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Another usual day in OM, the family was gathered in the dinning hall for the breakfast .Shivaay's health condition is improving gradually and he is quite fine now.All the elders were discussing about next day's ganapathi pooja occasion.

Daadi- Annika ,do you have any exam tomorrow?

A- nahi daadi .

D- good ,after many years ,our family is going to celebrate together.Everytime ,someone gets missed out .Kabhi tej ,kabhi shakthi ...kaam kaam kaam kartha rehthe hain ye donon.This year ,we all are going welcome bappa together .And not only that ,the special thing is kal annika ki pehla pooja hai shaadi ke baadh . Annika hi mila diya poora parivar ko

Daadi spoke expressing her joy,while annika who was seated beside rudra smiled in response.

Rudy- so that means ,kal party hai ghar mei!!

Pinky- OMM! Party nahi hai ,Ganapathi pooja hai .Aur haan ,don't ever wear these torn dresses atleast for tomorrow haan ?Traditionallys dress karo kal...

R- offo...choti maa ,they aren't torn .It's the trend now ...you know trend ,fashion ,style .(he argued )

P- whatevers ,

Annika who was eating silently suddenly stopped ,listening to their conversation.
"Mein bhi saaree pehnungi kal!"she thought .The next moment her eyes fell on shivaay who was seated opposite to her .Something just brewed in her mind and soon she plastered a subtle smile on her lips thinking something which was known only to her .

A - sss ,ss (she tried signalling Rudy)ss...

R- what sort of noise is this ?kahi saamp nahi aa gayi? ,babhi dekiye ...(saying which he started looking below the table )

Annika just rolled her eyes and pinched his hands .

R- ahh ,babhi .Kya huwa? Why did you pinch me ?...what did (interrupted )

A- ok shh ,chup karoge?Muje tumse ek bath puchni hai.

He nodded innocently.

She looked at shivaay to confirm that he was engrossed in his conversation with Om.Then she slowly pulled Rudy's ear and whispered "shivaay ka favourite colour kya hai?"

R- shivaay baiya ka favourite c...

Before he could continue she dumped the food in his mouth .

A- why are you shouting like this haan ?you heard my voice right ?follow that.

R- ohh ,secret ?

A- hmm .

By the time shivaay who was noticing all this spoke ,

S- Rudy?what were you saying? Mera favourite??

Rudy immediately looked at annika who  passed daring glares signalling not to tell him anything.

R- vo ....vo , aapka favourite bottle gourd fries yahan hai.Lijiye (he passed the cup to him)

S -Are you serious Rudy?I hate bottle gourd and ,I'm sure you know that. (he nodded negatively)

R- bool gayi...(he said with a wide smile to cover up his excuse while shivaay sighed )

A - ab bathoage?(to Rudy)

R- fine ,fine...his favourite colour is blue (he whispered)

A- blue ?teek hai ...(she stretched )

R- what's the plan bhabi ?

A- wait and watch ! (She expressed )

The next day

Shivaay was getting ready in his room ,

S - ye annika kahan gayi ?(while combing his hair )

At the same time pinky entered the room ,

P- shivaay ,daadi bularahi hai tuje .

S- mom ,did you see annika?Subah se gayab hai ...

P- (chuckling )vo gayab nahi huyi ,she's in my room.

S- why ?kya huwa ?(concerned )

P- you will know that soon (saying which she left the room not before pulling his cheecks )

S- what is she doing in mom's room ?

Being baffled he forwarded towards pinky's room when suddenly he noticed someone approaching his way from the opposite direction .His eyelids expanded when reality hit him because,...it was her ...it was his annika ...in saree.She looked graceful and heavenly tethering along  with her flaunting beauty.Each moment she made way towards him ,he forgot to breathe and stood still travelling his eyes through her,trying to  capture her from the very small details .He couldn't believe his own eyes, as till the moment she came near and stood infront of him ,he continued praying that this shouldn't end up to be  his usual dream .

Annika's look

She looked breathtaking!with the whole lot of shyness wavering in her eyes she tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at him with loads of expectations .He being his annika's all time observer easily made out that she was expecting his compliment."But wait ,let me play with this girl for sometime " he thought .

A- I don't know how these women wear saree daily ,it's too...(she spoke while fidgeting and adjusting the folds )

She acted as though she  was totally focusing on her saree  but only she knew how hard she was trying to capture his attention and provoke him that she was actually wearing a saree for the first time .She expected him to tell something,...just something...be it a very small word even.But it would do wonders in her and she knew that.

Shivaay who had already guessed this ,bit his inner lips to control his smile, before speaking

S- chalein?daadi will be waiting for us .

A- haan?(bluntly )

S- chalein?

A- nothing else ?

He nodded negatively.

A- chalthe hain (her voice depicted disappointment with anger )

She walked past him pulling her hair infront which reached her right shoulders after brushing his face feeling which he gently closed his eyes inhaling her fragrance.

S -She's the  Cutest!(he emphasized)

Then the pooja started ,shivaay and annika did the aarthi together during which she was constantly looking at him ."Ye kuch, nahi bolega "she thought.

After sometime

Om- annika ,you're looking very pretty today .

Shivaay was standing beside Om.

"Meine kya socha aur yahan kya ho raha hai ...God..."she thought.

A- thank you Om, vo actually kya haina, first time saree pehnrahi hoon.Vo bhi blue saree ...(she was quite loud trying her next attempt in making shivaay realize but she didn't notice om who stood being confused witnessing this sudden weird behaviour of annika's)

A- bahut garami haina?(she spoke while fanning her face with the pallu and looked at shivaay to check whether he noticed her)

Om- garami? the room is fully air-conditioned bhabi (confusedly)

A- uhh ...vo ,Mummy is calling me .Mein abhi aayi .(she left)

Shivaay who acted as though he heard nothing, could do nothing but just fall hard for her all over again !Her innocence!

Om- shivaay ?bhabi ko kya huwa?(he asked confusedly )

S- you will realize it once you get married ,bro!

On the other side in shivika's room

A- kya karun? ...wait ,wait wait,is he deliberately playing with me?...nahi nahi,he's too innocent to do those things .Whatever ,let me just go and change .

Saying this she stood up from the bed and moved forward but soon halted to feel something resisting her .She turned back to find the chamki works on the saree to be struck with the sharp edge of the bed .Sighing, she took her hand near it to remove the tangle but stopped witnessing him already on his knees trying to remove it.He gently detangled it and stood behind her as she hasn't turned towards him yet .

A -thank you .

She muttered slowly without looking at him and before she could move,

S- aap bahut khoobsurat lag rahi hai annika ...bahut!!

His husky  expressive voice  had all the power to enlighten her heart which  seemed to be dissappointed just before few seconds.She didn't realize but her face had already turned red with hues popping out on her cheecks .

S- aap blush kar rahi hai?(he smiled )

A- nahi ...(she answered without turning back still )

S- yeah ,You aren't blushing .I can see that .

He said mischievously and that's when she realized that she was certainly standing infront of the mirror and he who stood behind her had seen every reaction of her's.She could do nothing but blush more .

S- a moment like this shouldn't be missed, soo...

He instantly took out his mobile and held it infront to capture a selfie of their's .

A- hey wait ,out of focus hai.Come closer ,

He ,who was totally concentrating on the picture moved close to her ,such that he didn't even realize that he had actually reached too close and her back has already hit his chest .It looked as though her head was wandering near the crook of his neck. He clicked ,

A- dikao ,woww!! bahut achi hai!

But ,suddenly silence prevailed the room .Witnessing their positions in the picture,they froze.Being totally nervous, both of them gradually looked at each other.And yes,they shared a pure eyelock. They never got diverted ,no indeed they just wanted this second to halt .

S- you look beautiful! agar khoobsurat ki saare synonyms se bhi bada kuch hai tho vo sirf aap honge annika! (Still maintaining the eyelock)

Annika who was flourished with blushing just bent forward and laid her head on his chest ,closing her eyes she  clutched his kurta .He was surprised by her sudden act ,but with all these shades of annika , one thing was very clear to him through her behaviour.

"The wait is finally over annika ,hamari pyaar ki kahani shuru hone wali hai.I love you annika ,love you so much  "(he thought )

Whatever our souls are made of ,his and mine are the same 💞

Annika being the girl who knew nothing about love has been hit with all the symptoms of love already .It's just that she doesn't know to comprehend them within a word love .So how is she going to Reach out to him ?reach out to her love ?reach out to her shivaay ? That's going to be witnessed within the very next few chapters. So stay tuned !

Precap

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Chapter dedicated to EthikaOrin03

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