Anika walked towards her room she needed to get some clothes for the night. As she walked lost in thoughts along the pool she was swiftly yanked and thrown into the pool.
She emerged coughing and saw Shivay too dripping wet beside her. Anika stared at him wide eyed. He pulled her towards him, anger and hurt blazing in his hazels. Anika simply blinked her eyes not able decipher the happenings.She felt dizzy as she hadn't eaten anything from the morning. He yanked tighter towards himself.
"What do you want Shivaay? an apology? I'm sorry Shivaay I'm sorry for being such a fool" she cried bitterly.
His heart ached to see her so broken. He felt like a weight had fallen over his chest. Anika had gone unconscious and limp on his shoulders due to mental and physical exhaustion.
He felt guilty seeing her condition he scooped her up in his arms and carried her to their room.
"Anika, please open your eyes, Anika I'm sorry, please" he called out worried sick.
Gauri ran to Om's room and narrated the entire pool fiasco. Which made Jhanvi, Rudra and Om rush to Shivaay's room alongside Gauri.
"Shivaay, please go outside, Anika will be fine. I'll take care of her" Jhanvi ordered her voice strict and laced with anger.
"BadiMa I.."
"Shivaay abhi bahar ja" Om's loud warn made him speechless.
The boys stood beside Shivaay outside his room while Jhanvi and Gauri changed Anika's wet clothes. Jhanvi left the room as Dadi was calling her leaving Anika in Gauri's care. She prepared some tomato soup for her and was about to feed Anika who was awake by then. But she happened to see a new side of her baade bhaiya as he made a puppy face pleading her to let him sit beside his wife. Although Om was against the idea Gauri convinced him to leave the couple alone to sort their issues themselves.
Anika drank the soup in silence not sparing a glance on the troubled man who had all his eyes on her. Dry tears were still visible on her cheeks she looked pale and worked up. He didn't know when the emotions he was holding back brimmed over as tears.
Anika saw them, she felt bad for him. She felt that she should not have had fought with him after all that he would have to take in the coming days. She reached her hand out to wipe his tears but he held her hand and kissed on it. Anika felt as if there was a snowfall in her chest as his lips touched her skin. Shivaay took her in his arms her head resting on his chest.
"Go to sleep Anika" he said softly yet firmly.
Snuggling close to him she soon fell asleep in his arms while he kept staring at her sleeping figure for a very long time.