[Completed]Be Mine-Ft. NCT's Lee Taeyong

Chapter fifty four

Mehendi is henna. Beautiful designs are made on our hands. It does have a light smell but its men who usually don't like the smell. Women love it.

Except for Mallika of course. Her mehendi looked so beautiful yet she is whining.

It was a rather relaxing event as women were just getting a good mehendi while men were chatting among themselves and enjoying snacks.

"My turn~" I cooed and went to the girl who was applying mehendi. I extended my arm and she began doing the beautiful artwork.

Only the bride gets henna on her feet as well.

"Mumma say aa~" Sanam came with a snack and put it in my mouth.

"You can't eat like this. Wan't me to feed you?" Taej asked me.

"Don't worry. I'll manage." They know I won't be able to eat when my hands will be covered in mehendi. I usually put mehendi during festivals.

"Noona looks really beautiful." Jisung
came and sat next to me as he admired henna.

After I was done with my mehendi I went to the balcony to dry it off. We have to remove it when it dries. Blowing onto my hands I patiently waited for it to dry because I was really hungry. Loud rumbling noises could be clearly heard from my stomach.

"Ah~" I groaned a little because of hunger. I do love these things but rumbling stomach is something that I hate the most.

Now I regret not eating snacks before.

Suddenly a mouth watering smell reached my nose. I turned to look at Taeyong keeping a small bowl of food on the table.

He didn't say anything. After passing me a faint smile he left. My eyes went from his disappearing figure to the bowl filled with food.

Who will feed me now?! Is this some sort of a torture?! I am dead hungry and he kept this bowl right in front of my eyes!

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Its the morning of the wedding day.

"Call the girls." Mallika's mother asked me to bring over the little girls for the ritual.

Its haldi.

Haldi means tumeric.

Tumeric is mixed with rose water and a couple of other things to make a paste out of it. Then it is applied on the body(just the exposed parts) of the bride as well as the groom so that they have a glowing skin for the wedding night.

And specifically in our community (We are hindus but more specifically we are Garhwalis), we make the tumeric by grinding various herbs traditionally. And the initial grinding is done by a few little girls. It is considered a good omen.

The hall was packed with people when the ritual started. One by one they came and applied a bit on the couple's arms, legs and face.

(Mallika's outfit)
(Meera's outfit)

After the ritual the haldi fight started.

Its not exactly a fight. When the haldi is almost done, married people use the left over haldi mixture and play with it a little. As in applying it at each other. Much like a tomatino festival in Spain. But we don't throw the mixture like that.

"What are you looking at?" Mei and Min Hee came and applied it all over my face. I met them in engagement and I'm so happy for the two boys.

But their gesture shook me a little as my parents looked at me wide eyed.

If an unmarried person gets the ritual's haldi on him or her, he/she gets married soon.

I bowed to them and immediately left for the bathroom. Looking at my reflection, I nervously held the water tap and twisted it hesitantly.

But for some reason I couldn't bring myself to remove it from my face.

Why?

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A/N: Yo! did you like the pictures and the typical Indian wedding feel?

Pictures taken from instagram!

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