It was drizzling out on the ship, the wind was blowing gently. Annika sat under the shed on the table with Aryan and Rhea who were busy talking about the falling shares of the company. Rudra and Omkara sat with Ayaan on the table beside her. Her eyes wandered around to catch Gauri on the counter of the small shop. Whilst her gaze shifted from Gauri to see some random people who were getting drenched in rain, she felt a pair of eyes watching her.

Even though it had been years since she had talked to him, she always knew when he was staring at her, be it her backside, it was inevitable to not know. "Annika, tell me, when are you going to make me taste your delicious hand made food?" Rhea's voice brought her back to reality. "Soon, once we are over with the trip" She answered with a smile. She wanted this trip to end already.

The more she thought about him, the more she was getting anxious. "Annika Didi, do you wanna explore the hall inside?" Rudra asked as he stood next to her. With a small nod, Annika got up, excusing herself.

"Let's take Gauri along, why don't we?" Annika questioned and Rudra agreed with a nod. It did not take Annika and Rudra to reach where Gauri was, she was waiting for her french fries to arrive. "Gauri Didi is such a foodie" Hearing Rudra, Annika slightly chuckled, it was true.

"Well Mr Rudra Singh Oberoi, I heard that. Would you like me to tell Omkara about your nice and good deeds?"

"Gauri Didi, I was joking, don't take me seriously. Annika Didi, samjhao na Gauri Didi ko '' At that Gauri narrowed her eyes, coming forward to twist his ears. Annika chuckled seeing the two of them but soon she stood between the two. "Guys, stop it. Gauri, let's go explore the hall inside" Annika interrupted, causing Gauri to leave his ear while he released a number of curses under his breath. "But my fries"

"Ohh come on, it won't take us a long time to just have a view inside now, would it?" Gauri sighed, maybe she had left behind her fries then. Annika smiled as she saw Gauri nodding her head. "So, let's go" Rudra chimed and grabbed the hands of both Annika and Gauri, dragging them together with him.

As they walked past several people, Annika had kept her gaze down, afraid that she would meet the blue eyed beast. The inside of the ship was much colder. The hall was pretty huge, the polished surfaces of the wall gaining Annika's attention. It was luxurious from inside, a staircase in the middle while it led to two different pathways, left and right. It oddly reminded her of the movie titanic where she could spot the similarity with the hall.

The tables were spread across the whole area, people occupying lots of seats. Gauri nudged Annika by her elbow. "It feels like we are in a fairytale, aren't we?" Annika chuckled hearing her and she went ahead to pinch Gauri on her arm. "Shit, it's the reality"

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Annika had finally come to a conclusion that the whole ship was huge enough to explore it in a day. And it was already afternoon, she did not understand how time went so fast, maybe it was because of him at the end. As the three of them took an elevator to reach the third floor, the place where Rudra claimed there was a rooftop pool.

"Gauri Didi, I saw the way you were looking at Om Bhaiya in the morning"

"What do you mean Rudra?" Gauri glared at him while Annika couldn't help but agree, indeed she was staring at Omkara. "I saw it too Gauri. Come on, don't deny it. It's very evident that you have a crush on him, from the college time"

"Remind me again why am I your best friend?" Annika rolled her eyes at that question. Rudra chuckled but soon stopped when the lift came to an halt. They were here, on the third floor.

"Trust me, you all are going to enjoy the view from here" Saying this, Rudra got off the lift and so did Annika and Gauri while ignoring his nonsensical talks he said while they went ahead. Annika's phone vibrated in her pocket. She took it out to see Aryan's message saying 'If Rudra is done giving you and Gauri a tour, meet us outside' To which Annika replied with a yes.

"And this is ladies and gentlemen, the pool" Rudra opened the door and stepped inside first. His eyes immediately meet with a number of girls half naked, in bikinis. While Annika's eyes widened but soon she composed herself. "Now we know why you brought us here" Gauri muttered while keeping her eyes on Rudra who seemed to be shamelessly gawking at them.

"Rudra, there's literally nothing to see here, let's go" Said Annika, grabbing his arm but he did not bulge to move a muscle. Annika frowned, rolling her eyes when he removed her hand from his arm whilst looking at the girls. "Yeah well, now you look like a complete pervert and a jerk" Gauri shook her head. Sometimes it was impossible to make Rudra understand.

"This is such a nice view Didi's, don't you agree?" Rudra uttered silently. "Annika let's drag him outside" Announced an irritated Gauri making Annika nod. But as soon Gauri was about to grab his arm, her phone rang. Annika peeked into see it was Gauri's Dad. "Take the call, I will drag him out" Gauri gave Annika a small smile before running out of the pool area and outside.

"Didi, I will be back in a second" Before Annika could react to what was happening, Rudra had taken several steps ahead as his eyes fixed on a particular woman. "Rudra wait" She tried to follow him in haste but in vain when she collided with one of the girls. Losing her balance, she hadn't noticed that she was standing near the edge of the pool.

It then drowned to her that she was going to fall, inside the pool. The girl she collided with released a small shriek to see Annika fallen inside the pool. Hopefully the rain had stopped now and Annika did not have to suffer much. Her body shivered when her skin came in contact with the cold water, teeth chattering. Breathing in, she grabbed the wall of the pool for support.

"Need any help?" Figuring out the owner of the voice took Annika some time but when she looked up, she realized it was him. Like hell she needed any of his help so she refused to give him any sign or expression. He was kneeling down to the level of the pool, gazing at her intensely. His intention was to only genuinely help her.

"Some people don't need help to stand up on their own feet, it's pretty simple you know" Annika mocked him as she got out of the pool while he was still kneeling on his feet. Sighing out, he got up, running his fingers through his hair. "And to tell you one thing Mr Oberoi, I don't need your help, not now, never" Annika had muttered with her hands and legs shaking because of the soaking wet clothes she was still wearing.

That's when she realized that her clothes were wet, wet enough to display her body pretty perfectly. Immediately turning around, she looked down at herself to find the outline of her inner wear showing. Cheeks turning red, her eyes wandered around to look for Gauri but there was no trace of her.

Taking a deep breathe in, she decided that she had to at least move away from his eyesight. "Here, use this" The voice startled her, she wasn't used to hearing his deep, intoxicating voice on a daily basis. Shivaay had a towel in his hand which was extended towards her. "Look, I told you, I don't need for help"

"Just take it. You might catch a cold and where would you go looking like this? Looking like moaning myrtle, splashing water everywhere you go" Shivaay tried to give her the towel one more time but all Annika did was stare at the floor blankly, ignoring his words completely. "Why are you here? Nobody invited you. Piss off" It was her anger that was speaking, it was true that she did not want to come across him or his face ever again.

She had done everything, everything to avoid him, blocked him on his social media accounts, thrown away every magazine and newspaper that had his face in it, yet here he was, standing in front of her like nothing happened. "Just take it please" Shivaay pleaded softly. His eyes were staring at her and his fingers itching to grab hold of her arm and make her take the towel.

"What the hell are you doing here, jerk?" Annika gasped loudly when she saw Aryan's fist colliding with Shivaay's face. Taking a step back from the two of them. If Shivaay hadn't regained his balance, he would have fallen hard, hard on the ground. "Didn't I warn you to stay away from her? What did you not understand along the lines 'stay away from Annika?' Huh? Tell me"

Shivaay kept his mouth zipped, not caring what Aryan was saying but his eyes fixed on the person behind Aryan, at Annika. He hadn't even realized that his nose was bleeding and few drops of blood were stained on his white shirt. Maybe after all, he deserved it.

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So, on public demand, here is Aryan punching Shivaay, enjoy. I don't know what I have written above but hoping that you liked reading it.