Disclaimer: This story is a two part story. It's completely different from what I have ever written and is also on a genre that you would not have read in a fan fic about IB. I don't mean to demean any character and is only a figment of my imagination. Treat it that way. Do not bash me for the content that you will read here and in the next chapter. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
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Annika was sipping her coffee and looking at her watch. She sighed and thought "Why am I even surprised? When is he not late?"
Suddenly the door of the coffee shop opened and a blast of hot wind hit Annika. She looked up and smiled, all anger on being kept waiting just melted. She stood up and Aditya engulfed her in a tight hug. She looked behind him and as she let go she said "He didn't come this year as well , right?"
Aditya scratched his chin and smiled and said "Wrong. He came but decided to wait inside the car."
Annika rolled her eyes and said "Why must he always do this?"
Aditya said "Give him some time."
Annika looked at him and said "Were nine years not enough?".
Aditya looked uncomfortable and said "Sit down and let's order something shall we. I am starving."
Annika said "Yeah and pack something for him."
Aditya said "I think he likes .."
Annika finished the sentence and said "The red velvet cake  jar from this store. ....I remember."
Aditya mumbled "Awkward."
Annika smirked and said "Tell me about it."
Aditya said "So, how is everything?"
Annika had taken a mouth full of her cake and gulped it in a hurry and almost choked. Aditya thumped her back and said "Careful, Annika."
She coughed and said "Thanks. And coming back to your question , everything is pretty much the same.  Except for the fact that I got a big bonus."
Aditya said "Excellent."
"And I have been made the marketing head for the company. That means I get to roam around a lot, in first class and free of cost."
Aditya started laughing and then said "Wow girl, I can't imagine how much you changed in these past two years. It's hard to think that you were sitting idly at home a few years back."
"If I sit at home idly now , I will go mad Adi." said Annika.
She then asked him "So how are things over there? Better ?."
Aditya said "Mom misses you. She told me that she wished to trade me for you again."
Annika said "I know I am a great woman and mothers love me but jokes apart, is she still angry?"
Aditya said "More like ignoring me and in denial  that all of this ever happened."
"And what about his mom?" asked Annika.
"Well, she misses you too and obviously finds you better now."
Annika snickered and said "She should have realised that much before."
Aditya put a hand on hers and said "I am sorry. I shouldn't have done this even after being a best friend to you. I really am very sorry."
Annika held his hand and squeezed it and said "You couldn't help it. And it's all forgiven and in the past."
Aditya said "He still feels bad you know. It kills him everyday whenever he thinks what all you faced."
Annika said "Then why don't you tell him to come and meet me. He can't hide forever. We made this pact to meet one another every year so that we can move on. Looks like only we both signed the pact."
Aditya said "It's not like that. He wants to meet you and every day he counts the days but when this date arrives he chickens out."
Annika said "Just ask him , how much more he wants to torture me. Don't I deserve to see him once a year. I forgave him . I tried to move on. I made things better between us. I got hurt but still he is the one who thinks that he is the wounded one. Adi, for how long will I give him time. Haven't I given him enough years of my life already."
Aditya said "I don't know what to say. All I know is that...."
Annika stopped him midway and said "I have heard enough Adi. Now I want some answers from him. He is outside, right. I will meet him if he doesn't want to meet me."
Annika stormed outside the coffee house before Aditya could stop her. She bumped into someone and was about to fall when that person caught her on time. She looked up and saw him. There he was holding her in his arms and the same electricity that she had felt for him years ago passed in her veins just by his mere touch.

Annika mumbled softly "Shivaay Singh Oberoi."
Shivaay held her up and she straightened herself. She looked at him and he looked at her with an unexplainable sadness. She hugged him and said "Two years, Shivaay. Two freaking years and you didn't want to meet me once. It isn't that we haven't spoken on the phone then why do you play this game of hide and seek with me?"
Shivaay stroked her hair and said "Because everytime I look at you , every single memory comes back to me and every single day that I hurt you flashes before me. You have bore so much that I fall weak when I remember all of that. I am sorry Annika."

Annika cupped his face in her hands and said "But didn't I tell you that it's all forgiven and that you will always remain my best friend for life. Whatever happened wasn't your fault Shiv. It was no one's fault. It was just fate."
Shivaay said "I should have come clean from before. I shouldn't have married you."
Annika said "Even you didn't know and it isn't as if the journey had been a bed of roses for you."
Shivaay said "You will always be the one who knows me the best . No one understands me the way you do and no one stands by me like you do. Even Aditya says that we both are damn lucky that we have you as our support system."
Annika said "See , it's not difficult to have a conversation with me is it?"
Shivaay scratched his head and said " Yes.  I was being an idiot. Let's go in and chat. "
Annika smiled weakly and said "You go in. I will join you."
Shivaay went and Annika wept silently as she started remembering her past.

Flashback
9  Years  Ago

Shivaay and Annika's bare bodies lay intertwined together on the bed. Annika had pressed her breasts on Shivaay's chest and Shivaay had wrapped his hand around her and was kissing her nape. She was lost in his thoughts and was constantly moaning his name as if worshipping him. Shivaay stopped kissing her and held her face in his hands and said softly "You are the most beautiful woman I have ever met Annika. You connect with me. I never thought that an one night stand in college would  bring us here. 4 years we have been together and still everything feels new.I think... I think... that I love you."
Annika blushed and Shivaay said "Close your eyes."

Annika did as she was told and after a few moments Shivaay asked her to open her eyes and she saw a beautiful ring in his hand. She clapped her hands to her face and he said "Will you marry me Annika?"
Annika started crying and nodded. Shivaay said "Is that a yes or a no?"
Annika hugged him and said "Yes and a thousand times yes."

Shivaay touched her lips and bent towards her and kissed her. She kissed him back like she never had. It was the happiest day in both of their lives.

3 Months Later

Annika and Shivaay were taking their wedding vows and they promised their togetherness for a lifetime.
On their first night, Annika was waiting for Shivaay in their bedroom. Shivaay came in and she bounced off the bed and hugged him tightly and he picked her up off the floor and swayed her. He whispered "How do you feel , Mrs.Annika Shivaay Singh Oberoi?".

Annika said "Same as I did a few hours ago,?"
Shivaay made a face and said "Don't be cheeky with me. You will have to pay for that later."
Annika said seductively "Do the worst you can do."

She ran away from him and he chased her. Their laugher filled the room and then Shivaay caught her and put her on the bed. She pulled him beside her and traced his face. She said "I wish that whatever may happen, this friendship of ours may never fade away."
Shivaay took her hand and said "I promise that we will be friends first and partners later."
Annika kissed his hand and Shivaay started removing her jewellery slowly. Then he gently undressed her and although he had seen her bare bodied many a times , today he felt different. Annika was his wife and suddenly that reality struck him and it gave him a mixed feeling.
A feeling he himself couldn't fathom. Before he could ponder more upon that , Annika pulled him towards her and put her legs on his waist and kissed his back while he sucked her collar bone and bit her earlobes. While Shivaay waived off his feelings as the night closed upon them , Annika was unaware of the storm that would hit her.

2 Years Later.

Annika pulled the curtains and the light fell on Shivaay's face. Shivaay groaned and said "Annika, let me sleep please."
Annika said "It's high time you got up."
Shivaay said like a kid "Then wake me in a proper manner."
Annika smiled and came to him and stroked his chin with her wet hair. Shivaay grabbed her waist and said "Happy Anniversary my wife."
Annika tickled him and said "A very happy two years to you too. Now get up and make me some breakfast. And listen I have planned a party for tonight, so make sure you are home on time."
Shivaay said "Kiss me first.: He pointed to his eyes and then his nose."
Annika obliged and then said "Now go."

That evening in the party.
Annika called out to someone and took his hand and bought him to meet Shivaay. Shivaay looked at that man. The man was ruggedly handsome and had a boyish charm in his face. Annika said "Shiv, this is Adi. I mean Aditya Shekhwat. He was my best friend throughout school. Then we lost touch. Few days ago he joined my place of work and we met again."
Shivaay looked at him in a odd sort of way and then shook hands with him and said "It's a pleasure to meet you."

To Be Continued......

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