OS: Shaadi Mubarak

Hi AdiYans! I'm back with another (slightly weird) OS! It's the result of listening to weird playlist of mixed sad and happy bollywood songs. Also there are two references to Harshad's previous characters in here, brownie points if you catch them😉

P.S. IF always cuts off my second quotation marks for whatever reason😕 so sorry about the formatting

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Aditya Hooda was in no mood to abide my physical boundaries today as his lips came crashing onto Zoya. He grabbed her small, petite waist and lifted her till she wrapped her legs around him permitting him to continue his sweet, sweet torture on her body.

He landed on a nearby sofa with her arms still around him as she sat in his lap, blushing at what had just happened between them.

" Aditya, I love you, I really do .

Zoya looked at him with a twinkle in her eyes, one he had never seen before. She proceeded to kiss him again.

**

Zoya sat in front of the mirror. Today was the day she dreamed of since she was 15 years old. Today was her Nikaah.

She adjusted her nose ring before looking at herself one last time. A golden dupatta adorning her head. A green sharara, that he, himself, picked out for her. She looked like one of the girls that she had cut out from a bridal magazine and stuck in her scrapbook when she was a teenager.

Her trance was broken by her family entering her room.

" Mashallah, nazar na lage meri beti ko

Roshana said while adorning her with a black dot to ward off evil eye.

Zoya smiled at her father. She walked forward to embrace him.

" Abbu, thank you for giving me the nikaah I've always dreamed of. Thank you for being there for me even when I didn't deserve it. You're the best abbu ever.

Waseem patted his daughters' head but could not stop the tears in his eyes. It was hard to believe that this was his Zoya who had left the house in a rage seven years ago to be with a man that never deserved her. He missed her every day, he worried for her safety every day and now that she was finally back in his life, she was leaving again.

" Zoya, we are all so proud of you. From today on, never look back at the past and its' haunting memories. Stay focused on your new life. You've made all of us relieved by choosing to marry the right person. Your ammi and I could not have asked for a better son-in-law.

Zoya smiled at her father, she felt a bittersweet sense of pride that her family was so happy with her decision, yet that she would be leaving them soon to embark on a new life, with a new family.

Noor quickly got everyone out of their emotional states by telling them to save some tears for her ruksati.

" Baraat is here!!!!

Noor yelled as Roshana and Waseem rushed to welcome the groom.

Zoya pulled her back as their parents left. "Itnaaa excitement! For my wedding or to see someone special cough cough Arjun cough cough. Zoya teased.

" Aapi!!

She blushed.

Noor soon joined the rest of the family to welcome her brother-in-law as Zoya decided to do finish applying her makeup, masking her nervousness.

She heard a knock on her door.

" Noor! Kya hua? Aren't you supposed to be downstairs?

Zoya asked while searching for her jewelry, not looking up.

" Shaadi Mubarak, Urdu Queen.

**

" I'm sorry, Zoya, I shouldn't have kissed you.

He stared at the floor unable to look into her eyes that would drown him in a pool of guilt.

"What are you saying, Aditya? She asked with a smile, in denial.

"What happened yesterday should not have happened, I had a weak moment when I saw you and I can't deny that I am attracted to you, I haven't been with anyone since Pooja died so I just lost control when I felt you next to me. He muttered, ashamed.

" It was just attraction? You don't feel anything...

She barely managed to ask while the tears followed a path of their own down her cheeks.

" I'm sorry, Zoya. We've spent all our time together because of their deaths and you've become my best friend, but that's all. I love you... but I'm not in love with you.

Zoya wiped her tears. " No Aditya, it was my mistake. She smiled.

" I confused a few minutes of lust for love.

**

Instinctively, her step retreated at the sound of the man she once loved. She turned around to face him, unsure of when her palms became sweaty with nervousness. Unsure of what to say, unsure of what to do, she smiled pleasantly. Not today, she didn't want any drama on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life.

" You are the most beautiful bride I've ever seen . He acknowledged.

" What are you doing here, Aditya? She asked, as her last bit of cordiality vanished.

" I came to attend your marriage, Zoya. I want to see your happily ever after.

" My marriage hasn't begun and it's rather rude of you to stay in my room like this when my own husband hasn't even seen me yet. So if your casual conversation starter has ended, please leave.

Her emphasis on the word husband pierced his heart. So badly that he couldn't control his mouth.

He fell on both knees in front of her, breaking down.

" I love you, Zoya. Please don't marry him. Please give me another chance .

**

It had been a total month and a half since Zoya had last spoken to him. He missed her presence in his life. He had missed getting pani puri at the side of the road with her as she challenged him to an eating competition, he missed her Urdu taunts when she was mad, he missed watching their favorite movies together, he missed her mischievous pranks in an effort to make him smile when he had a bad day, but most of all he missed his Zoya's smile. Seeing her was inevitable ever since Arjun and Noor's wedding had been fixed, but he couldn't help but see her relapse into the state that Yash's death had left her in.

At the engagement, Arjun introduced her to Sahir. Sahir Azeem Chaudhary, Arjun's college friend who he hoped would offer Zoya a job so Noor's wish of her sister staying in Mumbai would be fulfilled.

As it turns out, he didn't offer her a job, but a date instead.

At this point, Aditya felt uncomfortable at the presence at the thought of a man in Zoya's life but he brushed it off as his possessiveness for his only friend. Sure it hurt that he wasn't the focal point of her life and attention anymore, but Sahir was only there for a month before he went back to his home in the States, how long could the two have possibly lasted anyways?

Nothing prepared Aditya when he saw the wedding card on their table one morning. He asked his mother to be sure that he wasn't going insane when Arjun exclaimed that his sister-in-law was getting married to one of his closest friends.

Aditya spent that night on the roadside alone, resorting to the the one thing that gave him destructive comfort, alcohol. He slid alongside his car door, drinking, washing away the memories of their kiss, still trying to convince himself that he didn't love her. He felt like the biggest f---up of all time for letting his Zoya slip out of his hands like sand. How would he approach her now? Did she not still have feelings for him? Or worse, did she love Sahir?

Unable to find an answer in his drunken stupor he pulled out his phone, to his phone wallpaper of him and Zoya cutting her last birthday cake together. In between tears and losing consciousness, he knew he had made the biggest mistake of his life by letting her go.

**

Those words she had ached to hear for so long.

When he protected her against Yash's destructive family, when he cradled her to sleep after she cried her heart out about Pooja and Yash. When he would sneak into her room while her parents were asleep to watch their favorite movies together. When he would drive to the other side of town to get her favorite chocolate cake. When they shared a kiss together.

All she ever wanted to hear was that he loved her.

" When Sahir is waiting for me to come down and marry him, you've come to profess your love for me? Unbelievable! She wailed.

" I was scared, Zoya. I had all these emotions and then I felt guilty for kissing you in a weak moment. I couldn't ever imagine a world where I would've been a good enough person for you. Look at me Zoya, I'm f---ing insane, I can't ever make up my mind, but this time I can't make the wrong decision. Too much is at stake Zoya. I spent two months without you and they were the two most miserable months of my life. Please Zoya, come back to your Aditya. We will figure it out together. We will mend each other together.

He clasped his hands and begged while still on his knees.

" Everything is about you, Aditya. Today you love me and tomorrow when I get you mad, will you hate me again? She questioned.

He shook his head no', as if her choice rested on that one question.

"Aditya, please get up, begging doesn't suit you.

He quickly arose as he sensed a change in her tone, hoping it was for the best.

" Zoya.. He took a step to hold her while she stepped back.

" It's Mrs. Zoya Sahir Chaudhary from today.

His heart shrunk as realization dawned upon him, he was in fact too late.

" Very well then, Zoya, I hope he keeps you happy. Just one request...tell him that he's taken something precious of mine, he should cherish it with all he has or else...or else...I'll kill him.

He moved forward although Zoya didn't move backwards this time. He took it as consent and pressed his lips to her forehead before looking at her teary eyes.

"I love you, Zoya. He cupped her cheek. "Just please say it one last time, Zoya. She held his hand on top of her cheek as she breathed heavily with his face in such near proximity.

" I love you too, Aditya. But I am no longer in love with you.

And just like that his heart shattered into a million pieces, for the second time in his life, only this time, he had no one but himself to blame.

He smiled through the tears.

" Tell Sahir, he only gets you for this lifetime. In the next lives, you will only be mine.

And just like that he left her house, unable to watch her become someone else's. He drove and resorted to his new best friend, alcohol.

As he lost his ability to see clearly, the pain in his heart was stopped by the newfound pain in his head as it crashed in the windscreen. Maybe he would be reunited with Zoya in his next life soon enough...