"Life is unpredictable." This is what he thought when he was crowded by his fans; almost thousands gathered in the same place. He was protected by the security guards, but the crowd pushed his security guards towards him and almost choked him. Each and every person in the crowd wanted just a glimpse of him. His toes got damaged when one of his security guards fell above him while trying to control the approaching crowd. But that didn't pain him much when he saw her face in the people who were shouting for his attention. He could see a part of her in every one of them.

"I LOVE YOU, SHIVAAY..." He heard a chorus of girls shouting at him from their stomachs to gather his attention. And it succeeded. Shivaay turned towards them, smiled widely, and said, "I love you, too." He shouted back, accompanied by a playful kiss, which made them shout like mad, jumping in excitement. He nodded at them with a smile, imagining moments with her. Her memories never gave him pain but loads of confidence and overwhelming love for her.

Suddenly, a group of people with mixed genders gathered in front of him and started singing one of his recent hit songs. After the second line of the lyrics, everyone joined in. They were singing his own song to show how much they loved him. All he could see was the image of her with his broken guitar, singing his first song that was uploaded on YouTube, which had only 700 views and 10 likes at that time. But it was her favorite song that brought her to him. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized her value for the umpteenth time since she left him.

"Thank you so much. Without you guys, I am nothing. Love you all." He shouted from his stomach to them, but in reality, he was saying it to her, hoping she was seeing and listening to everything.

The guards brought him inside the studio, where he was again welcomed by the channel people, thanking him for giving his first celebrity interview to their channel. He acknowledged everything with a smile. Only he knew the reason behind saying yes to the interview. From childhood, he was not interested in the Q and A games. But now, everything had gone beyond his control. He couldn't live his life without her. He wanted her back in his life. He neither had her photo (which he deleted) nor her details. The only thing he had left with him was her memories.

The interview started by praising him for his victories at a very young age. But he felt weird; he was just 23, not too young to be praised this much. It was a young girl who interviewed him with the widest smile on her face. Her smile widened even more whenever she saw him in his direction, but he stayed calm and composed.

"And the last question, Shivaay. Your fans want to know about it desperately." The interviewer asked him. Finally, he heaved a deep breath when he sensed the moment was nearing. He really didn't want to break the hearts of the young girls by opening up his story in the live show. But he cared more about her. He didn't want to give her a chance to feel insecure about his fandom. He knew she would feel insecure in a second. But how could he be sure about it when they had been separated for two years? Whatever it was, he wanted her to know that she's still in his life even though she left him.

"What are you thinking, Mr. Oberoi? Oh my god, see your fans; they are keeping their hands on their hearts because of your reaction to the question I asked." The host said to him. He chuckled in a second and turned back to see their reaction. Every single person's face was shaken because of his reaction. Some eyes were welled up and nodding no to him.

"It started when I decided to leave my medical career and concentrate on my interest," he said, looking at the host with a smile. But the host's smile faded away in shock. Everyone around him was awestruck.

"As you probably know, I have started uploading my songs on social media, which was not successful initially. But soon, my song, which I sang in a college cultural event, went viral. Before that, my songs got popular on..." He stopped narrating when his fans decided to answer that.

"Shorts!" They screamed.

"And that was not my idea! She did that! My angel shaped me into who I am right now." He said, and there was absolute silence from everyone. There was silence, but Shivaay ignored it. "Such a mad girl she was. Cute, innocent, lovely, gentle, and most importantly, she never let me down. She flew from Tamil Nadu to here for me, without any hope. Even I didn't give her any hope, then." He narrated, going back to the past.

"Oh my god! So intense," the host exclaimed.

"That's what she is! My girl, my angel, the one who gave hope to my life." He said, drowning in her memory.

"So you're ready for the next step," the host asked him with a little disappointment in his tone.

"If she says yes, the next step is marriage. Why should I be afraid to go to the next step when I find the right person?" He said with the widest smile.

"Oh my god, did you just propose to her on national television?" the host exclaimed.

"Correction, in front of my fans." He turned towards the audience side. "Please ask her to say yes." Some of them chuckled, and some of them didn't respond, but most of them were happy with his confrontation.

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"OH MY GOD. SUCH A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Shivaay Singh Oberoi loves one of his fans and proposed to her on national television?" - 16-year-old twins said in chorus, looking at each other in shock. It was happening in the night in their room. They were hiding from their sister and lying to her, pretending to go back to sleep soon so that they could see the interview from the start. But their over-excitement over the news woke up everyone in their mansion, including their protective sister.

"RIA...SIA... WHAT ARE YOU BOTH DOING AT THIS HOUR?" - Their sister emerged inside the room with a red face. She had heard whatever they shouted. The twins were still in shock to see their sister's red face and her shivering palms. But Shivaay's voice continued to be heard from the television. Without turning to the side of the television, she grabbed the remote and switched off the television.

"Akka, we are sorry, we won't repeat it." - Ria and Sia continued to apologize, but their sister was not ready to calm down. Her eyes were still burning in rage, and she was burning both of her sisters with her gaze.

"RAMU ANNA..." - She yelled, heaving her lungs out.

"Yes, Madam." - He came to her in the very next second.

"Take out the television connection from here and take their phones away from them." - She announced without facing them. The twins frowned looking at her.

"No phones and television connections till the boards get over. DID YOU BOTH UNDERSTAND?" - She yelled her throat out at them. They both jerked to see her angry side and nodded to her while bowing their heads.

"Anika Srinath is getting on our nerves; I hate her, I hate her with all my heart!" - Sia murmured to Ria. Ria turned towards her with welled-up eyes.

"Why did Akka become like this? She was not like this before. Why this much change?" - Ria murmured back with teary eyes.

"It's all because of your parents' death. Don't mistake her. She's still in trauma." - Ramu, the head of house help, bothered to answer them while taking the connection of the television from the room.

"Trauma, for the past two years? She lost her parents, but we lost our parents as well as our sister who was our friend and partner-in-crime once. Now tell me, who's worse?" - Sia asked Ramu, who didn't have any answers with him to console them. So he left.

"Cherry on top, who's that girl Shivaay mentioned? Oh my god, I already hate her." - Ria said and threw herself onto the bed.

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