ShivOmRu : A Bond Beyond Brotherhood

#53

"Stop her !" Tej said to Shivaay as they both watched Annika walking out of the room in anger.

"Anni...Annika." Shivaay called after her in a loud yet weak voice as he followed her out clumsily.

Annika didn't stop. She ignored Shivaay's calls and marched directly in the living room where Rikara and Ruvya were chatting away happily.

"Arey di, kya ab mein apko bhabhi bula sakta hu ?" ("Hey di, can I call you bhabhi now ?") Rudy was first to notice Annika storming towards them.

All the heads snapped in Annika's direction and they all frowned when they saw Annika's tear stricken, angry face.

"Di kya hua ?" ("Di what's wrong ?") Om asked worriedly. "Bhai ne kuch kaha kya ?" ("Did bhai said something to you ?")

"OmRu, tumhara bhai ghar chhod ke jaa raha hai." ("OmRu, your brother is leaving the house.") Annika boomed with tears spilling out of her eyes.

"What ?!" Rikara and Ruvya asked in unison.

"Yeh aap kya bol rahi ho di ?" ("What are you talking about ?") Bhavya frowned.

"Sach bol rahi hu, Bhavu, aur sach batane hi aayi hu." ("It's the truth Bhavu, and I wanna tell you another truth as well.") Annika replied.

"Annika...nahi.." ("Annika...No..") Shivaay came down the stairs leaning on the railing of the stairs.

Rikara and Ruvya's attention was fixed on Annika and her shocking announcement hence they didn't see Shivaay's condition and as Annika had her back towards Shivaay, she didn't see his condition either.

"Nahi, Shivaay." ("No, Shivaay.") Annika replied without turning to look at Shivaay. "Aj mein sab sach sach bata dungi sabko. OmRu ko sab kuchh janane ka haq hai." ("Today I'm gonna reveal it all. OmRu have the right to know the truth.")

"An..nika... please..." Shivaay's loud yet weak voice hit Annika's ears but she ignored him.

"OmRu, Tej uncle-" Annika was cut of by a loud crashing noise.

Annika and others turned towards the noise and saw Shivaay lying face first on the floor with a broken vase. Shivaay was unconscious.

"Shivaay / Bhai / Bhaiya !" Everyone yelled and rushed towards Shivaay.

"Bhai, aankhen kholo, bhai kya hua ?" ("Bhai, open your eyes, bhai what's wrong with you ?") Om panicked as he tapped Shivaay's head after cradling Shivaay on his lap.

Tears were streaming down Annika's eyes at the sight of Shivaay's unconscious figure. She had got the idea of what was happening.

Shivaay had been stressed since a weak and as far as Annika knew him, he must've ignored his health all this while.

Annika had lectured Shivaay numerous times about taking care of himself and his heart but Shivaay always waved her off.

Shivaay's heart muscles were extraordinarily weak, Annika got to know that when Shivaay had been shot by Harshad. She even wished to tell that to OmRu but Shivaay had restricted her from doing so, as he believed that this information will make OmRu unnecessarily worried for him.

Annika shakily took Shivaay's wrist in her hand to check his pulse rate and realised that his heart beat was abnormal.