The next day morning gauri enters om's room and finds him still asleep. She seats herself beside him and runs her hand on his forehead and gently calls him out to wake up. But he was still asleep so she starts petting his hair and talking to him.

G: I'm so proud of you om. Your will to let go off drugs is so galvanizing. You know what, i have started to fall for you but I don't know whether our feelings are mutual. I'm afraid to get my heart broken but at the same time I can't stop falling for you.

While she was talking she noticed him waking up. He slowly opened his eyes and they met her eyes. They had a short and sweet eye lock.

G: i have brought your breakfast go and freshen up.

Om without uttering a word walked into the bathroom. Actually he had heard each and everything gauri had said thinking he was asleep. He didn't want to make anything awkward in their already awkward relationship. On the other hand, gauri thought that he was still angry on her, so she decided to apologize. Om came out after finishing his morning duties and saw gauri placing his breakfast on the bed. He went and sat opposite to her and was about to take his plate when gauri stopped him and took his plate in her hand and made a morsel. Om mumbled an "i will manage" and took the plate but soon realized that it was a bad idea as he wasn't even able to make a morsel due to his injured hand. Seeing him struggle gauri snatched the plate back from him.

G: I know you are angry with for bringing ira into your life but trust me om I never had the intentions to do so. But when I saw how happy she was with you and more importantly how happy you were with her I thought I did the right thing. You know, I have known ira since she was an year old but I haven't seen her so happy. Ira was my grandmother's friend's grand daughter. Her parents weren't ready to accept her as she was a girl so her grandmother had given her away to my grandmother but my grandmother's pension wasn't enough for three of us , i was studying back then, so we decided to put her in an orphanage. When I came to Mumbai I brought her along with me. She doesn't tell me but I know I'm a motherly figure to her and that is why she doesn't call me aunty. That day when she bumped into you there was an immediate connection between you two.

By now om had completed his breakfast so gauri got up to go.

G: I'll talk to her when she calms down om. I promise I'll bring Ira back to you. I'll make her understand.

Shivaay (entering the room): there's no need for that.

Hearing the voice both om and gauri looked towards the door. There stood Shivaay and Ira was peeping from behind his legs. A gentle push from Shivaay and Ira went running towards om, hugged him tight and started crying. Seeing her cry om started panicking and tried calming jer down.

O: ira.... Ira bachcha please calm down. Shhh.. Aap roo kyun rahe ho Bachcha.
( why are you crying?)

I: I'm sorry omi. I'm sorry.

O: shh.. First calm down

He pats her back to calm her down, makes her sit on the bed and feeds her water. He wipes her tears with his thumbs.

I: aap mujhse naraz nahi ho?
( you are not angry with me?)

O: abhi tak toh nahi hoon par agar aap phir se mujhe 'omi uncle' bulao ge toh mein gussa ho jaunga.
( not yet but if you call me omi uncle again i'll definitely get angry)

I: I love you omi (she jumps onto him and hugs him)

O(laughs): I love you too meri jaan.

Gauri, who was standing and admiring their bond wondered how this happened and asked Shivaay.

G(pointing towards them): yeh kaise ho gaya
( how did this happen)

Flashback
Shivaay had gone to the orphanage in the morning and saw that ira was seated on the swing in the garden with a sullen look on her face. He walked towards her and sat on the swing.

S: hello.

I:ab aap yahan kyun aaye ho? Koi kaam hai mujhse?
( why are you here? you need my help to do something?)

S: kyun asyse hi nahi milne aa sakta.
( can't i come just like that?)

"nahi" ira mutters and jumps off the swing and starts going inside. Shivaay ran behind her and caught her by her arm and kneels down in front of her.

S: ira I know you are angry with om par mein jaanta hoon om bura nahi hai usne tumhara istemaal nahi kiya hai. Woh tumhe apni beti maanta hai. He loves Omaira but he loves you more. I can assure you, Omaira ke milne ke baad bhi om tumse utna hi pyaar karega jitna ab karta hai.
( i know you are angry with om but om is not a bad person he didn't use you. you're like a daughter to him. He loves Omaira but he loves you more. I can assure you, even after finding om will love you as much as he loves you now)

I: aap jhoot bol rahe ho. Agar woh mujhse pyaar karte toh mujhe mana ne aate. Par woh nahi aaye. Na kal raat ko na aaj.
( your lying if he loved me he would have come to meet me but he didn't come neither yesterday night nor today)

S:  haan woh nahi aaya. Aaj woh  nahi aaya kyunki uski tabyat kharab hai.
( yes didn't come. He didn't come today because he was sick)

I: kal raat toh aa hi sakte the na?
( he could have come yesterday)

S: kal raat woh nahi aaya kyunki woh tumhe rote hue nahi dekh sakta. Tumhe rote hue dekh usse Omaira ki yaad aa jaati. Aur kal raat bhi yehi hua. Jab Omaira usse dur hoi thi woh bohot roo rahi thi. Tumhe rote dekh usse Omaira ki yaad aa gayi aur phir he had a panic attack.
( he didn't come yesterday because he couldn't see you crying. seeing you cry reminded him of Omira. even yesterday night the same happened. when Omaira was going away from him she was crying. seeing you cry brought back those memories and he had a panic attack)

I: abhi woh kaise hain?
( how is he now?)

S: abhi toh woh theek hai ira par kal raat jo hua uss sab ke baad woh bohot stressed hai. Aur tumhari Dr. Gauri ne kaha hai ke usse zyada stress nahi dena hai. Please ira mere saath chalo. Usse tumhari zaroorat hai. Please ghar aa jao.
( he is fine ira. But after all that happened yesterday he's stressed a lot and your doctor gauri has said that he should not stress alot. He needs you Ira. please come along with me. come home Ira)

Flashback ends

O: ira phir kabhi yeh mat soch na ke main tumse pyaar nahi karta. Agar Omaira mera dil hai toh tum meri dhadkan ho.
( ira never ever think that i don't love you. If Omaira is my heart then you are my heartbeat)

Ira in response hugs him back tight. Gauri who was looking at them felt her eyes moisten. She knew that it was time for her to talk to her love guru.

Precap: love guru's advice

Holla people!!!
                 How are you guys doing?  And yes, the book is still 'on hold'.

Gauri has realized her feelings. Will she confess it? Will om reciprocate her feelings? Who and where is Omaira?

You will get the answers to these questions in the next few chapters which I don't know when I will jot down. Till then take care. Bu-bye!!!