"Shhh! Don't get panic."

"I am here with you."Likitha just hugged Karthik, listening to his soothing voice.

He is so surprised to see that she doesn't want to open her eyes any soon. It's cute actually.

He smiled at her cute antics and took the opportunity to kiss her forehead asking her to open her eyes.

She loves these forehead kisses and he never leaves a single opportunity to steal a kiss.

"Open your eyes, Sona, I am here with you." He spoke slowly, hugging her comfortably under the rain.

"Let's get inside, We have drenched enough." He said reluctantly, He does want to release her from his hug any soon.

She chuckled listening to his words.

Finally, She dared to open her eyes and look at him.

Everything looked so fine, in his presence.

It's raining cats and dogs, All the roads connecting to her office present in the city outskirts got blocked and she forgot to keep her mobile charged.

She tried to call her brother and father but no use.

Parking her bike under a tree, She spent almost half an hour waiting for a cab.

To her surprise, Karthik appeared from nowhere.

This is the moment she fell for him again.

Won't he get wax? Won't he feel bored to surprise her?

She smiled at the thought.

Sometimes she feels exhausted with her own self, her reluctance.

Don't know why she is not cautious most of the times? This nature of her always pushes her into some kind of dangers.

She always blames her father for it, He being an overprotective father never allows her to face challenges alone.

Basically, He can't see his daughter working hard.

It literally makes her panic.

It makes her feel suffocated.

"Get into the car,"

"Then you can hug as much as you want." He said winking and chuckling.

It didn't take much time for him to pull her into his car.

She didn't say a single thing but walked behind him trusting completely.

She is smiling at him madly.

This naughty side of him is giving her good vibes about her future.

She has already fallen for him and kept struggling with her own feelings, now she doesn't need to hide them any more.

This guy always surprises her and they truly make her feels so special.

She loves the feeling.

It was so hard for her to stop hugging him last time.

She thought he will show some kind of Sympathy and try to win her heart like any other and to be frank, She hated it from her heart but glad he didn't do it till now.

Such a great feeling.

He always tried to show her, her true worth but never sympathised her situation.

He tries to make her forget her past but never tried to bury it, unlike others.

This is what she loves about this guy.

No one dared to talk about her past in front of her, Everyone treated her like a porcelain doll, Why?

Doesn't she deserve a chance to share her pain?

It was so tough for her to bear it all alone, for six long years.

It doesn't mean how much they love her?it does matter how much they tried to share her pain sometimes.

Sorry, but she has the same complaint with her dad too.

Maybe he felt it will be inappropriate to question her about it but she needed someone trustworthy to share her pain.

He is driving to her house and the whole drive is complete silence.

She is stealing glances at him meanwhile and he is enjoying it.

It has been a week since they talked, She left him quietly sharing a big warm hug without a single word.

He got worried and confused with her feelings but as time passed he felt happy.

To his surprise, She called him the next day and talked to him about her past. She told him how she suffered all these six years.

She literally cried saying him, her struggle.

Now he knows what exactly she wanted, She wanted a friend to share her feelings.

She lived all this life in the fear of being judged and he feels it's high for him to drag her out of that false cocoon she built.

Finally, they reached her house in another half an hour.

"Karthik" She spoke slowly getting out from the car.

They both are standing on the road in front of their house.

"I don't know what to say?"

"But Thank you, Karthik."

She stood in front of him nervously smiling a bit.

"No need to thank me Sona, It's my responsibility."

"But this time keep your phone charged and be cautious." He gently warned her.

She nodded and smiled agreeing.

"I am like this from the beginning Karthik, messy!"She took a deep breath.

"You still want to marry me? I wonder why?" She asked him out of blue.

She needs assurance, She knows he loves her and ready to do anything for her but it alone won't going to help him.

He should have a lot of patience to deal with her.

He is quite surprised to listen to those words from her.

A smile danced on his lips, She is thinking about this relationship.

"Yes!"

"For me, you are always Special"

"I love you Sona, Why can't you understand?"He heaved a sigh.

They both ran out of words and stood in silence looking at each other.

A few minutes passed and none of them is ready to move.

They feel like a part of them is moving away, drifting apart.

They heard a horn and they turned to see a car standing in front of them.

It broke their chain of thoughts and the bright light blurred Likitha's vision for a second and she quickly covered her face partially with one of her hand.

To be continued.