- Until I Found You -

*:･ﾟ✧Chapter 1. [Shanaya]*:･ﾟ✧

The day was as beautiful as ever, sunshine filling my room with it's soft ambiance, at least inside the house, but once you are outside the house, it becomes pure torture. I stretched and woke up to get ready.

Let's get going before my boss calls and ask me to drag my ass their literally, well she had asked sometimes before so, I am used to to it by now. I went down after getting ready and heard the sound of small feet coming closer to me from behind.

"Rubyyyy." I said, turning around, and she grinned and jumped on me.

"You got some magic ears, buiii." She said laughing.

"Hai na, I know. Now get ready, and I will drop you off on my way, okay?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at her, and she giggled and ran back to her room.

"Good morning, Mumma, Papa, Bhai, and my dear Bhabhii." I said to everyone, sitting down on my spot for breakfast.

"Good morning, my bacha." Mumma said, serving me the sandwich, which is gonna taste absolutely delicious, I can say even before putting it in my mouth.

"Thankk youu." I chirped and took a bite with my chai.

"So, beta, can you come early today? We got guests coming in." Papa spoke, and I looked up from the tab in which I was reading newspaper.

"Who are these special people?" I asked, looking at bhaiya, who gestures a Varmala (wedding garland), and my eyes widened.

"No no no no." I said, looking at Mumma and Papa.

"Why beta? You have been rejecting everyone since last year. It's time you get married and settle down for good." Mumma said, patting my head, and Papa gave me a soft, loving glance.

"Okay, but I still have the right to reject whoever this is." I said, and they both grinned.

It's hard to win from these both, they are my lifeline and I am so not going to get them upset plus it's not like I have a major romance k-drama going on in my life except my sooo secretive job profile.

Let me give a little review on myself, I am a white collar hacker and work with the Indian government. I hack, enquire, and extract information from all types of digital media and from the dark web, too. We try to find out as much as we can about organizations and people before our attack teams are dispatched for the operation. In a sense, we are the eyes and ears of our on field team.

Anyway, I am late and my boss isn't going to be that happy about it, so I need to call my savior now. Aneesh.

"Aneesh, I am late, cover for me." I messaged him.

"When are you not." he replied with an eye roll emoji. I literally ran out, calling Ruby, who too came running down, and we departed for our destination.

"Buaaaaa, I need help with something later." She said from beside me.

"Okay, babe, I will help you at night." I said, pinching her cheeks. She ran to her school gate. After she went, I started my car and sped off, driving at a crazy speed because all I care right now is not getting my ass dragged again, by dear Anjali ma'am.

"Babe, I saved you." He said as I entered my cabin.

"So what? I have saved you lazy bum a thousand times." I said, giving him a sarcastic cheeky grin as I settled into my chair.

"Okay, okay. Achha, by the way, all the people are planning a little get-together after shift today." He said, already knowing that it was a NO, I am not anti-social, I am just selective with the presence of people in my life.

"Mummy Papa said to come home early. Someone is coming to see me." I said with a sigh.

"You agree to marry? Finally?" He asked overly excited.

"Yes, Mr. Monkey, now stop bouncing and let me do my work." I said, shooing him away from my desk.

I was hyperaware of his eyes on me, but I was not in a mood to provide satisfaction to his stupid idiotic questions. Aneesh and Aanya both know that I am not ready to marry now, but the emotional blackmail of my dear parents.

Aanya is my other comfort person, but unfortunately that lady lives way tooo far away in Amsterdam. She shifted there due to some serious burning drama here but me and Aneesh totally support her.

The day went on without any professional glitch, but my personal life is on a roller coaster ride.

Aneesh accompanied me home because her darling aunty had called him too, to meet "My Potential Future Husband". and he was more than happy to see my embarrassing moments.

I timidly entered the house, hearing the faint voices coming from the living room. I quickly tried to make my way upstairs, keyword being tried, but was unfortunately spotted by Bhabhi and Ruby.

"Bacha, let's get you dressed, Mummy is asking for you." Bhabhi said and dragged me to my room while Aneesh made his way to the living room.

"Bhabhi, I don't wanna meet him, whoever he is." I said, sitting down on the bed with a thud.

"See, bacha, he is a very good guy, okay? And we are not marrying you off today only, meet him, get to know him, and if you don't like after that, you don't have to marry." She said, holding my chin with love.

"Hann Bua, he is too handsome." Ruby said laughing.

Bhabhi laid out the dress for me and exited the room after instructing me to change, Ruby was sitting on the bed. She is 10 years old, very mature for her age, and the joyous person in my life, with Aneesh being the second one.

"Buaaaaaaa, are you done?" She asked as I was in the washroom.

"Yes, bacha, just two more minutes." I replied back, hooking the dupatta to the side of the kurta. I was looking so ethereal after ages, maybe because Bhabhi chose this dress. I came out of the washroom and saw an overly excited Ruby bouncing on the bed.

"Woowwww, you look so gorgeous, Buii." She said, twirling me around with her.

"Let's go." She said, holding my hand and leading me out, and a giggle escaped from me. I love this little bundle of joy.

"Ayeee, my dear daughter is here." Mummy said as soon as I entered the living room.

"You look really beautiful." Papa said and made me sit with them.

"You tidy up nice, shorty." Aneesh whispered in my ear from behind, and Bhabhi smacked his head.

I won't admit, but my eyes sure were searching for the insane person who was here to see me and marry me. Do you seriously think Mr. that you would be able to marry me, I am gonna make sure you won't.

"Where is he? Bhabhi?" I asked softy to Bhabhi, standing behind me.

"Why so eager?" Asked a smirking Aneesh.

"Here he comes. Lakshya meet Shanaya." Uncle introduced as the man entered through the balcony door.

"Lakshya Mehra?" I said quietly, not able to believe my eyes. The most eligible, most handsome man in the country and of our school. All the girls, even me, had a crush on this man for years, and he is standing in front of me.

What am I stepping into? Oh God, help me.

Helloooooooooo dear Nixiess! This is the first chapter, hope you all liked it and sure do tell me in the comments too. I am waiting to hear from you all. And, yeah Shanaya is a little kinda different from other characters, but similar at the same time too.

Byeeeeee, take care and be happpyyyyyyy.😁❤️