He sat by the pool thinking of her. It had been two days, but still felt as if it was just a few hours back that he was crying in her arms. Despite everything she was there by him. He felt guilty for saying those words to her. Oh,how bad she would have felt? If he felt so miserable and mad at himself, he couldn't imagine how she would have felt. Yet, she came that day- for him. She hugged him when she would have craved to hit him hard. She treated his pain when she could have, expressed her pain. She stood by him delicately holding him when he needed her, where she could have walked away leaving him on his own. She had always been there- for him! But why did she disappear suddenly that day?

She din't respond to calls, he tried the office as well. He had also visited her apratment and office but hadn't been able to meet her at both places. A part of him was still upset with her for not telling him the truth and taking all that he said. Mad woman! But that only told him how much the woman loved him! A smile crept up his face. He was indeed lucky, to have her as a part of his life. More lucky, because she loved him. He knew she did.

Khanna came by and brought him out of his maze of thoughts. He handed him a pendrive. "Sab iss mein hai, Sir!" he informed and left. Shivaay smiled and hurried inside to his room and played the contents of the pendrive on his huge fifty inch wall tv.He sat on the bed grabbing a cushion. The pendrive had all the images and videos that Rudra had uploaded on his various social media accounts and those that Khanna had secretly recorded. Thanks to Khanna's habit of videographing moments he liked, that Shivaay could see those priceless Obro moments he would never have the chance of living again.

Hugging the cushion he smiled like a kid watching a fascinating fairytale. Laughed with tears in his eyes. But, one video made him sit still. The brothers were chatting by the pool, in a joyous atmosphere when Khanna had shot it.

Video:

Rudra whined sitting between Shivaay and Om. "Kaise bhai ho? Mera break-up ho gaya aur aap dono has rahe ho!"

"Arre, hum teri aazadi celebrate kar rahe hain" Om high-fived Shivaay, who couldn't control his laughter as well. As ususal Rudra's timing had gone bad and two of his girlfriends had ended up at home at the same time. As a predictable consequence both had very expressively chided their younger brother and stormed out of the mansion. Leaving the Oberois laughing except one of course.

"Aap kya jaano jab dil tut taa hai, toh kaisa lagta hai!" Rudra tried to get into the Devdas mode.

Om put his hand around Rudra pulling him close, "Mere bhai! Jab dil tuta hai naa, Toh naa hi alfaaz jubaan se nikalte hain naahi aah. Dard dil mein chup kar reh jata hai!"

Shivaay smiled at his thoughtful brother. " Om...tu...naa..."

"What?" Om flicked his hair looking at Shivaay.

"Dil, doesn't exist, its an organ, pumps blood that's it! " Shivaay said.

"Jab Pyaar hoga naa Shivaay tab samaj aayega tujhe, jab dhadkan ek dum se tez ho jaayegi usse dekh kar, jab dil tham jaayega usse dard ke sheher ke aas-paas dehk kar, Jab ..."

"Om. Om. Mere bhai pyaar ek illusion hai. Strong minds do not fall into illusion. Main iss 'Pyaar' ke chakar mein naa nahi padne waala!"

Rudra twitched his brow, "Bhaiya, pyaar deal nahi, jo Mr.Shivaay Singh Oberoi ne kaha not interested toh nahi hoga."

"Exactly" Om added excitedly. "Pyaar ke bina zindagi adhoori hai. Aur you know Shivaay, main dua karoonga, ki Isgq jaisa haseen sitam tere saath hoye, aur aise hoye ki tujhe Ishqbaaz bana chode."

"O, Bhaiya ko pyaar hoga bhi naa, toh yeh usse attitude dhikaayenge. Business rules sikhaayenge. " Rudra made fun laughing. Om and Shivaay laughed.

"It's never happening guys!" Shivaay shook his head at the stupid talks, as he called them.

"it will Shivaay! Aur tujhe bhi yakeen hoga...

Ishq pe hoga yakeen, Ishq ho jaane ke baad!" Om smiled at Shivaay, his eyes glowing with a mysterious glint. Which Shivaay only understood now.

Shivaay sat up keeping the cushion beside. He placed his hand on his chest. yes, everytime he was close to Anika his heart hammered crazily, like it was now.

Slowly a smile grew on his face. He almost ran after giving himself a quick glimpsein the mirror.

"Billu?" Daadi looked at him astounded."Aise bhaage bhaage kahan jaa raha hai?" Her eyes expressed how stupefied she was.

He gently held Daadi's shoulders, "Anika ke paas!" he smiled.

"iss waqt?" Daadi opened her mouth clearly shocked.

"Kabhi Kabhi sahi waqt, waqt kaa intezaar nahi karta! Aap hi kehti hain naa Daadi!"

Daadi din't take time to read those eyes. Her Billu had finally been affected by the syndrome of love. She kissed his forehead and let him go. He had finally learnt to run for himself for once.

In the wildest of thoughts and dreams, never had Shivaay Singh Oberoi thought he would be doing this. But she din't leave him with an option. He had tried the hook way and she rejected him on face, so now he wold try the crook way. "But all is fair in love!" what? Was that from his head? he wondered. "Focus" he commanded himself. If he slipped a little, he would be down with million pieces of broken bones if not dead. What was she making him do!

He couldn't believe, just to talk to her he was walking in the corridors of the apartment like a robber and now stealthily climbing a pipe that was near her room's window. He could have of course tried ringing the bell there was a lot of chance she would respond to the door. But, then he was Mr.SSO and SSO had his ways just as she said. To add he was madly in love, and perhaps the madness had got the better of him. But,Oh, he would have climbed the Mount Everes for her what was this in front of that. He chuckled at his thoughts. Love indeed was a madneess. Madness that had got the better of him now. He speculated how she would react? It was one of those movies he had seen with her, during dinner times that had given him this idea. Though he clearly din't rememeber the name.

Luckily enough her window was open. He slowly pushed opened the window wide. He placed his feet in first and then finally landed safely and quietly in her room. Woah! That is how Ethan Hunt would have after breaking-in in Mission Impossible!

He ran his hand on his chest and stomach, all seemed fine there. He took a deep breath and diverted his attention to the room. She wasn't there. She must be in the living room he conjectured. He sat on the window sill and looked sideways down. Not bad. Another achievement added to his never ending list of achievements.

He took in a deep breath. Minutes later she enterd the room with a water jar in hand. Was he invisible? Or had he dies and was it his soul here or something. He quickly glanced down the window, there was no body there. Wait, why was he thiking like her. Perhaps, just tensed. He hadn't done stupidity before neither had he loved. Maybe she just hadn't taken note. It was Anika of course. But now she stood frozen standing by the side table facing the wall. He walked up to her. Before he could address her she turned and screamed with a knife in her hand. He freaked out and screamed as well. Listening to his scream she screamed louder."Ahhh"

He quickly covered her mouth with one hand and held her hand with the knife by other.

"paagal ho kya?" he asked as she looked at him with wide eyes.She tried saying something but he could figure out nothing. "What?"She rolled her eyes in frustration and smacked her forhead mentally. She indicated him to get his hand off.

He realised and slowly took his hand off and sniggered."First take this knife away! Aise kon kisi ka welcome karta hai?" he left her other hand also.

"Haa..." she breathed out. "aap..yahan...iss waqt...kaise...kyun..kab..?" she threw out the words one by one in her confused head.

"Just now, climbed up the window." he said excitedly pointing to the window.

She blinked unsure. Was she dreaming? How could Mr. Tadibaaaz climb up and enter through window!? more importantly why?"What?" he shrugged when she kept dancing her eyes around thinking.

"Why are you here?" absentmindedly she raised the knife. He immediately took two steps back. That's when he noted she was dressed in shorts and a long tee with mega sleeves. Looking extremely adorable, with her locks over her shoulder.She felt color rise up her sheeks as she saw him look at her head to toe. She had never wore shorts when he was around for obvious reasons and now felt too exposed to him.

"To talk to you!" he spoke looking into her eyes, and stepped forward.

"Aise chor ki tarah?"

"Ab tum mere phone calls nahi uthaogi, mujh se milogi nahi, toh ye hi karna padega."

"Kya baat karni hai aapko?" she placed the knife on the table and sstood against the table folding her arms. She looked anywhere but into his eyes. Those things pulled her in and she was not going to go back into them.

"Maafi maangne!" he stepped forward, trying to catch hold of her eyes in a lock. " I m very sorry Anika, I have been an idiot!"

"Nothing new!" she said simply looking at the window.

"Can you look at me when I m talking?" his tone was clearly frustrated.

"Waah. Toh ab maafi maangne mein bhi tadi!" she said quickly looking at him and then turning her gaze away.

He took in a deep breath. It was her time to show all the attitue and he would have to swim through it, to get to her heart on the other end. She should also know he was a champion at swimming as well!

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