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PART 4
Shivay was sitting on the bed and Om and Rudra were walking in the room. Both had their hands on their chin and Gauri was writing something on the notebook, she was also sitting on the corner of the bed. With time to time Gauri would spare a glance at both of them then nodding her head she would again start writing something in her notebook. “MOON” Shivay called out loud. Rudra and Om both stop.
RUDRA: Bhaiya what moon? O I think our bhaiya has gone mad. Hare we are thinking about the decorations and he wants moon.
SHIVAY: You idiot! I mean Anika use to love moon. Remember she use to wear a weird bracelet which has several small moons on it. Yeah, I clearly remember how much she use to love moon. So… every decoration will include moon in it.
RUDRA: O bhaiya! I know you you are Shivay Singh Oboroi and you can buy anything but this does not mean that you can buy the moon, I mean somethings are God’s property.
OMKARA: Duffer he is talking about using moon as a decorative element. Don’t you have a slight existence of mind hare (om pointed towards his head)
Rudra just made weird disgusted faces the Shivay started instructing Gauri about the food and decorations because she was in charge of everything. Everyone nooded their heads and after getting orders from Shivay they went to fulfill their respective tasks. Only Om stood behind.
OMKARA: Shivay! Did you asked Anika about Daksh? I mean both of them… I mean..both were in love.
Om knew that this question will hurt his brother and that’s why he completed this sentence hesitantly. Shivay also wanted the answer to this question but he could not gather up the courage to ask Anika about this. He was afraid that probably Daksh would come someday and he will take her with him. Loosing her again was the last thing he wanted to think of and secondly Anika was ignoring him so how could he ask her about Daksh. Om felt bad, he knew that Shivay was very excited about this birthday stuff and he didn’t wanted to ruin his happiness. After so long he has seen the sparks of life in his brother’s eyes. He placed his hand on Shivay’s shoulder and said
OMKARA: Leave it Shivay! We will think about it later. Lets just focus on the birthday surprise, things will gradually unfold themselves. Lets not think about it now.
SHIVAY: Om I just hope that everything will went well, I just hope. But you are right , now we should only focus on the surprise. Just to bring a smile on her face I can do anything, this surprise is a very small thing, infect nothing as compared to things I can do for her.
Om looked at his brother, he felt happy and sad at the same time. Who will believe that this serious and strict businessman is so childish and passionate from inside when it comes to his love. But Om was worried by looking at Anika he didn’t want his brother to suffer again from the pain of separation. He stepped forward and gave a tight hug to Shivay, Om was trying to calm down his immotions, even he didn’t knew that why he just felt like hugging his brother. Shivay on the other hand was a little shocked but he too hugged him back. Both were afraid of the same thing, both wanted to mend the broken thing. Shivay wanted Anika’s happiness and Om wanted Shivay’s happiness. “WHAT! How can you guyz celebrate o bro moment without me” Rudra came running towards them from the door, both Shivay and Om looked at each other and the moment when Rudra was just going to hug them while running, both stepped back due to which Rudra directly landed on the bed. Omkara started laughing loudly while Shivay was trying hard to control his laugh because now Rudra was sitting on the bed like an angry teddy bear. Two brothers took their time to laugh and enjoy this moment then they signelled each other and they both landed on the bed and side hugged Rudra. All three of them were laughing and Dadi who was looking at them from the window just prayed to God smiling. Nothing can make these three apart, nothing. She felt proud of them, they were like an example for the society. THE PERFECT THREE!
Om was passing by the kitchen when he saw her engaged in her work. She was continuously talking to herself and this is something which Om always finds amusing. She was imperfect but Om always finds her the perfect in everything. This is what love can do. It hides the imperfections of the person you love, everything seems perfect and beautiful, there is no room for rejection when it comes to the person you love. Can she be more beautiful? Can she be more loveable? These are the questions Om was asking himself. He noticed her trying to reach for a packet which was placed on the top cabin. She jumped twice to get hold of it but her Hight was to short, “lets give it a final try” she thought and jumped again, Om noticed that whenever she would jump her earrings would also jump with her, dangling in her ears, moving forward and backwards they evoke a different feeling in him. Just when Gauri was about to give up she found two strong hands on her sides. Om was standing right behind her and he was moving his hands towards the upper cabin. Gauri was cupped between him and the cabin. She lifted her head and looked at him although he was looking at the packet. On this very moment Gauri felt the safest feeling in the world. Om knew what he was doing. He wanted her to feel small little moments which name this relation. he stepped back and while smiling looked at her.
OMKARA: Say thanks to God that I have a good height (he said with a smirk on his face)
GAURI: So what do you mean? I am small?
OMKARA: I didn’t mean that, but yeah! You are small
GAURI: O hello! I am small, beautiful, charming and I am fun size.
OMKARA: Fun size?
GAURI: Yeah fun size, I mean I look good when I dance and look at you, whenever you dance it seems as if a huge mountain is trying to move itself. (with this she started laughing on her own stupid thought)
Om felt like hugging her tight, she was so adorable sometimes. “are you done with your stupid thoughts? If yes than tell me where is everyone? Why are you working alone in the kitchen?”
GAURI: Wo Dadi, Pinky Anti and Jhanvi Aunty went to market to buy gifts for Anika and I have decided to make my special ice-cream cake for Anika that’s why I am working alone.
OMKAR: So should I help you?
GAURI: No I am okay, you should go and see what Rudra is doing in the name of decorations, I am a little concerned about it.
OMKARA: Working with Rudra? No he will eat my mind, I prefer life.
GAURI: How rude! Go otherwise I will tell Pinky anti that you are not fulfilling your duty, then she will handle you (she said this with an evil smile on her face)
OMKAR: This is cheating.
By saying this he started walking towards the exit door but then he realized something and he moved back. Gauri was struggling with her dubatta while working. Om came near her and she sensed him, lifting her eye brow she questioned him and in answer he placed his hand on her shoulder and slowly started pulling her dupatta from one of her shoulder. Gauri was shocked on the bravery of his act, her hands were covered with dough. Om removed her dupatta from one shoulder then he encircled his arms around her waist and he held the other end of duptta in his hand, now both corners were in his hand and he was twisting both the ends in the form of knot, his face was a little above Gauri’s face because she has squeezed herself a little in his lose embrace. Om was able to feel her uneven breath on his neck. And Gauri was trying hard not to come more close to him. When he was done with the knot he slowly took his hands back and started moving backwards “now this wont bother you” he said with a smirk and then he left the kitchen. With the smell of strawberries and freshly baked bread this sweet little moment came to an end. For the first time in her life Gauri felt shy, this feeling was definitely new to her.
BIRTHDAY
Anika was sitting on the bed, mostly Dadi would come with Pinky and Jhanvi and they would talk to her about family gossips, fashion and some random stuff and Anika would just sit there and listen to them as a silent listener. Then Gauri would spend the whole time with her telling her about almost everything which was happening in this house. She would sometimes drag her out in the garden for a walk but Anika would always comeback by saying that she is not feeling well and then Rudra! He was trying his best to get his old Anika didi back, he would sing to her, would make her listen to his meaningless stupid poetry, would show her the pictures of his countless girlfriend in the past few years and in the end Om would always drag him out by saying that “now your Anika did needs rest”. In short whole family was busy in making her happy and without any expectations they were doing this. The only thing they want was their old khirkitorr Anika. but today nobody came to the room, and today she was feeling very dull and low. In her farthest thought she didn’t remembered that today is her birthday. For her all days were the same. It was almost eleven and a half when someone knocked on the door. At once she felt scarred then she realized that she was in the safest place. “come in” she said and Khanna slide his face inside the room.
KHANNA: Madam g, someone has came to see you.
Anika became worried, who could it be? No one knew that she was staying in this house then who could have come?
ANIKA: Who?
KHANNA: Some guy. Please come downstairs.
Before Anika could ask him any other question he left. He had fulfilled his duty and now he was reporting to Shivay. Anika on the other hand was a little scared. Who could it be and where is everyone? She gathered up her courage and got up from the bed, it was late night and there was dead silence in the house. Trembling she started walking towards the main hall. Where is everybody? She questioned herself. When she was about to enter the hall, the lights went out. There was full darkness and darkness was an old enemy of Anika. she started trembling badly, like a blind person she waved her hands in the dark but found nothing. No, not again, not again! She started thinking to herself. She was sweating and was finding it hard to stand up. She wanted to say something, anything, anything that could help her. This darkness will eat her up. This darkness will kill her, now she is very week to handle all this, she cant face it again. “i…is..an..any bboday hare?” she said in her shivering voice. She had no idea in which direction she was moving but suddenly she felt a hand touching her hand. It was enough to make her heart beat like a thunder, it was getting difficult to breath. With all her force she at once tried to freed herself from the grip and while doing this she her hand hit something and it started bleeding. She was so horrified that she could not hear the voice which was coming closer to her “Anika! its me, Anika, its me Shivay…please someone turn on the lights” he said the last sentence almost shouting out loud. Within a second the mansion was full of lights. The whole main hall was full of silver moon decorations and everyone was standing with gifts and balloons in their hand, they were expecting to give Anika a huge surprise but they got surprised by looking at her. Shivay was standing in front of her and she was literally shaking with fear, tears were rolling down her eyes and Shivay felt that she will fell down in any minute. Small drop of blood came down from her hand and landed on the carpet. Shivay realized that when she jerked his hand her hand must have hit the iron sculpture standing on the side. Nothing could be more painful for him to look at her in this condition. “O MY MATA Anika! Beta whats happens?” Pinky threw her present and came running towards Anika and gradually everyone did the same. Only Shivay stood there looking at her. he knew that she always disliked darkness, in college they would give her challenge to walk in the library at night and she would somehow complete the challenge but she when did she became so afraid of the dark? It was his idea to turn off the lights and he had no idea that Anika would get so scared. Gauri went inside and came out first ad box, after dressing her wounds Dadi instructed her to back to her room but she refused. To everyone’s amazement she asked them to celebrate the birthday. How can she ruin their happiness, they were doing allot for her. they were trying their best to make her happy and the least she could do was to stand their and listen to them and see how happy they are. Shivay did not came on the front, he just stood on the side and saw her, she was definitely trying hard to smile, forcing herself to stand there. After cutting the cake Om told her to go back to the room because every body knew that she was doing this to make them happy. It was a strange situation, Anika didn’t want them to be sad and they didn’t want her to be sad.
When everyone was gone and Anika was sitting in the room Gauri came with a glass of milk in her hand and instructed her to finish it. On her way back to kitchen she found Om sitting on the sofa.
GAURI: Om what are you doing hare? Don’t you feel like sleeping?
She sat near him and placed her hand in his hand, although she knew exactly what he was thinking. Om looked at her and then he got hold of her hand and squeezed it a little, he was about to say something when Gauri said,”I know Om, what you want to say. I was also thinking to do the same, we should go to orphanage and should know what happened to Anika” Om just looked at her, how did she knew that he was also thinking the same thing. Both were looking into each other eyes they were surely developing something strong and valuable between each other.
She was setting the bed sheet when Shivay entered the room. She saw him and questioned him astonishingly “what are you doing hare” her tone was not rude she was just amazed to see him in the room at 3 o clock in the night. “I came to see if your hand is okay or not?” he asked and Anika could see pain and anger in his eyes.
SHIVAY: Anika I always thought that you were the only person in this world who knew me. I always shared everything with you and I thought that you did the same. But see I was wrong. I was your friend but probably you were not my friend.
He came forward and held her hand. She was looking at her with pleading eyes but he on the other hand was hare to clear things.
SHIVAY: Do you have any idea how I felt today by looking at you in this condition, han? What have you done to yourself. What have you became? (he pushed her towards him a little) what were you afraid of? Don’t you trust me Anika? you know that I am always there for you. You know that I were always there for you and you know that I will be always there for you. (Shivay was forcing each and every word of him on her) I am your friend, I have every right to interfere in your life, I have every right to know about you. Please Anika tell me something otherwise I will get mad. It is not easy for me see you like this. The last time I saw you, you were with Daksh, please tell me what happened. PLEASE….
Its been years that someone has asked her so many questions, she has answers to all of them but she do not want to give them. She tried to be strong but the person standing next to him is her best friend, he knew her more than anyone on the world. I past years she cried allot but all alone, we are humans and at some point or the other we need a shoulder to cry on and Anika who was trying hard to control her tears now became weak. She held his collar and said while sobbing “you were not there, no you were not there…you…” and then she started crying. While holding his collar she just cried and Shivay didn’t knew what to do. She had never seen her crying like this. He also felt like crying but he controlled himself. She was crying so much that it was getting hard for her to breath on times. “please Anika stop crying, you are killing me please” Shivay was requesting her, he cant see her like this it was very painful for him. “please Shivay, let me cry, I want to cry in front of you…i…I want you to be with me right now” with great difficulty she managed to say this.
While crying she didn’t knew when she went to sleep. She remembered a little that she was falling on him and he scoped her in his arms and laid her on the bed, still she was sobbing a little by holding the cuff oh his t shirt. She was asleep but Shivay was awake. He was sitting near her and was rubbing her hand to soothe her. today he realized that his love for her has grown even more deep in past years. Today if someone would ask him to pay his every penny just to make her happy then he will definitely accept this deal without even thinking for once. His mind was continuously thinking about ways to make her happy and peaceful. “You have no idea Anika, how much I love you. I will do every thing I can to make you happy…anything”
PRECAP
Om and Gauri in orphanage, Shivay making breakfast for Anika.
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