Yuvi sneakily walked out of her home, trying not to get caught by her family members. Only when he was finally sitting inside his car did the entirety of the situation hit him.

"Shit man! What the fuck did just happen!?" He muttered face palming himself. They just had sex. And surprisingly it was the best one he ever had, he never got so rough with anyone, he had always been pretty gentle with them. But then again he never got so jealous either and he felt like murdering someone tonight, preferably his fiancee's best friend.

He didn't mean for things to go so far but at that moment all he could feel was intense jealousy and anger. He knew she was provoking him yet he didn't call her out on it instead acted just the way she wanted him to.

Lowering the interior rear view mirror of his car, he admired the hickies once again. He could still recall all her moans and pleadings for him to let her come. The way she dug her nails in his back, the way she sucked on his neck gave him goosebumps just thinking about it.

"Mat soch ab itna Yuvi beta warna junior fir salami dene lag jaega..." (𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒀𝒖𝒗𝒊 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏.) He said to himself and backed his car out of there. He sent a quick text to Rishi informing him that he was going straight home now. Once reaching there, he straightened his collar hiding as much of his neck as he could. Taking a deep breath he walked inside.

Not a lot of people were there, some were still at the party and most were arranged to stay at the hotels. He directly went to the upstairs sitting area as it had a small bar attached to it and he was in need of a drink or two. He made himself a strong drink and got comfortable on the couch. Just after a sip or two he started to feel suffocating so he opened the top few buttons of his kurta, closed his eyes and rested his head on the couch.

He must have fallen asleep for a while because soon Rishi was entering with Karan right behind him. "Bhaiya ji aap to wapas aana hi bhul gaye, aap hi ka sangeet tha aaj yaad hai ya nahi?" (𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕?) Rishi said making a drink for himself and for Karan as well. Yuvi opened his eyes sluggishly, gave him a look and closed it once again.

"Ye to kahin aur hi naach ke aa rahe hain lag raha hai!" (𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.) Karan said and burst out laughing, he even spilled his drink on his shoes and hurriedly kept it on the table.

"Kya matlab?" (𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏?) Asked Rishi making himself comfortable on the couch in front of them.

"Just look at his neck and chest dude!" Rishi leaned forward to have a look as Karan pulled on Yuvi's collar, revealing his entire neck. Yuvi opened his eyes wide and suddenly realised what he was talking about. He slapped his hand away before straightening his collar and closing a few buttons.

"What the fuck!?" Rishi shouted, looking wide eyed at his brother and then all of a sudden clutched his collar and made him sit upright. "Did you fucking cheat on bhabhi?" Rishi was furious and would have punched the hell out of his elder brother too had he not jerked his hands away.

Yuvraj's eyes widened and he looked at his brother in shock. "Don't be stupid! Why would I do that? And why would you even think that?"

"Haan to ye hickies ki barsaat aasmaan se ho gayi kya!?" (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?) Rishi grabbed his chin and moved his face right and left to have a better look and Yuvi slapped his hand away yet again.

Yuvi glared at him and said "Mai tere haath tod dunga bata raha hu!" (𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖!) Karan looked at both of them, ready with his drink to enjoy their fight. "Aur aasman se barsaat kyu hogi jab teri bhabhi zameen par hai to?" (𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅?) Rishi's eyes widened as he finally got what his brother was saying and at the same time Karan who was happily gulping his drink, spit it all over the centre table.

"Kya kar raha hai chutiye?" (𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅?) Yuvraj stood up and moved away from the couch but Rishi and Karan were still looking at him with wide eyes and open mouth.

"Matlab aap...ye...bhabhi!?" (𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖...𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔...𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘?) Rishi sputtered, still not being able to believe his brother.

"Ji haan" (𝒀𝒆𝒔) Yuvi simply replied, now regretting his decision to stay there for a drink, he should have gone to his room to get some sleep instead, it would have been so much better than dealing with these dumbasses.

Rishi shook his head like a child. "Nahi! Mai nahi manta ye! Meri sundar, susheel aur sanskari bhabhi jaan esi ho hi nahi sakti. Kabhi nahi!" (𝑵𝒐 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔! 𝑴𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓!) Rishi was full-on shouting now, dramatically shaking his head. Yuvi ran to shut his mouth.

"Kameene chilla chilla ke pure ghar ko bata de!" (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆!) Yuvraj furiously whispered while looking around to make sure no one had heard his stupid little brother. "Aur teri bhabhi jaan kya sanyasi hai jo apne hi hone wale pati ke sath close nahi ho sakti?" (𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒌, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?)

"Wo meri bhabhi jaan hain wo ye sab ashleel harkatein kar hi nahi sakti! Zaroor aapne hi unhe behkaya hoga!" (𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒈𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔! 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓!) Rishi pouted angrily like a sad little child who just got to know that Santa in fact isn't real.

Yuvi let out a loud groan, face palming himself. 'I'm so tired of this life now!' he thought and placed both his hands on rishi's shoulder with slight force.

"Beta Rishi, bas itna jaan le ki kisi ne kisi pe cheat nahi kiya, sab consensual tha aur kal uske saamne ese bilkul mat act karna ki tumhe kuch bhi pata hai, samajh aya?" (𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕?) He squeezed his shoulder once in warning before sitting back on the couch.

"Ye mujhse nahi apne is bewakoof dost se kaho. Jo muhh kholte sath hi sab bak deta hai." (𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉.) Rishi replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Don't worry I won't." Assured Karan.

They sat in silence for a few minutes each lost in their own thoughts while Karan was looking back and forth between the two wondering what they were thinking about.

"Thank God aapne cheat nahi kiya warna mera to Kavya ke sath koi chance milne ke pehle hi patta kat ho jata." (𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒚𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓.) Now it was Yuvi who spit his drink on the table and started coughing violently.

Contrary to his brother having a fit, Rishi looked much too calm after dropping a bomb like that. "Tum dono pagal ho gaye ho aaj, koi ye room itna ganda dekhega to humari aafat ho jaegi." (𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚! 𝑰𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅.) He said and dialled a number to order a house help to clean this room in an hour.

"Kaisa chance!?" (𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆!?) Yuvi said, still trying to regain his breath. "Rishi mai bata raha hu dur reh Kavya se! Wo abhi bas 21 ki hai." (𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒚𝒂. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 21 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘.)

Rishi gave him a slight smile, he already made up his mind about it and nothing and no one could change it now. "So? I'm just 3 years older than her. Just like you and bhabhi. Aur mai konsa aapke baad shaadi ke mandap pe baith raha hu uske saath." (𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒖𝒚𝒔.) He casually shrugged his shoulders, looking all unbothered about it but in reality he already swore to himself that if he was ever going to marry then it would only be to Kavya. He is not ready to get married anytime soon and it will take a few years for him to pursue her as well so there's nothing to worry about as far as he is concerned.

Yuvraj was familiar with the stubborn personality of Singhanias and it was no different for Rishi either. If he had already made up his mind about it then he'd pursue her until either she says no or if he really doesn't have any chance of a future with her. "Just take care of yourself Rishi. I'm going to sleep now." Yuvi said, gently patting his shoulder once and then went to his room to catch a few hours of sleep before his marriage tomorrow.

The next morning...

Mittal's residence

Taani woke with slight pain all over her body but still the reason behind it made her blush like a little girl. She stood up on wobbly legs and took her time to walk towards the washroom to get freshened up. Surprisingly, the make up artist was not here yet and she couldn't be more grateful for it.

Someone knocked at her door. "Di, I brought breakfast for you." Taani hurriedly ran to wrap a scarf around her neck, just as Kavya entered her room with a plate of food for her. "The make-up artist is running a bit late, but she can still be here any minute now so I'd advise you to eat something before she arrives." Kavya placed the tray on the table before turning to look at her sister who stood in the middle of the room with a dumbfounded expression and a ridiculous looking scarf wrapped around her neck.

"Aap theek to ho?" (𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?) Kavya asked walking towards her with slight concern.

"Huhh?... haan haan mai bilkul theek hu, shayad soyi nahi hu na theek se to bas isiliye..." (𝑯𝒖𝒉𝒉?...𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚...) Taani vaguely replied shaking her head.

"Wedding jitters?" Kavya asked as she dragged Taani towards the bed and took the plate of food to feed her. She handed the cup of tea to Taani and fed her the butter toast herself.

With each bite Taani's eyes grew moistened until the tears finally spilled over. "Aww di, don't cry I'm gonna miss you too." Kavya wiped her sister's tears and gave her a tearful smile. Taani sniffled and bent to take a tissue to wipe her nose which made the scarf fall, revealing the work of art left there by Yuvi.

Kavya gasped as she looked at Taani's neck and pulled at the scarf before throwing it aside. "What the hell is this?" She looked wide eyed at the hickies which looked even worse today than what they were looking like yesterday.

Taani palmed her face in mortification, refusing to look at her sister. "Who gave you this?" Kavya asked trying to pry her fingers away from her face.

"Woo ee?" Taani said something, her voice muffled. Kavya pried her hands away and got close to her face asking "What?"

"Who else but Yuvraj?" Taani shouted jerking her face away from hers.

"My goodness! Did he want to suck the soul out of you or what!?" Kavya said as she started laughing. Taani slapped her arm and told her to shut up. "Ye sab kab ho gaya?" (𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏?)

"Tum dahadna band karo pehle!" (𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.) Taani said keeping her hand on Kavya's mouth to shut her up. "Kal raat mai, sangeet ke baad. Par ab mujhe ye batao ki mai ye chupau kaise!?" (𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕?)

"Mujhse kya puch rahi ho, aap hi jano ab. Itna kuch ho raha hai aur ek lauti behen ko pata hi nahi hai." (𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔.) Kavya said turning to walk out of there.

Taani ran towards her and desperately clutched on to her arm. "Kavu wait! I'm sorry. I swear we'll gossip all about it but right now you need to keep maa and chachi out of this room until the make-up artist conceals these spots okay?"

Kavya looked at her with a smirk on her face. "And what would I get in return?" Taani gave her a smirk of her own before replying. "Rishi's number."

"What!? I mean, why would I need your brother-in-law's number?" Kavya stammered, fumbling with her hands. Taani started laughing at her sister's flabbergasted face. "Haan jaise maine to dekha hi nahi kitne chakkar kat rahe hain nawab ke aapke charo aur." (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖.) Kavya blushed red at this. She knew about it obviously.

"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Said Kavya.

"If you say so, I mean I wouldn't have minded helping you sail this ship." Kavya looked back and forth at the door and her sister.

"Okay fine whatever, I'll help you out this time but dare hide anything from me in the future and I swear I'll stop talking to you!" Kavya said pushing her sister inside the washroom. "Hide here for some time and I'll see where that god damned make-up artist is."

Kavya walked out of there and coincidentally bumped into her aunt Siya who was about to knock on Taani's door. "Oh Taai ji, aap yahan?" (𝑶𝒉 𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?) Asked Kavya, blocking her aunt's way inside.

"Haan wo mai bas Taani ko dekhne aai thi thoda, kuch der mai to itni busy ho jaegi ki time hi nahi milega vidaai tak theek se baat bhi karne ka." (𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.) Siya replied wiping a few tears from her eyes.

"Aree taai ji, roiye mat please. Didi khush rahegi aur nahi rahi to chinta mat karo wahan jaake ek ek ka band baja dungi mai!" (𝑨𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒚. 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.) Kavya said giving a tight hug to Siya, until she gave a small laugh.

"Tumhare muhh mai ghee shakkar meri bachchi. Taani humesha khush rahe bas hum aur kya hi chahte hain." (𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑻𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍.)

Just then the make-up artist rushed towards them with a team of two assistants running behind her. "I'm so sorry I got so late today, I'll get to work immediately."

"How could you be so careless? On her wedding day nonetheless?" Kavya scolded her with a firm expression but Siya consoled her saying that it's alright, Taani still had enough time to get ready.

"Aap jaiye apna kaam kijiye aapko koi disturb nahi karega." (𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒃 𝒚𝒐𝒖.) Siya said giving them permission to go ahead.

They all rushed inside. "Mai bhi thodi der unke saath didi ki help kar deti hu fir aati hu badi maa." (𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑨𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚.) Siya nodded and walked away. Kavya took a breath of relief and went inside the room where they were setting up their products. Her sister was still inside the bathroom so she knocked on the door.

"Kon hai?" (𝑾𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆?) Asked Taani

"Mai hu didi, makeup artist a gayi hain bahar aao." (𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒚𝒂. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕.) Taani hesitated for a while but then decided to face it head on. The artist gasped looking at her as soon as she turned to order her to have a seat.

"Ye kya kiya!?" (𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔!?) The artist and her assistants looked wide eyed at her, no one knew what to say. "We are already late and it's going to take almost an hour to cover those up!" The artist scolded Taani.

"It's not our fault that you are late, and shouldn't you be ready for things like these? Speak less now and work fast." Kavya replied in a strict tone, not liking the way she talked to her sister.

"Whatever just quickly take a seat, so that I can start with it." A hair wash chair was arranged and one of the assistants started with the hair wash while the other started with the manicure and pedicure. The artist herself started working on concealing the hickies. True to her words it took more than an hour to properly conceal them. But at least Taani was satisfied with the result at last. She was done with the hair wash and mani-pedi as well.

It was now time to start with the actual make up. Kavya informed her that she would be leaving now to help with a few chores and to get ready herself as well. The MUA was constantly asking for Taani's opinions on what kind of make up she would prefer, Taani replied as she had already thought of a look in her mind of how she wanted to look in her wedding outfit which she couldn't wait to wear.

After nearly 6 hours they were done with the make up and everything else. Now she was waiting (quite impatiently) in her room for the baraat to arrive.

Just then her phone chimed with a text from Yuvraj. It was a photo of him sitting on the horse, on the way to the marriage hall. He was looking so handsome wearing the groom's turban and had the biggest smile on his face. She just liked the photo, not knowing how else to compliment him. Then he sent another one of Rishi, Karan and a few of his friends dancing like crazy on dhol and dj. She liked this one as well before sending a mirror selfie of herself, obviously hiding her face from him.

He sent a series of heart emojis before typing. "Why can't I see you!?" Was his response.

She thought about what she should reply with and just said. "Because I want it to be a surprise."

"That's not fair you saw me but anyways, I can't wait to see you there😍" He replied. She blushed at this simple text.

The door of her room opened and in came her family.

"Haye raam! Kisi ki nazar na lage meri gudiya ko." (𝑮𝒐𝒅! 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔.) Said her grandma as she took some kohl out of her eyes and put it behind Taani's ear. Taani told her not to cry and be happy because she was concerned, it would somehow affect her health.

"God! Di, aap kitni sundar lag rahi ho!" (𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍!) Kavya ran to give her a hug. She was looking just as beautiful wearing a baby pink coloured lehenga.

"Tu bhi kuch kam nahi lag rahi hai meri chhipkali!" (𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅.) Taani said playfully pinching her cheeks.

"Mai to paida hi hot hui thi" (𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔) She replied making everyone laugh. After Taani, if there was anyone who could lighten the mood and make everyone laugh, it was Kavya. Rajveer and Vanika playfully shook their head at Kavya and said 'Ye ladki kabhi nahi badlegi.' (𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆.) Then they gave their blessings to Taani.

Siya came forward and placed her hands gently on her cheeks. "Mujhe to abhi bhi nahi samajh aa raha hai mai tumhe kaise vida karungi kal. Meri to jaan hi chali jaegi tumhare saath." (𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘. 𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖.) Siya started crying wrapping her daughter in a tight hug.

Even Taani started crying and said. "Please maa ese mat bolo." (𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒂.) Ranveer came forward and consoled both of them, then gave a kiss on Taani's forehead. "Ye mat samajhna yahan se ja rahi ho to ab ye tumhara ghar nahi raha. Tumhare liye is ghar ke darwaze kabhi band nahi honge samjhi? Humesha khush reh meri bachchi." (𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘'𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅? 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅.) Then he wrapped his hand around Siya's shoulder and moved aside to comfort her.

She nodded and said "Ji papa." (𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒅.)

Next was her brother, his eyes filled with tears as he saw her in bridal get up. She was his baby sister who for him was still way too young to get married but here she was all dolled up to say farewell to them. "Agar kabhi bhi wo tujhe udaas ya pareshan kare to bina jhijhak mujhe batana. Usko uski aukaat dikhane ke baad tera talaak mai karwaunga. Kisi se bhi darna mat samajh aya? Mai humesha hu yahan tere liye." (𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝑰 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅? 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.) He gave her a hug and sweetly kissed her forehead.

Dhriti then came and gave her a tight hug, squishing Kiara between them, who was trying to go to Taani instead. "Kabhi nanad nahi, humesha behen mana hai tumhe. Apne sasural jake hume paraya mat kar dena warna mujhse bura koi nahi hoga samjhi?" (𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆.) Dhriti playfully pulled at her cheeks before handing over Kiara to her.

"Bua! Sundar!" (𝑨𝒖𝒏𝒕! 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍!) She said in her sweet voice and that was the moment Taani broke down. She sobbed, clutching Kiara to herself. Leaving her would be the worst possible thing that could ever happen to her. Being away from her for a month was torture enough but for a lifetime? She couldn't even imagine it without crying.

"I'll miss you my Kiki." She said and kissed her all over her face.

After some time they all went downstairs to welcome the groom and his family, only Kavya stayed with her. The make-up artist did her final touches and then it was time for her to go downstairs.

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