Shivaay's Pov

"Anika", I shouted her name for the fifth time now.

Anika entered the room with a scowl which made me grin because I knew I had annoyed the fuck out of her.

"Spit it out", she replied which made my eyes pop out. Disrespectful much!

"That's not how you speak to your husband", I pouted sadly. Since when had I turned into a softie?

"Then maybe you shouldn't annoy your wife", she answered and rolled her eyes at me.

"Don't show me that attitude, otherwise...", I tried to warn her but she took a step closer.

"Uh-oh, I'm so scared. Otherwise what?", she asked me with fake puppy eyes.

"You know what", I told her. It was strange how we'd always end up making out since the past few days.

"Why don't you do it then?", she tried to challenge me and I tried to control myself.

"Get ready, we're going on a date before my family comes back tomorrow and gives us no privacy", I told her and started checking my pending emails on my laptop.

"What do you need privacy for?", she clasped down my laptop, putting it away and settling down on my lap. Here we go again.

"You really aren't that innocent", it was quite unbelievable how naughty this girl was. And the things her ever so gracious mouth could do to me.

"And you really are that innocent", she nuzzled into my neck. How was I supposed to control myself?

"Anika, seriously... I want to take you out", I tried to sustain myself.

"Can't it wait, baby?", she pressed a kiss into my neck. Why could I feel a whole zoo in my stomach?

"Ten minuets and you'll leave to get ready", I ordered her to, which made her grin and her hand went her my shirt.

Did she maybe have some kind of chest fetish? It certainly did seem like it.

"You aren't showing the same energy. It feels like I'm doing it against your will", her voice sounded sad and I knew it was one of her tricks.

I intertwined our hands and pushed her down to the bed, repeating history for the almost tenth time in this weekend.

• • •

"Are you ready?", when I looked up, I found a dolled up Anika standing in front of me.

Her fashion style had changed drastically since the passed month. And I hoped that it didn't have to do anything with me.

Cause I would've liked the traditional Anika just as much as the western dressed Anika. I just wanted her to feel comfortable in her outfit, which I couldn't see in her body language.

"Anika, are you sure you want to wear this?", I tried to find out the reason behind her sudden change.

"Yes, do I look bad?", she fiddled with her fingers. How cute? Cut it, Shiv.

"No, you just didn't use to wear these clothes. You loathed them so...", maybe I was pushing her to tell me.

"Change is good, right?", but why did this change in her not make me happy? Maybe because it didn't seem genuine. Anika looked uncomfortable.

"Are you wearing this dress because YOU want to?", I asked her again.

"I-I'm not sure, okay", she answered honestly this time.

"Why are you wearing it?", I kept pushing her because I didn't know better.

"Because you like them?", she told me with her eyes on the floor. I sat down with her and pulled her chin up.

"Don't change for me unless you want to change for yourself", I told her and her eyes lit up.

"So, do you like it?", she asked me again.

"I like everything on you", I told her and she smiled. She didn't change into other clothes, because she thought she looked pretty. Only if she knew that she was always pretty.

Maybe even the prettiest girl I had ever seen.

When we reached that place, her jaw dropped. Over dramatic as always! Anika started drooling over the food.

I pulled a chair out for her and made her sit. And she started devouring the food as if she had been starving herself.

"What do you want for desert?", I asked her.

"You", she answered and I almost choked myself.

"At home, my dear", I answered and took a sip from the water.

"Why are you blushing?", she started laughing at me.

"Shut up. I'm not", I argued but she wouldn't stop laughing.

After we had some cake, I turned on her favorite music and she looked at me with glittering eyes.

"A dance please?", I asked her forwarding a hand which she took.

"I don't know how to", she answered and I pulled her by her waist. Placed her one hand on my shoulder and grabbed the other, until we started swaying. After a minute, Anika placed her head on my shoulder.

I twirled her around, which made her giggle like a teenage girl. And my heart blossomed with happiness. Something I had stopped feeling since a long time.

The song came to and end but we kept dancing to the rhythm of the wind. Until she grabbed my hand and pecked my lips.

"This was the best day of my life", she whispered.

"Mine too", I whispered and she hugged me tightly.

If weeks ago somebody would've told me that I'd have the best time of my life with this girl, I would've killed them.

I hated her. Every part of her seemed to annoy me. And every time I'd see her face, anger would boil in me. Until that weird night, which forced me to be nice to her.

If it weren't for that night, I never would've known Anika. And I certainly wouldn't be standing here with her in my arms.

All of this was confusing but I didn't care, because she changed me. And I could see it. I was a better person now. Somebody who felt things.

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Amna ❤️