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The place choosed for the marriage was filled with aroma of beautiful fragrance of Roses, lilies and other flowers, The red carpet spread all over the area and sheds of net-dupattas shining bright in the sky and knotted together as an crown over the space, They seemed delightful,
The mandap sat in between with one seat captured by the groom, whose heart is blooming with different sensations of confusions even till now and two seats were occupied by the parents of the bride, whose hearts felt fulfilled with happiness and tint of emotional feeling taking over their hearts,
Another seat was occupied by pandit, Who sat while chanting the mantras and pouring the ghee and ahuthi in the sacred fire, and The heart of confusions felt itself beats racing when they heard the pandit's words "Vadhu ko bulaya Jaye"
Virat sat there with his head hung low and heartbeats racing with each passing moment, and his gaze travelled upwards when he heard the ringing of anklets of the group of ladies, who held their lehenga and made their way towards a direction to bring the beautiful bride,
The bride, who is standing infront of mirror and twirling in excitement, feeling the prettiest woman alive today, The golden maang tika in the middle part of her hairs, Hairs rolled up and clipped on either side of her forehead, Hairs braided in an braid with roses embedded in them, Neck decorated with heavy golden jewelleries and the pleasant sound of ringing of her anklets with her each twirl, filled her heart
She said yes,
A yes to the guy, who pissed her off but why? She doesn't even know either,
She felt an yes on her tongue and she let that slip,
The thing that she doesn't even regret and neither any sense of fear is haunting her, she is happy
Happier than she has ever been,
Anushka's dramatic and fairytale admiration for herself stopped, when she saw her cousin sisters entering inside the room,
Their hustling steps halted when their eye's fell on anushka and an wide grin made it's way of the bride's face,
Bride's sister made their way towards her and almost whispering in the awestruck, One of them took little amount of kohl from side of her eye and marked behind anushka's ear, "Kitni khoobsurat lag rahi ho anushka tum"
Her eyes filled with small tears and she hugged anushka who knitted her eyebrows, "Ro kyu rahi ho tum?" She asked, earning an soft sob from her sister, who pulled away and patted her head while replying "Hame yakeen nahi hota ki aaj Vivah hone wala hai tumhara, Akal bhi nahi hai tum me"
Her reply made anushka knit her eyebrows even more and she hit her elbow chuckling at her, Her sister took the dupatta from the couch aside and each of her cousin, held the dupatta's end and anushka stood under the shed,
Feeling the main lead energy of her life, An proud smile forms on anushka's lips and she quickly covered her face with the veil and made her steps towards the mandap slowly
Virat's eye travelled from his rubbing hands to his upward and his heart skipped beats, His eyes fell on her,
Wearing an heavy dark red attire, with one dupatta placing on her head and another red dupatta laying on one side of her shoulder pleated properly, The kamar bandh in her narrow waist and her hands decorated with the red and golden bangles holding her veil, she was beautiful
Standing up to help her sit beside him as she could barely walk because of the heavy attire, Virat helped her sit and than sat back by himself too,
His eyes focused on the pandit ji, while he felt the presence of pair of eyes over him, His gaze didn't left his front while her sight didn't left the sight of his face
The small hairs infront of his ear, Curly brown curls falling on his forehead from the sides , slight beard on his cheeks and pink plumpy lips formed in an thin line nodding to the mantras,
The cream cloth tied as an turban on his head and the plate with petals of jasmine hanging as an strings, sewed infront of his turban covering his face,
He was attractive and she was attracted? She felt
The admiration she had in her eyes while looking at him turned in a wide gummy smile of blush, when she saw him offering his hand towards her to hold for the pheras,
Blushing silly, she held his hand and the pheras were recited by the pandit and her lehenga was pulled safe from the fire but her lips foolishly kept in a smile while her eyes said a no to even take them off from his face,
Completing the pheras, Anushka again sat back and closer to him this time earning an sight from Virat, but her gummy smile was enough a safe card of her and she used it, earning a nod from him and he turned his face in the front awkwardly
Her heartbeats raced with excitement, when pandit ji announced him to put Mangalsutra- The string that holds the beautiful story of each wedded couple in her neck,
Her hands fisted her lehenga as she bit the inner side of her cheek trying to stop her smile, when she felt him pulling her veil up,
Her eyes met with his and an blush took over her cheeks, His eyes held softness in them while she was sure, her excitement in her eyes might seem weird to him,
He was beautiful
Honey brown eyes with fair skin that was shining under the moonlight, Small beard on his cheeks and moustache which was laying, upper to his plumped lips
Her eyes didn't left the sight of his face, wherever his eyes trailed down in shyness under her gaze and she felt his warm hand wrapping around her neck and he tied the mangalsutra behind her neck,
Picking up the coin sat in the thal infront, He took the coin in his hand and took the holy sindoor in it, and he looked at her
Her eyes held adoreness for him that he sensed and his heart ached thinking he might be ruining her life,
He said yes for his parent's hope and even if he promise to always take good care of her, he might never be able to forgive himself whenever his gaze will meet those glistening eyes of hers,
Taking an deep breath, he chanted the god's name under his breath before taking the sindoor closer to her partition of hairs and he saw her raising her hand to pull up the maang tikka while showing his name on her hand deliberately
Smiling slowly to her childish and adorable actions, he filled the partition of her hairs and her eyes closed,
It starts here,
Their story starts here and anywhere this will take them, They would have to walk on that path
Her closed eyelids, soft smile on her lips and soothened expression send a saddened feeling in Virat's heart rethinking the decisions, while a feeling of pureness was sent to her heart,
Soon, Promising each other to be there in rich and poor, worst and best, Whole life and till death do them apart,
He became hers and she became his
It was the time of vidai, Virat stood outside the house with his hands locked behind and anushka on his one side,
Kamla cupped anushka's cheeks and broke into tears, The only daughter and only child of theirs is going afar from them and they will miss her always
No matter how much she scolded anushka, Her love for anushka was infinite and till eternity, Placing an peck on her child's forehead, her eyebrows knitted when she saw an cheeky smile on anushka's lips
"Hamari yaad nahi aayegi tumhe Jo muskura rahi ho?" Kamla asked, between her sobs and anushka softly shaked her head, "Hamne socha nhi tha aap royengi"
She replied, earning an slight slap on her elbow and kamla hugged her, "Isliye kehti thi me dimag Lelo thoda"
Chuckling at her, anushka embraced her back with love and pecking her forehead back, Anushka pulled away and her sight fell on her father, who stood behind with napkin in his hand
He was trying not to cry and she saw it in his eyes, Moving towards him, she didn't said anything before hugging him and patting his head lovingly, "Aapna aur maa ka khayal rakhna baba, Agar kabhi maa aapko daat de toh daat kha lenaa, Theek hai?" She said,
Patting her father's head in each word and her father chuckled before nodding his head, Placing an kiss on her cheek and giving back a pat on her head, he whispered a "Apna khayal rakhna beta" to her and she turned
Turned to sit in her palanquin and start a new journey of her life,
Her palanquin was lifted by four shoulders and the smile that she was carrying on her lips till now saddened,
Keeping her head low while the flashbacks of her childhood roamed in her head, Small tears left her eyes
Opening the curtain of her palanquin, she spared an last glances at her parents who still stood at the door even after she covered enough far distance from them and an smile forms on her lips,
The new journey starts here,
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