Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai

Part 7

it is weird, to love.

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Shivaay's Pov

On the way back home all I thought about was her. Was it really that wrong for me to be liking her this much and this soon?

People always tell you what to do. If you fall in love late, they keep taunting you that you're running out of time. If you fall in love soon, they describe it as a fling.

I don't really care about their opinions but I had to take things slow. Anika wasn't in such a state to be pressurized about such feelings. She still had to heal.

And I wanted her to be happy when she'd think of me. I was willing to wait for her. I was willing to help her heal.

I entered home. My heart felt content today. Looking around, I saw my brothers. They were probably fighting about something again.

Once they noticed me, they came rushing towards me. I gave them a confused look. Rudra obviously seemed mad about something and Om had his annoyed Oberoi face.

"He likes pineapple pizza, can you believe it bro?", Ru shouted. He looked hurt towards me.

It almost made my jaw drop. They were fighting about pizza? There were so many other topics but no.

"Guys, wtf?", I rolled my eyes.

"Shivaay, why are you glowing like a pregnant woman?", Om asked me, which made me blush more.

I hugged them. I just felt like on the top of the world today. It was probably cringey as hell but I didn't care.

"Looks like he's got a hug-phobia", Ru smirked. I smacked the back of his head.

"I think I'm in love", a blush crept on my cheeks. It felt good to say that. It was too soon but I knew it and I was sure about it.

Both had a frown on their faces. They broke the hug and looked at me. Om touched my forehead, as if I had fever.

"Who's she?", they asked in union. I wasn't sure if I should tell them. It was against the bro code to hide something as huge as this.

"I wanna meet my brother's first girlfriend", Ru said with a grin. He was such a f-boy.

"Anika", my hands started rubbing my neck. I didn't dare to look at them.

"Your patient?", Rudra asked. And something about his tone, didn't seem right.

I nodded. My brothers weren't rude. They only thought for the best of me. Yet sometimes they'd forget that it could hurt other people.

"Are you sure?", Om confirmed. Well, I wasn't going to change my mind until tomorrow so I was damn sure.

"Seriously?", Ru asked with big eyes. He seemed kind of shocked. Everyone thought I'd never find the girl of my dreams.

"Yes", I confirmed and sat down. I was sure we were going to sit there for a lot of time cause their faces showed how many questions they had.

"When did this happen?", Om asked, gulping a glass of water.

"It was you, who said that love doesn't need any reasons, it just happens", I replied.

"I know but how?", he asked again. Rudra just sat there, still tryna process everything.

"Today morning, she got hurt but I felt the pain. She smiled at the beach and made me feel like I was on cloud nine. I've never felt this way for anyone else", I told him.

"One day, your life won't be yours anymore and you won't even notice. Tears will be hers but it'll hurt you. Her smile will make the world stop and your heart go crazy. You won't realize and you'll surrender your body and soul to her", I quoted Om's words.

"He's gonna forget us now", Rudra started fake crying.

"Two words. Shut. Up", we both shouted at him. He looked at us with his puppy eyes.

"Is she feeling any better?", Om asked.

"That's the problem, I can't tell her how I feel about her. She still needs to recover", I told him, getting upset.

"I think you should be careful and talk to mom about this", he suggested. He wasn't entirely wrong. Mom needed to know about this.

"Tell her before she has any disagreements, otherwise you can forget Anika", well, that hurt.

"I won't", I murmured. In that particular moment, I wanted to punch Om. He wasn't really helping me but only disappointing me.

"You sure?", Om asked, smirking. He knew I hated being teased, yet he kept scaring me. I didn't want to forget about her.

"Damn sure. If there's anything I'm sure about, then it's her", I told him sternly and left for my room.

I had to help her overcome her past. Anika was strong, she was amazing. Everything a guy would want in his wife. I wanted her to love herself because someone as beautiful as her, didn't deserve any kind of hate.
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Amna xx