28. RITUALS

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Tum se kiran dhoop ki

Tum se siyaah raat hai

Tum bin main bin baat ka

Tum ho tabhi kuch baat hai

Author's POV

Recapitulating memory incase you forgot-

(Nandini- viaansh's mother , deepti- his chachi

Abhishek - his father )

Love.." She hear the faded voice of someone in her sleep.

"Shreya ..wake up." Now the person started shaking her body lightly and his voice is familiar.

A familiar manly cologne reached her nostrils and it is belongs to only one person. Her husband, Viaansh Singh Rajvansh.

She opened her eyes slowly and squeezed them tightly when car's light fell on her eyes. She opened them again and after some time her eyes adjust to the light in the car.

"Wake up love. We about to reached in ten minutes." Viaansh said while caressing her cheek with his thumb.

Then she realized their position she was completely lying on his chest .she blushed and immediately pulled herself from him and straightened herself .

She looked outside the window and it's dark outside.She thought she slept for long time but the distance from rajvansh haveli to rajvansh palace only takes 1 hour to reach in night.

The car entered the large iron gates of the Rajvansh palace. Shreya looked outside the window and was mesmerised by the beauty in front of her.

She has seen the Rajvansh palace in pictures but she never imagined entering it, let alone staying in it as the daughter in law.

The drive to the Mahal from its gates was huge approx 2 km through a narrow but wide enough concrete driveway surrounded by street lamps and flowers on the side, beyond that was grass spreaded till the eyes could capture.

The whole driveway was lit up like the sun had risen in the night.Soon, they reached near the entrance of Rajvansh palace and Shreya's breath hitched on seeing the beauty.

The pictures did no justice to the beauty of Rajvansh Palace .It was an old-style palace but designed according to modern taste.

Fairy lights were lightening it up and flowers were increasing its beauty tenfold.The carvings on the wall were not clear due to the lack of light and the distance but she made sure to watch them closely and carefully one day.

While Shreya was busy capturing the beauty of Rajvansh palace, viaansh was lost in the beauty of his wife who was looking around like an excited child.

And soon he saw her expression changing from mesmerized to nervous. He looked outside to find his whole family waiting at the door of the Palace.

He took a last look at his wife and came out of the car as his side of the door was opened by the driver. As the driver was moving towards Shreya's side of door, viaansh signalled him not to.

Viaansh looked around and saw some media He walked towards the other side and opened Shreya's side of door.

He held his hand for her to take which made shreya look up at him with those innocent eyes. She then looked behind him and saw his family and relatives excitedly watching their interaction.

She silently took his hand in hers and came out of the car. Some flashes blinded her eyes which were soon blocked by her husband's hand in front of her eyes.

And soon, there were no flashes and no sound either. She looked at viaansh only to find him dangerously glaring at the media person. She didn't know the reason behind it but she was glad that at least she was safe from that unwanted attention.

Viaansh held her hand and they both walked towards the entrance where the whole family was waiting with teasing smiles on their faces which was ignored by Viaansh.

she looked at all the family members, guards and servants who were waiting for us.I held her hand and we walked to the door.

Nandini did their Aarti and threw some flower petals at them.Shreya lightly hit the pot filled with rice and we stepped inside threshold.

She stood in the plate filled with kumkum and walked on a long with cloth, leaving her red footprints behind.

They firstly went to the mandir to take blessings from the god for their new journey.

Then time came for the ritual where they had to find the ring that was dipped into a huge pot of milk.

Younger troop divided themselves into two groups. Kiara, viraj ,rakshit and aakriti supported Shreya while deepti, nandini and abhishek supported viaansh.

Nandini dropped the ring in the pot, and they started finding it. He felt the metal first and took it out.

His supporters hooted and viaansh passed a smirk to shreya who was looking at him with narrow eyes.

Then in the second round shreya found the ring. In the final round he felt the ring in the corner but before he could take it out, Shreya grabbed his hand and pinched it, he hissed and she took out the ring.

Viaansh looked at her shockingly and she just shrug off and everyone laughed at him.

Soon, all the rituals were done and everyone seemed exhausted."All rituals for today are done. Now let the groom and bride go to their room." Dipti said yawning.

"Yeah, you are right Anika. And although you must be tired beta, tomorrow you have your first rasoi ceremony so please try to wake up early. It's only for tomorrow, after that, you can wake up as per your choice." Nandini said patting her head to which shreya nodded.

"Aakriti, kiara take shreya to her room."Nandini said.

"Let's go bhabhi."Aakriti said and helped her climbing the stairs with that heavy lehanga.

Viaansh stopped downstairs to have dinner with his brothers who were trying hard to not tease him about his first night but viaansh didn't give them the happiness of seeing him shy, nervous or frustrated.

As shreya entered his room,her eyes fell on the decoration and goosebumps occurred on her body.

"Bhai will come after some time, let us help you in changing your clothes." Kiara bhabhi said smirking and aakriti nodded.

"Or you want bhai to help you." She whispered in her ears making shreya choked on air.

"Kyaa bhabhi aap bhi!" She whispered back.

They helped her in taking thousands of pins from her hair and helped her in taking my body out of that heavy lehanga and now she is in a simple suit .

They left but not before teasing her "don't make loud noises, okay? And use precautions, " i don't want to become mami and bua this early."

Shreya gave kiara a sarcastic look, how can she say that, she herself was pregnant on her first wedding anniversary.

Her eyes moved around and she was astonished to see the interior of the room. It looked like a dream for her to see such a beautiful room which she only imagined while reading her novels.

The whole room had a dark theme. There were three doors in the room.There was a partition of glass wall, She entered the area and saw T.V. on one wall, an L-shaped couch, and grey-colored curtains covering the view from outside.

King sized bed placed near the balcony with a stone claded wall behind. The bed was surrounded by white linen curtains and she could easily see through the transparent curtains, red-colored flowers spreading on the bed.

As much as she loved flowers, today she was dreading it. Her eyes moved towards the table beside the bed and she saw a bronze glass of milk there.

Her heart raced thinking it was their first night and she was not ready for this.Her brain started running with various thoughtsWhat is she supposed to do now? While thinking about this relationship, she thought about everything but forgot about the most trivial part.

The part where husband and wife share the most private moments. She was not ready for it!! She never thought about it!! But what she could do now?Neither could she say yes because she was not ready.

She went to balcony and saw small couches there and sat there looking at the sky and started having her dinner.

After half an hour viaansh stood up to go to his wife but rakshit tugged his sleeve, taking his attention."Don't be too loud, okay? And there's a small gift for you in your cupboard. Enjoy."He winked at viaansh and he joined his hand and gave him a tight smile.

"Thank you for being so thoughtful. I'll surely return the favour, someday." Viaansh said in an overly sweet tone and the brothers chuckled.

Viaansh smacked rakshit's head before turning on his feet. He went upstairs to his room. He was about to knock the door but voice of giggling and laughing came from the side of the  room.

There stood his sisters came in the view. He wiggled his eyebrows at them.

His sisters smiled and conversed through their eyes before lightly pushing him by his chest and came in front of the door and stood on both corners with folded arms.

"Not so soon Bhai. You can't enter the room without giving us some shagun." Aakrit spoke smugly."Shagun for what? To enter my own room?" He mirrored her tone.

"Yes." They said in unison and viaansh closed his eyes for a brief moment."Get out of my way, ladies. My wife is waiting for me." He tried to walk past them but they stopped him.

"She is doing anything but waiting for you.She looked so tired, you know. Must be off to bed." Kiara said and aakriti nodded.

Off to bed? As in, went to sleep? On our first night? Without me? WHY? He thought.

"Give shugun and go." Kiara said and stretched out her palm."I don't have anything right now. How about I give you the shagun tomorrow?" He asked trying to control his desperation to throw them away and go to shreya before she sleeps.

"Pagal samjha hai kya? Aap kal baat se palat gaye toh?"

(Do you think of us as some fools? What if you turn down from your words.)

"Nahi paltunga ."

(I won't, sister.)

"Hum nahi maante-"

(We don't believe you-")

"Teri kasam."

(I swear on you.)

"MUJHE KYU MAAR RAHE HO!""WHY ARE YOU SWEARING ON ME?"

"Arey... let me just call my P.A-

"No.no that's sufficient we trust you this much, and let your P.A sleep."

"Thank god, ab toh jaane do, apne bhai par thodi daya karo, badle main bohot accha gift dunga tum dono ko.

(Please let me go, dude. Show some kindness on your brother, in return I'll give an amazing gift to both of you.)

He pleaded and they looked at eachother, again conversing something with their eyes, before looking at him and nodding.

"But mind you if you turn down from your words." Aakriti said showing me her index finger and big eyes.

"I won't, now good night." He said and walked past them, hurriedly entering the room and locking the door.

He heard their faint giggles from outside but he ignored them and looked around the room. He silently walked to the closet and peeked inside.

But there were no traces of her, all lights were closed , he walked in his bedroom and saw everything untouched and settled.

Where is she? He thought.

He went to the balcony and got shocked after seeing his wife...

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