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Anika tried patting him, shaking him and even calling him but shivaay Singh oberoi wasn't ready to wake up. They had landed early in the morning in Delhi and had managed to settle in their booked caravan to travel to the Himalayas.

   It was a 6 seater caravan. Rudra sat in the front with the driver, Om and gauri sat in the back seats and shivaay and Anika in the middle seats. This arrangement wasn't planned  as all of them were drowsy when they landed.

   Anika had woken up few hours later to see that they were on a narrow road, like so narrow that only their caravan was able to fit.  What if a car comes from the opposite side?  Think positive Anika. She looked out of the window to see a steep slope. Damn that was scary. If she moved a inch the balance of the caravan would disrupt leading them into the long arms of death.  What the fuck why was she surrounded by possibilities of death ?!That was when she looked up to notice the snow clad mountains around them. They ran till her eyesight reached. They were so beautiful, they were also the indicator of their arrival at their abode for a few days.

" Guys wake up and look outside "

    Anika tried waking them up, she started shaking shivaay being closest to him. Guess what I think Anika started rubbing off on them hence no one was waking up. She realized that all were replying her in the language of snores. Pissed with them she angrily scrunched her nose and screamed.

" EARTHQUAKE,  EARTHQUAKE WAKE UP "
     Everybody opened their eyes at the speed of light, panicking about the sudden arrival of death.

" What the hell yaar Anika who screams like this? !!" shivaay said irritated at this sudden disturbance.

" I swear Anika,  you scared the shit out of us"
Om joined rubbing his eyes.

" And Di you broke my dream as well, I was having such an amazing date with a hot girl "
Rudra complained mourning over his broken dream.

" Ani yaar, Did I wake you up ever so cruely?  No right then why this cruelty with me?! "
Gauri hazily replied

" Guys stop your drama and look OUT " Anika shouted with glee.
    All of them looked around to see the serene Himalayas dressed up in a white drape of snow and peaks shining with the sun. They finally reached.

" We are Finally here guys, " Anika jumped with excitement then stopped realizing the caravan may fall off.  All of them opened their windows to let the morning breeze hit their face. They peeped out of the windows taking the smell of the mud into their nostrils and threading their hands along with the wind.
" Woo - Hoo,  Himalayas here we are "  chorused the Jet setters.
   
Om started clicking pictures of the views, while Anika and gauri started taking some selfies.

" Guys, a groupfie !!! "

   All posed in front of rudras phone as he was on the front seat.

"  Guys one pout picture "

Anika, gauri and rudra pouted while shivaay and om just looked at them like they had ran from the jungle. Victims of social media traditions they thought.

     They reached their first destination Chopta in a few hours.  Today's day was kept for rest while they were going to trek tommorow. The caravan stopped at a point from where going to walk till the hotel. It was a Hilly region confusing Anika and shivaay that who would build a hotel on a hill.  They walked and when they saw the place everyone has different reactions. Om rudra and gauri were normal as they knew about this. But can't say the same about Anika and shivaay. One was hyper excited and the other hyper unexcited.

   Shivaay was clearly the unexcited one as he had expected a five star hotel stay but instead  got a Camping resort. Yes there were huge tents lined up in a sequence on a plateau which was the base of a big mountain. There were steep slopes surrounding the remaining region of the plateau.

    Om and gauri went to check in.  Rudra went to get some good instagram pictures. Shivaay  was just thinking about how to adjust here when he saw Anika.

     Anika was running around everywhere enthusiastically l, wide smile stuck on her face and a shine in her eyes,  she peeped in the the tents,  then dipped her hand in the mini water pond  and finally stood stood spreading her arms near the cliff enjoying the climate.

    Shivaay was all the while noticing her. She was so full of life.  Ready to grab every happy moment that life gives her.  Looking at her standing there with her eyes closed shivaay crept closer to her.

Anika opened her eyes to see him.  She gestured him to copy her and spread her arms, closing her eyes. Shivaay hesitated at first then slowly raised his arms closing his eyes.

       Rudra who was clicking his pictures saw them. Yeh moment capture Karna toh banta hai. He clicked their picture thinking about how much beautiful that moment looked.

    After checking-in all proceeded to their tents. Anika and gauri went to their room with shivaay carrying their bags for them. Om and rudra too the trio's bags to their room. As soon as Anika entered the tent she shrilled in excitement.

" This is so damn beautiful,  the tent is giving me all Arabian nights vibes, and look at the carpet, there is so much detailing on it, OMG there is a mini desk and table as well, and the lamp...... "

Gauri who was used to this continued with settling her bag while shivaay was just staring at Anika.
    What was this girl made up of ?  From where did she get so much energy ? But she was going a bit too much gaga over the furniture wasn't she.

'And the Buddha statue is so.... "

" And next you will say the  wall is so beautiful and OMG there is a pet cockroach as well!!  How sweet of the manager  !!" shivaay  mimicked Anika teasing her.

  " You are so dead for saying that Mr shivaay Singh oberoi!! "

Anika threw cushions on him which he quickly dodged by.  Anika then started running behind him to give him a smack on his head.

" Catch me if you can Trivedi "

" Stop giggling idiot Singh oberoi, you messed with the wrong woman, wait till you see how I hit people "

Anika and shivaay ran all over the place outside the tent laughing their ass off.
Living like their old selves wasn't bad.

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      After a healthy meal beside the bonfire, everyone went to their tents. At around midnight, shivaay decided to go out for a walk in the fresh air.

   Shivaay being habituated to working late couldn't sleep plus he had no appliance to work on.

Wandering here and there he noticed Anika sitting near the bonfire with a laptop. 
         This so wasn't fair she got to bring her laptop but he didn't even get to bring his phone.  But what is she doing so late ? 

        Shivaay inched near her and sat beside her. Anika glanced at shivaay raising her eyebrows asking him what happened.

" Well,  I couldn't sleep as I usually... "

".....sleep late right? "

" How do you know? "

"  Because no one becomes Businessman  of the year without working till late "

" True that "  shivaay thought reminiscing the struggles and hard work he did in the beginning years of his job. Dad and Bade Papa had made him to do every job in the company to understand the company and people's hard work better as a CEO. He had gone back to Bed everyday cribbing about the day and the work he had to do.  After all he was the oberoi's pampered child. But after graduation everything changed..... Situations changed. He changed. His life changed.

" What are you thinking about? "

" Old struggling days where hard work was new to me "  shivaay grinned.

" Someone was quite pampered eh! "

" Haha, yes I was, When I woke up servants used to line up in front,  I used to get everything  I wanted before I even asked for it , I used to have breakfast in bed and dinner with family,  the rest of the day used to go in chilling with friends, clubbing and mu....Umm.. And"

   Anika started laughing.
" Stop, ..stop kidding !! Servants line up?  Like really? "

" Hey it was true, I am the first heir of the oberoi's. Itna toh mera haq banta hai. " 

Anika suddenly turned silent and nodding her face for a min before asking " Kitne servants the ?!" in a manly voice raising her eyebrows.

Shivaay just looked at her at this sudden change of speech. Like what was she expecting me to do. Shivaay looked at Anika like he had at his bade papa on his first day of office. Confused.

    " God shivaay don't tell me you didn't get the joke?!"

" Was this a joke?! "

" Yesss!!!  Gabbar from sholay said kitne aadmi the? And I asked kitne servant the?!  In the same effing style and expressions. No appreciation of art only !! "

Looking at shivaay's still lost face Anika facepalmed. This man hadn't watched Sholay. Like sholay the classic film. She had to teach some basic Bollywood to him. Anika put a movie on her laptop and plugged in her earphones. She gave one earpiece to shivaay and put one in her ear.

" Anika it's late we should sleep "

  " You can't sleep,  I can't sleep, I have put Sholay on my laptop, We are sitting in such a beautiful place near a bonfire,  You want to miss this opportunity?! "  Anika glared at him.

" Um.. No " shivaay said grinning like a Cheshire cat. He looked like he was going to watch a adult movie hiding from his parents.

      Anika mirrored his face and both started watching the movie.  After a few mins Shivaay started rubbing his arms looking expectantly at Anika.

" What? !"

" Isn't it the right time to show some gentlewoman behavior and share your shawl with me ?!"

     Anika started at him wide eyed. Wasn't this a bit too cosy for them. But still he was cold. Problems never leave her. Damn. She had to do this.

" Umm... I don't share things with strangers so Friends ! " Anika forwarded her hands.

Shivaay smiled and forwarded his hand but before he could join her hand Anika said
" Hey  think before you do that, it's not easy to be friends with Anika trivedi "

" Shivaay Singh oberoi doesn't like easy things"

" Typical SSO style it was, anyway so friends "
Anika rolled her eyes forwarding her hand once more.

" Friends "

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      Hey guys, not sure about how this turned out.
Anyhow, hoping you guys love it.
As every chapter is made with loads of love for shivika 😍😍🙈🙈🙋

What do you think shivaay was going to speak about mu.....?! Guess?!

What do you think about their progression?! 

Was anyone able to solve the mystery of the white eagles ?!!

     Also this is a bribe as I won't update for a week or so due to loss of Wi-fi. Yes you read it right. 😫😪
    
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Yours truly,
Kamakshi.