A week passed and manvi was now fit
and fine, but the only person she was comfortable with was her
nimmi.. Nimmi never left her side and this helped her to recover from
the stress and shock, but the topic or rather the person she was
avoiding was Virat, she didn't know how she was to deal with him so
she took on the best path and that was to ignore and avoid, the same
was with Virat. And this became the reason for worry of the family
members as these two were hell bound to ignore the reality of their
relation. Whenever anyone came up with the topic both would very
smartly avoid the talk and above it both were avoiding one another..
it was now high time and the Vadera's now decided to break the ice
and take the decision.. The pandit was called and a auspicious day
was fixed after a week for a proper marriage. Everything was fixed
that they would leave for Hrishikesh , where is their ancestral home,
and the marriage will take place their, tickets were booked and now
was the most difficult task and that was to inform both of them about
their decision. After much persuasion from the family Nimmi and Rahul
took the responsibility to talk to their respective bestie..
nimmi entered the room to find manvi
in the balcony staring at the sea, nimmi intentionally moved her hand
so that her bangles produce some sound, manvi turned as her trail of
thoughts were broken by the sound. She turned to find Nimmi with a
weird expression.
M- kya??
N- who aise hi tujhse baat karne ayi
hoon, nai aa sakti??
M- par teri sakal to kuch aur hi
ishara kar rai hai.. kya chupa rai hai??
nimmi took a deep breathe mentally
preparing herself to speak out.
N-- well.. u r right.
M-- so?? agi vi bolegi??
N-- Ya..baat ye hai ki agle hafte
teri shadi hai bhai se aur hum 3 din mei yeha se Hrishikesh k liye
niklenge aur aaj se shopping karni hai so tu ready ho ja hum kuch der
mei niklenge. (she spoke in one breathe)
after completing her words in one go
she took a deep breathe as if she finished a work of great effort.
M-- kya shadi?? par..
N-- par kya mannu?
M-- nimmi dkh main tum logo k liye
aur musibat nai banna chahti hu, pehle hi itna kuch ho gaya pls mujhe
aur guilty feel mat kara.
N-- mannu.. kya bolrai hai ye.. teri
shadi bhai se already ho chuki hai aur ye koi mazak nai hai hum sirf
is shadi ko apne riyazo mei dhalna chahte hai. Tu samajh rai hai na??
ye koi upkar nai hai mannu, ye humara kartavya hai.
M- mei samajh sakti hu par tujhe nai
lagta ye tere bhaiya par nainsafi hoga, unhone tab situation se
nikalne k liye mujhe sindoor pehnaya tha mai nai chahti ki ye shadi
pachtaba ban jae .
N-- aisa kuch nai hoga believe me..
vanishka who was listening to all
this from outside was happy to learn that manvi was giving importance
to her son's future rather than her own and she was now more than
sure that manvi is the perfect partner for virat.
Va- beta rasme to hoti isliye hai ki
riste majboot ho. Shadi k in rasmo se dooriya mitte hai aur ek naya
rista pyar ki manzil pti hai wo fir na to samjhota hoti hai na
pachtaba. Ab ye sab mat socho aur apne taraf badte in khushiyo ko
samet loo, ye pal bar bar nai aate aur jaha tak mere beta ka sawal
hai main tumhe biswas dilati hu wo is riste ko puri imandari se
nivayega aur tumhe bohot khush v rakhega bas uska saath mat chorna.
Vanishka walked towards manvi and
kissed her forehead,
Va-- ab jao jaldi taiyar ho jao,
Nimmi aur Jeevika k saath apne shopping complete karlo.
M—ji..
Va-- aur ha jo v pasand aaye le lena
ye sab ab tumhara v hai aur khudko humse alag mat samajh na beta tum
v isi pariwar ka hissa ho, aur mai tumhari v maa hu. Samjhi?
Manvi was too touched by her words
that tears formed in her eyes, she was always very close to her
mother but now she didn't know when she would get to meet her again
but today the word "maa" from vanishka's mouth from back the
image of her own mother, her love, care and concern melt her heart
and she hugged her at the instant. Vanishka was moved with her
reaction and hugged her back with all the love she has. "maa"
manvi could hardly speak the word and hugged her more tightly,
vanishka could very well guess manvi's emotion, she spoke softly "
ha beta I am your maa". Soon she found manvi sobbing softly and so
she rubbed her back to soothe her. Nimmi , who was observing this
melodrama thought of breaking the moment.
N-- ahem ahem.. agar aap dono ka ye
ma beti punar milan hogaya ho to hum shopping ko chale.
M- kyun tujhe jealousy ho rai hai?
N- kyun mujhe kyun jealousy hogi??
Va- jalne ki gaandh to aaa rai hai,
kyun manvi??
M- ha maa bilkul sahi.
N-- acha to aap dono meri khichai
kar rai ho jao mai nai karti baat aap dono se..
M-- aise kaise nai karegi baat nimmo
rani..
and manvi comes forward and starts
tickling her, nimmi was laughing her heart out and trying to stop
manvi..
N-- ruk na pls ruk ja..
M-- loo kar li na baat..
N-- mannu abhi tune mujhe kis nam se
pukara??
M-- kya kis nam se, usi se jisse
humesha bulati hu.. nimmo..
N-- mannu tu nai janti kitne din
baad tere mu se apna ye nam sun rai hu.. isbar jabse mile the tu
mujhe nimmi kehkar hi bula rahi thi par aj tune nimmo bulaya iska
matlab tu sach mei khush aur main v bohot khush hu..
manvi was overwhelmed by her words,
how much she knew her, this is what you call true friendship, manvi
hugged her and she too.. vanishka was adoring the sight before her
eyes with tears.
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rahul was walking to and fro outside
virat's study but could not make up to go inside, he remembered last
time when he went to tell him that he loves his sister he received a
blow on his face resulting in swelling of his nose but that was his
initial reaction and with time he accepted their relation , so what
is he going to do with me today when I speak of his marriage??
thought rahul, but last time to receive a blow was reasonable as
Nimmi was just in standard 9 and they were in their 2 nd year in
college and for a brother it was difficult to accept that his kid
sister is in love with his friend but today it was about his marriage
why will he bit me?? rahul was preparing himself for virat's
reaction. Virat was always a stranger whenever it comes to his
feelings, his initial reaction and final are so different as if
heaven and hell.. but amidst all these rahul was very happy about all
these marriage thing of virat.. First of all he was happy for his
friend as he knew manvi very well from last few years as she being
Nimmi's soul friend and rahul saw her as a sister and secondly he was
happy as virat could no more tease him that he married a girl 5 years
younger to him, virat always teased him that he and nimmi would have
what is called generation gap between them as he believed that
relationship should be between peoples of same age or with a
difference of 1 or 2 years but now no more he could say that as now
he was in the same boat with Rahul .
Finally rahul entered the room nd
found virat engrossed in a file he coughed to get his attention and
to his relief virat instantly turned towards him and closed the file.
V- tu?/ aaja baith.
R-- kuch jaruri baat karni yhi
tujhse.
V- hmm go ahead.
R-- dekh mai tere eklauti behen ka
eklauta pati hu isiliye soch samajh k mario warna teri behen bechari
bidhwa reh jayegi..
V-- ye kya bol raha hai?? mai kyun
marunga aur wo v tujhe, mujhe pata hai ab tu sirf mera nikama best
buddy nai hai jiju ban gaya hai tu mera ab bol v kya bol na hai..
R-- you sure..
V- absolutely..
R-- ok.. gharwalo ne agle hafte tere
aur manvi ki shadi fixed kar di hai aur do din mei hum sab Hrishikesh
ja rahe hai, shadi wohi hogi.
He stops to look at virat's reaction
, but virat remains expressionless..
R-- hume aj shopping k liye nikalna
hai, teri shopping, u me and bhaiya.
But still no reaction and this
worries rahul.
R-- virat.. kya hua??
V-- tum logone usse bataya??
R-- ha yaar ofcourse bataya infact
wo to nimmi aur bhabi k saath shopping k liye v chali gai.
Aise mai dekh raha hoon tujhe uski
kuch jyada hi padwa nai hoo rai?? I mean achi baat hai but fir bhi
baat kya hai?
V-- aisi koi baat nai hai, uski
marji janna v to jaruri hai.
R-- wo to hai but don't worry she is
a nice girl aur tere liye perfect hai main janta hun usse bohot pyari
ladki hai.. chal nikle shopping ko??
V-- tu aur bhai meri shopping karle
I don't feel like going.
R-- aise kaise, no bahana 5 min mei
niche aja m waiting.
V-- par..
R-- no par war aja.
Rahul leaves the room smiling widely
as if he won a war .
Sagai, mehendi, Sangeet and haldi all the rituals were
celebrated grandly as this was the last marriage in the Vadera
family, manvi never felt left out in any function as she was filled
with love and care by every Vadera. In her heart she was glad to be
a part of this family and more than that she was feeling happy to be
Mrs. Virat Vadera as she was amazed to find him so caring and loving
for his family, although they still avoided each other but were
always busy stealing glances at each other. The rituals were actually
bringing them closer as both were inwardly happy with the marriage.
The evening for the marriage came, the house itself was
decorated as a bride , the mandap was decorated with red and white
roses , the decoration seemed so heavenly and it was planned as if
marriage of two Gods. Nimmi was giving the final touch to manvi and
finally looking at her only a single word escaped her mouth...
"wooooooooooow" she whispered and manvi lift her eye lips to look
at her image, even she was awestruck by her look. Jeevika entered the
room in hustle and bustle but was stopped in her tracks after seeing
manvi. She came forward and placed a dot of kajal from her eyes
behind manvi's ears. "devarji to aj gaye" she teased manvi.
Unknowingly manvi blushed hard making both Jeevika and Nimmi go awe
with this. This had been happening to her from the last one week
,anyone takes Vorat's name before her and she starts blushing all
shades of pink.
She descended the stairs and every eye was struck to her and
virat was just shocked to see her, how can some one look so
beautiful?? he thought but the thought that this someone will belong
to him made him happy. Finally the wedding started and one by one all
the rituals were performed and everyone blessed the couple.
Manvi was sitting all alone in the middle of a bed decoraded
with many colourful flowers, the room was decorated with floating
candles and rose petals and red heart shaped balloons . The
atmosphere in the room was itself seductive and that was making her
heart beat very fast. When suddendly the door opened and was shut
from inside, she felt her stopping. She lifted her eyes to find
virat, he was standing few steps away from her. She lowered her eyes
as she felt him coming towards her. As he came and stood beside her
she immediately picked the glass of milk and gave it to him.
' aapka doodh' virat hold the glass thus holding her hand in
the same act. "main doodh nai pita, tum peelo" one touch of his
and she could feel shivers down her spine. He left the glass and her
hand and she was to keep the glass when he again spoke, " peelo
naito waste ho jayega" she immediately took the glass and
the gulped the whole milk in one go. "good" he said and
walked to the washroom. After changing into his night dress he came
back to the room. " tum chaho to change karlo isme comfortable nai
hogi sayad" he asked her, "ji". So with ha na ji jarur the
night ended with both sleeping in two sides of the bed.