Tada!!! Surprise!!! I'm writing this update earlier than usual as the response for the previous update was ek tham khidkithod! Let's see if you guys can give force me to come up with another update tonight. Open challenge hai yeh! Okay, enough of my tadi 😂, let's get into business now😋!

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Shivaay walked quite angrily into the living room. He called up the hotel's receptionist and booked a table for 2 in their rooftop restaurant.

Anika came there in her casual outfit which kind of complemented Shivaay's outfit. She was quite surprised to be looking at Shivaay wearing something else apart from his 3-piece suit. She didn't notice his outfit properly just now.

The look that Anika had on her face was quite obvious that made Shivaay felt awkward and weird.

'What are you looking at', he asked pretending to be quite normal.

'You're dressed!', she exclaimed.

'You.... you're... you're dressed matlab??? Was roaming around undressed before this that you're saying such a thing to me???!!!', he asked very much insecurely and nervously.

'Nahi! Nahi! I didn't mean that! It's just that you're dressed like a normal person. Casually', she explained after a chuckle.

'Norm... Normal person??!! Are you trying to say that I'm abnormal??? Huh???', he asked back angrily.

'Do I seriously have to say it?', she murmured to herself.

'What did you just said???!!!', he demanded.

'Nothing! Didn't you say that you were starving. Can we go and take our lunch first and then continue with our argument?', she asked sarcastically.

Shivaay kept quiet and walked away to the door. Anika followed behind him. He went straight ahead to the elevator. They went in and he crunched the top most floor's number. Inside the elevator, they both remembered the moment that they had before [the one where Shivaay had a claustrophobic attack and she composed him]. They smiled. Just then something struck Anika's mind.

'How can you ride in the elevator normally when you're claustrophobic???!!! I thought claustrophobic people feel suffocated even when their room door is closed???', she asked curiously.

'I have an acute claustrophobia. It only happens when I feel like I don't get any air to breath. The other day when the elevator stopped, the air conditioner in it stopped working. That triggered the attack. Otherwise I wouldn't get those attacks easily', he explained.

'Ohw! Okay!'.

The door of the elevator opened after the "ding" sound. They step out to see a marvelous rooftop restaurant. Just then, a waiter came up to them.

'Mr.Oberoi, your reservation is this way', he ushered them towards their table.

'You booked a table??', she asked.

'No! Shah Rukh Khan booked for us. Now that he's saying Mr. Oberoi, who else would it be?', he asked her sarcastically the way she usually does.

They walked a few steps ahead and the table in front of them made both their mouths to be opened in a perfect 'O' shape.

'Here's the table you reserved sir!', the waiter said and went off.

Shivika were still in shock. She turned to look at him quite disbelievingly. He tried to avoided looking at her so that she doesn't notice the growing  embarrassment that was showing on his face.

He called up the waiter who ushered them there.

'What is this?', he asked.

'Your reserved "date" table for two Sir!', he replied smilingly.

Anika rolled her eyes disbelievingly.

'But I didn't book a table for... a... for... a...', he stammered.

'For a date', Anika completed his sentence.

'Ohw! I'm very sorry Sir. There must be a mistake from our side. I apologise for the inconvenience we caused', the waiter expressed truthfully.

'Can we get another table, with no decorations, just a normal one. Not a date one', he asked the waiter.

'I'm afraid you can't Sir. All the tables are fully occupied right now. This is the only remaining table'.

'Ohw! Okay then. We'll manage. Can you please bring in the menu?', Anika said while settling into one of the chairs.

The waiter left and Shivaay was still standing.

'What are you doing there, Sir? Come and sit or you want to take your lunch while standing there'.

He came and settled awkwardly in front of her.

'This is so strange! I should feel awkward but you're feeling that instead. It's ok! I totally understand. Mistakes do happen here and there at times', she teased him.

He smiled looking away. The waiter came with the menu, took their order and left. While waiting for their good to arrive, Shivaay tried to initiate a conversation.

'This place is so beautiful. Why did you shift to Mumbai then?', he asked her curiously.

'This place is not just beautiful but it's heavenly!', she exclaimed. 'But what to do? My parents were so overprotective about me. Gauri's parents too. Unfortunately we're didn't like the restrictions being imposed on us. We were more like free birds. Nomads. We wanted to live life out own way. So, one day I and Gauri decided that we shall leave Dehradun when we're attending University. Then, we got ourselves enrolled in a fashion University in Mumbai. That's it. But Mumbai is also not less heavenly! We love going to the beach over there. Only thing is that the heat during summer becomes extremely unbearable', she bared her heart out, full of emotions and hand gestures. There was a kind of sparkle in her eyes when she expresses something so excitedly. All these were making Shivaay to adore her even more. Her cuteness and innocence was making his heart to somersault.

Then, their food arrived. Even when they were eating, Anika kept on talking about things she used to do with Gauri over here and in Mumbai. She was letting Shivaay know everything about her unconciously and he listened intuitively to each and every word that was uttered by her. Something about her was captivating him, but our bichara [pity] Shivaay doesn't realize it.

While talking, she suddenly mentioned about Saahil which made Shivaay to chock on his food. She got panicked and offered him water.

'Are you alright?', she asked worriedly.

He just nodded his head into a yes while drinking the water that she offered.

'Who are you Saahil???!!!', he thought to himself.

PRECAP: Shivaay finally meets Saahil.

-To be continued-