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"What?" shriked Gauri and Omkara in union.

"guys have some mercy on my poor ears" Rudy rubbed his ears.

"you have very poor mind and even more poor ideas" Gauri said glaring at him.

"for the first time I have to agree with you" Omkara added eying at Rudy.

"Guys there is no better option, if you two want to move out of your home without your parents support, you guys don't have much option in your  budget. you guys don't even have basic things so it's best go for this fully furnished flat and share the rent" Rudy explained the matter in more detail to them.

"yes Om, it's best" Bhavya said to her best friend after noticing him thinking lot on the matter.

"Yes Ri, if you want to go back to home then you can go but if you want to fulfill your dreams then start with your first struggle by living with him"

Gauri looked at Rudy then at Omkara.

no other option she has to do this.

"Okay" they both said in unions.

Soon with their luggage they both left for their new rented flat. Bhavya and Rudy felt so relaxed after they finally left.

"I was seriously getting mad with their continues fights, god knows what will they do in their place" Bhavya said feeling guilty after sending them.

"hmm, but at least we can sleep peacefully" Rudy hugged his wife after a whole weeks separation finally his love was in his arms.

"I missed you" both mumbled 

"I don't know what exactly went wrong with them, in childhood they were so good with each other but suddenly things changed" Bhavya said once they were settled on bed.

"we four are childhood friends, we two were always fighting they two always solving our matter now table turned" Rudy said thinking how life changed.

"I think before shifting to Germany, they had some fight"

"what fight can happen between a 11yrs Om and 10Yrs Ri?" Rudy wondered 

"Ri never said anything about him, but she didn't like to talk about him"

"same with Om, and suddenly after 13yrs they met in our wedding. I m glad at least we were in touch" Bhavya snuggled in his arms.

"though we are their cousins still we behave like more best friends to them"

Gauri And Rudra are cousins they moved to Germany with their parents. Rudy always visited India with family and friends because he never wanted to leave the chance of meeting his childhood sweetheart Bhavya. though they took time to confess but they always knew they are meant for each other.

Gauri and Omkara was inseparable in their childhood, they used to be couple whenever they played home home, but something happened between them at the time Gauri left India with her family. they both don't like each other since then.

As soon as Omkara opened the flat door Gauri run towards bedroom, they have yesterday came to see the place with Rudy so they know the home well.

It was 1BHK flat Gauri wanted bedroom for herself so she hurriedly feel the cupboard with her clothes.

Omkara left his luggage in hall and went on bed directly to rest, Gauri noticed him on bed.

"Omkara, I m taking bedroom"

Omkara looked at her in confusion.

"you can go out and rest in hall on sofa" Gauri cleared his doubt.

"oh hello Miss Sharma, I m paying equally and I want bedroom. you can enjoy your sofa" he re[lied with sweetest smile.

"Omkara" Gauri shouted in anger.

"Gauri" Omkara shouted in same tone.

"I don't want to share a bed with you" Gauri huffed.

"that's your problem, Not mine"

after glaring at each  other Gauri came up with an idea.

with a curtain Gauri divided bed, Omkara throw Gauri's clothes on bed which was on his side.

"we can't divide kitchen and bathroom so we will have to use it timely" Gauri said angrily taking her clothes and arranging it in her side.

"We can cook day wise, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I'll cook. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday you cook" Omkara said.

"cool"

 "I'll use washroom first, I won't like to see wet floor with your long hair in morning first thing" Omkara added.

"Then you will make morning tea for me everyday"

both glared at each other challenging to argue other but both didn't start any fights, they nodded in agreement. 

They were behaving civiler then before, maybe they knew here they don't have any referee like Ruvya's home.

As it was Wednesday so, Omkara cooked dinner. they had dinner together without exchanging a single word. though Gauri was tempted to compliment him about his cooking skill but she didn't.

They fought for Remote and then shared TV hourly basis. they knew if one will start fight then other won't let it go and surely one will be killed between the two so they avoided arguing.

At night Gauri shouted in her sleep because of her nightmare, she drunk water from side table and settled on bed again feeling terrified from the nightmare.

Omkara slowly held her hand and squeezed her hand.

Next day when Gauri cooked, Omkara couldn't help but laugh. Because she served Maggie in breakfast, in lunch and even in dinner.

"I don't know cooking anything other than tea and Maggie"

"We can't eat Maggie three times a day as well as three days in week like that"

Gauri pouted.

"For tomorrow I will teach you little bit of cooking"

"I don't want to learn"

"Oh hello, like childhood I m not going to all imaginary foods"

Gauri's cheek turned red, she could still remember playing with him ghr ghr.

Now they are playing it for real.

Things could have been sweet and good if that day...

Gauri learnt to make rotis and in 3-4days she was better than Omkara in making round rotis.

For Ruvya's surprise they managed pretty well without being friend or enemy. though Ruvya wished Rikara to clear their problems but they was happy at least now they weren't fighting just by seeing each other.

One Day Gauri came home with tears in her eyes, Omkara couldn't help and felt bad.

Omkara offered her water, she silently drunk it.

he hesitantly held her hand.

"it's okay"

She looked at him and felt great relief just with his presence she threw herself on his arms. he was shocked for a moment but he eventually hugged her.

"If you want you can share with me" he said rubbing her back

"I saw a family today while returning back. I miss mom dad" Omkara chuckled

She looked up at him. He read hurt in her eyes.

"I m sorry" he nervously held his ear.

Gauri moved back and wiped her tears

"It's okay"

"Why did you left home?" Omkara asked

Gauri didn't reply for good two minutes

"They wanted me to marry"

"And?"

"I m not ready"

"So?"

"I told dad, he was ready to give me time but mom was not listening his so dad give me idea to threaten mom about leaving home but don't know how mom and my argument got heated and I left home"

"So you talk with dad?" His statement came as question.

She nodded in reply

"So are you missing mom?"

"Hmm" she pouted

He held her hand and rubbed it.

"Why did you left home?" Gauri asked after some moments.

"I wanted to be painter and my dad didn't support me with it, I was tired of his pressure to join business I thought to leave home I talked with mom she tried to make things better but dad didn't listen so in last mom sent me by herself" he mumbled slowly

"You will be a finest artist soon, I have seen your paintings they are awesome" Gauri squeezed his hand.

They both smiled.

"You know Gauri, I realised one thing after living with you. It's tough to live with you...but it would be more tough to live without you" he said making Gauri confused.

Did he mean living alone is more tough? Or living without her is more tough?

Things were Changing slowly between them, from not liking each other's presence till being comfortable and now missing each other.

They were again playing the same game Ghar ghar with the same happiness and love.

After dinner Gauri was washing utensils while Omkara was drying them standing beside her.

"Don't you feel we have done this in past too?"

"We do this every day Omki" Gauri tease him

"Not like that, you remember playing ghar ghar in childhood where you used to make me do all work in our home and you used to make me drink some imaginary tea"

"Yeah, yeah. I remember" Gauri chuckled

"Do you remember how much Bhavya and Rudy used to fight? In their home"

"Yeah, that was hilarious to see them, they used to pull each other's hair" they both laughed at the memory

"You know Om, Rudy used to bribe me to play as his wife"

"Bhavya used to do Lot's of pleading for same"

"But"

"We were fixed with each other"

They looked each other with some different emotions in their eyes.

"Things changed" Gauri avoided eye contact.

"We are doing same, Changing the topic won't help" Omkara held Gauri's shoulder

"Gauri"

She looked at him with hurt.

"WHEN I SAID I LOVE YOU I mean it Gauri"

"You was only 11years"

"But I knew what I felt"

"Why did you slap me?" Omkara asked after silence of some moment.

"You kissed me next day after confessing your love, I run away"

"I m sorry, I shouldn't have steal your first kiss"

"I didn't slap you because of kiss" Gauri replied

"Then?" Omkara asked in shock

"I saw you with Ishana when I came to return your kiss. You was busy with her"

"She asked me to help her with some assignment, I don't remember much but she was just friend Gauri" he replied sincerely.

"She said me she is your best friend and when I asked you to come with me that day you denied so when you later came to me I slapped you in jealousy and anger" Gauri Confessed.

"I m sorry to make you feel insecure" Omkara cupped her face.

"I m sorry for not trusting you" Gauri replied.

Omkara wiped the tear which rolled down on her face.

"Let's keep all this in past" he kissed her forehead.

"Now we can resume our home, our relationship from where we left it" Omkara smiled cutely.

Gauri's heart skipped she knew why she was angry all these year on him, she felt cheated just after her first kiss.

Gauri kissed his lips the same way he had pecked innocently at that age.

Omkara looked at her in shock.

"I wanted to return the kiss a long back, it was overdue" saying that she handover a plate in his hand for drying and left.

Once inside bedroom room she felt so happy, so excited. She was nervous about sharing bed yet so excited. Her heart was behaving so weirdly.

As soon as Omkara entered in bedroom, she laid in her side and acted like sleeping.

She wanted him closer but her heart starts beating fast crazily. She didn't know how to react or behave on this moment.

"Gauri" he called her softly

She didn't reply. When Omkara thought she is sleeping he moved the curtain and kissed her forehead.

"I missed you" he said looking at her face lovingly. She is more beautiful then his imagination. He had dreamt her whole his teenage trying to make a perfect image but nothing could have been this perfect.

"I missed you too" she smiled happily at him

She was beyond perfect with her brightest smile. He kissed her nose.

"I think we should do something of this curtain cum divider" Omkara suggested.

"Nope"

"Why?"

"You go in your side" Gauri push him lightly

"JARA PARDA TOH HATAO" he said once he settled on his side.

"Only after marriage" Gauri giggled and held his hand.

Omkara and Gauri decided to not disclose about their unnamed relationship to anyone. Ruvya planned movie out.

They tried to much to avoid each other but Rudy noticed their sweet moments of holding hands in movie theatre.

"Do Dil Mil Rahe Hei" Rudy wishpered in Bhavya's ear.

"What?" She asked loudly, she didn't get what he was saying.

"Nothing"

Then he looked at Om and hummed "DO DIL MIL RAHE HEI MAGAR CHUPKE CHUPKE"

Omkara immediately left Gauri's hand feeling nervous.

That night Gauri was angry on Om.

"Gauri I don't wanted anyone to know about us" he pleaded.

"Why? Do you feel ashamed?"

"Gauri, we decided mutually about not disclosing anyone about our love"

"I don't care, you hurt me today. I love a guy who can't even held my hand proudly such a loser" she looked at him.

Omkara was looking at her in shock.

She confessed her love in anger without even realising it.

As soon as she realised what she did. She was about to run but Omkara held her and pulled her closer through her waist.

Gauri was able to feel butterfly, panda, lion and many more animals in her stomach. He had made her feel whole damn zoo.

Her chest was moving with her fast breathing.

"Say it again" he wishpered near her.

His lips near her ear was a sweet pleasure.

"Om" she moaned

"It sounds so good but please say the earlier one sentence"

"Gauri" he added huskily

"I love ...

She couldn't Confessed because Omkara's mobile rang on such a bad timing.

As it was an important call he received it.

"Yes, yeah...okay...thank you so much" he cut the call with so much happiness.

The irritation of breaking their moment was gone with a happy news.

Omkara hugged Gauri happily. She was confused from his sudden happiness before she can pull apart he pulled her closer making her lose balance with him.

They fall on sofa.

Gauri was beneath Omkara, Gauri nervously looked at Omkara and licked her lips, as his eye moved to her beautiful lips he looked up in her eyes and saw her eyeing at his lips. Feeling it as most perfect thing. He took her lips in his and kissed her.

The kiss was gentle at so passionate, they didn't know when and what happened but when they broke the kiss his hands were inside her top while her hands were lost in his hair.

"I love you" both mumbled.

He kissed her lips once more.

"My lucky charm"

Omkara explained her about getting a call for exhibition. His first exhibition.

Omkara called his family and invited them on his big day. Gauri was by his side. Gauri's family was there too.

Pinky (gauri's mom) was talking with Jhanvi Omkara's mom)

"Looks like we have successfully completed the dare" Pinky winked

"Oh my Mata, looked at my son, totally wrapped in gauri's little finger" Jhanvi happily added

"Tej, we lose the dare" Shakti wishpered

"Do we mind that?" Tej asked happily

"Not at all, after all now we can finally become family" they hugged each other happily.

"I DARE YOU to make Gauri and Omkara fall in love, Shakti ji dared me like that now see how happy they are looking" Pinky said remembering word to word the dare.

"Oh my Mata, badi mom we did it" Rudy hugged her.

So, Rudra, Bhavya, Pinky and Jhanvi was involved in this dare. Omkara's dad was worried about business because he knew Omkara won't handle it then he realised his would be daughter in law will do great in that so he started Gauri and Omkara's marriage talk which was kind of fixed from Rikara's childhood between their fathers. They didn't know what went wrong between the two and they knew Pinky is Dare queen so they thought she will convince Gauri with talking but for everyone's surprise she made Gauri and Omkara leave home and made them stay together with the help of Ruvya.

"I can't believe Om, my mom is so smart, she sent me away so I can eventually marry to the same guy whom she chose" Gauri said laughing after they were finally married, they were going for their first night.

"Can you believe it? My mom and our two best friends were involved too in this Dare, and indirectly our fathers were too"

"But aren't we happy?" Gauri asked as she walked out of car.

"I m more than happy" he took her in his arms and kissed her forehead. he walked towards their bedroom.

Once they were inside their bedroom Omkara went to open the curtain but Gauri held his hand.

"What?"

"I like to sleep with this Parda, it makes me believe that no matter how much far you are but still you are with me. The way you held my hand when I had nightmare first night in this bedroom, I knew from that moment you are my safe home" he couldn't help and held her beautiful hands and kissed her palm.

"You are my only home" Gauri hugged him happily.

"So this Parda?" Omkara asked looking down at her.

"Manage it husband"

"What husband? With this divider" he pouted.

Gauri held his hand dragged him to bed she pushed him on bed making him lie on bed.

She slept on his chest and looked in his eyes.

"SAHAB BIWI OR... PARDA" she moved closer to his lips when she was about to reach his lips she pulled curtain between their faces.

"JARA PARDA HATADO" Omkara cried from the other side and fliped the position.

Now Gauri was beneath him, he slowly removed the curtain from her face and lightly pecked her lips.

So I added all the Friday Challenges in this one story... sorry I was busy so couldn't pen down anything that time.

Rikara_sk my cutie has nominated me so I couldn't help and make this story. Thank you for the nomination sweet❤️

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