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Because, I Love You (Redux OS)

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Background: Redux. Shivaay has apologized to Anika, signed the divorce papers as her birthday gift. The next morning he brings Nikhil to the mansion to patch up Anika and Nikhil's relationship.

No Rakhel, No manhandling. But still a forced marriage.

No redemption. Just magical love. How don't ask me! Just went with flow of the episodes.

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Anika stood rooted at the spot. She saw Nikhil standing before her. While he stood a little distance away. Like last night's divorce wasnt enpugh, here he was ficing his broken relation. Nikhil was apologising but she heard nothing. She was seeing Nikhil before her but her eyes were drifting to him. Was it so easy for him?

She had thought it was hard for him to leave her. It was hard for him to see her marry someone else. A part of her felt he did everything because he couldn't express straightaway his affection for her. 

She looked at Nikhil. Where was he when she needed him? Now what was the point of coming to her? She asked him to leave before she did something she did not want to. Shivaay blinked baffled.

"Anika, I created the misunderstandings, it wasn't his fault nor yours. " he explained. Her happiness was with Nikhil. It pained him to say this because in past two days he had realised how much he loved this woman. If it hadn't been for Omkara's questions he would have never realized.

Shivaay had no answers when Omkara asked him the "why's". Why did he marry her? He could have got her to the streets, he could have sent someone else to insult her, why did he not? He could have executed everything in such a wah that his family would never know, why did he not? Why was his heart in his mouth when Anika's saree had caught fire? Why had he given up on his stubbornness so quickly and let Anika live in his room? Why? Why was he begging for forgiveness like a maniac? Why was he so knee on seeing her happy? 

Because he loved her!

Why had he rushed the day previous to yesterday to name it friendship? Why did he need a reason to stay bounded to her ? Why did he want a reason to care for her?

Anika stormed out of the mansion. Shivaay followed her. What was wrong amidst all the right now?

Nikhil looked dumbfounded. 

Anika had been fast and lucky to catch an auto rickshaw. Shivaay did not understand her behavior. He drove to her house. His car did not seem to for in this time as there were vegetable vendors leaving no room for his car. He gotvoff his car and ran behind the auto. He knocked the door. 

She opened it on the third knock. "What's your problem?" She asked irked.

"I came to ask you about yours!" He said baffled. "Nikhil was apologizing and he loves you ." he said the latter with a stone on his heart.