[ chapter nine • you and me are one ]

Grabbing her up into his arms, she surrounded her hands across his neck and looked at him.

"You have been carrying me like this for two days in front of everyone, what will they be thinking?" She raised her brows.

"That I am just helping my girlfriend out" Shivaay grinned widely and Annika shook her head at his childish answer.

"I am good now, you can keep me down" Annika tried getting down from his arms but it went in vain as he tightened around her more.

Dropping her delicately on his room's bed, Shivaay adjusted her properly. Taking the first aid box from the drawer, he went ahead and undressed her wound on her head.

"If it's painful tell me" He applied the medicines on the cotton and she turned around her back as Shivaay cleaned it up.

Cleaning it up with slow pace, he took cotton bandage and tied it around her head and secured it tightly, throughout Annika didn't speak a word, she rather loved the way he cared for her.

They were staying in Shivaay's house after what had happened because he couldn't simply risk her life again, he knew that his family members would always take care of her under his disappearance. The elders all knew of what was cooking up between the two and rather being angry they chose to tease shivaay.

"Thank you so much Shivaay" annika turned around and hugged him ever so tightly.

"No need for that, girlfriend" He made her face him and kissed her nose.

"When are you proposing to me?" She questioned out of blue because she was dying to say 'I love you'.

"Patience babe" Annika made a scowled face and shivaay passed on medicines to her.

She was into the daily routine of Shivaay giving her medicines on time.

"They taste sour and give me a bad michmich feeling" Her cuteness was  what shivaay lived for.

"Eat" he ordered and she took it making a 'whatever' look.

Shivaay adjusted her pillows and blanket as she felt drowsy and laid on the bed trying to sleep. Soothing her up by running his hand across her forehead, he kissed her there and got up.

Taking his phone out, he made a call and went out of the mansion to do his work.

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Stretching herself as tiredness took over her, she looked around to find an empty room and no one in there.

"Shivaay" She called him in a soft tone but no one came, a ting of fear hit her lightly.

"Shivaay'' She shouted a little harder and he was nowhere there.

Keeping her feet on the floor after the whole two days, she was being pampered so much that she wished Shivaay was there to carry her but not being lazy she got onto her feet.

Her gaze struck on the sticky note in front of her which was stuck on the mirror.

'Good morning sleepy head, wear the red dress in the cupboard and get ready, Rudra will help you to reach me ;-)' ~ Shivaay. She read it out and smiled instantly.

Going ahead and opening the door of the cupboard, she looked for a red dress, there Annika found it hanging in a corner.

Keeping it out on the bed, she examined the dress, having a deep cut in front, a slit till knees and a cut on the left side. Annika couldn't believe that he shopped such a beautiful dress for her.

Not wasting time, she entered the washroom and came out with a dress on her, looking like an angel, she stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.

Adjusting her dress, she applied a fine stroke of liner and put on her earrings, her lips twitched into a smile and she applied some lip gloss.

Walking shyly down the stairs, there she found Rudra into his phone, grinning like a dork, Annika raised her brow in anticipation that he would be probably talking to 'Saumya'.

"Ahem, Ahem" She cleared her throat and he looked up.

"Annika didi, you ready, oh, you look gorgeous" He got up from the sofa and complimented her.

"So who is the girl who made my Rudy smile?" Rudra rolled his eyes.

"No one didi, just a friend" He took the keys of the car which was kept on the table.

"Isn't it Saumya?" Rudra looked up to find his annika didi smirking.

"How did you know?" He was eager to know, afterall no one knew that he and saumya were close friends.

"Have seen the spark between you two, so I had a great guess" Annika shrugged her shoulders and went ahead as he followed.

Sitting inside the car, Rudra started to drive, Annika looked out of the window, thinking what Shivaay was planning, little did she know that he was going to propose to her.

"Where are we going?" Annika asked out of anxiety. "Patience didi" he continued driving, denying her request.

Rudra drove for more ten minutes till reaching the outskirts of Mumbai, stopping by the middle of the road.

"Where are we rudy? She peeped out of the window and only as a forest till her sight followed.

"Didi, get down" she opened the door of the car and stepped down.

The cold breeze hit her face lightly and she breathed in the fresh air which was much better than the air she breathed in the city.

"Rudra" She turned around and in a second she was blindfolded.

Rudra showed his thumb to Shivaay and he mouthed 'Thank you' to him.

Annika could hear the car racing and disappearing as the sound decreased.

Shivaay's breath famed near her neck and she could smell his cologne, Annika knew that he was 'Shivaay'.

"Shivaay?" She questioned as he held her arm and led her into the forest.

Dropping a kiss under her ear, Annika shivered instantly as his warmness soothed her cold skin.

Encircling his arms around her waist, they stood as Shivaay made her walk to where he wanted to. Going ahead, he opened her blind fold and shivaay could hear her gasp.

"Did you like it?" She looked stunned as she saw numerous lanterns in front of her, the lightning placed around the trees, making the scene look magnificent, she looked down to see the petals of roses lying all over ground.

"I love it" she turned around and faced him.

She hugged him tightly, making him stumble, wrapping his arms around her petite waist, his hands made contact with her bare back and roamed his hands in a seducing manner.

Breaking apart she looked into his eyes which were filled with love, holding her wrist and bent onto his knees, and Annika's eyes followed as he went down.

"The first time I saw, I looked at you from different point of view, you broke my windshield with my ego, I hated you for winning my family members heart, you saved me and family members life so many time and what I did, insulted you till no extent"

Annika's eyes glistened listening to what he said.

"I loved the way we were, I love the way you are, I loved the way you made your place in my heart and now when I have known you better, I love you from bottom of my heart"

He went ahead and kissed her knuckles, making her wear the ring in the finger, he kissed her there.

"I love you Shivaay" she made him come onto his feet and swept  under his embrace.

"But what about Tia? " she asked as realisation came hitting her.

"She is gone and would never be back" He kissed her top of head and annika couldn't believe that he was done and over Tia before hand.

"Will you marry me?" He cupped her face and she nodded with tears.

"Don't cry love" his lips touched her cheeks and wiped them off.

"So?" Annika played with his coat's button.

"Tomorrow we would tell this to the family" Kissing her one eye followed by the other, Shivaay scoped her into his arms and made his way towards his car.

Making her sit above the car, he got up and sat beside her.

"You look beautiful" A pink hue formed over her cheeks.

"You look hot" Her bold answer made shivaay raise his brow.

"Good learner, huh?" He pushed her by his arm to her and they both burst out laughing.

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Thank you BlackManiacx  for helping me out in proposal part.  You people you won't believe what kind of ideas she gave - Underground, Car, Storeroom and what not, lol.