Raavi arrived at the terrace only to find Shiva walking around, a worried expression on his face.

"Ae Raavi, tu meri setting hai na?" Shiva spoke up suddenly as if he sensed her presence.

"Dus chakkar," Raavi exclaimed, trying to lighten his mood.

"Tu mujhse pyaar karti hai na?"

"Pacchas chakkar"

"Ae chipkali natak band kar aur bata na mujhe," Shiva grumbled.

"Arre mere pyaare Bhootnath, teri setting ka toh pata nahi lekin teri biwi tujhse bohot zyaada pyaar karti hai," Raavi said caressing his cheek.

"Toh bol mujhe, aisi koi cheez hai kya jo tera Shiva nahi kar sakta," asked Shiva.

"Ha, bohot saari cheezein hai. Jaise ki tu mujhe propose nahi kar sakta, mujhe bina haklaaye I Love You nahi bol sakta...." Raavi laughed.

"Arre bass bass mein woh wale department ki baat nahi kar raha tha," Shiva cut in, knowing that his performance in the Love department had always been below average.

"Toh aur kiss baare mein baat kar raha tha?," she asked.

"Tujhe kya lagta hai, kya mujhe iss competition mein hissa lena chahiye," he says. Mera matlab hai vaha pe sab bade bade businessman honge jinhone bohot saari padhai ki hogi. Aise logon ke beech mujh jaisa insaan jisne sirf 10th tak padhai ki hai kaise compete karega. Krish keh raha tha ki mujhse yeh nahi ho paayega. Maa and Dhara bhabhi, mera saath sirf isiliye de rahi hai, kyuki woh apne bacche ka confidence kam nahi karna chahti. Aur Gaumbi, unko toh lagta hai ki mein jo bhi karta hu sirf apne bade bhai se jalan hone ki wajah se karta hu. Lekin tu toh aisa kuch bhi nahi sochti na. Toh tu bata. Kyuki mein jaanta hu tu jo bolegi sach bolegi.

Raavi looked at the man in front of her. His own brothers thought so low of him. His family had never really bothered to understand him, his feelings, his insecurities. They had always taken him for granted. Even she had committed the same mistakes. But after so many months of their marriage she knew that all he ever needed was just a little assurance.

"Ae Chipkali, ghoor kya rahi hai, bol na,!" Shiva said breaking her reverie.

"Shiva tera naam kya hai?"

"Ae Chipkali, yaha itni important baat kar raha hu aur tujhe yaha Sholay ka Amitabh Bacchan banna hai,"

"Maine jo pucha uska jawaab de?"

"Shiva Pandya"

"Exactly, tera naam Shiva hai. Tu chaahe toh baadal phaad ke jharna bana sakta hai, pahad cheer kar nadi bana sakta hai. Tere andar ki jo zidd hai na woh tujhse koi bhi kaam karwa sakti hai."

"Raavi yeh toh tu Mahadev ki baat kar rahi hai. Mein toh bas...

Shivji ka Ansh, Mera Shiva,"Raavi said firmly.

"Tu yeh sab isiliye toh nahi keh rahi kyuki tu mujhse pyaar karti hai na?"Shiva asked.

"Nahi, tu yeh sab kar sakta hai isilye mein tujhse pyaar karti hu."

Looking into his eyes, Raavi finally found a glimmer of hope.

"Agar mein fail hua toh?" Shiva inquired fearfully, his low self-esteem still overshadowing his confidence.

"Shiva, tu negative kyu soch raha hai. Tu haar jeet ke baare mein sochna band kar. "Bas khudpe bharosa rakh jaise mujhe tujhpe hai aur apna best de, baaki sab Somnathji pe chod de"

"Tu degi na mera saath. Raavi, mujhe darr lag raha hai "Raavi was suddenly reminded of an 8-year-old Shiva who was nervous before his first cricket match.

"Tu darr mat Shiva mein hoon tere saath. Chal ab neeche khana khane "Raavi said as she turned to leave.

"I love you Raavi"

Raavi jerked her head back so quickly that she thought she might sprain it. "Kya bola tune?" she asked, surprised.

"I love you meri Chipkali. Janta hoon yeh pyaar vyaar ke chakkar mein main zero hoon, aaj tak theek se pyaar ka izhaar tak nahi kiya isiliye aaj karna chahta hu."

As he said this, he got down on one knee and extended his hand to her.

"Tune mere iss berang zindagi mein rang bhar diye hai, Raavi." Meri feelings ki PhD karke mere dil ke department mein permanent member ban chuki hai tu. Somnat ka sabse lucky insaan hoon jisse tujh jaisi itni pyaari chipkali biwi mili hai. I love you meri Raavi. Aaj tera yeh bandar vaada karta hai ki mein zindagi bhar ke liye tujhse chipak jaunga. Aakhir hu, ek chipkali ka pati hi. Hai na?"

Raavi couldn't hold back her tears as she saw her Bandar, who had never expressed his feelings to anyone, attempting to propose to her in his own unique way.

She put her hand in his and knelt down, joining their foreheads.

"Shiva, tu mera sab kuch hai. Teri yeh chipkali chahti hai, ki tu zindagi bhar ke liye chipak jaaye mujhse. Mujhe kabhi na chode."

"Kabhi nahi chodunga Chipkali. Na haath chodunga, nahi saath chodunga kyuki tumko dekha toh yeh khyaal aaya, zindagi dhoop tum ghana saaya," Shiva said, engulfing her in his arms. With Raavi by his side he would take up any challenge cause he knew she would always be there with him, his support system, his strength, his Raavi.

"Ek aisa saaya jo kabhi saath nahi chodega," Raavi said as she snuggled closer to him.