CHAPTER 6: hitched forever

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AAYAT POV:

right now, I am looking at myself in the mirror, completely dolled up for my engagement. i look beautiful. with this off white creamish coloured floor length anarkali kurti as my outfit. it has a touch of colour in it with a little bit of embroidery at the bottom. the beautiful dupatta covers my head making me look elegant as ever.

my make up wasn't heavy. just enough to enhance my features and not completely changing me into someone else. just the way i like it.

my hair were loosely held by a clip and i had light but beautiful jewellery on me. but all this exterior facade of beauty couldn't hide the turmoil of emotions inside me. i was worried if this was the right thing to do. what if i wasn't happy? what if i got emotional and agreed with baba to do the wrong thing? many other what ifs were roaming inside my head but then a sudden thought crept up. ASIM.. would he be feeling the same emotions as me? will he keep me happy? will he protect me? i don't know why, but just the thought of him made me feel relaxed. i feel confident all of a sudden. i haven't even met this man and this is the effect already. i just hope this is right.

(AAYAT'S DRESS FOR THE ENGAGEMENT)

I couldn't meet asim before marriage. this is how it is in the muslim community. people might question this practice and call it absurd. but this was as normal and as magical as any other wedding culture out there. couples, even though not meeting each other before wedding, enter this relationship with determination to make it work and promising to trust and love their partner. it is magical. and there are many marriages which were successful and filled with love. amma and baba being one of them. that's why i didn't believe in dating. i wanted to save all my efforts and love for the person with whom i would spend the rest of my life. and thinking of asim to be that person, i feel butterflies in my stomach.

damn butterflies!

the ceremony was being held in a ceremony hall which was booked by the groom's side. and i was already astonished by its beauty and grand appearance. damn they've spent a lot on just an engagement.

as i was stuck in my own thoughts, a loud chaotic crowd entered the room.

yeah exactly, they were here.. my friends.. and they were being a complete nuisance..!

aditi: samairaaaa!! we are late because of you again..!! we are going to leave without you the next time...!

samaira: sure.. go ahead..! i know my aayat won't let the ceremony start without mee...! she loves me too much for that..!

lyka: guys stop fighting..! you guys always do that..!

aarna: i need to click a pic and send it to my man..!

aayat: *sigh* guys, you need to be here asking me to calm down.. you people are being a pain in ass instead. get lost if this is why you are here..!

aarna: ohh myyy godddd!! you look beautifullllll!!! girll i want to become a lesbian for you.. but sorry i am in love already with aarav. hehe

aayat: *chuckle* thank you aaruuu!! you look beautiful too..!

samaira: damn girl you are gorgeous!! i am happy that you got good genes.! and your kids will have good genes too..!

aditi: *worried tone* you look beautiful..

aayat: *frowning* but why are you worried?

aditi: i don't want boys looking at you.!

aayat: for god's sake aditi the men's section and women's section are separated!

aditi: ohhhhhhhhhhhhh then i am at ease.. let me compliment you again.. "you look beauuuuuuuuuuutifullll"

aayat: *sarcastic smile* thank you sooooooooo muchh.

lyka just came and hugged me. the sense of familiarity and comfort crowded my mind as i completely relaxed in her embrace.

lyka: i can't believe you are getting engaged. you look beautiful soulmate. and i am always here for you.

aayat: thank you lyka, thank you for coming in my life.

aditi's look

samaira's look

aarna's look

lyka's look

time skip

after the engagement

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aayat pov:

the room is filled with happy chattering and giggles from my friends while they're clicking pics with me. i smile for the pics with not much enthusiasm as i was freaking tired! come on being the bride is no cake walk. you'll have soo many women coming in to look at you and talk to you. few of them being genuinely sweet and few of them being criticizing just because they were jealous.

can't help that you're not as beautiful as me bish!

the door slightly creaked open and a beautiful girl of around my age entered the room. she approached me with a huge smile and sat beside me.

??: hii bhaabi!!! i am aliya!! your hone-waale-husband's little sister!!

i replied her with a hello with a soft smile placed on my lips.

aliya: you're soo beautiful!!! just like an angel!! bhai hit a jackpot!! by the way bhabi i am just 1 year younger than you so we can be friends you know and gossip about anything and everything in the world..!! and you can rant about bhai too whenever he get's on your nerves! i'll totally support you..!

i just chuckled at her energetic behaviour and spoke to her for some time. she mingled with my friends too. they were all speaking with too much excitement but i felt tired and suffocated. i told them i needed fresh air and headed out for a bit.

i stood in the balcony slightly leaning on the railing and gazing at my engagement ring which my future mother-in-law had made me wear with soo much happiness and love.

aliya had told me that my soon-to-be husband had selected this ring for me. it was elegant and looked beautiful but screamed money at the same time. i wondered what kind of taste he had in everything else. the room was on the first floor and not too above the garden which i was looking at.

suddenly a deep yet cold voice caught my attention. a man stood there in the garden speaking to someone on his phone. looking at the engagement ring on his finger, realization hit me.

IT WAS HIM

ASIM.

he looked extremely fit and built. i was just too shocked and my feet stayed glued to the floor of the balcony and eyes focused on him. just like telepathy, he suddenly turned his head up in my direction and our gazes locked. he had the face of an angel. his eyes darkest shade of brown almost black. i wanted to drown in them. his eyes were shielded, refusing to show any emotion. realizing what i was doing and that i wasn't supposed to meet him before marriage, i abruptly turned back and rushed to be room.

but his eyes, they won't let me sleep. they held so much mystery but yet i found solace and comfort when i looked in them.

i don't know why, but i can't wait to spend my life with you, asim aman.

end pov.

ASIM'S POV:

here i stood, on this stage of a ceremony hall, dressed as a groom for my own engagement. but my heart was devoid of any emotions. nothing. but there was this strange pull i felt as soon as i reached this place. i ignored it and just played my part of being a groom with my best friend, sathya beside me.

yeah he's my best friend but i don't admit it in front of him. he'll take too much pride in it.

my outfit was light and comfortable, and ofcourse, costly.

getting married, or engaged for that matter was a tiring task. interaction with so many people with more than half of them being fake was tiring. and it was something that i despised. and here i was, doing the same. i didn't have any plans of getting married. if it wasn't for ammi and abba i wouldn't have agreed.

i am too cold and devoid of emotions to provide happiness to someone. but i had money and that is what people wanted these days. this thought was the sole reason i agreed to get married as i knew money was enough to keep her happy.

the entire ceremony was tiring and i just stepped out in the garden to take a call from work. and i felt a strange pull that made my head turn upwards.

that is where i found a petite girl, dressed up and she looked ethereal. too unreal to be in this world. her eyes were dark brown, just like mine and they held so many emotions, completely opposite to that of mine. fear, vulnerability, determination, strength, confidence. all at the same time. me eyes refused to move away and i glanced at her engagement ring for a mili second and returned my gaze back to her eyes. they were captivating. my eyes refused to look away.

she was my soon to be wife,

AAYAT MALIK.

as soon as that thought crept into my mind a strange sense of protectiveness spread through my body. i wanted to protect her from this world and destroy anything and everything that would make her sad or cry. what are you doing to me aayat?

a look of realization flashed on her face, and just like wind, she turned around and flee inside.

i can't wait to see you again, aayat.

asim's outfit.

engagement rings

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