Anandi was supremely surprised by seeing her Shiv smiling at her ever so lovinglyđł. "how is he here..wasn't he supposed to come in the evening" she thought.
As her surprised glance was replaced by confused and then an undeniably most satisfying smile ,Shiv answered her unasked question "how did you like my surprise?" To say that Ansndi was happy would be father of an understatementđ âŚshe was thrilled..thrilled to see her Shiv in front of her..She at once felt like going towards him and hugging him with all her might and she was about to do that when a little noise brought her back from her dreamland and she realized where they were..At this moment she so wished that the world would disappear and it would be just she and her Shiv togetherđł, It felt like it was an eternity that they were away... Shiv's feelings echoed hers. Seeing Anandi looking at him with so much adoration made him feel so pulled towards her and he felt an uncontrollable urge to crush her in his arms. Alas he could not and he was surprised to see the same disappointment in her eyes. Before more words could be exchanged , others joined them and the Basant Panchmi celebration began again.
In between the program Anandi and Shiv both kept stealing glances of each-other. During the entire procession they were just wishing for it to get over immediately because it was painful to be so near and yet so far.. they could not wait any longer to be with one-another..it was TORTURE!
Others might have missed it but not Chotima who could see her children longing to be alone together. As the program finished Shekhars headed towards home immediately on Chotima's insistenceđ..The ride back home was full of at teasing by Chotima and Saanchi and blushing by Anandi and Shivâşď¸. The ever lovely Chotima asked Shiv suddenly to stop the car and asked him to drop her and Saanchi there as they wanted to go to Mandir ..Shiv was more than eager to be alone with Anandi and the happiness could be seen at his face. Anandi who was as eager as him till now to be alone got all nervous and kept fidgeting her pallu, avoiding even an eye-contact with her collector sahbđ!.. Shiv could read her nervousness and wondered what made her so blushy and nervous suddenlyđ. They reached Circuit house in no time with their minds being absorbed with different thoughts..They both walked mindlessly inside the house and finally faced each-other at the same time gathering some courage to break the silence.đ˛
They looked at each-other and the world frozeâ¤ď¸..It seemed they were away for years..like any more minute of separation and they would not be able to live..Staring at each-other for 10 seconds and they could hold no longer and hugged each-other at the same time with the same emotions in their hearts!..Hugging each-other ever so tightly and not leaving even an inch of space for air to pass, they expressed how they had missed each-other and how unbearable and torturous it was! Feeling like never letting the other go, they finally broke apart for the desire to look at the other's face overpowered the one wanting to never let go.. Still holding hands, they looked at each-other's face to see deep love reflecting in the other's eyes as if it became difficult to distinguish if it was the reflection of one's love for the other or if it was their own love which was being reflected back as a reflection like one's face in a mirror. No words were needed to express anything anymore. As if their actions were acting on their own accord, their lips moved towards each-other when suddenly a cough from someone broke their precious moment. That is when they realized that Ira,Dadu and Alok were all along there waiting for them but they being so lost in each-other,did not notice any of it until intentionally being disturbed by Dadu. Cheeks as red as tomatoes they both ran in different directions.âşď¸đłđ