Part 10: The first touch
ndeed it was a great surprise for swara to see her in-laws home. Whereas sanskar was smiling thinking about naughty swara and her childishness which he saw a few minutes ago. Now, all of them were sitting on the sofa as the priest was matching their kundlis and working out an auspicious time for their marriage.
Priest: Wow! I have never seen such kundli in my whole life. Their couple is like ram and sita. They are made for each other. They will be each other’s strength and pillar.
All the elders smile widely hearing it whereas swara and sanskar, as a usual were blushing.
Shomi: Panditji, when is that auspicious time for their marriage.
Priest: The most auspicious time is after one and a half months.
Shekhar: Thank you panditji.
Both the family congratulate each other. The priest went away.
Shomi: Shona, let’s go kitchen to make dinner.
Swara: Ji ma.
Shomi and swara went to the kitchen. After few minutes sujata and ragini also entered the kitchen to help them. They saw shomi sitting on the chair and swara making the dinner.
Shomi: Shona, at least let me chop vegetables
Swara: now way ma, you are having a headache so you just take rest.
Sujata: What, shomiji, if you were having a headache then you could have told us. We would have come some other day.
Shomi stands up, “No sujataji, I got a headache just few minutes back. You don’t worry, it will fade away.”
Sujata: Shomiji, you take rest and Swara beta, let us help you
Swara: No aunty, I will do it.
Sujata (looking back): Aunty, who is aunty here. (to ragini) Ragini, can you see any aunty.
Ragini giggles and nods in a no. Whereas shomi and swara were confused.
Sujata cups swara’s one cheek, “Swara, now you are going to be part of our family. So call me ma, not aunty.”
Swara smiles and nods in a yes. Shomi gets happy seeing the love that swara is getting.
Shomi: Sujataji, shona is saying correct, I and shona will make the dinner.
Ragini: Shomi aunty, let’s do one thing. You and ma go and I will help swara.
Swara: Bhabhi, I will manage
Ragini: Swara, at one side you call m bhabhi and at another side, you are not taking my help. Not done.
Ragini goes outside the kitchen and comes back with a chair. She keeps the chair beside another chair, on which shomi was sitting.
Ragini: You ladies sit and talk till then me and swara will prepare dinner
Shomi tries to say something but sujata drags shomi and made her sit on the chair. Soon they started talking about the marriage preparations.
Ragini: So swara, what do I need to do?
Swara: Bhabhi…
Ragini interrupts, “Swaraaa”
Swara finally gives up and says, “ok, umm.. will you chop the vegetables.”
Ragini happily starts chopping the vegetable.
Ragini: By the way, what are you making for dessert.
Swara: I am not sure bhabhi.
Ragini (smiling teasingly): Waise, sanskar loves kheer and rasogulla a lot.
Swara tightens the grip on the spoon which she was using to stir the curry. A pink shade blush occurs on swara’s cheeks as she hears his name.
Ragini (teasingly): Oh my god, by just hearing his name… you are blushing…. hayee. (pulls swara’s one cheek) you are so so cute swara. So will you make kheer?
Swara nods shyly.
Ragini: I bet, sanskar will be very happy to see kheer on the table.
After about 40 minutes, the dinner was made. Ragini called everyone for dinner. Shekhar, shomi, sujata and ram were sitting on the dining table whereas sanskar, laksh, aryan and arjun were sitting on the sofa.
Ragini: umm… swara I will serve all the elders. You go and serve them (pointing towards sofa where all the youngsters were sitting)
Swara smiles and goes towards the sofa. She served laksh, arjun and aryan. When she came near sanskar, sanskar straightened his back and looked at her. Swara was serving him the food without looking at him.
Shomi: Ragini, you also sit and eat.
Ragini: But aunty
Sujata: Ragini, we will serve ourselves. You go and eat.
Ragini nods and goes where laksh was sitting.
Before sitting on she said to swara, “Swara you also sit and eat.”
Swara answered, “But bhabhi… who will serve the food.”
Ragini: I don’t want you to eat alone. And we can serve ourselves.”
Swara nods and sits beside arjun. Everyone starts eating their dinner. Ragini noticed that sanskar has not tasted the kheer yet.
Ragini (smiling naughtily): Sanskar, taste the kheer first.
Swara straightens her back and looks at sanskar who took a spoonful of kheer and ate it.
Arjun knew that it was made by swara as he recognizes knows the taste very well.
Arjun: How’s it jiju?
Sanskar (loving the taste of the kheer): Yummy, it’s so delicious. I just want to kiss those hands who made this delicious kheer.
Swara, who was drinking water, choked and started coughing. Arjun rubbed her back and smiled teasingly. The elders heard it smiled as ram and sujata got to know from shomi that swara made the kheer.
Arjun: Calm down di… relax.
Swara looked at sanskar who was already looking at her worriedly. She smiled nervously and resumed eating her dinner. Whereas arjun was smiling naughtily as something was going on in his mind.
Arjun (monologue): You did a prank on me di. Now I will definitely pay you back through jiju.
Everyone finished the happily, specially Sanskar as he loved the kheer but didn’t know who made it.
Swara, ragini and aryan were sitting on the terrace and talking while Aryan was playing. Ragini, without swara’s notice, messaged laksh to bring Sanskar on terrace. Laksh and Arjun brought him by saying that they want some fresh air. When swara saw Sanskar, she immediately looked down as she remembered his talks about kissing the hands who hands who made the kheer.
Swara was hoping that no one brings the subject about kheer but looks like God didn’t listen to her.
Arjun (smiling cheekily): jiju, you didn’t ask that who made the kheer?
Innocent sanskar didn’t know what this is going to led to. While swara looked at arjun pleasingly.
Sanskar: oh yes, I forgot to ask… who made it the kheer. It was so delicious. I really want to kiss those hands… was it shomi Aunty
Ragini: well… no
Sanskar: then who made it?
Ragini forwarded swara’s both hands and kept in sanskar’s hands, “These are the hands which made that delicious kheer. So…. bye.”
Ragini picked aryan in his arms and went away with laksh and arjun. Swara’s heart was accelerating as already sanskar was holding her soft hands firmly and was getting nervous about what will happen next. She was looking down on the floor nervously.
Sanskar was looking at her with different kind of feelings in his eyes which he never felt for any girl. He held her hand firmly and came little closer giving shivers in swara’s body. He bent down. His lips were an inch apart from her hands, leaving hot breaths on her hands and giving goosebumps to her body. She closed her eyes tightly. Sanskar looked up a little and saw her eyes closed nervously.
His lips curved into a cute smile seeing her expression. He straightened himself and looked at his cute and shy fiancé whose beauty and innocence was increased due to moonlight. Swara slowly opened her eyes as she didn’t feel anything on her hands. She saw sanskar gazing at her admiringly. She can’t deny that he was looking very handsome and cute with that smile on his face. He was looking extremely dashing in white t-shirt and yellow blazer. She blushed on her own thoughts.
Her breath got hitched as she sees sanskar leaning towards her. She immediately closed her eyes. She tightened her grip on her kurti as she feels his lips on her skin for the first time. He kissed her forehead with his closed eyes. His heart was also beating fastly as he was pretty close to her and was feeling her soft skin under his rough lips. It was the first time he was close to a girl.
After kissing her forehead, he slowly opened her eyes and looked at swara who was gazing the floor with pink shade on her cheeks. He does not want to deny the fact that she looks so cute, innocent and beautiful with that blush on her cheeks.
Sanskar: kheer was delicious. Do make it for me for me next time and after marriage also. (Questioningly) you will make it na?
Swara’s voice was stuck in her throat due to that kiss on her forehead therefore she gave a small nod to him making him smile widely.
Sanskar: lets go downstairs.
Swara nods and goes downstairs with sanskar behind her.
Precap: sanskar telling swara to call her sanskar instead of sanskarji