THIRD PERSON POV

Rudraksh suddenly stood up and lifted Ruhanika in his arms, saying, “now get up”. He then gently laid her down on the bed. Ruhanika, with teary eyes, kept looking at Rudraksh, while his attention was now on her feet. Slowly, he placed her feet on his lap.

Gradually, he started massaging them softly. Ruhanika tried to pull her feet back and said, “Rudra , please don't do this papa lagega mujhe”. She tried to make him understand, but Rudraksh didn’t listen. He still held onto her feet, massaging them with love, and said in a calm voice,

“laxmi ho aap meri aor mujhe papa lagega agar mai apni laxmi kaa apmaan karunga to..... Naa ki pair dabane se”

After hearing his words, Ruhanika hugged him tightly and muttered,

“I know ki aap mujhe kuch chupa rahe hai please bta dijiye naa ki baat kya hai”

Rudraksh gently held Ruhanika’s chin and said,

“Ruh ... Baat cahe jo bhi ho but I promise mai tumhara saath kabhi nhi chorunga cahe mujhe apni jaan.....”

Before he could complete his sentence, Ruhanika placed her hand on his lips.

“Please don't use this kind of words it's hurt me”, she said, and Rudraksh smiled.

Then Ruhanika told him about her past—about how she lost her childhood. They kept talking the entire evening…

On the other side, Avnika was in her room. She looked at the guitar that Aarvi had given her. That was the day she started playing the guitar and singing songs—it had become her comfort zone after Ruhanika and Avnika’s mother.

A tear slipped from her pretty eyes as she remembered her mother. Her pain slowly turned into anger, and instead of playing the guitar gently, she started playing it harshly.

Near the door, someone had been standing for a long time, watching Avnika. It was none other than Shivansh. Seeing Avnika in pain made him feel hurt as well.

Just then—

“Aahh”

Avnika cried out in pain because a guitar string snapped and hit her hand directly. Blood started dripping from her fingers. Seeing this, Shivansh couldn’t control himself anymore and rushed toward her.

“Avii”

Shivansh said as he reached her and gently took her fingers into his hands to examine them. Seeing the blood flowing, he immediately pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it around Avnika’s hand.

“Dhoda si bhi khud ki firk nhi hai tumhe”

Shivansh scolded her angrily. He quickly went to the washroom, brought the first-aid box, sat down, and started applying medicine to Avnika’s wound.

Meanwhile, Avnika kept looking at Shivansh—the way he was treating her hands with so much care. After a while, when Shivansh finished dressing her wound, he said, “ho gaya”.

Saying this, he looked at Avnika. She was still staring at him. Shivansh smiled, gently held her chin, and said,

“bacche you need rest now”

He then stood up and walked out.

That was when Avnika came back to reality, and it hit her—he had seen her admiring him, and now he knew.

“No ....avni tu kya karti hai yaar khud ki beizzati krwa deti hai unke samne ....Damnn”

She muttered, making a crying face.

Shivansh came outside and, smiling to himself, whispered,

“Crazy girl… she’s shy even while looking at her own husband.”

He said this and then burst out laughing loudly, even jumping a little in excitement. At that moment, he was in the gallery, and right in front of him stood two great souls—completely unknown to poor Shivansh, who was lost in his own world.

Suddenly, he heard someone clear their throat. He looked ahead—

And there stood Ruhanika and Purvi, staring at Shivansh in complete shock. Shivansh, who had been mid-jump, froze awkwardly on the spot.

Ruhanika stepped toward him and asked,

“Shivansh, are you okay?”

Shivansh stood there, shocked and embarrassed, trying to calm himself. Just then, Purvi stepped forward and said,

“Bhai, are you in love?”

Shivansh slowly returned to his usual self.

“And how did my sister know?” he asked.

Purvi chuckled and said,

“Come on, bhai, we all know that. Look at yourself—you’ve definitely fallen in love.”

She declared it proudly, like a great warrior. Shivansh made an ‘EWWW’ wala face and said,

“Nahh, I never fall for someone.”

Ruhanika ans Purvi both made an “oooooo” face. Purvi coughed lightly and added,

“By the way, bhai, dadi called you.”

Shivansh nodded.

After a short while, Shivansh reached Dadi’s room, where Dada and Dadi were already present. Both of them were waiting for Shivansh.

“Come in, Shivansh beta,” Dadi called him lovingly. Shivansh walked in and sat down.

“Yes, Dadi… was there something you wanted to talk about?” Shivansh asked.

Dadi nodded. “Yes,” she said and then continued,

“We had once thought of getting Rudraksh married to Ayesha, but now it seems that Rudraksh is happy with Ruhanika. And we don’t want any kind of sorrow to enter Rudraksh’s life anymore. After Harshit’s death, Rudraksh had stopped smiling altogether. It was after a very long time that we finally saw him smile again…”

She paused, her voice heavy with emotion.

“And that too, only because of Ruhanika, beta. Now we don’t want either of them to be sad again,” Dadi said. Shivansh listened quietly to every word.

“That is why we want you to marry Ayesha.”

Hearing this, the ground seemed to slip from beneath Shivansh’s feet. He had never even imagined something like this.

“But Dadi—”

Before he could complete his sentence, Dadi spoke again,

“We have full faith that you will always choose your brother’s happiness, Shivansh.”

Now Shivansh couldn’t say anything. He simply nodded in agreement. As for Dadi, her happiness knew no bounds.

“We’ll inform everyone today itself, beta. Thank you,” she said warmly..

I know it's too short but still please give me some some, and please tell me kya mai iss book ko Wattpad pr phir se start kr du?