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Soon darkness covered the sky. All of them had dinner and went to sleep as from tomorrow functions will begin and there will be very less time to relax. In one room, all the girls were staying together whereas in another huge room, all the guys were there. Myra requested Shrida's mother to let her stay with them at least for that night. So Shrida, Shreya, Myra, Anya and three more girls were staying together.
"Yaar Shrida I am so excited. Have you selected you mehndi design? What are you going to wear tomorrow? Omg I am so so so excited." Myra said.
"Dulhan woh hai ki tu?" Shreya asked giving a playful slap to Myra. "Or yeh jyada ho raha hai ab. I didn't bring you here to snatch away my friend. You both have already sidelined me. I am not talking to you both." Shreya said faking a sad face.
(She is the bride or you?)
(And it is too much now.)
"Hn kar diya sideline. Jaa" Myra and Shrida said together.
(Yes we sidelined you, go)
~Shreya's POV~
Haww so mean. "Okay so I am leaving. You guys continue your squad meeting." I said coming out of the room. They did not even bother to stop me but laughed in return. Shrida tried to get up and stop me but Anya pulled her saying "Arey she will return" and they all giggled again. I just huffed and left from there. I walked towards the corridor. Yeah the one where I fell on my back. The plants there were so relaxing.
I sat hanging my legs through the uplifted platform in the verandah. The moonlight was falling downwards as the verandah was open. I also brought my phone as I had to reply to some important emails which if not replied now, may get delayed till five or six days later. I called Maa and gave her today's report. Informing her about all the things happening in my daily life and talking with her for hours is my favorite job. And today talking with her while stargazing felt even better.
As I cut the call and opened my mailbox, I felt someone sitting beside me and I almost jumped in shock. I sighed realizing it was Vedant. But just after this, nervousness crept through my body.
"You? What happe....ned?" I asked him.
"Relax and thank god it's me and not a ghost." He replied sarcastically. Can he ever talk normally?
"But you definitely scared me. Imagine waking up at midnight to drink water and you see a female sitting at the verandah hanging her legs and with open hair. Man I was almost out of breathes." He said dramatically explaining everything with his hand movements. Yeah, the 'teacher's favorite'.
"Okay that's exaggerated." I said looking away from him and again focusing on the sky.
"Ummm yeah a little bit." He said awkwardly laughing. "Well it seems you are pretty much loving sitting here looking at the stars, no?" He asked also looking at the sky.
"Yeah why not? I mean the calmness, the peace and the poetic aura this silent stars-filled sky with the moon holds can bound anyone to sit here for hours and keep staring at it." I replied trying to hide the nervousness in my voice.
"Obviously, after all, someone correctly quoted –
For the skies filled with stars
I cannot focus on your scars
I sit here with hope, with desire
For you look more ice than fire
But to confide the pain I hide
The love that screams enormous dreams
I may get tired but can't stop gazing
As you are the most prettiest thing"
"WOW this is beautifully written. Who wrote this? I mean where did you read this? It's awesome."
"Well, I thought of this." He said keeping his eyes on the sky while I got surprised and turned my head towards him.
"You still write?" He nodded at the question. "That's amazing. When did you write this one?"
"Never. Because it just came into my mind and I recited." He shrugged and laughed slightly in the end.
Okay, my jealousy won't allow me to say much but mannnnnnnn, what the hell? I mean. Heaven? How can someone be so spontaneous? Is he for real? He created a whole stanza while talking to me and recited it as if he has been learning it for years.
"That's really impressive." I said passing a smile while the butterflies in my stomach must be doing Bhangra right now.
"By the way what are you doing alone here? I don't think you should sit here especially at this time." He said changing the topic. I have seen him often ignoring compliments. I mean, he is really talented, but he gets shy taking appreciation. Ab koi banda kitna sahega? Pure din tareef sunke thak nahi jayega kya? Huh!!! Yes I am super jealous.
(Now how much will a man bear? Won't he get tired of hearing praises the whole day?)
I replied to him after putting a break on my chain of thoughts. "I just came out to talk to Maa." And to show some attitude to Myra and Shrida which they didn't care about.
"Oh yeah remember I had to inform my mother too. Damn how could I forget? Thanks bye. And yeah please go back to your room." He said as he got up and walked away. He said he was out of breathes but here I forgot to breathe. From when did Mr. Arrogant start caring about others? But he was right. I should not have come out at late night. So, I went back to my room.
All of them were already asleep. I saw Anya and Shrida sleeping while cuddling each other whereas Myra slept covering both her and mine space on the mattress. I rolled her to her space and went into a deep slumber.
The next morning, everyone was ready in their traditional outfits. I wore a bottle green anarkali set. Yeah bottle green is my favorite color. More than half of my wardrobe is filled with this color clothes. Myra and Anya were wearing parrot green suits while Shrida wore a heavy sea green lehenga. She was looking ethereal. The function was about to begin and we were helping in the arrangements.
Although Shrida's mother asked us to only enjoy and not get into work, me and Myra were doing the flower work. We decorated the henna plates and were placing them on each table. I went to bring the last plate and as I turned I saw a dog coming towards me. First of all why do they enter any premises without permission, secondly, I fear dogs a lot. They are cute but from far away.
I got freezed in that position. "Myra" I said in a fearful tone. I turned around and saw she wasn't there and that was a deadly thing. I could not even run and standing here would kill me with anxiety only. I started walking backwards continuously calling Shrida and Myra's name. They must be together giggling and enjoying somewhere. And here I am at the verge of dying.
Suddenly I hit somebody and stopped. "Woah!!! What the-" It was Vedant.
"Shreya? Why are you walking backwards?" He asked.
I turned towards him and for a second, my breath hitched. I was standing just few inches away from him so I took two steps aside. I pointed towards the dog and immediately pulled him in front of me. He started laughing at my action. "You are scared of a dog?"
Yes I am. People can be scared of dogs. I don't know why people take fear of dogs so lightly while even fear of water is valued. Sad. Very Sad, Very very sad Shrey. Okay now shut up.
"So?" I exclaimed in a serious tone. He stopped laughing at my reaction and went towards the dog, picked it up in his arms and patted it's head. The dog was looking so calm as well as the one carrying it. The latter was wearing an olive green shirt paired with brown trousers and was looking so h-. Nothing. Hot. I said nothing. Shut up.
I was just adoring the scene in front of me when suddenly he started walking towards me. At this moment, I just wanted to hit his head with a hammer but due to the dog coming near me, I ran away from there. I heard him laughing again as I came out of the area. I am surely not going to spare him for this.
I went to the girls' room and found Myra helping Shrida in wearing jewelries. Now, I could not even scold her for not being there. It's the bride's day after all. I sat near them and helped Shrida too.
After half an hour, the function began. Samarth, Shrida's fiancé already reached the venue. I met him and he was very polite. Shrida also looked very comfortable with him. I am so happy for both of them. The function was all buzzed with so many relatives and friends, music, games and laughter spread all across the venue. But my favorite part was food. Myra and I clicked pictures with the bride and groom-to-be and ran towards the food counter. We ate every dish one by one obviously in small amounts.
~Vedant's POV~
I put the dog down as Shreya left from there. God, how could people fear these cuteness bundles?
"Oye what are you doing here? Chal na" Maheer said with a heavy voice as he came running towards me. "Yeah okay. But why are you sprinting?"
(Maheer is Vedant's colleague and best friend)
"Arey nothing yaar. Your friend's friend was running to catch me. These girls I tell you." I immediately got that he was talking about Myra as from the time he met her, he has been talking about her only.
"And you didn't do anything wrong? Right?" I asked. "Well I just tied her dupatta to a pole and she tripped. Hahaha" He raised his hand to give me high fives while I hit his forehead with my palm. "Chhota baccha hai kya? Hatt" I replied and he made a pout.
(Are you a small kid?)
This guy I tell you. He is going to get into a big trouble very soon if he did not stop acting childish. I dragged him by his collar to the hall and asked him to apologize to Myra. After being adamant for good ten minutes, he finally said sorry. After this, we went to the food counters to enjoy the delicacies and the function ended on a good note.
In the evening, we were sitting in the backyard. Samarth was also here unlike last time. They all were planning the Sangeet performances. I was not even an inch interested in all this. So I brought my laptop and sat at a corner on one of the benches.
In between I looked at them. Shrida and Samarth were talking to each other while Anya and Soumik were making a list of songs. Myra, the overexcited one was throwing ideas with bullet speeds while Maheer was rejecting all her ideas one by one. Others were looking at them and laughing at their nuisance.
Then my eyes went to the right corner of the garden where......
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