The only thing rummaged through Annika's mind was that he was hurt, the blood on his shirt made her spine shiver. It was her hemophobia that was surfacing on her mind, the sight of blood made her take some steps back. Aryan was still holding the collar of Shivaay's shirt, throwing daggers at him with his eyes. Shivaay all along had his gaze fixed on her.

"Chikoo, stand outside, I will take care of this jerk" Aryan commanded her, his tone scaring her. Never ever she had seen Aryan in so much anger, who was this other Aryan and what was he capable of doing, Annika thought. Taking a deep breath in, she turned around to find Gauri glaring at Shivaay. "Did that jerk touch you? Did he hurt you? Let me look at you, turn around"

"Gauri, I am fine, he did not touch me. He tried to talk to me. Aryan saw this and he punched Shivaay's face" Annika assured her but Gauri being Gauri, turned her around so she could look for any injury. Annika's sneezed, grabbing Aryan's attention who was busy talking to Shivaay.

"Gauri, please take her inside and get her changed before she catches cold" Aryan called out to Gauri and she quickly nodded before grabbing hold of Annika's arm and dragging her out of there. All the way along Shivaay's eyes fixed on her.

"What happened, can you tell me? Did he push you into the pool?"

"No Gauri, he did not even try to touch me, I fell by myself, accidently" Annika assured Gauri. She herself was confused as to why she was hell bent on defending him, after everything, after breaking her heart.

"Let's go, I have got your luggage into your room"

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"Ayaan Bhaiya, it's alright, don't do anything now, Aryan bhai, handled him" It was getting onto Ayaan's nerves each passing second when he thought about Shivaay touching his little sister and that brought back the underlying anger inside him.

"Maybe Aryan should have broken some of his bones, that jerk deserved that" Annika sighed hearing him, it was something she had been hearing from past few years. Aryan and Ayaan had undoubtedly been there for her but then their temper was always so very high that they both used to forget what they really wanted.

Annika had now changed into her comfortable clothes, sitting on the bed of her room while Ayaan paced to and fro. "I should have never spent my time with Sammer, I could have protected her" Ayaan muttered under his breath, making Annika look up at him with curiosity.

"Bhaiya, it's alright, please sit down"

"No, don't tell me to calm down. I can be anything but calm right now" Ayaan ran his fingers through his hair furiously. When the door to the room opened Ayaan was on an alert, he feared that it was Shivaay. But to his relief it was Aryan who had a blank expression on his face.

"I took care of the situation, Ayaan can you please sit down and let both of us breathe now? Where were you anyways?"

"I- I was just roaming around the ship doing nothing in particular" Ayaan stuttered while speaking, afraid his lies will be caught.

"You are sharing a room with Gauri, aren't you?"

"Yes but I can't see her anywhere" Annika exclaimed while her eyes were fixed on the bag Gauri had left behind which belonged to her. "If he comes here again, just give us a call" Aryan said, concern written all over his face.

"Bhaiya don't worry, I can take care of myself, you need not need to worry"

"You never know what he will do the next time he sees you, he had done more than enough damage to you" Ayaan spoke up, if it hadn't been for Annika's sake, he would have kicked him out of this ship by himself.

"So, now take some rest, I will be sending food to you, alright" Aryan gave Annika a small smile, his thoughts were jumbled at this moment. Ayaan patted Annika's head lightly and he continued "We are always here for you, just tell us if you need us"

"I know Bhaiya, I know " Aryan and Ayaan both took her leave as they left the room. Annika sighed out, it had been a stressful day for her, how did this good day turn into a sorrowful day so soon.

Annika had been looking outside the small window in her room to see the waves, the calmness it brought along but also it reminded her of the memories with him when Shivaay had taught her how to ride a jet bike while on their three days trip. Why was her heart still not able to move on from him, what was so special about him? Was he not like other people out there? It was a big question that Annika did not have an answer to.

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"Didi, no, look at me, he is not a better clown than I am" Rudra whined while stomping his feet on the ground. Ayaan and Rudra were wearing a clown mask that Rudra had brought along with him. Ayaan cursed Rudra under his breath for making him wear a clown mask.

"Ayaan Bhaiya, come on dance with me" Rudra tried to grab Ayaan's arm but he shrugged it away. "I am not dancing while wearing this clown mask" Rudra pouted at Ayaan's words.

"Wouldn't you do this much for your small sister?" Rudra uttered. Even though a part of him was not happy how things went down today with his Shivaay Bhaiya and Annika didi, he had taken upon himself for cheering Annika up, after all if he hadn't left her alone maybe things would have been going smoothly.

No, he did not hate his big brother, he never could. He wasn't a person who would hurt anyone without a reason and Rudra was sure that his brother had his reasons for breaking Annika's heart, but did he? There was no use of digging the past between the two, what has happened, has happened and now what mattered the most was to at least bring the both of them to talking terms.

"Rudra, it's okay, Ayaan Bhaiya looks like he wants to kill you, now, I wouldn't want you to be dead" Annika chuckled and Ayaan nodded in agreement. Throwing his clown mask away and glaring at Rudra.

"I am sorry for leaving you alone today Didi"

"Don't you dare apologize to me Rudra, it wasn't your fault but except from a fact that you could have done your deed somewhere else" Annika smirked, knowing where exactly Rudra had been during her encounter with Shivaay.

"No, no, I did not, I mean, we just- "

"Say no more, we are not interested in your sex life"

"I wasn't going to share anything nasty anyways" Rudra muttered under his breath.

"Right, what about the time when you shared us the details about the hook up you did with some chick and even though we told you to shut your mouth, you continued to talk about it"

"That was six months ago, I was immature back then"

"You still are Rudra. Now shut up before I call the chick you hooked up with today and declare that you like her" Ayaan threatened Rudra and his eyes widened.

"No, no, please don't do that" Annika who had been listening to both of them giggled, it was entertaining to watch the two of them fight like this but at the end of the day, the two of them were small kids who just wanna have fun.

"You guys continue, I will go out to get some fresh air" Annika got up from the bed, she wondered where Gauri was, she had come back to the room but stayed only for an hour. Ayaan and Rudra both nodded at Annika. "Chikoo, be careful" Ayaan had said before she was out of the room.

Reaching up the elevator, she looked at the time, it was almost midnight. She saw very few people on her way out, most of them were couples. The night was cold, the gentle breeze hit Annika's face as she stepped out in the open. The deck was void of people, giving her the space she needed. What caught her eye was the person standing near the railing some distance away, his eyes fixed on her.

Annika refused to look at his way again, she stood between the gap of two railing, gazing at the dark blue sea. The reflection of the moon evident in the waves. It was calming. For some split seconds she had considered looking at him but she refused herself to do so. It might give him wrong signals.

Annika hadn't noticed how slippery the floor was but until she had slipped a bit ahead, her body almost falling in the sea ahead. She had tried to move back but in vain when she found herself sliding more towards the other end. That is when she felt a hand on her waist, clutching her tightly and the next moment she was dragged away from the edge.

Unknowingly, she knew who it was, his touch hadn't changed unlike himself, it was still the same. Annika had dared to open her eyes which were tight shut till now, the hand on her waist was gone and so was his presence.

Annika had experienced a jerk, probably the ship was changing direction and it is when she noticed Shivaay closer to the edge, the same place where she was standing some moments ago, he tried to balance himself. She had come forward to help him but it was too late, he was already gone.

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I dunked Shivaay but not a way everyone wanted, hehehe. Thoughts please. I don't even know at this point what am I even writing, lmao, but I do have the plot in my head.