chapter 45

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Chapter start

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It is around 10 am in the morning and Mehra house is bustling with activity because today is Ansh's haldi ceremony.

And a similar atmosphere prevails in Maheshwari house too, well after the mehndi and sangeet ceremony, today the haldi function is being held in their respective houses.

And also after Haldi in the morning, Ansh and Advaita's wedding is also taking place this evening.

The family, without dragging the time too much, had planned a two-day schedule for the wedding and all the functions.

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At Mehra's house

The garden is decorated for the haldi ceremony and Ansh is sitting there in a white kurta and pyjama where he is accompanied by his family and some relatives.

And All other family members are adorned in yellow clothes.

And soon the haldi ceremony begins and after both his grandparents apply haldi to him, it is Simran and Raj who apply haldi to Ansh.

While Raj applies just a little haldi on his son as per the ritual, Simran covers her son completely with haldi.

" After all, the groom's shine should not fade in front of the bride, everyone please apply haldi properly to my son so that he glows." After smearing Ansh's face with haldi, Simran gives the excuse that she wants to make her son glow to which Ansh shakes his head in disbelief.

After Raj and Simran, Avni and Neil apply haldi to Ansh followed by Aira, but just when everyone looks for Aarav to come and apply haldi to Ansh, Ansh gets shocked when he sees Aarav coming towards him in full speed with a bucket.

And there Aarav playfully throws a bucket full of haldi colour at Ansh but before Ansh could drown in the colour,

Ansh holds Aaira who was standing next to him and brings her in front of him and the entire bucket of haldi spills on Aaira due to which she gets drenched, on seeing this the whole family's eyes widen at first but then they laugh and Aarav is left regretting missing his target.

" What the....What have you done bhai, the haldi was yours, not mine." Aaira complains after getting completely drenched in haldi water.

" So ? sister also has to glow at brother's wedding, right ? that's why this was necessary." Ansh says to which Aaira glares at him.

And there the family smiles seeing all this fun between them after so long.

On the other side, Advaita's haldi ceremony is also completed with the same fun and happiness where on Advaita's face the glow of haldi is less and the happiness of getting married to Ansh is more visible.

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It is evening time, Mehra family brings the wedding procession to Maheshwari house with full zeal and enthusiasm.

Everyone is expressing their happiness by dancing, but Ansh, like always, is just enjoying watching everyone.

Yes he is very happy today, he is getting married to the one who loves him, the one he loves but his nature is such that he is not able to express himself much in such situation, Also, this marriage has been an arranged marriage from the beginning where he is still a bit hesitant to express his love for Advaita and he knows that maybe with time he will improve this thing about himself but for now, he can't suddenly do such things that would make his family members tease him again and again.

As soon as the Mehra family reaches the Maheshwari house, the Maheshwari family welcomes Ansh just like a groom is welcomed and then his family.

And while welcoming, Reyansh who was standing on the bride's side looks at Aaira who is standing on the groom's side and their eyes meet and they both share a soft smile.

And Reyansh see how she is looking stunning in an off white colored lehenga, as always.

Well, he doesn't have the right words to describe her beauty as she always looks extremely adorable to him.

And there Aaira sees him who has paired a white formal shirt with black formal pants and blazer in his look, In which he is looking very handsome.

Later, after the welcoming ceremony, Ansh sits in the mandap waiting for Advaita and suddenly his heart starts beating faster seeing himself in this situation.

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" You didn't apply mehendi?" Reyansh asks Aaira when he gets some time alone, away from the crowd.

" Did you not notice this yesterday?" When he asks this question so late, she asks him this question

" I had noticed it, but I thought you would apply it later but till today you have not applied it, all the ladies applied it but not you, why?" Reyansh says to which Aaira smiles seeing his facial expression

" Did you want to see the mehendi on my hand?" She asks him to which he nods yes.

" But I don't like the smell of mehendi so I didn't apply it." She tells him the real reason

"Ohh," is all he says

" But now that I know that you like it, I will apply mehendi for you in the future." She says to which he smiles.

" No, you don't have to do anything for me that you don't like." He says to which she smiles

" You never disappoint me with your behavior." Saying this she hugs him. Obviously, somewhere deep down she expected him to say something like this: If she doesn't like something, then she doesn't need to do it for him.

And then Aaira about to moves away from him after hugging him but Reyansh doesn't let her go and hugs her even tighter.

" Please stay in my arms for a little while longer until I start smelling like you." He hugs her tightly and tries to somehow absorb her fragrance, the scent he loves very much.

But there Aaira, on hearing something like this from him for the first time, feels a tickle in her stomach but still she stays quietly in his arms inhaling his fragrance which she loves.

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Later, Sitting in the mandap, Ansh's wait comes to an end when suddenly his eyes fall on Advaita who is coming towards the mandap with her father and brothers.

Ansh stands in the mandap and when Advaita looks towards the mandap, their eyes meet, while Advaita has a happy smile on her face finally seeing Ansh as her groom.

There, Ansh too smiles looking at her, who looks no less than a goddess in her bridal attire.

As soon as Advaita reaches the mandap, Ansh extends his hand which Advaita holds and enters the mandap and then as they stand facing each other they share an unspoken word where both are expressing their happiness through their eyes.

And then without any delay the Pandit ji starts their wedding rituals where both of them first put garlands on each other.

And then after this both of them sit where Advaita's father gives her hand in Ansh's hand while doing her Kanyadaan, then both of them take their 7 phera's where both of them promise each other to stay together for 7 births with 7 vows.

And then the Pandit ji asks Ansh to fill Advaita's hairline where Ansh fills her hairline with vermilion, And then as soon as Ansh puts the mangalsutra around Advaita's neck, the pandit declares them both as husband and wife.

" Aaj se aap dono pati-patni hue." Pandit ji makes this announcement on hearing which Advaita's happiness knows no bounds, And both of them stand holding each other's hands to take blessings from their elders.

Their elders bless them while their younger ones congratulate them on their marriage.

Their look 👇

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" By the way bachha, how did you like him ? What did you like about him ?" Vishal asks Aaira this question

After the completion of Ansh and Advaita's wedding, Aaira suddenly meets Vishal and Priyal while going somewhere and this is Vishal's first meeting with Aaira since he comes to know that his son and Aaira like each other.

And while talking, they also decide to have dinner, where seeing Aaira with her parents, Reyansh also joins them.

But after seeing Reyansh, his father teases him and asks Aaira how she fell in love with Reyansh.

" Mom, look how dad is talking, what is wrong with me that he is suspecting that Aaira cannot like me." Reyansh asks his mother annoyed to which Aaira suppresses her laughter.

" Now if there is one bad thing then I will tell you, I am also surprised that how such a nice girl liked you." Supporting her husband, Priyal teases her son further by saying this on which Reyansh is left speechless.

It was his mother who always motivated him to make Aaira say yes and today when Aaira said yes, his mother is changing the party like this.

" Huh, Now no matter how I am, you both will have to bear me and you too." After telling his parents, Reyansh also tells Aaira that she will have to bear him.

And Aaira is really surprised to see this side of him with his parents, He is so shy in front of everyone, even in front of her parents, but he is so cool with his parents and so are his parents.

She enjoys spending time with them.

" By the way bachha, eat this sweet in happiness of liking my nalayak beta." Vishal says while feeding a sweet from his plate to Aaira with his hand which Aaira eats with a smile.

" You will have to eat from my hands too." After Vishal, Priyal says and saying this she also feeds Aaira with her hands.

And Aaira gets a different happiness seeing their behavior with her, well she has got the love of both of them since childhood, but even after having a different relationship with Reyansh today, their love for her hasn't changed,

So seeing that and how they don't make her feel awkward at all around them, makes her happy too.

" Someone feed me too." Seeing this love of his parents for Aaira, Reyansh says

" You have hands, eat it yourself." Priyal says to which Reyansh pouts and Aaira smiles seeing his childish tantrums with his parents, he is a different person with his parents.

But, while this new little family is being formed, Neil, standing at a distance, is heartbroken when he sees Aaira with Vishal and Priyal, It is not like that: he is feeling jealous of Vishal and Priyal, no they both have loved Aaira since her childhood and he never had any problem with this thing : but then it was different, and today it is different

Today his heart aches to see that what was rightfully his is being taken by someone else.

Only he has the right to feed his daughter but today someone else is doing this and perhaps this is going to be the future.

And there, Avni comes close to him but before she can take Neil's name, she sees Neil's eyes on the place where Aaira is sitting and having dinner with Reyansh and Reyansh's family.

And she sees how Vishal and Priyal are sometimes feeding Aaira with their hands.

Avni slightly smiles seeing them and seeing their love for Aaira, but when she looks back at Neil, it is not difficult for her to understand what must be going on in Neil's heart at this moment.

" Neil... Avni speaks while touching his shoulder to which Neil looks at her but doesn't say anything while Avni thinks something seeing sadness on his face.

" Shall we have dinner?" She asks him as he too hasn't had dinner yet.

" I have lost my appetite." Neil says this and leaves from there on which Avni looks at him.

Somewhere deep down Avni expected this from him but what should she do now, how should she make him understand that forming a new relationship will not reduce his value in Aaira's life.

Till now she has told him many things but he is not ready to understand anything but being sad like this will not help.

For Aaira's happiness, he is not refusing her for Reyansh but he is not accepting Reyansh either. In this way, he is just making himself sad thinking unnecessary things which is not going to happen.

To be continued.......