I was getting ready in a kurti and and legging that reached till my calves. My mehndi had dried off and today ill be taking that off before the function.
Yes we stayed at adis house for another day. His family made sure to keep him away from me and he made sure to keep coming close to me. But was failing miserably.
He would keep texting and calling me but vidhi took my phone away.
The door opened and abhi, Shreya, aarush and vidhi walked in.
"Hey guys"
""Wow bhabhi you looking so good" Shreya said. I smiled at her.
"You look good too" I said smiling.
"I don't think so because bhai has been going around comparing every girl to you" vidhi said teasingly.
I blushed looking at the mirror. Oh godd what are you doing adii? I smiled. He finds me pretty.
Today was all normal as if nothing happened yesterday. I too didn't think much about cause adii didn't let me. He handled everything.
Today I just wanna focus on my day and big day tomorrow.
"Okay enough of that, let's give it to her or else bhai will kill us" abhi said and handed me a letter.
"Yeh hamare aashiq ki taraf se hai" Shreya said.
I blushed again.
"Kya hai ismein bhabhi, padho na jaldi" vidhi said coming to my side and trying to peek in the letter.
I hid it behind me and gave her a look. She huffed at me 'fine'
They all left and I quickly went to my side and opened letter.
Dear naina, my bunny,
Hope you get this letter in the right condition. So as today we can't see each other for the entire day I'm gonna be having some issues you see.
Maine O2 cylinder Manga liya Hai just in case. So here is my picture taaki ham ek dusre ko dekh sake.
Oh and send me yours too. Surviving today will be the hardest thing for me so, yeah.
Tumhara adiiii ❤️.
I blushed again as I peeked in the envelope and saw pic of adii. He was standing near a railing and was smiling. It was such a beautiful picture.
He told me to send him mine. But I don't have any. Except one!
My childhood pics with my parents. I used to be a chubby girl and so my parent always kept clicking my pics. I didn't have it at that time.
Suddenly an idea came to my mind and I called one of adis bodyguards. He introduced me to him saying that If I ever need anything when adis not there, I should ask him.
I called him and told him what to do. He immediately left and I kept staring at the letter adi gave me. I can feel his touch, his presence when I hold that letter.
It's very subtle but I can feel it. Is this what having a bond and connection feels like?
I smiled to myself on more time and went outside where everyone was.
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Authour's P.O.V
Naina came outside and everyone welcomed her. Soon after sometime Aditya too came and was looking for naina but his cousins dragged him away from there.
There were two separate areas for the haldi to be done for the bride and groom.
The Garden area was for naina and the other backside was for adii.
Mom and dad came and nainas family was there too. The rituals began.
First started off with adi.
His mom came and applied haldi and then his father. Abhi took a huge amount and smirked at him and rubbed it on his entire face.
Adi was shocked and he just looked at him with a open mouth.
"Oh you're so dead" he said at abhi. Then was vidhis turn, she too came with a handful of haldi and looked at him mischievously.
Adi knew what she was about to do and shook his head at her.
"No, no vidhi no. Bhai ke saath aisa kregi?" He said in a polite fake voice.
She laughed and said " Bhai ke saath hi toh aisa karungi" and applied haldi all over his face.
All laughed at him. His cousins went a bit easy on him and one of them put haldi on his head and hair.
"Nooooooooooooo" adii whined. "Not my hair". They laughed at the photographer captured that very moment. Adi glared at him.
"Pura sharir hai mera, tumhe baal hi mile. Ab naina ko yeh soft nahi lagenege" he said and whined like a child.
Everyone hooted and he realized what he said. The tips of his ears started to turn pink and then the sound of clicking was heard.
The oldies came and put haldi on him and blessed him. Ma came and applied haldi on him too. Adi touched her feet smiled at her.
Then they all had a family photo after which everyone went crazy and started playing holi with the haldi and applied haldi to each other.
On the other side:
Naina was sitting and the first person to apply haldi to her was her Aunt. She came and kneeled down beside her and harshly applied haldi on cheeks, almost scratching her soft cheeks.
Naina hissed but she didn't look up. Uncle too came and applied haldi but he didn't say anything.
Next was alisha. She was smirking and she took a handful and applied it on nainas throat and pressed her throat a bit in the process making naina choke.
"That's what you deserve bitch. This is just the beginning" she said in her ear.
Naina looked down as small tears made their way into their eyes. Not a day goes by when she doesn't face their hatred towards her.
A soft hand made naina look up and ma was their with haldi in her Hands and gently applied it on her cheeks. She too had tears in her eyes.
She was happy that Naina no longer had to suffer and was going to be happy. She was like her daughter. She never had a child of her own. Her husband loved kids. But he died when she was young making her a widow at a young age.
She gently patted nainas head and placed a kiss on her head. This seemed to soothe her a bit and she wiped her tears away.
Then slowly everyone came and applied haldi on her giving her blessings.
Soon the rituals were over. Naina was happy experiencing all this, life out of a room feels good.
She felt like a normal person. And that credit goes to her adi. She was changing and getting out of her shell. Although she was still hesitant with some things and still way too shy but she knew adi was gonna change everything.
She didn't have to be told. She already knew. And she was grateful for the first time in her life.
'A few bad chapters dosen't mean the story is bad'
She was somewhat starting to like him. Little did she know that what this feeling would turn into over time. So intense, so smitten, so passionate, so desirable, so devoted that even lucifer won't be able to do anything.
She would discover something she never got.
She closed her eyes and bit her Lip and adis face came in front of her eyes.
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Everyone cleaned up and went to their room. Adi secretly away from everyone's eyes tried to go to nainas room.
He was tip toeing and was about to open the door when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
He looked back and saw his cousins wiggling their eyebrows at him. He huffed at them.
"Shayad apne kamre ka raasta bhool gaye ho aap, koi baat nhi ham hai na" ayush said.
"Haan le ja inko, mai Zara bhabhi ki help kardun change karne mai" vidhi said mischievously and Shreya joined her.
Hearing her name his ears lit up and his eyes started shining. Vidhi opened the door a little and he tried to peek but abhi aayush stood in front of him.
He glared at him.
"Chalein bhai" he said grinning knowing how desperate his brother was to just get a glance of her.
Aditya huffed and went away to his room closing the door with a bang on aayush's face. He heard laughing from outside and a small smile came on his lips.
What is happening to him? Or what is she doing to him?. Why is he acting like this. It's because of her.
He turned around and saw a box on his bed. He came and opened the box and there was picture of a small girl.
His eyes widened and a small smile came on his lips. It was his bunny, he had asked for her picture. She was standing next to tree showing her bunny teeth. Her chubby red cheeks and doe eyes melted him.
Warring a pink frock and pink shoes. Pink bow in her hair. Everything was pink. And all he wanted to see was pink.
He kept looking at the picture, not moving his eyes cause he was not able to. It's like she had put a spell on him. A powerful one. That no one could break. Not even a pandit or tantrik. Hehe.
Mesmerizing and etheral. He thought and kissed the picture and kept it close to his heart. Where she belongs. Every second, every minute, every hour.
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