Anika was sitting at her balcony quite depressedly as she hasn't spoke to Shivaay the whole day. It's nearly 6 in the evening and there's like about 7 more hours to go to finally be able to talk to Shivaay. Time was passing by really slow for her. Just then, she heard the doorbell being rung and went upto the door. She opened the door to find a few boxes of nicely wrapped gifts awaiting for her with the tag 'Anika' on them and when turned around, each had the tag of five different senses; Touch, see, taste, hear, and smell.

A smile crept up her lips. She knows exactly who had sent them. She took all the boxes inside and wonders which one to be opened first. As she was busy juggling with the boxes, Gauri came out of her room dressed in a pretty saree.

'Gauri? Where are you going?', Anika asked her.

'Actually, Om wants to bring me to meet Jhanvi Aunty and Tej Uncle. He wants to make things official you see', Gauri replied with a blush.

'Oh! Okay then! I guess I'll be alone with these gifts then!', Anika expressed and look at the boxes back.

'Wow! So many gifts! Which one are you opening first?', Gauri asked her.

'I don't know! These are of five senses; touch, see, hear, taste and smell. You tell na! Which one first?', Anika requested Gauri's help.

'Hmmm... what if you begin with the largest box; touch!', Gauri suggested.

'Great idea!', Anika exclaimed and got busy into unpacking the gift properly. It's her first official gift from her boyfriend after all. Every part of the gift should be cherished. She opened it at last and gasped at what she found inside it. It was a plain, elegant, yet very classy beige off-shoulder dress. It looked very dreamy and had a spark of fairy-tale in it.

'Wow Anika! This is so pretty!', Gauri expressed.

'I know right!', Anika exclaimed excitedly while still looking at the dress.

'Open the next one quick!', Gauri urged her.

'Which one?', she asked back with equal urgency in her voice.

'Urrrmmm, see!', Gauri exclaimed.

Anika immediately took that box and unwrapped it. Once, the wrapping paper was totally off the box, it turned out to be a red velvet jewellery box. There was a very subtle diamond set in it. A gold chain with a moon pendant and a pair of elegant diamond ear studs to go with it.

'

Whoa! This must be custom designed jewellry!', Gauri spit out. Anika was shocked beyond words. She always wanted a chain with that kind of moon pendant. Never once she had the idea that her Sadu will get that for her.

'Open this next!', Gauri excitedly handed over the box with the tag 'smell' to Anika. In that gift box, there was a Victoria Secret's Pure Seduction gift set which includes a bubble shower, handcream, fragrance mist and body lotion.

'These are your favourite right?', Gauri asked puzzled. Anika could just simply nod.

'Taste! Open this the next!', Gauri urged as she was more excited than Anika herself to find the gift. In it was a box of handmade assorted chocolates. There was a note along with it saying,"Sending some tiny stress busters!".

Anika smiled yet again and took the last box; hear. She unwrapped it to find a walkman with a recorded tape in it. (I was obsessed with 13 Reasons Why which explains why it is a walkman). She plugged the earphones in and pushed the play button. As soon as it began to play, Anika was smilling wide and blushing hard.

'Hey Love! How are you? I know you must be missing me badly. Well, I miss you too. Did you like the gifts I've sent you? All of them were handpicked by me, you better appreciate it. (Tadibaaz, she thought to herself). And yes, I'm very much eager to see you in them. You should have received this entire gift package by 6.00 p.m. and if my calculation is right, then by the time you finished opening all the gifts and hearing this, it would be around 6:15 p.m. I've arranged a photoshoot for you at an open space nearby my beach house so that I can have a proper look or say sneak peek of you in my shopping before I could come and see you for my own. Your limousine will be there to pick you up by 7:30 p.m. You've got 1 hour to get ready. Be punctual Anika. I love you!'.

Om was there to pick Gauri up by that time and Anika rushed to get ready for the photoshoot that Shivaay has arranged for her. She was very much excited. The limousine arrived on time and Anika was all decked up by that time.

Anika reached the open area behind Shivaay's beach house and found it to be dark.

'Why isn't there any light here? I must have come to the wrong place', Anika thought to herself and was about to go when the whole place was lighten up.

'Shivaay?!', she whispered to herself and turned around to find him standing there, awaiting for her.

She immediately ran upto him and crushed him in a tight hug.

'Shivaay!!!', she whispered his name while crushing him in her hug. Both of them had tears of joy in the eyes.

'You're looking breathtakingly khidkithod gorgeous Anika!', Shivaay whispered into her ears.

'Ohw! And you smell purely seductive too!', he added to tease her a little.

Just then, something stricked Anika's  mind and she broke the hug and hit Shivaay's arms continously.

'You're so mean Shivaay! I mean who does this kind of things huh? You could have told me that you're coming right??? Do you know how much I missed you in these 17 days and today was the worst as I couldn't talk to you yesterday night. I couldn't sleep because of that you know! I was wide awake until 4 something. Then luckily your blazer was there in my wardrobe. I wore it and slept. See, I even got eyebags due to lack of sleep! It's all because of you!!! I'm complaining this mu...', her words died right there as Shivaay used his technique of making her quiet.

That liplock then turned into a passionate kiss where both of them were relishing their partner's lips. None dominated the kiss. It was very mutual and full of love. If only they need not to breath, they would never leave the lips of their partner. As they break away, Shivaay joined his forehead with Anika. Both of then closed their eyes to enjoy the bliss of that moment where they inhale the same air.

'Sorry!', Shivaay said while making a puppy eye.

'That's okay! You put so much of effort in this! Thank you! Thank you for making this so special! I love this whole thing and ambience! I feel so content!', Anika replied back blushingly.

'Content?? Already?! But the surprise has just begin!', Shivaay thought to himself.

'It's getting cold here right? Would you like to go inside there and have some dinner?', he questioned her.

Anika nodded right away and began walking towards the tent-like place and sat down along with Shivaay. They fed dinner to each other while being so lost in love. Even if it was a very quiet dinner, their eyes spoke a lot to each other. As soon as they finished their dinner, Shivaay invited Anika into the beach house as it was getting colder. Anika took his hand and both went in there. The beach house was also dark when they entered.

'Why is it dark here too???', Anika questioned.

'I don't know! Maybe there is something wrong with the fusebox. Let me go and check it out. Just wait here okay!', Shivaay informed her and rushed into the darkness.

'He left before hearing my reply! How mean! Just minutes ago, he was being Mr.Perfect but now, haih! Anika, your fate is sealed. It's always Mr.Imperfect Sadu Singh Oberoi. What should I do now?', Anika thought to herself and began wondering the house with the aid of her handphone's flashlight. As she walked in further, she could notice that there is a light source ahead of her. She quicken has steps towards the source of light. She arrived at a corridor being decorated with lights, showing her which way to go. Even if she was curious, Anika just walked along the corridor.

'I wonder what is going on in his mind!', she thought to herself as she walked.

The corridor ended at a door. She pushed open the door and was surprised upon finding the wells of that room being full of her childhood pictures and Shivaay was standing there with a huge grin.

'Come in Anika!', he called her in.

Anika just went along with the flow. She couldn't believe her eyes. All those photos are from her house in Mussorie, her Dad's photographs. How on Earth Shivaay managed to get them?

'I requested your Dad and he agreed right away!', Shivaay explained as if he heard what was on her mind.

'Oh!', that was the only thing that escaped Anika's mouth.

'I really love this picture of yours!', Shivaay exclaimed as he pointed out towards one particular photo of her.

Anika lowered her head in embarassment and blushed as she buried her face into his chest. Shivaay lifted her gaze to make them meet his gaze with his index finger on her chin.

'Stop blushing this hard, My Love!', he teased her.

'Out of so many pretty photos of mine, why this one Shivaay?', she finally managed to speak.

'Because, this photo just describes you so well! The way you look at the world from a different perspective. How unique you are and crazy as well as wild at the same time. You like adventures, which is why you ride on a swing like this instead of how normal people used to do!', Shivaay reasoned.

'Are you trying to say that I'm abnormal?', she questioned him angrily.

'Anika! Yaar, I am praising you by saying...', he was interrupted by her.

'That I'm abnormal! Wow! What a great way to praise your girlfriend!', she stated sarcastically.

'Hey! I was praising you saying that you're unique! One of your kind! Special kind and you want to start an argument right away. That too, in just a few hours of meeting me!', Shivaay cribbed.

'Aww! Don't be angry Shivaay! Okay fine! We will drop that topic. Now let's see how well you know about my childhood pictures', she changed the topic right away.

'Tell me what's with that picture!', she exclaimed as she pointed a particular picture.

'This picture was taken during the first time when Shakti Uncle caught you firefly. You were so mesmerized by it's beauty and the way it shines brightly. But somehow, you felt guilty as you were keeping a free soul trapped inside a cage and hence you freed it', Shivaay told her the story as if it was part of his breath.

'Okay! How about this one?!', she asked again.

'This one should be the one when you and your parents discovered that you are into music, especially playing the guitar. Am I right?', he questioned her.

Anika just nodded her head with a huge smile.

'Okay, one last one! How about this? Huh?', she asked with a slightly mischevious look.

'Urrrmm, you playing with Gauri?', he questioned her. There were so many pictures there. Even thought he tried to remember each and every story behind the photo, but still, he's a human and human have the tendecy to forget things. To add to this, all these stories were told by Shakti Uncle when they went to Mussorie to get the fabric.

'We were working in this picture!', Anika corrected his fact.

'Working? Like this?', Shivaay doubted.

'Yeah! We had to transport tea leaves from the plantation to the manufacturing factory. It's quite a long journey you see, so I and Gauri take turns to push the three-wheel cart!', Anika told the story behind that picture to him.

'Okay! So are my surprises done or there's more?', Anika asked she looked at him curiously with a smile.

'Actually, there's one more!', Shivaay confessed.

'One more? Okay! I really hope I won't go mad because of your surprises!', she squealed.

He just replied with a smile and blindfolded her. He scooped her in his arms and began walking towards somewhere.

'So, the next one requires me to be blindfolded! This is increasing my enthuasiasm!', Anika told him.

Just then, he placed her on her feet and removed her blindfold. Anika nearly cried upon seeing that.

She turned around to see Shivaay on his one knees holding out a beautiful ring with a smile full of hope on his face.

'Miss Anika De Cruz, I know the first time we met each other, we were both at loggerheads. Me being the Sadu boss like you call me and you being the Khidkhitodh Anika you are. We both were, and still are totally different from each other yet we complete each other. I know that its still very early for this, but Dadi always reminds me that we should not delay something which we are very sure of. And I am very sure of you Anika! I've met so many girls before this, but none of them got into my mind and heart the way you're leaving your beautiful footprints there. Actually, my heart and my mind, they no longer belong to me. They hardly listen to anything I say. It's always repeating Anika, Anika and Anika. Always! And every moment I spent with you were either just too crazy or precious. I remember the way we used to fight with each other initially, we still fight and I'm very sure that somewhat, those were the sparks of our love story! You've always wanted a fairy-tale right? So, Anika, are you willing to write your happily ever after with me? Will you marry me?', Shivaay asked her with eyes full of hopes.

- To be continued -

Phew! Finally! Okay, I wanted to publish this as early as possible but somewhat I got delayed in finding the perfect pictures. Don't hate me for ending this chapter here. And yes, this is the longest chapter I've ever written. Silent readers, at least a vote yaar! That's all for now, Happy Diwali and I hope you guys like this gift. ❤