- Mumbai -
- 2017 -

No One's POV

'I might not stop if I began kissing you!', Shivaay whispered back to her.

'Don't stop then!', Anika boldly whispered.

Shivaay gave in and leaned closer. He stopped at just a breath away to be sure that she wasn't pulling a prank on him. He took a look at her. She was in much anticipation with her parted lips inviting him to feast on her. Not finding his lips against her, she opened her eyes to find him looking at her. They locked their gazes and dived right into each other's lips. Their lips finally devoured the taste they missed the most.

Just when their lips meet each other, as fate would have it, the room door was opened with a shriek from the person who had opened it. Sensing it, Shivaay and Anika break away at that very instant.

'Phuhi!!! Phuphi!!!', she exclaimed as she ran towards them.

'Hey Ori!', Shivaay called out to her as he lifted her in his arms and placed her on the bed, in a sitting position where he was sitting a little while ago, before she had barged in.

'Phuphi! When you ale coming home?', she asked very much innocently.

'I don't know yet Ori!', Anika replied with a pout.

'Ori, doctor said that if Anika Phuphi gets a lot kisses from everyone, then she'll be fine soon! And then she can come home and we can go out together!', Shivaay exclaimed gaining a glare from Anika.

'Leally(Really) Phuhi?', Ori asked him back.

Shivaay nodded as he pinched the extra skin on his throat, saying that he genuinely meant what he had said. Ori immediately climbed on Anika and gave her kisses all over her face, earning a smile from Anika.

'Phuhi! Now youl tuln (your turn)', Ori exclaimed innocently.

'Okay! It's my turn now!', Shivaay beamed as he neared Anika.

Anika pushed him away giggling. Her Cheapda Singh Oberoi was back and he was taking full advantage of the situation. And why wouldn't he? She was the one who started this. She had turned him on by asking for a kiss and now Shivaay was playing her game.

'Hey, this is not fair! Right Ori?', Shivaay rebuked being slightly dejected by the push.

'Offo Phuphi! Let Phuhi kissie kissie you na!', Ori supported Shivaay, being oblivious of her uncle's intentions.

'See, even she's saying. Now you'll have to let me kiss you!', Shivaay said huskily as he leaned down to accomplish what was left incomplete earlier.

Anika shut her eyes tightly and tried to move back as much as possible to avoid PDA in front of her niece. Nevertheless, her cheapda fiance was taking full advantage of her niece's innocence. Anika moved back as much as she could until her head met the wall behind. She pushed it further and turned her head to the left. Ori sensing something was cooking between her Phuhi and Phuphi, closed her eyes using her palms while giggling. Her giggle was enough to bring Shivaay back to reality, but Anika was long gone in the proximity they were sharing. Again, he had stopped at just a breath away from her. With his index finger and thumb, Shivaay slowly lifted Anika's head and planted a kiss on her cheeks, right next to her lips, lightly brushing the corners as well.

'Ehem... ehem!', they heard someone clearing their throat and broke away.

It was Kamini and Jhanvi who had come visiting.

'Shivaay? What were you doing?', Jhanvi asked her son.

'Phuhi kissing Phuphi, Nani!', Ori exclaimed as she clapped her hands before neither Shivaay nor Anika could answer. Ori was asked to call Kamini as Dadi and Jhanvi as Nani, since Gauri is like a daughter to Jhanvi.

Hearing Ori's answer, Shivaay and Anika's jaw had dropped to the ground. That was something they were least expecting. Their cheeks began to flush due to the embarassment of being caught red-handed by their mothers.

'Kissing?', Jhanvi and Kamini gasped at the same time.

'Yessh! So that Phuphi get well soon and come home! If Phuphi get a lot of kissies, then Phuphi will be okay fastel!', Ori repeated what Shivaay had told her a little while ago.

'Who told you that Ori?', Kamini asked her this time around.

'Phuhi!', Ori said as she pointed towards Shivaay.

Shivaay closed his eyes tightly and looked down in embarrassment, while Anika was giving death glares to him. Kamini and Jhanvi had a very hard time in controlling their laughter.

'I didn't know that there was such a thing!', Jhanvi exclaimed as she looked at Kamini.

'Even I had no idea about this!', Kamini supported Jhanvi.

Before Ori could say something else, Shivaay kept his hand on her mouth and carried her out of the room by the excuse of getting ice cream for Ori. Kamini and Jhanvi could only laugh out loud at his actions and turned towards a flushed Anika.

'Anika, did Shivaay just kiss you or bite your cheeks as well?', Jhanvi asked, not leaving a single chance to pull her leg.

'Huh?', Anika asked in a trance.

'Well, your cheeks so red and glowing, that's why!', Jhanvi teased her as she suppressed her laughter along with Kamini.

'Jhanvi Aunty...', Anika cribbed like a child as she couldn't take any more embarrassment.

'Phew!', Shivaay sighed as he dashed out into the corridor heading towards the elevator.

'Phuhi! Why we leave?', Ori asked as she was just meeting her Nani and Dadi after quite some time, but before they could have a proper meet, her Phuhi had brought her away.

'Meri maa! Aapne toh mera pura ka pura vaat lagathiya! Meri tho aaj tai tai piss hoga! (You had totally screwed me up! I'll be done today!)', Shivaay feared as he walked out with Ori.

Just then, he saw Om and Gauri who were talking to each other quite normally, laughing and smiling once in a while as they were sipping in the  coffee from their Venti-sized Starbucks tumbler, walking hand-in-hand. Shivaay and Ori looked at each other in shock and surprise. Was it the end of the world?

'Phuhi... Mama and Papa...', Ori pointed towards her parents in shock while Shivaay just nodded, absorbing the same shock.

'No fighting! No dishoom dishoom!', Ori exclaimed again.

Shivaay could only plainly nod his head at the statement of observation that little child was making. Om and Gauri were in progress of patch-up, but what escalated the process? He and Anika took nearly two weeks plus to be as comfortable as they were with each other now and here, within just a few days, Om and Gauri were having talk over coffee like newly dating couples and that too holding each others hand!

'Let's go and find out!', Shivaay whispered to Ori.

She nodded agreeing to her Phuhi's decision. She thought that her parents were about to fight again when she was asked to go into her Phuphi's room, but the situation turned out to be a completely opposite one. Normally, when they asked her to leave and she got back, both of them would be in tears, but today, it was as if a miracle had happened in their life.

'Hi Om, Hi Gauri! How are you guys?', Shivaay greeted 'casually', pretending to not have noticed their lovely moment earlier.

'Hey Shivaay, how's Anika?', Om asked him as he unwillingly let go of Gauri's hand.

'She's fine. Tell me one thing. What's up with the two of you?', Shivaay asked as he saw a grinning Om and blushing Gauri. Okay, that was really new for Shivaay. Ori couldn't believe her eyes and kept on rubbing on them, with a hope that it shouldn't be a dream which she had always had ever since she was introduced to Om.

'Nothing. Just a cup of coffee! You want some?', Om asked as he offered his cup.

'No, thanks! I only drink Espresso', Shivaay declined politely and observed Om and Gauri. Something was cooking between them both.

'Err... Om, I think I should leave now. I have another appointment later. I shall take my leave!', Gauri excused herself as she took Ori from Shivaay's arms and left.

Om had offered to drop her but Gauri declined politely citing that it was a place nearby only and she could manage with auto-rickshaw. Om watched on Gauri leaving dreamily while Shivaay's gaze was fixed on him, demanding an explanation.

'I had begged her for a chance again! And she said okay!', Om voiced out at last, answering Shivaay's question.

'Okay? So fast? What did you do? How did you ask? When is she shifting back and are you guys getting married again?', Shivaay bombarded Om with his non-stop questions.

'Shivaay, chill, relax, okay! Breath brother. Breath!', Om composed an overly excited Shivaay by holding him by his shoulder.

'Gauri hasn't said okay to come live back with me but she has given me a chance to win her trust back!', Om explained calmly.

'And you brought her for coffee! What is this O? You should have brought her to the house which you had bought for you both. She would have came back to you right away, seeing the seriousness in your motive!', Shivaay reprimanded Om.

'Shivaay, our first date, five years ago was also a coffee date in a hospital cafe. I had just recreated one of the most beautiful moments of our life and you're taunting me?', Om asked back.

'No! No! I'm not taunting. Good job by the way!', Shivaay praised him.

'And about the house, I'll only bring her there when she says yes to me again!', Om added.

'I feel like that day is very soon!', Shivaay smiled as he told what his seventh sense was telling him.

A week had passed, Anika was slowly recovering with Shivaay, and the whole family helping her at each and every phase of her recovery. She was excelling each and every session of her physiotherapy. Jhanvi and Kamini has brought her all types of concotions and herbal teas to help her recover as quick as possible. Shakti, Tej and Om were busy with the wedding preparation, but they do manage to visit her once in a while. Anika always looked forward to their visits as they would always sneak in some chocolates and Pizza for her. Gauri visited her regularly along with Om at times and alone sometimes as well. Ori was seriously clinging onto Shivaay's kissing statement taht everytime she pays her Phuphi a visit, she showers her with lots and lots of kisses. Shivaay was still stuck to his routine. He stayed with her from morning till the end of visiting hours. Sometimes, he had even sneaked in after the visiting hours just to be with Anika the whole night.

'You'll be discharged tomorrow!', Shivaay informed her as he mindlessly played with the strands of her hair as she rested her head on his chest.

They were both doing nothing but cuddling on the hospital bed. Shivaay had held Anika really close to him so that neither of them would fall.

'And our wedding is in four days! Can you believe it?', Shivaay asked her.

'That wedding is just a formality only Shivaay. I'd taken you as my husband since a very long time ago!', Anika whispered against his chest.

'Huh? Since when Biwi?', Shivaay questioned.

Anika giggled upon hearing the word Biwi from his mouth. This was one habit which he had brushed off from Dr.Kundra. He had called his girlfriend Madhu as Biwi and ever since, Shivaay also began calling her biwi whenever they were in private like this.

'Ever since you said you loved me on the ferry in New York, five years ago!', Anika confessed.

Shivaay was dumbfounded. It was true that Anika has got Annie's memories, but the person who he had confessed to was Annie, not Anika.

'This is all so weird even for me! Having all her emotions and feelings along with her memories. But Shivaay, I want you to know that even if this is strange, she's me and I'm her now. I don't have two minds anymore. I... I don't know how to explain this but those memories and feelings, I don't feel like I got it from her like as in we watch a movie, but it was as if I lived through it. Every moment, every second, every single thing is so vivid and real!', Anika explained.

'You don't have to explain... I get it!', Shivaay told her.

'I know that you love Annie and now that we're together and about to get married, you're being nice with me. Spending time with me and all. But just a thing, don't do it all if you're not in love with me!', Anika pleaded, almost crying.

That was when Shivaay has realized that ever since she was awake from the coma, he hadn't said I love you to her as he always did when she was unconscious. He was planning for a proper proposal once she gets discharged, but in between, he had forgot to profess his love to her. But, wasn't it obvious through his actions that how much he loves her? He stayed with her the whole day every day and sometimes sneak in during night time as well, but here she was still thinking that he doesn't love her. Was she always this dumb or what?

'Anika, why do you think I'm here right now with you?', he asked calmly.

'Because I had asked you to stay!', she said as she snuggled in more into him.

'Yes and would I ever take such a huge risk, if I wasn't in love with you?', Shivaay asked, leaving her in shock.

Anika immediately rose up and sat on her knees facing Shivaay. Shivaay also got up and looked at her.

'You love me?', Anika asked again, being suprised, before Shivaay could answer her, she spoke again.

'It's not because I've merged with Annie right?', Anika asked again. Shivaay shook his head, sighing a no.

'You sure Shivaay? Please don't play with it. We still have time till the wedding...', Anika's words stopped right there as he took her lower lips in his and began to nibble them. His hands were circling her waist pulling her so close to him that their body was adhered. Anika too kissed him back with equal amount of passion as soon as she regained herself. Her hands found their way to his hair, pulling him in closer to her.

As they were both running out of breath, Shivaay unwillingly break away from the kiss and joined their forehead together. Both of them were panting to get back to their normal breathing.

'Don't ever doubt my love for you ever again, Biwi. I love you and I had loved Annie too, but you're the one whom I deeply, madly and crazily fell in love with. Marry me Anika. I could live without Annie but I will not be able to live without you. Please just marry me and be with me together!', Shivaay asked her as he pulled out the ring he had bought for her, before the incident took place.

'I love you Shivaay! And I do want to take you as my fuckable legal sexmate!', Anika giggled as she uttered those words. Those were his exact words when he had proposed Annie for marriage five years ago.

'Oh God! You mad woman!', Shivaay muttered as he slipped the ring into her right ring finger as the other was carrying their engagement ring.

As soon as he slipped in the ring into her finger, they sealed their love promise with another passionate kiss.

'Oh God! I so want you now!', Anika muttered just when they broke away from the kiss.

'This is hospital bed Biwi! I want you badly too... but just another five more day, then you'll be my fuckable legal sexmate. I'll make love to you all night long until the neighbours all know my name and that too in various positions and poses, until orgasm breaks us apart!', Shivaay told her.

'I can't believe I'm hearing this from that very man who had fucked me in a stranger's car!', Anika commented sarcastically.

Shivaay couldn't help but to chuckle at her statement and pulled her on him again, back to their laying position.

'Sleep, Biwi. And, I love you!', Shivaay confessed again.

'I love you too, Billu!', Anika replied as she kissed his forehead.

Both of them then drifted away into dreamland while being in each other's embrace.

PRECAP : The wedding.

- To be continued -

P.S. Sorry for the delay. Firstly, I wasn't feeling that great on 30th May that I didn't want to give you guys any crap. Secondly, Wattpad was creating troubles earlier today and trust me, I had to type back this chapter.

P.P.S. Next update will be on 3rd June 2018 and it will be the last.