Heya!!! As promised by me, here are the next updates of Modern Day Fairytale. You know one amusing fact I just noticed today is that, 2 out of my 3 on-going stories are going to have weddings as upcoming tracks simultaneously. Eternal String of Fate and this one, that too completely opposite weddings altogether, while ESOF have a minimal aesthetic mountain wedding, this one wil............ohh you'll get to know that soon, not gonna reveal here. For that read the chapter! But seriously, I am excited to write these tracks and to see how different these are gonna be from each other.
Enjoy!!!
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Author's POV
Taani give a onceover to herself as she got ready for their date. She adjusted her gown, then her hair. She felt pretty today, truly the dress and the accessories were beautiful. She heard a knock on the door and soon Rey's voice came inside,
"Taani, are you done?"
She took a deep breath, taking her clutch she walked towards the door and opened it slowly. Rey looked up seeing the door opening and his breath hitched after looking at her, she looked the epitome of beautiful and gorgeous. The gown was hugging her figure perfectly, her hair falling down her back in waves and light make up on her face. She smiled seeing his awestruck face, giggling she took a turn so that the gown flared around her and asked,
(Hairstyle above)
"So, how am I looking?"
Rey's breath hitched seeing her rotating so happily in that gown, her biggest smile on her painted lips. He looked at her once again from head to toe, not having enough of her sight and just sighed,
"You look like a dream come true."
He was honest, completely honest, but she just giggled and hopped towards him and he felt like a toddler was coming towards him excitedly to show her princess gown and stood just an inch away from him, biting her lips as she touch the flairs of her gown,
"You are just flattering me now."
Rey shook his head at her, she was looking down playing with her gown and he wondered how young she was, just a kid. Cupping her face lightly, he made her look at him, and he said,
"I am being honest, you look like a angel that kids see in their dreams, just so so beautiful."
She looked at him with her twinkling eyes when he said, "And I have something for completing this angelic look."
He saw her gazing at him confused, when holding her shoulder he too her to the mirror in the room, making her stand there, he stood behind and whispered,
"Close your eyes."
She obeyed him, shutting her eyes and he smiled, keeping his cheek on the side of her head seeing her and admiring her for a second, before he pulled something out of his pocket. Holding her hair strand, he removed them from her back baring her neck, and put the small pendent that he brought for her on her collarbone. She felt something cold touching her nape and bas of her neck and tried to touch it asking,
"Reyansh, kya hai...........Mujhe dekhna hai. Please eyes open karlu ab?"
He smiled seeing her pouting and hummed as he was done hooking the pendant. Taani opened her eyes and they turned wide in awe seeing the small peacock feather pendant with a flute, the two most loved things by her Krishna ji. She smiled tracing it when he leaned down holding her shoulders and asked,
"Tum Krishna ji ko bahot maanti ho na? So, I got this for you, tumhare Krishna ji ki taraf se."
She traced the pendant, her eyes shining with love seeing the locket in it and the thoughtfulness behind his gift, she smiled whispering,
"This is so beautiful! Peacock feather and flute, dono hi Krishna ji ko bahot pasand hai, it's perfect!"
She turned around with tears in her eyes, he frowned looking at her suddenly emotional and asked,
"Kya hua?"
She shook her head, looking at him with an emotional smile that still expressed how happy she was,
"I never thought someone would be there who would take care of even my smallest things and would do things that would make me happy. Kabhi kabhi I feel so small in front of you, main to aapke liye kuch bhi nahi kar pati."
Saying that she looked down, he frowned and said,
"Or tumhe aisa kyu lagta hai, and why do you think jitna main karta hun utna tumhe bhi karna hai? This isn't a business deal jaan, ki equal give and take hona zaruri hai......." He held her cheeks and made her look at him saying, "Zaruri nahi ki hum dono equal efforts karein, bas ye important hai ki efforts dono kare. And you do that so well, you love our family, always do things for them, the way you trust me, make me happy, all these things are enough. And if you still think that you need to do more, then abhi to shaadi honi baki hai na, puri life baki hai. For now, just enjoy being pampered to the fullest, tumhara childhood compensate kar raha hun main."
She smiled at his words and hugged him across his chest, keeping her head there, while promising herself silently that she would always try to do things that will make him happy, she would try her best to make him feel special too and fulfil even his every wish that he must have from her and their relation.
They broke the hug, and he asked her wiping the remaining tears in her eyes,
"Chale, would be Mrs. Singhania?"
She nodded giggling, and taking her hand in his big one he started to pull her out of the room, Taani looked around the hotel with 'awe' in her eyes as he guided her towards somewhere. They both walked and he brought her towards a terrace that overlooked the private beach of the hotel. It was a wooden deck type terrace and her eyes lit up seeing a table prepared for two along with candles lit around along with lamps. She clasped his hand excitedly and he smiled seeing that she liked the place, still he asked her,
"So? Kesa laga?"
She smiled widely at him, he could see the shone in her eyes when she rambled,
"It's so so so beautiful! How do you know I love candle light dinners?"
He chuckled pulling her towards the table, and then pulled out the seat for her answering as she sat down,
"Mujhe nahi pata tha honestly, I just guessed. But I am glad you like them, now I know this about you."
She smiled nodding before she asked, "Or aapko kya pasand hai? On dates?"
He chuckled amused, scratching his head, "Dates? Ughh! Not sure, coz this is my first 'proper' date, so yeah, no idea."
She looked at him in disbelief, "No way! First date? I thought you might have..............."
He chuckled completing her sentence, "Went on many dates, right?"
She nodded hesitatingly when he continued, "Yeah I did, but they can be or not be counted in dates, as they were with possible alliances or girls everyone wanted me to meet. So yeah, they can be called lunch meetings, they might be even dates but then I never had interest in any single one of them."
Taani nodded in understanding then asking, "Still, what would be your favourite date?"
He sighed thinking hard, then replied, "Well, as long as it's with you and you are there, doesn't matter." Taani smiled with a slight blush when he continued, "But I think a movie in a private space, with food and drinks and some fun time..................Or a night out under the stars, maybe like camping."
She smiled at his idea of dates replying, "Those sounds fun!" He asked her raising his brows, "Really? So, would you be fine if we go camping some day?"
Her eyes lit up and she said excitedly, "It would be amazing! I love staying out in nature......." She suddenly turned sad and sulked, "But I never could spend time in it honestly, mum dad didn't allow me to go on school trips, neither they took me out somewhere. In fact, I have never ventured out of Mumbai ever."
His jaw clenched hard hearing about how her parents never left a single chance of making her childhood miserable, but sighed and kept a hand on her hand n consoling manner and muttered, "Don't worry, we'll travel the whole world together, and we can start with your favourite place for our honeymoon. Just name a place, and I'll arrange everything."
Her eyes lit up again for the tenth time maybe in those ten minutes and he felt happy seeing that, when she asked with visible happiness and anxiousness in her voice, "Honeymoon?"
He nodded chuckling, now playing with her hand, "Of course jaan, we'll go for our honeymoon after marriage. What did you think, I would not grab a chance to spend time with you all alone and travel around?"
She blushed biting her lips and asked childishly, "You'll pakka take me wherever I say?"
He nodded readily, before saying, "Yep, tell me, kahan jaana hai aapne meri jaan?"
She again looked down hearing the endearment, as she could feel her poor heart going crazy when he called her like that before muttering, "I don't know yet, kabhi socha hi nahi coz I never expected main kahin jaa paungi. Can I tell you after thinking?"
"That would be just fine, jab bhi you decide tell me and I'll arrange everything." He replied before saying, "Now I am sure you are hungry, let's dig in."
She smiled widely, as he opened the dishes to reveal delicious food items on the table, he told her, "These are my hotel's specialities, the chef's famous for these dishes." She smiled as he pointed out the dishes, a basil, mushroom and cherry tomato pizza, red sauce pasta, exotic vegetable sizzler and honey chilly chicken. Their mouth was watering seeing the food, as both of them were big foodies and she mumbled, "That's too much for my little stomach."
(Let's make you guys hungry! LOL!)
He rolled his eyes muttering as he served food in her plate, "Even a single apple is too much for you to eat, mam! Shut up, and start eating more. Can't believe you even call yourself a foodie with the capacity you eat. Even Harshali and Vansh eats more than you."
She bit the inside of her cheek, hearing him indirectly scold her and she whined, "I am a foodie, I love food, it's just I get full easily. I am the one to taste everything coz I like everything but I can never finish it."
And then she looked at the huge amount of food which he served on her plate, she made a baby face and asked,
"ye aapki plate hai na?"
He chuckled shaking his head, "Nope mam, that's yours and I want you to finish all of that."
She gasped looking at it, though it wasn't much actually, she knew that but still for her appetite it was a lot. She tried the puppy face, but instead of relenting, he said,
"Puppy face won't do anything jaana, isse pehle tum dikha hi band ho jao, start eating a little. C'mon open up." Saying that he forked some chicken and kept in front of her mouth, she pouted childishly before eating it making him smile. He asked her holding the champagne bottle, "You would have this, right?"
She looked at it and hesitated, "Umm, not sure, never tried it."
He said shrugging, "So what, you can do now, if you want." She agreed and he opened it making her giggle at how it flowed after he opened the bottle. He poured the drink in their glasses, before raising his own, she clicked her glass with his,
"Cheers!"
He drank it, while she took a sip hesitating, and hummed feeling the drink draining down her throat. The taste wasn't actually that bad, it tasted good in fact. Seeing the smiled on her face he said,
"Tastes good, right?"
She nodded and said, "And I always heard that alcohol doesn't taste that good."
He chuckled saying, "Well when people are addicted, they really don't look out for taste. And secondly, some drinks actually taste good for beginners, umm like..........white whine, champagne. Do you know even champagne comes under a category of sparkling wines and got it's name based on French origin?"
She looked at him amused, "Really? I thought they were two different things."
He smiled answering as he sipped on his drink, "Yep, many people do believe that."
He continued speaking as he ate, "Well, you should try other ones too, red one I am not sure about coz red wine tastes too strong, but you can definitely some others."
She choked on her food, saying shaking her head nervously, "I am not too sure, don't even know if my system can handle alcohol. Or main to khud ko imagine bhi nahi kar paa rahi being drunk, what if I do something embarrassing, a big no no."
He smiled at her cheekily, replying, "Well you don't have to be embarrassed being drunk with me, and doing something embarrassing. In fact, I think I would love handling a drunk taani, it would be fun."
He winked at her in the end, she tried hard to stop herself from flushing and bit back sarcastically, "You wish!"
He chuckled having fun seeing her cheeks turning red. They ate, discussing anything and everything, happily chatting and he said after they were done with food, getting up from his seat and forwarding his hand to her,
"Can I have the pleasure to dance with you, jaan?"
She smiled and kept her hand in his, before getting up and he took her a little aside from their table and pulled her closer. She happily went in his arms and he surely noticed that change, seeing her not getting conscious anymore. He placed her one hand on his shoulder, and entwined their other together while keeping his free hand on her waist. She looked around amused as soft instrumental music started playing from somewhere, and asked him whispering,
"Ye music kahan se..........." He smiled, swaying with her slightly and pointed through his eyes towards the speakers kept at a side,
"I texted the manager to play it from in there, where the speakers are connected."
She sighed nodding, and they kept swaying as he gazed at her with admiration and love. She felt her heartbeat rising as he gazed straight into her eyes, twisting her guts inside of her. she smiled looking away from his face muttering,
"Stop staring!"
He didn't reply, only smiled softly at her words, before leaving their entwined hands and keeping it on his shoulder too and pulled her closer keeping both ahnds on her waist. She was still looking aside, her breath hitched as she went more closer to him than before and gasped softly when his hands caressed her waist over the cloth of her gown whispering,
"Aap kuch keh rahin thi?"
He asked whispering leaning towards her ear, nuzzling his nose in her side of head, she sighed feeling a blush coming on her face, and she shivered visibly in his arms. He smirked at this, when she stuttered now looking at him,
"Your staff might be seeing."
He answered her keeping his forehead on hers, "They aren't here, I forbidded them to come here until date ends."
Saying that he caressed her cheek with his thumb, and she looked at him through drooped lashes, when he whispered again trying to make her comfortable,
"Achha batao, I told you to think about your dream wedding na, what is it?"
She was confused, and just shrugged, "Pata nahi."
He frowned asking, caressing her cheek with the back of his fingers making her shudder and have a hard time in concentrating on their conversation,
"Pata nahi matlab? Kuch to hoga na, jo tumne socha hoga, that your wedding would be like."
She said shaking her head, "Umm nahi....mene kaha na, kabhi ye sab nahi socha tha. Yes, I dreamt that I will have a happy life after marriage, but vo sab bhi chhod diya when I met all the past alliances. None of them ever cared ki mujhe kesi wedding chahiye, in fact, none of them ever wanted anything to do with me. So mene bhi kabhi nahi socha, believing ki vese bhi vahi hoga jo mumma papa chahte hain. Or abhi bhi to vahi hoga, mumma papa abhi vese hi itne gusse mein hain, coz now they are losing control over me. Pata nahi, mere ghar pe wedding rituals hongi bhi ya nahi."
She shrugged sadly thinking, he just stayed silent as she kept her head on his chest trying to seek warmth and he tightened his hold around her still swaying, "Or agar main kahun ki tumhari shaadi vese hogi jese tum chahti ho, and sab rituals hongi vo bhi hum dono ki sath mein. That we will enjoy our wedding with OUR family."
Her head snapped upto him and she asked with slight hope in her voice, "Ye possible hai?"
He nodded grinning, and said, "Yep, it is. And I will make it happen."
She asked him holding his shoulders tightly, "how?"
He answered, "Simple, we will have a destination wedding."
Her eyes widened and she stopped, her jaw hitting the ground, not believing that he was saying this, "Destination wedding? Sachhi?"
He nodded and said excitedly, "See, I want to be with you every moment during our wedding rituals, coz I can't and I don't want to stay away from you anymore........" She felt herself smiling at his reasoning, when he continued, "And secondly, there's no way, I would let your family ruin our wedding for you. So, we will have a destination wedding, vahan pe vo sab honge jo hum dono se genuinely pyaar karte hain. Hamari family, and trust me, I'll make sure that you wouldn't even cry for a second during our whole wedding."
She smiled at his words, feeling lucky that he was the one she is going to spend her rest of the life with, when he asked again,
"Achha chalo batao, what type of wedding? And don't say pata nahi."
He groaned in the end making her giggle, she nodded when he gave her a serious face but then pouted helplessly, "Mujha honestly samjh nahi aa raha, help me naaaa!"
He sighed and said, "Achha let's do one thing, I'll ask questions and you answer."
She agreed and he asked the first one, "Destination should be in India or abroad?"
And she immediately answer, "India!"
"Why not abroad?"
She heard him ask and shrugged, "I just want the wedding to be in India, kahin bahar nahi."
He nodded before asking again, "Umm next one, a big fat Indian wedding, ya normal cosy wedding?"
She bit her lips pouting, and he had a hard time in concentrating on the topic at hand, instead of kissing her hard. She sighed saying, "Agar sirf cozy wedding bhi bolun tab bhi family itni badi hai, automatically it will be a big fat Indian wedding."
He chuckled saying, "Haan sorry bhul gaya tha, big fat ke alawa choice nahi hai, moreover mumma always wanted to be my wedding a big fat Indian style."
She grinned saying, "Fir to vahi hoga, jesa mumma chahti hain."
He nodded then asking again, "Achha next one, lakes, beaches, mountains or ocean?"
She frowned and asked, "Baki sab samjh aata hai, ocean mein kese?"
He shrugged saying, "We can do a cruise wedding."
She chuckled amused and replied, "Ugh I think I'll pass, not too sure about my resistance against the ocean sickness."
He imagined that and others getting sick and laughed amusedly, "Yeah, let's forget I suggested that."
They laughed together and he said, "Okay then, beach, lakes or mountains?"
She thought hard, and then replied, "Lakes!"
He smiled widely, "Nice choice jaan!"
Before continuing, "Achha last one, classy wedding? Aesthetic minimal wedding? Or royal wedding?"
She thought for a moment but had a difficult time in choosing, all had it's own charm and shrugged, "Can't choose, too difficult, you choose. Even it's your wedding."
She told him in end, and he sighed before he started imagining all the three scenarios and suddenly a sight of her coming towards him dressed like a queen in a royal wedding lehenga made his breath hitch, and he knew the answer at that moment,
"Royal!"
She smiled appreciatively at his choice and he grinned, "Great! I think I have it all cleared, we will have a royal wedding in a palace in Udaipur, what say?"
Both of their face supported the biggest smiles at the idea. Even her eyes lighting up as she imagined what he said, a destination royal wedding in Udaipur felt like a dream, she said giggling softly,
"If someone would have told me that I would be getting married in Udaipur that too in royal way, I really would have got a heart attack."
He chuckled kissing her forehead, "Then you might need to strengthen your heart more jaana, coz now you will be living all those beautiful things you never even dreamt of."
Saying that, he looked at her, even she was looking at him straight but then turned nervous when his thumb rubbed her lips softly, they didn't even realise when they both stopped dancing, he was caressing it softly and before she could have reacted he leaned down kissing her softly on her lips sealing their first date.
She gasped with the softness of the kiss, as if she was a delicate doll and she would break if handled with some force. They kissed each other softly, holding on to the other tightly and he moved back few moments later mumbling,
"This date couldn't have been any more perfect!"
She just stood there with her forehead leaning to his, and sighed snaking her hands around his neck. He nuzzled their noses before saying,
"Let's end this with some dessert, what say?"
She looked at him with childlike excitement at the name of dessert, chuckling he pulled her towards the table where a vanilla cake with berries and chocolate was waiting for them.
(Uff putting these food pics is a complete torture.)
She clapped excitedly seeing it, and he chuckled handing her the knife, she held his hand instead taking him aback but not commenting they cut the cake together. He made her it the first bite and she too fed him, when she moaned at the taste of the cake. He smiled as he saw her cutting small pieces and eating forgetting him and the world. He bit the inside of cheek, before grabbing her elbow and pulling her towards himself. She was shocked for a second, when he smirked wiping the chocolate at the corner of her lips making her shiver visibly.
Leaning down, he licked the chocolate off, before taking her in a sweet kiss again and she gave in, pulling him closer. Smiling he back away for a minute mumbling,
"I can never get tired of this."
She smiled when he took that smiled away again gobbling her lips taking her into a passionate kiss under the night sky making her heart burst in joy and happiness.
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Taarey's first official date is over! How did you guys find it?