. While by now , annika had already opened her mouth wide till extremes when she gazed at him in surprise.

' Prince is a Cook Singh Oberoi ? ! '

He then slowly looked at her after gripping out from Rudra's hold to find her staring at him with beaming eyes . She raised her eyebrows and nodded wanting his declaration for which he just pressed his lips to a line and shrugged lightly .

She remembered the way he acted of not knowing anything about cooking the other day when he helped her at kitchen.

He's definitely a secret sack !

Sensing her to be still staring at him he signalled her to finish her food first and only then she came out from her surprised land and resumed eating.

R- so bhabi, what award for baiya then? Watch ya ...bangle ?

He giggled much and immediately  felt  shivaay hitting right on his ear lobe with his finger nails .

S- bas , hogaya ! Chal ab , hold some calories.

R - arey haan , I've to workout fully tomorrow if I eat like this . Chaltha hoon mein ,

With a sad pout he left from there not before having one last mouth full of the sweet making everyone chuckle .

It was only shivika left there at the dine after sometime when even Om and gauri left.

S- looks like you really are the good one annika .

He broke the silence when she kept the glass back on the table after sipping some water .

A- hmm ?

Wiping his hand with a tissue , he quietly stood up and came around the table to stand near her .

And before even she could react to anything , she found him bending close just infront to her face . She pressed her lips and gulped .

S- you told me that god only fulfils good one's wish . You realize? He is really fulfilling all your wishes .

She almost closed her eyes when he brought his hand close to her face after muttering this . Feeling his palm cupping her chin , she slowly gazed up to find him staring at her lips keenly. She already crushed her kurthi within her fist and blinked hard , he is definitely going to give her a stroke .

He moved his thumb close to her lips and gently wiped the drop of water which slid down from the corner while she forgot to even breathe that second on feeling his mere touch there ,  on her lips .

Only when she knew that he was no more touching her face , she grabbed the courage to meet his eyes .

She just realized that he was certainly  caging her , like , his one hand on the table and the other gripped the chair on which she was seated now. A gate , he looked .

His intense gaze was really driving her crazy that she was forgetting to even take blinks within good intervals .

S - did I really look a clown in that picture ?

That husky tone of him is the death of her , she gulped deep and looked at him innocently.

A- uhh , ...no . You looked like...what , what your mom said .

She stammered to meet his strong gaze and frame a good sentence while he had a small grin on his face hearing that .

S- like a Prince ?

That's it , she could no longer act normal after witnessing the way his captivating eyes expressed things this moment . She turned away slightly and picked the glass to empty the remaining water .

Noticing her mushy behaviour , he smirked and walked from there . And she just palmed her face with one hand and smiled like insane , why does he affect her so much ?!

Still having the same blushing face,  she casually traced the table to pick her plate but it wasn't there now . How come? It was just here before few seconds.

She bit her lips and smiled guessing that,  maybe he had taken it along his .

The next day ,

Adi looked around the canteen  , and soon sprinted towards her table   with a happy face .

Ad- hey charu ! Uff, what yaar ? It's already  lunch time but your still sitting with the laptop ?

C- who asked you to sit here ?

She asked passing a scowled look which he just didn't care of .

Ad - vaise,  this bracelet is so beautiful!

He spoke looking at the jewel wounded around her wrist and she rolled her eyes . She was certainly insulting him but he was reacting like a deaf .

C- it was a birthday gift , I think shushmi gave it .

She replied and looked at the screen, missing the smirk which evolved on his face .

Well , it's the bracelet which he gifted her . Thank god she mixed up everything and now she hardly knows what each one had gifted. Some wrappers had labels but Adi being the smart one didn't paste one on his gift. Charu too wasn't very naive , she did remember the colour of the wrapper which he gave ,but since there were two three gifts wrapped with the similar looking sheets , she missed out . But still, she thinks that the gift which he gave is  lying there at home  unopened. Poor she .

And suddenly both heard a voice from somewhere.

' Adi ...! '

She looked up to find his colleague calling him to the other table which even he noticed .

C-  so what I heard is true then . You've got more followers  in your department within just few days , especially girls I suppose.  See , your heroine is calling you , ja jaa.

Still looking at the laptop screen ,she stated with a stern face watching which he grinned wide .

Ad- aww charu! jalan mat ho tum , there might be any number of heroines but I have only , one Juliet,  one Laila , one ...Charu in my life .

She rolled her eyes and turned away listening his dreamy tone .

C- jalan my foot ! Run from here before I slap you,

Her daring eyes just made him grin more longer which irritated her.

Ad - you still are the same cutest charu with whom I grew up  . Ok then, bye and don't forget to miss me !

Muttering this , he quickly left from there not before waving his hand while she shook her head and took one bite of the burger frustratedly.
Her chain of thoughts were halted when her mobile rang .

C- hello...kya ? !! ...mein , I'll be there soon .

She hung up and immediately called for shivaay .

S - hey charu ,

C- shivaay ,  are you free now ?

S- what happened charu? You're ok ?

C- shivaay , I just got a call from annika's hospital. They , they said that she has fainted suddenly . I'm going there , so if you would want to come ...?

She was baffled on not hearing his reply ,

C- shivaay ? Shivaay are you there ?

S- haa , kya , what... happ...ened to her ? 

C- pata nahi ,

S- mein abi aaraha hoon .

You play the lead role in the movie called 'My Life' 💘

Precap

A- arey  , it's just a normal problem. You're reacting as though I've been diagnosed with  some deadly disease like Cancer and AIDS.

S- chup raho tum ! Mad woman .

She frowned at his angry tone.

Chapter dedicated to Annanyaabitha   DiwakarMisra    _viji_16  Avi999   ❤

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