People say that the hardest is always the beginning, but for me, the hardest is always the journey in between. Keeping up with it, with the equal passion and interest it began till the end. Facing challenges to drop it yet still get up back and fight. I always wanted to be a bird and fly away but today I realized that birds don't just fly, they fall, then they get up back and fly again. Fearlessly. They keep going.

Just a little thought of the day which I wanted to share. Get these kind of things almost everyday but this is the first time I'm sharing it here. Anyways, let's get into the real business.

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All the three couples began their journey of cycling. Advillika took the lead first, followed by Rikara and the last but not the least, Shivika. They were cheering for themselves while enjoying the wind that hits them from the opposite direction due to their movement. They had all become a child once again.

'Shivaay!!! You said you wanted to win the race, but look at this! You're pedalling like an old man. Om, Gauri, Advaay and Mallika are way ahead of us! Pedal faster na!', Anika urged him.

'I am pedalling as fast as I could buy you aren't pedalling quick enough!', he retaliated.

'Oh! So you're blaming me now??? Great!', she rebuked.

'I'm not blaming! Just pedal okay. Go on! We can catch up with them in a while. See I can already see Om and Gauri there!', Shivaay encouraged her.

Anika began pedalling with all her might. Slowly but surely, they caught up with Rikara and overtook them. They cheered as they proudly overtook them. Om and Gauri were trying their best to not let them overtake but in vain.

As soon as they overtook Rikara, Advillika were just there in fornt of them. Shivika took over them as well and cheered. Soon the race continued. With each couple leading at different phase of it. They were close-by with each other. Teasing one another to be the looser and urging their partner to do better. Finally, after a total distance of 7.5 km of cycling, they reached the end of the cycling terrain, the place where it all began. All the energy drained down in between began piling up for each and everyone. The cheering and trading which got down began increase slightly. Excitement were filling up once again.

All three couples were side by side when they were nearing the end point.

'Faster Shivaay!!! Faster!!!', Anika urged.

All were pushed to their limits to win. But, in the end, Rikara's bicycle chain snapped causing them to crash into Shivika's bicycle and hence making a butterfly effect of banging into Advillika's bicycle. So, by these, all the three couples fell down. None reached the end point. They winced in a little pain and started laughing. Everyone then got up and checked their respective partner to see if their hurt.

'Anika, did you get hurt anywhere???'

'No! You???'

He shook his head in a negative reply.

'Gauri, you okay?'

'Cool!', she replied with a giggle.

'I'm fine Advaay!'

'When did I ask?'

'Great! So no one's hurt right???', Gauri asked as she got up.

'Nope!', all replied in unison.

'And also no one won this competition right?', Om ensures.

'Looks like it!', Shivaay said while helping Anika to get up.

'What's next Gauri??', Mallika asked.

'Next... follow me!', she said again.

All worried a little wondering what's going on in this girl's mind. Nevertheless they followed here quietly. They walked for some distance and reached a river.

'The next one is fishing!', she grinned.

There were fishing rods and baits awaiting them already.

'Fishing is boring!', Anika exclaimed.

'Why is that?', Shivaay asked.

'Because when you fish, you have to keep quite and wait for the fish to take the bait and it will take a really very long time!!! But I don't know why Gauri included this!', Anika frowned.

'Well, I like fishing. And its not as much boring as you think it is Anika! I can make it less boring for you, promise!', he said with a wink.

'Okay! Fine! Let's see!', Anika told him.

Just then, Gauri have them their fishing rod, bucket of bait and another empty bucket to them.

'Go find your spot. Remember, we all have only 2 hours and the couple who gets the most number of fish in this two hour wins this part!', Gauri says excitedly.

'Alright! Game on!', Advillika challenges and rushed to find their spot to say the rod up.

Rikara also left with their respective fishing stuffs leaving Shivika alone there. The last ones to leave. Shivaay picked up the buckets while Anika took hold of the rods. They began walking and finding a right place to set their rod up.

'You promised to make this less boring, remember???', she asked him.

'Of course I do my love!', he replied with a huge smile.

'You'll enjoy it!', he muttered under his breath which was heard by her.

Soon, after some time of walking, Shivaay finally found a perfect spot under a shady tree.

'That's perfect! Let's sat the rod up over there!', he exclaimed while pointing out underneath the tree.

'Finally! Mr. Perfect found his perfect place!', she sighed as she quicken her steps towards the tree for a little rest.

Anika placed all the things underneath the tree and lied down under the shade right away being exhausted. Shivaay walked up to her and smiled at her antics.

'Wake up sleeping beauty! We need to fish!', he urged her.

She frowned a little bit got up nevertheless. Shivaay on the other hand began setting up the rod and Anika was helping him out by giving the things he asked for. Within minutes, the rod was all set to be casted into the river.

'Alright Anika, here you go! This one's less heavier, take this', he said as he offered her one of the rods. She took it unwillingly.

'So, there's a particular way to cast a rod. This way, it will settle down right away. Once it's done, we have to wait! Just follow the way I do it, okay?', he explained to her and showed her a quick demo. The next minute, his rod was casted and he rested it on the ground with the help of the supporter and turned towards Anika.

'Your turn now! Go, give it a try!', he urged her. She did the same way he showed her but her rod was not casted. She looked at him with a 'I tried' look.

'That's okay, try again!', he encouraged her.

Anika gives it another try but still in vain. Upon his insistence, she tried for one final time, still no luck for Shivaay's lady love. She got fed up and gave up. She just dropped the rod claiming it to be ridiculous.

'This is not fair! Yours could be casted but not mine! No matter how many times I try!', she sulked.

'Shall we do it together?', he asked her. She looked up at him and thought for a while.

'Let's do this!', she exclaimed.

'Together?', he asked as he picked the rod up.

'Together!', she ensured as she places her hand on the rod above his hands.

Shivaay then makes her hold the fishing rod and stands behind her. In a back-hugging pose. He then explains to her on how to move and cast the rod. He held her hand and guides her step-by-step. And finally, Anika's rod was casted too. She got excited and starts jumping while clapping her hands. Shivaay smiled at her antics.

'We have to make it rest on the support too my love!', he informed the next step to her. Then, within minutes, Anika's rod was also set.

'Now what?', she asked him as soon as her rod was set. They were still in the back-hug pose.

'Now is the part where I play my role to make this wait a less boring one for you!', Shivaay whispered into her ears.

'What do you mean by...', she couldn't speak the rest of the words as nervousness stopped her. Shivaay's lips was on her nape. The mere touch of his hot breath upon her skin sent shivers down her spine. To add to this, his cold lips were too. His hands had encircled her waist tightly. She places her hand on his as a response.

'Shivaay, what are you doing?', she barely managed to whisper those word out as he moved from her nape to the right side of her neck. Her hair was pulled into a bun,  giving him all the space he needs to bury his lips.

'Fullfilling my promise!', he replied. Both had their eyes closed as they were taken into the world of pleasure.

PRECAP : 'And now it's guitar???', Shivaay exclaimed.

-To be continued-

P.S. I don't know if you guys are finding this track boring or what as the likes and comments have been decreasing. But this one is much needed and you'll get to know it in the upcoming chapters. And yes, I prefer to keep this book light and hence don't expect 18+ romance here. If you want to read it, try my other book 'Forget Me Not'. Another thing, tomorrow's Thursday, the day where I have class from 8 morning till 9 in the night. Hence, no update tomorrow. Till then, Happy Reading guys.

Target :- 225+ votes. Since I'm quite not happy with the response I beget for the last few chapters.