•ANNIKA•
She woke up to find herself wrapped gently in his arms. His hands were around her waist while her head on his chest. She looked up to see him sleeping peacefully. The memories of last night flashed in front of her eyes, they crossed her mind making her blush. The way he touched her, kissed her, loved her purified her soul, made her feel blessed but suddenly a fear gripped her mind. Her heartbeat started beating faster.
"What if he forgot everything that happened?"
"What if he regretted what all happened?"
"What if he tried to ignore her?"
She slowly parted herself from him. Her eyes started pooling up. She went into the washroom & saw the bedsheet. It was a proof of their love. It was a proof of their union. She felt her eyes shedding tears. She gave herself to him but now she was scared. She was not regretting but she feared herself. She knew this night has changed everything, she knew she started loving him more now & that was what she was scared of. After giving her to him completely, she felt her soul, mind & body connected more strongly to him. She did all that to take away all his pain & to be honest she actually took his pain. Now she was in pain. She hugged her legs, burrying her head between them she cried. After sometime she knew he might wake up at any moment so she went to get some lemon juice for him.

•SHIVIKA•
He woke up to find himself in terrific hangover. He saw her standing near the bed taking out something from the cupboard. The table on the side of his bed had a glass full of lemon juice.
"Good morning" she said smiling at him.
"Morning" he said. She was looking at him curiously, she wanted to know what would be his reaction after last night.
"Annikaaa..I" he said pressing his head with his hands.
"Drink the lemon juice Shivay! You have got a hangover" she said giving him the glass.
He drank the juice, she was waiting for him to speak something. But he was quiet. Her heartbeat racing faster against her chest.
"Did I came drank last night? I m sorry Annika, I must have troubled you right?"
Annika felt the floor slipping off her feets. "He doesnt even remembers that he came drank? This means he doesn't remembers about anything that happened between us?"
She felt like killing herself. She knew there are high chances of him forgetting all that, but still some part of her wanted & believed that he will remember it. But alas! All her hopes got shattered again. She didnt said anything & went into the washroom.

•ANNIKA•
She cursed herself for hoping something that was not possible. She knew she can barely expect happiness for her. She knew she can never get what she wants. She tried to control her tears but damn they always rolled out in tonns when she wanted them to stop. She was really frustrated. She saw the white bedsheet stained with her blood. She quickly started cleaning it. She didnt hik to see it for she knew he will regret it.

•SHIVAY•
Shivay could feel something was different about this morning. The moment he woke up he felt different. He felt relaxed & light. It was a soothing feel, the feeling was very strange yet new. It was as if something has changed. His eyes went towards her. She looked more beautiful today, the glow on her face shining like the moonlight on snow. He was trying hard to think about how he came drank last night but his mind was blank. He could think of nothing and when he saw her going towards the washroom without saying anything to him, he got more confused.
He followed her & saw her cleaning the bedsheet. There were some red stains on the bedsheet.
"Annika!!! What is this?" he asked looking at her confusingly.
She didnt turned but got baffled & tried to hide the bedsheet.
"Noth..Nothing Shivay, actually I dropped some nailpaint on the bedsheet so thought of cleaning it" she lied.
He was not convinced, she was not looking fine. He was about to say something to her when Martha came.
"Sir, the doctor wants to meet you urgently"
"I m just coming Shivay said, while following her".

•SHIVIKA•
She wiped her tears & followed Shivay.
They went to Mr. Oberoi's room.
"Mr. Shivay, I think there is no use of being present here all the time. He is in coma so basically its kind of sleep. We cant tell when will he wake up. I think the nurses are enough. If there will be any progress they will cantact me & I will be here" the doctor said.
The reality which was at the back of his mind struck him again. The pain which feared him came back again.
He just nodded his head & allowed the doctor to go. He went towards his dad, held his hands & cried.
Annika went to him & kept her hands on his shoulder. "Shivaay" she said.
"I m fine Annika" he replied.

•THE PERIOD OF STILLNESS•
Mr. Oberoi's health somehow paused everything. It came like the sorrow of Winters. For somedays, every kind of connection between Shivika kind of became nil. Shivay actually forgot smiling & talking. Annika could feel the changes in him. It broke her heart to see him like that. His routine became very simple & basic. He woke up, spent sometime alone with his father in his room, went to office, came back, again sat with him in his dad's room, had dinner & slept.

•ANNIKA•
Annika felt distressed all the time. The atmosphere became so depressed. The way Shivay was behaving was scaring her. His silence was killing her. She wanted him to speak, to express his pain, his insecurities but he didnt. She knew he must be fighting a havoc inside him. Like always she forgot her  pain & thought about him.

•SHIVAY•
Shivay was feeling helpless. All he thought about was his dad & his approaching end. He wanted sometime to digest this fact. He knew Annika is there with him but he didnt wanted to give anymore tensions to her thus he decided to go through it alone. Anyways he already hurted her much. All this while he didnt even called Jennifer once. He completely forgot about her. It was always she who called. Shivay just forgot everything that existed.

It was the one of the same regular mornings. He was getting ready while Annika was preparing breakfast for him. He sat on the bed & ate his antidepressant. While keeping the glass of water on the table, it fell off from his hand. He tried to pick the broken pieces when suddenly he got a severe cut on his finger. The blood started oozing out. Some of the drops fell on the bedsheet. He stared at it & suddenly he remembered how Annika was trying to clean the stained bedsheet that morning. Suddenly he recollected some pictures of that night. He got faint images of how he came drunk & hugged her. He cried, she cried with him, she consoled him. He tried putting more pressure on his mind & eventually the moments of the night started moving in front of his eyes. He was shocked. Did he consummated his marriage with Annika? He got all the flashes of the night where he asked her to support him & she did. The way he kissed her, held her, marked her his forever. He felt so proud& happy, they made love? He & Annika got united for ever? He remembered how she kissed him, how she pulled of all his pain that night. How she supported him like she always did. He couldn't believe that he was blushing. Shivay Singh Oberoi was blushing?? He just felt like going to her & hugging her tightly. "How stupid I have been acting since then. How can someone forget his own consummation night?" he frowned at himself.
"But why didnt she told me? Why didnt she talked about it? Did she regretted it? Did I forced myself on her?" these questions started clouding up in his mind.
"Oh fuck!!!" he screamed. He remembered how had he been behaving since then, how indifferent he had been since that night. He cursed himself for being so selfish. How can he always give her only pain??
He knew she must have been wanted to talk to him. He wanted to know if it was a forced thing or a mutual union? He wanted to know what she felt about it. He knew he have again hurted her. He have again broken her heart.
The women who have always loved him has only received sufferings from his end. How can she love him so much? Did he even deserved her? Did he even deserved even one percent of her love? He felt his eyes moist. He started respecting her more now. How can she be so selfless? Just to take away his pain she surrendered her to him without thinking about her life once? She sacrificed her dignity to soothe his pain? He felt like killing him self. He knew what all he needed to do. He wanted to know what all she felt. If that was something he forced her to do, he cant be more ashamed of it. He would ask her about his punishment & if it was something which was mutual then he cant be more happier. He was about to run towards the kitchen when suddenly his phone rang.
The name flashing on the screen shocked him.

Precap : The Winter Of Sadness

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