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Hello forum waasi's!!
So I was supposed to be studying path but after that disturbing precap , just wanted to write something for getting some closure so that I can actually hit the books. So here goes my first ever OS!! Keep the chameli's coming!!
SHIVIKA OS: LOST AND FOUND!
"Fhat the wuck!!"
Shivaay Singh Oberoi was sure that he had to get a Cardiology review done for himself as his heart had just sped up and then had definitely and suddenly stopped for quite a few seconds after hearing his friend's outrageous announcement!
"You are going to do what??", he asked, no, nearly bellowed at his so called friend towards whom he was, at the moment, not exactly harbouring any sort of friendly feelings at all !
"Shhh...dont shout...I am going to propose to her!" Said Daksh, smiling that full smile of his while towering over Shivaay by more than a whole one inch! It was only because of that blasted ponytail, Shivaay thought viciously to himself!!
He was so glad that he had his mask like business face on, one perfected over the years and one that landed him on face of the Times magazine quite a few times.Otherwise his hands, now clenched in his pockets, would have landed more than a good punch on his friend's face.
He didn't even know where the anger was coming from!!
The whole week he had painfully tolerated seeing this idiot incessantly flirt with Anika and her hesitant replies and attempts to resist him. And if that wasn't bad enough, he had even dropped her home today!! And now his feelings had given way to full blown panic at his brilliant idea of proposing to Anika tonight at a dinner in The Plaza , where she had organised a small family dinner with a few close friends before Shivaay's official engagement 2 days later. This was just the last straw!!
"You can't do that!! Its too soon!!"
" Come on Shivaay, you told me herself that she doesn't believe in love and everything and is very practical. And this is just an engagement! And dont worry, even after she says yes, I dont mind her organising your wedding at all"
She will say yes?? He didn't mind??? Who the hell was this idiot to decide that for his Anika...umm..For Anika...just Anika?
His head was starting to hurt too.
Shivaay tried again. "You see Anika is very independant, she has her own career to focus on.She won't agree to be in a relationship now."
"Why not?", asked Daksh. "She is self employed right? I am sure she will be just as busy in Delhi!! And I don't mind her working after marriage!!"
"Her brother studies here" Shivaay tried again.
"Come on Shivaay, Delhi has some of the best schools in the country"
"Does she have anyone else in her life??", Daksh asked with a sly smile on his face.
"Yeh jo hamaare beech mein hain, bahut ajeeb hain..." Shivaay felt lightheaded as he recalled something he had told her once in a drug induced daze.
His phone began to ring and he automatically picked up to hear a grating "Shivaay baby" . Tia had apparently called him to enquire about his attire for the function the next day.
"I...have some work..I got to go..." his voice trailed off as he absentmindedly walked off...
"Ok wish me luck buddy," Daksh's cheerful voice called out but Shivaay didn't seem to hear!
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She looked heart stoppingly beautiful in a peach and gold Sari and he felt like he couldn't breathe every time he looked at her. Rudra kept sulking and Om kept throwing disappointed looks at him while Shivaay, ignored both and his fiancee and sipped the wine in his glass looking at the couple dancing. Daksh had pulled a very reluctant Anika after a lot of smooth talk and Anika, finally had agreed to one dance. The elegant ambience of the floor was almost fairytale like.And Shivaay was starting to think that there was something very very wrong with the wine because he was starting to feel very hot and his vision was tinged with red.
Om and Ru knew what Daksh was going to do too and tried to talk to Shivaay before the dinner but he had ignored them.
He desperately needed to hold onto something as his hands were shaking.
"What if she said yes??" "She wouldn't", another part of his mind supplied.
" And she would say no?"
"What would happen in another week when he would have to marry Tia?" His mind worked furiously.
Suddenly it stopped and he saw Daksh call out for attention and say a whole lot of nonsense which he couldn't even comprehend as he was so focussed on seeing the fascinating play of emotions on Anika's face. And when Daksh went on one knee and pulled out a ring and took her delicate hand in his , her eyes met his from across the floor and held their own, in wide, full blown panic!
And when you almost lose someone, you trully realize their value, he heard the distant memory of his own voice in his head.
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He opened his eyes suddenly and stared at the digital clock beside his bed. It was 2 am. He was sweating in spite of the AC and his heart was racing as he relived that old nightmare. His own breathing normalised while he felt his hand held by a warm breathing bundle next to him and sighed in relief.
It was just an old memory, thats all!!
He recalled that day when he had felt raw fear at the very thought of losing her .He hadn't even realised when he had shrugged off Tia's hand from his shoulder that day and walked towards Daksh and Anika as her eyes met his from across the dance floor or the fact that he had pulled her towards him in front of a whole bunch of close relatives and family.
He remembered the drama afterwards and Tia's duplicity which got exposed by her own stupidity. How Om had hugged him later and Ru had actually cried. Prinku's face had lit up like a light bulb and Dadi had blessed them. The other adults took their time to accept it ofcourse!
And then there was her !! She had taken up the maximum amount of time and effort from his side to convince!! Even more than his tiny yet hotheaded brother-in-law!! But he was , after all, Shivaay Singh Oberoi and hadn't given up!
But they had been through so much after that, secrets and revelations and fights and old Oberoi skeletons in the closet and had survived it all!!
Today, Om's engagement to the love of his life had triggered old memories, seeing his wife work again in his own house tirelessly trying to get everything perfect for her devar's engagement .
Shivaay's musings were disturbed by his wife's sound, and something similar to 'Shivaay" mumbled in her sleep and her pulling his hand closer and snuggling closer to him, sleeping almost on to his frame. He breathed in that intoxicating scent that defined his wife and smiled affectionately . Then suddenly remembering the date , whispered into the mass of unruly silky locks "Happy anniversary Mrs. Anika Singh Oberoi!"
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