Rishte...

Chapter 6

"How... How I came here?" It was her first question when she saw the person who she was about to go to the haunted haveli sat next to her out of sudden. Now, After whatever happened to her, She was not ready to trust anyone in her life, She just wanted every information she heard in her subconscious state should be true and she should be free from all the strings including her father who is responsible for every mess. 

"I saw you subconscious in the seashores, Over then, I recognized you're Anika Rathore sister of Anish Rathore who studied in my college. So I felt responsible to save you. That's it." He said gazing at his intertwined palms without meeting her eyes. She was confused, Anish's friend? But she knew nothing about him, Neither she knew nothing about her brother's friends either. Her brother has always been so secretive and silent. And also, He's the same person whom she contacted that day to visit the haveli he owns. He might have told her by then. 

"I know what you're thinking. I planned to tell you everything on the way to that haveli and you didn't come. Also! These things! Everything okay, Ms Rathore."  He asked looking straight into her eyes, For some reasons, She couldn't even ignore his eyes. 

"Please call me, Anika. That's my name." She said without breaking the vision, It has some magic which she can't ignore and leave it unnoticed like he usually does.

"Okay! I will just... Do you want to be alone?" He asked her without looking at her eyes. 

"No." it was a constant reply from her. she didn't want to be alone and also she couldn't find the reason to trust him but she really wanted him by his side. She was scared to hell. 

"If you have any work, Please go ahead! I don't want to stop you." She added, He smilingly nodded 'no' to her. 

"Please take rest, I will be there by your side! In the couch! Call me, If you want anything." - Shivaay said with a smile. And Anika's senses were not really in her control. Due to the lack of friends and her house situation, She limited talking to anyone even to her teacher who also teases along with her fellow students and makes fun of her. She used to imagine a lot and couldn't able to stop herself from drowning in the wave of her imaginary world where her prince charming will always come for her at the end and solve everything. It was the outcome of loneliness she faced in her school and college. She had no friends, No wellwishers and now an official orphan. 

But now, Looking at someone who saved her from the hell and brought her to the safer place was telling her that it was nothing but her imagination, And also, In the corner of her heart, She needed a person like him. He conveyed an unknown promise that he will be there with her for a lifetime. But it always ends up to a disappointment. She was even ready to face that. Looking at his face, She couldn't resist herself thinking the first wave of imagination happened in her heart seeing his display picture in the email address. Official email address. She got the face to her imaginative friend, Billu. He was the one who helped her to cope with everything that happened to her in her mind and didn't let her give up even after face humiliations in the schools, Colleges and workplace. 

And also when her brother died in depression after her mom's death. She knows He's nothing but her imagination, But she came out from those moments by holding her imaginative friend's hand, The only thing she imagined was his eyes- Shining blue orbs and his hands - A little wider than her's. But looking at him, She finally got the whole picture of her imaginative friend which didn't appear once since she saw him as a real person and interacted with him in the mail. What fate is trying to tell her? Does she finally get her friend back? As a real person? Can she trust him like her imaginative friend? Will he judge her? Will he make fun of her? Will he understand her? Will he try to go into her heart and understand her wounds? Will he be with her as a friend?