*Kirthi Pov*

"Hello!" I lifted the call without looking at the ID and met with silence.

"What is it?" I asked understanding who is the caller and continued to close my eyes.

"You don't have a shift today, right? Even I am not going to work. Let's go out, Kirthi!" I smiled at those words and shifted to lay down normally.

"Do you think your parents will allow us to go on a date?" I asked opening my eyes and looked at the guest room I am staying at which is beside Satvik's.

"Let's go back to your home today and stay there. It is a wrong idea to even stay here." He mumbled making me chuckle.

"No! I want to stay here only and enjoy the days without having much to do after returning from work." I stated and he groaned at that.

"Okay! Let's go out after breakfast saying I have a shift and you have some work. It feels weird to be obvious before your parents." I mumbled and he immediately accepted saying we will follow my plan.

After freshening up, I walked out of the room to find Satvik climbing down the stairs. I walked towards him saying, "Good morning, Satvik!"

"You just call me Bhai even when it is just us. It feels weird to hear you call my name suddenly like that." He commented and I smiled nodding.

"So, what's the plan for today?" I asked glancing at Ansh's room which is still closed.

"Nothing! Yours?" he asked following the direction I am looking at.

"We both are going to lie and go for a date." I whispered and he nodded smiling but I sighed looking at him.

"It doesn't feel good to tell his parents and go or lie and then go. It's been a few days but they don't even see me as a person living here. I am invisible to them and it is hurting him." I mumbled and he paused hearing those words.

"Tell me your hobbies." He suddenly asked making me frown.

"Hmm! Gardening is my hobby and also cooking. Why?" I asked and he shook his head before checking the time.

"I will go and prepare breakfast." He stated and I stared at him feeling confused.

"Suddenly? Why? What happened?" I asked but he shook his head and climbed down the stairs in a rush before running towards the kitchen ignoring Ansh's parents who are in the living room.

I followed him but without running and found him taking out the ingredients from the refrigerator while the cook is standing away from him with a confused look.

"Let me help you!" I mumbled seeing the way he is handling things and it doesn't seem like he knows what is he doing.

"No! Go and stay away from the kitchen." He stated and I nodded thinking he must have some plan and it is better to not disturb his plan.

So, I walked towards the dining area and sat down while waiting for Ansh and also for Satvik to finish cooking.

However, after a few minutes, we all heard loud sounds and I glanced at the kitchen to find Satvik struggling even more but he shook his head when I moved to get up.

"What is he doing there?" Aunty asked reaching the dining area.

"Preparing breakfast, Aunty!" she frowned at that and took a step forward telling him to stop but he ignored her.

She immediately took out her phone and ordered Anusha to be here within half an hour and I sighed shaking my head. If she wants to keep Anusha and Satvik separate, why is she always involving Anusha in anything Satvik is doing.

Another surprise is that Uncle is not saying anything and is even acting like nothing is going on here. Why the sudden change? I thought glancing at him.

When Ansh reached the dining area smiling at me, I smiled back but he frowned looking at the kitchen side.

"He is preparing breakfast and you sit down." I said pulling him to sit beside me.

"When will he be done? We need to leave, right?" he asked in a whispered tone.

"I don't know!" I replied shrugging and continued to glance at the kitchen area.

He finally served the breakfast which turned out to be stuffed parota and everyone took a bite only to cough at the taste.

I stared at him in shock thinking why did he even sign up for this when he is this bad at cooking. We all glanced at each other and no one could say a word as he doesn't seem to be bothered by our weird expressions.

In the meantime, Ausha reached the house and took a bite from the plate Aunty forwarded and her reaction is the same as ours and she even used a tissue to remove it from her mouth.

"What the hell is that?" She asked before taking a sip of water from the jug and turned to see him leaning on the kitchen wall looking at me.

"From one week he is torturing all of us and mainly me." Aunty stated and this time I accept her words as this is pure torture.

"How?" She asked continuing to stare at him

"He always tries to talk to me not leaving me in peace. I mean, why do I even want to talk to him when I have so many things to do. We never talk much like he tries to talk." Aunty explained.

"That doesn't explain this rubbish." She pointed out and I tightened my lips to stop smiling as Satvik took a breath after hearing her words.

"Well, like all things this is also made by him." Anusha stared at him in shock after hearing those words from Aunty.

"Exactly! He got this weird idea that he will cook breakfast for everyone and this is what happened." Aunty continued and I realized it is time to step in.

"Aunty! What is wrong with it? Before maid's were only using the kitchen and now finally someone from family is using it. Isn't it a good thing?" I asked Aunty but she didn't even glance at me.

"I want him out of this place, Anusha." Aunty stated.

"What can I do? Dad and you only can do something about it. And if this is the reason for me to waste my time from sleeping, then please don't do it again." Saying that Anusha turned to leave but I frowned at the way Satvik is holding his hand and found burned mark on his hand.

"Ansh! Go and get burnol from somewhere. I think my adopted brother got his hand burned." I said patting Ansh's shoulder but I actually want Anusha to do it and she really didn't leave and turned to walk towards the first aid kit.

"Adopted brother?" Ansh asked looking at me.

"What's wrong with it?" I asked back staring at him.

"Why are you supporting him? Didn't you know what he did to Anu?" he asked frowning.

"He is repenting, right? And he is hurt which shouldn't be ignored my anyone." I pointed out.

"I am not saying that he should stay hurt. But you seem to be close to him and you know Mom is against him. What if she directs her anger on him towards you?" he asked with a worried tone.

"I don't think she will do that and even if she does, I will let it be. Look at your sister's worried expression." I mumbled pointing at her.

"Well, she loves him but I don't want her to get hurt again." He mumbled and I sighed holding his hand.

"I know and even she knows that. She knows whether to get back with him or not. But isn't it better to get her wounds to heal first?" I asked and he stayed silent before glancing at Anusha who is following Satvik with the first aid kit.

"I will ask the cook to prepare something else for us." Aunty mumbled pushing the plate away.

"I will just drink juice." Uncle said standing up and Aunty nodded saying she will also just drink the juice.

"Let me prepare something for you." I said glancing at Ansh.

He shook his head saying, "As much as I want to eat something which you prepared, it is better to not step into that kitchen."

I glanced at the mess Satvik made and nodded at him smiling but before we could leave, Uncle called him to talk about business and so I stayed back to wait for him.

Feeling bored, I walked out of the house to check the garden which I didn't until now, and found a good variety of plants.

I will check them properly later when I have time but today I will just spend it with Ansh as it's been so long since we were able to spend time together.

Because of his Mom's rule, we are staying in separate rooms and also couldn't meet outside due to work and due to an increase in my shifts.

When I walked back into the house only to find Anusha walking towards the kitchen while holding the plate which Aunty forwarded to her. I followed her to tease her about Satvik's cooking but she surprised me as she actually took another bite but finally threw it into the dustbin.

"So, love really makes everything delicious?" She got startled hearing my voice and turned to glance at me.

"I don't know what you mean." She mumbled while I smiled.

"Well, I just like to say I was walking just behind you from the dining table." I shrugged and she shook her head to walk away but I held her hand.

"Why hurt each other like this?" I asked but she didn't say anything before removing her hand from my hold and walked away leaving the house to go back to her place.

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"So, where are we going?" I asked looking at Ansh as he is driving with a serious look.

"Where do you think?" he asked back and I shrugged as I don't have any idea at all.

We generally had our dates at my place and except for the first time we didn't go out much but maybe he planned something else today.

"We are going to your place." He stated and I sighed hearing those words.

"Did you always take your girlfriends to their places for dates?" He frowned at those words.

"Are you going to get angry for my past?" he asked slowly and I stopped myself from smiling while continued to look at him with a frown.

"You know it was in the past and you know well how much I love you. Don't think about all that." He added with a pleading look after stopping near my place.

I chuckled before shifting to kiss his cheek saying, "I don't mind your past unless it reaches our present and future."

"That will never happen." He promised while I caressed his cheek not actually caring about it as I trust his love before anything else.

"So, should I think of another place?" he asked looking at the entrance to my place.

"No! Let's go and order some food. I am hungry and let's have brunch." I replied and he nodded before we both walked into my place.

After arranging the things as it's been a week since I came here and it needs to be cleaned, we both sat down to eat.

"I hope he doesn't try to cook again and punish us." He mumbled while I stayed silent as I still don't understand why did he even cooked and I know he suddenly decided to while talking to me.

I shrugged and concentrated on the date as right now I want to enjoy it as much as possible without thinking about other things.

After finishing the brunch, he took the plates to clean them up, while I removed the boxes to throw them into the garbage.

When I returned to the kitchen to clean my hands, he circled his arms around my waist whispering, "You will not get hungry for some time, right?"

"Until when is your query?" I asked turning off the tap.

"Maybe until evening or night." He replied and I smiled before turning around to hug him back.

"But we need to go back by evening, right?" I pointed out and he frowned but immediately shook his head.

"I will accept it as there is nothing we can do if we want to stay together like this whenever we want to as our main goal is to get their acceptance and then get married." He mumbled nodding to himself.

Whenever I see him like this, I wish to say that let's forget their approval and that we can just get married without their acceptance.

However, I am scared... I am scared to take such a step which could hurt both of us in the future as no matter what they are his parents and he would miss them for sure.

"Let's go! We are wasting time, Kirthi!" I laughed at his words as one time he will make me think deeply and then the next second makes me laugh.

"Let's go!" I whispered leaning forward to kiss him and he kissed back while tightening his hold on me while moving back along with dragging me with him.

I held onto him and ignored everything around me and just let him lead me to my room before dropping on the bed.

"I missed kissing you." He whispered removing my shirt while I moved my fingers to unbutton his.

"Don't lie, Ansh! You kissed me every day even when we are staying at your place." I pointed out pushing his shirt.

"But always made sure I will stop at just kissing, right?" he pointed out before leaning over to kiss my neck while I tugged his hair.

"Hmm! Even I stopped myself." I whispered pulling him back to kiss him while finally removing his shirt and trailing my hands all over his back.

We both ignored our surroundings and dwelled into the passion with no other thoughts in our minds. Maybe we can go on dates like this from time to time.