Annika stood being numb. She felt as if someone snatched her soul from her body. Depressed, devastated, broken, these words couldn't describe what she felt at that moment. Her heart felt extremely heavy with the pain she felt. Her eyes had unshed tears. Her lips dried. Her eyelashes forgot to blink. Her most dreaded nightmare came true. She had this fear since forever, to lose him like her every loved one. He was the one who she loved the most, even more than her own life. She endured every pain till now whether small or big but this was unbearable. Even a mere thought of him leaving her sent shivers down her spine. How would she live without him when he was the sole reason of her existence. She was getting silent treatment from his side since a month but at least he was there with her, he was fit and fine in front of her. But now, how would she live when she was dying each second with his ignorance only?

      He won't be there when she would wake up in the morning. He won't be there to scold her for not taking care of herself. He won't be there to calm her down when she would feel anxiety regarding anything. He won't be there to kiss her forehead before going to office which was their daily routine since their marriage. He won't be there to fulfill her midnight cravings. He won't be there to nurture their love. He won't be there to take care of their daughter along with her. He won't be there to protect and made her feel safe in the darkness which was her biggest fear. He again left a void in her life which was always there before he came into her life. How was she gonna fulfill that? How was she gonna tackle the loneliness now?

       Annika came out of her thoughts hearing shivika who was pleading shivaay to get up.

     'Papa! Papa! Get up, papa.' Shivika was just chanting this cupping shivaay's face in her tiny hands. Annika looked at her being emotional. Her lips quivered before she burst out crying felling on her knees. She cried hard. She yelled, screamed, shouted in agony but no use. He just laid there without showing any sign of movement.

 'Ahhhhhhhhhhh......hhhhhh......hhhhhh.' She shouted crying and holding her hair in her hands tightly. She pulled her hair harshly crying vigorously. Shivika started crying listening to her screams. Gauri immediately took her inside the room.

      'Shivaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.' She kept screaming and kept tightening her hold on her hair. Everyone cried seeing her condition. Pinky immediately rushed to her to get her hair out of her tight hold. She made her leave them somehow.

     Annika crawled to shivaay crying and cupped his face. Her tears still flowing without any stop.

      'Shiv....shivaay......suniye na......yeh kyu kar.....ra...rahe hain..aap....main ja....janti hoon ke....aap mujhse... mujhse gussa ho.....par...par itni badi sazaa toh....mat dijiye na....please....aapki annika mar.....mar jayegi aapke....bina....'

('Shiv......shivaay......listen na.....why are yo....you..doing this?.....i...know.....that you are angry.....on..me but.....but..don't give me....this much...big punishment..please....your annika will die....die without....you....')

     She had difficulty in speaking because of continuous crying. Somehow she calmed herself.

     'Shiv....i know i did a mistake but please don't do this to me.....i promise you....i'll...i'll never do this again but please utho.....get up na shivaay.....aur kitna tang karoge (how much more will you tease) see....you can't see my tears na and I'm crying now......so get up and.....wipe them......please na shivaay......i can't tolerate more.......i don't want to lose you please..............mere liye na shi par hamaari shivi ke liye uth jayie na.....please..........'('not for me but please get up for our shivi...') She cried more hardly. Her breathing became heavy.

     She joined her forehead with his still crying and placed her hand on his chest over his heart. That's when she felt it, his heartbeats. His heart was beating which meant he was alive. He didn't leave her.

     She sat up straight and looked at him observing him properly. She noticed that he was trying hard to close his eyes which only meant one thing that he was pretending all this while.

       'Shivaay.' She whispered meekly being hurt. All of this was an acting. He was making a fool of her.

      He slowly opened his eyes and looked straight into her eyes which held immense pain. He stood up and seeing her still sitting there looking at nothing particular, he made her stand up holding her shoulders.

      'I hope you got your lesson.' He said with a cold voice. She looked at him.

      'Acting? This all was acting?' She asked wiping her tears. He nodded. She looked at everyone who were standing as if nothing happened. That means they all knew.

     She again looked at him for a few minutes and thud! She slapped him hard on his cheek making everyone gasp in shock. He looked at her without any expression. He very well knew what this slap was for so he wasn't angry for that. 

      'Mzaak nhi tha yeh.'('It wasn't a joke.') She shouted with her tears again rolling down and slapped him again on the same cheek. He kept looking at her. She ran from there crying towards their room. 

    He glanced at his family members who gave him a pitying look making him roll his eyes. He left from there to their room to set everything right.

     Annika reached the room and started breaking everything along with cursing him.

      'Bhagadbilla....what he thinks of himself? Akdu....khadoos....badtmeez....idiot.........tadibaaz....'

     He entered the room only to see it all messed up. Everything was lying here and there. All vases were broken. Every single glass stuff which was present in the room were crushed into pieces.

     He gazed at her who was glaring him. He sighed closing his eyes. He knew he messed up but he did what he felt was right. He wanted her to know how he felt when she did all those things. She needed to know what place she held in his life.

      'Annika, we need to talk.' He said calmly.

    'I don't want to talk to you.' She said huffing in anger.

     'I'm serious annika.' He again tried but she ignored him.

     Sighing, he held her wrist and forcefully dragged her towards the pool. Making her sit over the couch, he himself sat beside her. Both didn't say anything for a moment.

     'You shouldn't have done that, shivaay.' She spoke after few seconds of silence recalling that horrible time again. Her voice was choking. He turned his head to look at her.

     'What about the thing you did?' He asked her with accusing eyes making her look down in guilt.

     'I didn't have any other option, Shiv.' She said looking here and there. He got angry listening to her.

     'This! This is your problem, Annika.' He stood up from his place. She gazed at him.

     'You never realised your importance in my life. You never realised my love for you. You just thought of youself as my wife, nothing more.'

     'Shivaay, please don't say it....'

    'Why should i not haan?'

    'It hurts, Shiv.'

    'It has hurt me too. What about that?'

     'I'm sorry.'

    'Could your sorry bring me those two months back which i spent without you?'

     She cried silently. She didn't know what to say.

     She held his both hands and made him sit again kneeling in front of him. Their hands intertwined.

     'I know there's nothing which can justify my actions. I know i was wrong and i feel guilty for it but shiv, at that moment, i was unable to think rationally. I was so into my disease that i couldn't realise what i was doing. I didn't know the consequences of my act. I just did what i felt was right. I know you love me, even more than you love yourself. I also know that you would have been a living corpse if i would leave you just like that. I thought...i thought that if i made you hate me then you'll not feel that much pain. You'll hate me and eventually move on. That's what i thought shiv but i didn't know that it'll be more painful for you. I know i should have thought about you and our shivika but i was being stupid. And please don't think that i don't know how much you love me or care for me. You are the only one to love me selflessly. I never got the love which i got from you. Nobody loved me the way you do.'

     He just kept looking at her emotionally. She was still crying. She left his hands and cupped his face caressing his cheeks.

      'I can't give those two months back to you but please na shivaay, bohot hogya ab. It's enough of punishment. Please don't punish me more. I'm tired of all this. I need you shiv. I need your love, your support. Please.........i can't bear your ignorance anymore. It hurts, love......' she joined her forehead with his. He inhaled a deep breath holding her hands which were on his cheeks. She was right. It was enough now. It's been two since he was behaving like a stranger to her. Till when he would ignore her. She assured him of not doing anything like that again. Everything had happened anyway so what was the point of ignoring her anymore. He knew he has to put an end to all this and this was the write time to do so.

      'I understand, annika but i was way too hurt. I thought you don't trust me. I thought i failed as a husband, as a life partner. I realised that i failed to make you trust me enough to share your problems with me without any second thought. I felt as if my love wasn't enough for you that you decided to go away from me. You know we both vowed to share everything with each other. I used to hide everything from you but somehow i changed my habit because i realised that sharing my problems with you gives me relief and now you did that annika. You decided to hide this much big thing. I really felt hurt.' He let out his feelings in front of her making her feel more guilty. She again started crying. He kissed her forehead making her look at him.

     'I'm sorry.'

    'It's okay, jaan.'

      She was caressing his cheeks when he hissed in pain. She realised that she slapped him that too two times. Her eyes widened looking at him.

    'Zor se lga?'('was it hard?') She asked softly. He pouted making a puppy face. She kissed his cheek while he smiled.

     'You slapped me two times, annika.' He said again making a pout looking cute and hot at the same time. She smiled understanding his meaning and kissed his cheek again. He smiled. 

     Moving away from her, he cupped her face kissing her forehead. He suck her tears making her close her eyes in contentment. He kissed her cheeks followed by her lips which kissed him back desperately. It was a soft kiss full of love, trust and longing. Breaking apart, both looked at each other smiling.

      'I missed this the most.' He whispered pecking her lips once again while she blushed looking down.

     'Aye aye! Meri blushika.' He pulled her closer from her waist making her hid her face in his chest blushing furiously. He hugged her back laughing whole heartedly. Both missed this a lot, each other's embrace and warmth. Annika tightened the hug snuggling into him more. He kissed her forehead again.

     'I love you, Shiv.'

    'Love you more, jaan.'

    'I love you more.'

    'No! I love you more.'

   'I love more.'

    'It's me.'

   'No, me.'

    Their banter stopped when someone shouted,

     'I love you both the most.'

     Both looked in a particular direction to see Shivika standing their giving a cute full blown smile. They forwarded their hands towards her smiling and she came running to their arms. Both kissed her cheeks from either side and trio had a three-way hug making them look like a picture perfect family.........

              THE END

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I think this could have been much much better but don't know why i was unable to write something good😟😟 the end didn't satisfy me😕