a/n : The banner credit goes to payal di aka rainbowwveins, loved this one.

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[ Chapter two • capture my heart ]

Pacing to and fro in her hall, she fiddled with her fingers, she was nervous for all she was going to do, her heart squeezed the second with the thought of her and Shivaay acting a couple or as girlfriend and boyfriend, never she was loved in her whole lifetime but shivaay made her feel so much secure and loved, that she was all ready to give herself to him. He made her feel thousands of feelings which were unknown to Annika till now, standing at this point of stage, she did want things to happen, she had those hopes in her that made her believe in love!

Sitting down beside her packed luggage, her house was empty, sahil being off for a trip for more than three weeks, made the things go smoothly, if her brother would have been here, he would have never allowed his Annika Didi to go with SSO, as he addressed him this way.

'Will he come or has he changed his mind, what if he leaves the same way like everyone did, what if he realised that I am not the right person, what if' Her brain stopped as she heard a long knock on the door, her irrelevant thoughts were all vanished as she knew he was the one on the door.

Opening the door to find him standing on there and checking his mails, he had his sunglasses on, his black tee and grey pant made her drool over him, "If you are done checking me out, Let's move" taking his glares out, he showed his bluish-grey eyes and she looked away shy-ly. "Billuji, I was not checking you out" folding her arms near to her chest, she gave him a sharp look.

"Don't lie Miss Annika'' He entered his house, as if it was his own, Annika narrowed her eyes at his attitude, Shivaay looked at the heavy bag in front of him, Annika walked steadily towards him and stood beside him.

"Annika if you don't know, I am Shivaay Singh Oberoi" He spoke in a tone making Annika wonder what he was trying to indicate. "Thank you billuji, for letting me know your name" She smiled cheekily, shivaay groaned in frustration and face palmed himself, "I was saying that because of your not so heavy suitcase! For your information, I have already arranged some dresses there for you" annika's lips turned into a 'o' shape.

"Remove some clothes out, It will be fine if you remove all, you can survive in my shirts, you know" His dirty mind was all set to do things to her, Annika turned her face to the other and went away blushing with her suitcase.

Loading her not so heavy bag in the back seat, like a gentleman, he opened her side of the door, they both smiled and he got onto the driver seat. Shivaay watched Annika from the corner of his eyes, he could see her nervousness as she fidgeted with her phone, knowingly or unknowingly, he placed his hand on her's, she looked to find Shivaay smiling at her.

"Don't worry, we will figure everything out" Shivaay continued focusing on driving with his one on steering wheel, "You know I thought, you won't" She stopped as interrupted in middle, "Show up" he completed and she nodded in a 'yes'

"I won't ever do that, I never run away from anything, neither from you and nor from my feelings, I believe there is a beautiful end waiting for us" Shivaay acted as a relief to her over flooding thoughts, the Shivaay that was sitting next to her was not the one she knew, he was much better than before.

"So where are we going?" She asked curiously and he chuckled at her swinging mood, "We are going towards my farmhouse which lies in the outskirts of Mumbai" he pressed his lips together and she just hummed in response, continuing driving, annika didn't know what to ask farther hence decided to keep quiet.

She slept leaning across the car's window being bored, no wonder she was kumb-karan for sure, Shivaay drived for more thirty minutes, finally reaching to where they wanted to, the place where they were going to stay for some time and spend their 'precious time'. He admired her as she slept with her jaw dropped a little, her hair disheveled and he was all staring at her beautiful face.

"Annika get up, we are here" he shaked her a little by arm but the kumb-karan was all into her deep slumber, "Get up Pannika'' he shouted and she waked up in a second, looking here and there, she breathed hardly, "Billuji, this is how you wake up a person?" She asked with her one brow up and he shakes his head.

"This is the only way to wake up kumb-karans" he answered sarcastically making Annika roll her eyes, "Whatever" being irritated, she got down from the car without telling him up anything, stretching herself from tiredness, she looked at the beautiful house she was standing in front of.

"Do you like it?" he snaked his hands from behind, she gasped at his action, everything seemed new to her, their intimate positions, their usual talks with no attitude and ego at all, they were just Shivaay and Annika. Annika slightly blushed and looked at his hand dangerously down, his breath creating havoc in her senses and she was all ready to do something else!

"I love it billuji" He frowned at the word 'billuji' and took his hands back and stood beside her with crossed arms.

"I am not 'billuji'" He pouted as a kid and she in return pulled his cheeks, "You are so cute billuji" and yet again she irritated him, she was just making him lose his patience each second.

"If you won't stop calling me billuji, I will do something which you may regret afterwards " A smirk played on his lips and she gulped down, realising what he meant.

"Come, let's go inside" She grabbed him inside with her and he opened the front door, Annika's mouth dropped to the floor looking at the heavy interior design inside, Shivaay closed her open mouth and she composed herself. Looking around for a while she saw a staircase leading to somewhere upstairs.

"What's up there?" Pointing towards the above the floor, shivaay came forward and led her towards the staircase "Well 'our' room is upstairs" emphasizing the word 'our' which caught her attention, they continued walking upstairs.

Opening the door to their room, Annika stepped in first and shivaay behind, looking around the whole room, she did come to know that it was a pretty big room, wondering what all was to be explored more, she kept gazing on the photo hanging on the opposite wall.

"Is that you in the middle? You look cute and young" She exclaimed, making him grit his teeth "Come on Annika, I am not cute but hot and sexy" Whispering in her ears, Annika widened her eyes and turned to face. Smacking his chest playfully, Shivaay laughed looking at her reaction.

"Stop laughing bagad billa" she shouted and he became serious for a second, not wasting a moment more he started laughing again.

"Arghh...you are mad" Turning to the other side with arms crossed, she acted angry.

"Accha, sorry, I couldn't control myself after looking at you" He turned her around and had a puppy face making Annika melt in seconds.

"What if your feelings for me just turn out to be a mere infatuation, what if at the end you realize that your feelings are not lo- "

"That won't happen Annika, I have a strong vibe that is much greater than just attraction towards you, please trust me and give me one chance" Taking her hand from his shirt button as she played with them while speaking. "I will never leave your side" Making patterns on her right cheek with his thumb and the other hand intertwined with her's.

Swooping up in his embrace, she laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes, feeling his warmth, she got into him more. Shivaay strongly believed the feelings to be much stronger than anything, he needed time and that's what he was doing, discovering themselves more and more.

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