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S - annika enough now , this is too much !

A- arey please , some more time .

She whined closing her eyes and crawled on the bed to comfort herself . Shivaay shook his head in disbelief.

S- you've been asleep since afternoon , and it's already 6 annika . Come here , help me find the sanction bills. Red file hai , tumahri iss pile of dresses na muje ...I'm going mad here!

He held his head and expressed how stressful the task was while she sat up rubbing her eyes in frustration.

A- no freedom at all , insaan so bi nahi sakthi hai? Independent india hai ye shivaay.

S- as if you stood beside Gandhi and Nehru , holding flags . Ut gayi tho aa bi jao yahaan.

Murmuring the first sentence in a low tone , he increased the volume for next set of words .

She dragged herself lazily till him and stood almost leaning on him. Coiling her arms around his elbow, she pressed her head on his left arm and yawned big .

Shivaay knew at once , she's not gonna be of any help here today .

S- wah , I called you to help me annika , I find you rather making spaces to sleep on me itself.

A- kya hai ! File , file haina ?

He nodded when she enquired strictly , and her next act made him go insane . She pulled out all the clothes down from the wardrobe within seconds as if she was some JCB digging and dropping everything out. Such a mess it was right now .

S- I should've never waked you up .

He tried to hold her from behind,his eyes rolled around in horror.

A- I'm gonna get your file !

S - it's ok annika, I'll take it from here haan .

A-shh !

She ordered him to keep numb and started clearing everything off the shelves, here shivaay had already started shedding blood tears watching her do this .

A- found it !! red file is here , kuch doondna hai tho aise doondna hai.

Passing the file to him , she made her statement clear . Shivaay scowled hard at her.

S- kaise by bringing earthquake to cupboards ? God !

A- goodnight shivaay .

He caught her from behind immediately before she could run back to the bed .

S- no way , you are arranging it today .

A- shivaay !!

S- annika zyada nahi tho teek hai par ,today you've brought the whole cupboard down .

A- weren't you desperate for the file ?

She complained while trying to get rid of his hold .

S- but I didn't ask for a nightmare annika .

A- shivaay please .

S- teek hai , half half.

A- done ,you fold my clothes and I'll do yours . Ok ?

She turned back at him with a clear smile and shivaay just stood there showing her his narrowed eyes .

S- kaise kaise ,sarees ranging upto km length , kurtis, leggings, jean sab mere liye...and sirf shirts for you ?

A- wow , you sound like me !

She giggled stating this .

S- you can't distract me baby .

A- sirf shirts matlab , as if you wear nothing else . What about those three piece suits you carry haan ? You know uske vo hotha haina , that sleeve coat , even folding a blouse is more easy than doing that.

S- then you want me to roam around wearing only shorts at office ,is folding that easy for you my highness ?

A- you completely sound like me now ! Shivaay when did you become like this man?

She laughed palming her mouth and shivaay kept shaking his head continuously,breathing out deep sighs in between .

S- I didn't realize

A-aww so sweet , itne sweet ho tho you can definitely do it for me right ?

S- do what ?

He stared at her suspiciously as if he had already guessed it. Annika slowly raised her hand to point her finger against the wardrobe .

A- sab .

S- no way .

He shook his head right away and blinked hard for a second, by then she was already out of his sight .

S- annika !

A- I'll sleep at aunty's room .

S- annika

Before she could rush out, he worked fast and locked the door . Annika didn't mind though , immediately she ran across the room to the pool side .

A- OM has many doors shivaay .

He chased her behind .

S- I'm not leaving you today. Laziness ko bi koi hadh hothi hai ani

Shivaay stopped saying anything when she suddenly slipped and fell inside the pool .

A- ahh ! Shivaay help !

He just stood there and watched while she seemed frustrated much .

A- shivaay !

There was a mild grin on his face throughout .

S- it's not some 100 ft well annika , come on try it out .

At once she turned towards him and flipped her wet hair the other side which was blocking her view all the while .

A- creepy prince.

Muttering these words with much of rage , she helped dragging herself out . And when she was about to climb by the steel ladder there , she was annoyed seeing him preparing himself to take a seat on one of those foot slabes .

A- shivaay!

He cringed before smiling when he heard her squeal like that . Annika realized he was doing all this deliberately, already this complete wet self was so irritating and now his play was getting on her nerves better . A nice nap is what she was enjoying before few minutes and now , suddenly this unplanned bath , it ruined her mind enough .

She decided to ignore .

Shivaay immediately stiffened his legs and put them around her waist to have her captured while she tried to move away . Annika scowled at him hard and kept her try going on. She put effort in pulling his legs off her but nothing helped, her husband was much more strong than she thought . And he on the other side , was enjoying all this .

A- shivaay , enough haan. You already spoiled my sleep. Leave me now .

S- kya karoon ani , I was never like this , I don't interfere in other's job but in your case ...I like annoying you dear .

As he spoke giving a light dash on her forehead with his's , annika frowned still trying to push him away .

S- don't

He suddenly whispered holding her hands with which she was pushing him .His legs positioned themselves to stiffen once again for she was being pushed infront to seek him . The wet collection of hair seemed to cover most of her face which he didn't approve . Shivaay inched closer to help her .

Annika almost stopped breathing when he started the procedure with his lips . He kissed moving away the hair strands with his fingers , the process was continuous throughout . Like he was tracing his lips everywhere on her face , annika couldn't hold at all . If not for his legs around her , which supported , she would've already drowned inside the water because of this man's sensually sweet tortures.

She could literally feel his lips leaving back some warmth even on her so wet skin . There was no realization from her side ,but she had already kept her eyes closed , and even grabbed his collars to have a grip of something for now . Shivaay kissed her chin and let his lips linger on there for a while , she didn't let him though . Soon there was a light movement where she had subconsciously arched her neck sideways , giving him other ideas.

He stopped seeing her tight fists crushing the hell out of his shirt . Eyes tightly closed lips wavering continuously, chest making uneven breathing movements , damn nervous she looked .

Soon she opened her eyes on feeling a free self , he smiled at her while she was looking around herself .

S- it's ok , you can speak you know if you're not ready .

She shook her head .

A- not that , I get panicked suddenly I don't know why . Bachi jaisi behave kar rahi hoon na

Annika chuckled completing her words , he disagreed immediately .

S- no , you have to respect your feelings. Annika rishte emotions se sharir tak aane mei time laktha hai and especially you , my wife are very much sensitive . So I respect that , and we will take this together ,hmm?

She smiled when he completed and pressed a soft kiss on her palm .

A- I love you shivaay .

Annika couldn't stop smiling as she reminisced the look on his face then, how his blue orbs were pouring out love . One of a kind he is , both knew they love each other but still he wanted to give her some space knowing of the intimate sensitivity an individual might hesitate to overcome first .

He understood her so well then , she could only use past tense because the current condition was different . He didn't choose to understand her this time , annika felt disheartened . Her smile deviated back and her eyes started tearing up out of a sudden when she realized he hadn't even called since that day . Two days it has been since they fought .

Happy anniversary didn't turn out really happy for them .She hated this to continue and decided to step down first. Because she knew, anger and ego is just temporary . Who knows he might even forget everything and embrace her tightly if she just appears infront . So it's always not much wrong in making the first move.

Because whatever happens, at last , he alone matters.

She decided to go to him .

Gauri was playing with Aaryan in the living room , that's when she noticed something. Shakthi seemed disturbed , tensed . He was continuously checking his mobile and looked worried . She decided to enquire .

G- are you ok uncle ?

Sh- hmm ? Yes , yeah I'm alright. Just something about work , nothing serious .

G - ok ...aaru , aaru wait

The child started patting her cheeks suddenly while she was talking to Shakthi . He seemed excited , happy .

G - kya hai aaru ?

She held his finger back from poking her face and turned to look at the doorway where his sight remained fixed . That's when annika came in .

G - oh tho baath ye hai ! Ani maa is the reason behind your bumping jumping haan?

She sang the words while juggling him in her arms.

A- come here come here come here ! ani maa ka bubble boy !!

He threw his arms in air for her as soon as she approached him .

G - miss kiya hai ani maa ko ?

There was no response , he started fidgeting with the sequence work embossed on her kurthi, annika chuckled seeing that .

A- not me but missed playing with these buttons and sequences , haina baby !

He wasn't distracted rather very much immersed in the process of taking one more stone from the fabric for his collections . Then she saw shakthi there.

A- hi uncle , kaise hai aap?

Sh - I'm good , sorry beta I couldn't attend Charu's wedding .

A- it's ok uncle , aunty said you had some important work at Delhi. Is it done , everything good ?

Sh - yeah .

He nodded slowly , and she acknowledged it before leaving to her room . Gauri followed her behind .

Annika was soon bewildered on finding the room empty , he was seen nowhere . She giggled shaking her head when aaryan played with her earing. Gauri found her staring at the room keenly .

G- what happened bhabi ?

A- hmm , kuch nahi . Has he gone somewhere, shivaay ?

Gauri took a minute to just stare at her quietly before coming up with the reply .

G - baiya went to goa with pinky aunty , 2 days back . Bhabi...kuch huwa hai , is everything ok ?

Annika didn't really expect this to happen , she was certainly shocked . Did he just leave suddenly without even letting her know ?

A- uhh no sorry now I remember, he was saying he had some work there during the wedding itself , yeah ...teek hai gauri mei chalthi hoon phir .

G - I thought you came back home.

A- I left a report here tho lena aaya tha mein , few more days gauri ...hmm few more days aaru till then be a good boy and listen to your mom!

She pretended to be normal and started playing with aaryan .

G- fine , but not so soon bhabi , we'll have lunch together .

A- nahi gauri , mein

G - please bhabi , just 5 minutes haan . I'll be back .

Gauri didn't wait for her reply and rushed out from there immediately . Annika sat on the couch with aaryan on her lap , a huge sigh escaped her lips as she kept staring at the photo frame carrying Shivaay's picture .

She didn't have patience at all , she dialled for him immediately.

Call went unanswered , three times. She threw the mobile on the bed in frustration after hearing the complete ring .

Aaryan looked up at her on feeling a sudden droplet falling on his head out of nowhere . She had this lone tear going. He shouldn't have left like this , has he become so angry that he just left without even trying to contact her once after the quarrel . Fight is different but ignoring, it's worse . Has he started hating her now , she was scared .

Her mind was corrupted with negative thoughts and fear . She thought she can speak and sort out things but his sudden disappearance broke her confidence terribly .

Shivaay smiled shaking his head when oreo came rushing towards him while he entered in through the doorway .

P- he's been waiting for someone .

He let a nod and knelt down before oreo .

S- he agreed to come out of some confidence when I called ,but now seems like he misses her . She's not here oreo .

Oreo started barking while he slowly caressed his head , pinky clearly noticed Shivaay's dull reaction .

P - she hasn't call you yet ?

He shook his head slowly and soon realized that his phone is missing.

S- I think I left it back at the site . I'll go get it .

P- shivaay wait, just now you came back , ruk. Ask someone else to bring it .

S- what if she calls ?

P- if you're so eager , here speak to her .

She dialled for annika and passed her mobile to him .

S- mom , mom wait .

He could've hung up if he wanted ,but he somewhere approved and waited for a response from the other side .

A- haan vo rasam ke liye dono ghar aarahey hai kal .

G - you know bhabi, aapka jiju Adi...he is my cousin, I mean we're distant relatives but still kitna small world haina ?

A- agreed 100 % . Small is not the word but , ham kuch mini micro aise kuch sochthey hain , matlab aise hi ho raha haina .

Gauri chuckled hearing that and checked on aaryan once . He seemed keenly immersed with something on the phone, annika had played some cartoon videos for him . So he was busy with it . The other two chatted about random things while they ate .

Since the mobile was kept in silent , they both couldn't hear the call . And aaryan, the never-to-be-distracted , kept swiping the red circle as many times he noticed the disturbing thing coming up on the screen , blocking the face of the cartoon man . First he didn't know , so he randomly poked over the red one , and when it worked , he started remembering.

He gritted his teeth and threw the phone , it broke . Pinky smacked his head immediately and ran to collect the pieces.

P- pagal hai tu !

S- kaat diya , 4 times mom .

P - tho ? Kuch kaam mei hogi .

S- I don't think so , see mom , I listened to you and I am trying to wait, to be calm and understand her but if she starts playing tough then ...pata nahi mein kya karoonga .

He stomped hard on the ground and walked straight into the room. Pinky watched his retreating figure and sighed helplessly .

Times heals they say , but the truth is, time speaks 💘

Precap

Annika feels guilty.

Shivika patchup?

How was it?

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