S E V E N

Annika looked around, they had bern walking quite bit from some time. She was nothing but excited, excited to explore around. Taking out her camera, she fixed the lenses perfectly before capturing a picture.

Turning around with her camera hanged around her neck, she clicked the picture of Priyanka pointing towards something. She looked at Omkara and Rudra just gazing the open sky, she caught it in her camera.

The next person she saw was shivaay, he was wearing his sunglasses and arms folded near to his chest. She smiled before capturing him. She dropped her camera.

Standing on the mountain felt good to her, opening her arms wide, she twirled once. Shivaay caught her, admiring her, he wanted to pick her up in his arms.

"You seem to enjoy, where's your loverboy?" Annika rolled her eyes and gave him a glare. "Got a call"

She moved ahead, ignoring him and his gaze. Eyeing him for once, she started talking with Priyanka.

Shivaay couldn't understand her actions, moving towards his brothers, he left, it was the best decision right then.

"Shivaay, can I have a talk with you" Daksh asked him from a distance, he frowned and moved towards him.

"Yes" Daksh snaked his arm around his shoulder, walking ahead, shivaay continued along.

"So I wanted to ask Annika's likes and dislikes" shivaay's eyes grew wider, an urge to rip his body off evolved inside him.

"Why do you wanna know?" Daksh looked up and smiled to him. "Because I like her, I wanna propose her but before that I want to win her heart"

Shivaay held his heart from falling, he certainly knew Annika would never fall for his charms, when he knew what was going on with him and her.

"I don't know anything about her" lying to him was the only option left for him. He mentally made a note to himself of not even letting him have a slight about her likes and dislikes.

Annika sat down the green grass, gazing the sky. She liked silence. The piece was in thinking about herself. She was going to miss fighting with baggad billa once he was married. Going to miss his ego and attitude, his annoyance in everything she did and mostly his presence.

Rubbing her arms with her palm, she got up. She noticed his pricking sight he was giving her. What has she done now? Scratching her head, she moved towards Daksh much to his annoyance.

"Missed me?" Daksh winked at her and she playfully smacked his arm.

"Priyanka if you are done exploring this place, let's move ahead" Priyanka nodded in response. Her next destination was on yatch, she was undoubtedly excited about it.

Waiting on the shore, they waited for the yatch to come over. Annika was writing down something in the sand in a particular distance from everyone.

Shivaay searched her, his eyes met her, she was smiling to herself. Looking at her enjoying, a wave of pace passed in his heart.

"Shivaay go and call her" Omkara whispered in his ears and he eyed his brother. Omkara winked and Shivaay Shaked his head, moving towards her, he was Annika watching him for a second, she scribbled whatever she wrote.

He could see her name written with a heart and a person's name. His inside broke, a knot formed inside his heart, he was terribly broken. "You love someone"

Annika looked up to him, he would have surely lost it, she thought. "You talk insane"

She got up, dusting herself, she walked past him. He hated when his ego was hurt, only Annika knew how he still hadn't lashed out on her after replying him back each time.

They made their way into the yatch. "Annika listen up, you enjoy, I have some important work to complete"

Annika frowned, what was important that he had to go away leaving? Wiping away her thoughts she sat on the chair.

Rudra came by her side and Annika smiled at him. "Didi, are you ok?" Rudra watched her expression before answering him. "I am good Rudy"

"You know, you not need to do this all when you can't" Annika raised her eyebrows at him. What was he indicating towards? She was not going to leave her job in midway, she never preferred doing that in any way.

"Rudra I am happy with what I am doing" Annika tapped her feet anxiously. She herself was in dilemma, whether she was happy or not?

Shaking her head, she looked away, she didn't wanted to face the reality, wanting to run away from everything is what she chose now. She felt his stare on her. Looking at him, she found him leaning on the railing and watching the blue sky.

Annika got up as the boat stopped in the mid ways, they stood in the middle of the sea, Priyanka clapped her hands chirping-ly.

"So guys, we have stopped because to catch some fishes"

"Prinku don't kid ok? We aren't doing it" Priyanka rolled her eyes as Rudra spoke out. She was determined in what she wanted.

"You are doing it Bhaiya"

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"No"

"Yes" Everyone giggled as Rudra stood embarrassed. Making some non senseless expression, he stood with his puppy eyes.

The next thing they did was, they seated in front of open water, with their legs slightly touching the water. Shivaay unwilling seated next to her. He could make out that she was excited.

Shivaay smiled delicately, admiring her, she turned her head suddenly. He looked away, embarrassed, shyly smiling to himself for getting caught, he played with his foot, trying to touch the water.

"Billuji, you don't need to pretend now" He turned towards her. The thing which irked him was, her calling him 'billuji' he didn't liked it.

Annika had never fished fishes before, she watched Priyanka doing it with ease. She felt enthusiastic. Tieing it to the end ofo the rod, Annika held it harder.

"Looks like you are underweight to hold it" shivaay giggled as he commented. She pouted instantly, and impatiently waited to get her prey.

"Concentrate on your stuff mr. Bhaggad Billa"

Shivaay twisted his lips at her attitude. The next moment he knew something was pulling him down, putting all his strength, he lifted his fishing rod as he got up.

Annika watched his struggling, she laughed, his muscles all clenched, tightened and she could see him putting lots of efforts.

Shivaay pulled back his rod, he smiled as he saw the fish hanging on the other side. Annika was annoyed at the moment.

"Guys we need to go, I heard the weather is worsening, you know it would rain any time"

Rudra mentally noted to himself about never obeying to what Priyanka saying. Annika looked up at the dense clouds above their head.

She was silent as them, she wanted to burst out the same way they were going to. Her pain was enough to engulf the people all around in the darkness, darkness of her life.

She sat down silently down, with her legs drawn near to her chest, list in thoughts. Shivaay watched her quietly, something broke inside his heart as he saw her.

His mind stopped him but his heart followed its own ways. Sitting down next to her, he saw up as she did too.

Shivaay felt her going away, away from him yet again, he couldn't take it, take the distance between them. He shifted nearer to her.

"You know you can always share whatever with me" she looked into his crystal clear blue eyes. She loved them. She saw the care for her, who never showed her. She felt warmness surrounding her.

"It has always been hard but not impossible, I have always fought everything myself and now too I will"

"Do you think you are battling the war alone? No you are not. I am too on the same front"

Annika smiled at their helplessness, feeling better, she got up. Walking away in long strides, she leaned against the railing.

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Here is the update people. Hope you like it. I don't know I felt the update not up to the mark.

One more update and I am gonna jump into the wedding ceremonies.

Crazymaniac