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It was a beautiful morning for everyone but Shivaay and Anika. Both of them knew something was missing but nothing seems to be missing. They can feel that something is between them, but again can't figure out what exactly.

For Shivaay, Anika was Prinku's friend and wedding planner, for whom he had weirdo feelings but never acknowledged them. He knew if he did then, one day he would turn out like his father and push Anika to the death.

And talking about Anika, for her Shivaay is her friend and Client, Priyanka's brother. She herself don't know if she feels something for him or not. Or she does not want to understand what he feels for Shivaay. As for Anika, love is destroyer who destroyed her father's life.

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Today was the day when Anika decided to expose Daksh in front of Shivaay and his family. She knew Shivaay would not believe her for some lame reason. She sometimes he enjoys irritating her and annoying her to the extend, she feels to murder him.

She enters his room to see Shivaay sitting and reading news paper. Whenever she sees his room, she feels there is a connection between them, that is called 𝘙𝘢𝘢𝘣𝘵𝘢. 

"Excuse me, sir. Mujhe aapko kuch dikhana hai." Said Anika, as she knocked the door.

"Ab kya dikhana hai tumhe? Aur please mera naam Shivaay hsi, call me that." Replied Shivaay.

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She knew it, he would be angry but this not at her but at Daksh, for betraying him, for playing with emotions of his sister, for making a fool out of Oberois. He would suffer. 

"Thank you, Anika. Tumne meri behen ki zindagi bacha li. I am sorry maine tumpe bharosa nahi kiya, tumhe meri aur uss Daksh ki wajah se jo bhi sehna pada. Tum bohot achhi ho, thank you, once again." Saying this he hugged her.

She was shocked, would be an understatement as the person who cannot hug someone hugged him out of happiness and gratefulness.

But the thing shocked her more was, her hands in reflex wrapped around his shoulders, as if she was habituated to this. Again the same thing, her father used to call it 𝘙𝘢𝘢𝘣𝘵𝘢, when he used to tell Anika about her mother and his love-story. He soon realised what he did and parted and looked at her face he wanted laugh and had an urge to pull her cheeks.

"Sorry. Woh...excitement mein.." He trailed off.

"Its okay." Replied Anika. 

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All the hells were breaking when Shivaay was confronting Daksh. 

"Main hi chahata hoon ki tu Anika se dur rahe, main toh bas tumhare beech mein galat fehmi ko janam dene hi wala tha ki iss Anika ne mera pura plan chaupat kar diya." Spitted Daksh, another punch on his face landed by Shivaay.

Shivaay was dead angry on Daksh and Tia for playing such dirty trick on him. How dare they, do this to his family, his sister and Anika?

"Anika ko dekhke mujhe laga ki jo bahar se itni khubsurat hai woh andar se ktni khubsurat hogi." His eyes filling with lust aa he looked at Anika.

Anika just came forward, and slapped him hard.

"Tumhari himmat kaise hui mere baare mein aisi bakwaas karne ki. Ek aur baar apni zubaan se mera naam liya toh teri jeeb kheech lungi." Anika roared at him.

"Daksh tumse pyaar kiya tha maine. Par maine apne sapne mein kabhi nahi socha tha ki tum mujhe itna bada dhoka doge." Glared Priyanka at him.

She also slapped him, that hard he directly fell into her feet.

Shivaay picked him up and said "Agar Tua ke saath koi aisa karta toh tujhe kaisa lagta, haan?"

"Shivaay apni zabaan ko lagaam de." Roared Daksh, how dare Shivaay, speaking rubbish about his sister. 

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"Billu, tu Shakti jaisa nahi hai, puttar." Said Dadi, looking at her grandson was laying with his head in her lap.

"Aap aisa kyun bol rahi hain, Dadi?" Asked Shivaay, genuinely confused.

"Billu, maine dekha hai tu Anika ko kaise dekhta hai, woh achhi ladki hai, puttar. Aur main jaanti hoon mera billu, kabhi apne baap jaisi harkat nahi kar sakta." Said Dadi, caressing his hair. 

"Par Dadi, agar main ne aisa kuch kardiya toh?" Asked Shivaay, letting out his insecurities.

"Puttar, tu ne apni Ma dard dekha hai, tu kabhi kisi aurat ko uss dard mein nahi daal sakta." Dadi explained.

"Par Dadi, main apni feelings ko lekar sure nahi hu."Said Shivaay.

"Toh abhi tujhe sure kar dete hain." Said Om and Rudra, entering in the scene.

"Kaise?" Asked Shivaay.

"Bhaiya, aapko bas apni aakhein band karke humare kuch sawalon ja jawaab dena hai. Okay?" Replied Rudra.

"Hmm." He just hummed in reply.

"Aap jab khubsurat word ke baare mein sochte ho, toh saamne kiska chehra aata hai?" Asked Rudy.

"Anika!" Replied Shivaay.

"Agar Anika ne uss Nikhil se shaadi karli toh tu kya karega?" Asked Omkara.

"Main toh poori duniya ko aag laga dunga." Said Shivaay, his fists turning white due to his grip on it, Anika with someone else; wasn't a great idea for him.

"Aur inn dono sawalon ka jawaab aisa kyun hai?" Asked Omkara, the final question; that will decide ShivIka's future.

"Its because I love her." As soon as he said it, his eyes flung open.

"Om, I love her. I love her! I love her." Shivaay repeated that to himself and all others.

"Humein toh pata hi nahi tha." Omru replied, sarcastically. 

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Anika was packing her bags to leave this city as she wanted to have a new start without Shivaay.

Finally, Anika, Sahil and Gauri were free to go. They left that greedy 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪 behind. Now only three of them and Anika's event management firm.

She was just chaining her luggage when she heard knockson the door. She went to open the door as Gauri took Sahil to have their last memories at Mumbai.

As she opened the door, she was shocked to see Shivaay standing there and, 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔? Okay, something is definitely wrong.

"Mr.Oberoi, aap yahan?" Asked Anika, astonished to see him standing at the entrance of her house.

"Kya main andar aa sakta hoon?" Asked Shivaay.

"Ji, aaiye!" Welcomed Anika.

"Toh aapko kya kaam tha?" Asked Anika, as Shivaay and herself settled on the couch.

"Main toh ainvayi par tum kahin ghumne jaa rahi ho?" Asked Shivaay, grasping the surroundings.

"Nahi, main Delhi shift ho rahi hoon." Said Anika, dropping a bomb on Shivaay.

"Kyun?" Asked Shivaay, his years threatening to fall.

"Kyunki main apni life naye sirre se shuru karna chahti hoon, woh main yahan nahi kar sakti." Replied Anika, not meeting his gaze.

"Anika, tumhe kabhi woh rishta jo hum dono ke beech hai feel nahi hua?" Asked Shivaay, standing up.

"N...nahi!" Replied Anika, looking everywhere but him, she also stood up.

He held her arm, twisting it behind he said "Meri aankhon mein dekhke kaho, dammit!"

He suddenly had an deja-vu feeling. She remembered he was saying the same thing, same way but something was different, it was she wearing a 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑎 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟.

She gave a bit more pressure to her brain but resulted in fainting.As Shivaay saw her fainting his heartbeat stopped, he was scared. Scared to loose her, he picked her in his arms and took her to a clinic near by, in his car. 

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Shivaay was seeing Anika get up. He didn't called Gauri as didn't want her to be worries as he was already there for worrying.

"Tum thik ho?" Asked Shivaay, as he sat beside her.

"Haan, Shivaay main bilkul thik hoon." Said Anika, smiling softly.

"Shivaay, aap ko kuch yaad nahi hai, na?" She continued."

Kis baare mein kuch yaad nahi hai?" Asked Shivaay, being shocked with her tone that was not formal, this was unusual.

"Shivaay, maib khidkitod Anika hoon." Anika used her "vocabulary", to remind Shivaay about their "𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑢-𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡𝑠". 

Shivaay got some flashes and said "What's that language?!" 

As if in reflex.Anika smiled brightly as she saw him remembering their past. "𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘫𝘪! Aapne 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘺𝘢, ab toh main aapki 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱 kardungi. Aur phir aap 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 mein nahi baithenge." Said Anika.

Although the lines were pretty illogical but still it helped Shivaay remember their past.

"Aapko kuch yaad aya?" Asked Anika, hopefully that this time answer would be yes.

"Nahi, par kuch ajeeb flashes aa rahe hai." Replied Shivaay.

"Ek kaam kijiye, aap bahar jaake apni gaadi ke side mein khade ho jaiye." Said Anika.

"Par kyun?" Shivaay asked, he was this confused that he forgot he was going to confess his love to Anika.

"Bas jaiye." This time she ordered and he followed it. 

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Shivaay was standing beside his car when he saw Anika coming from others side and then he noticed bat in her hands, and then what he saw was Anika hitting the windshield of his car with a bat.

Yet again he got a feeling of 𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘣𝘵𝘢, when he saw her with the bat and hitting the windshield.He saw the flashes of Anika hitting his windshield. But in different clothes and different expressions on her face.He tried to put more pressure on his brain and finally he remembered. 

He remembered them. Their love. Their past.

He just went and hugged her as if his life depends on it. 

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