Hi Everyone, My name is Noor and I just came up with this drabble due to my disappointment with Gul which stems from me being an Intersectional feminist. For once, I could really relate to Anika's character and I hate seeing Anika this way. I should be writing my essay for class, but instead I wrote some fanfic drabble for the first time. I'm sorry for it being shitty and not edited - I would love some feedback!
She stood there hugging Dadi trying to tell her that it was her, Anika. Not wanting to let go as the wedding rituals had come to an end. She was trying to find solace in hugging the woman that had given her so much love, support, and care in the past few months. She wanted to cry out as Dadi backed away from the hug, giving her her blessings
"Tum dono ki Jodi, rab humesha banaye rakhe"
She choked back a sob at those words, wanting to run away from it all. Yes she had loved Shivaay, begged him to say what he wanted to say a few hours ago, but this - this isn't what she had envisioned or what she had ever wanted for her future. This marriage - was it even right to call it a marriage?
A marriage, where he thought she drove away his Lady Baba due to her "obsession" for him. He found her there, in the room that Tia was supposed be in, with Tia's goodbye note in her hand which blamed Anika. To say that Shivaay had lost it then, would be an understatement. The fury that was unleashed on her - he took her Sahil, her anchor, her family, and blackmailed her into marrying him. It was Anika who was broken - not the furniture and dressing room that Shivaay had torn apart hours earlier. It was Anika who had been chased, blackmailed, and torn down. It was Anika who had told Shivaay that if life couldn't tear her down, then who the hell was he? And yet it was Shivaay who broke her - the same Shivaay she loved, trusted, and let into her heart.
Anika was broken, but Anika will rise. For the world, the couple had taken seven vows, but Anika had taken one - and that was to make Shivaay pay, and pay he will.