MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING
"Kunj! Get your butt down here now!" Rahul bellowed as he glanced up the stairs. "The girl's family will be here soon and you're sitting there plotting your stupid revenge."
"What?" Kunj appeared at the top of the stairs with a smirk. "I'm not plotting any revenge."
"Course not." Rahul rolled his eyes before straightening his sherwani. "Just get down here and keep it civil. It's my wedding day. Don't need you messing it up."
Kunj glared at Rahul before making his way down the steps. "You think that I? Your best friend, would deliberately mess up your wedding?"
Rahul grimaced before turning to face him. "Yeah. I do."
Kunj rolled his eyes. "I'd be a bit more tactful Rahul."
"It's my wedding," Rahul frowned. "You're supposed to be nice and obey my every command."
"You're not my owner." Kunj glared.
"Bas bas bas!" Maya put her hands on their shoulders. "You two always start. Aaj ke din toh rehne do?"
Kunj turned to glare at her. "Maya, just because he's your brother, doesn't mean you always take his side."
Maya smiled at Rahul. "It's his wedding day Kunj. Aaj ke din he gets his every wish. Now shut up and help me get the pooja stuff ready."
Rahul watched as Maya dragged Kunj away to the mandap.
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"Ladki wale aagaye!" Maya ran down the stairs from the balcony. "They're here!"
Rahul sat near the mandap and Kunj came next to him. "Last chance to run away."
"Not planning on it."
"Good." Kunj nodded while frowning to himself. "One girl he decides to get drunk and now he's getting married to her."
"Are you muttering to yourself now?" Rahul asked in an amused tone.
"What's it to you?" Kunj glared. "Your 'good girl's here."
"Hi Jiju!" Rahul groaned to himself as he heard the two voices he knew he should be afraid of. Turning his glace higher he saw them both dressed in elegant lengha suits that were matching in blue and purple respectively for Twinkle and Chinky.
"Hi. Where's she?" He asked, his eyes searching for his bride.
"Doesn't matter." Chinky smiled as she sat down next to him. "Where are your shoes?"
"Because he's going to tell you?" Kunj grinned down at the girls.
"Stay out of it." Twinkle glared at him.
"Make me."
Twinkle gritted her teeth and was about to stand when she saw Meera walk into the house with her family surrounding her. She stood and glared at Kunj before grabbing Chinky's arm and rushing towards Meera.
Kunj watched as she pushed a few of Meera's cousins out of the way and took their spot, right next to Meera. Even though Meera was looking gorgeous, Kunj's eyes couldn't leave Twinkle. The way she glowed in Indian clothes was something he had never seen before. All the times they had met after the first club meeting she was dressed in casual clothes. Yet now he saw her in a different way. A good different way.
Without meaning to Kunj started humming a song that he didn't even know that he had memorized.
banno ki saheli resham ki dori
chhup chhup ke sharmaaye dekhe chori chori
yeh maane ya na maane main to ispe mar gaaye
yeh ladki hai allah, hai hai re allah
"Kunj," Rahul grinned.
"Kya hai?" Kunj asked in an irritated tone.
"You're staring a bit too much at Meera."
"Who's staring at Meera?" Kunj said softly.
"Then?" Rahul grinned. He knew very well that Kunj was looking at Twinkle but hearing it from Kunj himself would be much more fun.
"I'm..." Kunj frowned. "Nothing."
"I'm sure." Rahul smiled as he was led to the mandap.
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"Last chance to run away Meera," Chinky whispered as they walked slowly towards the mandap.
"Very funny," Meera frowned.
"Chill out," Twinkle said softly. "You look like you're being executed."
"I'm just nervous." Meera sighed. "It's going to go horribly wrong."
"With that attitude, yeah." Chinky shook her head. "We love you. Good luck."
Twinkle felt someone's eyes on her and started feeling a bit uncomfortable, not knowing the people around her. Slowly she backed away from Meera with Chinky and both the girls sat down near the mandap.
Chinky nudged Twinkle. "Don't look now, but you're getting checked out."
"By who?" Twinkle frowned.
"Someone you know." Chinky coughed casually and pointed across the mandap to where Kunj sat his eyes in their direction.
"Kunj?" Twinkle gasped. "Seriously?"
"You act like you have no idea" Chinky grinned. "The guys' had a crush on you since god knows how long."
"Really?" Twinkle grinned. "That's interesting."
"Chalo ladkiyon! Kuch nach gaana hojaye?" One of Meera's aunts called.
"Ji aunty," Chinky smiled sweetly before pulling Twinkle up with her. "You're dancing with me."
Twinkle groaned until Chinky pushed her into the center.
She froze in the middle of the circle and smiled weakly until a smirk coming from Kunj's direction came into her view. She smirked back and decided that she'd see for herself what Kunj's 'crush' really was.
"babul ki galiyaan na chhadke jaana," She slowly twirled her way to Kunj and put both her hands on his shoulders and raised one of her eyebrows before singing around him, "paagal deewana isko samjhaana, dekho ji dekho yeh to mere peechhe pad gaya, yeh ladka hai allah, hai hai re allah"
She got pulled away then with three other girls and Kunj stared after her in surprise. On one side there was the wedding going on and on the other side here was all this fun and masti. Something that he wasn't sure what to make of.
Twinkle in a different mood for sure; something better, something that made him second guess himself and his feelings. Was she actually flirting with him?
Deciding to let his mind take rest, he walked over to her and grabbed her arm and twisted her so they were only 3 inches apart.
He smirked. "lab kahe na kahe, bolti hai nazar
pyaar nahin chhupta yaar chhupaane se."
Twinkle's mouth fell open slightly and she had a twinkle in her eyes, surprised that Kunj was continuing the song. She poked his nose and pushed him away, leaving him with a frown.
She grinned before draping the dupatta slowly over her head. "haan, roop ghoonghat mein ho to suhana lage, baat nahin banti yaar bataane se,"
Kunj smirked and slowly took the dupatta away from her head and draped it the way it was on her before. "yeh dil ki baatein dil hi jaane ya jaane khuda," He slowly trailed his finger on her cheek, and grinned seeing her close her eyes. "yeh ladki hai allah, hai hai re allah,"
Twinkle watched as he walked away from her only to be stopped by some of Rahul's cousins. She frowned seeing them all come closer and closer until finally she pushed Kunj away. "maagne se kabhi haath milta nahin,"
She twirled over to where Meera and Chinky stood together and glanced at Kunj before singing her next line. "jodiyaan banti hai pehle se sab ki,"
Kunj shook his head and waved her off. "ho, leke baaraat ghar tere aaoonga main, meri nahin yeh to marzi hai rab ki,"
Twinkle gaped at him until finally he snapped his fingers and she got herself pulled together. "arre jaa re jaa yeh jhoothi moothi baatein na bana, yeh ladka hai allah, hai hai re allah,"
Kunj rolled his eyes and pulled Twinkle's arm so that she was even closer to him. "banno ki saheli resham ki dori, chhup chhupke sharmaaye dekhe chori chori,"
Twinkle found herself getting lost in the brown eyes that were merely a few inches away from her. Even all the noise around her seemed to fade out as she slowly raised her hand to touch his cheek. She was about to graze his short stubble when one of Meera's cousins pulled on her outfit.
"Didi! Gao na!"
Everyone around them burst out laughing but both Kunj and Twinkle let go of each other and watched as each other's cheeks darkened.
Not daring to look back into Kunj's eyes, Twinkle started twirling the end of her dupatta as she walked in circles around him. "babul ki galiyaan na chhadke jaana, paagal deewana isko samjhaana," She giggled as she hit his head softly.
He grabbed her hand and twirled her into him and dipped her to the ground. "yeh maane ya na maane main to ispe mar gaya, yeh ladki, yeh ladki hai allah, hai hai re allah,"
Twinkle's blush became more evident now as she felt the warmth from Kunj's arms that gripped her.
"Let me up," she whispered softly.
"Why?" he whispered back, staring into her eyes.
She didn't answer but slowly Kunj lifted her up and she smirked. "yeh ladka hai allah, hai hai re allah"
They both turned around and face the opposite way from the other, but turning back every so often.
" yeh ladki hai allah, hai hai re allah"
Kunj didn't know how, but he had confessed his feelings for her through this song and somewhere a part of him knew that what happened here tonight was signalling the start of something new. Something better for the two of them.
yeh ladka hai allah, hai hai re allah
Twinkle watched through the corner of her eyes as Kunj reclaimed his spot next to Rahul and for a tiny second she urged to go and take him away to talk about what had begun through this song. Then she changed her mind, knowing some things were better left unspoken.
New relationships especially.
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