Sitting near him was like setting herself on fire, his burning gaze over her was electrifying as well as made her hands sweaty. What she had ever wanted to do was grab hold of the thin shirt of his and drag him towards her. But as Gauri and Omkara sat mumbling things that were just the drunk words of theirs, Annika failed to recognise the words of what they said. Shivaay wasn't much of a drinker himself, he drank once in a blue moon and today, definitely was the blue moon.

Annika found him leaning into her even further more, she frowned at him as his face held a sheepish smile, he was grinning like a teenager. Annika giggled when he was about to place his hand over her shoulder but tripped. Shivaay looked wasted. Gauri and Omkara were chuckling at each other. "- No, you don't get to decide which position is better, you have to explore, you know -"

Annika wished that there was a key to lock Gauri's mouth because the words that were tripping off her tongue were absurd to Annika's ears. She didn't wanted to hear about their sex life and different positions? What was wrong with these two? Shivaay seemed to have taken interest in their conversation as he whipped his head from one person to another, countering back at each other. Annika rolled her eyes, this was not how she imagined the night to turn into.

Groaning, she got up, dusting away the sand off her dress. Shivaay gazed up at her, the moonlight caressing her soft, smooth skin, her midnight Black hair flying in the air, and just for some split of seconds, he had a tune in the background. Oh god, it felt as if he was in one of those cheesy bollywood movies where the main lead falls for the heroine. He blamed the alcohol for that.

"You guys, are you done?" Annika interrupted but the two of them were too busy to pay any attention to her. Omkara and Gauri had decided to stay tonight in one of the small beach house that was some distance away. Shivaay had a meeting early in the morning tomorrow, he didn't want to spend his night at the beach house, he had decided that he would head back but that was some hours ago, when he wasn't drunk. The beach house had unfortunately only one room, it meant Annika had to drag Shivaay all by herself back to his house.

But he was too wasted, if any one in his family saw him in this state, they would be beyond shocked. Annika didn't want that to happen, not certainly when he had a reputation and image to maintain. He was sitting down, giggling to himself. Annika blinked her eyes to make sure that he really was a lost case at this moment. It brought giggles to her own lips, it was not a sight to miss though.

Until and unless he was bearable, it was fun but if he starts to behave like a high person, she might just put some brain into his head. "Shivaay, let's go" Annika poked his shoulders with her index finger, Shivaay immediately turned his head towards her. He frowned, he didn't want to leave, he liked it here, on the sand, him and her, without a care in this world.

Shivaay shook his head, grabbing her arm and dropping her down at the place next to him. Annika gasped as she felt him grab her waist and lay his head onto her laps. "What - Shivaay, what are you doing?" She tried to unwrap his arms around from her but they were too tight to wiggle out his hold. Shivaay smiled, snuggling into her even more, he loved how she smelled, like coconut and lavender. At that moment, he knew what he more loved, teasing her and irritating her.

Maybe he needed to do more of that so to see her cute outbursts and god, she looked even sexier when she was angry. He was losing his mind, he was. Why did she have to look so god damn good and leave such an effect on him? It was all driving him crazy. Annika had failed to untangle his arms from her waist, sighing, she let him stay like that for how much he had wanted to.

Gently running her fingers through his hair, it might have made him shiver as he shifted a bit and gazed up at her. "It feels good" Annika couldn't help but smile. There was no doubt that after months and weeks of working so hard, he deserved a day off, and he had decided to spend it with her. It made her content, she was looking forward to more of such holidays.

Caressing his cheeks, Annika ran her fingers from his hair down to his cheeks, repeating the process several times. Shivaay had relaxed under her touch, she had magic tingling from the tips of her fingers, didn't she? Because it felt like he was in heaven, being taken care of by one of the angels. Well, she was an angel. His personal angel.

Annika looked at him for seconds, no, he shouldn't fall asleep, how will she walk him towards the car and then to her house? "Hey, do you think you can stay awake for some more minutes? We could get into the car and leave real fast" Shivaay nodded his head, shifting a bit in his position and getting up in seconds.

The shirt he was wearing was now wrinkled, his hair was messed and he was sure that his face looked terrible right now. Annika forwarded her hand towards him, helping him to get up and so he did by sliding his hand into hers, how had he not noticed until now that their hands fitted perfectly with each other? Like a right key to the lock.

Annika held him by the shoulder, making him walk towards the car which was some distance away. She hadn't left without telling Gauri that she was leaving and told her to behave and use protection if something was about to go down. But Gauri hadn't paid any attention to anything she had said, continuing to drag about something to Omkara. Upon reaching the car, Annika opened the door for him and like that in his sleepy and drunk state, Shivaay sat down.

In seconds, Annika had started to drive the car. The atmosphere filled with complete silence, it gave her peace after sitting on the beach and listening to Gauri and Omkara bicker. Shivaay was humming some random song, tapping his foot onto the floor of the car. "You know? I started to listen to those romantic songs, they used to annoy the hell out of me but look, now, this is a different Shivaay Singh Oberoi. What did you do to me?"

"Oh, don't you know? I used some black magic the very first day I met you"

"Annika the witch, is that you?" Shivaay asked with a curious look on his face, even though it was fake amusement, she couldn't help but laugh. Nothing at the moment looked more funnier than his words. Drunk Shivaay was really something she needed in her life to have a good laugh at. Shivaay placed his hand on her thigh, making Annika gasp.

"Look at you, getting all flustered whenever I touch you, even after so many days of being my girlfriend .You are an antique piece"

"You can't blame me for that. I have seen the way you react to my touch, your expressions are always new and unique to me" Shivaay hummed in response, he wasn't going to fight about something which is so true. Hee words were wise, he couldn't understand either why he reacted so differently every other time, sometimes he would find himself grinning, getting turned on, flustered or he would just panic, thinking he might do something wrong.

Annika made him question his own sanity. It wouldn't be a lie to say that he practically dreamt of her every single night, touching him, teasing him and leaving him desperate. He shook his head, if he were to remember those dreams, he was sure that something was about to go up any second. He needed to distract himself, anyhow.

What made it more difficult was the fact that Annika looked more tempting while she drove, looking more sexier to her when she did so. He groaned slowly, he wasn't supposed to be thinking it, thinking about how it would have to get her around his waist yet again. As if sensing the tension in the atmosphere, Annika opened the windows of the car, breathing in the fresh air.

It would take more two minutes to reach her apartment, more two minutes until she would have the chance to escape from the burning gaze of her boyfriend. Shivaay felt much more sober, he was sitting quietly, lost in his own thoughts. "I don't always drink this much. You wanna know why I drank so much today?" His voice was deep and dark, she shook her head, no, she didn't want to know why, not when she was the one driving the car.

"It's because of you, I was trying not to picture you in my bed and me -"

"I don't wanna know" Annika's eyes were wide, her cheeks were turning red. When she heard him chuckling, she knew he was teasing her, taking advantage of the tensed atmosphere, well now, it was lightened. Annika was grateful that they had finally reached her apartment.

She was the first to hop down from the car. Shivaay followed her suit, he was sober enough to walk by his own. It was all in perfect silence, them getting into the elevator and waiting for her floor to arrive. Annika was embarrassed for no reason, like she hadn't imagined herself being pinned under him. But hell, she had never even told her wildest dream to a person.

Shivaay watched as Annika opened the door to her apartment, letting the door open for him as she walked inside. "Hey, did something happen?" Shivaay asked, he bit his bottom lip, even if he knew the reason but he wanted her to confirm it to him.

"No - I mean, yes. It's just that, there are really some wild dreams I have been having, with you in them" Annika sucked a deep breath in, Shivaay somehow saw this coming, she wasn't proud of it, she was feeling as if it was a sin to dream about having sex, but then, was it? It was just how normal people worked. And it was fine to have crazy dreams with a person, it wasn't a crime.

"Annika, I am sure that half the population on the earth have these dreams. There is nothing to be ashamed of. And guess what, you are not alone in this, are you? I with you" Shivaay chuckled at those last words of his, Annika took in his words, they somehow lightened her mood. Why did she have to be ashamed about something she had no control over? Shivaay cupped her face gently, dropping a small kiss at her forehead, letting his lips linger there for some seconds.

Annika smiled, he was a perfect man a woman could wish for. And she was grateful to have him by her side, she would comprise anything to have him in her life. And then, she let those feelings sink deep within her, it made her stomach explode with butterflies, to think that he would stay by her side forever, but would he?

Shivaay threw his arms around her waist, bringing her closer to him so that her skin touched his, he could do this all day long, holding her in his arms, she felt like a missing piece in his life. Running a finger down her cheek, he watched her close her eyes tightly, a sight to see. God, how could she turn him on so easily, without even doing anything much?

"Oh, isn't this going to be a long night?"

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I am so so so sorry for not updating it last week. But I had tests and syllabus to cover, and didn't leave any time for me to write. And I don't think I will be able to update in the coming weeks because of exams. I hope that you'll understand. Thankyou for the constant support.

Who was more cuter : Shivaay or Annika?