THE DANGER ALERT - LOVE

Sacrifice

Anika feels like a dream, it was her husband's voice. And she was 100% sure with that. But there was no courage left in her to open the door, she was standing stuck while wrapping herself with a towel. It has been 5 months, and her life already turned upside down with his death news, even though some part of her told her husband is still alive, she decided not to expect anything from life, she got tired after her fate snatched everyone from her.

"Anika!" Her mom shook her when she lost herself looking at the closed door.

"Get dressed!" Her mom further said by giving her the clothes that she kept in the bed to wear. It was cozy yet loose maxi. She got dressed with the help of her mother having zero recognition of what happening with her.

"It's shivaay!" She finally spoke to her mom when she was clueless about the situation. But when she told it to her mom, her mom was not surprised.

"Even I thought the same! He was silent." Her mom said looking at the door and her daughter's face.

"I think you both need to talk." Her mom said and made her sit in the bed when she caught her handshaking. When she was about to leave, she picked her mom's wrist tightly but didn't speak anything.

"Everything will be fine! Relax" Her mom pecked her forehead before opening the door. The door was open, Anika's eye fell on the figure who knocked on the door before a while. Her eyes watered when she saw him approaching her. It was not her illusion, but it was her husband. And she couldn't stop herself, she was not sitting anymore. She was in his arms, hugging him tightly, feeling him. Even it lasts like a dream, she will be happy.

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Life changes in a spark, it was just a phrase for him before 5 months, but when he experienced that, he was speechless. And now, he's standing before his wife and hugging her tight like never before, he lifted her to him, and he felt the disturbance in between, and he was unconditionally happy with that disturbance. He's free also guilty.

"I will be happy even if it lasts like a dream. I yearned for this moment." She cried to him on his shoulders. And she had no idea how much he yearned for this moment.

"This is happening, sweetheart! We are not dreaming." He said finally, he ignored the tears that flowed out of control. She slightly broke the hug and looked at him, both gazed at each other's faces so close after a long time, she cupped his face like she always does and cried again.

"I can't believe it. I saw you..." Her words died inside her mouth when she met her eyes with him.

"That's not me..." He said that's all he could be able to say to her right then. It has been 5 months, even now, whenever he thinks about that incident, he automatically falls weak. He fell weak again, carefully placed her on the floor while she gazed at him with confusion and shock.

"Then, who's that?" She asked. He couldn't reply to anything.

"Shivaay..." She asked him again, still, he couldn't open his mouth to answer her.

"Maa said Ariana came along with you, and your mother..." She asked.

"Shivaay... Look at me." He caressed his face again.

"What happened?" Anika asked him again. This time he couldn't hold it up.

"It was my brother." Shivaay cried to her. And he felt that heartache again, he didn't even have that opportunity to see his brother once. But he sacrificed his life for his brother keeping his promise.

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"Everything happened in a spark. It was all their plan to get me out of that life. But it cost my brother's life. I never thought it will happen in that way. Hareen was the one who encountered Om and Rudy, and Mahi planned everything out. After you got kidnapped..." Shivaay stopped looking at her face. She nodded to his understanding, and encouraged him to continue, shivaay knew she already knew about her kidnapping because Ariana was the one who disclosed this information to her. Now they are sitting in the bed close to each other holding each other palms.