Omkara Singh Oberoi stood at the door of the ICU in which his brother had been , he don't know, should he go inside or not,he was mortified,he don't know why?maybe because he didn't talk to his brother? maybe he went to london leaving him alone?or maybe whenever he called he just didn't picked up his phone?or maybe he was one of the cause for his brother's condition?Or maybe-well he should stop here as he think the list will go on and on without any hindrance.he sighed , one of the most defeated one ever.

A lot of things happen in these three years and maybe he over reacted-No you didn't,his heart suggested,well he know his heart was right because from childhood he had seen his mother suffering in a marriage where there was love only from one side and that was from his mother side,he had seen his mother crying at the furthest corner of her room silently thinking that no one is seeing her,but little did she know that there was always a small boy behind the pillar keeping a keen notice on her,She always had a frame in her hand which she kept it close to her chest while crying and see the irony of the situation,it had the picture of the person who was the cause of her destruction.

Experiencing all this throughout his childhood and then coming face to face with the same thing after a long time had given a big blown to his mending heart making it broken yet once again.Both the situaions were similar,just the difference is just the names- this time it was not his dad or mom but his elder brother doing the same thing with annika.Yeah if he picks out the differences then there may be a lot of thing but the pillar to all this was same- love from one side,like her mom annika too loved shivaay but what she got in return was just pain pain and pain.

His mother become defenceless because of them,because of her childrens and so she continue ot feel the pain and when it become high itme,she find her solace in the intoxication,being drunk was the only way which make her escape the harsh and bitter relaity of her marriage and so she survived depending on that liquior,on a different note here annika was not the damsel in distress,she was a lioness and he was proud of her. why not he be?she didn't done any wrong! leaving the relation in which you want the same mutual feelings in reture but getting it's opposite is best and he totally respect her dicision. okay leaving his brother was a whole new side of it if,If he thinks like a brother but on the other side thinking like a man who had seen his mother suffer in marriage his whole life,didn't let him cross the line between his brother and annika and so he was quite-because of two reasons,one that he was trapped in a whole new unbreakable messs between his dearest brother and his best friend cum bhabhi and the second one was the images of his mother wailing her entire martial life become a hindrance and he didn't wanted annika to suffer this.

He is not telling that shivaay will be having a mistress just like his father okay scartch that Mr.oberoi but still he wouldn't be able to love her because of the naam khoon khaandan-mark it in both cases the ladies were made to be suffered one was his own mother while the other was just like his own sister and he would never want her to expirence the same thing his mother did so he never even battled an eyelid when annika was going,leaving shivaay leaving them because he knew she was right.

He know he was helpless but why was he angry?there's still a mystery to it.A mystery of his life he too don't know.he kept his head on the door,leaning with a defeated shrug,well he always sit beside the fire place at late night and think about it,but to his dismay he never got the correct answer which would make his trouble mind satisfied,the one reason which was upto the mark of acceptance welll just an inch away from the line was 'shivaay took the wrong dicsion'-this statement too had a lot of reaons why it was considered and the biggest of all was his faith on him was broken,shaken upto a level that no one can ever steady it,

Never in his wildest dream he had ever thought that his brother will force him to resemble him like Mr.Oberoi,well being a bussiness man if shivaay resembles his father he didn't bother much to it,but if he started to do this as a life partner then it was completely unacceptable from his side.He always had that pride that he will never do it,well he didn't gave a damn to this thinking ever in his life,but the cruelty of life was he was forced to believe it and it was just because of shivaay,no one was responsible for it,He thinks.after seeing this he was shaken worst badly and he wanted to escape from here,from this hell like a house so he shifted to London,he don't wanted to face shivaay,as now whenever he will see him he will see Mr.Oberoi in it so he totally threw the root cause of it,that is he left.

He know he been practical!Maybe,but what can he do? he was in a mess at that time and leaving was the only option which lingered in his head.The hatred which he had for people who doesn't respect their other half had taken a toll over his senses and he couldn't see anything beside that,he was angry , upset with shivaay why not he?if the person elder than you make a mistake than it's your duty to make them realize their mistake and so he didn't didn't picked up his calls,he know he sounds rude but what about the faith ?the faith in him which he mercilesly crushed? he never though about them,about rudra,prinku dadi everyone.No he didn;'t gave a damn so why he should be damn about him.Let him live his life without him,maybe rudra will forgive him but he would never do it.No he will not do it.

But now all the above things doesn't matter him,the only thing which matter him was Shivaay and only Shivaay! Yes those were the thoughts which he had accepted before rudra called him the night before.He felt the ground beneath himself slipped,maybe he thought that the condition in which his brother was ,had a few shares of his in it.He felt ashamed,maybe that was the last string which now totally got distached from his soul and anything but pain and disgust surrounded him.He sigh invardly at this thought,as he wasn't there with his brother all this while,the grief which stick to his heart like a bubblegum was making it hard for him to breath.

Annika did right,yes she did right and he is not at all displease or angry with her,but years of love and togetherness led to the flickering of this thought,maybe it is right,no it is not right,he was witnessing his own fight between his heart and mind and the irony of the situation was that he himself was the judge, he banged his head on the ICU door,racking his brain to stop screaming and giving warning to his heart to stop.

Seeing annika in that condition unconsious had taken a toll over him,he never thought that he will find her here like this and her last words will be of his name.He was blank he didn't know what to do so he simply scoop her in his arms and made her lay down on the back seat of his car sprinkling some water on her face to bring her back to consiouness,and it worked annika opened her eyes flickering it,she tried to make her view steady as she heard a male voice asking her if she's fine or not.as her view steady she aw the person to be Om,her heart felt an overwhelming feeling but as the events of the last few hours strike her mind she felt dizzy,she felt her eyes burning ,heart squeezing and with any second thoughts she hugged him tight and cried out loud,she felt a wave of comfortance washing her and this made her cry more harder,letting out her pain in the arms of her brother,not by blood but by soul.

She clucthed on his white crisp shirt and vailed her form shaking in his arms as she cried harder,he was not in a state to say something,the agony in her voilent wails made his heart squeeze in a much higher folds,"Annika what happened dear,please don't cry everything will be alright'he tried to comfort her but it resulted worst,he know annika loved his brother and she will continue to do it ,seeing the love of her life going away from her was a greater shock so he just tried to assure her,"I'm sorry Om,this is all because of me"she said between her sobs making om roamed his hand around her back to calm her down"No not at all annika,shivaay was the one who did this to himself not you,so please for heaven's sake don't blame yourself"Om whispered when he fel her body stop vibrating and a heavy weight on himself,he pulled back and saw her unconcious,he slapped her cheeks trying to wake her but the water sprinkling also didn't work,he panicked and lay her comfortably over there and went behind the wheels,zooming towards the lifeline hospital.

when he reached there he asked the receptionist for annika's treatment when a lady in her early's 50 came running to him"Annika Annika my dear what happened to her?"the lady asked om who looked confused but said that she fainted ,she quickly asked him to follow her and she entered her assigned cabin and asked him to lay her on the bed.all the while she was mutering"I was so scared I should call both of them that I found her"

Om sat on the chair tapping his feet patiently on the floor when the lady came."How is annika doctor?"om asked instantly"yeah she is alright just a little weakness and nothing much,she hadn't eaten anything from last night so"she just stopped when her phone ringed"excuse me"she said while om hummed."hello yes child,yes annika is with me ,she fainted but I have handled the situation you soon come with rudra"she ended the call."BTW how do you know annika?i havn't seen you with her anywhere"she asked curiously"Hmm..I'm annika's brother in law,and Iv'e been in london for a---"he was cut off by her"So you are Shivaay's second brother don't you?"she asked softly while Om nodded"How is shivaay Dr.Sinha?"om asked instantly making her give a long yet defeated sigh"see Mr.?"she started"Omkara,you can call me Om"he said in a reflex"See Om I can't say much about shivaay's condition,but you con't say it that he is totally out of danger,still there is a litle time left for him to get in conciousness and he doesn't then It can be fatal"she said in a soft tone,making him understand her words carefully as it can be worst for him to listen"I'm sorry child"she said"Shivaay is like a son to me and believe me I will do whatever I can do"seeing the truth in her eyes Om calmed a bit,he know nothing will happen to his brother.

"You don't need to say sorry Dr.Sinha and I have trust on you that my brother will be alright"she smiled with tears in his eyes,while ketki gave a small smile."Doctor can I seee shivaay?"om asked after a pause making her look at him with a apologetic face"Please doctor just for once,I havn't seen him for a long time,I wanted to ask for my forgiveness to him please for once,just a few minutes let me see him please"the raw pleading in his voice made ketki accept it for his proposal and led him to the the place where shivaay was.

Om felt a hand on his shoulder which was unfimiliar to him, he turned to lok the old lady stand before him with a soft expression"Go Om you do this"she encouraged him makiing him amused as he doesn't know how she got it what was running in his mind,she got the question and a bit"You se",She said"I had a god experience in judging people through their body gesture so it's completely easy for me but a little suprising for you"he smiled , an admired smile"But still how could you?"he whispered "see Om",she started"I have know to shivaay for quite a long times and I know what he had gone through , and seeing him I have make out that his brother were his strengths,his wife was his shield and having no one with him made him regret his dicision and now now knwoting all this you may be in grief that this all becuse of you but trust me god never does bad to his childs and maybe there must be something good in this also"Om looked confused at it,she smiled"See because of this he is getting back what he loosed so maybe it maybe good for him and I hope you want it to be good don't you?"she ended ,Om looked relieved,he doesn't know what to say to this lady who had seemed to give a whole new meaning to it,without thinking twice he hugged her tight whispering a thank you,she just ruffled his hair"Your brother needs you boy,go and bring him back"she said at last while om looked more determined at this time and with a slight nod he entered the ICU with a little relived mind.

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-Anya <3