Rishabala OS : Canvas & Notepad

Canvas & Notepad

Anika opens the door and walks in. "Madhu..."

"Yes, Bhabhi?" Madhu asks as she continued to type.

"They are calling you down." Anika tells her just as Rishabh walked in.

"Oh... just a sec." Madhu tells her as she quickly finished the sentence. "Okay done." Madhu says as she quickly gets up.

"Maybe you should change." Anika hesitantly tells her seeing Madhu in her t-shirt and track pants.

"Yeah?" Madhu looks down at herself. "This won't do?"

"You are a new bride. They are here for your mooh dikhayi."

"What is that?"

"Your face will be covered and they will remove the veil to see your face."

"Why?"

"What why?"

"Removing veil and all."

"That is a ritual... you know, seeing the bride for the first time."

"They saw me yesterday."

"It is a ritual."

"So, when Rishabh comes to my house for the first time, he will wear a veil?"

"No." Anika replies confused as she turned to look at Rishabh and sees him gaping at his wife.

"Why?"

"Why do you keep asking, why?" Rishabh asks her confused and feeling a little helpless.

"Because I didn't understand all this."

"Haven't you had these kinds of functions at your place?"

"I don't know. I never bothered with all that. What should I wear?"

"Saree. Do you want help getting ready?" Anika asks her.

"I've to dress up?" Madhu asks scandalized.

"If you don't want to, you don't have to." Rishabh tells her.

"Why don't you go, RK?" Anika asks him.

"Bhabhi..."

"Madhu is going to interact with our relatives the first time. Shouldn't she be looking out of the world?"

"Shouldn't what I talk to them matter more than how I look?" Madhu asks her confused.

"Yes, but first impression always comes from how good you are looking." Anika explains, as she held Rishabh's hand and gently guided him out the door.

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Rishabh with Rudra and Shivaay walks to the living room to find lots of ladies sitting and chatting amongst themselves. As they waited for both the brides to come down, they were busy discussing about the bride swap and guessing the reasons. Seeing Rishabh and Rudra, one of their over the top, nosy aunt asks them curiously, "RK, you were supposed to marry Bhavya, right? And Rudra, Madhu... then why did you marry Madhu, and Rudra, Bhavya?"

Rishabh turns to look at Rudra and Shivaay and sees them both getting furious. Before they could say anything, Rishabh casually tells her, "Madhu is my wife. Bhavya is Rudra's. And that's all you need to know."

Her face turns red in humiliation hearing that.

"The brides are here." Shivaay quickly says seeing Radha bring a veiled Madhu, and Anika a veiled Bhavya.

"I guess we should go." Rishabh whispers to his brothers and stops seeing Shivaay lovingly adoring Anika Bhabhi. He turns to look at Rudra and sees him looking at a veiled Bhavya with a smile. Rishabh turns to look at his wife, and seeing her, the only thought that came to his mind was, Damn! She is short.