Anushka POV
Afternoon, 2 PM
Looking at my reflection in the mirror, I smiled while admiring the orange coloured saree that I wore with my hairs kept clutched in a clutcher,
Sticking the red small "bindi" between my eyebrows, I giggled while making my steps outside, towards aangan and keeping the veil over my head,
My actions halted when I felt a sudden tight hug from my front and gasping by the contact, I muttered "Nanduuuu??"
I called with a slightly shock only to have a small laugh as a response and nandini pulled away softly while looking at me with loving eyes, "Bhabhi aapne toh sach me jaadu kar diya"
She said with a joyful voice making me smile in proud "Sukhriya nandu" I mumbled back while smiling proudly and she giggled in response while hugging me again,
Chuckling at her behaviour, I embraced her back while asking "Vaise kya kiya esa hamne?" I asked while patting her head and halted when nandini pulled away to look at me with knitted eyebrows
"Aapko pata nahi hai toh sukhriya kyu keh rahin thi aap?" She asked with confusion and chuckling sassily to her question, I brushed my fingers through my hairs and replied "Tareef ke yogy hai hum aur tareef lete waqt Karan ka intezar nahi karte"
I replied while smiling and saw nandini chuckling while listening to me and she nodded her head, before embracing me in a side hug from my side and mumbled softly "Aapne hame kaha tha ki aap bhaiya ko sabak sikhayengi hame daat-ne ka aur kal bhaiya ne hame itne pyaar se gale lagaya hai, aapko malum hai"
She replied making me knit my eyebrows and they soothened when she continues "Aapne esa kya kiya jo bhaiya aapki baat maan gaye bhabhi?"
She asked this time while smiling and I blushed
Thinking of lying, I hummed proudly before looking at nandini and replying "Apni moothi me rakhte hai hum aapke bhaiya ko, Abh se kabhi daat nahi lagayenge vo tumhe, agar lagaye toh hame batana, hum daat laga denge unhe"
I replied while fisting my hand showing the power I held and nandini chuckled, Nodding her head she finally pulled out from the hug and was going to go the other way when I stopped her
"Vaise nandu??"
I called her and saw her turning around and she muttered softly "Ji Anu bhabhi?"
She replied and the my nickname from her mouth felt sweet,
Smiling to her, while continuing the question, I added "Vaise bhaiya kaha hai aapke?"
I asked her and saw her thinking and replying soon after "Bhaiya toh khet me gaye hai"
She told me and my eyebrows raised at the information and I asked again "Khanna kha liya unhone?"
I saw Nandini shaking her head in denial before she added "Nahi, hum abhi ja hi rahe the khet, bhaiya ko Khanna dene"
She replied while smiling and turned to go away but quickly stopping her by holding her hand, I took steps towards her and pleaded "Aaj hum Khanna de kar aayein unhe?"
I saw her knitting her eyebrows in confusion but soon they soothened and she nodded her head softly before going towards the chullah under the shed and picking up the tiffin, she came back towards me and handed it to me
"Dhanywaad Anu" she thanked while giggling at my nick name, smiling to her back, I quickly took the tiffin from her hands before quickening up my pace outside the main gate and bidding her a bye
Author POV
Anushka walked outside the house while keeping the veil on her head and looked around realising she never visited at the fields and she doesn't know the path
"Hame toh rasta hi nahi malum hai" Muttering to herself while pouting, she turned to walk inside the house again but her steps stopped when her visuals caught the sight of a bullock cart passing from the front of the house being drived by a old man
Turning around towards the bullock cart, she fastened her pace while raising her hand in the air and called "Dada ji"
Her sweet voice caught the attention of the bullock cart driver, who stopped his cart and looked behind,
Watching a woman coming out of the sarpanch house, he saw her walking towards him and reaching infront of him, she adjoined her hands
Anushka POV
I adjoined my hands while bowing to the old man and heard a small chuckle, Lifting my face up while looking at him through my veil, I mumbled slowly "Namaskar dada"
I greeted with a smile voice and I heard him chuckling before he replied "Namaskar bitiya, aapne awaz di?"
He replied earning a smile from my side before I nodded my head and continued "Dada ji, aap hame sarpanch ji ke khet ki aur le ja sakte hai? Hame rasta malum nahi hai"
I added while saying the words softly to make him agree, I could feel him getting confused before he asked again "Tumhara naam?"
He asked and I smiled before replying "Ji, Anushka vashisht"
I could hear the small chuckle from his voice fading away before he suddenly stepped down his Bullock cart and adjoined his hands infront of respectfully "Namaskar bahu Rani"
He greeted and my eyebrows raised up understanding that he stepped down the cart to show gratitude and respect towards me like how everyone used to do to my baba in my village,
Smiling softly to him while I shook my head in denial,I softly said "Dada, aap hame bitiya bula sakte hai"
I assured him and watched him smiling to me before he nodded his head and replied "Chaliye, le chalte hai tumhe khet ki aur beti, Bhaitho piche"
I squealed in happiness hearing him and quickly fastening my steps, I went on the behind side of cart and sitting on the wooden seat which was covered with a coat-shed of yellow colour from above,
I kicked my legs in the air while keeping the tiffin aside and looking at the surroundings when the cart started
We covered the small journey with me admiring my surroundings, The area was decorated with alot of tall trees, small houses, cows tied infront of the houses, the sand roads and calm air,
Beautiful
"Bitiya, yaha se dai aur" My attention diverted from my surroundings to dada's voice and he stopped the cart slowly,
Nodding my head before hopping off the cart, I took my steps towards him and touching his feet as a thank you and
I made my steps towards my right,
There were wheat fields, sunflower fields and green crops waving in the sunny weather with the soft slow warm breeze, The small piles of sand sat striaght together to lead to the direction inside the crops and I smiled
Finally keeping my veil over my forehead, I sat my foot on one of the sand pile and walked over it while looking around
There were small marigold, roses and other flower plants that were planted on the borders of the feilds, Plucking out a marigold flower, I tuck it on my ear while humming a song
"Aapki nazaro ne samjha, pyaar ke kabil mujhe~
Ai dhadkan thahar Jaa mil gayi manzil mujhe~
Aapki nazaro se samjha~~"
"Anushka ji?"
My singing interrupted when I heard someone calling my name from behind, Turning around while narrowing my eyes as the sunrays hit my face,
A huge smile formed on my lips finding Virat ji standing across the other border of the field and I waved my hand
"Rukiye ham aa rahe hai" I yelled back softly, while keeping the tiffin closer to my chest, I hopped over the sand piles and finally stood while lifting up my face to see him coming towards me too,
We stood at the point of cross section between two sand piles lines, surrounded by the fields, a flower tucked in my hair and it felt a little romantic
Blushing while admiring the scene and place, I mumbled while looking down and extended my hands to give him the tiffin "Aapke liye Khanna lekar aaye hai hum"
I mumbled and felt him taking the tiffin, Expecting a flirty line I half twirled waiting for him to say anything but he hummed in response
Knitting my eyebrows at his reaction, I lifted my face up to look at his face which had the same look as mine, Shaking my head at him, I held his wrist and asked "Chaliye aap khaana kha lijiye, thak gaye honge aap"
I said and saw him nodding his head and we both walked towards a tall tree
Sitting under the shed of the tree, I looked around the place,
It was a square shaped free place with the tree we sat under, a handpump to bring out the ground water and some mattresses
"Yaha aaram karte hai aap?" I asked confusingly while tilting my head towards him, He nodded his head and added "Jii, hamare khet me saat(7) kisaan kaam karte hai toh agar veh thak jate hai toh vishram kar lete hai yaha"
I nodded my head at his response and looked at him opening the tiffin, He sat a shawl on the ground before keeping the small boxes over it and he washed his hands with water from the jug kept aside
Praying to God, he tore a peice of chapati and a smile formed on my lips
Shifting closer to him, I felt him tilting his head to spare a glance at me before he dipped the chapati in the curry and made a morsel
Looking at him while following his actions, I waited for him to serve me first but he ate the morsel
Humming in response, he took another morsel and ate it making me frown my eyebrows
"Kaise pati hai aap?" I taunted him, while looking at him with nose scrunched and shifted away, I saw him tilting his head to look at me with knitted eyebrows and he muttered "hn?"
Shaking my head, I softly taunted again "Agar aapki biwi aapke bagal me bhaithi hai toh aapko achhe pati ki tarah pehla nivala hame khilana chahaiye nah, Film nahi dekhte hain aap?"
His knitted eyebrows soothened in a understanding manner and without saying anything, I saw him making a morsel and forwarding it towards my face
Shaking my head, I whinned this time "Areee Virat ji, aapko pyaar karna nhi aata hai kya?"
I said and saw him looking at me innocently before he added "Ji?"
Scoffing at him, I shifted closer while sitting exact beside him and firstly ate the morsel and added "Agar ham aapse naraz ho toh aapko hame pyaar se naam bulana chahiye aur fir maafi maang-ni chahiye, aap bilkul bhi filmy nahi ho"
I whinned while pushing him away softly and cupped my face looking at him, I could see him confused before he nodded his head and replied "Theek hai mohtarma, aur kis prakar se?"
He asked and I smiled before replying "Vo hum aapko seekha denge abhi ke liye aap Khanna kha lijiye"
I could see him nodding his head and I smiled looking at him eat
After he was done, I saw him collecting the boxes together and he sat them aside and stood up
Standing with him, I followed him towards the handpump and he turned "Hamari maddat kara dijiye"
He pleaded this time with a small smile that I. ever saw on his face and it did something in my heart, blushing while nodding my head and taking my steps towards him, I nudged my shoulder with him shyly and he stumbled
Virat POV
I saw her blushing to herself and chuckling at her behaviour, I was going to sit beside the handpump when she walked towards me and nudged her shoulder with me softly
Stumbling over my steps, I could see a cheeky smile on her lips and a small smile formed over my lips
How can she be so cute with everything
Chuckling, I sat in front of the spout of the handpump and saw her pulling the handle up and down
A gargled of the water was heard before the water spilled out of the spout and I started to wash my hands and face
Anushka POV
I pulled the handle up and down while looking at him, He splashed the water over his face while washing his hands
The small water droplets that lied over his curly hairs and shined under the sunrays caught my eyes and staring at his face drenched wet, A blushing smile formed on my lips
He is attractive
Leaving the handle when I saw him pulling away before he fanned his hands in air to dry them, He shaked his head letting the water droplets sprinkle over me and the sand on the ground making my eyes squint and I chuckled
"Chaliye abh hamari maddat bhi Kara dijiye aap" I called out to him and saw him knitting his eyebrows before he added "Pranatu Khanna toh hamne aapko aapne hatho se khilaya, aapke hath kaise gande ho gaye?"
He asked this time and my smile dropped
Shaking my head while sighing at him, I left the handle and stood infront of him
"Isliye kehte hai bilkul filmy vyakti nahi hai aap, chaliye maddat karaiye hamari" I taunted him while glaring this time and he quickly nodded his head before walking passed by me
I think my glaring and scolding works?
Thinking about it, I pulled the veil off my head and tucking the pallu in the band of my saree on my waist, I sat
"Chalaiye" I mumbled slowly while keeping the hands adjoined and he pulled the handle letting the water flow out
Washing my hands and splashing the water over my face, I tilted my head to catch the sight of him looking at me with soft eyes
An evil plan popped in my head and before he could react anything, I collected water in my palms together and threw over him
Author POV
Virat was staring at anushka with some unknown soft feelings,
The feeling that he liked her glaring at him few moments ago while taunting him and then blushing more moments ago,
Smiling while remembering about it, His thoughts came to a halt when he felt water sprinkling all over his face and his face tilted to other side
Following the huge laughter from the side, He turned his face to look at anushka who laughed while looking at him and stood up,
"Anushka-" Virat was going to say something when he again saw her bending and collecting the water, she sprinkled it all over his face and he squinted his eyes
Looking at her still laughing, he also chuckled sarcastically before leaving the handle and collecting the water in his palm from the bucket kept aside, He sprinkled the water over her too
Anushka giggled at the cold water touching her skin and again bent to take the water in her palm and throwing it over him continuously
Virat raised his hand to protect his face while taking a mug in his other hand from the side and he filled it up with the water from the basket and sprinkled over her face making her drenched in water already
Anushka gasped at his actions and glared all of sudden "Ye kya kar rahe hai aap?" She scolded him and Virat laughed looking at her annoyed face and replied "Shuruwat toh aapne hi Kari thi nah filmy biwi"
He chuckled while replying and anushka's annoyance grew, "achha rukiye aap"
Threatening him, anushka looked around and saw the water's amount spilling out of the spout lessend and her eyebrows knitted
Her attention diverted from the handpump to Virat who laughed at her helplessness and he again filled the mug with water and throw it over her figure making the saree stick to her skin,
Anushka glared at him and looking around, Her sight fell on the small bucket of water kept aside and walking towards it, she picked it up before spilling it all over Virat and he gasped
"anushkaaaa" He whinned this time while gasping for air and looked at himself drenched, Shaking his head to let the water fell on the sand, he lifted his face to look at her with widened eyes
Anushka smiled in win while looking at him and when she was about to turn, she also felt the huge amount of water dunped over her and covering her face by her palms, she shaked her head while gasping at the sudden water and lifted her face to look at Virat who had a bucket in his hands and a sarcastic smile on his lips
Glaring at him this time, she looked around the area but not finding any buckets anymore, Her sight fell over the stick on the ground and she bent to pick it
Breathing heavily as the response of the water, anushka again glared at virat and walked towards him with the stick
"Aapko toh ham batate hai" she scolded him and her eyes followed him when he started to run the other side,
Increasing her pace too after him, anushka held her saree's pleats in her hand and ran behind him
"Rukiye aap" she yelled from his behind, earning a laughter from Virat who ran even faster
Virat POV
I laughed while slowing down my pace of running to let her come towards me,
Turning around while sparing a glance at her who knitted her eyebrows in anger while staring at the ground in between to not fall and holding her saree's pleats in her hand and the stick in another,
The laughter slowly faded and unknowingly, a smile formed on my lips
She was all drenched in water while the saree sticked to her figure and her hairs waving in some shapes and sticking to her cheeks
Realising what I was doing few moments ago, Laughing with her and dumping the water, I smiled
I didn't realised I was having a fun time and it filled my heart
My slow steps that were running afar from her slowed down and I stood at my place, Her head also lifted upside to still glare at me and soon, she stood infront of me
Author POV
Anushka finally stood in front of him while panting and she again glared at him,
"Abh kaha bhaagenge aap?" She warned him while showing him the stick in her hand and as her eyes fell into his, Her actions stopped
The stick in the half way in the air stopped and her eyebrows soothened while looking at him, His eyes glistened under the sun light and the anger she had for him few moments ago felt to be draining out of her body slowly by slowly
A small upturn of his lips caught her sight and a crimson red hue formed on her cheeks when he took few steps closer and stood just infront of her,
Letting the stick to fell from her hand, her gaze trailed downwards when she felt him holding her wrist softly and he pulled her closer making her colloid with his chest,
Widening her eyes at his actions, her lips slowly moulded to mutter "Virat ji, aap...aap kya kar rahe hai?"
She asked slowly at the proximity between them while her eyes stayed fixed at the ground and his hand embraced her by her shoulders, she was expecting a reply from him but her eyebrows knitted when his voice ringed in her ears
"Haan prashant tum jao, ham aa rahe hai" He yelled to someone as a reply and anushka became confused
Holding her like that for few more moments, He finally let her pull away and she frowned in confusion
Turning around, she saw a young man probably prashant to whom Virat yelled, going away the different direction and before she could process anything, she felt a shawl embracing her from the behind and her hands caught it
Tilting her hand to look at her behind, she saw Virat looking at the ground slowly before he muttered "Aapki saree bheeg rakhi hai anushka, chaliye abh Ghar ki aur chalte hai"
He muttered respectfully and walked away,
Anushka's confusion vanished away with his words and the realisation that he didn't wanted someone other to look her in the drenched saree that sticked to her figure and that's why he pulled her in a hug to stop the view, A smile formed on her lips
Wrapping herself in the shawl properly, she looked at him coming towards her with tiffin in his hand and stood beside her
Smiling to him, Anushka tilted her head towards him and narrowing her eyes, she warned again making Virat chuckle "Kuch din baad Holi hai Virat ji, badla tabh le lenge hum"
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Sometimes all we must do is tucking a flower in our hairs by ourselves while humming a song and walking between the crops and feeling the warm sun rays
Self love is peak top tier of life
Edit : I know chapter ka naam bilkul bhi nhi jach raha hai, but mujhe nhi pata me kya naam rakhu 😭😭😭
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