Gauri and Priyanka cuddles under the blanket as they squinted at the tv screen. Gauri quickly raises the blanket over her head in fear. "What is happening?" Gauri asks.

"She hasn't opened the door yet." Priyanka replies.

And the girl opens the door in the movie and Priyanka screeches as she pulled the blanket over her head and Gauri peeks with an eye and then screams her lungs out as she ducked under the blanket again.

"WHO IS IT? WHAT IS IT?" Rudra screams as he came running in with his cricket bat.

Gauri and Priyanka turns to him in shock while he looked around surprised.

"We were watching a movie." Priyanka replies as she paused the movie.

"Movie?" Rudra asks furiously.

"Yes. It is very scary." Gauri replies.

"Priyanka, Gauri? Why are you two screaming?" Jhanvi asks them as she walked in.

"Movie!" Rudra replies in disgust. "If you can't handle it then don't watch it."

"Just leave, bhai." Priyanka tells her brother in disgust.

"You girls don't scream again. Neighbors will start complaining." Jhanvi sternly tells them and leaves quickly hearing the bell.

Rudra makes a disgusted face at them and walks off.

They were watching the movie when Rudra opens the door and pokes his head in and cheekily calls Gauri, "Gauri?"

"Haan?"

"How do you two coordinate like this all the time?" Rudra asks.

"Huh?" Gauri asks confused.

"He is here?" Priyanka asks excited.

"Yup!" Rudra says excited.

"Who?" Gauri asks in dread.

"Oh! Stop acting as if you didn't know." Rudra teases her.

"Where is he?" Priyanka asks excitedly.

"Having dinner."

"Come let's go meet him, Gauri di." Priyanka says excitedly.

"I don't want to meet him." Gauri says disinterestedly.

"Oh Stop acting. We know you are dying to meet him." Rudra teases her.

"NO!" Gauri says frowning. "Stop teasing him with me. I don't even like him."

"Yeah... yeah... we know!" Priyanka says cheekily smiling then holding her hand she pulls Gauri from the bed and runs to the kitchen.

"Om bhaiyya!" Priyanka says excitedly as she runs to the kitchen dragging Gauri along.

"Priyanka! My love!" Om says opening his arms for her.

Priyanka hugs him and then turning to her mother she grins slyly pointing at Om and Gauri. Jhanvi looks away chuckling seeing Gauri's disgruntled expression.

"Gau-rii!" Om says smiling as he leans back on his chair looking at her.

"Hi!" Gauri says with an embarrassed smile.

"How many days are you going to be here?" Rudra asks him.

"I'll go back on Monday morning." Om replies.

"And what about you, Gauri?" Rudra asks her.

"Monday evening." Gauri says trying to act normal.

Rudra and Priyanka cheekily grin at each other. Gauri glares at him while Om's concentration was on his food.

She didn't know how it all had started. Priyanka and Rudra were her first cousins from their mother's side and Om was their first cousin from their father's side. All of a sudden, Priyanka and Rudra started teasing her with Om. Its true Om kind of flirted with her whenever they met and Priyanka had been the first one to notice it and Rudra caught on. Now they were forever teasing her and telling Jhanvi Masi to get her married to Om.

"Chachi... you come with me darling!! Dandi is such an atrocious cook." Om tells her.

"Why should our mother come with you? Get married." Priyanka tells him.

"To chachi?" Om asks shocked. "Don't you think she is a little too old for me?"

"Chup! Marry someone else! Right, Gauri di?" Priyanka asks her cheekily.

"I don't know."

"Come on, Gauri!! Shouldn't you know?" Rudra asks her.

Om curiously looks up at Gauri not really understanding. "Anyway... leave all that. What plans for tonight? Let's go out?"

"No going out!" Jhanvi quickly tells them. "It's late. Everyone staying in."

Jhanvi was washing the plates while Priyanka and Gauri hung around near her.

"Mama... talk to Sarala masi about Om bhaiyya and Gauri di, na?"

"NO! I don't want to marry him!" Gauri says pouting.

"Marry whom?" Om asks as he walks in.

Gauri panics and turns around to look at him and sees him drinking water.

"No one." Gauri quickly replies.

"You!" Priyanka replies at the same time.

"WHAT?" Gauri asks shocked while Om looks at Priyanka in shock. "She is mad!" Gauri says in panic.

Chuckling at her, Om walks off.

"Why did you do that?" Gauri asks her in a furious whisper.

"Come on, he didn't say no." Priyanka cheekily tells her.

"Shut up!"

"Gauri... I'll talk to Sarala about it?" Jhanvi asks her smiling excitedly.

"No, masi!" Gauri says stubbornly and runs to Priyanka's room as the blush crept in.

Gauri hears the door open and turns saying, "Stop teasing me with him, Prinku!"

"Ah!" Om says grinning.

Gauri's eyes widen seeing him. "Om?"

"Hmmm"

"What are you doing here? Where is Prinku?"

"In Rudra's room. She sent me here to get you."

"Oh okay... come." Gauri says as she start to walk towards the door.

"So... they tease you and me?" Om asks her chuckling.

"They are mad." Gauri replies embarrassed.

"How long has this been going on?"

"Months now."

"Ah... Rudra did say something about you long back."

"Really?"

"Yeah... I scared him to death then. After that he stopped." Om tells her smiling making her smile. He had such a beautiful smile *sigh* only if he was single.

"How is your girlfriend?"

"Broke up... like last month."

Damn!

"Why?"

"She was not ready to settle down. And I am thinking of getting married."

"That might have been very sad."

"I wasn't because I realized I wasn't in love with her."

"You found someone else?" Gauri asks.

"No... no... not really." Om tells her. "Thinking of arranged marriage, now. What about you?"

"My parents are still hunting."

Om chuckles hearing her.

"What are we doing?" Gauri asks excitedly as she walked into Rudra's room.

"We are planning to play Pictionary but what took you two so long?" Priyanka asks with a cheeky smile.

Before Gauri could even glare at her, Om replies, "We were kissing and lost track of time."

Priyanka's eyes pops out while Gauri turns to Om in shock.

"That is my brother!" Rudra says impressed as he raises his hand for a hi-5. Om hits his hand and gets on the bed.

"Sit, love." Om tells Gauri.

"Huh?"

"Sit next to me. Don't be shy now." Om tells her.

"You two really kissed?" Priyanka asks shocked.

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"I know, Gauri, never kiss and tell... but they are our brother and sister right? What secrets from them?" Om asks her.

"Oh my God! So there is really something going on between you two? And you told me there isn't!" Priyanka says outraged and hurt.

"Don't blame her... I told her to hide it from you two." Om tells her.

"Om! You dog! Shut up!" Gauri says getting outraged.

"Why do you want to hide it from Priyanka, Gauri?" Om asks her.

"Yes... why? I always wanted you two to be together." Priyanka says hurts.

"Even me!" Rudra says offended.

"I apologize on Gauri's and my behalf." Om tells her very soulfully.

"Apology is not enough!" Priyanka tells them hands tied at chest.

"I am going to kill you!" Gauri screams at Om and pushes him on the bed and pounces on him grabbing a pillow and hitting him.

"Ouch, Gauri... that hurts." Om says in between all the laughter while Rudra and Priyanka look on in shock.

"He is lying. He found out you two tease me with him. So he also started." Gauri informs Rudra and Priyanka in between hitting Om.

"Rudra... Priyanka what is happening there?" Jhanvi calls out to them. Rudra quickly leaves the room to intercept his mother.

"Really?" Priyanka asks outraged and grabbing another pillow she hits him. Gauri who was straddling him gets knocked on top of him and Priyanka falls on top of Gauri, jamming her between Om and Priyanka. As their bodies pressed up against each other, Gauri felt a stirring at his private area and she looks at him in panic and sees Om looking at her in panic.

"Get off! Get off!" Om croaks to her urgently and pushing her and Priyanka off he quickly sits up. He grabs a pillow and keeps it on his lap while Gauri moved away from him in panic.

"What happened?" Priyanka asks curiously.

"Nothing." Gauri replies then seeing Om so embarrassed she bursts out laughing.

Om gives her a not so amused look.

"You asked for it." Gauri smirks at him.

"And you never did?" Om asks her back.

Gauri's eyes widen hearing his outrageous question.

"Ask what?" Priyanka asks innocently clueless.

"Pain." Gauri quickly tells her before he decides to spill the beans.

"Mom asked us to not make noise." Rudra informs them as he walked in. "Let's play. Who are the teams?"

"You and me!" Priyanka tells Rudra. "Gauri di, sucks at drawing!"

Gauri glares at her and change places with Rudra to sit next to Om.

"What did you mean by that?" Gauri asks him in a whisper.

"Come on... they tease you and me, and you never thought of me like that?"

"No... I haven't."

"Liar." Om teases her.

"You are no longer ashamed." Gauri accuses him.

"You were laughing about it which means you were no longer embarrassed about it which means you are completely cool with it."

"I am not!"

"What are you talking about?" Priyanka asks curiously.

"Strategies." Om replies.

Gauri draws cloud.

"Boobs?" Om asks her.

Gauri looks up at him in shock.

"Breast?"

She glares at him furiously then starts drawing more clouds around.

"Wow Gauri... that is one hell of a fantasy you are drawing out there."

Gauri looks up at him in confusion.

"So many boobs all at once!!!"

"Times up!" Priyanka says excitedly.

"CLOUDS!" Gauri says furiously.

"God! It so didn't look like clouds." Om replies acting very disappointed.

Gauri stares at the image he was drawing in shock. That looked like a male reproductive organ.

"What are you drawing?" Rudra asks in shock.

Om gives him a look and then turns to Gauri expectantly waiting for her to guess.

"I don't know." Gauri says irritated and turning pink.

Om looks at her in shock and then draws one again exactly like the one he already drew next to the first one.

"I don't know. Try drawing something else."

"Is that what I think it is?" Priyanka asks Om in shock and Gauri gasps out loud seeing Om very innocently nodding his head in yes.

"Time up!"

"Ice cream cone, Gauri... can't you even guess that?" Om asks her very disappointed in her.

"Oh!" Rudra says relaxing.

"Ice cream cone?" Priyanka looks at the drawing curiously, "Oh I see it now... I thought it was something else." She says blushing."You are worse than Gauri di in drawing."

"I want to sleep." Gauri declares.

"Yeah! We are losing anyway." Om chips in.

"All of us will sleep here?" Priyanka asks excitedly.

Everyone nods their head.

They were lying on the bed with Om on the end, Rudra, Priyanka and Gauri at the other end.

"Stop kicking me!" Priyanka furiously tells Rudra.

"You are the one who is kicking me." Rudra tells her pissed.

"Stop it, you two!" Gauri says pissed.

"I don't want to sleep next to him."

"Even I don't want to sleep next to her."

"Fine! I'll sleep in the middle." Om declares, and Rudra and Om changes places.

Om and Priyanka were talking softly when Priyanka turns around kicking Gauri and Gauri falls down.

"You alright?" Om asks her as he helped her up.

Gauri nods and turns to Priyanka "Priyanka... don't kick in your sleep. Please. If you kick I'll fall down." Priyanka was a kicker.

"Do one thing... you sleep in the middle and I'll sleep on the end." Priyanka says and quickly shifts places before Gauri could say anything.

"No... I'll sleep on the side." Gauri tells her.

"No... now I am scared I might kick you off the bed. Sleep na, Gauri di."

Sighing Gauri gets on the bed and lies in between Om and Priyanka.

Gauri and Om were on their back lying next to each other wide awake. Priyanka kicks Gauri in her sleep and Gauri gets pressed up against Om. Om and Gauri turn to look at each other.

"She kicks a lot in sleep." Gauri tells him embarrassed.

Om nods in reply.

Few minutes later, Rudra kicks Om and Om presses up against Gauri.

"Do you think they planned this?" Gauri asks him in a whisper.

"Making us sleep in the middle?"

"Yes."

"And the thought just occurred to you now?" Om asks her.

"It occurred to you?"

"When they both fought then itself."

"You volunteered to sleep in the middle." Gauri says in shock.

"They would have kept fighting till we agreed to shift places. And I wanted to talk to you."

"Talk to me?" Gauri asks surprised.

"Yup."

"About what?"

"Did she sleep?"

Gauri turns to Priyanka and checks. "Yes. Rudra?"

"He is lightly snoring." Om replies.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"I am sorry if I embarrassed you. It was just for fun."

"If? As if that weren't you intention."

Om grins "You look damn cute when you get worked up. And I got a golden opportunity and couldn't give that up."

"Hmph!"

"But the other thing... not intentional... that guy has a mind of his own."

Gauri turns pink hearing him and looks away.

"Why did you say that you didn't want to marry me?"

"Huh?"

"Stop acting dumb and tell me your reason."

"Why?" Gauri asks shocked.

"Once you answer I'll tell you."

"I thought you were seeing someone."

"That is the only reason?" Om asks her.

"And I never thought you felt that way for me." Gauri replies.

"Have you felt that way for me?" Om asks her.

Gauri thinks about that... a while after Rudra and Priyanka started teasing her with him, she had kinda developed a crush on him. She had tried her best to fight that knowing he had a girlfriend.

"Why didn't you ever tell them about your girlfriend?" Gauri asks curiously.

"Why didn't you?"

"You told me not to. I was tempted when they kept teasing me but then I gave you my word I wouldn't."

"Those two can't keep a secret." Om tells her.

"But you trusted me with your secret." Gauri says smiling.

Om gives her a look, "Did you forget you overhead me on the phone with her and that is the reason why I told you?"

Gauri makes a face and he chuckles, "But I never was worried you would tell anyone so I guess that means I do trust you. Now answer my question."

Gauri looks at him confused.

"Whether you have thought about me like that?"

"You said if I answer you, you'll tell me the reason."

"I told you I am thinking of getting married."

"And you think I am a possible candidate?" Gauri asks shocked.

"I have always had this on and off crushes on you." Om tells her.

"You did?" Gauri asks shocked.

"Yes. Hmmm... You?"

Gauri looks at him wondering what to say then she looks away shyly smiling, how can she tell him that she did have a crush on him?

Then she feels his hand on her hand under the blanket. She turns to look at him and he was looking at her intently as he held her hand and gently caressed the back of her hand with his thumb. Gauri starts blushing as a current passed through her body with his mere touch.

Om wakes up in the morning to find Gauri on his chest sleeping. He looks at her and smiles seeing her sleeping form. He turns to look at Rudra and Priyanka and realizes that they were still sleeping. He lay back enjoying Gauri's closeness. Then she woke up. Realizing she was lying on top of him, she looks up at him and sees him watching her. She starts to get up when he hugs her and pulls her down on him.

"This is how I want to wake up for the rest of my life." Om tells her and Gauri starts blushing.

"I need to go." Gauri tells him shyly.

Om leaves her and she quickly gets up and hurries out.

"What time will you leave tomorrow?" Gauri asks him in a whisper after Priyanka and Rudra slept.

"Early morning." Om replies.

Gauri nods. These two days were nice with shy glances, teasing and holding hands while sleeping. Rudra and Priyanka had no clue of what was happening.

"I'll be leaving tomorrow evening." Gauri tells him.

"I'll see you soon." Om tells her.

"When?"

"I don't know."

Gauri nods and then tightens her hold on his hand. Om turns to look at Rudra to see if he was sleeping and check Priyanka too. "Even if a truck runs over him, Rudra won't wake up. What about Priyanka?" Om asks her.

"Same."

Then he pulls the blanket over their heads.

"What are you doing?" Gauri asks in a whisper feeling him looming over her under the blanket.

Without a word Om leans down and takes her lips in his and gently starts kissing her.

Gauri wakes up feeling lot of space around her and she comes awake realizing why she had lot of space. She checks the time to realize it was 8 already. She had slept late, Om and she had kissed, Gauri thought blushing but did he leave? That too, without telling her? Gauri was hurt that he went away without telling her. Maybe he didn't want to disturb her in her sleep. Sighing Gauri gets up.

"Good Morning, Masi." Gauri wishes her as she dragged her feet towards the kitchen. She was feeling down that he left and he didn't even tell her before leaving.

"Good Morning, Gauri. Did they wake up?"

"No."

"Good... I wanted to talk to you." Jhanvi tells her as she took her to the garden where Tej was already having his tea.

"Good morning, Masa." Gauri says.

"Good morning, Gauri. Sit, we need to talk."

"Haan... tell me." Gauri says wondering what they would want to talk about.

"Today morning, Om woke me up." Tej starts.

"Om?"

"Yes... he said that ever since his parents passed away we are his parents and he wants us to take his rishta for you."

"What?" Gauri asks shocked.

"I know, you don't like us teasing you with him but then he is a sweet boy, Gauri. He will look after you really well. So what do you think? We'll talk to Sarala and Shakti about it?" Jhanvi asks her eagerly

Blushing profusely Gauri shakes her head in yes.

Three months later.

Gauri furiously holds Om's hand and whispers to him, "What is wrong with you?"

"What is wrong with you?" Om asks her back.

"What? And take your hand off me." Gauri orders him as she pulled his hand away from under her top.

"We haven't even been married for a week and I can't believe we are having a slumber party!" Om tells her angrily.

"Why did you agree to it then?" Gauri asks him.

"Because you said yes to these idiots!"

"How could I say that I wanted to sleep alone with you? I was shy."

"Oh God! You are too much, Gauri. Come let's go to the other bedroom." Om says pulling her out of the bed.

"What if they wake up and find us missing?" Gauri asks worried.

"They are not kids, Gauri."

"They will know why we left and it'll be so embarrassing." Gauri tells him worried.

Losing patience Om leans down and passionately kisses her turning her on.

"Oh my!" Gauri says blushing. "Screw them. Let them make fun. Let's go."

"That's my girl!" Om says proudly smiling as they quietly left the room.

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