Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai

Part 11

❝ dil kya darya beh hi geya
ishq ibaadat ban hi geya,
khud ko mujhe tu sounp de
meri zaroorat tu ban geya ❞

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Anika's Pov

"Let's play truth and dare", Om suggested. Both brothers started looking at each other and then smiled. Shivaay looked pretty skeptic about their idea.

"I'll get the snacks", Rudra ran away. I was kind of nervous because I didn't like the truth and wasn't a big fan of dares.

Soon he came back with a bowl full of Pringles and some soft drinks. We all sat down in a circle. Was this even going to be fun? We were hardly 4 people.

Om was about to start when a girl entered the lounge. She looked sleepy. Just like me. I had insomnia, which always made me feel so drained.

"Gauri, I texted you that the party got cancelled", Om looked at her in confusion.

"I don't care, I'm here now", and she sat down. She was real feisty for her size.

"Babe", he tried to say something but she just glared at him and he shut up.

"That's Om's fiance, Gauri Sharma", Rudra introduced her. Gauri, who hadn't noticed me sitting there, now looked at me. She kept analyzing me for like 5 minutes.

She stood up from her place, pushed Shivaay away and sat down with me. Her head turned towards me and she flashed me a smile.

She raised her eyebrow twice, as if asking who I was.

"Anika", I whispered and smiled back at her.

"Can we start now?", Shivaay asked rudely. Was he by chance taking the piss?

Om spinned the bottle and it stopped on Shivaay. Was this some kind of karma? Well, it was pretty funny then.

"Truth or dare?", Rudra smirked at him.

"Dare", was he dumb or just acting? Who chooses dare, that's like a mouse stepping into the trap, willingly.

"Kiss the most beautiful girl in this room", Rudra looked at Shivaay. His face screamed revenge.

"Just don't kiss my girl", Om sounded protective. It made Gauri happy though.

I wasn't really paying attention and only snapped out of my thoughts when I found Shivaay coming towards me. He grabbed my arm politely and pulled me up.

I looked at him. He stared back.

"What are you doing?", I asked him. It was my turn to act dumb.

Shivaay moved closer. Which only made me shiver. His lips touched my ear, my body felt like it was going to melt any moment.

"You'll see", he whispered and looked at me. Shivaay's eyes were asking for approval. I just nodded.

I closed my eyes, waiting for him to fulfil the dare. After a second, I felt his lips on my cheeks. They lingered there for a short time. My cheeks turned into crimson red, which was clearly visible once he removed himself from there.

Gauri looked at me, like she shipped us. Om and Rudra had a satisfied smile on their face. While Shivaay kept looking everywhere just not at me.

Rudra spinned the bottle and it stopped on Gauri this time. She looked all ready to knock out everyone.

"Truth or dare?", Om's sounded teasing.

"Truth", thank God she wasn't a weirdo like the trio.

"When was the last time you stole something from me?", Om looked at her. He knew he had her under control. Gauri bit her bottom lip.

"Yesterday", she whispered and looked down shamefully.

"I knew you ate my piece of cake", he shouted at her. She looked at him with a sad face. Om's face softened.

Shivaay spinned the bottle and it was Rudra's turn. Tension was in the air because I knew he wasn't going to leave Rudra. He was going to make him pay for everything. The teasing, the picture and the kiss. Everything.

"Truth or dare", he ordered. His voice sounded stern. That wasn't the soft, harmless guy I knew.

"Dare", again, where the hell was I? Maybe in an asylum.

"Post an embarrassing picture of yourself on social media", I heard Rudra was pretty famous amongst the lads.

He looked at Shivaay shocked. Rudra's body tensed up. His eyes pleaded Shivaay to not let him do this but he looked away.

After that Gauri spinned the bottle and last but not least, it was my turn.

"Truth or dare?", she asked me.

"Truth", I told her. She looked at me. After 2 minutes she came up with a question.

"Do you like Shivaay? As in the romantic way?", she looked at me. All eyes turned towards me. They're faces showed curiosity. I didn't know what to say. The truth of the lie.

All my life my dad taught me to face the truth. So, now I wasn't going to chicken up. I was going to tell them how I felt.

"Not really", I whispered. Shivaay looked at me. For a moment I thought I saw him hurt but then he covered it with a mask.
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What have you done, Anika?

Amna xx