Go: oh, jiji do I have to go with him?

Gouri asked anika,irritated.
Ani: ha Chutki, see the time is 7 pm & we don't have any drivers here now. You are saying it's an urgent purchase & you can't drive too.

Gouri thought, "I should have studied driving ;Sankarji now I will have to go with this Nandi."

A: kya hua Chutki? Kuch gadbad hai? See my Devar is ready here to drop you. Go with him, do your shopping, have some nice time with him & come back happily. After all, you haven't seen each other for a long time na? So, go Chutki.

Gouri saw Om standing with the keys; she was so upset with their conversation in the noon. She just didn't want to go with him but she wanted to try out a sculpture & have to purchase the materials for that. Of course, taking him along is a good choice for this purpose; but she didn't want to...

Rikara were totally silent through out the journey. They reached the shop finally. Gouri didn't want Om to join her so he was randomly checking on some new sort of water colours while she kept on shopping.

Gouri had almost finished her shopping when she heard Om's laughter; she wondered with whom he would be laughing like this. She went & stood just behind the rack where he stood; she nearly popped her eyes out.

Om: oh Aashi, you are just the same person whom I saw back in our college. Same energy, same bubbliness ;my god you are one of a kind yaar. I feel that I'm back in my old times.
Aashi: oh yes Om, & you are just the same darling. You are still looking hot even after all these years.

Om was blushing hearing this while Gouri was becoming furious hearing this.

Aa: by the way Om darling, I came to know about your marriage with Jodhpur Princess. It was a  big event right??

O: ya I had tried to contact you , but..
A: oh ya baby, I was in London back then.
O: yes Ritik told me.
A: but seriously Om darling, I think you married early. You could have waited for 2 more months. I would have reached India by then. I would have got a chance then (sadly)

Gouri was boiling, "oh so that is why madam is sad. Even if you would have come, nothing would have happened."

Gouri was shocked @ the next moment. Aashi was hugging Om so tightly for a selfie ; of course he was bit uncomfortable, but then he didn't express it.

Aa:OMG!!you look super dashing in this pic darling, by the way you came here alone right? Why don't we go for a dinner?

Suddenly Om & aashi heard another voice; dabbang Gouri's voice!!!
" Oh excuse me, he had come with his wife here for shopping. And sorry, we are having a night party to attend too."

Om was stunned hearing her reply; he never thought that she would pop up @ this moment. She came & stood next to Om, holding his hands. Aashi was a bit disappointed.
G: hi, nice to meet you Aashi.
A: hey you know me?
G: why not , he have told me about all his friends , isn't it Om baby?

She was in her full attitude; he was flabbergasted to hear Gouri talking in this way & calling him Om BABY.
Aa: oh, so I guess we shall postpone our dinner plan for some other day right? (disappointed)
G: oh yes aashi, after reaching Mumbai we will definitely invite you for a special dinner...
O: yes aashi, we will.
G: Om, I think I'm done. Shall we go back,? We are getting late for our party .

Om was shocked; "oh no about which party is she talking about??"

Rikara reached home, as usual Gouri was still ignoring Om. Whereas Om was really enjoying all this. Actually he had been faking anger in front of Gouri at noon; he simply wanted to trick her. It was true that he really missed her all these days but he could never be angry with her. He thought of faking anger on her, just as a small punishment for leaving him but he never thought that she would take it seriously; he didn't think she was so sensitive when it comes to him. He wasn't able to convince her in any way; but he loved all her antics back in that shop. He knew that she was lovingly possessive on him, the same way he was and he loved that. 

He was sad when she kept on ignoring him. He did't even get a chance to say to her that it was all acting. He was disappointed until they went to the shop. After seeing her behave with Aashi he was sure that she doesn't have any hatred for him and that it was her ego which didn't allow her to come to him. He resolved his mind to somehow bring her back to him tonight itself.

He failed to talk with her during dinner. He thought of discussing this with Shivika but as he was about to enter the room, he saw that they were spending some quality time with each other ; so he retorted back.

Gouri was in her work room; she had 2 rooms in the palace. Both were bedrooms, but  one was her art room. Her dadi had given it specially for all her art stuffs. She was busy doing her new sculpture; she had also planned to sleep there as Om was there in the other room.

She couldn't focus on her art; she felt sad that she ignored him & also that he was upset with her. She had thought of going back to him, but her ego didn't allow her. She felt disappointed on his accusations; she had did all her duties well & had accepted him wholeheartedly. But his behavior was affecting her.

She heard a knock at the door; she had asked for milk & so she asked the staff to open the door. She heard the click of the closing the door. As she was working on the piece , she saw a hand touching on it. She turned her head sideways to see a blank Om. She was raging.

G: Why are you here Mr. Oberoi? Please let me do the work.

She was serious; he thought, if not she wouldn't call him Mr. Oberoi.
Om: first talk to me.

She was silent.
Om: fine, as you wish RaniSa...

She was amazed; so didn't he really want her to talk with him??

Om was smiling, he vowed to make her talk to him today itself. He decided to take another route; she would never be ziddy in that.

Om: are you trying a new sculpture?
She was silent.
O: are you sure you can do it alone?

She sharply looked at him; she had actually wanted him to help her but she wouldn't ask him to.

O: but gouri, this mixture...it is wrong...the idol might collapse if mixture ratio is wrong.

She panicked, this work was important. She couldn't afford to mess with this. She was in a dilemma; she wanted his help but wasn't ready to ask him to.
O: come, I will help you.

Gouri moved back, giving him space.
O: but I have a condition.

She looked at him doubtedly.

O: you will have to hear what ever I'm gonna say.

She reluctantly nodded her head. He pulled her close to him; he stood right behind her and started making a new mixture.
O: waise...I know that you are upset with me after our talk. Shall I say something? I was simply kidding  you. I was acting. Do you really think I can be angry on you even for a moment Gouri? I simply wanted to trick you for leaving me for such a long time. It was just a joke. I didn't think it would hurt you deeply.

She was amazed & looked at him.

G: I can't believe you have lied, Mr. Oberoi. I won't believe. You are still lying to me to simply console me. Leave me & finish this work, I don't want to hear lame reasons.

She tried to slip from him. But he tightened the grip on her.

O: do you know how much I missed you? Do you think I'm lying on that too?
G: even I was missing you. I wanted you for some time & what did you do? You shouted at me(angrily)
O: See I was waiting a lot to see you & spend some good time with you. I just wanted to create a light mood by teasing you, but you took it in another way. I...I'm sorry dear...I didn't want to make you sad...Please.. please forgive me now...I can't bear if you are ignoring me...I accept my defeat to you.

She slightly smiled; she felt very light now hearing all this. She felt sad that she misunderstood him and hurt him. But she didn't want to leave him easily; then in future he might repeat this mistake.

G: let me think once again about that, (she smirked)

Om knew that she wouldn't give up fast,he had another plan under his sleeve.

O: waise gouri...where did you plan for our night party?

Gouri was tensed; she remembered all those incidents in the shop.

O: omg, what was it yaar? I thought you will eat my friend Aashi. Come on, she did only one mistake to talk to me. What all did you do for that?

Gouri was embarrassed...

O: you called me Om baby in front of her (laughing) Waise, when did I tell you about her? I don't even remember that. In fact I remembered about her only when my best friend Ritik asked me to invite her for my marriage. Then how would you know her?
G: mm...I heard you both talking, so I understand her name( smiling)
O: oh... you were really jealous right?
G: see omkaraji, something is wrong with her. Her way of calling Om darling ( mimicking her) is not right, did you see how she took pic with you??? yew..I wasn't jealous for her...she can't manhandle my Omkaraji like that...
O: oho, you were calling me Mr. Oberoi before some time . How did it become "my omkaraji" now? ha???

She was shying away. She turned towards the table & started working on the sculpture.

The breeze which entered through the window seemed to be naughty. It blew up her hair to Om's face. He removed her hair from his face. He was moving closer to gouri; she was standing with her back towards Om.

He came close & took hold of her hands working on the idol. He was helping her to mould it. She was losing her senses; she thought he could hear her thumping heartbeats.

He was moving more closer to her, leaning his body on her petite form. Even he was in another world. The cold breeze, the fragrance of her hair , her soft hands, her trembling body....he was slowly losing away in all those.

This moment was first of its kind for them. Gouri was simply closing her eyes. Their faces were so close , their palms were totally covered with clay.Slowly they were intertwining their fingers; now they even stopped moulding. He was rubbing her cheek with his; she nearly gasped when his stubbled cheek touched hers.

They were losing themselves to each other. Om was slowly moving his fingers backwards through Gouri's arms. He slowly applied the clay on her arms by moving his fingers back and forth through her arms. His fingers slowly moved upwards & reached her shoulders. He gently kissed there softly. He then nuzzled into her hair & softly kissed her nape. Gouri nearly gasped; he could hear her breathing fastly & heavily.

She turned back to see him. His eyes were longing for her, the heat of his intense gaze on her  was nearly burning her. She moved back & saw the messed up idol. She took 2 clothes; she cleaned out the clay from his hands. He snatched the other one from her & started wiping clay off from her too. He was seeing her like nothing else existed in the world. Gouri stood there shyly looking down, not able to meet his eyes..