Janaki lets out a huge sigh and immediately joins her hand for a quick thank you to all the possible gods she prayed. Gauri side-hugs her mom with a teary eye.

Shivaay holds his head in happiness and smiles wide, as they all begin to move towards the room.

"Wait a minute. We cant allow all of you in there. Whoever is closest to the patient, Do proceed inside", The nurse informs with a stern face.

Vicky turns to Shivaay and so does Gauri. Shivaay stares back at them and "Maa!' he calls. "You need to go" he says as he turns to Janaki. And she walks inside with a nod and a smile.

He knew that was right. Shivaay gives a nod of assurance to Vicky and Gauri but his heart was pounding so hard. He wanted to see her. He wanted to look into her eyes. He wanted to hug her so tight and comfort her. He wanted her aura, her peachy scent that always lifted the mood of anyone near her, her presence to be precise.

Imagining scenarios as to how Anika is going to react when she meets him was his newly found hobby at the moment.

'Hi' - Too simple.

'Hello?' - She'll regret Loving me.

'You are alive?' - Damn that's rude.

'How did you manage to come back?' - Jeez Shivaay you suck at this.

The voices in his head really gave him a harder time and he decided to just go with the flow. To ask her whatever that came to his mind. His mind was wavering here and there until Janaki stepped outside with a gloomy face.

She looked unhappy and depressed.

"The heck with Whatever that irresponsible nurse saw. Anika wasn't moving an inch. I tried my best. But she wouldn't respond to me" Janaki's voice breaks.

Shivaay's eyes widens up and He runs inside while others just stood there comforting Janaki.

He entered and the typical smell of hospitals and medications slapped his nose. His eyes quickly fell on her and was devastated when he looked at her lying there with all the tubes connecting her veins, her oxygen mask, pressure checking instruments clicked on her nails. She looked miserable.

He took baby steps with a heavy heart and stood there taking small breaths. Gently dropping himself, he took a small portion of the bed for a place. He cupped her left hand within his's and bend down as he slowly brushed his face on her hand.

"Anika"- he takes a small break.

"Anika, I know you can hear me. And I know this is not fair. You cant just do this to me. To anyone here. You cant just lie here not uttering a word. Why is that you are either a person speaking nonstop nonsense or the one who is completely silent?

No! This is not fair. - his voice starts to break.

I am not strong enough for this Anika. How do you expect me to stay calm when all I keep hearing in my head now is you crying 'save me' and here you are lying unconscious and pretending like nothing happened.

Get up now! Argue back. Fight me. Ask me why I did not protect you properly. Grab my collar and ask me if I forgot your first rule of friendship. Always be on your side! I should have seen it coming and protected you. I'm such an Idiot!

Anika, I love you!. I love you so much that I cant even pretend to convince my heart otherwise, if that helps reducing the pain I carry looking at you like this.

I don't know what you'll do, But I am not moving an inch away from here unless and untill you sit up straight and weep over some random IG post that reminds you of Jon Snow and Ygritte. Although Daenerys and Jon was your Ultimate ship. The point is.. Im just not moving anywhere unless- Shivaay silent yells and stops abruptly when he notices a twitch of muscles on Anika's hands.

He freezes and quickly looks at Anika.

She scrunches her eyes upon the sudden consciousness that hit her and slowly starts flickering her eyes as she was adjusting her eyes to the brightness of the room.

Shivaay's heart skipped a beat and finally he breaths out a happy sigh and his lips made a slow but sturdy smile over the corner of his lips.

She narrows her eyes as she saw his figure approach her as though trying to recognize who it was. She was simultaneously, wearily taking her right hand up to pull down her oxygen mask.

"Who are you?" She asks when the mask was removed and was hanging down her neck.

Shivaay was taken aback. SHIT. Did she not know who he was? SHE FORGOT HIM?

This is probably that 'memory loss' Every patient on Every damn Television Mega-serial has.

Flashbacks of every single moment with her, flashed infront of his eyes. Strangers to friends, to crush, to lovers. And all back to stage 1 now?

Shivaay was shocked, petrified, perplexed however you call it! He was about to lose his shit.

Anika slowly licks her lower lip and a naughty smile slipped her lips. She chuckled a not-so-loud one. "Kidding!" she whispers as she slowly starts to grab Shivaay's hand that he had cupped with her's. Slowly and gently she held his hand, even squeezing a little assuring him she was okay.

His threatened ass just got saved. Shivaay's lip curled up and he was smiling unconsciously already/. He tightens his hold onto her. But she hisses.

Realizing that her hands where still punctured with injections and Pressure checking tools, he tries loosening his hand from her's.

But Anika holds it back not leaving him go.

She nods as though she was signalling him to come down to reach her level.

Shivaay quickly lowers himself down and was raising his eyebrows totally concerned whether she was hurting anywhere, Does he need to call the doctor, Is she feeling any discomfort , Does he need to check her Vitals, Maybe she was feeling dizzy, or a headache?, Or maybe she wanted to puke.. Well the suffocating medicine smell would make anyone puke. Concerns were getting clouded in his head within that fraction of second.

While Anika just Slowly grabbed his collar, controlling the hiss of pain that the injections effected on her. She pulls him close and slightly lifts her head up, reaching just the accurate level of altitude needed as she planted the most Warm, Comforting and the most needed kiss on his cheek.

Shivaay was flushed and one can see his face all red all of a sudden. Anika's was too. She blushed so hard and prepared to utter the words.

"I love you too" She confesses. And they both chuckle with emotions flooding the room nearly drowning them. She confessed again. Making them want to forget the past 8 hours of dreadful memories. Shivaay nods as he silently wipes the tear that was rowing down his cheek.

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