The Journey Of Togetherness – Sequel To THE FLASHBACK STORY – Episode 3

Dear readers ..extremely sorry for posting the episode super late. As i have mentioned my parents have come and i am pretty much tied up with them. Also i am having my Driving License Theory exam coming up, so studying has also become a part of my routine now.

Though no explanation can make up to what i did, but still please do accept my sincere apologies for being so late.

Before proceeding further, please don’t forget to read the Author’s note at the end of the episode

Let’s Go to the story.

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Anika was entering the room while Shivaay was busy in packing..the moment he sensed Anika was about to enter, he hid all the stuff and turned towards her.

Anika ‘’what were you doing?’’

Shivaay ‘’nothing’’ he looked here and there and spoke ‘’where were you till now’’

Anika ‘’in the living room thinking something’’

Shivaay ‘’what?’’

Anika ‘’about surp…’’ she stopped herself from saying further and took a pause and said ‘’about some works’’

Shivaay ‘’what works?’’ he frowned and looked at her suspiciously

Anika ‘’ohho…aap kitna sawaal karte hain….kabhi mujhe question bank bulate the, ab aap ban gaye hain question bank…’’

Shivaay smiled and said ‘’first thing: you made me a question bank , by making me sit idle doing absolutely nothing and second thing : I am more a power bank than a question bank’’ he smiled winking his eyes…

Anika blushed and hit him playfully ‘’cheapde’’..

Shivaay ‘’hmm…all because of you…’’ he pecked her cheeks

After a while , when he was about to go and turned, Anika called him from behind nervously….

Shivaay “do you need something Ms.Surpanaka?’’

Anika bent her head down

Shivaay ‘’what happened? What do you need?’’ he spoke making her chin up

Anika ‘’Shivaay..i ..i…I need some money …actually I came from Belgium in such a hurry that, the amount transfer and conversion is taking time…I will return the amount once the transfer is complete’’

She bent her head down again while speaking being embarrassed…..

Shivaay held her and brought her to the sofa and made her sit…Anika still with her head down, unable to look into his eyes…he lifted her head so that she can directly look at him and held her hands and spoke

Shivaay ‘’thank you Ms.Surpanaka’’

Anika’s eyebrows frowned and she looked at him questioningly

Shivaay ‘’why are you looking at me so?’’

Anika ‘’why were you saying Thank you, when I asked you to lend me’’

Shivaay ‘’there is nothing called LENDING between husband and wife…remember sometime back you said whatever is mine is also yours and by asking me money , you kept your words…I earn for my family and you are a part of me and my family….and onemore thing…you are sensible and matured and I trust you…so no need to give any explanations when it is about finances, because I know you can handle everything much better than me…’’ saying that he took out his chequebook from the cupboard and signed all the cheques and handed it over to her

Shivaay ‘’I have signed all the blank cheques…and I am gonna transfer amount to your account right now….use it as you want…there should not be a day in your life, where you worry about money…got it…and now stop being nervous…we are husband and wife now’’

Anika sat still staring at him and his every word made her feel elated….she came back to senses when her sight fell on cheque book in her hand and she spoke

Anika ‘’Mr.Ritchie Rich…I have money, it’s just I was waiting for transfer to complete..you know this is not my intention…’’

Shivaay ‘’whatever you earned till date truly belongs to Sahil, because you earned for him….so never touch that and give it to the rightful owner…having said that, I have something more to say on this…Sahil is our responsibility and we will be equal partners in this ..now no more discussions on this topic..i have something to check , I will be back and we continue our chat then…’’

He left from there leaving Anika on cloud 9….

An hour passed by and OmRu came to meet Shivaay

Om ‘’Shivaay…’’

Shivaay ‘’all works done?’’

Om ‘’yes…here you go with tickets’’

Shivaay looked at him and said ‘’but I asked for tonights, you gave me tomorrow morning flight’’

Rudra ‘’the earliest we could arrange…by the way enjoy tonight as our entire family is planning to go out for some occasion’’

Shivaay ‘’what occasion?’’

Om ‘’ohh don’t mind this Dumbells words…you just enjoy with Bhabhi’’

Shivaay nodded his head while OmRu left from there in a hurry to avoid any further questions

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Anika met OmRu after a while

Anika ‘’what have you thought?’’

Om ‘’bhabhi ham aapko kaise mana kar sakte hain…bas aap hame kya kya karna hain bata dijiye aur ham sab karlenge…kaha jaata hain ki pehle 16 days tak nayi dulhaan ko koi kaam nahi karni chahiye…so give us a list of what all you want to be in the party and how you want the party to be, and relax…tomorrow evening will be the party as per your wish’’

Anika smiled and hugged both of them and was about to say Thanks when they both cut her off in middle and said

OmRu ‘’don’t even think of saying Thanks, because you are our bestest bhabhi’’

Anika kissed the foreheads of both and sat back to prepare the list, she already had idea of what to do and how it should look so it didn’t take much time for her to sort things out…she handed over the list to OmRu and smiled

Rudra ‘’waise aapko ek baat batadoon…aaj sham ko ham poore gharwale bahar jaa rahe hain aur aapko kal ke party mein milenge…so enjoy karna apna waqt mere poojya bhaisaheb ke saath’’

Anika blushed while Om hit him lightly on his head and said ‘’kuch tho sharam kar dumbbell…Bhabhi ke saath aise koi baat karta hain kya?’’

Rudra ‘’bhabhi baad mein, pehle meri teacher, dost aur student hain woh…aur baat jab bhabhi se baat karne ki hain tho mein unse kuch bhi baat karoonga bilkul waise jaise 11 saal pehle kiya karta tha’’

Om ‘’okay ab bas…chale , bahut kaam hain’’

Anika ‘’tum dono ko kaam badh jaayega…so let me help you’’

OmRu ‘’no way…we will meet you straight away in the party…venue will be mailed to you Bhabhi, so be ready’’

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OmRu thanked Sahil for the khidkitodh idea he gave to solve all the issues and they 3 set to work ….

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Unknown person (UP1) on a call to another Unknown person (UP2)

UP1 : Hello

UP2 : what’s the update?

UP1 : They all have planned the party tomorrow

UP2 : Is she coming

UP1 :It’s obvious isn’t it

UP2 : Yess..true

UP1 : I would suggest not to bring them infront of her, this isn’t the right time

UP2 : We have to bring them sooner or later

UP1 : we will have to wait until our foundation grows strong and we gain control…

UP2: Okay, we will wait for sometime, until everything is under our control

UP1 : Good decision

UP2 : You continue your job and you very well know what the job is

UP1 : Don’t worry I have made my place in OM and there is no chance anyone can doubt me, as they know I am very loyal.

UP2 : But you aren’t loyal to them, you are loyal to us

UP1 : the day my revenge completes, I will go far away from all of you, and in order to fulfil  my revenge I need your help, so I should , am and will be loyal to you

UP2 : Good decision. See you tomorrow as we have got invites.

The call ended and both persons smirked at their respective places.

UP2 ‘’Thank you Sanjana for helping us. We now know how to be ‘’

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Rest of Oberoi Family and Sahil left OM leaving Shivaay and Anika.

Anika was setting up the bed , while Shivaay was watching TV.

Anika looked at him and smiled.

Anika ‘’Mr.Ritchie Rich , I am feeling hungry’’

Shivaay ‘’go and eat something Ms.Surpanaka’’

Anika ‘’no make something yummy for me. Remember once you made Penne Pesto when our entire family went for some marriage…I want to live those moments once again’’

Shivaay ‘’how can I forget that day, you made disaster of our romance, by saying ‘’I AM HUNGRY Mr.Ricthie Rich’’, while we were about to have our second kiss, I suppose.’’ He turned at her switching off the TV

Anika blushed and said ‘’haan tho, that was because we weren’t married nor we were sure of what was between us’’

Shivaay ‘’tell me onething…did you really that time didn’t know what was between us ?’’

Anika ‘’no..i mean yes…I mean I don’t know’’ she blushed hard

Shivaay moved towards her and pinned her to the wall, she looked at his eyes

Anika ‘’what are you doing Mr.Ricthie Rich’’ her voice was barely audible, because of their proximity

Shivaay ‘’I have not yet done anything…but tell me, after our first kodaikanal trip, did you really not realise what was between us?’’

Anika ‘’why are you asking me now? You should have asked me that day itself’’

Shivaay ‘’had I asked , would you have said?’’

Anika ‘’may be’’ she smiled and bent to escape from his trap, but he was sharp enough to hold her hand and pull her back making her hit his chest from her behind. He involuntarily placed his hands around her waist resting his chin on her shoulder, making her shudder.

Shivaay huskily said ‘’answer me Ms.Surpanaka, did you not realise that we loved each other ever till our confession?’’

Anika made his grip on her waist lose and turned towards him ‘’I was not sure whether that was love or not, but I was sure that we were not friends , we moved much further leaving friendship behind…that’s why I said that day ‘’we are not friends anymore, this is not friendship’’ ‘’

Shivaay ‘’tell me when did you realise you loved me’’

Anika ‘’the day when I misunderstood you, the day when I broke thinking you moved on, the day when you collapsed holding your chest…that unfortunate day I realised I LOVED YOU and on the same unfortunate day, I thought WHY I REALISED THAT I LOVED YOU’’ she was into tears remembering the flashback

Shivaay ‘’sshhh…no more tears..do you still think the same now?’’

Anika ‘’hmm yeah’’ she smiled, tickling her nose amid tears

Shivaay ‘’you are impossible Ms.Surpanaka..and I am not gonna leave you for this’’

Anika ‘’first catch me to leave’’ she pushed him, showed her tongue and started running in the corridor…

Shivaay took another way and tried to catch her, but his prey was Ms.Surpanaka so he had to put extra effort…the Ritchie Rich-Surpanaka chase continued until they were tired and fell on the couch in the living room…

Shivaay pulled Anika near him on the couch , she fell on his chest resting herself on him

Shivaay ‘’I will never ever again make you feel WHY YOU LOVED ME…’’

Anika ‘’I was pulling your legs Mr.Ritchie Rich, even if you make me feel so, I would never again think so’’

Shivaay made her sit properly and rested his head on her lap , while she was ruffling her hair

Shivaay ‘’Anika’’ he called her huskily

Anika looked at him with twinkle in her eyes

Shivaay ‘’I LOVE YOU’’

Anika ‘’why do you love me so much ?’’

Shivaay ‘’because you are weird’’

Anika ‘’what?’’

Shivaay ‘’jokes apart, I realised I loved you and cannot stay away from you, when I met you in your house with all our friends…that night the way you handled me, had ensured me that it can be only you who can bring my every emotion out…that night I realised that along with my brothers , you are also my strength and weakness….i didn’t want that night to end …I wanted to be in your lap getting pampered by you…infact that night I felt like marrying you then and there…I always thought when have you become so important to me, and yet I never got the answer…’’

Anika ‘’Those memories are so wonderful right? Everytime we think of those beautiful times, we feel elated. But few memories are dreadful, whenever we think of them we feel shivers running through spines as if they will take their course once again’’

Shivaay sat erect staring at Anika, while Anika’s face shrunk . He quickly cupped her face and spoke ‘’WIFY, what’s point in remembering such dreadful memories, when we can make some what do you say..yeah…kidhkitodh khoobsurat memories’’

Anika ‘’true..but I can’t forget them how much ever I try’’

Shivaay ‘’please now, don’t get sad…I don’t want to see the dull sad of my Ms.Surpanaka, My WIFY’’

Anika ‘’WIFY…one more new name’’

Shivaay ‘’Calling Ms.Surpanaka takes lot of time, so from now on I will call you WIFY’’

Anika ‘’fine then HUBBY’’

Shivaay ‘’not bad’’

Anika ‘’so what now?’’

Shivaay ‘’Come let’s pick our bags, we are going somewhere and please don’t ask any questions’’

Anika ‘’but..’’

Shivaay ‘’I said no more questions..and you know Shivaay Singh Oberoi doesn’t like to listen ‘’

Anika ‘’NO…I know this..but please only one question…please’’ she made a puppy face

Shivaay ‘’you know what you are impossible and somehow make me accept your words…go ahead and ask’’

Anika ‘’when will we be coming back?’’

Shivaay ‘’not sure ..and now your one question is done…so let’s make a move’’

Anika TAM ‘’Ohh no, I asked OmRu to plan and they are going ahead but now what to do…let me call them and ask them to cancel all the arrangements’’

She picked the call to dial Om when she saw the message with venue details and her eyes popped up…

Anika TAM ‘’Whaat? I guess they are on their way and I cannot reach them now and here Mr.Ritchie Rich is taking me somewhere. What to do?’’

Shivaay came back with their luggage and called Khanna.

Khanna ‘’Put this in our car and take us to the destination’’

Anika looked at Shivaay and said ‘’Destination?? But where are we going??’’

Shivaay ‘’to somewhere ..and before we get late, let’s leave’’

Anika was still and out of words

————-Unknown Location

Unknown Person ‘’the game will start now. And I am desperate to play this. meet you soon’’ he smiled.

 

Precap : who will Shivaay and Anika encounter  at their destination?

To know more stay tuned. Please do vote and pour your opinions in the comment section. I will respond to all of you as soon as possible. This is VHM aka Harika signing off.

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Author’s Note :Dear Readers ….for few days this FF needs to be put on hold because of my tiring schedules and exam. Though i will try my level best to come up with updates as and when i get time. I know you will be disappointed , but trust me even i am also feeling extremely bad to do this. Also as my friend and Sister Nilanjana mentioned in her news feed, i am involved in one more story ISHQ SUKOON HAIN RAHAT HAIN from account IshqbaaazPagals , so concentration is getting deviated. Hope you all will understand my situation and support me. Sorry once again for being late and for the upcoming delays.

I missed replying to the opinion posted in the last episode and since the comment section was closed please do read my replies here to those who replied :

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