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Withholding all senses of duty at his battalion ground ,shivaay boarded the flight to reach his homeland . These two months which pops out within every year is what takes him to his world of family. If a person is peaceful out there working for his country ,the very whole credit primarily is obtained by his family. Without their support, dreams of a man to serve for the nation wouldn't be an easy job . In that case ,he is blessed with the best people at home.

As he scrolled through the pics in the gallery ,there crept a pleasant smile on his face.

' looks like you've got a big family, commander ! ' glancing shivaay's mobile ,the sergeant who sat by his side exclaimed.

Hearing this shivaay nodded ,smiling.

' They must be the reason for your endless courage . Aap tho battalion ka sabse best candidate hai , they must be so proud on seeing you leading your passion successfully, haina ? '

As his finger swiped on the screen to the next picture , his constant smile revealed to sink down showing a weak yearning eyes.

The contented smile on his face in that pic defines the reason for the feel of void which is filled in his life now . She ,his one and only love .

Staring at the picture still, he plastered a weak smile on his face reminiscing all those heart flourishing moments with her .

S- zindagi kudh ne muje bahut bada haar dhe diya hai , how can I be successful?

He murmured below his voice staying in thoughts which carried only her .

' commander ?'

S - no nothing.

That wasn't their last call actually. With heart fluctuating to accept the truth ,he did call her many times after that . Neither she attended nor he wanted her to attend it ,but still his bountiful love for her made him do that . There's no way he knew what he would have spoken in case if she attended his call.To feel a tiny crook of feel that she resides in his coward heart permanently, served a medicine to his undying pain . She stays within him, and that prominent truth of his life could never be erased.

The world knows him as one great officer, who is just perfect and the best in what he does . Some claim him to be an ideal being ,but none of them knew what all he had lost to receive those incomprehensible praises. He could never be happy for being praised because the price for which he had got it is nothing but his heartful life .

The next day ,

A- Rudy ? Papa said that he had sent a picture of the person whom we're yet to meet. Check it ,

She passed the mobile for him to grab it soon as she was driving the car . He watched keenly as the loading symbol rotated in green , he was curious .

Sensing his silent self she glanced towards his side and turned to concentrate on road again . His eyes seemed scanning the picture in detail .

A- kya huwa Rudra ? Ladka acha nahi hai?

She asked casually and he sighed,

R- hmmm, he's okkkay . Meri beautiful didi ke liye tho...thoda kam hi diktha hai ye , we'll see .

Annika just smiled at her possessive brother , she knew how much he treasures her . Winging her hand by side she ruffled his air while he looked at her before asking something.

R- kyun didi ? Aren't you eager to see his picture ?

Her smile settled slowly with her lips shrinking together as she took in a low gulp . Everything was just happening for the sake of her father ,that's what she had told and kept herself calm . If not , marriage is something she would hardly want from life. She made her mind to handle it in another way and set the way ahead to meet the person of whose name is even unknown to her .

A - we are going to see him anyways .

R - haan ! Thank god you selected McDonald's as your meeting spot . Muje burger aur crushers chahiye di, meine bol diya .

Finishing his statement , he pouted and she just chuckled shaking her head . Maybe he had left an holiday for all his dreams of becoming a body builder from this bubbly bubble.

A - sure baby .

Pushing the glass door wide open she entered inside along with her brother who gripped her hand at once and signalled her to watch by one seat , indicating that the person for whom they were here has already come .

She looked shocked as her eyes went widening to have something on sight beyond her expectation . Shaking her palm which was in clasp with her brother's she asked ,

A- Rudy ...naam kya bathaya tumne iska?

Rudra who was actually baffled sensing her stammering words ,frowned.

R- his name is Om...Omkara , why didi ? What happened?

Seeming a statue herself she saw Om waving hands towards her . Being so naive to understand this loop of fate which had certainly brought her love's brother as the person whom her father had chosen for her , she remained still until her legs caught some power to make slow steps towards his table.

Taking the seat opposite to him ,she put on a small smile to sustain which was actually a tough work.

Om- hi annika !

He expressed with a kind smile and she took a few moments to respond back .

A- hello .

Om- guess it's your brother , hey little boy. I'm Om and you are ...?

R- I'm not a little boy rather a little man! I'm 13 ,for your kind information.

Om just chuckled watching his cute behaviour and annika frowned.

A- Rudy ? What's this ? say sorry ,

R- sorry Om baiya , My name is Rudra .

Om- ohh ,come on . It's ok . Vaise , even I've got my brother with me here . He has gone to park the car, haan ...here he is ! Shivaay , yahan .

She saw him waving hands to someone behind her. Hearing the name ,her toe fingers bent low in stiffening themselves. Seems like the play of fate was reaching it's climax today. Bending down she looked at her palms which were so chill by now .

Five damn years and again him , the dry lump which formed in her throat seemed a stone for she failed many times in practise of gulping . Trying hard to supress the continuously fast thump of her heart, she crushed the fabric near her chest .

She felt him walking towards their seat and he stood just behind her that her cornered eyes had already figured a person at the back .

Om- hey shivaay . Meet Annika !

The constant simple smile which was captured in his face just hooked out for his lips to shiver a bit when he heard her name . Moving a step more ,his eyes trembled in suffer of joy , pain , yearning and what not ...?! She, after the all those dreadful years of his life.

What even is this moment ...?

He was shocked ,surprised ,bewildered ...god damn every other thing. Her face wasn't totally visible to him as she barely looked up, but his heart was already seeking a kind of pleasure and life after having the view of the most eligible person who was very capable of ruling that organ of his's. That place seemed to attain a state of utter silence where he could hear nothing but his own heartbeat again and again . Maybe ,the feel of love was emphasizing him the true meaning of his heartbeat is just her without whom he remained a clear machine outlined like a human .

Om who noticed their silent behaviour, fell confused and spoke .

Om- annika ...? Meet my brother ,Shivaay .

He stated casually ,and she dared to look up . Lifting her chin a little above where her eyes could just capture the second button of his shirt form the top ,she whispered a ' hello '. There was no thing which could lead her to meet his eyes . He muttered a 'hi' in response and took a seat beside Om.

The following few minutes was carried by Om who was into his random talks ,while shivika looked blunt. Her entire vision was so in Om that she didn't slide her pupils to the other side where he sat . For sure she'll let her tears spring out if her eyes take him in sight fearing which she dared to look aside and fixed only Om within her vision . All her inner turmoil which isolated her thoughts with pain ,made her vulnerable. Not that she was so fine until he came ,no. If that was true these five years could have yielded a different life for her , he was there ,he is there and he will always be in her thoughts of feels . This sudden encounter with him just played a stimuli to pull down her facade of all is good and well, and lead straight to her suffer bridges of love . Her lips turned as pink as red due to the long compression of her teeth on it , was that even a simple way to prolong the process of hiding her mourning heart ? But still she bit hard ,to somehow hold her eyes from those tanks of salt liquid which could captivate her orbs anytime soon.

Traversing his eyes from her to nothing else, he acted so much to maintain a casual face which wasn't just working . How could it even? His annika is here, sitting right infront having no kind of mind in taking a chance to look at him . In all these years he did knew that she would have denied for marrying someone, but there were days even, when he thought that her life with someone else will definitely be a good punishment for him. But the girl whom he loves couldn't punish him that way too, rather she only gave a guilty feel to him all over again .

But , was she ready now...and is it going to be his brother ? He went dumb .

She is single yet , he can be never happier than this for knowing that his results of thoughts were true that her love for him is inevitable and he couldn't be more sad than this for making him drown in a pool of guilt as he felt himself to be the reason for being the pause button in her life .

His sight slowly set right to scan her. She looked the same annika ,His annika . Her hairstyle was different ,but those thin streaks of smooth tendrils still seemed to enjoy roaming around her face to hit on every now and then, the same way they used to disturb his sweet works back then .

Feeling someone's constant gaze on him he looked aside her to find Rudra's stare .
Shivaay tried to put a smile on but shrugged off immediately witnessing the twist of mouth which Rudy made .

Om - and maa ne ..(interrupted)

A- I would want to talk with you alone if you don't mind .

Her sudden curious statement brought complete silence for a minute when shivaay genuinely excused himself and found another table there on the 1st floor to be followed by Rudra .

She gave a plain look at Om who didn't realize that she was actually merged with her own thoughts of past . Remembering the first time she got to know about Om ,her mind was driven back to those days forgetting which was always a defeat .

A- ohh! So this is Om ,

Pointing the picture on the mobile  which he held, she emphasized.

S- ji, and this is badepapa ,ye badimaa , she is my sister prinku.

Indexing each one in the image he signified ,explaining about his family.

A- Om is actually looking good , I must say . His hairstyle! Wah , he is the man with good tastes . I'm impressed.

She expressed and cornered her eyes to look at him who seemed to have bought a grumpy face by now . Suppressing her strong chuckle ,she behaved innocent. It was her own kind of entertainment, making her possessive boyfriend go jealous . She just loves to play with him !

S- bas bas , have you ever complimented me like this ?

His cute frown followed by his SSO flick indicating his tadi made her smile huge . This man !

Before responding, first she gripped the surface and positioned herself comfortably . That smooth bonnet couldn't leave her sit in peace as it partnered with the silky fabric of her bottom pant in making her slide down slowly.

A- kuch bhi, when we meet tomorrow ,I need you to collect one information for me. Ohh god ,this thing is !

Pulling her sliding self a little back, she leaned on the windshield.

S- and what's it ?

He asked with some curiosity, knowing that his girl who was in full mood of playing with him has planned for pricking another bud to tease him.

A- ask Om about the shampoo and oil he's using . His silky hair is !!

The dreamy feel in her voice made him grit his teeth. He has to put a fullstop to this orelse she would never halt now ,and he knew that .

Just then when she was ahead of adjusting her position back from after another sliding session ,he grabbed her waist at once and pulled her right against him that her back straightly hit his chest making her gasp . Gathering all her hair to one side ,he cleared the bare skin of her shoulder to fix his chin on it . Her chest started pouncing front and back in process of feeling his sudden acts which hurried her breath.

A- kya kar rahi ho tum shivaay ?

Asking this ,she turned a little to immediately feel his lips punching a sharp kiss on her cheecks which made her turn back soon .

S- you won't slip away now .

His husky whisper in her ears had everything to make her fall weak . The one man who wrote the entire book of spells to sweep her off feet within seconds is him. She loves that fact!

Loosing senses in his feathery traces on her skin ,she closed her eyes and tried to control her wavering breath .

A- shivaay...shiva,

She tilted her head in process of convincing him to stop his sweet tortures when once again he placed a kiss on the same spot as before for her to turn away in shy .

Paying no heed to her requests he started tickling her and she wriggled to stay off from him somehow but just failed , ending up giggling huge within his arms .

A-shivaay ,shivaay plss !! Haha ...! Shi...,

She protested much but he merely bothered, and just continued .

S- poocho na ab , kis shampoo hai ? kis oil hai ?

He gave his daring threat ,and she just suffered in the pool of laughter for nearly a couple of minutes.

At one point, she accepted her failure and stopped defending that she automatically lost balance on not being able to control her emerging giggle and fell right on top of him who laid back on the windshield in reflex.

Both took a moment to support their panting breath, and stayed quite while maintaining a merged eyelock which was obviously meant to happen as they were just inches apart.

Her gaze peeped out from his eyes when she noticed his thin collected piece of hairs to be dancing on his forehead . She looked at him once again before seeping her finger to trace it away smoothly while he stiffened his self on feeling her touch which had the power to evoke an alien sensation in him everytime. Before she knew ,she was ruffling his hair and then diverted her glance into his eyes which kept her captivated .

He , who was enjoying her own type of pampering him just gave a smile and locked his arms tight around her before speaking.

S - mera shampoo ka naam bathaun kya ?

She paused for a second and looked at his sheepish smile and chuckled dashing her forehead on his's lightly.

After which she gradually leaned placing her head on his chest who smiled heartedly, feeling to have the whole world compacted in his arms .

Om - annika ...?

A- haan! I'm sorry ,I just...

She shook her head ,releasing herself from those memories .

Om - it's ok , you wanted to say something...

A- yeah,

Shivaay saw Rudra sitting quite without giving a mere glance on him. He watched him keenly when he was responded by a sudden stare which alarmed him.

S - I can get something for you if you want , French fries?

He insisted and Rudy shook his head and turned away watching which shivaay smiled confusedly. Why is he reacting strange? Maybe he resembles his strange sister sometimes . He had heard about her little brother many times but this is the first time he is meeting him . This 13 year old bubbly boy certainly looks so cute, he mentally chuckled and was driven back to one fine day of his past.

A- shivaay fast , start the car soon !! Fast ,

Getting in the car she pestered him to start now, while he sat idle watching which she frowned .

A- shivaay ,plss! My college bus returns by this way . My principal will be in that bus ,if she sees me...That's it , she'll complain to my papa . Go fast ,

Throwing her bag on the back seat , she insisted hurriedly and he just sat back letting a sigh .

S - I'm not feared of anyone,

He acted showing his attitude while she shook her head .

A- fine , even if I get caught. I'll tell her ' mam mam,he isn't somebody else rather my dear brother '

His eyes popped out listening to her pretending the innocent tone and at once he started the car and drove .

S - there were many vehicles behind , traffic hojayega na ...

She rolled her eyes hearing his the-so- truthful reason . Even she might forget the words in her unique dictionary but shivaay without his tadi ? never .

A- really? Bagadbilla!!

S- I heard that .

A- you ,

Her phone rang breaking her words , and she passed a slight glare at him  before attending the call.

A- Hello Rudy! I was waiting for your call ,Did you return home just now ? Why so late ?

R- nahi didi ,I told you about the cycle race at school right ? That's why I got late . You know what ,I won di!! I came first ,

A- ohh! That's not surprising though ,I knew it already ki mera Rudy hi jeethega race mei . Congratulations baby!! Muahh!

She exclaimed , making the kissing sound and smirked at shivaay, who just topped his eyebrows .

She was like , I trained my brother  !

A- acha , for race it's fine to ride fast . But don't repeat it when you are at streets, ok?

R- didi ,it was the slow race for which I got the medal .

He replied cutely, while her mouth turned round .

A- slow race ...?!

At once she saw shivaay controlling his emerging smile . All sorts of smirk and scene was for this ? She just twisted her mouth and got back to her conversation again ,looking away off him.

A- whatever it is . You've won right ? We'll definitely celebrate it today . Acha suno, what's papa doing?

R- I don't know ,I guess he is at his office room .

A- fine ,have something first and complete all your homework. I'll take you to the park this evening. Teek hai ?

R- wow ! I will finish everything before you come .

A- that's like my boy , bye Rudy . Muuahh!!

She hung up and he looked at her ,

S- nothing for the person who's right there in your sight but loads of kisses for the one at home . Cheating hai ,

He complained,

A- haww! Come on shivaay ,Rudy mera bacha hai , and everyone loves to kiss babies and kids.

He just gave a pleasant smile listening to her expressive words ,he knew what her brother meant to her .

S- Rudra is really lucky to have you .

Hearing his words she smiled brightly.

A- really? If it's true ,then I certainly couldn't be more happier...you know something shivaay ? My mother knew that she had some complications with her second child, as she had a gap of nearly 14 years for him following me . The doctors even suggested her to take the decision for herself ,you know what I mean . But she didn't do that, she loved him so much shivaay and unfortunately, she couldn't be here to deliver her love . The superwoman of my life had given a pretty gift for me when she left the world . Rudy! He hadn't even seen her picture till now,bacha seh nahi paayega vo sab .According to him , I'm his mumma as well as his didi. And I'm trying my best to keep him bound with all the love he deserves. I don't know whether I could be like maa ,but still... I'll keep trying.

Sensing her stammer ,he found the seemingly emotional her . Those thin layer of water formed on the skin of her eyes watching which he immediately pulled her hand and kept it near his chest.

S- you are the best annika, trust me.

She could do nothing but just pass a small smile watching his assuring stare . They halted at the signal which paved some time for him to concentrate on her .

S- shall I tell something? ...I feel more lucky now . The way you take care and treasure the people whom you love always amazes me that I just endlessly fall for you everytime . I need you for life annika ,isliye tho mein tumhare liye possessive hoon and even selfish at times. Tumhe apne paas rakna chahtha hoon , hamesha ke liye... Tum muje chodke tho nahi jaayega na annika?

He sounded a baby expecting an instant answer while she just let an assuring nod in reflex. He watched the signal go green and drove further.

S- annika ,we've reached your street .

Halting the car ,he said. She grabbed her bag silently and was about to open the door but stopped and looked at him who raised his eyebrows, questioning her .

Staring him for one full minute she released the seatbelt and forwarded near him. Grasping his collar within her fist ,she pulled him against her and claimed a soothingly tender kiss on his forehead for which he could make living butterflies out of mere cotton .

He closed his eyes feeling her wet lips on his skin lingering all the way , preaching her love to him. Gradually his hands moved around her back and caressed her hair . Moment of life !

Taking her seal off slowly until he could feel the atmost edged skin of her lips ,she bent down and looked at him.

A- I'm addicted to the way you love me shivaay . Mein tumhe chodke kahan jaathi ...?

She asked with a cute pout and he just sat quite admiring her .

Only if he had known that all those sweet moments with her would remain back as memories this day .

R- do you still love my didi ?

He was pulled off his thoughts by this question which shocked him . He knows ...?

S- what?

R- she didn't tell me , I have seen your pictures in her mobile. So you were the reason behind my sister's tears, haina?

Rudra seemed to be very serious while shivaay looked away having no answers for his question . Rudy scanned his guilty face which didn't convince him. How many days he has seen his sister sitting and crying in one corner of her room .., Those were his nightmares ,his grudge for shivaay was actually a little huge. He was about to ask something, when he noticed annika signalling from the ground floor indicating him to come down .

R- you're lucky Mr. Shivaay. You just escaped.

Saying which he immediately stood and ran down the stairs towards her . Shivaay watched her with some expectations that she will turn around to look at him atleast once, but no .

Annika noticed a big cover full of eatables in Rudy's hand.

A- how did you buy all this Rudra ? Who gave you the money?

R- actually I brought papa's card didi,I used it .

He replied and started eating the burger when annika caught the steering and glanced at him once again .

A- you can't  carry his card just like that , does he know that you have it ?I would have given you my card right?

R- sorry didi,

He muttered ,swallowing the piece and turned away gazing through the window with a sheepish smile surrounding his face.

Shivaay was about to get down the stairs ,when a person from the stall presented the bill.

Rupees - 1050 it read ,

Did Rudra just do it ...?! He stood baffled ,bubbly boy's way of taking revenge maybe . He smiled before swiping his card .

OM

Shivaay was indeed curious on Om's decision . He had thought many times about her life and that she must move on from her past but it wasn't as easy as it seemed, she's his love for god damn sake.

Om watched both his mother and his choti maa watching him keenly, expecting his words .

Om - I don't like her .

Precap

Shivaay wants to meet annika .

Chapter dedicated to  himanshi_99
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