"She saw me."

There was no use in hiding now as her eyes had already fixated on him. His heart roared against his chest as he slowly stepped out from behind the pillar visibly drenched from the rain. He must have looked like some deranged lunatic because her friends were shielding her as if he had the plague.

With water still dripping from the ends of his hair down to the cuff of his pants he continued to walked towards her only to be blocked by the young man who tried to pursue her.

"Who are you?"

Gauri gently pushed her friends aside so that she could see beyond Arjun's tall physique that was blocking Omkara but then she heard his husky voice that brought her back to when they first met.

"I am here to see Gauri."

He could tell by Arjun's face that uttering Gauri's name annoyed him to which he would still not step aside.

"Gauri do you know him?"

Assuming that Gauri would quickly deny knowing the crazy man Arjun was surprised the moment she nudged him away.

"What are you doing? He might be some kind of stalker Gauri!"

Reaching into her book bag Gauri took out a handkerchief and quickly tried to dry Omkara's hair making everyone around them stand with their mouth gaping open but for Omkara it was as if the world had stopped spinning. He could no longer see or hear anyone else but Gauri who was now standing right in front of him looking just as beautiful as the moment he first laid eyes on her.

"Why are you all wet? You are going to get sick this way."

Time stood still for Omkara as he watched her use that tiny handkerchief to dry his hair. Taking in her floral scent as she came closer to wipe the water dripping from the side of his face Omkara knew that his decision to come here was the right one. Grabbing her tiny hand that was still trying to wipe him down "Gauri."

Saying her name never felt so good and the moment she looked at him as he called for her made his heart want to leap out and tell her all his secrets. His heart was yearning to betray him as he tried his best to calm it down.

"Omkaraji what are you doing here?"

"To see you."

"Me?"

As he was about to tell her he wanted to talk to her in private Arjun suddenly grabbed Gauri's arm and pulled her away.

"Gauri! Who is that?"

Seeing Gauri struggle to free herself from his grasp Omkara didn't waste anytime to yank that very arm that was causing her pain.

"Do not casually touch her."

"Arjun! He is my family. So stop it."

His heart felt that same sting again "Family..."

Her friends started to gather around to take a closer look at Omkara.

"Wow Gauri! You didn't tell us you had such a handsome brother!"

With so much hurt inside Omkara could only look to Gauri as he corrected the people around them.

"I am not her brother."

"You must be her uncle then."

Seeing how Arjun was mocking him Omkara wanted to make it clear he was not Gauri's uncle either.

"He is not my uncle Arjun."

"Achoo! Achoo!"

"Omkaraji?!"

"It's nothing Gauri."

"No. Let's go. We need to get you out of those wet clothes."

"But I..."

Omkara still wanted to let everyone around them know that he was not a brother, a uncle, or even a cousin but being dragged away by Gauri gave him no choice but to wait till next time.

Luckily when they left the university the rain had already stopped so it wasn't hard for Gauri to hail a cab to take them back to her private suite that Shivaay had arranged for her.

As they seated themselves in the backseat Omkara didn't want to waste anymore time and quickly grabbed Gauri's hand.

"Gauri...I want to..."

"Omkaraji! Your hand his so hot!"

As she reached out to feel his forehead her brows furrowed "You are burning up."

He wanted so much to tell her how he felt but his head was starting to spin.

"Gauri...Gauri..Gauri....I..."

But before he knew it his world went black.

Luckily for Gauri Shivaay had set her up at a 5 star hotel with a private suite on the top floor so that asking the bell boy to help her haul Omkara back to her suite was an easy task. She even had the bell boy help Omkara change into some dry clothes that she had taken out from his suitcase. When she saw that Omkara was nicely tucked in her bed she reached for some cash to tip the bell boy who happily thanked her as he left.

Taking out some cold medicine from her cabinet Gauri quickly filled a glass of water.

"Omkaraji. Wake up you need to take some medicine to bring down your fever."

Hearing him murmur her name made her smile.

Grabbing his neck to lift his head up Gauri pushed in the 2 pills of ibuprofen and gave him a sip of water to wash it down.

"Omkaraji...what do you think you are doing?"

How could someone like him do a thing like this. Gauri could only smile and shake her head as she goes to wet a towel to try and cool him down. But every now and then in between whispers and murmurs she would only hear the words "Gauri and Time"

Leaning against the bed Gauri could only softly caress his face to try and calm him to sleep.

"Gauri....time...this time...Gauri."

"Shhhhh...Sleep Omkaraji...we have all the time in the world."

Slowly bending down to kiss the man she has been dreaming of for the past 3 months only to see his eyes flutter open.

"Is this a dream?"

Slowly kissing his right cheek and then his left "Do you want it to be a dream?"

"No."

Feeling her kiss his forehead Omkara grabbed the woman he has been longing for into a tight embrace.

"Gauri....I missed you."

"Omkaraji...you are holding me too tight. I can't breathe."

"No...I don't want to let you go again. I'll be damned if it happens in my very own dream."

Gauri could only laugh at the delirious man holding her.

"This is not a dream."

His eyes tried to focus on her but his fever was making everything hazy.

"Gauri..."

Already letting him hold her as he laid on her bed "hm?"

"What is the exception you were talking about earlier?"

"Exception?"

"Yes. Earlier you said you have already given someone a chance. What does that mean?"

Looking into his glossy eyes that were trying to fixate on her "I have given my heart to someone and am waiting for him to hand me his."

She could see sadness in his eyes as he held her tighter.

"If I gave you my heart could you give me that chance instead?"

Brushing his hair away to let him see her more clearly Gauri gently smiled at him.

"Omkaraji...you are my exception. I have been waiting for you all this time."

"Me?"

"Time stands still every time we meet Omkaraji. The day I left you at the airport I knew you'd come for me."

"How?"

Snuggling deep into his embrace "Because that was when I knew there was never a right time to fall in love. It just happens."

When she didn't hear him say anything Gauri pulled herself from his embrace to see him smiling in his sleep.

"I can't wait to hear what your heart has been waiting all this time to tell me Omkaraji."

And with one last kiss goodnight she once again dug herself deep into his arms.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

**Hope you guys like this ending. I'm not too good with short stories but I really tried to end this on a good note for you guys. Do let me know what you guys think and vote if you enjoyed it.**