Hey guys….. I am a silent reader in this page and the following os is not my innovation… I have read it somewhere and it was very good so thought to present it to you guys also…. The credit goes to it’s author… Njoy reading ??Backround-This is before the whole marriage fiasco.Tia’s truth has been revealed by Annika and OmRu,so Shivaay is single.Annika now works in the Oberoi Mansion as Jhanvi’s PA)
It seemed like a normal Saturday afternoon at the OM,with everyone busy with their respective works.Dadi was sitting in the living room,thinking about her late beloved husband with a smile on her lips.Pinky, on the other hand, was sitting beside Dadi with a gloomy look, clearly worrying about her son’s future, which for the past 3 years she had thought of as being perfectly set with Tia.The said son was pacing the halls with his phone to his ear, attending call after call and shouting at every caller about a deal gone wrong.
In the midst of it all, there were two people standing at the corner and observing Shivaay’s every move.
“Im telling you,O.Its the only way we can find out about this.”
“And I still don’t think we should go through someone’s private belongings like that.Maybe if we just asked him…”
Rudra turned to Om with an annoyed expression.
“Yeah,let’s just go up to bhaiya and ask-Bhaiya.we think you’re in love with someone.We have an idea on who it might be,but we wanted to hear it from you.So,tell us?’I’m sure he will confess about his undying love to us then.”,came Rudra’s sarcastic reply,with a roll of his eyes.
Om sighed.He agreed that his brother had a point-Shivaay would NEVER come right out and accept his feelings.But Rudra’s idea of stealing Shivaay’s phone to look for clues about his ladylove’ seemed unethical to him.
Oh well’,Om sighed again. Maybe it is for the best’,he thought.
“So supposing that I do agree to your plan,how do you suppose we’ll steal his phone?He never lets go of it,does he?” he asked Rudra.
Rudra,however,gave a devillious smile.
“I can only think of one person,O, who can distract bhaiya long enough for us to get our hands on his phone.”, he winked, and understanding who he meant,Om’s face broke into a smile too.
—–
“…and I think blue will suit the walls of the showroom more than green,so make sure you talk to painters and have it changed before they start working.”
Jhanvi Oberoi was currently giving numerous orders to Annika regarding the new jewellery showroom she was opening, and Annika, like the dedicated PA she was, was jotting it all down fervently. Although she had been working under Jhanvi for only 2 weeks now, they had formed a really strong bond, with Jhanvi being the perfect boss Annika could have asked for,and Annika being exactly the kind of PA Jhanvi had wanted-responsible,mature, but with a charm that won the heart of her clients.
“I was thinking that too,Jhanvi aunty.Infact, I have selected a few shades of blue that you can choose from.Here,I’ll show you.” She took out a folder from her bag, and passed it to Jhanvi, who smiled at the girl’s uncannily perfect knowledge of her tastes and preferences.
So it was while they were both hooded over the folder,engrossed in discussing colours and their surprisingly similar taste in them, that Om and Rudra walked in.
“Sorry mom,but we need to borrow Annika didi for a while.It’s important”, Rudra said casually.
Jhanvi raised an eyebrow.”And what makes you think k that you can just borrow’ my assistant for a while,that too on working hours?”
It was Om who replied. “No seriously mom,we just need Annika for a bit for something extremely important.It’s not just Dumbell Oberoi here wanting to chat her up about his new found girlfriends.”
Rudra scowled at that, but nodded nonetheless.
“Okay fine,”Jhanvi sighed. “But make sure she’s back soon.” It was impossible for Jhanvi to deny them,seeing how she adored Annika,and loved the bond the girl shared with her sons.
—–
“What is it that is so important?” Annika asked when they reached Om’s room. “I swear,Rudra,if you want to rant on again about how annoying you think Somu is, I will pull your ears so tight…”
“No Annika,”Om said. “As I said, this is important , and not about this Duffer’s love life.”
“But it IS about someones’ love life” Rudra added with a mischievous smirk.
“Really?”Annika asked,surprised. “Why didn’t you tell me,Om?I thought we were friends!Okay now tell me,what’s her name?Where did you meet her?When will you-”
She was abruptly stopped when Rudra firmly placed his hand over her mouth.
“Will you hear us out didi?It’s not about O’s non existent love life either.It’s about Shivaay bhaiya!”
Annika rolled her eyes, and moved away Rudra’s hand from her mouth.
“I cant believe you two dragged me away from work just to talk about that stupid Baggad Billa.I’m leaving.”
Just as she was about to leave,Rudra shouted out-
“We think Shivaay bhaiya is in love!”
Annika turned around,her wide eyes and open mouth the definition of surprise.
“WHAT?!”
———-
“Wh-what do you mean Billuji is in love with someone?”Annika managed to stutter out after getting over her initial shock. “You are talking about Billuji,right?It’s not some other Shivaay is it?”
“Nope”, Om said, popping out the P. “We are talking about the one and only Shivaay Singh Oberoi.I know it’s a shock to you, but trust me, we were just as surprised as you when we observed in Shivaay all those behaviors that only a person in love can exhibit.This reminds me of a shaeri I wrote a couple of days back about falling in love.It goes like-”
“Leave it,O” Rudra hastily interrupted Om,realizing that the far-away look his eyes brother’s eyes had suddenly acquired could only lead to 10 dreadful minutes of indecipherable shaeri. “let’s just fill Annika didi on these behaviours’ shall we?She’ll believe us then.”
“Yeah,okay, go on.”Om muttered sulkily.
Rudra cleared his throat.
“Okay so number 1- Shivaay bhaiya keeps singing romantic Bollywood songs that we never even knew he had heard!”
Annika snorted. “I refuse to believe that.Billuji and romantic?Even putting them in a sentence together gives me all sorts of michmichis.”
“Aha!I knew you wouldn’t believe me.But fikar not, Agent Rudy here has 100% legit evidence.”
Saying that, Rudra took out his phone, and started a video clip he had recorded just two days ago.In the video, Shivaay was in the kitchen in his nightwear, making one of his many foreign recipes. Everything seemed normal, other than the fact that he was smiling, and clearly singing a song.And not just any song, but…
“Kabhi jo badal badal barse
Main dekhu tujhe aankhein bharke…”
“And let me tell you,” Om said, breaking Annika out of her reverie , “that it was raining quite heavily the night we recorded this.”
“Wow”, Annika breathed out,not believing her eyes or ears or anything else. “This just seems so..unreal.”
“And this is not even the start of it,didi!” Rudra said. “Just yesterday, bhaiya was staring at his phone for 10 minutes non-stop! Not even typing or reading or anything,but just staring and smiling!”
“And which is why,” Om continued, “we think that the answer to all our questions about this mysterious girl,will be found on his phone.So we need your help to, uh, get our hands on his phone.”
“What do you want me to do?” Annika asked, still in a daze.
—–
“You ready,Annika?”
The three of them were currently peeking at Shivaay from behind a pillar in the hall.
“Remember the plan?Just bump into him, make sure he drops his phone, and keep him talking long enough for us to take it.” Om whispered.
“But won’t he be looking for his phone after you take it away?” Annika asked.
“Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ve already asked Dadi to call bhaiyaa to her and keep him talking while we investigate.” Rudra said proudly.
“What?!Dadi is in on this too?”Annika almost shouted.
Om and Rudra quickly shushed her.
“Yes,yes,she is.Infact, she’s the one who first noticed the sudden skip in bhaiyaa’s steps and the random smiles he started giving to himself.Now enough with the questions-GO!”
Rudra more or less pushed Annika into the hall.
Heart beating fast,Annika tried to motivate herself by chanting You can do this’ over and over again,while walking towards Shivaay , who was currently furiously typing on his phone.
Annika cautiously approached Shivaay, but before she could somehow bump into him, he had already turned towards her.
“Damn him and his weird sensing abilities,”Annika muttered to herself.
“Annika..Hi.Um,I thought you were with Badi Ma right now.Do you need help with something?I could totally help you right now,I’m not busy or anything. Not really…”Shivaay trailed off awkwardly.
“What is wrong with him,” Annika thought. “Why is he acting so..un-SSO ish?Maybe he is in love.Hmm,I’ve heard that people do lose their heads when in love.But my billuji too?Wait-what?He’s NOT your Billuji Annika.Maybe it’s YOU who has lost her head”.
“You okay,Annika?You seem lost.”Shivaay asked gently.
“Yeah,I’m okay.” Annika replied, while thinking of how to make him drop his phone.She could see Om and Rudra from the corner of her eyes,signalling her to just get on with it already.
“Actually Billuji, I wanted to ask..”Saying that,she advanced towards Shivaay,and thankfully managed to trip on her own feet and land straight in his arms.Shivaay hastily dropped his phone and wrapped his arms around her waist,pulling her closer.
And so it was while they were staring into each other’s eyes and having an O Jaana moment, that OmRu stealthily walked in and ran away with his phone.
“Um,Billuji?”Annika said awkwardly ,once she was sure Om and Rudra were out of Shivaay’ sight. “You can let me go now,thanks”
Shivaay quickly let go of her.
“Yeah um,don’t worry about it.And take care of yourself.You seem to have a habit of attracting trouble all the time.”
“What do you-” Annika started,but shut up when she heard Dadi call for Shivaay.According to the plan,Om and Rudra would now be in Om’s room.Not wanting to miss out on the great revelation,Annika just huffed at Shivaay, and walked off.
———-
“Did you find out yet?”Annika asked as soon as she walked into Om’s room.
“No,we were just waiting for you.Good job out there,by the way.” Om said.
“Thankyou thankyou.”Annika blushed. “Now hurry up and see the damned phone,Rudra.I need to get back to work.”
“Patience,didi.We’ll see it right now.” Rudra happily took out the phone from his pocket,only to be gravely disappointed the very next second.
“It’s locked!” He cried out.
“What?But that’s weird-Shivaay never locks his phone.He never needs to,seeing how he has it with him 24/7.”
“Oh God,” Annika cried out dramatically. “So much mehenat for nothing?”
“Don’t worry,didi,Agent Rudy here will figure out bhaiyaa’s password.Now let’s see,since Shivaay bhaiya doesn’t watch TV shows or movies,so he can’t keep the name of his favorite character as password like normal people would.So it has to be a family member.And as you all you know,I am his most favourite person in the world.”Rudra smugly proceeded to type his name,only to be disappointed again when it said password incorrect.
“What utter nonsense!I swear,if bhaiyaa has O’s name as his password instead of mine,I will never speak with him ever again.”
As it was,it wasn’t , to Rudra’s relief, Om’s name either.
“Aaargh,”Annika cried out in frustation. “This is ridiculous.Rudra,try priyanka and Dadi and everyone else’s names too.”
“On it,” Rudra said, already typing away.But 10 minutes later,after having tried each of the family members’ names and having to pause for 5 minutes for getting the password wrong multiple times, the three were no closer to unlocking it.
“Okay,now I’m going to try one last name and if this doesn’t work, I will go to the hall and throw bhaiya’s phone in his face.”
“But who’s name are you going to try?” asked Om.
“Why,Annika didi’s,ofcourse.Just for good measure.” Rudra answered with a shrug.”
“What nonsense,Rudra.Why would you try my name?What makes you think that that stupid baggad billa would-”
She was stopped short, however.Because just as Rudra finished typing Annika, the phone unlocked.
“Fhat the wuck!” Om and Rudra shouted, while Annika gasped out loud.
—–
“I still can’t believe this.”
It was a few minutes later, and the three were still in Om’s room.While the brothers kept expressing their disbelief every few seconds, Annika had not spoken a word since the phone had unlocked.She sat in shock, and blushed furiously whenever any new revelation emerged.
And God,there were MANY revelations.
As soon as the phone had unlocked, they had been met with Shivaay’s wallpaper.Not surprisingly, it was a picture of him with OmRu.However,upon close inspection, they could clearly see Annika in the background, sitting beside Dadi and laughing heartily with her head thrown back.Then ofcourse, Om and Rudra had gone on to open his gallery, sure of finding a few more pictures of Annika,to be hundred percent sure that their brother was in love with her, and thus have fool proof evidence to make him confess.And they weren’t disappointed.For in the gallery,there were not only a few pictures of Annika, but an entire folder named after her.It consisted of around 50 pictures of her,all of them candid that Shivaay had discreetly clicked-Of her laughing,working,frowning,etcetera.
“Gosh,I still can’t believe it,O.”
“None of us can,Rudra,” Om replied dazedly. ” I mean, I thought we’d find maybe a picture of two of his ladylove,” Annika blushed at the word, “but here he has his entire phone dedicated to her!”
Rudra nodded. “This bhaiya turned out to be such a chuuparustam.What do you think Annika didi?Why aren’t you speaking NOW?Or do you still not believe that bhaiyaa is in love with someone'” he asked Annika mischievously.
Annika’s face turned red,once again.
“I-I need to go.L-Lots of work left” she stammered, and hastily got up to leave.
“Areh,where are you going Annika didi?Or should I say,Annika BHABI?!”
That only made Annika bolt out faster,while Om and Rudra high fived each other and laughed heartily.Their happiness knew no bounds, now that they were sure that their brother was in love,that too with Annika,the girl who from Day-1 they knew had been made for Shivaay.In fact,they had already had their doubt,and were hoping against hope,that it would be her.They couldn’t wait to tell Dadi that her Billu had finally realized his yearning for his takkar ka pyaar.Then ofcourse,they would leave no opportunity to tease Shivaay himself about it.After all,it’s not everyday that the Great Wall of Shivaay Singh Oberoi falls in love!
The End