With fingers laced together and the foreheads almost touching each other, Annika had slightly jumped with the sensation on his hand on her waist. Their lips collided for the third time and Shivaay was taking his sweet time making Annika's skin burn. It had never felt this way, it was all very alluring to her. When Shivaay had gone hard to her face gently, she swore she saw stars, his blue eyes reminding her of the calm ocean. 

His midnight black hair was now covering his forehead all because of her, she was responsible for messing with his hair, it happened all in a blink of seconds. One moment they were in the coffee shop and the other in her room. Thankfully Gauri wasn't there to witness how wild they had been. 

Lying down on the sofa next to each other, they both released a sigh, Shivaay's half weight almost on Annika. Even Though they had just made out, it felt like it was enough for the day as Annika couldn't trust herself if they kissed one more time, it would lead to something else, something she had once dreamed of. 

"That's the reason I told you not to blush but you did, in the cafe and look where we ended" 

"Do I really like.....turn you on?" Annika asked in a low voice, afraid she might offend him in some way. Shivaay just laughed lightly at that question, how could a person look so cute while looking so innocent? It made him wonder what she would react to when he told her the number of times he had jerked off thinking about her. 

Shivaay pursed his lips, he shouldn't think stuff like this when she was right there, lying down next to him. Her face was flushed and she kept on snuggling under his arm more and more. "Hey, stop doing that or else I will fall down and I will take you down with me" Shivaay muttered to Annika but she paid no attention to him, rather she was enjoying pushing him bit by bit away as with her head. 

"Now it's my cue to leave"

"No, no, I am sorry" Annika raised her head from his shoulders, his threat scaring her. But when she saw Shivaay laughing loudly, she hit his arm, his laughter still booming in her ears. "You are really so annoying, stay away from me" Annika got up from the confined space on the sofa towards another sofa. With a mischievous smile on her face, she sat away from him. Shivaay who was now rolling his eyes, took a cautious step towards her. 

"You come closer and you won't be kissed for by me for a week. Now, decide" Shivaay mumbled incoherent words under his breath. What was this woman doing to him? He wanted to move and grab her while her threat surfaced through his mind. "Why are you doing this to me?"

"This is your punishment, now you shall suffer" Shivaay pouted at those words. He still moved ahead, not caring about her stupid threat because he knew for a fact that she would never be able to resist him. "Looks like you don't care about what I even say. Where is the Shivaay I knew at the starting of our dating phase?"

"I am right here, in front of you, all yours. It's just that, now I have found my woman" Annika couldn't help but smile at that. How was he so cute and at the same time so irritating? "Now let me come near you" Annika had wanted to turn her face away and show her fake anger but what was so special about this man that she couldn't even be angry at him even if she had wanted to. 

"What are you doing to me billuji?"

"How the heck do you know my pet name?"

"I have my ways honey" Annika winked at him. Soon Shivaay had grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up in his arms while twirling her around. Annika shrieked when he started to twirl her but soon she started to laugh. Her sweet voice sounded like a melody to his ears, she was so damn beautiful.

When the door to Annika's apartment opened both Shivaay and Annika widened their eyes whilst Annika jumped away from Shivaay, her cheeks reddening. "Gauri, hey wh - "

Annika trailed off, she couldn't have even believed what was happening in front of her if she hadn't seen it by her own eyes. 

Shivaay who had his eyes widened, saw Gauri and a guy kissing. The guy had long hair but Shivaay couldn't see him properly. "God. Gauri, hey, we are here" Annika steeped a bit closer to her to catch the smell of alcohol in the air. Gauri drank once a month and today Annika was guessing it was THE day. 

"Gauri - "

"Omkara?" Shivaay stumbled a bit on his feet to recognize the face that was kissing Gauri was his own brother, Omkara Singh Oberoi.

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Omkara was doomed after seeing that this brother had been there to witness him kissing a girl. A girl who Shivaay supposedly said was his girlfriend's roommate and her best friend. Could it get any worse, he thought. It was like relieving a Bollywood cliche movie where two brothers fall for the girls who are best friends or sisters. 

"Explain" Gauri had been awkwardly sitting next to Annika, giving a small smile to her every now and then. The first time she had decided to let loose resulted in her getting caught by Annika. If she would have known that Annika and Shivaay were home, she wouldn't have stepped inside. 

"So, I and Gauri, we - "

"Om, it's alright, I will explain," Gauri said, cutting him off. She took a deep breath and continued. "So, we met in a bar and restaurant a week ago, we exchanged numbers. We met each other again. I liked his company. We kissed in the elevator while coming here and I opened the door. Then we find you two here" Gauri said in a haste, missing all the details and giving the overview of the whole situation.

"She really liked one of my paintings that I had posted online. So, she wanted to buy it, we met at that bar and restaurant a week ago and that is when we exchanged numbers" Omkara clarified. For him, kissing Gauri felt like a wonderful feeling and a part of him wished that the two hadn't been there, or else he would have done the deed. 

Shivaay sighed out, it wasn't a big deal, was it? "Oh now we can go on double dates" Gauri's sober self spoke.  She wasn't completely drunk and if she would have been, the sight to watch would have been hilarious. Annika shook her head at Gauri's word. 

"When were you going to tell me about your 'girlfriend' ?" Omkara eyed him, if now that he wasn't hiding anything from Shivaay, he wasn't supposed to hide anything from him. "I was going to, trust me, it was just that, we both had been very busy lately. And Rudra knows" Shivaay said the last sentence slowly and when he saw Omkara's jaws dropping, he couldn't believe it.

"Rudra knows, but I don't. Wow" Omkara ran his fingers through his hair, glaring at his brother. Annika rubbed her forehead, looking down and not wanting to witness the brother's heated conversation. Gauri suddenly started to laugh, grabbing everyone's attention. "Don't you find this hilarious, two brothers hiding from each other that they like a girl who are roommates and best friends" Annika looked weirdly at Gauri, lightly hitting the back of her head. 

"So now that you already know, meet Annika, my girlfriend" Shivaay sighed out, pointing his hand towards her. And unknowingly, her heart fluttered, he had just introduced her as his girlfriend, how would she feel when he announced to the whole world, she thought. 

"And meet the person I am dating, Gauri" Omkara said with a large smile on his face. Gauri giggled, passing a smile to Shivaay while he nodded his head with a smile. "Do you know what your jerk brother did when he asked Annika for a date?" Omkara shook his head.

"He bailed on her"

"And I did come to apologize to her after two to three hours," Gauri grunted, rolling her eyes. Annika couldn't help but giggle. "What is so funny Annika? Tell me when wee goes outside, now " Shivaay smirked, his mind diverting to different scenarios of him making out with Annika.

"Omkara, we two will be outside, when you are done, we'll have a nice talk while going home" Shivaay grabbed Annika as he got up from his place and walked towards her. Omkara nodded, knowing what was talking about, brothers. 

"Your desperation is showing Shivaay '' Annika told, walking alongside with him in the corridor. Shivaay grinned from ear to ear, he turned around to face her. Walking in front of her with his face towards her. "Watch out, you might fall down"

"If it meant seeing you before falling, I would be happy to do so" Annika frowned, what was up with him today? And what had happened to the less romantic Shivaay she had known till now. "Is this one of your shade Mr Oberoi?"

"You are yet to discover my other shades Miss Mehra" Shivaay stopped in his tracks and so did Annika, watching him slowly as he came forward. His eyes fixed on her, tugging a hair strand of her's behind her ear. 

"Will you go to the ball with me?"

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Thoughts please. I hope you all are enjoying this and I am not boring you all :)