"In your language, Their love story started officially, Right..." - Avinash asked his sister Arushi in a confused state. But she was not in the confused state, Her smile in her face didn't take a name of fading away. 

"obvio" - she said in entusiastic tone. 

"And we are reading her personal diary... there will be a high level of chances of getting uncomfortable, she could have written about everything..." - Avi said in a low tone. 

"Everything means from the first kiss to..." - she stopped in an instant when Avinash grouped his hands before her when she spelt it easily which he was dared to think in his mind. His mom's warning notice banged inside his head when Aru took the diary from his hands and turned the next page to read it. 

1st October 1982. 

Hey, diary!

 I wish i could tell him, i am ready to spend every single passing time with him. but now, taking the train to Calcutta for Durga pooja after four long months, i should be happy and excited to see my family. To see my maa, baba, Rithu, subam. But my mind couldn't think other than him. His face when he waved his hand when i get into the compartment, stuck in my mind. My god can you tell me who can be so sweet to a girl who didn't reciprocate her love for him.  

last week the intercollege cultural began and for the first time, i didn't feel alone when i accompanied by a bunch of girls from different colleges all over India. For the first time, Girl's hostel was looking like a girls hostel due to cultural. I noticed many girls drooling for him but his eyes focused only me, only me. During the whole cultural, i felt like a queen because of my king. this is called love. Of course, it is. what am i even thinking? 

But i never thought i would reciprocate it like this. He booked the tickets for me with a low face. i couldn't do anything other than adoring him. but his sad gestured, smileless look asked me not to leave him. Even he dropped me in his motorbike, i felt the same. But he held my palms tightly when the train started to move. 

"I booked the first-class tickets, Have a safe journey," he said by holding my palms tights. 

"You know, people say Mahmud Beveda had been cheated because queen Rudabai committed suicide before they were about to get married. Even if queen rudabai forced to get married to Mahmud beveda, He would have been cheated by her every single day, Ask me why?" - i asked him while holding his palms tighter than him. 

"Why?" he asked. 

"Because whenever he touches her or sleep with her, She could only feel King Rana veer Singh's presence... It's impossible to erase the true love evidence from a girl's heart... Likewise, It's not hard, It's impossible for anyone to erase the feelings which i am having and will always have for you, And you already Own my heart..." i finally confessed my feelings to him. I don't know it's because of the outcome of my heart which started to miss him to the core but i really want to seize the moment. From this second, I can officially think about my life with him. And there are no second thoughts, he is my life. 

Tears grouped in their eyes when arushi read the lines which her mom wrote for her dad from her heart. Even though they tried they couldn't find any fakeness in both sides. Both were true from their hearts. Both controlled themselves from freaking out. 

"They loved each other this much, Then what will be the bloody reason behind their separation?" - Avi spelt out while controlling his tears. 

"I have no idea" - Aru said after a long pause. 

"You read the next part, I have no energy left in me to witness the other phrase of their life..." - Aru said and gave the diary to Avinash. he took the diary from her hands and opened the next page. 

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Shivaay Singh Oberoi was a pampered child from birth. Especially very close to his daadi and his Badi-maa jhanvi who have two sons named Omkara Singh Oberoi and Rudra Singh Oberoi. He, along with his brothers lead a sophisticated lifestyle, Until one day, when his father's brother dragged his mother and his father out of the house while transferring all the shares in the company to him by betraying his younger brother. His brothers tried to stop his father from doing that but he didn't give his ear to anyone. From then on, Shakthi's ultimate aim to build a strong empire than Oberoi industries. His left out trump card was shivaay and took entire control in his future leaving nothing in his hands. After trying much to escape from the cage, Shivaay finally accepted the defeat and became a puppet to his father. His mom could sense his pain but she was helpless. 

The moment when he saw anika in his house, He felt something fresh in the air. Initially, he was not ready to give tuition anyone, But after looking at her blushy cheeks, her doubtful gaze and shivering hands gave some energy to him to face anything. He smiled at her, Actually, he smiled after months because of her. He agreed to give her tuition in an instant. But his heartbeat was not ready to calm down and recalled the moment again and again inside in his mind. He had to smile widely to let that feeling out of his heart but instead, getting away from his heart, he could sense the chillness in the air.

He rushed outside for the very first time for some other purpose when he saw her near the park. He wanted to calm himself but he was actually running. but he had to pace his speed when the people started to look at him wierdly. It might be a normal conversation for anika, but it wasn't a normal conversation for shivaay. he blushed, he smiled, he laughed. Every happy feeling he experienced at once. That too, When he was talking to her. He felt weird for the whole night, he couldn't able to sleep on the other hand but he utilized the time for preparing her timetable for the rest of the two months. His impatient level reached to extent when he didn't find her at the doorstep when the time reached four twenty in that morning. He paced him by hearing songs but he couldn't guess when he took the lift and stood before her house doorstep. But found her right behind him. 

He made his mind, He never going to name this beautiful feeling and steal the feeling he gets in her presence and her childish, Immature nature. He started to fall for her, he felt that but afraid to accept it but until one day.

It was a normal afternoon where he waited for an auto-rickshaw to go back home from his IIT coaching centre in Anna Nagar. But instead, he saw anika's two-wheeler honking sound from his right side. He was surprised but acted like shocked outside. 

"What are you doing here?" - he asked her but she took off her helmet and smiled at him. He lost himself for a while but soon found him the front gate of coaching centre mesmerizingly looking at the girl whom he needs wholeheartedly. 

"Come, I will drop you today..." - she offered for a lift for him with a wide smile. 

"No thanks, I am having money... And you get back to your house, Forget you're having test today..." - he said in a rude tone, even though he didn't want him to be so rude to her. 

"I know you're having money... and i also remember i am having test today... but i already wrote it master ji..." - anika said and gave him a bunch of hand-written papers to him.

"I swear i didn't copy" - she added when he looked at her suspiciously. 

"So your point," - he asked her directly when he couldn't hold himself longer. 

"With your money, please fill my petrol tank and please accept my offer and get in... please" - she asked in a childish tone which he  couldn't say no to it. Even this time, It worked. 

"Wear your helmet" - she said and get rested himself in the scooty. he looked at her smiling lips from the rear-view mirror and he smiled at her silently. 

"Shall we go?" - Anika asked with a smile. 

"The speed shouldn't exceed 60..." - he gave her the warning. 

"That means we will be reaching home tomorrow morning, Are you ready to spend the whole night with me?" - she asked. the words choked his throat when he got its second meaning in her sentence. He shrugged off his thoughts. 

"Okay, Ride carefully..." - He said and stopped conversating to her.  But he had to ask her when they travelled for more than forty-five minutes, still didn't reach their destination. Usually, he will reach his house which was in mugapeir, the interior part of Chennai. 

"We are going to explore this city today..." - she yelled when he finally asked her. 

"What? In this weather, can't you sense the humidity in the weather... It's 39 degrees..." - he yelled at her back. 

"But Ramanan said, it will rain today, so i am taking you to the place where you can sense the whole beauty of Chennai..." - she said. 

"Who is Ramanan, BTW?" - he asked. 

"School going children and college student's god... Our weatherman, one announcement from him, Schools, colleges automatically announces leave..."  - she said, he couldn't do anything other than chuckle at her childish behaviour. 

"Well, Shivaay, are you ready to explore Chennai?" - she asked. 

"If you started the journey with me, i should be there with you till you end it, so Ms. Anika Seshadri, Go ahead..." - he said. 

They reached the lighthouse in a few minutes. He dropped shivaay in the entrance and parked her scooty in the parking lot. He checked the surrounding and found the All India radio station was exactly in the opposite. 

"Ani... All India radio station" - Shivaay exclaimed. but she dragged himself to the entrance and they decided to take stairs rather taking the lift. 

"That's marina beach, right?" - He asked her while looking at the window when they were climbing the stairs. Their energy level reached zero when they finally reached the second floor. they regret the decision for not taking the lift. But they smiled each other and climbed the next floor. 

When the cold sea breeze hit them, they got all of their energy back and bright clouds were diminishing by the black cloud as anika said. He smilingly looked at anika like she looked at him. the vision they saw before their eyes priceless. they saw everything in a miniature format. He wanted to yell back to the cold breeze which reached his every part of his body but he held himself back.

"You don't want to hide from me, I won't judge you..." anika finally said and got his attention. 

"This is me, I am not hiding from anyone..." - shivaay said after a long pause. 

"Mom said anything to you," that was the next question in his mind. 

"Well, I didn't want that... i want to hear it from you, You are terribly missing someone... i can sense that... i don't know why i can't tolerate that pain... but please open it up and let it go in this breeze..." - she said but he wasn't ready to open it up. when he tried to leave the place, she held his hand and pleaded with her eyes. His feet rooted at the same place. they standstill at the same place till the clouds started to shower and drench them completely. 

"This is not me... you're right, I am completely a different person before two years..." - he started and his tears became invisible in the rain. she still held his palms and encouraged him to open up. 

"I Don't want to race... i am suffocating, there's nobody to ask me how i am feeling, what i actually want from life... i know papa got hurt much but what i did? why he's punishing me? i miss everyone, my brothers, my dadi, my Badi-maa everyone... but he took the promise from me that i never ever try to contact them in my life... And he also started, after finishing engineering in IIT, I should work on my MBA admissions abroad and start my own firm in the upcoming ten years... He didn't ask what i actually want from life... i don't want to be CEO of any fuc*ing company..."- he busted, engulfed her into a hug and buried his face in her shoulder while facing the fences. 

"Hey! shivaay..." - Anika patted his back. He hugged her tightly still. 

"Can you do one thing for me?" - she asked when he finally responded monosyllabically. 

"Raise your head, Open your eyes and look ahead..." - she said. 

"Ahaan... Without breaking the hug..." - she said when he tried to break the hug. His arms were wrapped around her neck. he raised his head, held his chin on her shoulder and opened his eyes. he could see the second largest beach in a miniature format. 

"What you can see?" - she asked. 

"The whole beach..."  - he replied. 

"And us" - she added. 

"A person can do anything if they have anyone's strong support and strength" - she added. 

"Now, I am promising myself that i will always stay there as your strength and support till my last breath, Or even after that, And you holding my hand had to do everything what you actually need in your life..."- she said and she felt the grip in her neck tighter. 

"Are you ready, shivaay? to hold my hand... and face the circumstances in our lives" - she asked while slightly breaking the hug, Instead, holding her hand, He cupped her face, placed his lips above her lips and sucked her lower lip. she didn't respond but when he was about to move backwards, she cupped his face and kissed him. They were still standing under the roof of black clouds showering the rain. No words shared, But he confessing his feelings for her. He was happy, At least, there was one person with whom he could share everything. 

"Okay, what you're actually want to do in your life?" - Anika asked him while having him in her back seat, riding back to their home. 

"Ever heard of Avinash Bose Nair" - he asked. 

"Yeah, The one who got entrepreneur of the year award" - she asked out of excitement.  

"Yeah, His company offering internships for the young engineers... out of 3000 they will select only 10 for offering internships... For now, it's my dream... Rest can be seen later..." - he said while placing his hands on her shoulder. 

"Hmm... What are you going to do with your future?" - he asked her. 

"I am going to join in the media... don't say it to my father..." - she said while warning him

"Any particular reason..." - he asked while chuckling.

"Don't laugh at me, Like you, i don't know the name of my role model... but i want to join in CITY BEE Chanel... you know the founder is a woman, built everything on her own... now it's the top channel in India..." - she said. 

"Her name is Arushi, Arushi Nair... Founder of CITY BEE CHANEL and elder sister for Avinash bose nair..." - Shivaay said. 

"Seriously!" - she exclaimed. 

"We both are interconnected in some way" - he said and she chuckled. 

To Be Continued.