"Aww. Rudy! Not bad" Anika chuckled hard while giving a tight hug to her brother-in-law after knowing he was successful in his attempt at proposing to his girlfriend. Like his brothers, he understood the value of his friend and could see her real feelings only after seeing his brothers happily after marriage. Bhavya and Rudy were thick buddies since college, and it all started with ragging but he friend-zoned her when he felt something was sparking between them. Even though he felt the same with her, he felt he would hurt her if they got together. Bhavya accepted whatever came along with him and stayed with him as his bestie for years, also she left her family in Delhi and started working in Mumbai for him so that they could meet at least twice a month. And it was true, when it has to happen, it will happen.

"At least someone in this family going to have good photographs of their wedding. Unlike you two." Gauri commented. Anika laughed at her sentence. It was true, Shivaay was frustrated and also took off his turban during the pheras.

"I don't know whether he smiled or not, but I still remember him grinning at Pandit who asked him to do the ritual with patience," Anika added while serving slices of bread to Rudy and passing Jam to Gauri. In these three months, it was the first time they were having breakfast together. It didn't feel different because they usually had dinner together whenever everyone was at home. It was the ritual started by Gauri. When Shivaay refused to join at first, she used to starve everyone by hiding the food and always forcing him to come home for dinner.

"At least you have some pictures of your wedding! But think about us, we just clicked one picture too, to send it to a newspaper to tell the world that Gauri forcefully married the billionaire." Gauri commented while serving salads to shivaay who was sitting next to her. Anika was in between Rudy and Omkara.

"Obros, Get prepared with your answers for the future generation," Gauri commented, Anika noticed a small smile on Shivaay's face.

"Your child will never question you, I am sure about that!" Om teased Shivaay.

"She will say, it's my father's regular expression like bhabhi used to say." Rudy completed and busted to laugh; Anika couldn't control her smile but stopped laughing when shivaay's eyes focused on her. And drank water.

"And I feel like Shivaay will have a daughter and Om will have a son in the first round," Rudy said, water spattered on Rudy's arm who in turn chuckled and took some tissue to clean it.

"What do you mean by First round?" Anika questioned him while wiping off her mouth. And glanced at everyone, Everyone's eyes were on Rudy for his answers.

"First round means the time. Like both of your kids will be born in the same period, don't worry, for the second round, Bhavya will join you." He said only to get smacked in his head by Om.

"Eat!" Om ordered him.

"Don't have dreams on us, Rudy! Your brother is too scared for that responsibility." Gauri commented straight while focusing her eyelids on her husband, Anika knew what was coming up.

"How could you throw everything at me and make me responsible for our decision together?" Om asked her back.

"Because you are responsible!" Gauri casually said while taking a bite of her croissant with a swag.

"Oh-Oh," Om got frustrated.

"I love this." Rudy mouthed to Anika.

"Me too" Anika mouthed back.

"How did I forget this, the famous Dabang Gauri will never accept the fact that she might go wrong somewhere." Om started.

"Because Gauri will never go wrong. She even didn't go wrong with the person who got married to her forcefully." Gauri stated.

"It's because the one she got married was willfully fell in love with her. Despite knowing she didn't put effort into wooing me like Bhabhi." Om said, there was a chuckle from Shivaay's side, Anika was shocked to hear those when none of that was true.

"What a misconception! I never tried to woo your brother!" Anika interrupted and hit om on his arm.

"Leave Bhabhi. These Obros live their most of life in misconception." Gauri replied and focused back on her husband "And I agree, I never put effort into you because it wasn't needed in the first place, because you looked at me like Tarzaan who saw Jane for the first time in the forest."

"Oh please, I have seen better." He commented.

"Then how come I became your first? Were you gay before meeting me?" Gauri asked him back, gasps escaped from everyone. Om didn't reply but stared at her angrily.

"And thanks for deviating. Let me tell you the reason for this again, Look brother." Om turned to Shivaay as if he were the judge.

"She's just 23 and also started her career fresh, that's the main reason," Om stated, Shivaay acknowledged it, as far as shivaay, she knew he would prefer it in between the partners rather than discussing with everyone. But their family is different, more than family, they are like best friends.

"He's lying, Bhaiya. I think something happened in some of his adventurous stunts where he lost the ability to become a father. If you ask me, It will be better to get tested for once." This time Shivaay spattered the water and started to cough. Gauri came to his rescue and rubbed his back.

"Rubbish! I said that because I can't see you in pain. That too because of me." Om opened it up to everyone. Even Gauri was stunned by his reply. Initially, Anika thought it would be because of his past life trauma. But something else was happening.

"But then too, it's better to get tested!" Rudy said and busted to laugh.

"Om, Jokes apart! Why are you thinking in this way?" Shivaay questioned him.

"I know the Pregnancy phase is not as easy as we say, women's whole body goes through the change. But why are we here as husbands? Aren't we supposed to change their miseries into happiness, and ask my wife, more than physical strength, mental strength can do anything, and we have that capability to provide it to them? Moreover, it's a natural process." Shivaay stunned everyone with the reply. Especially, Anika, couldn't believe, was the same person who told her child was the last thing he expected from their marriage. Her eyes locked with her husband unknowingly thinking how a man could change himself over 7 days of separation.

"I could see the first round coming soon. Be prepared, Ladies." Rudru warned, just when she came out the gaze and recognized the environment.

"If you are true, we could expect our soon-to-be Oberoi member in the first round, at last, 18 days of Europe trip shouldn't be meaningless right," Gauri commented and gave hi-fi to her husband. Rudy was shocked and Shivaay chuckled hard but Anika couldn't concentrate.

"When did you become a team?" Rudy questioned.

"We are always a team. Not only us, all six. Including bhavya." Om clarified.

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"Yes Uncle, I will come with my family as soon as possible," Rudru replied over the phone with a low face and turned back to his family who were expecting the result from him. Before Bhavya's dad, Bhavya called him and told him about the situation. She told him that her parents were not happy with the relationship since they didn't have a good impression of him. Out of a sudden, the happy environment changed to tension when they felt the complications.

"I think we should go and meet her parents today, let's not waste our time," Anika suggested.

Shivaay felt the same and waited for suggestions from everyone, Gauri looked at om for a while before saying yes to her decisions. For a while, Shivaay couldn't believe the happenings, how the brothers lives changed this beautifully because of these women, it was unexpected from Shivaay and Om's side, but their brother Rudru found his true in his best friend. And shivaay took a pledge that he would never let his brother's heart break. At the same time, he noticed a deep confusion in his wife's face.

"I will inform this to Dadi. If she accompanies it will be easy for us to convince Bhavya's dad" Gauri suggested and went to her room.

"You too, get ready. Go with semi-formals, her dad is a college professor. He might expect you to see in that attire and don't wear crocs" Anika suggested to Rudy and he left to get ready while Shivaay called his secretary to make arrangements for their travel to Delhi. And walked inside the room and towards the walk-in closet when he sensed her over there.

"We will be leaving in two hours. By evening we will reach Delhi, probably before six" He told to her when she picked the outfit for the day, he leaned forward and took a blue western dress to hand it to her. He saw her once in that outfit when she got ready to go to the hospital.

"This outfit won't go with the event. Forget, Dadi couldn't travel with us, and we are the next elder people to take it forward, I will go with that blue cotton salwar kameez. What do you say?" She said while taking out the outfit.

"No, It will look too simple on you!" He said and took out a red shiny kurta set, "Go with this, you will look beautiful on this." He said and recalled how he couldn't take his eyes off, especially with the identities of newly married women. She didn't reply much just nodded to him and tried to move away from him, but he held her wrist and pulled her to the same place.

"What happened? Why are you so dull?" He asked.

"No. It's nothing!" She denied it without facing him. But he strongly felt something odd with her behaviour. He gently held her face and made her face him.

"Is something troubling you?" He asked her even when she hesitated her back.

"Anika. I know I wasn't been expressive and also acted like ignoring you but I wasn't ignoring you or anything related to you, every small thing about you stuck in my permanent memory. And that much control you have over me." He clarified it to her.

"In that case, tell me when I wore this outfit last time," She asked him while showing off the outfit he chose for her.

"On your first day in this house, you styled your hair into a French braid and you wore yellow bangles, and had three rings on your finger apart from your engagement ring, also you had crimson red lipstick that day." He went with details. She forgot to blink her eyes in response.

"I proved myself to you, Now you have to tell me what's troubling you." He asked her back.

"Troubling is a huge word. I am just confused especially your words." She spoke.

"Confused about what?" He asked. She heaved out a deep breath.

"You said child is the last thing you expect from this relationship, but today when you are preaching om, you mentioned it as we. Is that an accident or You have changed your mind about having kids." She asked, he had completely forgotten about the conversation they had on their first night, but how could he say his conception changed overnight and he started to feel happy with the fact of having kids?

He gently held her palms and kissed them while she leaned on the doors of the closet and looked at him with tearful eyes. He didn't know how to express it to her, but also, he couldn't let her understand it on her own like before.

"I can't remember when I laughed this much and spent time with my brothers like this before one year. First Gauri came into our lives as the storm and stayed as a breeze, and then it was you, Even though I insisted on getting married to you for Suhana Maheshwari but when you came into my life, my loneliness left my life like it never existed. I do want a happily ever after life with of course kids who should be exactly like you, nothing like me, I want to get surrounded by your mini versions and get nagged every day and night. Like Daddy, I want this, I want that, Daddy, drop me in school and stay there till I come back. Daddy, I want to hold you tight while I sleep. Daddy, Please cuddle me. Daddy, Please do my homework. Daddy, let's tease mumma. Daddy, Please buy me candies, and don't say it to mom." He said and tears formed in his eyes, He could see her weeping hard when he took those words, that was the outbreak of his yearning also he didn't mean any of those words he said to her on their first night.

"I yearn for that life, Anika. And I want that life only with you, just you." He said while holding her palm tight.

"Mr Oberoi," She called him and cupped his face. " I think I can't find any other best time to say this to you!" She said while taking his palm and keeping it above her stomach. He couldn't understand anything for a while.

"A part of you growing inside me." She whispered while the tears spattered out from her eyes. Right then, at that moment, he felt blessed. And the faith he lost with manifesting came back. He immediately fell back on the floor when he felt weak on his knees. Is he dreaming?

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