The wedding was here.
Karthik was ecstatic for Keerthi. She would be united with the love of her life. The last couple of days were phenomenal for Karthik as well, because he finally got the one thing that he was desperate for. Naira’s love. He couldn’t help but feel grateful that he hadn’t given up hope that one day, she would be his and now that she was, he was on cloud nine.
The time for the baraat to arrive was here. Although, he was excited for keerthi to get hitched, he was more intrigued to see how Naira would mesmerize him today. Naira was a beautiful girl, much to her disagreement owing to her inferiority complexes. She didn’t need make up of any sort. She’d look beautiful in ragged jeans and baggy shirts too. But the past couple of days had brought about miraculous changes in her. She’d learned to embrace the fact that she was beautiful, body and soul.
As his entire family stood to welcome the groom’s party, Karthik’s eyes scanned the crowd to look for Naira. Everybody were dressed in traditional marwadi attire in contrast to their outfits for the previous ceremonies, which had a bit of a modern spin.
Naksh looked spectacular on the horse. As he got down and proceeded towards Karthik’s family, he looked as royal as one could be. Karthik was happy that Keerthi had found such a nice husband for herself and he had no doubt that she would never face any problem in the future.
When Karthik spotted Naira, he knew he was doomed. She looked spectacular. Wearing a pink and blue Rajasthani traditional chaniya choli , she looked like a model straight out of a boutique. The color pink on her choli brought out the beautiful blush that spread across her face as she caught Karthik’s eyes on her, admiring her from a distance. The borders were blue, the shade being her favorite-the exact reason why Karthik chose that color for his sherwani as well.
The ceremony went ahead without any obstacles. Naksh and keerthi were now united in wedlock. The couple then went towards the elders to take their blessings. Naira couldn’t help but smile. Tears of happiness escaped her eyes looking at the happy couple.
At that very moment, a hand tugged at her and pulled her away from the crowd. She was now pinned against the wall by Karthik’s tall frame. His right hand lay at her bare waist, sending tingles through her skin as he drew circles on her skin and his left hand lay above her head.
‘Karthik, what are you doing?’ Naira asked, blushing profusely.
‘admiring the view. Admiring what’s mine.’ Karthik said, as he stroked her cheek.
‘we’ll get caught. Let’s go’ she said
‘nooooo. Nobody is gonna notice that we’re gone. They’re too busy blessing the couple.’ Karthik said as he leaned down for a kiss.
Naira turned her face to the right, narrowly escaping the kiss. Karthik ended up kissing her cheek.
‘no fair!’ Karthik whined.
‘patience, kittu. You’ll get what you want in Bangalore. Maybe more!’ Naira said.
‘did you just call me Kittu? Oh, you’ll pay for this, Naira.’
‘can’t you wait for two more days? You’ll have me all to yourself in Bangalore! Punish me all you want then’ she said.
Karthik’s face lit up at the prospect of that. Oh, the things he’d do to her!
‘yeah right! I know how busy you’ll be, once we get back. I’ll have to always compete with my sautan!’ Karthik said, pouting.
‘and who would that be?’ Naira asked, Melting at the puppy dog face that he made.
‘your studies!’ Karthik sighed.
‘wo toh hai!’
The couple walked back to their families. They were now preparing for the bidai ceremony. Lots of tears were shed. But everybody knew deep down that Keerthi would definitely be happy and that they had made the right choice.
Keerthi was welcomed into the Singhaniya household with great pomp. As all the Singhaniyas retired to their rooms, Naira stayed back to bid goodbye to Kishen and Gayu who would be leaving by an early morning flight the next day, followed by Karthik and Naira that evening.
As she hugged them, Naira couldn’t help but notice that Gayu looked sad, in fact devastated. Knowing Gayu, Naira decided to wait for them to be alone to broach the subject.
Later that night, she texted Gayu.
*all okay? *
Gayu replied after a half hour.
*it’s all over. Manoj cheated on me. We’re done. *
———author’s notes———–
Hey guys.
I cannot even come close to putting into words how sorry I am for this humongous Gap. All hell broke loose for me and I have had a really tough couple of days. Not to mention the amount of exams that kept popping up. But still, doesn’t explain the huge gap. Really sorry.
Also, a big shout out to all the readers who personally messaged me and asked about my well being. Thank you so much.
Coming to today’s episode, I’m really sorry. I don’t think I’ve come up to scratch with my previous episodes. I’ve had a bit of a writer’s block as well. So guys do let me know how I could do better.
Have a nice one 🙂