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S- ohh please annika , stop this. Ye roz roz naya fight ,please end it, I just can't !

He bursted in frustration and she shuddered a bit listening to the sudden pitch of his harsh voice.

A- you just can't...?

She looked at him dubiously . All those irrelevant thoughts had already gave her much and now his consecutive blames were topping up to mountains that she could leastly think with a clear mind .

He ,on the ther side was totally pissed of with this attitude of her's as he was in no mood of acting patient after having a whole frantic day at the office .

S- annika plss , stop this! What do you want to hear haan ? Stop being so annoying.

She watched his cringing face and there was no interim when her face grew rageous immediately. Suddenly, his morning deeds striked her . How he had ignored her calls deliberately. And the word annoying went misinterpreted, as she started feeling so low and insecure all of a sudden. She felt her skin being pricked everywhere and the pain remained unbearable for her to bring further words and react at that instant . Trying hard to seek his reaction she kept on looking at him who didn't spare a glance on her. She wanted to stop this right here .

A- bas shivaay ,I'm irritating you right ? Why don't you just leave ? Plss ,jao yahan se . Leave me alone.

She somehow managed to say this looking everywhere and not him . It seemed more like a warning which he didn't like . She started everything and finally, why she's so into projecting as though he peeped in to fight ? His nerves of anger gained an impulse and he immediately reacted.

S- don't act as if you are an innocent annika. Mein ? Why should I leave ? Ye mera room hai , mera ghar hai  .

He vented out with his emerging rage and failed to notice where his meaningless anger was actually leading him. While silence prevailed the room for a few seconds, his words hit her straight gradually . Her eyes were shrinking as she wasn't sure of what he actually meant . Wasn't this her house ? Was she supposed to leave? All those negative thoughts surrounded her mind which started breaking something within her .

Realizing what he had just said, he looked towards her with a guilty face which she didn't choose notice rather kept staring at the floor with tear drops ready to stream down on her cheecks . That's when pinky barged inside ,

P- kya huwa, why are you shouting like this ? Started your fights again?

Giving no damn to her questions both stood quite in their own pool of thoughts. She was hurt and he was guilty . Biting her inner cheecks, she slowly moved her eyes till him . Pinky was totally unaware of the tension going on there ,she just stood staring at them blankly.

A- you are right shivaay ,this is your house . I know... when there is a problem between a couple, the girl would threaten that she'll leave to her house but unfortunately, mere liye apni mayke kehne ke liye koi jaga hi nahi hai .

Her faint chuckle did something to him that he literally felt a big grief for hurting her emotions .

P- annika , kya bol rahi ho tum ?

A shocked pinky held annika's shoulders and questioned her . Soon annika let her warm tears flow down her skin as her face went all pink.  She sniffed a few times before speaking .

A- kuch nahi hai aunty , I'm facing the reality for the time time haina , that's why I'm not able to handle it . I have never felt like this anytime aunty ,pehli baar aisa lag raha hai ki mein ek  or.. orphan hoon aur I've none for me .

Her cracked voice had everything to tear him into pieces as he felt so low of himself . The moment she completed, a hard slap landed on her cheecks .

S- mom !

At once he was found inbetween the two ladies defending annika from his mother's rageous eyes .

Annika who was still bending down feeling the sharp pain on her skin ,looked upon pinky slowly .

P- kaise baathen kar rahi ho tum, haan ? Pagal hai tu?

She scolded with atmost anger that annika was quite shocked noticing this side of pinky .

Shivaay turned aside to witness her unstoppable tears which indeed ached his heart . Before he could say something pinky started ,

P- annika , you don't have to sleep here tonight . Go to my room ,jao.

And the next second annika rushed out of the room leaving the mother and son sense her trembled state . Shivaay felt helpless on not being able to do anything. He would never want to be the reason for her tears anytime but today ... If only she had behaved good ,things wouldn't have turned this way . He blamed her as well as himself for brainlessly uttering those words in anger.

S - mom , what did you do ? Aap annika ko ( interrupted)

P- shut up shivaay ! I think you deserve one too. Didn't you hear what she said ? Tumne usse kuch kaha hoga ,isliye vo aisa... First you fight with her and then try to defend her , if at all you love her so much tho usse dikao na tera pyaar ? Everytime you both are together, you want to fight and when she's away pyaar dikathi ho uske liye . I don't know what to do with you both, ab bi bache ki tarah...!

She slammed her palm on her forehead as she walked off the room and shivaay was totally gripped with  guilt .

He was so numb to even feel his bleeding knuckles which resulted due to his punching stunt on the wall which he thought could give him the pain which she would have felt listening to his words ,but no. Her suffer was something else, he knew what blunder he had committed. Definitely those words had no motive to hurt her and he himself was unaware of what he was saying but that couldn't suffice any justification now because in that situation, she was compelled to believe that her shivaay was telling it from his true senses.

Pinky silently sat beside annika who was now staring at nothing in particular with her palms shielding one side of her cheecks which was all pink by now .

She felt pinky's hands reaching upto her face trying to release her palm off her cheecks.

P- is it paining much ?

Annika watched her worried face blankly ,and nodded in no.

P- annika , I don't know what made you think like that. But just keep this is mind. You are just like shivaay to me or maybe more than him too. From since you were born, I've been taking care of you like my own daughter. If there's a problem, you could have come to me ? tum aise soch bi kaise sakthi ho annika ? Mayke nahi tho kya huwa ? Mein tho hoon na ?

Annika witnessed pinky's wet eyes which made her feel worse . Indeed ,pinky is her mother without whom her whole life would have been impossible . Though she has relatives ,it was only her pinky aunty who looked after her and gave her a new life. There's no way she could blame her love and feel insecure for not having a family for herself when she has got pinky. Just that , she couldn't take his sudden words for which she reacted as such . And now , watching pinky's emotional state she couldn't hold her self more and just ended up on her lap ,crying.

A- I'm sorry aunty ! Sorry , mein kabi aisa nahi karongi. Sorry .

She clutched the fabric of pinky's salwar within her fists and pushed her head into her stomach trying to hide her face within .

Pinky let a faint smile feeling a strong hold around her waist . Her baby ,she is .

Caressing her hair softly, she kept mumbling sweet nothings.

That night remained a sleepless one for shivika as both were equally disturbed . Both were blind of not knowing why only their couple life seemed a big tough task to handle ? They were practised to everything, small small fights were literally very usual to them but lately things were different. If only it was a random fight, both would have somehow ended up together but their emotions kept oscillating now that they themselves weren't aware of this insecure feel which was stimulated along with their Ego being a big enemy ,but unfortunately they were unaware of this.

Next morning

Wiping her hair with a towel, she walked out the restroom and stood infront of the mirror when her mobile rang . She noticed it to be a video call from an unknown number and   just ignored it . But after a few moments it rang  again flashing the same number .

A- kaun hoga ?

She swiped to green with a baffled frown running on her face .

Dev- hey annika!

A- Dev...? Dev!! What a surprise man !

She exclaimed watching his smiling face on the screen as she merely expected it to be him .

D- the last time when we chatted on fb, you seemed so sad that I hadn't introduced my wife yet. Ab states mein hoon ,tho I couldn't do it directly so I thought atleast this video call could help to some extent. Haina ?

A- haan bilkul , you are one silent killer I've ever known, so I'm quite excited to know of your wife !

Dev just chuckled to annika's statement , before calling his wife to take a seat beside him.

At the same time ,shivaay came there to meet pinky.

S- mom ,mein aaj

He stopped noticing that pinky wasn't anywhere found in the room rather only annika was seated on the bed with a mobile in her hands.

D- is it shivaay ? Hey shivaay !

Dev who saw shivaay behind annika ,waved his hands calling shivaay to join them which shivaay couldn't deny . She looked at him for a second and turned the mobile in landscape so that both their faces could be focused, while he sat next to her on the cot .

In the process of settling close ,both were in a tangled mess. Like, as they sat folding their legs ,his knee  seemed to be pressed on her's and her shoulder traced his chest that it looked as though she was entirely leaning on him with their faces remaining only a few inches away . But since both were concentrating on the call, they hardly noticed anything .

D- this is my wife , sonakshi .

Dev exclaimed wounding his hands around the girl's shoulders who was seated beside and annika waved 'hi' to the lean girl who looked so beautiful  .

And they continued their happy chat for sometime until the topic lead to something about shivika .

D- you know something sona ? They aren't like a normal couple . Ye dono Tom and Jerry bhi hai aur Laila Majnu bhi !

He expressed for which sonakshi smiled while the other two behaved quiet.

Sona - haan , kyun annika ? Were you so scared of getting married to Mr. Dev? Ye utna boora hai kya ?

She asked coiling her elbow with his's while annika just smiled reminiscing the past. Shivaay chose to be quiet,

A-  haven't you seen that meme sonakshi ? This is brilliant but I like this! I don't know about Dev ,but ye ( looking at shivaay and then the screen again ) utna boora nahi hai.

She completed with a simple smile and shivaay was already looking at her ,bewildered.

D- Ahh! That hurts ,

He faked and the other three laughed after which again they began conversing on something else and that's when annika realized that her wet hair was actually dripping droplets  down straight on his hand . She looked at him who was busy talking with Dev ,and gradually gathered her hair to the other side revealing her bare shoulder blade which peeped out well from her stringed sleeveless top.

After a good chat , they hung up.

Within few seconds both sensed their proximity where they could actually felt each other's breath . She slightly tilted her head sideways to immediately feel his beard poking her nose and suddenly she forget to inhale through her nose rather did it by mouth with the help of her parted her lips . Her each breath hit his cheek alternatively and he stiffened in process of controlling himself .

He moved a bit trying to get off the bed and instantly slipped as he was literally sitting on one edge of the bed. But before he could hit down ,she held his hand and pulled him straight up till her that he directly landed hugging her by waist .

Her toe fingers went firmly tight when she felt his face on her wet shoulder . Those small pins of his stubble which evaded her skin created some kind of havoc in her that she felt frozen .

The wet drops which layered inbetween her skin and his lips signified him that he had certainly kissed the end of her revealed collar bone near her arm in this sudden action . That intimate tension was something else , as both had an uneven breath initiated.

Feeling his hands which cocooned her waist still, she bent down to get shocked witnessing the white dressing done around his palm. At once she held his wrist ,realising his hold .

A- ye kaise huwa ?

There occurred an exchange of stare which prolonged for a longer period. He watched her worried face and the last night's happenings crossed his mind .

S- kuch nahi huwa .

Saying this he pulled his hand away .

She looked at him with an accusing glance and noticed his guilt surrounded orbs .

A- even now ,you couldn't say sorry right ?

S- if only you didn't behave like that, nothing would have happened.

She sighed hearing his statement .

A- tum kabi sudhroge nahi na ?

S- plss annika ,don't start again. Plss.

Saying which he stood up to leave but halted when he heard her voice.

A- so ? That's it right ? You just project blaming me as the cause for everything and just walk off as like that . Vaise bhi, avoiding me has become an easy work for you nowadays .

She expressed with a weak smirk, and he shook his head ,sighing huge .

S- avoiding? Why do you always imagine things annika ? Agar savaal aur jawaab dono tumhe hi karni thi tho why only you'd want to blame me ?

A- see , hamesha annika hi galat hai ! Agar itna hi boora hoon mein then why did you marry me ? You could have just avoided me as you're doing now .

Being offended with his words she argued without realizing her sharp words which hurt him bad.

S- kya ? What did you say ? When did I ignore you?

The fact that she was claiming about their marriage hit a pang straight on his heart .

A- muje bina bathaye kal office chala gaya ,and when I called you, there was no response . Par jab aunty ne call kiya ,you spoke to her .

S- really annika ? I thought ,none could know and understand me the way you do but I was wrong. Bas itna hi samajthi ho muje ? Atleast ,I've to tell this now if not you would frame something with it too, I never want to hurt you and I shouldn't have said those things yesterday. I'm sorry  for that annika ,

Expressing his disappointment, he left with a fallen face leaving her baffled .

Precap

Shivaay misses annika ,

Annika finds something.

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Forgiving and forgetting is one source which could balance a relationship well, but these ego heads are so into blaming each other which helps none . Both are lacking this kind of maturity ,lets find what happens.

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