Shivika FF: Resilience, Chapter 9 Part B, 19/08 UPDATE (pg 69) - Page 4

Originally posted by: MahaSrilu

When will we get the nxt update dear

~Maha~

Author's Note: Hi, everyone! I want to thank each and every one of you for the love and appreciation for the first chapter! I wasn't expecting that kind of a response! It was so encouraging for me! I had some trouble with PMing. If you would like to be PMed for the next update, please add me as a buddy! Without further delay, here's chapter two! Hope you guys enjoy!

As Anika walked into Oberoi Mansion, she was immediately wrapped into a big bear hug by none other than Rudra. "Bhabhi! I missed you so much! How are you? How was London? Rudra and his massive biceps were giving Anika a bone crushing hug and Anika could hardly breathe.

"Rudra, I can't--can't breathe!" Anika gasped out.

"Oh right, sorry, Bhabhi." Rudra released Anika from his hug.

"It's okay, Rudra! I missed you too! I'm good and London was great! How is the cutest Oberoi brother doing?"

Shivaay eyed the Bhabhi-Dewar duo. "She think's Rudra's the cutest Oberoi brother?" He mumbled to himself.

Om was standing next to him and smirked. "Tu ne kuch bola, Shivaay?"

"Nahi toh, Om, tu ne kuch suna?" Shivaay shot back.

"Nahi," Om replied with a knowing smile. Priyanka and Soumya shared a knowing look.

Rudra, who was too focused on talking to his Bhabhi after a long separation, had not heard his two bhaiyas' side talk. "I'm not doing too well, Bhabhi," Rudra frowned.

"Kyun? What happened?"

"Bhabhi, you left us for two weeks and didn't call that often! Have you forgotten about me?" Rudra's faced dropped and he looked like he was about to start crying.

"Offo, Cry Baby Singh Oberoi, at least let Anika Didi breathe before you start your drama! She was there for her work, not a vacation. She was probably too busy," Soumya admonished Rudra, "Besides, I bet Bade Bhaiya missed Anika Didi the most out of all of us. Hai na, Bade Bhaiya?"

Five pairs of eyes looked Shivaay, waiting for his reaction. One particular pair peered at him curiously. "You know, I just realized that I have a conference call to make with the office in Dubai. I should get going. You guys carry on," and with that Shivaay made his exit before his siblings and Soumya could tease him more. Om chuckled at his brother's antics.

Rudra's s welcome of his Bhabhi had kept Anika standing at the entrance of Oberoi Mansion. "Anika, tum vaha kyun khari rahi ho? Andar aao na," Om said.

The group moved to the sitting area and sat down. "Om, where is everyone? Pinky aunty and Jhanvi aunty? Tej uncle and Shakti uncle?" Anika asked.

"Mr. Oberoi and chote papa are still at the office. Mom and chote ma have gone out to run some last-minute errands for this weekend's party. They wanted to make sure everyone's outfits for this weekend are perfect. I think they went to go pick up your gown, actually."

Anika nodded. This weekend was the reception for Shivaay receiving the Businessman of the Year Award. She was happy for Shivaay. He deserved to be honored with such a prestigious award. The entire Oberoi family and her family would be attending. She was to attend the event with Shivaay as his date. After all, that was her job, wasn't it? She was supposed to play the perfect socialite wife to the perfect businessman. It irked her to no end that this is what her life had come to. Their engagement was a deal, after all. They were providing each other with a service, something that they brought to this relationship. She tried not to let this bother her too much. She tried to forget that her purpose was to be Shivaay's arm candy, the perfect bahu for this khandan. Despite all of this, Anika had come to love the Oberoi family in the couple months she had gotten to know them. She wasn't completely dreading this marriage because that meant that she would be joining this wonderful parivaar where everyone cared immensely about each other. The Oberoi children had showered Anika with so much love and treated her like she was one of their own siblings. Jhanvi Aunty exuded the glamour and level of sophistication that Anika wished to achieve one day. She admired Pinky Aunty's sass and commitment to her husband and son. Tej Uncle reminded her of Shivaay; she saw that he had taken after his uncle in his business endeavors. She respected Shakti Uncle's quietness and reserved attitude. Dadi was her favorite member of the family. But, where did that leave Shivaay? Could she live a fulfilling life by just having his family's love?

"...Bhabhi...Bhabhi..." Rudra's called out to Anika and it snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Huh, what? Were you saying something, Rudra?"

"I was just asking if you were going to stay for dinner?"

"Ah, I guess so. Shivaay told me that Dadi and Pinky Aunty wanted to go over some wedding plans. Pinky Aunty isn't back yet, so I guess I have to wait for her. By the way, where is Dadi?"

"She's probably taking a walk around the gardens. You can go see her," Om answered for her.

Anika nodded. She told the Oberoi siblings and Soumya that she would catch up with them later. She should say her greetings to Dadi, after all. She started to make her way outside to the Oberoi Mansion grounds. She found Dadi bending down near the rose plants, attempting to move one of the pots. She rushed to aid Dadi, so she wouldn't have to pick up the heavy pot.

"Dadi, let me help you! Appko yeh karna zaroorat nahi hai. Main hoon na."

"Anika, puttar! Tu kab aayi? Billu ne tujhe aiport se uthayi?"

"Haan, Dadi. Main abhi aayi. Aap kaisi hai?"

"Main theek hoon, puttar. I'm so happy that you've visited after such a long time."

"Oh, Dadi, I'm so sorry about that. This trip to London took longer than expected..."

"Arre, koi baat nahi, puttar. Tu toh kam ke liye gaayi thi. I'm just happy that my bahu has come to see me. Come, let's drink chai in the garden and talk. We can wait for Pinky and Jhanvi together." Anika nodded and followed Dadi.

Forty-five minutes later, Jhanvi and Pinky returned from their shopping and also joined Anika and Dadi in the garden. With the wedding four months away, there was still many things to finalize. The wedding invitations had already been picked and would be getting sent out next month. Since, Anika's own firm was handling the planning, she was able to dedicate more time to it and make sure that everything was to everyone's liking. She had employees and assistants working under her so, everything would run smoothly at all of the wedding functions. An hour later, the ladies adjourned their meeting, calling it a night. Dinner would be served shortly.

"Anika, why don't you go ask Shivaay what he thinks of the color selections for the reception?" Pinky suggested to Anika, hoping that her son would finally take some interest in his upcoming nuptials.

"Pinky Aunty, I don't want to bother him. I think he has some conference call. He must be really busy." Anika panicked. She didn't want to ask Shivaay. He had barely taken an interest in their upcoming wedding so far. It was pointless to ask him for his opinion on anything. He had previously told her that she, along with the three older Oberoi ladies, had free control over the wedding preparations.

"What conference call?" Dadi asked. "Billu cleared up his afternoon and evening schedule today. Go ask him, puttar."

"Yes, Anika, go ask him. After all, it's his wedding too. He should have some hand in the wedding planning process." Jhanvi added in.

At the behest of the three ladies, Anika had no choice but to confront the Baghad Billa about details about their wedding. He probably thinks color schemes are some trivial matter. What have I gotten myself into? Anika thought to herself.

When Anika arrived in his room, she didn't find him there. She took a moment to admire the blue walls of his room and how the light bounced off the pool and into his room. It's amazing how even his bedroom is just like him and his kanji aankhein, Anika thought. Anika peered into the pool area, knowing that Shivaay would likely be sitting around the pool if he wasn't in his room. She walked in and found that her intuition had been right. However, Shivaay wasn't sitting next to the pool. He was comfortably lying on a love seat right next to the pool with his eyes closed. He appeared to be peacefully sleeping. She noticed that he was wearing one his signature kurtas that he liked to lounge in when was home. God, he looks so good when he wears his kurtas, Anika thought to herself. Anika slowly and quietly walked up to him and peered down at him. She set her file with the wedding details down on the table next to him.

"The baghad billa almost looks cute when he's sleeping peacefully like this. No, tadi baaz or anything. But, his kanji aankhein..." Anika mumbled to herself.

Shivaay abruptly opened his eyes. "You think I'm cute?"

"Aaah!" Splash!

Author's Note: The chapter is too long for me to fit into one post so, just move over to the next post in this thread to read the rest!

Author's Note: And here's the second part of chapter two!

Anika had not expected Shivaay to be awake. He had been so quiet and peaceful looking. She couldn't imagine him looking so approachable while still being awake. So, she had just assumed that he was sleeping. When he had abruptly opened his eyes upon hearing her, he had not only shocked her but...also had caused her to take a step backwards and trip over the edge of the pool and fall in!

The pool was not very deep. Although Anika did not know how to swim, she didn't have a problem with standing up straight in the pool. After all, it was only four feet deep on this end. However, she had fall in completely and now stood there, soaking wet. Shivaay sat up, gawking at Anika. They were silent for a moment but, then, Shivaay started laughing. He laughed full heartedly. Anika did not recognize this side of Shivaay. She had never seen him laugh like this. Sure, she had seen him joking around with his brothers. She knew that Rudra and Om brought that side out in him. However, he had always tried to maintain some level of composure when Anika was around. Tried, being the key word. Everyone knew that Anika and Shivaay couldn't help but bicker whenever they were around each other. Shivaay's laugh was infectious and she couldn't help but almost smile with him. Then, she realized that he wasn't laughing with her, but at her. She frowned and pouted at him.

"Billuji! That's not fair! I thought you were sleeping! You can't just go around shocking people like that. This is all your fault." Anika folded her arms over chest and looked the other way. This is so not my day, she thought.

"Okay, okay. Here, let me help you." Shivaay calmed his laughing down and extended his arm towards her.

Anika approached the edge of the pool but, then an idea came to her. When she finally took his hand, she applied force and dragged him in along with her instead of allowing him to pull her out. Splash! Shivaay came crashing into the water. This time, it was Anika's turn to laugh at Shivaay's expense. She gave a full bellied-laugh; tears nearly came out of her eyes.

However, Shivaay was not happy. He grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her. He placed another hand against her waist. "Panika!"

"Don't mess with my name," Anika pouted at him. Shivaay couldn't help but soften a little bit at her expression. She's cute when she does that, Shivaay thought. Wait, had he just thought that? Shivaay decided to file that away in his mind for later, for further research and analysis. "What are you doing here, anyway?" Shivaay finally asked.

"Oh, well, Dadi, Jhanvi Aunty and Pinky Aunty and I were finalizing some things for the wedding. And they wanted to know your opinion for the color scheme for the reception. I told them that it would be fine. I know it really doesn't matter what color we choose to you. But, they all insisted. I went to your bedroom first but, you weren't there. So, then I came here and..." Anika started mumbling. She had a tendency of doing that when she got nervous, Shivaay observed. I make her nervous, Shivaay wondered. He added that to the list of things he was going to file way in his mind for further analysis and contemplation later on.

"Shhh..." Shivaay released Anika's arm from its twist and placed his index finger against Anika's lips and silenced her. He tried to ignore how soft her lips felt even against his finger. Anika held her breath. "You talk way too much when you get nervous..."

Shivaay noticed a water drop dripping from Anika's hairline, down her face, against her jawline and then down her neck. He watched the drop of water kissing her skin, kissing her where he wanted to kiss her. He noticed that she was pressed flushed against him. He could feel her curves against his body and it felt...divine, like a puzzle piece fitting against his body. Shivaay's brain shut off. Shivaay didn't think this time. No, this was not like one of his business deals where he would consider all possibilities. He simply just did this time. He moved the hand that wasn't on her waist into her hair. He softly bent her neck, making it more accessible to him. He bent his neck down, first nuzzling Anika's neck with his nose. Anika still held the breath she had been holding all this time. And then, Shivaay pressed a slow, but firm kiss against the base of Anika's neck.

Anika gasped and released the breath she didn't know she had been holding in this entire time. She unconsciously moved her hands to rest on his chest. She closed her eyes; the kiss had been innocent enough but she felt the heat on her neck where Shivaay had kissed her. She unconsciously pressed herself against Shivaay even more.

Shivaay had not expected Anika to be so responsive to his kiss. He moved further up and pressed a second kiss against her jaw this time. Anika nearly moaned in response. She fisted his kurta in her hands in response. He could feel the warmth of her body through both of their wet clothes. Shivaay took a moment to look down at Anika. Her eyes were closed and her mouth open. He wondered what her lips would taste like, against his own lips. He bent his neck this time, ready to stake a claim on her luscious lips when...

"Bhaiya! Bhabhi! What naughty, naughty things are you two up to in the pool?" Rudra Singh Oberoi called out, breaking apart Shivaay and Anika. Anika took a step away from Shivaay while he took a step in front of her, blocking her from Rudra's sight.

"Rudra, shut up!" Shivaay chided him.

"Bhaiya, I get it. You and Bhabhi were away from each other for a while. Yeh toh hota hai. No need to get so embarrassed," Rudra replied.

"Please, just stop talking." Shivaay combed his fingers through his wet hair in frustration. He needed to salvage the situation before it got worse. He didn't want Rudra to run and tell the whole family about Anika and his...moment. "We accidentally fell in. That's all."

"Uh-huh. Sure, if you say so, Bhaiya. Rudra looked at Shivaay and Anika quizzically. He chuckled at his brother's antics. There was certainly more there than what his brother was claiming to be.

"Anyways, what are you doing here?"

"Dadi told me to call you guys down for dinner. Everyone was wondering what was taking Bhabhi so long in calling you down but, I get it. You two continue."

Before Shivaay could do more damage control and fix Rudra's misunderstanding, he rushed out, leaving Shivaay and Anika alone again. However, the moment had passed. Rudra's intrusion had been a rude awakening to the both of them.

Shivaay turned around and noticed Anika. Anika stood there awkwardly and looked away. Her face was heated and she was blushing. Shivaay wondered if she was blushing because of his kisses or because of her embarrassment caused by Rudra interrupting them. Shivaay cleared his throat. "We should get out. Everyone must be waiting for us downstairs," Shivaay said.

Anika nodded in reply. They slowly waded their way out of pool. Shivaay handed a towel to Anika. Anika nodded again in thanks. She hadn't said a word to him, yet. She was in shock. She hadn't expected him to kiss her like that. It had surprised her. However, what had surprised her even more was her reaction to his kisses. In the time that they had been engaged, they had never been physically so close before. Anika tried to dry herself but, her clothes were still wet.

"Anika?" Shivaay called out.

"Hmm?"

"You should change your clothes, maybe borrow something from Prinku."

"Hmm, yeah. Obviously, they're soaking wet."

"No, I mean they got sheer when you fell into the pool."

That pulled Anika out of her trance. She looked down and noticed that her white top had indeed become sheer when she fell in. Her purple colored demi bra with lace lining was now very, very noticeable through her top. Suddenly, it made sense why Shivaay had taken a step in front of her when Rudra had walked in. "Kya?! You knew this entire time and you didn't say anything to me? You cheapde!" She defensively crossed her arms over chest in a move to cover herself.

"No point in hiding now. I've already seen everything, darling," Shivaay smirked at her.

"Two rupee cheapde! Can you ever stop with your taadi baaz?" Anika huffed exasperatedly. She made a move to leave the pool area. She wanted to salvage herself from further embarrassment.

Shivaay remembered why Anika had originally sought him out in the first place. "Anika?"

"What now, Billuji?" She huffed out and turned around, arms still crossed over chest.

"You forgot your file. Shivaay picked up the forgotten file from the table. He opened it quickly and took a quick glance at it. "I like the second color scheme the most. Purple compliments you," Shivaay said cheekily as he handed her the file.

Anika tried not to blush at that. His reference and meaning behind it was not lost on her. She shyly took the file from him and dashed from the pool area. Dinner was going to served soon and she was dripping wet. She had to hunt down Prinku and borrow some clothes, after all. Outside, in the hallway, Anika smiled to herself as she walked towards Prinku's room. She had not expected him to take any interest in the wedding preparations. She wondered what had suddenly changed for him to give his input about the wedding. She tried not to think about their moment in the pool. It made her face blush and her neck feel hot.

Shivaay chuckled at her antics. He had discovered something new todayhe had a certain effect on Anika. He tried not to think about how she affected him in the same way.

Author's Note: And that's chapter two! I know we just got a pool scene in yesterday's episode but, I've actually had this scene planned out for a while! I guess you can take it as my interpretation of it. What did you guys think? Please hit the like button and leave me a comment! Once again, I want to thank everyone for all the love I've gotten!

Chapter Three

Originally posted by: water9786

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Loved both updates dear.👏

Rudy and Anika...

Shivaay was jealous of Rudra when Anika calls him cute

and Om teasing was really fun..

Everyone in Oberoi family is loving and thank god Pinky is good here.

In second part their pool scene was really amazing.

the way Shivaay stood in front of Anika when Rudra comes there and then sheer thing😳

Anika didn't shied from him and is open. Loved this thing dear,,

Overall both the updates are fantastic and I really loved the pool scene.

Anika is going to get everything what she wants in really or dreamt off..Love and Shivaay loves her to the power of infinity may be he doesn't show it... that is really his thing.

Waiting for the moment when Anika will realize his love.

Cannot wait to read more..

Please update soon..

Pretty Please😊

Originally posted by: bworm

Loved it.

They sure are cute.

Rudra shouldn't have intruppted...now they ate going to be teased...and may well go back yo square one. ..

Fat chance though. ..the sleeping hormones of rhe bagad billa have been roused..