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Walking to and fro inside the room or you can say a part of the old hut seperated with just a curtain,Shivaay was fiddling with the end of his kurta,thinking whether he should come out or not,as wearing such Indian outfits was his biggest nightmare,it was the first time that he was wearing a loose kurta and a dhoti after a long series of struggles of how to drape the dhoti around him.He was still in his thoughts when he heard her calling him.

"Ya,I am..Main aa raha hoon"He said in hindi realising she was unfamiliar to the language called English.

Taking a deep breath he subsided the curtain and walked out only to be welcomed by the sound of laughter.

"Hey Ishwar,kya...kya lag rahe hai aap!"Anika said between her laughs.

"You,Hasna band karo,isliye maine mana kiya tha,mujhe nahi pehanna ye outfit" Said Shivaay with irritation clear in his voice.

"Haan,Haan toh maine mana kab kiya,peheniye wo aapke gobar wale kapre" said Anika who was still a laughing mess.

Shivaay made an Eww face at that particular word"Gobar".

It was early in the morning that Shivaay was walking in the small court yard of her house when accidently he tripped and directly fell on Cow dung much to his dismay,and now all this blunder created when he had to wear the Kurta,Dhoti offered by Anika.

"Ab aap waise shakal hi banate rahenge ya phir aayenge bhi?" Anika asked once her laugh subsided,seeing him making such faces.

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"Yeh...yeh kya hai main isme nahi bethne wala!" Shivaay exclaimed as soon as he saw Anika walking and settling herself in a bullock.

"Yeh,ah yeh bael gaddi,kabhi apne jivaan kal mein nahi dekha kya jo app puch rahe hai? Aur baithna to apko ismein hi padega" She said frowning.

Shivaay frowned listening to her but having no other option he nodded reluctantly.

Soon they reached the market place of
Swarnagri.

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"Namaste,Ramu kaka,Anika said as she walked towards a small shop which was made with bamboo shoots and dry grass.

The man in his late 40's smiled warmly and wished her back with the endearment betiya.

A lone tear escaped from her eyes hearing him but was soon able to hide it behind a fake smile.

Whereas here Shivaay was lost in his own world.

Shivaay's P.O.V

What? Is this for real? Are you freaking nuts? Yeh kaise ho Sakta hai?This can't be possible...No...

Have I time travelled? This is not the future,I am in some boring chapter of history.Oh,God!

These clay made huts,these dialects of people,their dressing sense, everything is just like a dream.

No,this can't be real!

P.O.V. ENDS

Unable to control anymore he ran in a random direction.Anika saw him running towards the river,she got tensed and followed him...

"Ab inhe kya ho Gaya,pagal saand ki Tarah kyu bhage jaa rage hai" She thought while running behind him.

She reached there and saw him sitting on a boulder with tears flowing silently.She went towards him and tapped his shoulder.Shock would be an understatement that she felt due to the sudden hug,he hugged her tightly snuggling into the crook of her neck,crying bitterly.

Recovering from the shock she felt her neck wet and realized that he was crying like small baby,she carressed his back, speaking sweet nothings in his ears.She felt an unknown pain in her heart seeing him cry.Finally,his cries turned into sobs and as the sobs subsided she parted from the hug forcefully as he was not ready to leave her,he was sniffing cutely and she went aww on it but this was not the main concern now.

"Aap ro kyu rahe hai G?" Anika asked with concern.

He scrunched his nose due to the use of that particular letter G.This girl is really gonna made him crazy.He was crying unlike his stone hearted,cold blooded personality,and she was giving him this old fashioned endearments G .Does he look like her Grandpa? This thought only made him cringe.But reality strucked him and again he was back to his gloomy mode.

"Anika,main...main is zamane ka nahi hoon" He said and she stood their shocked.She would have been laughing rolling on the floor hard if not his eyes which were screaming truth.His eyes speaked a lot.His teary eyes,the seriousness in his voice,the tear stricken face with a neutral expression was making her hard to believe that he was saying a lie.

He shooked her and she came out of her thoughts.She stood their with a expressionless face looking straight into his eyes.

"Anika,tum yakeen kar rahi ho na,bolo na? Main jhut nahi bol raha...Sach mein mera bharosa karo..." Shivaay said in a shaking voice as the thought of him staying here away from his old life was making it worse for him to stay calm.

Anika stayed silent.

"Anika tumhare dimag mein chal Raha hoga na ki main yaha kyu,kaise?Wo mujhe bhi nahi pata Anika par Jo mujhe pata hai main wo time bataunga...Mera yakeen karogi na Anika?"

"Hum mein aap pe pura bishwas hai...Aap Jo bhi keh rahe hai hum mein us pe pura bharosa hai" Anika said in a confident voice as if she knew him for years.

He sighed in relief and began explaining everything that he had encountered that day.

"Matlab aap bhawishya kal se aaye hai" She spoke and stood their with a big O shaped mouth.He chuckled sadly.

"Yes...I mean Haan" he said smiling a teary one.

"Aapka pariwar aapko dhund raha hoga na? Kitne pareshan honge woh..." Anika said with concern remembering her own family.

"I don't have a family,Nahi hai mera koi is jahan mein,koi bhi nahi"He said as anger rushed through his veins.

"MATLAB?" She asked confused.

"Mere....

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