Family... (An Ishqbaaz FF) ||✔||

Part 11

A/N: First off all, sorry for being sooooo late but these exams are creating a "writers' block" 😵
Thank you for your valuable suggestions 😊😊
So Shivaay-Mahi are brothers here.
Also, in the future track, Saumya will be opposite Rudra (as per majority votes).

Next morning, Anika wakes up, holding her head.

Anika: *to herself* Kya hua tha? (What had happened?)

Shivaay: Herogiri bhaari pad gayi. (Heroism took its toll.)

He says while pouring some medicines.

Anika: Maine kaunsi herogiri ki? (What act of heroism did I perform?)

Shivaay: Jab doctor ne bed-rest lene ko kaha hain toh bed se uthti kyoon ho? Kal tumhari haalat kitni kharaab ho gayi thi, koi idea hain tumhe? (Why did you get up from the bed when the doctor had strictly told you to be on bed-rest? Do you have any idea hoe bad your condition became yesterday?)

Anika innocently nods.

Shivaay: Ab yeh medicines peeyo. (Now drink these medicines.)

Anika: *twitches her nose* Nahi, yeh sab kadwi hain. Main nahi peeyongi. (No, they are bitter. I'll not drink.)

Shivaay: Baccho ki tarah zid mat karo. Muh kholo aur peeyo. (Don't be stubborn. Open you mouth and drink them.)

Anika covers her mouth and nods in 'no'.

Shivaay: Jaise maine naak band karke tumhara stupid kaadhaa pee liya tha na, tum bhi waise hi pee lo. (Just like how I pinched my nose shut before drinking your stupid herbal concoction, you drink your medicine.)

Anika: Woh kaadhaa tha, yeh dawai hain. (That was a concoction, this is medicine.)

Shivaay: Zyaada difference nahi. (There's not much difference.)

Anika: Bilkul hain. (There is.)

Shivaay thinks for while about how to feed her the medicines because he very well knew how big of a tadibaaz his wife is. An idea strikes him.

Shivaay: *fake scared* Anika, cockroach!

Anika: *screams* AAAAAAA!

In a flash of a second, grabbed her mouth, feeds her the medicine and shuts her mouth. Anika gulps it down, making a horrible expression.

Anika: Michmichi mach rahi hain. (I'm feeling weird.)

Shivaay: *giving her water* Have this.

Anika gulps it down in one go.

Shivaay: See, it wasn't that bad.

Anika: "Bad"? Sade ando se bhi bekaar tha. ("Bad? It was worse than rotten eggs.)

She notices Mahi missing from the room.

Anika: Shivaay, Mahi kahaan gaya? (Shivaay, where is Mahi?)

Shivaay: Uske kuch tests ho rahe hain. And I think thodi der main tumhare bhi hain. (He has some tests running through. And I think you, too, will have them in a while.)

A nurse comes in.

Nurse: Mrs Anika, aapki examination ka time ho gaya hain. (Mrs Anika, it's time for your examination.)

Shivaay: *mummers* Talk of the devil and devil's here.

Anika giggled at his statement but suddenly she was feeling unsure. Shivaay sensed this and held her hand.

Shivaay: Don't worry. Sab theek hoga. (Don't worry. Everything will be alright.)

He kissed her hand and caressed her face. The nurse wheeled her out, leaving him alone.