MaAn OS : Yaadien Unkahi | Anupamaa | Rupali Ganguly | Gaurav Khanna | Anupama

 Anupama was waiting for a call. She had been waiting for it for a while now.

Anupama POV-

Wonder what is taking him so long? It is almost 11:40 and he usually calls me at 10:00. Being late is so unlike him, the day Anuj Sharma would be recorded in history. Today will be a day to remember I guess. But why isn't he calling? Is he busy with studying? Probably, but he doesn't forget to call me everyday, he says if he doesn't say good night to me, he can't sleep. Is he sick? Did something bad happen? No Anupama, think positive, go to your happy place.

She looked up and saw Anuj sitting in front of her, he was looking at her with a strange expression. When he saw her look up he smiled. Anupama couldn't believe he was there, sitting so close to her. She blinked and he was gone.

"You are imagining things Anupama, he isn't here." she said to herself, "But where is he?". Her train of thoughts were broken by the ring tone of her phone, Khuda Jaane could be heard clearly all around her room. "Finally" she thought and picked up the phone.

"Kya kar rahe the tum, Anuj? Kitni der se phone kiya! Tum thikh to ho na? Main yahaan pagal ho rahi hoon soch sochke ki agar tum thikh,"

"Anupama ek lambi si saas lo" Anuj interrupted her rant, "Itna sab kuch ek baari me kaise bol leti ho?"

"Chinta ho rahi thi tumhari! Mujhe kaise kaise khayaal aa rahe the, tum kya jaano Anuj!" she defended herself.

"Sorry Anupama, mujhe kuch kaam tha. Chalo ab mujhe jaana hai" he said.

"Jaana hai? Ek to itni late phone karte ho aur uske uppar se thang se baat bhi nahi ki. Aaye bade jaana hai." she raged.

"Sorry, Love you Anupama, talk to you later, bye" and he hung up.

"By God! Ye samajhta kya hai apne aap ko?" Anupama went to her desk and switched on her laptop. She started typing

What does he think of himself? He calls, that too over an hour and half late and doesn't even talk! That stupid idiot! And i was worried about him! What

She stopped typing, she felt as if someone was near her. "You're just imagining him again, Anupama. Wait, why am I? I am angry because of him! Yes, I am mad at him! She continued to type.

What does he even think of me?

She felt someone very close to her, then she saw and felt another pair of hands touch her hands on the keyboard, and they started typing:

He thinks that you are the most beautiful woman in the world and he loves you more than anything.

She turned around and saw the love of her love looking at her. She blinked and he was still there. She then went to pinch herself to make sure she wasn't just imagining again, Anuj saw that and stopped her.

"I am really here Anupama. No need to hurt yourself." he whispered to her.

"What are you doing here?" Anupama asked him. She was actually ecstatic to see him but she was still angry for hanging up earlier. He looked at her, in his she could see a little regret, a little happiness and a lot of love.

"You will find out" he mumbled and went out to the balcony and 2 minutes later he came back with a few shopping bags in his hands. "Is that why you wouldn't talk to me? You were shopping?!" He nodded his head to indicate a yes.

"But you hate shopping!" she was trying to make some sense out of what she just found out.

"Yes, I hate shopping, but to make someone special's day special I can do anything, even shop." he answered rather sweetly.

"What? Who? Why?"

And out of nowhere she felt Anuj's lips on hers. Anupama was taken aback at first, but responded with all her love. Chills went down both Anupama and Anuj's spine as they both kissed each other. Their simple kiss soon transformed into a very passionate one. Anupama felt like the happiest person ever, she wanted this moment to go on forever, Anuj felt at peace it was as if he had finally found something worth living for.  Out of breath, Anupama pulled away.

Anuj hugged her, "Happy Birthday Anupama" he whispered in her ears. They broke the hug, Anupama saw the time, it was exactly 12:00. Anuj had come to wish her.

Anuj took out a perfectly wrapped box and gave it to Anupama.

"Open it" he encouraged her, as she was opening the gift, Anuj could see the excitement in her eyes, he continued, "Sorry maine pehle tumse thikhse baat nahi kari, agar karta to shayad tumhe pata chal jaata aur ye saara surprise kharaab ho jata"

Anupama opened the gift and took a gorgeous necklace. She was really touched by Anuj's actions. Out of impulse she hugged him again. Anuj welcomed her in his arms, happy to see her happy.

"Abhi aur bhi hai Anupama." he said and took out two small packets of ice-cream. "Thode se pighal gayi hai, par tumhe pehle bhi ice-cream ka milkshake piya hai na?" he asked with mischief. Anupama hit him playfully while they both laughed.

They both had their ice-creams together, feeding it to each other, all trace of Anupama's anger was gone, and was replaced by happiness, thankfulness and love. Thankfulness to God for giving him Anuj, happiness because she had him and love for him.

All the while Anupama was thinking this Anuj was looking at her and was saying the same thing in his mind. "I love you Anupama" he told her. "I love you too, Anuj." she replied. Anupama had been right, today will go down in history but not because Anuj was late but because Anuj had made this her best birthday yet.