Recap ~
Perfect.

By the time it was evening, Anika finished her work and was chitchatting with Dadi in the study when Shivaay came up to them.

"Dadi I will leave for the day." Anika said sensing her boss behind her.
"Not yet." A very much familiar voice came from behind. It wasn't really rude, neither did it sound sweet.
"Sorry Dadi. I have to meet someone today!" She quickly said and left the study without facing her boss.

Shivaay of course could not digest Anika's action of avoiding him. She was walking as fast as she could while he tried to catch up her pace.

"So eager to meet your boyfriend!?" He said loud enough to make her stop in the corridor. She was in no mood to speak to him but her heart didn't want him to believe what he just stated.

She turned back to look at him with hatred but somewhere she failed to do so. She asked, her voice sounding rude enough, "Why are you so keen to know about my life? Why are you eager to know about my boyfriend? Why do you care if I live or die? Why does it matter if I..." For each and every question she took one step forward letting him take a step backward.

Finally he hit against a pillar and she was one inch away from him.

"Why do you just care?! You shouldn't Mr.Shivaay. You lost the right. You lost me!" She said holding his collar tightly tears running down her cheeks.

She couldn't take it anymore, she needed a breakdown. Though she never wanted to express her feelings to him, she couldn't resist herself any longer. Hearing her, he held her tightly and twisted her hands behind her back drowning himself into her eyes.

"Shivaay please leave me, I..." She said, pain reflecting in her voice as she called out to him. The pain she beared for five years.

Within fraction of seconds his lips smashed hers, trying to take all the pain away. She didn't resist his act, neither did she respond. She was strong outside but was broken from the inside and he could feel it. He gently wiped her tears by rubbing his cheeks with hers.

(ShivIka's first ever kiss. Sorry that the situation was a little sad! 🙈)

Shivaay didn't answer any of her questions, but it seemed like Anika felt all his feelings. Soon, she did realise what was happening to her and pushed herself away from him, "Is this fake or real?!"

There was a minute of silence before hearing a loud sound of phone breaking on the floor. He simply left from there but she sensed his anger very well. Realizing what she asked him in the end, she somehow felt guilty. It wasn't right to question his feelings, in any case.

Feeling bad, she trotted slowly towards his room to apologize but could not find him. She was about to leave when she heard a loud sound from the washroom followed by a distant voice, "I lost you!"

Anika was really confused. She didn't know what she had to do at the moment when she suddenly noticed a familiar cloth hanging half way down the nearby drawer. She took baby steps towards the table to find the cloth to be the kerchief her mother gifted for her birthday, her name embroidered on it.

*****

"Shivaay, are you out of your mind?! Why do you need fight with them!?" Anika shouted at the top of her voice, furious for what Shivaay did.
"Anika, calm down! If Daksh does something like this again, I'm sure I'll kill him and his stupid friends also."
Taking a pause, he spoke again flaunting his palm in the air casually, "By the way this is just a small cut."

"Dare you do this again. I will kill you!" Pulling his hand back to her, she warned him still angry to which he asked back "Are you sure?!"
"About what?!" She asked much irritated.
"That you will kill me?!" He asked again to receive a glare from her, "Why not, billuji?!"

He was about to continue but was interrupted by their best friend.
"Guys are you fighting again?" Mallika asked as she came back with a first aid box and the other two frowned at her. Without any delay, first aid was done with Shivaay half the time closing his eyes due to pain.

As Mallika left to inform their gang about the incident, Shivaay almost freaked out "Anu, your kerchief!? It is so dear to you, why did you use it on my palm? Now it's full of blood."
"Have it." saying she gave it to him when he said back instantly, "This is very precious to you. Your mom's gift!"
"Yeah, I know." Looking at her kerchief in Shivaay's hand, she spoke again "You can wash it and give it back. But there's a condition, you should only wash without anyone's help, not even Google's help." and chuckled at the end.
"Not fair and listen, it is highly impossible!" He groaned to which he heard back, "Nothing is impossible for Mr.Shivaay Singh Oberoi!"
"Don't use my own dialogue on me!" He groaned again.

*****

Everything that happened between Anika and Shivaay from the day they met after five years flashed in her mind. She felt something was wrong, something was missing from what she knew that happened.

It was already eight in the night and Anika rushed to the hospital to see her only world, her father.

"Papa! Won't you wish me?!" She asked cheerfully and heard no response. She knew she wouldn't hear any answer but she at least hoped.
"Someone is angry with me?! Sorry papa, I was stuck with work. That is the only reason I couldn't come earlier." She said not revealing where she actually worked.
"

Thanks Papa, I heard you!" Taking some time, she smiled weakly knowing he never wished verbally, and wiped off the fresh tears falling from his eyes.

Note ~

Anand Mehra, Anika's father and one of the most sincere employees of Kapoor industries. He was paralysed five years back and Anika always felt responsible for it.

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Precap ~
Sweet torture