Hello everyone, thanks to all for voting and commenting on the previous story.

After the heavily melodramatic Give Me Tonight, I wanted to write a very lighthearted story. So, I came up with this. Let me warn you, there isn't much story and this story is pretty blaah.

"Mom... do you know any PG?" Omkara asks his mother as he walked into his house.

"You're moving to a PG?" Jhanvi asks him with a cheeky grin.

"I doubt we will ever be that lucky." Tej mutters as he read the newspaper.

"Very funny... It is not for me. I am looking for a PG for a girl." Om explains.

"Girl?" Jhanvi asks frowning suspiciously. "Which girl?"

"For Shivaay's sister. He got a transfer and she is studying here. College hostel is full and he is looking for an accommodation for her." Om explains. then he asks his mother in an exasperated tone, "Seriously, Mom. If I had some side business with her do you think I would ask you of all the people?"

"Since I am so innocent you might have thought to fool me." Jhanvi says shrugging.

"Mom! Gauri is Shivaay's baby sister."

"How old is she?"

"21"

"That is baby for you?" Jhanvi asks exasperated. "She is just 6 years younger to you both."

"Can you talk on the topic?" Om asks at his wits end.

"She can stay here."

"Here?" Om asks surprised.

"You don't spend time with me. Tej is always busy. I am always bored. She can give me company." Jhanvi tells him.

"Will you stop your abla nari act?" Om asks shocked.

"She can stay here, Om. I'll have company also."

"She has college. She is not going to be sitting at home and giving you company."

"That's perfect then I won't have to baby sit her 24x7." Jhanvi tells him as she got up and walked off.

"Has it ever occurred to you to take her to a psychiatrist?" Om asks his father in exasperation.

"Every single day of my life." Tej replies as he flipped the newspaper page. "But more than her sanity, I value my life more."

"I've mad parents!" Om says as he put up his hands in frustration.

*********

"Please don't trouble Om. okay?" Shivaay whispers to Gauri.

"Why would I trouble him?" Gauri asks her brother offended.

"Just... just don't."

Glaring at her brother, she turns to Om who was walking ahead of her. she hurries to him and taps him on his shoulders. Om turns to her curiously.

"You think I'll trouble you?"

"I surely hope not." Om replies.

Gauri scowls at him.

"Just show me my room." Gauri tells him in a dismissing tone.

"Don't you want to meet my family?" Om asks her.

"Yes please." Gauri says feeling excited. She liked meeting people.

"And Gauri..." Om calls her seeing that she was just going to walk into his house.

"Yes?" Gauri turns to him.

"I'm not going to be lenient like your brother. I'm not going to pamper you like him. As long as you are living under my roof, you will follow my rules."

Gauri turns furiously at her brother and sees him standing next to Om, hands tied at his chest as he stared down at her.

"I guess all the military camps were full... huh, bhaiyya?" Gauri asks her brother then turning around she walks into Om's house.

"Told you she will drive you mad." Shivaay tells Om.

"You don't worry. I'll keep her safe." Om replies to him smiling.

"She is a little childish but she is not bad." Shivaay tells him smiling.

"I know." Om grins.

Om walks into his house with Shivaay and stops in shock seeing Gauri talking to his parents excitedly.

"Bloody hell!" Om mutters.

"What?" Shivaay asks confused.

"She is going to get along with my parents!"

Then he sees her giving hi-fis to his parents.

"Oh bloody seven hells!"

**********

Om watched as Gauri made herself home, as she chatted up with his parents. His parents hanging on to her every word and laughing every few seconds.

"You're regretting it. Aren't you?" Chuckling, Shivaay asks him as he watched his sister with Om's parents.

"I haven't got along with my parents like this." Om says shocked.

"I'm feeling happy that she is feeling at home." Shivaay tells Om as he patted him on his chest.

"You both are so chill and cool." Gauri tells Tej and Jhanvi.

Tej and Jhanvi beam with pride hearing the compliment.

"I just don't understand how you both ended up having a 90-year-old son." Gauri tells them.

"Even I wonder about that all the time." Jhanvi says sadly as she cheekily looked at Om.

Om rolls his eyes hearing that.

"He has been coming to my house for years now and not even once I have seen him smile." Gauri loudly whispers to them.

"Now you are taking it too far, Gauri." Tej tells her frowning. "When he came first for his college final exams, he had smiled."

"Oh my God! So, he smiled then?" Gauri asks acting shocked as she looked at Om.

"I might have to spank your sister every other day, Shivaay." Om mutters as he walked off with Gauri's bag to keep it in her room.

"Even my bhaiyya is so stuck up." Gauri whispers to Tej and Jhanvi.

"That explains it." Jhanvi says relieved. "I always did wonder how Om managed to have a best friend for all these years."

Shaking his head, Shivaay follows Om with rest of Gauri's stuff.

**********

"You don't worry, bhaiyya. I'll be fine here." Gauri tells Shivaay as she hugged him.

"I know you'll be fine. But please, Gauri, behave okay? Don't cause any trouble."

"Why do you say that? Have I ever caused trouble?" Gauri asks feeling sad.

"No, you haven't." Shivaay agrees.

"Then?"

Shivaay hesitates for a few seconds as he looked at Om, then he turns to Gauri and tells her, "Because Om is more stuck up than me."

"You're not making me feel very confident about him." Gauri tells him.

"You shouldn't." Om tells her as he came and stood next to her.

"And you shouldn't eavesdrop." Gauri tells him.

"My house, my rules." Om arrogantly tells her.

Gauri gives him an irritated look.

"Come here." Shivaay says as he gestured Om to the side.

"What?" Om asks as they moved a little away.

"Thank you, Om. Even if I had put her in a hostel I would have worried about her. but with you I know she will be fine."

"You don't worry. She is my responsibility now. I'll look after her."

"And I'll look after him." Gauri tells Shivaay as she stood next to Om.

"I thought one shouldn't eavesdrop." Om tells Gauri frowning.

"And I thought eavesdropping was the rule of your house."

Seeing Om scowling at her, Shivaay softly whispers to Om, "Please don't spank her too hard."

**********

At night, Gauri was feeling a little sad as she sat in her room. Hearing a knock at the door, Gauri walks to it and opens it.

"You alright?" Om asks her.

Gauri nods her head in yes.

"What happened?" Om asks her seeing her upset.

Gauri shrugs.

"Are you missing Shivaay?"

Gauri nods in yes.

"Come here." Om tells her gently as he moved towards her.

Gauri moves towards him and Om hugs her. Gauri hugs him as she rested her face on his chest.

"After Papa and Mama passed away... first time I am staying without him."

"Shivaay told me." Om tells her. "You are going to be fine here."

"I know." Gauri tells him then she looks up at him and tells him, "I am no trouble. I don't cause troubles."

Om smiles at her tenderly. "I know. Shivaay simply worries."

Gauri smiles then she snuggles into his chest.

"Come, let's go have dinner?" Om asks her.

"Okay."

**********

Gauri was sleeping when she hears the knock at her door. she opens the door to find Om.

"Good morning." Gauri tells him sleepily yawning.

"Slept well?" Om asks her.

"Yeah." Gauri tells him smiling. "Bhaiyya reached."

"Yeah, he called me last night." Om tells her. "You get ready and come. I'll drop you to college on my way to office."

"You carry on. I am feeling a little sleepy today. I'll skip college today."

Om ties his hands on his chest and stares at Gauri.

Seeing him glaring at her, all her sleep leaves her. "I'll get ready now."

"Hmmm."

*********

After breakfast, Om dropped Gauri to her college on his way to office. Then, in the evening, Dandi picked up Gauri from the college. Then Gauri had spent the evening with Jhanvi.

After dinner, Gauri was about to get ready for bed when she hears the bell in distance. Excitedly, she runs to the balcony to check.

"Om... Om..." Gauri excitedly knocks on his door.

"What?" Om asks curiously as he opened the door.

"There is a kulfi guy on the road. I am going to get Kulfi for me. do you want?"

"Are you mad?" Om asks frowning at her.

"You don't want?" Gauri asks disappointed.

"Even you don't want."

"What?"

"Go and sleep."

"I want kulfi!"

"No."

"I am going to get it." Gauri declares and turns to go.

Om quickly holds her hand. "Where do you think you are going? That too at this time?"

"Outside, to get Kulfi."

"You are not going out at this time."

"Why?" Gauri asks frowning.

"My house, my rules."

"What nonsense? I am going."

"I am no trouble." Om says in a fake Gauri tone.

Gauri turn to look at him sadly.

"Isn't that what you told me?"

Stomping her foot sadly, Gauri goes to her room.

Seeing her sad, Om felt bad.

Om knocks on Gauri's door. but she doesn't reply. So, he opens the door and sees her lying on the bed.

"Gauri..." Om calls her.

"What?" Gauri asks as she turned to look at him.

"Come."

"No. go away."

"Fine then." Om replies and starts to close the door.

"WAIT!" Gauri says sitting up. "Where did you call me to?"

"To get Kulfi." Om replies. "Good night."

"No, I am coming." Gauri says quickly getting out of the bed.

"But you said no." Om reminds her.

"Even you said no." Gauri reminds him.

Om couldn't help smile at that. "Let's go?"

"Yes." Gauri says excitedly as she took his hand.

Om was surprised that she had held his hand but then he doesn't say anything because he really didn't mind her holding his hand.

"Where did you see him?" Om asks curiously as they looked to both sides of the road.

"That side." Gauri says pointing to one direction. "I think he left."

"Okay... let's go back in then."

"No, you get your car key. We will go and look for him."

"Gauri... I think you've some misconception." Om tells her.

"About what?"

"that I am living in your house and I am to follow your rules."

"Life would be so beautiful if that was the case." Gauri tells him dreamily grinning.

Om frowns at her then he just couldn't hold his frown, he wraps his hand around her head and pulls her close to him.

Giggling Gauri wrap her hand around his waist.

They had to go till the beach to find a new Kulfi guy. As Om paid for the Kulfi, Gauri excitedly got on top of his car and sat on the bonnet enjoying Kulfi.

"Nice, right?" Gauri asks him as he walked to her.

"Yeah." Om replies as he slid on to the top of his car. "I haven't had it since my college time."

"Bhaiyya always buy for me but he never takes me out at night like you did."

"He is very protective about you."

"He thinks I am a baby." Gauri tells him.

"That you are." Om tells her smiling.

Gauri glares at him making Om chuckle.

"Are you happy in my house?" Om asks her gently.

"Yes."

"You will tell me if you are not, right?"

Gauri looks at him and sees that he was being very sincere. "Yes." Gauri replies smiling.

Om smiles in reply.

"I like you, Om." Gauri tells him.

"Ahaan."

"You are a sweet guy."

"Because I got you kulfi?"

"Because you care a lot about my brother."

"He is my best friend. And if I had a sister then he would do the same for me."

Gauri smiles hearing that. then licking the stick clean, she throws it into the dust bin.

Seeing Om was about to throw his half eaten Kulfi, she quickly stops him.

"Why are you throwing that?"

"I am full."

"Give it." Gauri tells him and she herself takes his kulfi and starts eating it.

After she was done with the Kulfi, they decided to head back home.

Om was driving, when Gauri with a yawn, calls him. "Om..."

"Hmmm?"

"I'm feeling sleepy."

Om turns to look at her and sees that she was starting to doze off. "You sleep then."

"Okay." Gauri replies smiling.

Om parks the car then he walks around the car. He opens Gauri's door then removing her seat belt, he gently lifts her into his arms. Gauri quickly comes awake.

"Om?"

"Shhh... go back to sleep." Om whispers as he kicked the door shut.

"Okay." Gauri replies smiling as she wrapped her hands around his neck.

Om was climbing the stairs carrying Gauri when Gauri softly tells him. "Thank you for Kulfi, Om." then she rubs the tip of her nose on his shirt as it was itching her.

Om doesn't reply, he just carries her to her room as he smiled.

"Good night, Gauri." Om whispers as he put the blanket on her.

"Good night, Om." Gauri whispers in her sleep as she turned around and went to sleep.

**********

Gauri was getting well settled into Omkara's house without any hitch, and very soon a month had passed since she had moved in.

"Why is that you never call us when you go for kulfi?" Jhanvi asks Gauri.

"Because you both sleep so early." Gauri replies.

"Even if you both are awake; you both won't be coming as you both are diabetic." Om tells them as he walked into the living room. Then he stops as he saw what Gauri was wearing.

"What are you wearing?" Om asks frowning seeing that her top neck was a little deep with a tiny hint of cleavage visible.

"It's my new top. Actually, my friend, she gave it. She didn't like the fit." Gauri says smiling as she turned sideways to model the top for him.

"Obviously." Om mutters. "Go and change."

"What?" Gauri asks stopping in shock.

"I said go and change."

"What is wrong with this? Jhanvi aunty, is this not good?"

"It is very cute." Jhanvi tells her.

"Gauri... don't make me say it again. go and change." Om tells her sternly as he ignored his mother.

"Why should I?" Gauri asks hands on hips staring at him.

Since his father was there, Om didn't want to tell her that her cleavage was visible and embarrass her in front of his father and also, Om wasn't comfortable pointing out her cleavage to her.

So, finally having no other answer, he replies "My house, my rules."

Gauri turns to Tej and begs him, "Please Tej uncle... at least for a day, please write this house in my name. I want to teach him a lesson."

Tej looks at Gauri and asks her sadly. "Can't you see me live in peace? Do you want him to tell me also 'My house, my rules'?"

"He is bullying me." Gauri complaints.

"He bullies all of us." Tej tells her. "He is not my son. He is my grandfather."

"Ha... ha... very funny." Om says sarcastically then turning to Gauri, he orders her. "Go change."

"No."

Om takes a deep breath as he tried to control his temper. "Gauri, don't make me spank you."

"YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY!" Gauri says angrily as she turned around and stomped to her room.

Few minutes later, Gauri comes back wearing a different top. She ignores Om and has her breakfast. Om doesn't say anything to her understanding she was angry with him.

Om stops his car in front of her college. Gauri was about to get out of the car when Om holds her hand.

"What?" Gauri asks him frowning at him.

"Shivaay wouldn't have liked it." Om tells her gently.

"Why wouldn't he like it?" Gauri asks frowning in confusion.

"Because it was not decent." Om says getting uncomfortable.

"How was it indecent?" Gauri asks shocked.

Om closes his eyes in irritation then says as he looked at her, "Because the neck was too deep."

"Oh." Gauri says softly. "You could have just told me that, why did you make a scene?"

"I didn't want to embarrass you in front of my parents."

"You did embarrass me. you could have taken me to the side and told me." Gauri points out.

"I didn't think of that."

"I'm going." Gauri declares.

"Gauri..." Om says in a pleading tone.

"No. I am getting late." Gauri stubbornly says as she looked at her hand.

Om lets go off her hand. Gauri quickly leaves.

Evening Gauri comes out of her college looking for Dandi or Oberoi's car. Instead, she finds Om's car. Realizing that Om had come to pick her up, Gauri excitedly runs to his car and opens the door. She sees a box of chocolate kept on the seat. She quickly takes it and slides in.

"Is this for me?" Gauri asks smiling happily.

"No... for my girlfriend." Om replies sarcastically.

Unable to control the jealousy that overcame her, Gauri furiously throws the box to the backseat. Om quickly turns and sees the box fall down.

"Are you mad?" Om asks her as he leaned down and picked it from the car floor.

"Why should I hold your girlfriend's chocolates?" Gauri asks pissed as she looked away.

"Oh my mother! This is for you." Om tells her in exasperation.

"What about your girlfriend?" Gauri asks as she turned to glare at him.

"What girlfriend?" Om asks confused.

"You just said."

"I was being sarcastic. I don't have a girlfriend." Om explains.

"Ah." Gauri smiles feeling relieved. "But why are you giving me chocolates?" Gauri asks him as she raised one eye brow at him.

"For morning." Om mutters.

"What morning?" Gauri asks acting clueless.

"Gauri..." Om says in a warning tone.

"Yes, Omkara?" Gauri replies innocently.

Om sighs furiously.

"Tell me." Gauri instructs him.

"I'm sorry for morning." Om says softly as he offered her the chocolates.

Gauri couldn't help her smile. "I forgive you." Gauri says as she took the chocolates from him.

Om smiles seeing her smile at him. "Let's go?"

"Yeah." Gauri replies happily smiling.

Once the car reached his house, Gauri quickly gets out.

"Bye." Om tells her as he started to drive.

"You're going?" Gauri asks surprised.

"I've work." Om tells her. "See you in the evening."

"Okay." Gauri says smiling.

**********

Gauri was getting ready for college when she remembers and calls up Shivaay quickly.

"Hello Gauri?"

"Hello bhaiyya... I forgot to tell you. I've to pay my college fee. Today is the last day."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Shivaay asks shocked.

"I forgot, bhaiyya."

"Did you start bank account?"

"Not yet, bhaiyya. I didn't get time to go to the bank."

"You don't have to go to the bank. Just call them up and they will come home and start an account for you." Shivaay tells her. "How much is it?"

Gauri tells him.

"Okay... take it from Om. I'll transfer it to his account. And please start your bank account soon."

"Okay, I'll bhaiyya."

"And do you have money?" Shivaay asks.

"Getting over, bhaiyya."

"Take it from Om."

"Okay."

"Om!" Gauri calls out to him, seeing him walk down the stairs.

Om stops mid steps and looks at her.

"I've to pay college fee. Bhaiyya told me to take from you."

"Ah okay... how much you want?" Om asks then hearing a notification, Om checks his message.

Gauri tells him the fee amount.

Om nods. "It's Shivaay." Om tells her as he checked the message. "He says you want pocket money. How much do you need?"

"That you can give me how much ever you want. No restrictions." Gauri tells him smiling sweetly at him.

"How sweet of you, Gauri?" Om asks her faking a smile.

Gauri grins.

"Ah Shivaay just messaged how much to give you." Om tells her grinning.

"Nooo." Gauri moans sadly.

"And he says you want to start bank account."

"Yeah, I keep forgetting." Gauri tells him as she bounced down the stairs.

Evening, when she got home, there were two agents from a bank waiting for her. they had come to start a bank account for her. Gauri was really surprised to see them as she had once again forgot about the bank account.

Omkara hadn't.

**********

Hearing the knock at her door, Gauri excitedly opens it.

"Kulfi?" Gauri asks Om excitedly.

"No... I feel like having Momos." Om tells her.

"Momos??" Gauri asks shocked.

"You don't like it?" Om asks disappointed.

"I like it but where will we get it from now?" Gauri asks confused.

"I know a place." Om tells her smiling.

"Let's go then."

"This is yum." Gauri says as she popped another one into her mouth. "Why didn't you bring me here all these days?"

"Because I didn't feel like eating momos before today." Om replies as he ate.

"Should we buy for Jhanvi aunty and Tej uncle?" Gauri asks him.

"They slept."

"Oh sad that they are missing out on this." Gauri tells him.

"Before me, whom did you come with?" Gauri asks curiously.

"Midnight snacking I started because of you."

"Oh. I am forever eating at midnight."

"But you said Shivaay doesn't take you out at night like this." Om asks her confused.

"I stock up the fridge at home and eat." Gauri tells him as she finished her last momo then noticing one left in Om's plate, she asks him curiously, "You want that?"

Om looks at her then sighing dramatically, he offers her his plate.

"Thank you." Gauri say happily as she took it and popped it into her mouth.

"Want more?" Om asks her.

Gauri shakes her head in negative.

"Let's go then?"

"Okay." Gauri replies

By the time, they got in the car, Om could see that Gauri was already yawning. He knew within minutes she would fall asleep.

"Om..." Gauri yawns.

Om smiles, "Good night, Gauri"

Gauri smiles hearing that. "Good night."

**********

"Who is this?" Gauri asks curiously seeing Jhanvi looking at a girl's photo.

"A proposal for Om." Jhanvi tells her smiling.

Hearing that, Gauri was overcome with jealousy. "She is not good for Omkara." Gauri declares.

"You didn't like her?" Jhanvi asks shocked.

"Om deserves a much better girl."

"We can't judge that from a photo, right?" Jhanvi tells her reasonably.

Gauri looks away irately. "What did Om say?"

"There he comes." Jhanvi points to Om who had just reached home from office. "Om, come here."

Om walks to them and he smiles at Gauri then frowning, he asks, "What happened to you?"

"What can happen to me?" Gauri asks him back.

"I don't know. did I do something?" Om asks confused.

"Her mood is off. you see this photo." Jhanvi tells him as she handed him the photo.

Om looks at Gauri curiously then he turns to Jhanvi and takes the photo. He again looks at Gauri and sees her glaring at him.

"What did I do?" Om asks her shocked.

Gauri looks away pissed.

"Look at the photo." Jhanvi says excitedly.

Om looks at the photo. "Who is she?"

"A proposal for you."

"Oh... I didn't like her." Om tells her as he gave the photo and turns to Gauri and stops in shock seeing her smiling ear to ear.

"What happened to you?"

"Me? nothing." Gauri says smiling as she stood up. "I got some college assignments to do."

"Om, I think you should meet the girl once before we decide." Jhanvi tells him gently.

"He said he didn't like her." Gauri tells her.

"But Tej told them that we would meet the girl tomorrow." Jhanvi informs them.

"Fine, I'll meet her. but Mom, I really didn't like her."

"We won't proceed but Tej gave his word. So, we will just go for formality sake."

"Okay." Om tells her and turns to look at Gauri.

Since Om had said more than once that he wasn't interested, Gauri was back to her chirpy mood.

"See you later, Om. got tons of work to finish." Gauri tells him as she bounded up the steps while a very confused Om was left watching her.

**********

The next day, Gauri, Om and his parents reach the girl's house. Gauri was feeling slightly nervous while she wasn't sure why she was feeling so.

As Om and his parents spoke to the girl's parents, the girl joined them. Seeing the pretty girl, Gauri worriedly looks at Om. She sees him smile at the girl.

Gauri felt like grabbing the tea tray the girl was holding and pour it on Om's head, then for good measure hit his head with that tray.

She was fighting the urge to do so when Om turns to her. Seeing her looking at him, Om slyly makes a face saying he didn't like the girl.

Gauri relaxes and decides to drink the tea instead. She even smiles at him and the girl.

They were talking when Om's phone rings. Seeing it was Shivaay, Om quickly answers it.

"I'm sorry. I need to take this." Om tells everyone and answers the call. "Hey."

"Hey Om... You at the girl's house?"

"Yeah... what happened?"

"Nothing... I tried calling Gauri... she is not answering the call. Is she with you?"

"Yeah." Om replies then he looks at Gauri and asks her, "Gauri, where is your phone?"

"At home."

"I told you to keep your phone with you all the time, right?" Om asks her exasperated. "What if there is some emergency and you have to contact me?"

"But I am with you."

"Stop it, Om." Tej softly whispers while Jhanvi kept hitting him on his hands to stop him.

But Om being Om, he had ignored them and was glaring at Gauri.

"What if I have to go somewhere urgently?" Om asks shocked.

"But they would be there, right?" Gauri asks pointing at Tej and Jhanvi.

"Why can't you keep your phone with you?"

"There is no pocket in this salwar. I didn't want to hold my phone and walk around."

"Oh my God, Gauri! I am seriously going to..."

Shivaay quickly cuts him off. "Don't say spank!"

"What?" Om asks confused.

"Om, you're there to see a prospective bride. Don't tell in front of her family that you are going to spank my sister. They are going to think you are serious."

"One of these days, I might as well be."

Shivaay shakes his head. "She wanted a watch. The model she wanted is not here. I am at the store now, so I want to see if she wants any other one. Put Gauri on the phone."

"Shivaay wants to talk to you."

"Okay." Gauri says smiling as she took the phone from him. "Hello, bhaiyya?" Gauri speaks to Shivaay for a few seconds and turns to Om. "Can you unlock your phone? Bhaiyya is sending me photos of the watches."

Om unlocks the phone.

"thanks." Gauri takes the phone and walks out.

Om sat there in shock wondering when the hell did he tell Gauri that she could go outside.

They were talking while Om was getting restless. It has been nearly three minutes that Gauri had gone out of his sight and he was feeling restless.

"Excuse me." Om says getting up.

"Where are you going?" Tej asks him shocked.

"Gauri isn't back. I'm going to check on her."

"She will come back."

"I'll just call her and come." Om tells him and walks out.

Om comes out and sees Gauri intently looking at his phone. Seeing her fine and kicking, Om sighs in relief.

He walks to her. Seeing him near her, Gauri looks up at him and smiles.

"Which watch is better? This or this?" Gauri asks Om as she showed him two watches.

"Hmmm. This one." Om tells her then he curiously asks, "Which was the one that you wanted?"

"that photo is on my phone. Wait I'll ask Bhaiyya to send it." Gauri says and quickly messages Shivaay for the photo. Shivaay quickly sends her the photo.

"Oh this is good. Did you check the stores here?"

"I did." Gauri says sadly.

"Maybe we can find it online." Om tells her. "Why don't you tell Shivaay to hold on for a bit and I'll check online."

"Oh thank you, Om." Gauri says happily smiling at him as she messaged Shivaay.

"What's this?" Om asks curiously seeing something on her hair.

"What?" Gauri asks curiously just as Om picks out a little dirt.

"Might be the wind." Gauri says smiling. "All gone?"

Om stood there as he adjusted her hair to check for anymore dirt and just then, Tej, Jhanvi and the girl's family come out.

"Om." Tej calls out to Om seeing the way the girl's family was looking at Om and Gauri.

The way, Om was touching Gauri's hair had looked pretty intimate.

Om turns to his father and asks curiously smiling, "Is it time to go?"

To avoid the humiliating situation, Tej didn't point out to Om that he hadn't even talked to the girl privately.

"Yeah." Tej replies.

"But Tej..." Jhanvi starts and Tej quickly shakes his head at her. Jhanvi nods.

They quickly leave from there saying they would get back to them with an answer soon.

At night, Om was about to go to his room when Tej calls him aside.

"Om... what is happening between you and Gauri?" Tej asks him without any preamble.

"Nothing. She is my responsibility. She is Shivaay's sister." Om replies confused.

Tej shakes his head. "Looking after your best friend's baby sister as your sister is one thing. And looking after a young girl as a baby is another thing."

"What?" Om asks frowning.

"You need to figure out what Gauri is to you."

"Dad, Gauri is Shivaay's sister."

"Om, you got restless when Gauri wasn't in your line of vision for 5 minutes. That is not something you feel for your best friend's sister. You need to sort out your feelings, Om. I don't want to be humiliated like today because you have no idea what you feel for Gauri."

"Dad, you're just overthinking." Om says shaking his head. Then dismissing his dad, Om says, "I need to check on Gauri before she sleeps off."

Tej watched Om walking off wondering whether he should have mentioned to Om that Jhanvi had felt that Gauri was jealous when she heard about the proposal. He then decided against it as Om wasn't even ready to accept his feelings for Gauri, then how was he going to accept Gauri's feelings for him?

**********

Few days later, Jhanvi and Gauri were giggling as they talked.

"What's so funny?" Om asks curiously as he joined them. Smiling happily seeing Gauri and his mother so happy.

"Nothing." Jhanvi quickly replies.

"Before I forget, I ordered your watch."

"You found it online?" she asks excitedly.

"Yeah." he replies, though he doesn't mention that it took him hours to find her watch on one of the shopping sites.

"Thank you" she says smiling ear to ear happily.

"Welcome. So why were you both laughing?"

"Nothing."

"Come on... Tell me." Om says getting really curious.

Gauri was about to answer him when Jhanvi pokes her slyly. Gauri curiously turns to Jhanvi and sees Jhanvi shaking her head in no, asking her not to share it with Om.

"What is it?" Om asks now getting suspicious.

"Nothing much. It's no big deal." Gauri tells him chuckling.

Seeing her smile, Om smiles. While Tej curiously look at Gauri and sees Jhanvi shaking her head at Gauri.

"Then tell me." Om says chuckling.

"This boy in my college, proposed me. that is all." Gauri tells him.

Om's smile drops immediately and he scowls bloody murder.

"She is so dumb. He is so outdated and narrow minded. I wonder how the kids would be." Tej says shaking his head as he went back to reading.

"What kids?" Gauri asks curiously.

"Which boy?" Om asks in suppressed fury.

Hearing his fury, Gauri gets distracted. "One boy in college. It is no big deal."

"Tell me his name." Om tells her.

"She said no." Jhanvi informs Om.

"I want to know his name." Om tells Gauri.

"I don't know his name." Gauri tells him confused.

"Gauri, I'm going to spank you."

"What is with this spanking kink that you have?" Gauri asks as she stood up.

Om was speechless for a second hearing the question while Jhanvi coughed to cover up her laughter while Tej silently laughed as Om's back was towards him.

"Gauri, I want that boy's name."

"I told you I don't know."

"If you are lying to me..."

Gauri furiously marches to him and hands on her hips, she asks him furiously, "Have I ever lied to you?"

"No." Om replies softly as he uncomfortably looked about.

"Then why are you calling me a liar?"

"I'm not calling you a liar." Om says uncomfortably.

"Hmmm." Gauri gives him a warning look.

"That boy's name."

"I told you twice already I don't know his name." Gauri says at her wits end. Then poking his forehead, she says "Get that into your head. I don't know his name!"

"Fine! Don't talk to him ever again."

"So, if he comes to talk to me, I should just act like an arrogant snob?"

"Yes."

"ARGGH! YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY!"

**********

By next day morning, Gauri had forgiven Omkara for the scene he had created because he had taken her for ice cream. Om had figured out pretty early itself that Gauri's weakness was food.

One evening, Om come running down the stairs screaming for Gauri as he panicked.

"GAURI! GAURI!"

"What happened?" Jhanvi comes running hearing Om scream.

"What is it, Om?" Tej asks worried.

"I can't find Gauri. she is not there in her room." Om tells her in a panic as he took his mobile to call her.

"Oh. You scared me." Tej says sighing in relief.

"She is not home. Next time, please ask. Don't give us a panic attack like this." Jhanvi tells him with a frown.

"What do you mean she is not home?" Om asks frowning.

"It is her friend's birthday, so she went there."

"What?" Om stops in shock. "But she didn't tell me anything about a birthday party."

"It was a last minute plan. She will come back soon. her friend will drop her after the party."

"Where is this party?" Om asks frowning.

Jhanvi quickly looks away. "I don't know." She says shrugging.

"MOM!" Om furiously frowns at her.

"Her house... I think." Jhanvi says as she turned to walk off. "Don't know the address. She will come back."

"Stop there, mom!" Om says frowning at her. "Where is this party?"

"I told you."

"Home! My foot!" Om glares at his mother as he dialed Gauri's number.

"Hey Om. are you home?" Gauri asks happily as she answered his call.

Om takes a deep breath hearing the loud music on the other end. "Yeah. Where are you?"

"I am at my friend's birthday party. You've dinner. I'll be late."

"Where exactly is this party, Gauri?"

"Are you mad?" Tej asks him seeing Om walking out after hanging up the phone.

Om turns to his parents and declares, "I'll deal with you two after I bring her home."

Gauri was happily dancing with her friends.

"Gauri... isn't that your local guardian?" Richa curiously asks her.

"Local guardian?" Gauri asks curiously as she turned around and sees Om looking around. "Yeah... that's Om. and he is my friend now." Gauri corrects her as she excitedly jumped and waved at Om to get his attention.

"OM!" Gauri calls out to him.

The music had drowned out Gauri's voice but the way she had jumped and waved had quickly caught Om's attention. He quickly walks to her.

Gauri hurries to him.

"How come you are here?" Gauri asks him excitedly. "I didn't think you partied. Next time, we should come together." Gauri tells him. "Come, I'll introduce you to my friends"

Gauri takes his hand and was about to lead him to her friends. When Om didn't move, Gauri turns to him curiously.

"Let's go?" Om asks her.

"Yeah, come. I'll introduce to my friends." Gauri says with a frown realizing he sounded furious.

"We are going home."

"WHAAT?"

"I said we are going home."

"No." Gauri says frowning at him. "I am here with my friends."

"Gauri, don't create a scene. Let's just go home."

"You go. I'll come after the party is over."

"I don't want to embarrass you. just come." Om tells her starting to lose his patience.

"I am not coming." Gauri replies as she tied her hand on her chest.

"If I have to drag you out then I'll do it. So, just walk."

Gauri knew even if she screamed and kicked him, he would just carry her and walk out. She didn't want to be humiliated in front of her friends like that. Grabbing her bag and just informing one of her friends, Gauri had furiously walked out with Om following her.

They remained silent the whole drive home. Gauri was furious with Om's highhanded methods while Om was furious with Gauri for going for party in a nightclub.

Tej and Jhanvi look up to see Om and Gauri walk in. they both looked furious.

"One of these days, she is going to kill him." Tej whispers to Jhanvi.

"Can we blame her?" Jhanvi asks him back.

"What is your problem?" Gauri furiously asks him.

"My problem?" Om asks furiously. "Who gave you permission to go for party?"

"It's my friend's birthday and I went."

"I asked who gave you permission to go?"

"Om... she asked me and went." Jhanvi informs him.

Om turns to his mother in utter confusion and exasperation. "You gave her permission?"

"Yes. She asked me and I told her she can go."

Exasperated, Om asks her, "Mom, who are you to give her permission? She is my responsibility. I decide things regarding her."

"Huh?" Jhanvi's mouth drop open hearing that.

"You decide? It is my life!"

Om turns to Gauri, "You knew I wouldn't agree isn't that why you went behind my back and went for the party?"

"Why should I go behind your back? I wanted to go for the party and I went."

"You are testing my patience, Gauri." Om tells her in a warning tone.

"what is wrong if I went for my friend's birthday party?"

"To a nightclub?"

"YES! All my friends were there. We were not doing anything wrong."

Seeing her glaring at him, Om tells her "Shivaay wouldn't like it."

"Oh! Stop it!" Gauri scoffs at him. "Even if bhaiyya was okay with it, you wouldn't have let me go. You narrow minded chauvinist!"

"Fine! I don't like it! And that means you are not going!"

"I always do whatever you want. Even if I want to do otherwise, I do things your way. Not anymore!"

"As long as you live under my roof..." Om starts.

"MY RULES!" Gauri cuts him off. "From now on, I'll follow my rules!"

"Gauri... stop it."

"You stop it!"

"Gauri, I'll spank you NOW!"

Gauri furiously holds Om's hand and turns him around then she hits him hard on his butt. Om almost yelps in shock.

"You say spank one more time, I WILL SPANK YOU!"

Jhanvi hits Tej seeing him laughing silently. Then turning to a shocked Om and a furious Gauri, she tells him. "Enough both of you. Gauri, Om... come, let's have dinner."

"I will not sit with him and eat!" Gauri declares.

"Don't be silly. Just go and eat." Om tells her in a dismissing tone.

"Of course, I am going and eating. You are sitting somewhere else and eating!" Gauri tells him.

"What?" Om stops in shock.

"Maybe I will kill you first." Jhanvi furiously whispers to her husband seeing him laughing.

"Go to the kitchen and eat! Don't come near the dining hall!" Gauri warns him and walks off.

Even after the food had been served when Om didn't come to the dining hall, Gauri started feeling restless. True, she was angry with him but she didn't want him to eat alone.

Unable to control herself, Gauri goes to look for Om. finds, Om standing clueless where she had left him. Seeing her come to him, he looks at her without saying anything.

Gauri goes to him and stands in front of him without saying anything. She just looks at his chest and stands silently.

Seeing her like that, Om felt bad. He had ruined her party and still she had come to call him for dinner. He keeps his hand on her cheek lovingly.

"Look at me, Gauri." Om gently tells her.

Gauri looks at him sadly. Seeing the tears in her eyes, his heart breaks.

"Please don't cry, Gauri." Om tells her unable to see her tears.

Gauri hugs him sadly and Om hugs her tight.

"I do everything you ask me to. Every single thing. If you don't like it then I don't do it. Then why can't you let go of few things for me?"

"Please stop crying, Gauri."

"I try to do things your way because I don't want to trouble you. but now, you are troubling me, Om."

"I am sorry, Gauri." Om tells her regretfully. "When I didn't find you in your room, I panicked and I just went crazy. I am really sorry."

"I thought Jhanvi aunty would tell you." Gauri tells him as she looked at him.

"When did we need a third person between us to communicate?" Om asks upset.

"The party was planned last minute. I didn't have time to call and inform you."

"Sorry." Om says as he leaned down and kissed her f0rehead. "I'll not do it again. I won't restrict you again. I promise."

Gauri leans up and kisses his cheek. "Come and have your food now."

After dinner, Gauri had gone to raid the kitchen for some sweet dish. On raiding the fridge, she had found half a piece of gulab jamun in a bowl.

She didn't know how anyone could waste a sweet dish and Om never finished any of his sweet dishes. Even when they went for their kulfi, she has to finish half his kulfi.

She quickly pops it into her mouth. Then she starts to check if anything else was there.

"I was looking for you." Om tells her as he stood next to the fridge.

"Why? Did you think I went back to the party?" Gauri asks him as she closed the fridge and looked at him.

Om offers her a chocolate with a lovely smile.

Gauri takes it and looks away.

Om offers her another bar of chocolate.

Gauri takes that too and still looks away.

Om gives her another.

Gauri smiles as she took it. "Okay, I forgive you."

"Thank you." Om tells her smiling then he turns and walks off.

"How did you get these so fast? Did you go out?" Gauri asks him curiously as she hurried behind him.

"I've a cupboard full of chocolates for emergencies like these." Om calls out to her as he walked off.

"What?" Gauri shouts as she ran to him and jumped on him from behind.

Om stumbles for a second and then he holds Gauri, so she doesn't fall off.

"Okay. take me to my room."

"On piggyback?" Om asks surprised.

"Yes. Your punishment."

Om chuckles as he adjusted Gauri properly on his back, then extending his hand to the back, he holds her securely and starts climbing the stairs.

**********

"Tej... why don't you talk to Om regarding Ridhima?" Jhanvi asks Tej curiously.

"Did you forget what the other girl's father told us after the way he behaved there? I was never humiliated like that in my life."

"Let Om meet her in some restaurant or somewhere. If he likes her then only we will meet the family."

"Hmmm. What about Gauri?"

"But Om said that there is nothing between Gauri and him." Jhanvi reminds him.

Tej thoughtfully looks up and sees Om walking to the stairs. He was about to call out to him when Om stops amused.

Tej was curiously looking at Om wondering what caught his attention then he hears Gauri.

"Lungi dance... Lungi dance."

A few seconds later, Tej sees Gauri dancing to lungi dance as she held her skirts and danced sideways to Om. then he sees Om chuckling loudly seeing Gauri dance.

"Have you ever seen him smile like this?" Tej asks Jhanvi softly.

Jhanvi looks up and sees Gauri dancing around Om and Om happily laughing.

"No." Jhanvi says with happy and sad sigh. Then curiously she asks Tej, "Do you think that Shivaay might have told Om not to get involved with Gauri and that is why he is saying there is nothing between Gauri and him?"

They curiously look up at Gauri and Om.

"Come on, Om. dance." Gauri tells him.

"No way."

"You are such a bore." Gauri declares as she dances down the stairs.

"Careful." Om calls out to her as he hurried behind her, ready to catch if she slips.

**********

"Hello Ridhima." Om says as he smiled at her politely.

"Hello, Omkara." Ridhima says as she stood up.

"Sorry, I'm late." Om says.

"No problem." Ridhima replies smiling.

They sit down. "Just a second. I need to make call."

"Yeah sure."

Om quickly dials Gauri's number.

"Hello?"

"Gauri... I reached. Just inform Mom and Dad."

"Fine!"

"You're home, right?"

"Where else would I be?" Gauri asks angrily.

"Gauri?"

"What?" Gauri asks furiously.

"What?" Om asks shocked. "What happened?"

"What can happen? You have your fun with Ridhima."

"What? Is everything alright?" Om asks confused.

"Why wouldn't everything be alright?"

Om sighs loudly. "Okay... what did I do?"

"I don't know."

"Obviously, I did something. What is it?"

"When you know that you do stuff and pisses me off. then why do you do it?"

"What?" Om asks utterly confused.

"I am busy." Gauri tells him in a dismissing tone.

"FINE! Even I am busy." Om says pissed and hangs up.

"What the hell is wrong with her?" Om mutters in a whisper.

"Is everything alright?" Ridhima asks him.

"Yeah! She drives me mad." Om mutters.

"Who?" Ridhima asks confused.

"Gauri."

"Who is Gauri?"

"She is my best friend's baby sister. She stays with us."

"Oh. Friend's baby sister." Ridhima says smiling. "the way you were talking, I thought she is your girlfriend or something."

"Huh?"

"Anyway leave all that. we will talk about us."

Suddenly, Om was uncomfortable. "Yeah sure." Om replies and promptly taking the menu, he starts studying it.

What the hell is wrong with her? why is she pissed? Did I do something? But morning, she was so happy. Was she upset because I didn't dance with her today morning?

Om was staring at the menu that suddenly one item on the menu popped up at him. Kulfi.

Om quickly waves over a waiter.

"Yes sir?"

"I want a Kulfi parcel when I leave." Om tells him.

"Sure sir. And what about now?"

"Oh." Om looks at Ridhima and sees her watching him curiously. He turns to the waiter, "Give me two minutes."

"Of course sir."

Om politely smiles at Ridhima once the waiter later.

"We could have had kulfi now."

"It is not for me." Om quickly replies.

What the hell? I only share Kulfi with Gauri.

Frowning, Om takes his mobile under the table and messages his father.

Sorry, Dad. This one won't work.

*********

Om was driving back home after dinner. He was wondering whether he should call Gauri or talk to her when he gives her, her kulfi. Hearing his mobile ring, he quickly answers it.

"Yeah?"

"How did it go?" Shivaay asks him.

"How did you know?" Om asks surprised.

"Gauri told me."

"Ah okay... won't work out."

"Oh... what happened? Wavelength won't match?"

"Didn't talk to her much. I was late and then didn't have time." Om says disinterestedly.

"Hmmm."

"Why did you call?"

"Yeah... Om, I was actually thinking of bringing Gauri here."

Om frowns hearing that. "She has classes. I don't think she has any holidays coming up."

"No, I mean permanently."

"Have you gone mad? What is she going to do there? Who is there to take care of her? she is staying here. She has class. You gone crazy or what? She is staying here. She is very happy here."

"Om, why are you getting angry?" Shivaay asks shocked.

"Then what? What happened to you suddenly, wanting to take her away. she is happy here. What the hell is she going to do there? Who is going to be there?"

"Om, I am there."

"You have office!"

"Even you have office." Shivaay points out in shock.

Om was a little shocked at the counter point. "She is happy with me here. I am not sending her anywhere."

Shivaay was too shocked to react.

"Are you done with your crap?" Om asks him.

"Your dad called me few minutes back."

"Dad? For what?" Om asks shocked wondering whether that had caused Shivaay to think of taking Gauri away from him. But no, Dad loved Gauri.

"He asked me whether I ever told you to not get romantically involved with my sister and is that why you are acting as if there is nothing between you and her."

"What?" Om asks shocked and confused.

"I had assumed that Gauri was like a sister to you." Shivaay says softly.

"SISTER?" Om screeches in disgust. "YUCK." Om shudders in disgust.

Shivaay sighs. "What the hell is going on between her and you, Om."

"Nothing, Shivaay." Om tells him. "Dad and Mom, I don't know what they are smoking up that they think that something is going on between Gauri and me."

"Om..." Shivaay gently calls him.

"Yeah?"

"After your dad called, I spoke to Gauri."

"And?" Om asks frowning.

"She is not happy."

Om's heart breaks hearing that. "She told you that?" Om asks shocked. Then shaking his head, Om tells Shivaay, "No, if she was not happy, she would have told me. she is fine. I know it, Shivaay. She is just pissed with me today. Maybe that is why you thought she is not happy."

"Why is she pissed?"

"I don't know; I am trying to figure it out. Anyway I got kulfi for her from the restaurant. She will tell me whatever it is. You don't worry. I'll sort it out."

"Didn't you say that you had no time to talk to that girl?"

"Yeah... so?"

"But you had time to get Kulfi for Gauri?"

"It was there on the menu. I saw it. I ordered it. She was upset."

"Would you have ordered it if she wasn't upset with you?"

"Yeah. She loves Kulfi." Om replies confused.

"What the hell are you doing, Om?" Shivaay asks shocked. "You go to see a girl for marriage proposal and there you are thinking about my sister?"

"What?" Om whispers in shock.

"Gauri is upset."

"I'll just call her and I will sort it out." Om says as he started to cut the call.

"Om."

"What?"

"Gauri sounded jealous, upset and sad that you had gone to see this Ridhima girl."

"What?" Om asks in shock. "She was jealous?"

"Yes. I thought she was falling for you and I didn't want her to get her heart broken and that is why I thought of bringing her here."

"You back to that? I told you she is staying with me."

"Oh my God, Om. Are you even taking a second to think about what you are saying?" Shivaay asks him in shock.

"Huh?"

"How can someone be so dense?" Shivaay asks him in exasperation. "Even my sister is so stupid. She is in love with you and she doesn't even realize it."

"She loves me?" Om asks unable to control his smile. His heart filling with so much joy that he never thought possible.

"I can hear your smile all the way here." Shivaay tells him chuckling.

"She loves me?" Om asks smiling.

"Yeah, I guess so. Even you love her, right?"

Om stops in shock as he thought of it. Of course, he did love her. his loyalty to Shivaay had stopped him from thinking about it or accept what he felt for Gauri but now when Shivaay, himself pointed it out to him, it was crystal clear to him.

"I've to see her."

Shivaay shakes his head. "Talk to her and take a decision."

"Okay." Om says smiling.

**********

Excitedly, Om knocks on Gauri's door. Gauri opens the door and seeing him she looks away.

Om couldn't help feeling elated seeing her so damn pissed at him.

"You look happy." Gauri accuses him.

"Why can't I be happy?" Om asks her as he stepped in.

"Why won't you?" Gauri asks furious, jealous, sad and heart broken.

"I got Kulfi for you." Om tells her as he showed her the cover.

"Why? So you can celebrate your marriage?" Gauri asks looking away.

"Why? You won't celebrate my love with me?" Om asks with a sad smile.

"Why should I?" Gauri asks angrily.

Om couldn't control his smile and joy seeing Gauri so furious at the thought of his supposed marriage. He leans down and touches his lips to hers.

Gauri's eyes widen and she looks at him in shock as she touched her lips.

And he wanted more.

Om leans down and gently takes her lips in his. He so gently and lovingly kisses her.

"Why did you kiss me?" Gauri asks him softly.

"Liked it?" Om asks her grinning seeing her so confused.

"What about Ridhima?" Gauri asks him in shock.

"Ridhima? Which Ridhima? Who is she?" Om asks her as he wrapped his hand around Gauri's waist. "All I know is Gauri."

Gauri's face breaks out into a big smile as she hugged him.

"I love you." Om tells her smiling happily.

"You do?" Gauri asks feeling excited.

"Yes. Now your turn."

"Turn for what?"

"Tell me you love me."

Gauri frowns, "I don't know whether I love you."

"Don't mess around." Om warns her.

"I really don't know."

"I'll spank you seriously." Om warns her.

Gauri gives him a flirty smile. "Maybe a good spanking will set me straight."

Om's eyes widen in shock and his mouth drops open. He was about to tell her to confess her love when he notices his parents walking to their bedroom.

"DAD! MOM!" Om calls out to them.

"Are you going to spank me in front of them?" Gauri asks panicking. "I was just joking. I love you."

Om grins hearing her. "I love you too."

"Om, you're back?" Jhanvi asks and stops in shock seeing Om and Gauri in an embrace.

"Leave." Gauri struggles in his arms seeing his parents walk to them.

Om quickly leaves her.

Tej frowns and says, "Please at least now, admit that you love each other, and don't say there isn't anything between you both."

"We love each other." Om informs them smiling.

"Good. Okay good night. Will talk in the morning." Tej says yawning.

"And Om, go to your room." Jhanvi tells Om.

Om and Gauri watched in surprise as his parents walked off to sleep.

"Let's go eat Kulfi." Gauri tells him as she took the cover with Kulfi. "And you can tell me how you realized you love me."

"What about you?" Om asks her curiously.

"When you said you love me that time, all I wanted was to jump and scream, I love you too. And I realized."

"Why didn't you do that?" Om asks frowning.

"That was your punishment."

"For what?" Om asks shocked.

"For going to see random girls to decide if you want to marry them."

"But I was thinking about only you, the whole time." Om whispers to her.

"You were?" Gauri asks smiling happily.

"Ever since, Shivaay gave me your responsibility, I've only thought about you. every waking second, you were in my thoughts."

"Even you were in my thoughts." Gauri tells him smiling happily.

*** The End ***

I know, this story wasn't that great. It was just that I wanted to write a lighthearted story and this is what I could come up with. The idea for this story was from Just Married. I was curious as Omkara had brought Gauri to his house saying that he had taken his friend's sister's responsibility. So, I just wanted to see how that would have been if it was the truth.

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- Lazy