Annika stood with scowled up face yet again, there stood numerous couples, making out, chessy-talking, flirting and some proposing, her only constant thought was- Love should be banned.

It was a day before Valentine's day, the kiss day. Annika had stayed up all the night thinking if her anonymous lover would kiss her or atleast say who he was. The phone in her jeans pocket vibrated and she was broken out from her thoughts.

'Nice white top, I love that on you' Annika realised who had just messaged her, Anonymous, that was the nane saved in her phone. She still couldn't stop but think how has he managed to grab her phone number.

Roaming her eyes around, she tried to see who it might be but no one seems to be bothered looking at her. 'Stop looking for me darling ;)' Annika shoved her phone now into her pocket, irritated with The Anonymous.

Rehan came silently, watching Annika who leaned against her locker. Thinking deeply as ever. "Did something happened that I wasn't informed of?" Rehan whispered slowly, scaring Annika the same moment.

"What are you? A robber? Can't you say a hello instead of scaring the shit out of me?" Opening her locker, Annika huffed in frustration. First the couple's and now this anonymous, she hated to admit that she was bothered with those letters and those letters fluttered her heart in happiness.

"That's why there is a name for people who have right to do anything to other person, 'Friends', it is called Friends" Rehan shook his head dramatically. "Now, get away from my way Rehan" He pouted his lips before giving her the side.

"Have a nice day sunshine" Rehan shouted his lungs out making every person in corridor turn their heads towards Rehan. 

Annika rolled her eyes, looking back at rehan as she continued to move forward, not givinga head towards where she was heading towards. "Shit" Annika cursed out as she landed flat on her bottom. A groan escaped her lips soon enough.

"Duck, I am so sorry" Annika heard the familiar voice hit her ears. Her eyes glued on the gorgeous face who was knelt in front of her. "So, how are you Annika?" Shivaay stood with her books in his hands and passed it to her.

"I am good, just had a bad night with books" Shivaay chuckled and walked with along with her. "It's tomorrow  the most dreadful day,  for you,isn't it?" Annika looked up to him, studying him for some seconds before she nodded her head.

"Those letters aren't helping you, are they?" Shivaay moved to face her, standing right at her path. "Nope" popping the 'p', Annika brushed him aside.

"I will walk you to the class if you don't mind" Annika shrugged her shoulders and let him follow her till her class.

"Alright, I will see you in lunch, then" shivaay gave her a cheeky smile, leaving her alone after they have reached her classroom.

Annika clutched her books tightly as she felt the butterflies in her stomach started to jump yet again. Not able to hold them back anymore, she rushed into her class with a flushed face.

Shivaay had raised his eyebrows to see Annika behaving way to weird. He didn't knew what was up in her mind yet again.

**
Annika stretched herself on the table,playing with the pen in her hands. She impatiently waited for the bell to ring so that she could calm those mouse's which jumped in her stomach every now and then.

She had thought of not touching the letter that she would be now kept inside her locker today, she didn't wanted to entrain that guy anymore. Annika sighed heavily as the bell went off.

Grabbing her bag, she headed towards the cafeteria. "Missed me?" Annika shrieked as Rehan whispered lowly down in her ear, scaring her out.

"Are you nuts?" Annika sat down on the chair of their usual table grumpily. "No I am not but on one hand I am" Rehan slid on the chair opposite to her.

"Go, get me some food" Annika rested her head on the table, feeling a ache reaching her head already. "Yes ma'am" Rehan jumped up to get Annika food.

"Ahem..Ahem, Am I disturbing you?" Annika looked up at the owner of the voice. Shivaay stood with a smile plastered on his face. She shook her head and let him slide down beside her.

"Here, I saw this when I was passing by your locker" Shivaay passed the letter to Annika. She sighed and took it. There was no way she was getting rid of them, she thought as she now opened the letter.

'Dear Annika,

It's been a hell of a ride for me, I had gone sweating for almost a month when I knew I was falling for you, hard. It was all new, different, something I never thought I would experience. But now all I think is about you and your beautiful face, which always makes it way to my dreams. I was already chickening out, I couldn't say those three words to you, you have no idea what magic you do on me, it's been seven months, six days, there hours and ten minutes since I had been in love with you. The day I first saw you was the best, I saw that genuine smile that had managed to keep intact on your gorgeous face for entire day. You amaze me, each and every time I know something new about you, you make me fall for you more hard. And I am wanting to spend the rest of my life or for some years of my life with you. It's not been a while since we are on talking terms, I was scared to get rejected. I wanted you to know me, for you to know that I have been existing from long. And today, on kiss day, I would really love to feel your lips against mine. Today I am revealing myself, just look at the person sitting next to you.

I will always love you

~Anonymous'

Annika took a sharp breath in. He said to look beside her and the only person now who sat beside her was -Shivaay. With nervousness, she turned to him, who tapped his feet anxiously on the floor.

Annika's heat beat raised, all the blood now froze in her cheeks permanently. Fidgeting with her fingers, she looked down. Still in haze that Shivaay was the one who was writing the letters. She remembered the day before yesterday when he gave her the letter with his own hands, she should have known it was him.

Everything seemed falling into its place as Annika imagined. She was smitten by the letters, the first letter had made her go red with the those simple names he had called her. Annika liked how shivaay was with her, she felt safe around him, she could rely on him.

"Annika, I..I am-"

"Shivaay, you love me?" Annika bit her bottom lip, not matching his eyesight now. "I do. I really, really do" This made Annika look up. The sincerity that his eyes carried, said Annika everything.

"If this all feels shit to you, then I am extremely sorry but one day or other I had to let you know that I was smitten by you, I would have done it later or before, what matters is your answer and if you say no, I won't be a emotional teen girl, don't worry about that"

Shivaay gave her a smile, still not wanting to hear that she didn't wanted to be with him. He knew deep down he had messed up by saying that he was the one but if she was not interested in him it was better for his broken heart to move in and get his head out of the water already.

Annika never saw Rehan making his way back here, as if he was vanished into the air. She exhaled out. She knew one thing, she liked shivaay even though they haven't interacted much, she knew him from back many years down, knew he was a charmer, a sweaty footballer who would do anything to win a match and a great student to a teacher.

She had seen girls lining up for him and all he did was dodge them away, he never dated and she knew for a fact that he never laid an eye on a women until she happened. He gave her stomach exploding butterflies and swayed her heart with those letters.

She still couldn't think what she wanted to say him back. Was she ready to give him a chance and prove himself? Annika saw shivaay's face which waited for her to speak impatiently.

"It's ok Annika, you no need to do this" Shivaay forced a smile and pushed his chair back. Standing up, he ran his fingers through his black hair. "Wait" Annika muttered lowly, audible enough for shivaay to turn back around.

"I..I am ready to give you a chance I guess" Annika shrugged her shoulders, bringing a smile up on Shivaay's face. "You no need to do this Annika, I swear if you are forcing yourself I am not going to accept that" Annika shook her head and stepped forward, an inch away from him.

"No. I want to. I really want to, I want to know you better, I want you to make me love you back, I want you to lay next to me and sing me lullaby to sleep, I want you to tutor me all night for exam, I want you to make me believe in you, I really, really want to be with you Shivaay"

A smile popped up his face, dimples being displayed on both his cheeks, he stood one more step ahead. Caging her in his arms, he held her tight into his arms.

"So, are you my girlfriend now?" Shivaay asked with Annika still in his arms. "If you want me to be" he let out a chuckle and squeezed her tighter.

"So, girlfriend can I get my kiss now?" Shivaay threw Annika a smirk which made him wince loud as Annika stomped his foot. "This is what you get for acting like a pervert"

"I will take in everything girlfriend" intertwining their fingers together, Shivaay giggled and sat down beside Annika on the table.

Still not believing that now he had her, he had the world's beautiful women next to him for now and probably for next few years or for life time.

The letters were at last became the reason for the two to come together.

**
It's April ending and I am still writing 13th February here. *Laughs*

Sorry for such a long wait though. The next one would be the last.

Crazymaniac