Part 16

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Hello everyone!! Extremely sorry for the delay! Was caught up with some work!

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(Song lyrics in italics)

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Part 16 : The First Look

As she sat waiting for Devika to come, she closed her eyes, looking at Anuj's picture painted in her heart, and humming her favourite song to calm her racing heart..

Baramade puraane hain, nayi si dhoop hai

Jo palke khatkhata raha hai kiska roop hai

Shararatein kare jo aise bhoolke hijab

Kaise usko naam se, main pukar loon

Sawaar loon, sawaar loon

Sawaar loon haaye sawaar loon

But his face made her heart race even more.. His hair...oh how annoying she found it when he looked into every mirror he saw to set his hair.. how she wished she could run her fingers through the jungle...oh how she loved him with messy hair.. but he always kept his hair set to perfection, except the one time in the hospital after he'd just woken up after his injury... he was worried because his hair wasn't combed

She remembered she had felt a surge of love and annoyance both, as his adorable idiotic behaviour..but then she had she had threaded her fingers through his hair and tried to set it... she would never forget that expression on his face...

"Shaadi ke baad main roz haq se unke baalon ko haath bhi lagaungi..aur baar baar unke baal bigaad kar unhe pareshaan bhi karungi",she said to herself, laughing at her thoughts..

She then thought about his deep eyes...how they always gazed at her with love and devotion, with an addition of a little passion lately!! His cute nose, where his specs kept slipping off, his cheeks..with that stubble that tickled her hand when she cupped his face, the lips..which has touched her multiple times... creating havoc in her senses every single time.. she could almost feel his lips on her cheeks, and she could feel her cheeks go redder and redder...

She couldn't take it anymore...she wanted to see him right now..she wanted to feel him right now.. and she shouted "DEVIKAAAAA"

Devika came running to her.. her dupatta falling down her shoulder and one earring half-dangling in her ear, the other in her hand.. a worried expression on her face..

Devika:" Anu..kya hua..chillayi kyu.."

Anu:" Woh.. chal na abhi kitni der hogayi hai.. "

Devika:" Tu na uss gadhe ke pyaar me bilkul pagal ho chuki hai!!!"

Anu:" Arre aaj humaari shaadi hai..kam se kam aaj ke din toh unhe gadha mat bolne"

Devika:" Accha accha nahi bolte tere UNKO gadha...chal ab main fatafat ready hojaati hu phir chalte hain!"

Anu:" Main help kardeti hu"

Devika:" Par tu dulhan hai"

Anu:" Aur tu meri beshtt friend hai!!"

And Devika helped Anu get ready, and Devika checked Anu's look one last time to make sure everything was perfect.. and they left her house to go to the terrace.. Mukku had messaged Devika that Anuj was at the terrace, alone, as Anu wanted.. they reached upto the entrance of the terrace..and stopped there.. as Devika messaged a voice note to Anuj...Anu's voice note..

Anuj played it -

"Anuj, waise toh aapne mujhe hazaaron dafa dekha hai, par aaj, aapki dulhan bane hue mujhe dekhne ke liye aap kitne bekaraar hain, ye toh bataiye"

And Anuj immediately understood what she was hinting at, and he also now understood what his guitar was doing, lying at the corner of the terrace...

And there was another message, saying - aap terrace ke darwaaze se ulte khade rahenge aur darwaaze ki taraf mudkar nahi dekhenge..

He went and picked it up, stood facing his back to the entrance and started playing it, singing one of their favorite songs -

Dekha hazaron dafa aapko

Phir beqarari kaisi hai

Sambhale sambhalta nahi ye dil

Kuch aap mein baat aisi hai

He heard a female voice near the entrance.. and his heart skipped a beat..Anu..his Anu..

Lekar ijazat ab aap se

Saansein ye aati jaati hain

Dhoondhe se milte nahi hain hum

Bas aap hi aap baaki hain

He continued..conveying to her that he couldn't stay away from her any longer..

Pal bhar na doori sahein aap se

Betaabiyan yeh kuch aur hain

She assured him they would always stay together 

Hum door hoke bhi paas hain

Nazdeekiyan yeh kuch aur hain

They continued singing...

Dekha hazaro dafaa aapko

Phir beqarari kaisi hai

Sambhale sambhalta nahi ye dil

Kuch pyar mein baat aisi hai

She told him, she felt the most comfortable with him, physically as well as emotionally..

Aagosh mein hai jo aapki

Aisa sukoon aur paaye kahan

He told her how he had finally found his home, and wasn't going to leave at any cost

Aankhen humein ye raas aa gayi

Ab hum yahan se jaaye kahan

And they both concluded the song...

Dekha hazaron dafa aapko

Phir beqarari kaisi hai

Sambhale sambhalta nahi ye dil

Kuch pyar mein baat aisi hai

Mmm.. hmm..

Phir beqarari kaisi hai

Mmm.. hmm..

Kuch pyar mein baat aisi hai

As the song ended.. Anu spoke up..

Anu:" Anuj..yaha dekhiye"

Anuj took a deep breath, and turned around, with her eyes closed..

Anu absorbed how he looked.. so dashing in his red and gold sherwaani.. with the white pyjama, a matching turban.. her prince charming..her groom.. her to-be husband.. her Anuj... she had tears in her eyes..

Anu:" Anuj...aankhe kholiye ne.. "

Anuj slowly opened his eyes.. as he saw his Anu walk towards him.. the song Aaj Sajeya playing in the background...

Aaj sajeya ae ve saara shehar

Aaj ho gayi aa ve rabb di mehar

Akhiyan chon tigde hanju khushiyan de

Teri ban jaana ajj ton sajna ve

And he saw her.. she looked ethereal.. she looked like a queen.. his queen... the bridal glow on her face... she was his bride.. and she looked a thousand times prettier than the last time he saw her dressed up like a bride 26 years ago.. his tears blurred his vision.. and he removed his specs to wipe them, and wore them again.. scanning her from head to toe.. she was wearing golden platform heels, a gorgeous red and gold lehenga, a golden waistband, kundan bracelets and rings, her necklace - wait, was that his mother's necklace? Damn yes!!! His gaze moved to her earrings, and the maangtika.. all that was his mother's too.. and his eyes teared up again..as she lifted her skirt to show him his mother's ghungroos.. he was crying now.. his mother's blessings for her daughter-in-law... he remembered how excited his mother had been when he had told her about Anu.. how she had accepted Anu as her daughter in law, without even meeting her once..

He came out of his thoughts.. as he saw her walk up to him, trying to hold back her happy tears, and smiling and blushing too... she came closer to him...

Anu:" Anuj"

Anuj was just mesmerized.. he kept looking at her..and pinched himself to confirm that this wasn't his dream.. and she laughed...

Anu:" Anuj... aap..aaj bohot handsome lag rahe hain.. humesha se zyada.. sabse zyada..aap aaj mere lag rahe hain.."

The mehendi on their hands and the hidden tattoos on their bodies were enough proof for the world to know they belonged to each other..

Anuj just kept looking at her.. the veil over her head.. she was his bride..his dream was coming true..but this was really difficult to believe for him..no matter how many times he repeated it to himself..

Anu:" Anuj..kuch boliye ne.. main..main kaisi lag rahi hu?"

Anuj:" Kya bolu Anu.. aaj toh tumne iss Shayar Kapadia ko shayri bhi bhula di..tum.. iss duniya ki sabse khubsurat ladki ho Anu.. aur sabse khubsurat dulhan bhi.. kyuki tum meri dulhan ho Anu.."

He didn't need to say anything else.. she had read his feelings and thoughts in his eyes.. she silently handed him a box, that he hadn't noticed her carrying before...

Anuj:" Anu ye kya hai?"

She gestured him to open it.. he did.. and his tears started flowing again.. the box held his mother's kangans (bangles) the very bangles which he had wanted to propose her with.. he looked at her...

Anu:" Ye maa ke gehne.. Mukku ka idea tha.. aur GK ne mujhe diye.. shaadi pe unke aur papa ke aashirvaad ki nishani.. aur ye kangan ke baare me bhi unhone hi bataya.. toh main chahti thi ki inhe aap mujhe apne haatho se pehenaye.. "

Anuj was speechless.. he just nodded..and bent down on one knee, held her hands and slipped the kangans into them one at a time..and then kissed the hands.. and got up.. Anu removed his specs..and wiped his tears, shaking her head, asking him not to cry..and she helped him wear his specs again..  as he wiped her tears too...

He came closer to her and cupped her face..gazing into her eyes lovingly...

Anuj:" You look gorgeous, my love"

Anu smiled, and lowered her eyes..

Anu:" Thenk you, darling"

Anuj was stunned and raised his eyebrow

Anuj:" Accha ji..darling... aap toh bohot romantic mood me hain mohotarma... bas ab jaldi se jaldi she shaadi hojaayee phir..."

Anu:" Anoooj.. bas kijiye ne.. kitna mazaak udayenge mera.. ab chale.. neeche sab intezaar kar rahe honge.."

Anuj:" Mann toh nahi kar raha.. par apni almost- biwi ke hukum ke aage humaari thodi chalegi.. toh chaliye..."

And he put one arm around her shoulder, and one near her legs, lifting her up...

Anu:" Anuj ye lehenga bohot bhaari hai..aap mujhe iss lehenge ke saath kaise utha paayenge...rehne dijiye ne.. "

Anuj brought his lips near her cheek, whispering,

Anuj:" Main bohot strong hun mohotarma.. aap mujhe underestimate kar rahi hain"

And he placed a soft kiss on her cheek.. making her blush and hide her face in his neck..

He smiled and walked out of the terrace, holding his life in his arms, carrying her towards a beautiful future...

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That's it for today..!!

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