Hlo darlings

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It was afternoon and almost six hours had passed. Anika was still not back. Everyone was worried for her. Dadi asked gauri about Anika's whereabouts but she denied saying Anika left her phone at home. Om and Rudra were walking to and fro in hall. Finally they decided to go and find Anika.

They marched towards door only to see anika entering the house taking baby steps. She was walking while staring nothing at particular. She was looking as if a body was walking without its soul. She looked broken, shattered. Om and Rudra were the first ones who rushed towards her to ask where she was and if she fine ?

Om ( while holding anika from her shoulders lightly he spoke tenderly ) : Bhabhi aap kaha the ? Aap ne itni der kyu laga di ? ( Bhabhi what happened ? Where you were ? What took you so long ? )

He stopped speaking seeing her not responding to his questions. He realised that she was not even listening to him. He shook her once, twice, but she was in her own world. Neither she was listening nor talking, neither she was smiling nor she was crying. She was completely expression less. Om looked at Rudra who standing there trying to grasp the situation and find out what was happening. Om was not able to see her. He was confused on seeing her lost, he was sad on seeing her alone , he was angry on God, on their fate for being so cruel to such a pure soul. Finally he shook her and spoke loudly, almost making everybody deaf.

Anika came out of her trance. She was actually thinking nothing. As soon as she looked at Om, Rudra and then at the family, all her emotions came as a storm and tears started to roll down her cheeks. Everyone till now was sure that something very bad has happened with Anika. Om asked anika what happened to her and why she was crying ? She couldn't even speak properly in between her sobs.

Anika : Om voh ma..ndir mein...maaine ssh..shivaay...Voh...

She could not complete her sentence and started crying miserably. Listening to Shivaay's name, everyone was shocked because they were still unknown about his whereabouts. All of them were praying for everything to be fine. Janvi tried to give support to dadi and tried to give her assurance that everything will be fine. Even though she was also crying from inside. Shakti tried to pacify pinky. Gauri and bhavya went to see Anika. They asked her to come with them to her room and rest . They were going towards stairs with anika when they heard someone's voice.

They were very happy to see their shivaay standing there. Omru were still not able to believe their eyes. Coming out of their shock both of them went towards Shivaay and hugged him as tightly as possible. They were hugging him and thanking God for sending him back, safe and sound.

After breaking the hug with his brothers, Shivaay came and touched Dadi's feet to take her blessings and then he went to everyone to meet them except Gauri and Bhavya. He just ignored them as if he saw them for the first time. He also ignored Anika who was standing in between Gauri and Bhavya. She was staring him without blinking her eyes. She was so happy to see him meeting everyone. She thought now he will come and take her in a bone crushing hug and he would say, Anika, what I did in the temple was my mistake. I didn't do it intentionally. But nothing happened like that.

Om broke the silence. He asked shivaay where he was these two months. Why he didn't contact them ? At last he said about Anika, that she was missing him so much, how much she was suffering. But what he got as a reply from Shivaay was the most biggest shock for Om Rudra and other family members.

Shivaay : who is Anika ?

Om : what are you saying Shivaay ?? How can you say this. You are saying you don't know anika bhabhi. how can you say that ?

Shivaay : I didn't say I don't know her. I said who she is to me ?

Rudra who was quite till now spoke at last.

Rudra : Bhaiya, what are you just saying ? Do you even know that ? You are hurting Anika bhabhi. She's already suffering so much and now you are talking nonsense.

He was getting impatient with every single passing second.

Shivaay : Just cut it Rudra. I don't know her ? She is NO ONE TO ME JUST....NO ONE. Do u get that ?

Tanya came and stood beside Shivaay intertwining her hand with his hand.

Tanya : What's happening Shivaay ? Why are they calling her bhabhi ? Who the hell is she ?

On hearing tanya saying rubbish about anika Om became angry and spoke loudly.

Om : What the hell is she saying shivaay ? Who the hell is she and with what right she's speaking nonsense about my bhabhi ?

Shivaay ( angrily ) : Talk with respect, Om. She's your bhabhi and my wife. And who the hell this ( pointing towards anika ) girl is. I just can't believe for an unknown roadside trash like girl you are talking to me like that.

Janvi came and asked him what rubbish he was speaking. Anika is his wife. Pinky, Tej and Shakti also said the same. Shivaay became angry and shouted.

Shivaay : Stop it. Just stop all of you. This girl cannot be my wife. I don't even know her. I saw her for the first time in the temple. And there I got to know that she is just a middle class girl who just wants attention, that's it. ( Holding Tanya's hand he spoke ) She is my wife, who took care of me when I met with an accident and I LOVE HER.

That was it for anika she just couldn't concentrate on anything except for the words I LOVE HER. She started walking backwards taking baby steps and stumbled when she hit with the first step of stairs. Gauri and Bhavya held her on time.

Anika ran from there as fast as she could and went to her room. Gauri and Bhavya ran behind her because they couldn't take the risk to leave her alone at this moment after what happened.

Shivaay asked from them who Gauri and Bhavya were ? This was also shocking for everyone. They were thinking that he was behaving like that only with Anika but now they thought he lost his memory. Om and Rudra were not able to see anything except for the insult of their bhabhi. They were angry on shivaay. At last they came to him.

Om : What the hell do you think of yourself ? How dare you talk to her that way ? Tell us, Shivaay. Fine. It's fine you don't remember anything but it won't change the reality that SHE IS UR WIFE . You don't have any right to insult her.

Shivaay : I don't know her. I already told you. And I know that girl has filled your brain with these kind of thoughts. She just became a barrier in our bond. BLOODY GOLD DIGGER !

That was it for Om and Rudra. They couldn't tolerate it. Om held him by his collar and he was going to slap him but janvi stopped him and asked him to cool down. She asked them to go to Anika as she needs them now.

After Om and Rudra went towards Anika's room, not before giving a disgusting look to Shivaay, Dadi came to him.

Dadi : I don't know why you are behaving like this. But I'm telling you one thing, billu,you accept it or not but Anika is and will always be the elder bahu of this house. I can't accept this ( pointing at tanya ) girl as my bahu. Meri anika ki jagah koi nahi le skta, Na hamare dil me na iss ghar me.

Janvi and Pinky left with Dadi towards her room. Now Shivaay, Tej and Shakti were standing there. Tej also left after depicting his disappointment. Shakti also left from there silently throwing daggers at shivaay for the first time in his life. Shivaay and Tanya moved towards Shivaay's room.

Anika came to her room and locked it. She could hear Gauri and Bhavya calling her from the other side of the door but in vain. For now she just wanted to be alone. She wanted God to make her forget everything, her love for shivaay, her marriage, her relationship every single thing, every single memory of her with shivaay. But God was never so merciful on her. He never gave her what she wanted. Either he didn't give her what she wanted or he will give her half of what she asked for. Like now, she had prayed to God to send shivaay back to her. God sent shivaay back but not completely. He was not her now . He was claiming someone else as his wife and most importantly HIS LOVE.

Gauri and Bhavya were standing outside her room continuously banging the door. Om and Rudra came there and saw both of them standing outside. As they came close they were told that anika is not opening the door. Four of them were trying their level best to convince her to open the door.

At last om did what he knew will work. He knew how much ever anika was hurt she will never tolerate Om and Rudra's sadness. They gave her swear on them. And it worked. Anika opened the door.

As soon as she opened it they went inside and hugged her. Anika was happy atleast they're with her. She wondered if they were not here she would have killed herself by now.

Gauri : Bhaujayi aapne aisa kyun kiya ? Aap ko pata hai hum sab kitna dar gaye the ? Humari jaan nikal gayi thi. Aap ko kuchh ho jata toh. ( Bhaujayi why did you do this ? Do you even know how scared we were ? What would have happened to us if something had happened to you ?)

Bhavya : Bhabhi hum jante hai aap bhaiya ke iss behaviour se pareshaan hai, dukhi hai par aapne humare baare mein nahi socha, ke hum kya karenge. ( Bhabhi we know that you are hurt by Bhaiya's behaviour. But why didn't you think about us, what we would have done if something had happened to you ?)

Rudra : ( almost on the verge of crying ) : Bhabhi, mujhe pata hai aapko bhaiya ne bhut pareshan kiya hai, bhut rulaya hai par kya aap bhaiya k galti ki saza hume dengi ? Aapko pata hai na hum sab aapke bina kuchh nahi hai. ( Bhabhi I know bhaiya troubled you a lot. He made you cry but will you punnish us for his deeds ? You know how much we love you. We are nothing without you )*

He suddenly hugged her and cried. Anika started stroking his head and tried to pacify him controling her own tears who were making her failed again and again by rolling down her cheeks. Gauri and Bhavya also sat on their knees infront of her crying. Anika saw Om standing a little far. She gestured him through her hand to come. But he was just looking at the girl infront of him, about whom he was not able to know everything every time he tried. Whenever he thought he know her completely, she proved him wrong. The girl who was crying just five minutes ago, now, was consoling them.

He went towards her and made three of them ( rudy bhavya n gauri ) stand up and he himself sat infront of Anika and broke the silence after a minute.

Om : Bhabhi, aap kis mitti ki bani hain ? Is waqt humein aap ko sambhalna tha par yahan toh... Bhabhi main soch bhi nahi sakta ki.. ki iss waqt aap par kya beet rahi hai ? Mujhe andaza bhi nahi tha ki shivaay aap ke sath aisa krega. Mujhe toh sharam aa rahi hai usse apna bhai kehte huye. ( Bhabhi what are you made of ? We were supposed to console you, but here you are pacifying us. I can't even imagine the pain you are bearing. I never thought shivaay would do something like this. I am ashamed to call him my brother. )

Anika stopped him from sayimg like that.

Anika : Om, it's not his fault he doesn't remember me. May be because of the accident.

She was stammering because she was not able to speak. She herself was confused whether she is saying all these things to pacify om and others or she was trying to pacify herself. A fear was engulfing her. What if shivaay left her forever ?

Om : Bhabhi aap aaj bhi uss ki side le rahi hain. Mana ki uss ko kuchh yad nahi hai par uska koi haq nahi banta yeh sab karne ka, aap ke bare main itni ghatiya baatein krne ka. ( Bhabhi still you are defending him. I admit that he doesn't remember anything but he doesn't have any right to talk rubbish about you. )

Anika was now speechless. She knew om was hurt.

Anika : Nahi Om, please aisa mat bolo. Tum aur rudra unki taaqat ho aur tum log please unse gussa mat ho. Agar tum dono unse gussa ho gaye to voh tut jaayenge. Please Om, Rudra, agar meri vajah se aap teeno ke beech dooriyan aa gayi to mai apne aap ko kabhi maaf nahi kar paungi. ( Om please don't speak like this. If you and Rudra will not talk to Shivaay and be angry with him, he will break down. If you three got separated because of me then I won't be able to forgive myself )

Om knew how stubborn she is when it comes to others' happiness, especially shivaay's happiness. And now she didn't want them to be away from their brother.

Om : Bhabhi sirf ek shart par. Aap apna khayal rakhengi. Aap apne aap ko stress nahi Dengi. ( Only on one condition, You won't stress yourself. You will take care of yourself )

Anika nodded in a yes and smiled. Though she was not able to stop her tears but she smiled to show them that she is fine. Then she asked them to go abd meet shivaay.

Omru and Gauri and Bhavya left the room after making sure she is fine. They came out of her room abd looked at each other.

Gauri : aap sab bhi vahi soch rahe hai jo hum soch rahe hain ? ( Are you all thinking what I'm thinking )

Rudra/Om/ Bhavya : yes

Om : toh phir aakhir hum pata kaise lagayenge ke Shivaay sach mein sab kuchh bhul gaya hai ya sirf naatak kar raha hai ?

Gauri : I have an idea.

Gauri told them her plan and they walk towards their respective rooms giving a thumbs up to each other.
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