EPILOGUE
AUTHOR 's POV
6 Months Later!
Aishu and Vikram stood hand in hand, surrounded by loved ones. The air was filled with the fragrance of jasmine and the sounds of joyous laughter.
As the priest chanted sacred verses, Aishu's eyes sparkled with a glow ,while Vikram couldn't stop stealing glances at his precious bride.
Aishwarya was dressed up like a perfect bride in her red silk saree and gold jewels, her long hairs into braids and adored with flowers and the perfect bold makeup
With each step around the holy fire, their hearts danced in sync, promising a lifetime of love and companionship. Finally, as they exchanged garlands, the crowd erupted into cheers, showering the newlyweds with blessings and flower petals
Now that Aishwarya and Vikram sat beside each other laughing and giggling, drenched in flowers. While their friends and guests continued to throw flowers as blessings .
The priest there continued making them do the rituals while Vikram saw his 'Wife' looking around like a lost kid.
"They won't come love" he whispered in her ears and she looked at him and nodded
"I am not expecting them" she lied
Two days just two days before their wedding she had sent his father and her aunt an invitation via post! Vikram was against it but looking at her wanting to it badly he gave up and agreed eventually.
Now that Aishu's eyes wandered around in the hope of finding them, Vikram hated seeing her disappointed.
"I can see that" Vikram said as he did all the rituals the priest told him to.
6 months back when they were denied by their parents, Vikram was hella determined to have a grand wedding and wanna show it off. The plans went on and in for entire 5 months and now finally the day was here .
Vikram turned around and saw her, to him she looked the same . The same Aishwarya from whom he stole a hair tie. Funny how from nobody to she had been everything to him.
She had gotten him so much changed that he was here getting married against his father's wish, the Old Vikram would never relate to him but all the fight , all the pain he felt all the bold move he took right now felt worth with one simple smile from her.
And to Aishwarya it was nothing less than what Vikram felt.
Not even in her dreams would she have dreamed such a wedding, her friends all round, few of the people whom she respected present and the guy whom she loves madly as much as he does sitting next to her.
It all felt right! To them.
"I am so full" complained Keerthana rubbing her swollen belly.
"Nah finish this off" said Arjun feeding her one more spoon of rice.
And they were here! His and her friends from last week! This one was one last wedding in the gang and it sounded fun so they decided to make it even more fun.
"How is that you were hungry a few seconds ago and now full?" Arjun questioned while Keerthana shrugged
As months passed , Arjun knew he has to take a deeper care about his wife. Especially when the doctors had warned him to take care of his wife .
"I wonder if all this care is for me or all for the baby?!?" Keerthana asked pulling his untrimmed beard.
"Darling! What if i say all this is for you and my princess" Arjun asked
"Rudra! Baby name is Rudra and its a prince " Keerthana told, she was barely 17 when she decided when she wanted to keep her baby's name as Rudra since the name was unisex she had no problem and then about the prince thing.
Arjun was hella sure it was gone be a Baby girl and he also managed to get Aishwarya on his team! For once they were on the same boat along with Aravind and Riya but then there is this Keerthana , dev and Aditi who are on team baby boy.
And then there is Vikram who votes for Twins which aren't even on the option.(that's Vikram)
Arjun nodded his head smiling to himself as he continued feeding her.
Who knew that the boy who seemed so bad had someone soft inside him. Arjun even in his wildest dream never saw all this happening but now that his wife sat rubbing her swollen belly where his lil one was growing , he understood not everything which starts off bad ends bad.
Keerthana wiped her lips and saw her husband carry the plate back to the food area. How lucky did she grew? How did she mange to get that guy! The guy who tolerated her stupidity . Keerthana felt terrible those days when Arjun was away from her but the irony was she knew she deserved it . Through nothing could even mange to heal the wounds she gave him , that wide smile she saw on his face when she broke the news of the baby will stay in her heart forever.
Here, Riya and Dev step onto the stage, greeted by cheers and applause from the guests. Riya grabbed the mic while devoting adjusted the guitar strap on his shoulders.
"Good Afternoon,everyone! We're thrilled to be here celebrating the love of our dear friends." Said the couple
"And what better way to celebrate love than with music? This first song is dedicated to the bride and groom , our dearest Aishwarya and Vikram" dev said
They begin to play a soulful melody, their voices blending perfectly as they sing a romantic song called "Pullaradha"from the movie dear comrade .
The guests tapping their feet's to the rhythm, mesmerized by the couple's heartfelt performance.
As the song comes to an end, Riya and Dev share a smile, feeling the love and energy radiating from the crowd.
The next few hours went randomly singing, pulling their friends to the stage and then dancing like crazy people. Until Riya gave up and wanted to take rest .dev like a good husband nodded immediately and arranged a place for her to settle down.
Riya smiled looking at Keerthana and Arjun! And noticing her smile dev giggled gaining her attention
"We will also have out own cricket team" dev said as of he was starting one of the basic common fact.
"Cricket team"? Asked a confused riya
"Aye madam you forgot about the 10 babies dream? Ig 4 sets of triplets will help us achieve the goal through one baby is extra but yea no issue in dreaming big " said dev earning a hit on his arms from her
"Ouch"
"How do i look to you?" She asked hearing his calculations in shock
"Like the most prettiest-girl to ever exist!" Dev said immediately with his famous cheekily smile and Riya smiled melting in that smile of his .
How did universe change over night? How did she mange to smile all day and not worry about crying to sleep later? How did this guy who is nothing but a flirter who does not realise is a flirt be her husband now .
Riya and dev surely did not have everything in their hand now but they had something called peace and love. It was enough.
She knew she had him and he knew he had her. Through starting a band on own was not a easy job as they assume, they somewhere knew one day its gone be worth all the hard work they do now .
"Aye madam! Lets think about our kids later now lets eat something you haven't touched a bread since morning" said dev grabbing her wrist, dragging her to the food court.
Here, Aditi and Aravind had managed to steal some time alone in the room! Nope nothing like people think. It's just that Aditi wanted to retouch her make up and Aravind wanted to use the washroom.
Aditi sat in the dressing table pining some clips into her hairs while Aravind walked out from the washroom and watched her.
It was his favourite thing to do! How stupid was he years ago to let go her?thinking back
He wondered how he managed to stay away from her for years.
" is this a new lipstick? " he asked her to which she nodded
" lip gloss! "She corrected
"Is it? let me see " he said pulling her surprisingly into a quick kiss.
"Hmm! tastes good like strawberry !"he said playfully after breaking the kiss.
"How dare you? It took me three whole mins to Apply it without getting my hairs get struck on it" Aditi pouted making him chuckle
Aditi looked at him chuckle! It had happened the guy whom she always loved was hers. He was no longer just Her best friend's brother but her husband to her Aravind was a prince charming but things went wrong she hated fairytales and realized it is nit always flowers and magic but thorns and pain too. But when he came back he made sure she was treated like nothing less than a princess making her want to believe in fairytales again.
"We need to go down! Dev is been spamming my phone" Aravind said and Aditi nodded
"Grouppppp photoooooo" yelled Aishwarya the bride as soon as she soon aditi and Aravind walk down the stairs, grabbing her friends attention
Quickly everyone joined them , leaving the newly wed in the middle , Riya and dev stood to the right side of them yelling in excitement brightly at the camera while next to the left of the newly wed stood Keerthana and her husband giggling at the camera and next to them was Aditi and Aravind smiling brightly at the camera .
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