It's been long that Oberoi's and Mukherjee's have met. It's like everything ended in just one blow. Shivay and Anika... no... they also didn't meet. Om and Ishana... they hate each other, as they say. Rudra and... well in this one month Rudra has changed, not exactly his self but he has become more responsible as compared to before and the reason is known to nonw, not even his brothers.

"How was your interview Rudy?" his elder brother sipped coffee as he looked into the distressed figure.

"Again they refused to give me the job saying that I don't have any work experience" he sighed loudly bowing his head down. He was ashamed, deeply ashamed of leaving the opportunity when he got it after completing his masters.

"Why don't you disclose the fact to interviewers that you are that Rudra Singh Oberoi who belongs to the most known Oberoi Family" yeah he could have used the surname power but he won't do that, he has vowed of not doing it to himself.

"No bhaiya, I want to get a job on my own merit" he curtly denied and again sighed.

"Why are you doing it suddenly Rudy? I have been watching you that you are trying hard from a month to prove your self, what is the matter baby brother?" big brother ruffled little brother's hairs lovingly and looked tear drops forming in his eyes.

"Okay... I should reveal this now, I can't hide it anymore" he sniffed and looked straight into Shivay's eyes.

"Yeah say" Shivay became curious.

"There is a girl named Saumya Agarwal, she is a nice woman and of my age... she has a daughter of a year and is a widow. The first time when I saw her she was a different person and when we accidentally met for the second time she was so changed and that made me curious about her, I found her out and got to know about her married life and about her daughter. From past one and half month I am watching her struggling and fighting with the world and leading her single mother life on her own terms and when I offered help she denied so I just want my wife, whoever she be, should not suffer like that after my death" it stabbed elder brother's heart. 

His small brother was doing so much just to secure a person's life whom he has himself not met yet. And he... he is just trying to ignore Anika because she was hurt and angry. He is just waiting for Anika to go to him and talk to him because he is supported by wheelchair still. Was it his ego that was hurt the moment Anika has hugged Prem on her marriage day and went away without looking at him. But the mistake was his and his ego came in between.

"I did the biggest mistake of not doing any effort Rudy... Anika expected apology from my side for not believing in myself as well as in our relation and over her mentality and all I did was to ignore her because she was angry and she has left me" he became vulnerable.

"Anika di is an amazing person bhaiya, it was your mistake that you didn't share your problem with her which she expected. Just go and talk to her" this day also came when his baby brother is advising him to correct a mistake.

"I will go Rudra" he held the wheel of his wheelchair and started to move.

"I will drop you at Anika di's place" he quickly held the back handles and went towards their car.

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"Listen we are going to Sahil's school, Parents Teachers Meet is re-organised today and the message just popped up saying after school hours concerned teachers would like to meet parents of the students, whoever can make it please do come and whoever can't can meet the teachers personally afterwards, so I am going there" Mrs. Mukherjee hurriedly checked her purse and made a move.

Anika has taken leave from her office for a day to rest at home and spend time with her family. She nodded yes and yawned.

"If you feel sleepy, then just lock the outside door, I have the keys of it and don't lock the inside door" her mother advised and she nodded yes and locked the outside door as her mother advised and kept the inside door open.

She never believes her sleep as she is a deep sleeper. If the world is getting destroyed as well and she is sleeping then no one... no damn one can wake her up. 

*TING TONG*

The bell rang. She looked at the door and yawned again.

"Maa... the door is open" she shouted and closed her eyes but the bell rang again.

*TING TONG8

"Maybe it's not maa, uffff... who has now come to disturb my sleep" she yawned again and looked at the door.

"Chal beta Ani, darwaza kholte hai, let's open the door soon and shoo away whoever has come super soon so that I get to sleep" she walked towards the door and a big yawn followed.

"Hi..." her eyes were shut due to the yawn as she opened the door and the voice came.

"Why am I seeing Shivay in my dream that too on a wheelchair, stop thinking about him yaar" sleep effect you see.

"What? No... I am here in front of your door, open the door completely and let me in" he said thinking she is all cool, poor he.

"Ummm... go away stupid Shivay, let me sleep peacefully. Your face makes me feel guilty every time thinking that I was not there when you needed me" she walked towards the sofa with eyes closed and lied down there.

"Bhaiya I should go... you and Anika di talk" Rudra went away. 

Shivay slowly went close to her pushing the wheels of the wheelchair. He regrets now that why he went for the stunt of climbing the pipe and breaking his leg. Doctor has advised him not to stress his legs much and he will be able to start walking again by the coming month.

"I am guilty D... I pushed you away the moment we were to become one, you know what it is difficult for me to sleep these nights because one fear eats me up always and that is the fear of loosing you. Believe me it pains... it pains a lot when you are smiling freely with everyone else but not even looking at me. I did mistake... please forgive me" he uttered these to the sleeping beauty and extended his hand to brush her hair.

"Ohh my god, that's the reason you are so much drowsy... you are having fever D... your forehead is burning. Oh god... what will I do now... Rudra too went and Aunty too said that she will be returning late from Sahil's school when we met outside sometime back. There is only me and she is burning in fever... what should I do... water... yeah... water and cloth. Cloth... cloth... my handkerchief... and there is a bottle of water" he pulled out the handkerchief from his pocket with great difficulty and pushed it inside the bottle wetting the cloth.

"You will be fine D..." he with utmost care placed the wet cloth over her head and blew over it.

"Maa... Shiv...aay" she softly mumbled, maybe she thought him to be her mother.

Only her mother takes such care of her and she shares everything with her mother after her partner in crime Ishana is gone.

"I am here... I am here D... you just sleep, I am here" he lovingly brushed her hair and placed the cloth over her forehead again.

He continued this technique few more times and felt her temperature to be low as compared to his previous check. He was waiting for the return of her mother so that they can take the decision whether to admit her in hospital or the fever will go down by it's own. After all he is no one to the family and Anika has made it clear to him. She opened her eyes very slowly and noticed Shivay staring at her and is wetting the cloth.

"You fine?" he asked concerned as she sat up the moment her eyes recognised the person who was taking her care until.

"How dare you enter into my house? Listen... you are already injured and I don't want to slap you or hit you to throw you out of my house, so... it's better you call your family member and ask them to take you away" she said this in a go looking at every direction but not at him.

"I will go... but at first you say are you feeling fine?" he will definitely regret it later as she was already angry looking at him.

"That is not the matter of your concern, you may go Mr. Oberoi" the coldness in her voice made him more stubborn and he decreased the distance and held her hand.

"Leave me..." she shouted trying to loosen the hold but he has gripped her hand hard and pushed her over the sofa, she sat down with a thud and looked at him angrily.

"Are you fine?" he asked again caging her between the sofa and him on his wheelchair.

"Yeah... I... I... am" she stuttered looking away.

"I am sorry" he moved backward pushing back the wheels.

"I am sorry for breaking us apart like that, I am sorry for thinking that you won't believe me, for not trusting the faith you had over me, I am sorry for hurting you, I am sorry for becoming the reason of your nightmares... I... I am sorry for making you feel guilty..." the pain in his throat ate up the next words.

"Look at me..." she was breaking too along with him, he didn't look fearing to face her broken state. She stubbornly held his jawline and made his eyes strike hers.

"You have hurt me... you have not only broken my trust but... but you have broke me and the faith I had over our relation... what you did or not was not at all the main fact... and believe me I am not that narrow minded to not trust the person who was going to be my entire world in few days but what you  thought... you thought it would be easy for both of us to move away easily... no Shivay... you were wrong, wrong... go Shivay... go... leave... Shivay just leave... I don't want to fall weak in front of you... leave please" she cried out the last words stabbing into his heart.

"Don't push me away... I... I can't see this guilt in your eyes of not being there with me... I don't want to be the reason of your nightmares... let me be in your beautiful dreams... give me a chance... I promise... I would... would die but will never distrust the faith in our relation... give me a chance... please" he folded her hands crying miserably.

She got up walking ahead to hide her tears.

"Please..." he tried to stand but his feet trembled and he fell down over the sofa.

"Shivay..." she ran to him and made him sit straight over the sofa and placed his head over her shoulder. He cried... he cried out all the pain he was suffering until the moment over her shoulder.

But suddenly he pulled up and pushed her away.

"Don't... I don't deserve all these concern... just stay away... I... I have disrespected us... I... I don't..." he was saying when Anika slapped him hard stopping him. The un-shed tears started dropping down his eyes while his hands wrapped her hard and she got a nice bath of his tears.

"Shhh... silent... shh..." she tried to stop him from weeping but more she tried to stop him, he started to cry more.

"Stop..." she said angrily pushing him away and he instantly stopped but the sniffing and hiccups continued.

"Listen... I can't forgive you for everything you did, so for that... you will have to earn my forgiveness sincerely and try hard. You will surely succeed some day. Now sit... I am bringing something for you to eat" her one side of the heart asked her to forgive him while the other side denied and she listened to both of them.

She came back with plate of chapattis and sabzi and sat beside him. She prepared a morsel and placed it inside his mouth.

Heaven... this is the heaven, this moment is heaven... she has not forgave him but she gave him a fair chance and if this time he looses this chance then only heaven knows what will he do.

He too fed her few morsels with all the special feelings his heart could gather looking at her care towards him.

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-NILANJANA