Chapter 35 - Safety Concerns

Shivaay was sitting alone in his hospital bed, lost in deep thoughts.

Annika had left as soon as Veer had left cause she needed to attend her office, even though Shivaay had offered her a day off.

After great efforts he had managed to convince Om and Arry to go home and take rest as they had been up all night and Rudy to go to college as he had important Maths lecture today.

Nitya insisted on staying with Shivaay and Om left Khanna behind for Shivaay's security as Harshad was still on loose.

Nitya entered the room and saw Shivaay lost in his thoughts.

"Kya soch rahe ho Shivaay ?" ("What are you thinking about Shivaay ?") Nitya asked softly as she sat on the couch placed across from Shivaay's bed.

"Bhabhi, Annika ki jaan ko khatra hai..." ("Bhabhi {Sister-in-law}, there's a danger to Annika's life...") Shivaay blurted out but then he realised what he had said and to cover it up he added. "...aur uski behen ki jaan ko bhi." ("...and to her sister's life too.")

"Jaan ko khatra ?" ("Danger to life ?") Nitya raised an eyebrow.

Shivaay nodded and told her that he had heard Harshad saying that he'll deal with Annika later, before fleeing off.

"That's means he'll come back for Annika sooner or later." Shivaay spoke.

Nitya nodded.

"After all, woh Annika ke liye Delhi se yaha aaya hai aur usey kidnap bhi kar liya." ("After all, Harshad has came here from Delhi for her and had kidnapped her as well.") Nitya agreed.

"Kya mein commissioner se kehke Annika aur uski behen ke liye police protection arrange karwa du ?" ("Shall I tell commissioner to provide Annika and her sister with police protection ?") Shivaay blurted, again.

Nitya glanced at Shivaay and smirked. She knew what was happening...

Shivaay had started thinking about Annika.

He had started caring for her.

He was getting worried for her !

"Ussey accha toh tum Annika aur Bhavya ko ghar pe hi bula lo, agar woh humare sath rehengi toh safe rahengi." ("It'll be better if you just ask her and Bhavya to move in with us, so that they'll be safe.") Nitya suggested with a teasing smile.

"Great idea Bhabhi !" Shivaay cheered with a smile. "Yeh best hai." ("This is best.")

Without a moment due, Shivaay called Khanna and asked him to help Annika in moving into their home and also asked Khanna to tell her that she'll be living with O'bros until police catch Harshad.

"Shivaay..." Nitya's face was littered with amusement. "...I was kidding." She confessed.

"Kidding ? It's an amazing idea Bhabhi." Shivaay grinned. "We've 24 hours of security, they'll be safe with us."

"Ek baat puchu ?" ("Can I ask you something ?") Nitya said slowly, a small smile never leaving her lips.

Shivaay nodded.

"Annika ki itni fikar kyu kar rahe ho tum ?" ("Why are you so worried about Annika ?") Nitya questioned, even though she knew what the answer could be.

Shivaay froze for a moment.

Why was he thinking and caring about her ?

But then he came back to his senses and answered.

"Mere baba aur dadi ne mujhe ladkiyon ki hifazat aur izzat karna sikhaya hai isiliye." (Cause my baba and dadi has taught me to always protect and respect a woman.") Shivaay replied without any eye contact.

Nitya didn't reply, she just smiled at Shivaay.

'Yeh wajah sirf mann ko behlane ke liye de rahe ho Shivaay. Asli reason toh kuch aur hi hai.' ('You're saying this just to reason with your brain. The real reason is something else, Shivaay.') Nitya said in her mind.

♠

Bhavya walked on the college campus and took a deep breath.

"Wow !" She exhaled as she adored the college of her dreams. "Yeh college toh itna bada hai ki mujhe roz GPS use karna padega." ("This college is so vast that I'll need to use GPS daily.")

Bhavya giggled at her own joke and was about to walk towards the office to complete her admission procedure when Rasham ran into Bhavya.

The file in Bhavya's hand fell down and all the papers flew around.

"Andhi hai ? Dekh ke nahi chal..." ("Are you blind ? Can't you see where...") Rasham cut himself off when he took in Bhavya for the first time. "Beautiful..." He mumbled as he eyed her up with a smirk.

"Excuse me ?" Bhavya growled. "Tum dekhkar nahi chal rahe the. Aur ab aise kya khade ho ? Sab utha ke do mujhe." ("You were not looking where you were going. And why are you standing here just looking at me ? C'mon, pick my stuff up.")

Rasham scoffed.

"Mein ? Mein niche jhuku, tumhare aage aur yeh sab tumhe utha kr du ?" ("Me ? You want me to bend down before you and pick all your stuff up ?") Rasham asked, to which Bhavya nodded with a glare, making him give out a small sarcastic chuckle.

Rasham leaned closer to Bhavya's ear, too close for her liking, but she stayed where she is as she refused to show her discomfort and fear on her face.

"You're lucky you're beautiful, or else, I would've taught you a painful lesson for talking to me like that." Rasham whispered in her ear and walked past her.

Before Bhavya could stop him or come up with something good to reply, he had left.

Bhavya just glared at the retracting figure of Rasham while muttering curses and profanities under her breath.

Just then another boy came running her way from behind and banged into her making her lose her balance and almost fall off but gratefully someone caught her by arms before she could fall.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I'm in hurry, I'm sorry again." The boy, who had ran into Bhavya, rambled and ran away.

The person who had caught Bhavya and saved her from falling face first, helped her to stand up straight.

"Are you alright ?" The boy asked.

Bhavya looked at the boy for the first time and their eyes met. There was an eye lock.

Bhavya was lost in his charming yet polite orbs while the boy was lost in her beautiful, yet brave orbs.

Someone cleared their throat and pulled the boy and Bhavya out of their trance.

"H..hi." Bhavya squeaked and straightened her dress out. "Th..Thank you."

Meanwhile, the boy glared at the long haired boy who had cleared his throat.

"I'm Bhavya." Bhavya introduced herself.

"I'm Rudy, I mean Rudra Singh Oberoi." Rudy, the boy who had saved her from falling and the one who had locked his eyes with her, introduced. "And this is my elder brother, Omkara...Om."

"Nice to meet you." Bhavya smiled and to avoid an awkward silence she turned around and started picking her things up.

"Kya hua ?" ("What happened ?") Om asked when he saw her turning around and picking the things up.

"Yaha ke ladke bahot badtameez hai, abhi mujhe yaha aaye 2 minute nahi hue aur already 2 log mujhse takkara gaye aur sorry bhi sirf ek ne bola." ("Boys here are very ill-mannered, it's not even been 2 minutes since I came here and 2 people already ran into me and one of them didn't even apologize.") Bhavya rambled with a huff.

Rudy sat on his knees and started helping Bhavya in picking her things up.

Rudy collected all the documents for Bhavya and also picked up her bag while Om stood there watching Rudy with a mixture of amusement and realisation.

Rudy handed over the documents and bag to Bhavya and said with a shy smile, "Saare ladke badtameez nahi hai yaha." ("Not all boys are ill-mannered here.")

Bhavya exhaled a smile. "Thank you Rudra."

"You can call me Rudy." Rudy smiled.

Bhavya placed her paper neatly in the file and looked at Rudy. "Tumhara naam bahot accha hai, mein usey bigadna nahi chahti." ("Your name is very beautiful, I don't wanna ruin it.") She replied honestly and started walking away.

"R..ruko !" ("W..wait !") Rudy yelled and jogged behind Bhavya.

Bhavya stopped and turned to face Rudy.

"Tumhe kuch bhi help chahiye ho toh bas mujhe call kar dena." ("If you need any help here, I'm just a call away.") Rudy smiled.

Bhavya nodded with a 'ok, thanks' and handed Rudy over her phone so that he can save his number in her phone.

"Thanks Rudra." Bhavya smiled and walked off towards the office.

Rudy just stared at Bhavya's retracting figure with a adoring smile.

Om came beside Rudy and looked at him with a smirk playing on his lips.

"Toh...Mr Rudra, chale class mein ya fir yahi khade rehna hai din bhar, uski raah dekhte ?" ("So...Mr Rudra, shall we leave for the class or you wanna stand here all day, waiting for her ?") Om teased stressing on 'Rudra', with a small chuckle.

Rudy came out of his trance and blushed.

"Mu...mujhe der ho...ho rahi hai. Bye O." ("I...am... getting late. Bye O.") Rudy said quickly and ran away.

Om chuckled at his younger brother's behaviour before walking away to get to his own lecture.

♦

Shivaay was now sitting alone as he had sent Nitya home to take some rest cause she looked exhausted.

Shivaay was supposed to sleep and take rest but he couldn't due to all the stress he had.

He was stressed about Harshad.

What if Harshad decides to take his revenge from his baby brothers ?

What if he hurts OmRu in some way ?

What if Harshad tries to trouble Annika and Bhavya again ?

Harshad wasn't a cunning person with an evil, not physically harmful, plan...He was now a criminal, a professional criminal with guns and an audacity to kidnap a girl and force her to marry him.

Shivaay tossed in his hospital bed before giving up on sleep and sitting up.

"Khanna ! Khanna !" Shivaay yelled.

"Yes sir ?" Khanna came running inside the room.

"Mujhe phone do." ("Gimme my phone.") Shivaay ordered.

Khanna hesitantly pulled Shivaay's phone out of his pant pocket.

"But sir...apko aaram karne ke liye bola hai doctor ne." ("But sir... doctor has asked you to take rest.") Khanna said.

"Mujhe mera phone do Khanna." ("Give me my phone, Khanna.") Shivaay repeated.

"But sir-" Khanna was cut off by Shivaay.

"-Harshad waha khule aam ghum raha hai. Jab tak woh pakda nahi jata, I can't rest. So just gimme my phone." ("-Harshad is on the loose. Until and unless he gets caught, I cannot rest. So just hand me my phone.") Shivaay said.

Khanna nodded in understanding and gave the phone to Shivaay.

Shivaay quickly unlocked his phone and dialed a call to Dev, the detective who had helped him in getting his land back by exposing Veer's plan.

Shivaay called Dev up several times but the call didn't connect, Dev seemed out of network reach so Shivaay called Dev's Detective Agency.

*Phone conversation*

Shivaay : Hello, I'm Shivaay Singh Oberoi. Please connect my call to Dev.

Detective agency person (DAP) : Dev sir is missing since past 2 days.

Shivaay (shocked) : What ?!

DAP : Yes sir...He was working on some secret case which no one knows about and now he's missing. No one knows where he is.

Shivaay : Oh God.

DAP : If you want I can connect your call to Detective Javed, he'll help you out.

Shivaay : Ok.

*Phone conversation continues*

Shivaay talked with Detective Javed and provided him with all the information about Harshad and asked him to find Harshad out soon.

Shivaay hung up the call and gave his phone to Khanna and dismissed him.

Shivaay was now thinking about Dev.

Shivaay remembered very well that Dev was keeping an eye on Veer cause Dev thought Veer won't stop conspiring against Shivaay.

Dev had insisted on keeping an eye on Veer, when Shivaay had dismissed Dev's doubts.

Don't know why but Shivaay felt a strong gut feeling that there was Veer's part behind the disappearance of Dev.

Maybe Dev had found something nasty out about Veer which threatened Veer's reputation and may be that's why Veer kidnapped or...possibly killed Dev.

Shivaay's stress level didn't reduce, in fact, it just increased.

Shivaay was now worried for Dev as well, so he called Javed and asked him to search for Dev too alongside, though he didn't exactly tell Javed what Dev was working on.

♣

Annika was just making a coffee for herself when Bhavya came from behind and covered Annika's eyes.

Annika first jumped in fear cause she was still traumatized by her kidnapping, but then she realised it was just her baby sister.

"Bhavya !" Annika quickly turned around and hugged Bhavya tightly.

"Di ?" Bhavya furrowed her eyebrows, somehow just sensing that something was wrong with her di. "Kya hua ?" ("What wrong ?")

Bhavya pulled apart and looked at Annika and widened her eyes when she saw a hand shaped bruise on Annika's upper arm where Harshad had gripped her tight while dragging her around.

"Yeh...yeh kaise hua ? Kya hua di ?" ("How...how did this happen ?") Bhavya asked worriedly.

Annika walked Bhavya towards the couch in living room and made her sit down and told her everything about what had happened the last night.

Bhavya was shocked, scared and angry to say the least. She swore that she would kill that Harshad if he ever comes before her again.

"Ek aur baat batani hai tujhe.." ("I wanna tell you something more..") Annika said slowly with guilt.

Bhavya stared at her, encouraging to go on.

Annika told Bhavya about her misunderstanding about Shivaay and narrated everything which Aryan had told her.

Bhavya frowned. "You mean, apne unreasonably SSO se jhagda mol liya ? Offo di ! Aisa kaise kar sakti ho aap." ("You mean, you unreasonably picked up a fight with SSO ? Offo di ! How could you do that.")

"Bhavu ! Mein already guilty hu, ab aur bad mat feel kara mujhe." ("Bhavu ! I'm already feeling guilty, now don't make me feel more bad.") Annika whined with a pout.

Bhavya nodded and hugged Annika.

"It's okay di." Bhavya rubbed Annika's arm soothingly. "You can mend your mistake, just apologize to SSO."

"I tried Bhavu." Annika replied honestly. "Lekin guilt ki wajah se mein unse baat hi nahi kar paayi." ("But due to guilt I couldn't talk to him.")

"It's okay di." Bhavya assured.

"Woh kitna bhala admi hai, Bhavu, usne toh meri jaan bhi bachayi woh bhi tab jab meine uspe itna bada ilzaam lagaya." ("He's such a good man, Bhavu, he also saved my life that too after I put such serious allegations on him.") Annika spoke her heart. "Mujhe bahot bura lag raha hai. Mein itni stupid kyu hu !" ("I'm feeling very bad. I'm so stupid.")

Bhavya didn't wish to see her di like this so she decided to change the mood.

"Stupid toh aap ho." ("You are stupid.") Bhavya said slowly while trying to hold in her smile. "Lekin uske sath khadus aur jhagdalu bhi ho." ("But you're also an arrogant and arguing individual.")

"Haan-" ("Yeah-") Annika said and then she cut herself off when she realised what Bhavya had said. "-Kya bola tune ?" ("-what did you just call me ?") Annika narrowed her eyes at Bhavya.

Bhavya shreiked and ran away from her di while giggling.

Annika chased Bhavya around the entrie apartment for a good 20 minutes before dropping down on bed with Bhavya with a smile.

Just then the door bell went off.

Annika got up and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, 4 people barged inside the house and started packing the stuff.

"Yeh kya kar rahe ho ? Mera saaman kyu pack kar rahe ho ?" ("Hey what are you guys doing ? Why are you packing my stuff ?") Annika screamed in horror.

Bhavya came out of the bedroom and stared in confusion as she saw her stuff getting packed up by a few people.

Just then Khanna walked inside.

"Mam, mein Shivaay sir ke yaha se aaya hu. Unhone mujhe apko yeh batane ke liye bola hai ki apki security ke liye apko kuch din Oberoi villa mein rehna hoga." ("Mam, Shivaay sir has sent me. He has asked me to tell me that you'll have to move in, in Oberoi villa for security reasons.") Khanna informed.

"What ?" Annika frowned.

"Yes mam, he has also said that, this is not an option, it's a decision, so you'll have to shift in with Oberoi's." Khanna added.

"Let me call him." Annika grumbled.

"Koi fayda nahi hai uska mam, unka phone mere pass hai." ("It's useless to call him mam, his phone is with me.") Khanna showed Annika Shivaay's phone.

"Ugh !" Annika grumbled.

"It'll be good if you just tell the packers what you wanna take with you and if you pack your valuables yourself." Khanna said.

Annika thought for a while.

When she thought about it with a cool mind, she realised that it was actually better to shift in with Oberoi's, from the point of view of Bhavya's and her own safety.

So she decided to agree with Shivaay more for her sister than for herself, and started packing her stuff.

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Hey bubblies !

Ruvya lovers, where are you all ?

I decided to make Ruvya fall in love at the first sight cause I'm definitely the worst romantic writer ever...lol..😂

Anyway,
I counted the votes and got :

Want Priyanka : 6
No Priyanka : 4

So as a result there will be a 16 year old Priyanka but she won't have that much of focus as ShivOmRu, so don't worry all of you who voted against Priyanka's character.

ShivOmRu are and will always have the center stage no matter what, I promise, but Priyanka will have a few of her own cute scenes with her brothers.

I'll take your leave now.

Until the next update
Have a safe and great life 😇