5.

As Rudra left with the cheesecakes arya cleared her throat "Kat a word" Arya spoke raising an eyebrow, arya had almost spent all her day in the bakery with Ketki she had never seen this man before and Ketki hadn't gone out on her own so how does she know about this man. Ketki smiles and shrugs her shoulders teasing Arya who'll die out of curiosity if Ketki doesn't tell her. Ketki knew her weakness very well so she on purpose didn't spill the beans but instead made Arya work the double.

When it was time to close, Arya finally couldn't control themself and asked Ketki again "dude come on tell me where did you find that Greek god?" Ketki's lips curl upward "Is he a Greek god?" Ketki questioned back, Arya rolled her eyes "Yes he is" Ketki smiled with a sigh 'I wish I could see him too' Arya cupped Ketki's cheeks "What are you thinking?" Ketki shook her head "So tell me how did you even meet him?"

Ketki sighed "You remember we went to the club..he was the one who saved me" Arya's mouth formed an 'o' "I see he saved you and took your heart away" Arya teased her, ketki's cheeks turned red in denial "no.. it didn't okay I m just grateful to him for saving me" Arya shook her head "say whatever your body language say otherwise."

Ketki was still in denial "Come it's time to close" Arya chuckled and locked the bakery. "Come princess time to go home" Arya spoke and opened the car door for her. Ketki got in and Arya went to the driving seat and started driving.

She played some songs and started humming to them while driving.

Uff mere dil mein thodi khaali si jagah thi

Uff toone aake bin kiraye yeh jagah li

Kuch keh bhi na saki, yeh kaisi bebasi

Yoon chupke chupke aaya bin bulaya mehmaan

Uff mere dil mein thodi khaali si jagah thi

Ketki smiled and started singing along.

Humko na khabar kab kaise aaya woh

Dil se khus-phus kya farmaaya woh

Humko na khabar kab kaise aaya woh

Dil se khus-phus kya farmaaya woh

Ho.. uff mere dil mein thodi khaali si jagah thi

Uff toone aake bin kiraye yeh jagah li

Kuch keh bhi na saki, yeh kaisi bebasi

Yoon chupke chupke aaya bin bulaya mehmaan

Uff.. mere dil mein thodi uff..

Mere dil mein uff.. uff..

Mere dil mein thodi khaali si jagah thi

Ketki had a beautiful voice. She loved singing but was too shy to sing in front of others. Arya smiles, watching Ketki sing again after a long time. She pulled in front of her house and helped her out. "See you tomorrow princess" Arya spoke but Ketki was quiet "Tomorrow. I can't" Arya's eyes widened as she realized tomorrow was Ketki's mother's death anniversary and she pulled Ketki in a tight hug.

"I am sorry I am sorry I forgot.." Arya knew how hard it was for Ketki to come out of the trauma of losing her mother. "It's okay, Coco, not your fault," Ketki said, giving a small smile. "I'll go in now hm?" Arya just nodded even though Ketki couldn't see it. "Kat take care" Ketki nods and slowly walks into the house.

Samarth was in the living room discussing a few things with his father who was on call with him. His father usually stays in the States handling their company branch and also finding a suitable donor for ketki. Samarth saw Ketki slowly walking in, he saw unshed tears in her eyes and quickly hung up. He got up worried and walked to her.

"Sunshine what happened, did anyone hurt you?" Samarth asked, cupping her cheeks. Ketki shook her head and hugged Samarth letting her tears flow. Samarth's heart broke seeing his sister cry. "Bacha, if you don't tell me how will I know?" Samarth spoke, patting her back. Ketki sniffles "Dada.. Tomorrow is Mother's death anniversary" Samarth's hand curled in a tight fist.

How could he forget his mother's anniversary, the world thinks it was an accident but only he knows it was a planned murder. But can't tell Ketki about it how can he confess that he is the reason their mother is not with them? Samarth pulls back and cups her cheeks "Bache don't cry maa will not like to see you cry like this her heart will break seeing you like this how will she stay in peace?" Ketki nodding wiped her tears giving Samarth a small smile but her smile didn't reach her eyes. "I won't cry I promise..for maa I won't cry" Samarth kisses her forehead "Go freshen up we'll have dinner okay?"

Ketki nods and slowly walks into her room. Samarth's heart broke a million times seeing his sister like this. She blames herself for her mother's death but he is the reason why her mother left them and Ketki became blind but he was too scared to say it.

Ketki went into the bathroom, she turned on the tap and with the water flowing her tears too started flowing. She cried till her throat was in pain. If she hadn't driven the car that day this all wouldn't have happened and she wouldn't have lost her mother. No one blamed her but she blamed herself. She cried and cried.

She stopped and took a deep breath, and splashed cold water on her face, wiping her face. She changed into her pajamas and walked into the dining room. She smiled cheerfully at her brother so that he wouldn't be worried about her. She sat on her chair while maids served her the food. "What did you make didi?" she asked with a smile. "I made your favorite misal pav" Lata Didi spoke with a wide smile.

A genuine smile formed on her lips which settled Samarth's anxietic heart. He specially asked Lata Didi to make misal pav as it was ketki's fav. Only a 'झणझणीत' (spicy) misal could lift Ketki's mood. Ketki without waiting started eating the food while Samarth just watched her with a satisfied smile.

After dinner, Ketki retired to her room after wishing her brother good night.

Meanwhile:

Rudra, who left the bakery a while ago, was driving to go to Zayn's house. He is no longer grumpy about picking Zayn's birthday cake. Instead, he was smiling to himself. He knew he shouldn't but was freaking attracted to her. His heart rose again just remembering her sweet smile.

'Tf what's with you buddy won't you calm down huh... Are you planning on beating every time you see her smile?' Rudra scolded his heart but the smile on his lips never faded. 'Chashni..she is sweet like a chashni' (sugar syrup) He drove to Zayn's house, pulled over, and got out of the car taking out the cake boxes carefully.

He walked into the living room, only to find three men sitting there dying of hunger "What took you so long" Devansh was the first one to speak, "we were dying of hunger" Rudra rolled his eyes "The food is already prepared why were you dying?" zayn got up taking the cake box "we were hungry for this" zayn showing Rudra the box.

"Only one... This one I am gonna have it all" Rudra spoke keeping one box to himself while three men had their eyes popping out hearing him. "Rudra you don't like sweet stuff" Devansh spoke after coming out of the shock. Rudra shrugged "Yes but I'm gonna have this cheesecake all by myself" Rudra spoke sternly leaving no room for discussion. The three men sighed as they had to share a single cake while Rudra will have a whole damn cake.

Without waiting for a second he settled on the couch opening the box he took a small piece in a dish and took a bite, as soon as he ate the cheesecake he closed his eyes to the taste, he never had sweet in his whole life but this cake he's ready to eat his whole life only if it's made by chashni. With that, he ate one bite, two bites, three bites, and almost finished half of the cheesecake.

He glances at the three men whose jaws were dropped "Guys you can have your cheesecake.. Why staring at me my stomach will hurt" he spoke, taking another bite. "Oh and Zayn HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO" Rudra wished him and finished the whole cheesecake. Zayn should have been irritated by this behavior but he just smiled. He had seen Rudra being a heartless bastards all those years but today he finally saw a glimpse of old Rudra who was 'Jaan' of their group.

'You wishing me with your charming smile which isn't fake or cold it the best birthday gift for me there liye ek kya 100 cheesecakes qurban' (for you I'll sacrifice 100's of cheesecakes to see you smile like before)

Devansh and Aryan were happy seeing Rudra behave like before. All these years he was just blinded by revenge giving a cold shoulder to everyone. They didn't know the reason behind Rudra's behavior today but they were thankful to whoever and whatever it was. Only for some time at least they get their old rudra back.