Edited to add the link of my second OS - thank you so much for your support on this one
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4797688
Guys this is my first attempt at an OS. I am inspired by the brilliant writers in this forum and the acting by Nakul and Surbhi in the show. Please be kind and give me some feedback on how this was.
So this is the scene from the epi on 31st Jan where Shivaay goes to get his Anika back. This is more from Shivaay's perspective though I have tried to add a little bit of what Anika is thinking as well. This is my take on what is going inside his mind and how the scene should have unfolded.
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Shivaay's eyes were frantically looking for Anika as he instructed Rudra to first drive around the hospital and then the area near her old house. It struck him that she had nowhere to go. Her old home wasn't hers any more or that was what she believed. He hadn't sold it but had told her that he had to make her and Saahil stay at OM. Even back then when he had almost hated her, he couldn't take her leaving OM, leaving HIM. Now it was too late - for her. Because he had finally realized that he NEEDED her - her unique brand of goodness, wisdom, mischief and Tadi. And what SSO wanted, nay needed - he did not let slip through his fingers. So in a way he was relieved that she had no place else to go and no other option but to come back and stay with him.
They found Anika wandering around the streets near her old house. She was lost in thought and was mumbling to herself. She did not even realize when a car came and stopped beside her. It was only when Shivaay opened the door that she came out of her reverie. Shivaay looked at her and cursed the fates. She looked haggard - almost ill. Her skin looked pale and sallow. Her usually unruly hair had gone haywire and her eyes were dull and tear stained. He noticed all this as he pulled himself out of the car.
Anika started as the door of the car next to her opened. She hadn't even noticed the car coming and stopping next to her. When she saw Shivaay getting out, she was aghast. What was he doing here when he should have been resting? He had been hit by a BULLET. Was this man MAD? And when he stumbled, her heart was in her mouth as she screamed out his name. On top of it all he had the gall to spout dialogues like "Tum sambhaal leti", she thought with a mental eye roll. She glared at Rudra and scolded him for bringing his brother out of the house when he should have been recovering. Rudra pouted and told her how restless Bhaiyya had become as soon as he had woken up and realized she wasn't around. He smirked and absolved himself off all responsibility stating it was the elders to blame and not him.
All this while Shivaay was drinking her in. She was holding him and he could feel his body relaxing under her touch. The knot in his stomach and the ache in his heart eased. She was here - in front of him and she was fine. He breathed a sigh of relief. He gazed at her and accused her of putting him in this condition. He noticed how her eyes widened with shock and hurt as she gasped out his name. He asked her how she could leave him when he had specifically asked her NOT to leave. How could she not be there when he woke up? He had asked ONE thing from her - just one - don't leave me and go and she hadn't listened. She was coming back with him and he wasn't having any excuses. Din't she know he needed her? He did not know or understand why he did but he knew he needed her support, her care, her presence near him. He was SSO - he did not beg or plead. He demanded and he wasn't used to hearing a NO from anyone.
But Anika looked at him with tearful eyes and spoke about how his mom would be upset about her coming back. She did not want to come between a mother and her child. She implored him not to put her in a position like that. She requested him to put his family first. He had such a great one at that. After all who was she to him? For a relationship that already had an expiry date of 6 months why was he putting his older ones at risk?
Shivaay was becoming more and more impatient listening to her. Why are someone else's feelings more important to you than mine he questioned? He gave her an ultimatum - "Tum aa rahi ho mere saath ya nahi? " When Anika shook her head defeatedly he let go of her hand and looked down stunned. That moment all he wanted to do was yank her in the car forcibly and drive off some place where there was no one else besides them. But he couldn't do that could he. And that silly woman wasn't going to make it easy despite the fact she was miserable without him as well.
He was not going home without her so he decided that if Shivaay couldn't convince her then SSO would leave her no option. He decided to take a last gamble and straightened up to fix his eyes on her again. He whispered softly - "To tum mere saath nahi chalogi ?" Anika shivered at the ominous look and that voice sent a chill down her spine. But she still nodded her head in negative.
Rudra who was watching the whole drama unfold before him, and who had been conveniently forgotten by his bhai and bhabhi, recognized the danger signs first. He started forward and reached out to Shivaay. In a soft voice he pleaded a warning "Bhaiyya.." shaking his head simultaneously trying to dissuade his elder brother from doing whatever he was planning to do. He knew that it would not bode well for his bhabhi who was already at the end of her tether. Shivaay held out a hand, silently asking Rudra to stay out of this. This was between him and his woman.
"Ok so is this your final decision - tum nahi aaogi ? " He spoke softly as he started rolling up his sleeves. Anika stared at him in confusion and then looked on horrified as Shivaay started pulling out his bandages. He started with tearing off the one on his hand where the IV drip was attached. "Ab bhi nahi?" he asked in the same tone. Anika's eyes rounded in alarm and her she couldn't find her voice. "Theek hai" said Shivaay as he proceeded to tear the bandages around his arm where the lift support machine had been hooked on. She still looked on at what was happening as she couldn't believe her eyes. She glanced at Rudra who looked back at her beseechingly with tears in his eyes. Shivaay then proceeded to open the buttons of his kurta and started pulling on the bandages to the wound in his chest. His eyes clouded with pain but he still stared resolutely at her. She started hyperventilating when she saw fresh blood oozing out of his wound staining the bandages. She shouted "Shivaay bas karo. Kya kar rahein hai aap?" and he yelled back " Tum aa rahi ho ki nahi?" She looked into his eyes and gave up as she cried "Haan aa rahi hun. Bas karo Shivaay. Ruk jao.. " She clung to his hands removing them from his wound as he finally let go and let her tend to him. Shivaay tenderly wiped the tears that were streaming down her face and held her whispering- "Main sab theek kar dunga Anika. Bas tum mere saath rehna. Main sab theek kar dunga."
