He walked to the kitchen yawning only to see her dancing merrily, singing a song while stirring something in the pan. Standing at the door, he looked at her with wide eyes.

“Yeh ladi pagal hai pagal hai pagal hai” She sang as she turned around “Yeh ladki——” she stood there shocked with the spatula in one hand raised in air, her eyes wide.

“Pagal hai?” He asked and she smiled embarrassed.

She turned with closed eyes. Her breath hitched in her throat as he stood behind her and sliding hand across her waist without touching her, took the cup of coffee which was on the counter. She held her breath as he walked out of the kitchen sipping the coffee.

“That's mine” She told turning to him.

“You're also mine right?” He asked as he walked inside the room and her heart skipped a beat.

“What?” She whispered to herself.

She shrugged and turned to pan.

“I'm not his” She told with a frown while stirring in the pan but smiled.

“Sounds good! Shivaay ki Anika” She told with a wide smile.

“Like Shiv ki Parvati right?” He asked from behind and her eyes turned round like soccer ball in shock.

“When did you come?” She asked without turning.

“I came thirty years back”

“Haha great joke. Loved it”

“I told you to not to step down the bed right?” He asked with a frown and she pouted.

“I was hungry and you were sleeping” She told making her best possible puppy eyes and he looked at her with arms crossed across his chest.

“I had the tablets before food also. Happy?” She asked and he smiled before raising her off her feet and making her sit on the counter.

“Sit here and tell me what to do. I'll do” He told and she sighed.

“Do I have any other option?”

“No” He told as he took the spatula from her.

“Ok then add that potato in it” She told and he nodded before putting the potato in it.

“Are you sure this won't blast? I have doubts” He told and she burst out laughing looking at his face.

“Keep stirring” She told and he did standing 10 cm away from the pan.

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“Here you go” He told serving whatever he made in a plate.

“Should I call ambulance for safety?”

“I did whatever you told. Now anything happens to you is completely upon you. I have nothing to do with it” He told and she chuckled.

“This is just the Alu masala. Now who will make the puri?”

“Me?” He asked horrified and she nodded.

“You told you'll do everything right? Do this also” She told.

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“What shape is this?” She asked chuckling seeing the irregular shape and he shrugged.

“This is called Shivaay's circle. You got the name right? Now keep quiet. Let me somehow do this” He told as he looked at it from all the angles.

“If you allow me, I'll do one and show you” She told carefully and he contemplated for a while before nodding.

She got down the counter excited and he moved to the side for her to stand.

She did it quickly with a smile and he looked at it as he snapped.

“Simple! Move. I'll do” He told and she moved to the side with as shrug.

However he did, he couldn't get the round shape. She was chuckling all the while and finally he got angry.

“Why is this so stubborn?” He asked angrily as he threw the roller away and she looked at him startled, her smile lost somewhere.

“Ani——” He turned to look at her only to see her standing without any expression on his face.

“What happened?” He asked raising his eyebrows and she shook her head quickly.

“Nothing” She told quietly as she looked down. He raised her chin with his fingers only to see her eyes lined with tears.

“If you want to make this, you can do. I won't say anything. Don't cry for that. Please?” He told and she looked at him without blinking her eyes.

She chuckled all of a sudden and he smiled before holding her close to him while wrapping his hands around her back.

“Are you scared of me?” He asked softly and she nodded but shook her head.

“Not you. I'm scared of your temper” She told holding his shirt in her fist.

“I didn't get angry on you. I got angry on that stupid thing”

“I'm still scared” She told biting her lower lip.

“What should I do to vanish that fear from your mind?” He asked.

“I don't want to vanish it you know. People should be scared of something in the world otherwise we won't be humans right? Sometimes you get angry on me. I will need it otherwise I'll get spoilt if you're so lenient with me” She told and he couldn't help but chuckle.

“So that's solved. Why did you cry now?”

“I did not cry. Tears came in my eyes”

“That's what we call crying in basic language. Now do you have a medical term for that too?”

“Lacrimation” She told with a sheepish smile.

“Why did you do Lacrimation a few seconds back ma chérie?” He asked and she parted from the hug to look at him.

“Ma Chérie?” She asked confused.

“Scientific name of Anika” He told tongue in cheek and she shrugged.

“When you shouted, I slightly remembered about last time. Slightly. You don't need to feel guilty about it. Just slightly” She told pressing her index and thumb together too tight to show slightly.

“Slightly? Let's revive it once again and you'll remember it clearly” He told and cleared his throat.

“Ok let's do it but close your eyes”

“why?”

“Do as I say! Close your eyes” She told and he did confused.

“Open”

She was standing right in front of him, checking the sharpness of the knife with a smirk. He looked on surprised as she kept the knife towards his neck and raised one eyebrow at him while he smiled looking at her.

“Get scared! I'm trying to scare you” She told looking at him with with a glare and he chuckled.

He pouted his lips down and made a scared expression which was cute and emotional at the same time.

“Anika please don't kill me. I'm the only son of my parents and they have so many dreams about me. Their dreams have the height of qutub minar and here I haven't even reached the stairs of Qutub Minar. Don't kill me so early Anika. Please” He told melodramatically and she burst out laughing listening to that.

“I have a wife who promised to teach me cooking but I haven't even learnt to chop tomatoes properly. If you kill me, whom will she teach to chop tomatoes?” He continued and she couldn't help but laugh.

“I don't want to die a virgin” He told in a crying tone but soon realised what he told and looked at her who stopped laughing.

••|To Be Continued|••

A/N: Well.... Sorry for late update :-(