Tu muskuraye har jagah

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[Annika - A, Shivaay - S, Gauri - G, Rudra - Ru]

After the party ended, Oberois returned home.

Om: Shivaay, what happened?

S: He is everything I'm not.

Om: Who are you talking about?

S: Sanket. He shares his feelings with her, he trusts her

Om: And you pushed her away. Shivaay, stop beating yourself up over this. It's too late to think about all of this. She has moved on, just like you wanted.

S(in his mind): Why am I feeling so bad about this? Why does it hurt to see her with someone else? I was the one who pushed her away. I was the one who hurt her. I have no right to be jealous or angry.

A week later, Gauri was at the hospital visiting a patient. She was talking to someone at the reception when she saw Annika, dressed in the patient's gown, in the cancer wing of the hospital. She asked the receptionist

G: Excuse me, that girl with Dr. Kulkarni, is she a patient here?

Receptionist: Yes doctor

G(in her mind): Oh God, Annika is Dr. Kulkarni's patient! That means she has... cancer? I have to tell Shivaay

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At Oberoi mansion

G: Om, where's Shivaay? I have to tell you all something

Om: He's in the kitchen

Om followed Gauri to the kitchen

G: Shivaay, I have to tell you something. Today while I was at the hospital, I saw Annika there, she's a patient

S: What happened to her?

G: She has cancer

Shivaay couldn't believe what he heard. His hands stopped chopping vegetables.

S: Are you sure?

G: I saw her, dressed like a patient, in the cancer ward with an oncologist.

S: Khanna, get my car keys

Shivaay took his apron off and left.

Ru: Why god? Why did Annika didi have to be sick? It's always the good ones who die first. We haven't even seen 'Shivika' together yet. Oh no! after her, it'll be my turn

Om: Rudra calm down, we don't have any details yet. Gauri, can you get access to her reports?

G: No, I tried. It's against protocol

Shivaay zoomed through traffic and reached her house. He rang her doorbell repeatedly until she opened the door

A: Why do you always ring the doorbell like a maniac?

Shivaay had tears in his eyes, he didn't realize when he got so emotional.