"Here you go, I had only noodles in the kitchen so I made that, I hope it's okay with you" Shivaay said passing a plate full of noodles to Annika as they settled on the dining table. 

"Yeah, it's okay, I am habituated anyways" Annika smiled twisting her fork in the hot noodles, for a change Shivaay could sense an underlying pain behind that smile, it felt different and the fact that a carefree boy like Shivaay who didn't knew what sorrows were, could figure out that something was wrong, was kinda shocking, for himself too. He just couldn't tell why he felt that way, but he just did.

She was mysterious, he thought. Every move that she made, every gaze that she casted on things, every word she spoke was mysterious, it had an underlying meaning. He doesn't knew why, but he just felt that. He carefully observed her under his gaze with his brow deeply lined with thought, as if she was his understudy. 

She smirked, as if knowing his thoughts and cleared her throat flashing a mysterious smile yet again, that made him awestruck. Damn! She was an epitome of beauty. He couldn't help but keep on staring her untill she spoke " Did you notice anything weird?" 

"Yeah...It's weird." Shivaay replied eyeing her. "I am asking about your flat, not about you feelings" He was caught off gaurd, but pretended otherwise. Making a mental note to be careful the next time, he continued clearing his throat flashing a smirk just like she did everytime he spoke " I was talking about the flat too, it's weird to have a ghost living at your house with you" He smiled ironically. The boy who wasn't afraid of anything, now was in such a situation that made him insanely afraid, so afraid that he agreed to live with another girl, precisely his former classmate, he couldn't believe how things changed but another thing that seemed unbelievable to him was how did she even agreed to stay with him. The moment he presented his thought, of her staying with him he was mentally prepared to be slaughtered but instead what he recieved was not a bloody slaughter but a mysterious smile. She agreed nevertheless. Ofcourse, if we ignore the long list of 'do's' and 'dont's'. He felt like banging his head against the wall, listening to her terms and conditions. God! He would surely kill the ghost once she catches it, afterall it was because of the not so friendly, homing ghost that he had to submit to her orders.

"Mr. Oberoi, one thing is for sure, this isn't a ghost. And if this isn't a ghost, a new question arises, what is it? This case is getting intresting." She smirked again making Shivaay so want to rub that off her face, but his hands were tied of ropes of fear, he needed her to shoo away the ghost, umm atleast that's what he thought it to be.

"So you think a human, a living creature, with soul and body lives in my apartment with me, and I don't even know it, and what's more fascinating is that he is so obsessed with me that he clicks my picture every night, and now he is jealous of my handsome face too, so he decided to ruin it too. Great! " He rolled his eyes, breathing heavily, afterall saying such long dialogues without stopping anywhere is not a human thing.

"Don't you think you are acting too smart, Mr. Oberoi'?" She continued "But I may consider your view, you do have a point" She looked around, trying to figure out something, while he was lost in her words, 'Did she agreed that I am handsome?!' His line of thoughts were interrupted by her as she banged on the table speaking in a deep voice " Don't think Mr. Oberoi, I agreed to the fact that you are handsome or whatever you think, I just agreed to the thing that there may be a person livin' with you, who is keeping a track of your doings and also showing such physcotic behaviour." He rolled his eyes at that rebuking " Miss.Trivedi I think you seriously need a break from all this, it's driving you crazy and you are driving me nuts" Just a glare was enough for him to shut his mouth. Annika continued looking around while he kept on mumbling some curses under his breath. 

"It's almost 11.00 p.m, I think we should sleep" Annika said moving towards the sink to drop the dirty dishes and began washing it when Shivaay snatched the scrubber from her saying she was his guest and it was not needed for her to do it. "I was just washing mine, not yours and moreover I don't like being a burden to anyone." She smirked at Shivaay who was till then flashing a proud smirk, afterall he had played the gentleman, atleast of what he thought.

"Be quick, we have some things to talk about" She dumped the spoons in the drawer and made her to the room, leaving behind a confused Shivaay.

"Yeah, I am com_" He stopped abruptly when he noticed she wasn't there, she didn't even wait for his reply. He groaned in annoyance banging his head with the spoon he had in his hand making his way towards the room too.

***

It was almost three in the morning when Annika suddenly started feeling dizzy.

Shivaay was laying on the bed in a deep slumber while Annika had choosen the couch for keeping her watch over everything that night, she decided to spend her night reading a thriller book with a cup of coffee to go with it. She was doing well, observing every little movement; tickle of the clock, barking dogs outside the window, the sound of gushing air, and above all his snores. That annoyed him. 

She sensed nothing wrong untill she felt herself clutching her head, the surroundings started to blur away and she passed out trying to wake Shivaay up, he seemed in deep slumber.