A/N: Ok... Let me take a moment to thank someone who taught me to reply to every single comment, small or big. My old readers might be knowing I never replied to any comments saying I'm busy while I updated regularly. This person actually didn't tell me anything but I took her as an inspiration in this case. She's one of my readers too. I have been thinking of doing this since a long time but finally got the courage to tell it. Not telling who's it for the time being but you can guess. I'll say yes or no 🙈 those who closely observe me might know who is it :-D

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She could go on forever looking at him sleep. With a shy smile, she pulled the duvet till his neck and got down the bed when she heard his phone ringing. Rushing to it, she took it and attended the call before he could wake up hearing the ring.

“Hello” She whispered while walking out with the phone.

“Bhabhi? Why are you whispering?” Priyanka asked from the other side.

“Shivaay was sleeping in the room. Now I'm in the hall” Anika told smiling as she sat on the couch while removing the towel from her wet hair.

“Bhaiyya is sleeping? So early” Priyanka told and Anika looked at the time to see that it was just seven in the evening.

“Woh——he was tired” She stammered and Priyanka hummed.

“I called bhaiyya to tell something but it's ok. I'll call later”

“Oh——I'll ask him to call you back when he wakes up”

“Bhabhi——I'm sorry actually”

“Sorry? Why?” Anika asked surprised.

“It was my friend who called bhaiyya sometime back” To say Anika was shocked would be an understatement.

“B-but why?”

“We were all here for a friend's party. I had told them about your love story and that love after marriage was better. They wanted to hear it from bhaiyya. In that state of mind, I gave his number to them. I didn't know that you would be with him or that idiot would say she is his girlfriend. I have been guilty every since then. It's now that I got the courage to call Bhaiyya. Do you know, I haven't slept till now” At the end, her voice cracked.

Anika stayed silent for a while.

“Bhabhi I'm so sorry” She told crying.

“Prinku, nothing happened here for you to cry like this”

“But still bhabhi, I shouldn't have done that”

“Because of that, I came to know two things. One, your brother respects marriage a lot. Two, he loves me more than that. I didn't take that call or caller seriously so you don't need to be guilty” She told with a smile.

“Really?”

“Really! Now wipe those tears and smile”

“Seriously everything is fine right?”

“Everything is fine. If a girl calls like that and says some nonsense, do you think I'll doubt him?” Anika asked and Priyanka smiled relieved.

They talked for sometime and hanged the call while Anika smiled shaking her head. She got up from the couch and walked to the room before standing in front of the mirror.

Taking the vermilion, she was about to line her hairline when she saw the red spot on her neck. Smiling, she caressed it with her fingers and turned to look at the responsible person who was sleeping all innocently.

She turned back to the mirror and inspected it closely only to see another dull red mark on her collar bone.

“If I decide to count all these, I'll turn tired” She thought with a silent chuckle before taking the vermilion and lining her hair.

She looked at him once before walking to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. Standing near the coffee machine, she smiled to herself as she reminisced their moments of love in her mind.

He hugged her from behind as she was lost in thoughts, startling her in the process.

“When did you wake up?” She asked shocked and he kept his head on her shoulder while holding her arms together from front.

“When did you?” He asked sleepily.

“Sometime back. Now leave me. I want to get my coffee”

“You were saying something else few hours back. And that was definitely not to leave you” He told and she blushed.

“That's then. Now leave me” She told blushing and he shook his head.

“I won't”

“Please?”

“No”

“Please...”

“Give me a kiss. I'll leave you”

“Shivaay” She told closing her eyes with a blushy smile.

“Hmmmm” He told in a teasing voice making her blush more.

“Ok fine. But leave me first” She told and he left her.

She turned to look at him as he held her waist.

“Close your eyes” She told looking down.

“Why?” He asked as he raised her chin to make her face him. She blushed as she looked away making him chuckle.

“Are you ok now?” He asked caressing her cheek bone with his thumb and she nodded.

“Sure?” He asked and she nodded.

He kissed her forehead and she smiled as she kept her head on his chest, her safe haven.

“Today is 26th, the fifth month of our marriage starts from tomorrow. We made so much progress within one month that never happened in the first three months” She told and he sighed.

“I'm like law of inertia, until an external unbalanced force acts upon me, I'll remain in the state of motion or rest, and here the force is you” He told and she chuckled.

“You remember that?”

“That law is all I remember till now”

“What about law of action and reaction? That's my favourite”

“Woah! That was my favourite too” He told chuckling.

“What would you have done without me Shivaay? Like blind people, you would have hit somewhere and fell down if I didn't hold you still” She told and he chuckled.

“Exactly. Nowadays I'm so dependant on you” He told and she smiled.

“A small change in your smile affects me so much” He told and she raised her head to look at him.

“It shouldn't be like that. Don't love me so much” She told keeping her palm on his cheek.

“Why?”

“If something happens to me, you won't be able to hold yourself”

“What will happen to you?” He asked with a frown and she smiled.

“Just an instance. Leave that! Do you want coffee?”

Seeing his frown, she stood on her toes and bit his cheek making him shout. She chuckled and gave a kiss there before looking at his face with a smile.

“Smile” She told keeping her arms around his neck and he turned his face.

“If you bite like that, how can I smile?” He asked and she turned his face towards her holding his jaw.

“You forgot about the kiss I gave you after that?”

“Kiss? Was that a kiss?” He asked.

“I call it a kiss. Don't know what you call it” She told smiling.

“Then, one each on wherever you bit me” He told with a sheepish smile and she pushed him back chuckling.

“What? Look at your merciless doings” He told pointing at his neck and chest and she turned around with a blushy smile.

“Just because I can't roam around half naked like you're standing now, I'm not showing you whatever you did” She told and he chuckled before giving a peck on the back of her neck.

“Let me go and fresh up first. Then we'll sit and see whatever I did, properly” He told and she punched his stomach with her elbow making him laugh more.

“Cheapda kahinka” She muttered as he walked to the room humming some tune.

She touched her neck with a smile before pouring the coffee in two cups.

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“Did Prinku call?” He asked as he walked to the balcony where she was standing sipping her coffee.

“Who told you?”

“I saw in the call log” He told standing beside her.

“You were sleeping then”

“What did she tell?”

“Nothing! Just casual talks”

“Casual talks early morning in London? If she wakes up so early to talk to me, then there's something serious. You tell me or I'll check the recordings in my phone” He told and she sighed.

“There's nothing serious”

“Then why did she call?”

“If you tell you, will you get angry?”

“If there's something to get angry, I'll surely get angry” He told and she looked at him with a pout.

She explained whatever Priyanka told and he looked at her for sometime as she held her breath. He burst out laughing and she looked at him startled.

“I was almost sure it was her” He told chuckling and she breathed a sigh of relief.

“I thought you'll get angry at Prinku”

“She's my baby right. I won't get angry at her for such small things” He told and she smiled.

“When I see her next time, I'll show you what I do to her” He told with an evil smile and she looked at him with wide eyes.

He chuckled looking at her face and she smiled relieved. Pulling her closer to him, he held her shoulder and she kept her head on his chest with a serene smile playing on her lips.

••|To Be Continued|••