The engagement TS, Epilogue p. 10, 7/3/22 (completed)

Heeeeeey Ladiesss,

So it's been a while but here is my second story.

Please ignore the spelling and grammatical mistakes.

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The engagement

Part 1

2002

Suman and Dharshan Pandya were sitting on the couch in their living room. Both looking with an adoring gaze to their sons, Dev (4 years) and Shiva (3 years) who were playing together. They have an elder son Gautam (12 years) but he was still at school. Suman looked lovingly at her husband,‘’Thank you for giving me my family,’’ she said to him, while tenderly patting her growing belly. Dharshan wanted to reply when a little girl ran into their living room. ‘’Kakaaa, kakkii,’’ the little girl screamed. Dharshan stood up and catches the little girl in his arms. ‘’Hallo beautiful Raavi, can I get a kiss,’’ he asked her. With a big goofy smile, she kissed him on his cheek. He tickled her and she roared with laughter. He put her down on the ground and she ran to Dev and Shiva to play with them. He couldn’t help it; he had a big smile on his face. He loved that girl like it was his own daughter.

Then he saw her parents come in, his best friend Aditya and his wife Pooja. Aditya and he knew each other from their childhood almost 20 years now. They al greeted each other. He hugged Aditya, ‘’great to see you, it’s been a while,’’ he said to him. Suman and Pooja went to the kitchen to make some tea and snacks and the men talked about their work. After they returned from the kitchen, they all eat some hot samosa’s and tea. They all looked at their playing kids. Little Raavi gave Dev a kiss on his cheek and he was smiling at her, while Shiva stood there and looked at them. They all laughed at the sight of that. ‘’Aditya it looks like your little girl likes my Dev,’’ Dharshan said to him. ‘’Yeah and your Dev likes my Raavi,’’ Aditya said laughing. ‘’Maybe we should get them married when they are older. I already love you daughter like she is mine and I would take good care of her when she will stay here with us as my daughter in law, as my daughter,’’Dharshan said with a serious tone. Everyone looked with a shock at Dharshan. ‘’I mean it, why not? You know my family and I know yours; we get along perfectly and so do our children. Family is very important in marriage,’’ he said to him. He looked at the face of his best friend, the shock was gone now and replaced by a look as if he really thought about the idea. There appeared a big smile on Aditya his face ‘’Yes let’s do this! 20 years from now we wil lcelebrate the engagement of Dev and Raavi,’’ he said. He stood up and hugged Dharsan. Their wives were looking at them if they were crazy. But they let them be happy for now, in 20 years they will talk about this again. The children were playing and didn’t knew that at that moment a decision was made about their future.

2004

Dharshan woke up from the sound of the ringing phone. He looked at the clock it was 2.00 AM, who was calling so late. He stood up and took the call. He listen to the voice on the other side. ‘’Which hospital are they brought to,’’ he asked. The voice on the other side told him in which hospital they were. ’’Okay I be there as soon as I can,’’ and he hung up the phone. He turned around and saw Suman watching him ‘’what happened,’’ she asked him. ‘’Aditya, Pooja and Raavi got in a car accident while returning to Somnath,’’ he told her. He saw the worried look on her face, he walked to her and wiped a tear from her face, ‘’ it’s going to be alright. I’m going to the hospital now. I will call you when I know more about the situation,’’ he said to her and gave her a kiss on her head before he left.

In the hospital he found out that the situation of Aditya and Pooja were critical. Luckily Raavi didn’t even had a scratch. He was sitting in the waiting room when he saw his brother-in-law Jaggat and his wife Prafulla walking in the waiting room. Prafulla was the sister of Pooja, they got married a year ago.‘’How is my sister,’’ Prafulla asked him. ‘’I don’t know yet, the nurse told me their situation is critical but Raavi is safe.’’ Prafulla cried, when she heard this. She prayed that her sister would be fine. She thanked God that he saved her little niece of five. Jaggat put an arm around her and made her sit on the chair. After an hour the doctor came in. ‘’I’m sorry to tell you that Pooja didn’t make it. She crashed during the surgery, we tried everything we could but her heart just wouldn’t start again,’’ the doctor said. Prafulla screamed out in pain, no, no, no this couldn’t be happening. She lost her sister and her sweet niece has lost her mother. ‘’Aditya his condition is very critical. The first 24 hours are very important. One member of the family can visit him in an hour. Again, I’m sorry for your lost,’’ the doctor said and he left the room. Prafulla was crying and Jaggat did his best to comfort her. Dharshan gave them a moment and walked to the reception and asked if he could use the phone. He called Suman and told her about the situation. He sat down and prayed to God that he would safe Aditya, Raavi already lost her mother and she deserves at least one parent in her life. He looked at the clock and saw that the hour was up. He walked to the room where his friend was lying in a hospital bed. There were a lot of medical equipment, that made different sounds. He sat down on the chair beside his bed. He took the hand of his friend. ‘’You have to fight for your little girl Aditya, she already lost her mother, fight for her,’’ his voice was trembling now. Tears made his vision blurry.

Every hour a nurse came in and check up on Aditya. There was no sign of him waking up very soon. Dharshan fell asleep, when he suddenly woke up from movement in his hand. He was still holding the hand of Aditya. He looked at Aditya and he was surprised to see that he was looking at him. Aditya tried to say something but he couldn’t hear it, so he moved his head closer to him. ‘’ Ppprr… prrromisseeme that youuu would taaa takee caree of... of my daughter. Promise me that she would be married in to your family,’’ Aditya said. ‘’I promise you Aditya! I take care of your daughter and she will marry my son,’’ he said to him. Aditya nodded his head an closed his eyes.

That night Raavi became an orphan. Her Maasi took her in and never gave her the feeling that she wasn’t her own daughter. Prafulla took great care of Raavi and so did the Pandya family.

Present day

Suman sat down in her wheelchair and looked at the photo of her late husband Dharsan. She missed him every day for the last 10 years since he is gone. After his dead she struggled to take care of her children, luckily her eldest son Gautam helped her and also her brother and his wife Prafulla were a big help. 3 years after the dead of Dharsan, she got a stroke and got paralyzed from the waist down. But she got a lot of physiotherapy, and now she could move her legs a bit. 4 years ago, Gautam married his best friend Dhara, and they were so happy with each other. She was lucky to get such a caring and loving daughter in law. She took the photo in her hand, ‘’Its time Dharsan, I’m going to tell the kids about the promiss you made. I waited a long time to tell them this, but Dev is 24 now and Raavi is 23, they both have finished their college now, so the next step is marriage. I wanted to tell it to them sooner but I couldn’t do it. It didn’t feel right, and now it feels good,’’ she said to the photo and put it down.

‘’Kaakiiii, where are you? Why did you want me to come so early,’’ Raavi said while walking in to the Pandya house. She saw her kaaki sitting in her wheelchair, she walked to her and touched her feet. ‘’Bless you Raavi. I will tell you all what the reason is at breakfast. So, let’s go to the dining table,’’ Suman said to Raavi. Everyone was already seated, Dhara bhabi with Gaumbie besides her and krish. On the other side sat Dev and Shiva, she took the empty seat beside Shiva. She looked at him and smiled ‘’Good morning Bhootnath,’’ she said to him. He smiled back ‘’Good morning Chudail, your maasi didn’t serve breakfast, that you came here to eat our food,’’ he said. ‘’ha ha ha verry funny, kaaki invited me,’’she said. ‘’let’s eat, after breakfast I want to tell you all something,’’Suman said. Everyone was eating and there where multiple different conversations going on. After the breakfast, they all helped cleaning the table and the all sat down to listen to Suman.

Everyone was looking at her in anticipation, Suman clears her throat before she spoke.‘’18 years ago your father made a promise to Raavi her dad,’’ she looked at her sons. ‘’What for promise, mom,’’ Shiva asked her. ‘’When you all were little, your dad said that it would be great if Dev an Raavi would marry each other when they both finished their college. Pooja and me thought when the time was right we would first talk to you,’’ she looked at the shocking face of Raavi and Dev. ‘’But things changed, after the accident Aditya had one more wish before he left this world that Raavi would be part of this family as a daughter in law, that she would marry Dev. And your dad promised that to him,’’she said to them all. She saw the shocking faces of her family. ‘’Your dad took this promise very serious. Aditya was his best friend, his brother. After your dad died, I took over this promise. Raavi, you were always part of this family, I love you like my own daughter. I know you like Dev and Dev likes you. I know both of you don’t have a partner, so this is the perfect moment to fulfill both of your dad’s wishes,’’ she said to them with a big smile.

Raavi was in shock, she didn’t expect this when she came here for breakfast. She felt the tears sting in her eyes, her dad wanted her to marry Dev. It was his last wish for her but she couldn’t marry Dev could she. Yes, she liked him, no she loved him, but not the romantic kind of love. She loved him like a little sister loved her brother. She looked around the table and everyone looked as shocked as how she felt, at last she looked at Shiva. Their eyes meet, she saw the shock in them but also the anger, she looked away. ‘’Kaaa kaaaakkiii, I I I need to toto talk with maami a a about this,’’ she stuttered. ‘’Raavi, I will talk about this with Prafulla, she will completely agree with me,’’ Suman said. Raavi couldn’t take it anymore, abruptly she stood up, it was so fast that her chair fell down. Everyone was looking at her now. She tried to hold back her tears but one tear escaped, she turned around and run away. She was walking outside with no directions, she felt numb. The conversation at the table runs through her mind. Her dad wanted this for her, he wanted that she married Dev. She was still walking, till she finally looked at her surroundings. Even if she didn’t knew where she was going, her feet brought her to a place where she felt safe. She looked at the big green tree, her safe haven.

‘’Ma, maybe we should talk first to see if Raavi and Dev wants to marry each other,’’Dhara said. Suman looked at Dhara ‘’talk, we don’t need to talk to Dev. Dev will do like I say. And Prafulla will talk with Raavi, and she will agree to this. It was her dad’s dying wish.’’ She looked at Dev, ‘’ Do you agree to marry Raavi’’, she asked him. Dev looked at his mother, he was totally in shock. But his mother was right, he would always do what she tells him to do, even if he didn’t agree. He doesn’t want to marry Raavi. Yes, it’s true that he loves her but it was not the love that she deserved. They knew each other since they were children, she is his friend, his little sister, nothing more. But if this was both of their dad’s wish and also his mother then he would agree. He looked at his mother, ‘’If you want me to marry Raavi, then I do like you say.’’ Suman was overjoyed, she clapped her hands and was smiling so bright. She saw the looks on her family’s face. Gaumbie, Dhara and Krish, where having a look of doubt but also a little smile on their faces. Shiva, looked irritated and angry. ‘’Cheer up, we have an engagement party to organise,’’ she said.

Shiva fisted his hand in anger beside him. She couldn’t marry his brother, she just couldn’t. They want her to be engaged to his brother because of a promise that was made ages ago! They all were crazy, he looked at Dev with an angry stare but Dev was looking at his plate. Yes, what is new there, his brother, would never stand up for himself, always avoiding confrontations. ‘’This is not going to happen, Raavi is not going to marry Dev. She is not coming in this house as my bhabi,’’ he told them. ‘’Shiva, it’s your brother and Raavi’s decision, and Dev already agreed. And I know that Prafulla will convince Raavi that she also should agree for this marriage,’’ Suman said. He looked with an angry glare at his mother. It would be better if he leave now, otherwise he may say something what he will regret. He stood up and walked away. ‘’Shiva, were are you going,’’ Gaumbie asked him. He turned and looked at him, ‘’I need fresh air,don’t wait up for me,’’ he told them and walked away. He needed to talk to Raavi about this and he knew exactly where he could find her.

He looked at the big green tree but he didn’t saw her. He looked around but there was no trace of her. Where would she be? This was their spot. Both of them went there, when they needed time to think. He looked at the tree and remembered when he first brought her to his spot, they were twelve years old.

He was walking past his maami’s house, when he saw Raavi running out of the house. He saw that she was crying. He was worried about her, she was a happy person, always laughing, so he decided to follow her, maybe he could help her. After a short walk, he saw that she was sitting on a bench. She covered her face with both of her hands. His heart was breaking for her when he saw her like this, she was sobbing, her whole body was moving from al the crying. He walked to her and sat beside her. Slowly he put his hand on her shoulder. She startled from the feeling of his hand on her shoulder and looked at him. ‘’Ssshivaa, what are you doing here,’’ she asked him. In a quick motion she wiped the tears from her face. He looked at her tear-stained cheeks, her eyes were red from all the crying. He wanted to hug her but instead he asked her what happened.‘’Nothing Shiva, sometimes we girls cry without a reason,’’ she told him. Shiva knew that she was lying to him, ‘’ you don’t have to lie Raavi. You can tell me,’’ he said to her. She had a confused look on her face. He knew her very well, they grew up together, they didn’t have secrets for each other. She took a deep breath, ‘’Today on school, three girls were talking about me. They said,that my dad drove off the cliff on purpose. That he didn’t want me. That no one wants me. That no one wants to be friends with me and that even maami didn’t want me, I’m an obligation to her. That due me she didn’t have her own children.’’ The tears filled her eyes again. Shiva felt his blood boil, he wanted to teach those girls a lesson, but he wouldn’t, his mom thought him better. But he could help Raavi. ‘’You are not alone, you have your mausii and maussa, you have my mom, Gaumbie, Dhara dii, Dev, Krish and me. I will always be there for you. You are never alone Raavi, never, I promise,’’ he said to her. She knew he was right, but hearing his words made her believe in it again, she wasn’t alone, she had a great family and great friends. ‘’Thank you Shiva, thank you for being by my side and being a great friend,’ ’she said to him.

‘’Can I show you something,’’ he asked her. Raavi nodded her head in a yes. They both stood up, and side by side they walked to the edge of the woods. Abruptly she stopped, maasi told me that I can’t go in the woods by myself. ‘’We are not going in to the wood and your are not alone, trust me,’’ he said. And she did, she followed him to a big green tree, it was still on the edge of the wood, so her maasi wouldn’t be mad. But it was so peaceful, it was quit and so beautiful. ‘’Why did you brought me here Shiva,’’ she asked him. He ignored her question and took her hand. He walked closer to the tree, he let her hand go and start climbing in the tree, he made it look easy, he stopped at a thick branch, it wasn’t that heigh. ‘’Come up’’, he told her while holding his hand out so she could take it, and she did. she sat beside him on the branch. ‘’You know that sometimes I get too angry at things and when I have that feeling, I come here. I can think and calm down. This is my safe haven and I want you to use it. If you ever feel angry, sad or alone come here, and just calm down and know that you are not. Even if I’m not physically here, I still be there for you, cause this is my tree,’’ he told her. Raavi looked him in the eyes, and she saw that he meant every word he just said, and for the fourth time that day she couldn’t hold back her tears. ‘’Thankkkk you Shivaa, for being here for me, for trusting me enough to share your special place with me,’’ she said to him. He looked at her with a smile on his face and took her hand and give it a little squeeze. He wanted to see her smile, he wasn’t used to this sad Raavi. ‘’How do you count cows,’’ he asked her. She looked at him, uhmmm one.. two…. Three. ‘’No, that is wrong, the answer is with a cowculator.’’ She stared at him an start snorting‘’ Cheeee that was so lame Shiva,’’ she said to him, still laughing. He was happy to hear her laugh again, he looked at her and there was a smile on her face. This was his Raavi, happy and smiling. After that they day, she used the tree as her safe haven and sometimes he was there with her.

Where was she. He thought about the other places where she could be but suddenly he felt two arms around him, a warm body around his back. ‘’Raavi’’ she was here .He turned around in her embrace, and hold her closer to him. She was crying in his arms, he moved his right hand and stroked her hair. ‘’Sssshhh, stop crying, it’s going to be alright,’’ he whispered to her. Doing his best to comfort her, he held her closer to his body, ‘’I’m here, I’m here,’’ he said to her, still stroking her hair to comfort her. After a while she finally stopped sobbing. He lifted his hand and put in under her chin and lifted it up, so he could look at her. The tears were still rolling of her face, her eyes were a bit red, with the thumb of his hand he wiped the tears from her cheeks, but in a couple of second they were replaced by new ones. He couldn’t see her in this state, he wanted to punch someone but that was impossible in this case, both of their dads were gone. And he couldn’t punch his mother for holding on to this promise.

‘’I can’t marry Dev, I can’t. I know it’s my dad wish, but I can’t fulfill it, I don’t love him,’’ Raavi told him. The tears finally stopped. My dad wanted that I marry in the Pandya family, that I marry Dev, it was his last wish. She cupped his face in her hands, ‘’How can I fulfill my dad’s last wish, how can I marry Dev while I love you Shiva.’’ Shiva, rested his forehead on hers, he cupped her face, ‘’I love you too Raavi.’’

So this the first part. I hope you liked it.

What do you think is going to happen next?

I will update the second part soonishhh.

Heey Ladies,

Are you ready for a walk down memory lane?

Hope you enjoy it.

Love,

San

The engagement

Part 2

‘’I chose to be your friend, but falling in love with you was out of my control.’’

Their story began with friendship.It took them years to understand that there was more than friendship between them. That the feelings they had for each other was not that of only friends but also love, the forever one.

‘’How can I fulfil my dad’s last wish, how can I marry Dev while I love you Shiva,’’ she said to Shiva. Shiva rested his forehead on hers, and he cupped her face with both of his hands, ‘’I love you too Raavi.’’ He placed a little kiss on her nose and grabbed her hand. He walked to the tree and helped her sit down on a thickb ranch before he sat down beside her. He turned his head so he could look at her, “You know today is the second time I got jealous of Dev. The first time was when I felt that he stole my best-friend and today he is snatching my girlfriend.” Raavi looked surprised at him, “when did he try to steal your best friend,” she asked him and he told her.

14 year old Shiva entered the living room of Pandya house, he was happy today. He helped his brother Gaumbie in the store, he felt valuable. He stopped and stood still, he saw Dev and Raavi, they were sitting on the floor and were playing an card game. He fisted his hand beside him,she was his best friend not that of his brother, why did she have to play games with Dev, he thought. He walked down his coth and sat down in anger. He removed his shoes and threw them away, *BONKK* was the sound that the shoe made when it hit the ground. Raavi, startled from the sound looked at him. ‘’Heey Shivaa, you finally came home. Dev and I are playing a card game, come and play with us,’’ she asked him. He looked angry at her, ‘’I don’t want to play a stupid card game with you,’’ he told her. She looked confused at him, why was het alking like that, he loved card games, they always play them together. She stood up and walked to his cot and sat down beside him. ‘’Why don’t you want to play with us,’’ she asked him. ‘’I don’t like card games anymore that’s why. Go away, go play with Dev.’’ he shouted to her. This was the first time Shiva felt jealous, but he didn’t know it was jealousy he felt. Raavi felt hurt, she stood up and walked too Dev, she turned around and looked at Shiva, he never hurt her before. But both of them would hurt each other more in the future.

With a smile she looked at him, ‘’so that’s why you didn’t want to play with us. That day you hurt me by shouting at me.’’ “Yeah, it hurt me too, that’s why I brought you a big bag of chocolate the next day,” he said with a smile. He took hold of her hand, their fingers automatically entwined. He brought their hands to his lips and he gave a soft kiss on her hand. She rested her head on his shoulder, you know Shiva after 8 year you still give me butterflies in my belly. I still remember the first time I felt it. He looked at her,‘’I remember the first time you took my breath away.’’ And at the same time they both said,‘’ Neha her birthday party,’’ they looked at each other and laugh.

She looked at herself in the mirror, she was wearing her bra and panties. Her body was changing, she got some curves she didn’t have before. Her maasi told her that is was normal, she wasn’t a child anymore, she was turning in a young women, she was 15 now. ‘’Raavi, Raavi, come downstairs, Shiva is here,’’ she heard her maasi shouting. Shoot, she was late, she was not even dressed yet.‘’I’m coming, give me a couple of minutes,’’ She shouted back. Shiva was here to pick her up, they would go to the birthday party of their classmate, Neha. She walked to her closet and looked at it. What should she wear? She was still looking at the content of her closet, when she heard a knock on the door,‘’Ayee chipkali, hurry up, we are already late,’’ she heard shiva say. ‘’Five minutes and I be ready,’’ she said to him. ‘’Why do you need so much time, you are a chipkali, no one is going to look at you,’’ he said. She could hear him laughing behind the door. She got angry hearing this, she picked out a white dress and put in on. It was thigh, it covered her body like a second skin, from her hips down the skirt got a bit wider, it reached her knees. It had a sweetheart neckline and very thin straps. She put on the black sandals with a heel. She looked at herself in the mirror, yes you could see the curves, tha twas normally hidden. She looked ‘’Tip-Top’’, she smiled at her reflection. She took her purse from the table and walked to the door, and open it, too look in the stunning face of Shiva. Just like him, she looked at him from head to toe,her breath hitched a little, Woow her Shiva looked amazing, he wore black pants with a crispy white shirt, that fitted his body perfectly. He looked very handsome. She felt a strange feeling in her belly, she wanted to touch him, but she didn’t. She wanted to tell him that he looked handsome but she wouldn’t say that to him, that would be weird. So she ignored her feelings and looked at him with a fierce glance, ‘’What did you say Shiva, I look like a chipkali? I’m Somnaths most beautiful girl,’’ she said to him, before she walked past him to go downstairs to say goodbye to her maasi. Shiva was still standing before her door, he felt something weird happening to him, she was right she looked beautiful. ‘’Are you coming down today or what,’’ she shouted from downstairs as if he was the one that was too late instead of her. It brought him back from his trance and he finally realised that he was holding his breathe all the time, so he took a deep breathe before he walked downstairs and saw her waiting. She looked like an angel, so beautiful. Get a grip of yourself Shiva, he rebuked himself. He said goodbye to his maami and they went to the party. That night both of them would watch each other, but they ignored those strange and weird feeling, like nothing happened. They were friends, nothing else.

With his finger under her chin he lifted her head, he looked her in the eyes and he moved his face closer to her, he could feel her breath on his lips. He closed the distance between their lips and gave her an chaste kissed on her lips “This is what I wanted to do when I saw you in that white dress, looking like an angel, mine angel.’’ She looked at him, “I’m scared Shiva.’’ He took her hand in his and gave it a little squeeze, ‘’I’m not. Don’t forget the promise I made to you Raavi, I take it very serious, no one can come between us even our family.’’ He made that promise to her when he was sixteen and he always kept it.

Raavi could you come downstairs please. I want to talk about something important with you she heard her Maasi shouting. ”What now,” she thought. She found a piece of paper that she put between the pages of the book that she was reading. It was getting so thrilling now, she almost knew who the murderer was. With a sight she closed her book and walked downstairs.She saw her maasi sitting on the sofa, so she sat down beside her. “What did you wanted to talk about maasi,” she asked. “Raavi I know that Shiva is your best friend, but you are older now, you are sixteen and if you always keep hanging out with Shiva people will talk about it. They will think that you are boyfriend and girlfriend. Maybe you should hang out more with your other friends, like Nisha and Sara. You know in a couple years when you are married you can’t see Shiva every day,” her maasi said. “Maasi I don’t care what people say, Shiva is my best friend and even when I get married he still be my friend maasi,” she said. ‘’I know Raavi, I don’t say you don’t get to see him anymore, but you are always together, every day, so you should also take the time to hang out with your other friends, beta,’’ her maasi said. ‘’Maasi I already told you, Shiva is my best friend and nothing is going to change,’’ she stood up and and walked back to her room.

Maybe her maasi was right. It was a long time since she did something fun with Nisha and Sara. She should call them. But something else was bothering her too. Her maasi said that people will talk about them, and she meant it when she said that she didn’t care about what other people think, but she didn’t want that people would think bad about her family. Maybe she should take a little bit distance from Shiva, just a little bit, so people wouldn’t talk about them. Later that night she called her friends and the next day they would meet at a restaurant nearby. She was lying in her bed when she heard the sound of her phone telling her that she got a text. She opened it.

Bhootnath: Aye chipkali, wanna hang out tomorrow night?!

She send a text back, that she couldn’t tomorrow. Immediately she got a text back.

Bhootnath: Okay then, see you the day after then its game night.

She answered that she would be there and wished him a goodnight.

Bhootnath: Goodnight, sleep well :)

The next night she saw her friends in the restaurant. She was so happy to see them again, she forgot how much fun she had with her girls, she missed it. But after a couple of hours, she missed someone else, Shiva. She couldn’t remember a day when she didn’t saw him at least for a couple of minutes or spoke to him on the phone, but today he didn’t call or text. Raavi decided to forget Shiva for now,and just have fun with the girls. They talked and had some delicious food. Nisha asked her if she wanted to go to a party the next night and she said yes.She would see all her other friends that she hadn’t seen in a while

So the next night she went to the party with girls. She was dancing with Nisha when she felt her phone vibrating in her purse. She walked away from the dancefloor and unlocked her phone.

Bhootnath: Where are you? We are waiting for you!!

Oww nooo she forgot it was game night today!How could she forget it, it was a weekly event at the Pandya house. She replied to his text.

Shiva was standing in the living room with his phone in his hand. Where was she, she never forget game night. So he texted her.

Chudail: I’m so sorry Shiva, I completely forgot. I’m at a party now. Say sorry to everyone for me, I will be there the next time, promise.

This was not like her, she wouldn’t forget game night for a party. But he texted her that is was fine. But the next couple of weeks, Shiva saw that she was taking more distance from him. She wouldn’t visit him daily, she answered his text messages a couple of hours later and sometimes she didn’t even answered it. She ignored a lot of his calls, and when she picks up she talked only for 1 minute before she tells him she was busy. When he would visit her at home, she always has a excuse to not hang with him. She needs to study, she was tired or she had some other plans. She didn’t even visit his home for a while now, or when she did she knew he wasn’t home that time. She was avoiding him. she was always with her other friends, he didn’t saw her at the tree. Something was wrong but what. He decide to go to her home, he saw that the light of her room was on so he climbed up her balcony, and knocked on the door. She didn’t answered, maybe she was listening to music with her headphones, so he texted her that he was standing in front of her balcony door. A couple of seconds later she opened the door. ‘’Shiva, what are you doing here so late,’’ she asked him. He slipped past her in to the room and sat down on her bed. ‘’What is happening Raavi. I saw you so little the last couple of weeks, are you avoiding me? If I did something wrong you can tell me,’’ he said to her. Raavi felt her heart break when she looked at him. She saw the confusion and hurt on his face. She didn’t wanted to hurt him, but she did. She listen to her maasi and maybe she made a mistake by that. She sat beside him, ‘’I’m sorry Shiva, I’m so so sorry that I hurt you but but it was something maasi said.’’ ‘’Maami, what did she said that you were avoiding me,’’ he asked her. She looked at him, ‘’Maasi said people will talk about us when we are only hanging out together. They will talk about our family’s and what about when we find a partner and we get married, we can’t hang out that much.’’ She said to him. She felt a weird pain in her heart and so did he thinking about marriage. ‘’So because of maami you did this. Raavi I don’t care what people say about our friendship or our family. But I will make it clear to maami,’’ he stood up and walked out of her bedroom, completely ignoring that one day they both get married to someone else. Raavi followed him. ‘’Ayee maami, where are you,’’ he shouted. He saw his maami coming from her bedroom. ‘’Shiva, what are you doing her so late,’’ she asked him. He took a couple of steps closer to her, he saw that she got scared, ‘’Maami I want to make something clear tonight. I love you, you are a wonderful maami and maasi, but stay out of the friendship between me and Raavi. No one can come between us,not outsider, not you and not even my family, you understand. No one, I promise that,’’ he said to her. He saw her look change from scared to acceptance and approval.

‘’Hahah I still see the face of maami, when you shouted to her. She was so scared of you, ’’Raavi laughed. ‘’She was but she became my number one fan after that. She never tried to get in between us from that day,’’ he said to her with a wink. Raavi looked at him ‘’Yes that day I knew nothing will come between us. But there was another day that I knew you always be there for me, no matter what,’’ she said to him.

The whole family were having breakfast at the Pandya house. ‘’You all are coming to my dance competition tonight he,’’ Raavi asked the Pandya family with excitement in her voice. Everyone nodded their heads in a yes except Shiva.‘’Bhootnath you are not coming,’’ she asked him. Shiva looked at her disappointed face, ‘’ I don’t want to see a chipkali dance. I have better things to do,’’ he told her. ‘’Shivaaa, you have to come, please. I will feel so much better if I know that you are there,’’ she said to him. ‘’Ayee, I told you already that I’m not coming so don’t eat my brain,’’ he told her. He saw the tears appear in her eyes, shit now he felt guilty for talking like that but before he could say anything she already stood up. ‘’I have to leave there is a lot of thing I have to do for tonight, I see you all later,’’ she said and left. ‘’What is wrong with you Shiva, why do you talk like that to Raavi. She is your best friend. I have notice that you are doing it more often now,’’ his bhabi said to him. Yes, she was right, he was talking a bit ruder to her now,because he felt strange when she was close to him. He wanted to touch her constantly, he wanted to hold her hand, and that was creeping him out, she was his friend nothing more. ‘’it’s nothing bhabi but you know how Raavi is, she keeps talking and talking and she just don’t shut up,’’ he said to her. ‘’Shiva she is your friend you don’t talk like that to your friend. If you don’t want to be friends anymore just tell her that but don’t be rude and hurt her every time,’’ Dhara said to him. Shock appeared on his face and he looked at his bhabi her face. he couldn’t lose are as his friend, he got scared thinking about a life without her.

Raavi sat in her dressing room, it was almost her turn to dance. She felt nervous, she knew she was good and that she would dance her heart out but in those moments only Shiva could calm her down and he won’t be there for her. She wiped the tears away that fell down her cheeks.‘’Stupid, idiot, gadheda, bandar,’’ she scolded him. what kind of friend is he that he won’t go to watch the dance competition of his best friend. The next time he has something important she also wouldn’t go, she thought. She heard a knock on her door, ‘’come in’’ she said. Her friend Nisha entered the room. ‘’Raavi its your tun in 5 minutes,’’ she told her. ‘’One minute and I will be there,’’ Raavi told her and Nisha left the room. She took a tissue paper and wiped her face clean, she took a couple of deep breaths to calm her nerves and walked to the podium. She looked at the people in the room behind the wings. She saw her family sitting on the front row, her maasi and maasa, Suman kaki, Dhara bhabi and Gaumbie, Krish and Dev. She still had hope that Shiva might come but he wasn’t there, she felt hurt. ‘’Raavi it’s your turn,’’ Nisha said. The light went off and she walked to the centre of the stage, she heard the soft tones of the music, the spot light on her. She took a deep breath and started her dance. Gone were the nerves, gone were all the people sitting there, it was just her and the music. Her body was moving on the music, she felt the emotion of the music through her body, and every move explained the music. She jumped in the air, she rolled on the floor and she stood still in her final pose. She was out of breathe, but there was a big smile on her face. She has practiced this dance countless times but there were always flaws in her dance but tonight is was flawless. The audience were still for a moment and the they were all applauding, she looked up to watch them and saw that they were all giving her a standing ovation. Her heart was bursting with happiness and proudness, she did it. She bowed and left the stage. Backstage everyone was hugging her and telling her how great the dance was. ‘’I knew that you are an amazing dancer but Raavi today you were mind-blowing, it was so fantastic,’’ Nisha told her. She hugged her, ‘’Thank you Nisha. I’m going to change I will see you later,’’she said and left to go to her dressing room. When she entered the room, she saw a big mix bouquet of flowers on her make up table, it had roses, lilies and sunflowers in it. She walked to the bouquet and took a big sniff, they smelled amazing. There was a card on top. She took the card and read it.

I’m sorry for behaving like an idiot, forgive me.

You looked amazing on the stage.

Shiva

She smiled, okay so he was not the worst friend ever, she thought. She heard a knock on her door, she smiled and turned around and there he was leaning against the doorframe looking at her with a smile. ‘’Do you like the flowers,’’he asked her. She took a couple of steps closer to him, ‘’I love them, thank you Shiva.’’ He also took a couple of steps to her to bridge the distance.‘’I’m sorry Raavi, I was an idiot. I was watching you dance, you were amazing,you set the stage on fire with that dance,’’ he told her. ‘’It’s okay Shiva and thank you for the nice flowers and kind words. Where were you standing, I was looking for you but I didn’t see you,’’ she asked. His heart made a little jump, she was looking for him. ‘’I was standing at the back of the room but remember Raavi I will always be there for you even when I’m behaving stupid,’’he said . She looked at him and saw that he meant every word of it. She took one step closer and put her arms around his waist in a hug, she rested her head on his chest, were she could hear his heart beating. she felt his arms around her and they stood there in each other’s embrace for a couple of minutes.

‘’That was a beautiful bouquet you gave me Mr. Pandya and that card. It gave me butterflies,’’ She moved her left hand a little bit on the branch so she could look at him better, but she felt a sharp pain in her hand ‘’auuu’’, she shouted. She couldn’t even blink her eye of he already got her hand in his, “Gadhedi, can’t you be careful,” he looked at the splinter in her hand. He tried to take the splinter out of her thumb but it was hard. ‘’It’s okay, Shiva, it doesn’t hurt that much,’’ she said to him. But he didn’t listen to her. Finally it worked, he took the splinter out and brought her finger to his lips, too give her a little kiss on the tip of her finger. ‘’All better now,’’ he said to her with a big goofy smile. ‘’You always took care of me since we were young, you are always here to protect me. You know that day that I got sick and you took care of me, that day I finally confessed to myself that I loved you,’’ she said to him.

Shiva was working at the store when he saw that he had a missed call from Raavi. He called her back, but she didn’t answer. After 5 minutes he tried to call he ragain but she didn’t pick up her phone. He decided to send her a text, ‘’Aye chudail, pick up your phone.’’ It was quiet today at the store, so he sat down with the phone in his hand. Why didn’t she reply. Her phone was always glued to her hands. He got a bit worried about her. She would be fine Shiva, he told himself. The last three years something was changed between them, yes she was still his best friend and vice versa. But why did he get this weird feeling,when she was touching him, why did he feel sad when she had to leave, why would the smell of her perfume makes him crazy. He was 18 now, and some of his friends had girlfriends but he never wanted a girlfriend, not that the girls didn’t try it, they did at school but also here at the store. They would come and flirt with him, but he would just ignore them all. The only women he wanted in his life was his mom, Bhabhi and that chudail even if she gave him strange feelings. He looked at his phone and he saw that 30 minute have past but he still didn’t get a reply. At the same moment kaka came in the store, ‘’kaka would you mind to watch the store for an hour, I need to do something important’’, he asked him. Kaka told him it was fine and he took off to the house of Raavi. He knocked at the door and his maami opened the door, he touched her feet. ‘’Bless you Shiva. Raavi isn’t feeling well today, maybe you can comeback later,’’ she told him. ‘’Maami, let me talk to her for 5 minutes then I will go’’, he told her. She opened the door wider and let him in. He took the stairs up and walked to her room. He knocked on her door, ‘’Raavi, open up,’’he didn’t hear a thing, so he knocked again, ‘’open up, Raavi it’s me Shiva’’. He placed his ear on the door, to listen carefully, then he heard a sound, the sound of someone who was puking. He opened her bedroom. He looked around but she wasn’t there, so he walked to the door to her attach bathroom, ‘’Raavi it’s me,’’ he said.

Raavi was hugging the toilet like it was her biggest love, the tears were streaming down her face, her throat was on fire from all the vomiting, even her ribs fell sore. How was it humanly possible to vomit so much! She didn’t even had something in her stomach anymore. She was shocked to hear Shiva his voice,‘’please don’t come in Shiva, I will be fine, I ate something,’’ she couldn’t even finish her sentence before she bowed down again and she felt the content of her stomach coming up. How, how was it possible she thought. He ignored her and open the bathroom door, he saw her holding the edge of the toilet, he walked to her, and pulled the hair out of her face and hold it in his hand. Softly he rubbed her back, ‘’it’s okay, let it all out, you feel better,’’ he said in a soft voice to her. She felt the care in his voice and this time she felt the tears coming but not because she was vomiting. After she was done, he gave her a tissue to wipe her mouth with and he flushed the toilet. He walked to the sink and filled a glass with water, and brought it to her. She looked so pale and weak, so he sat down on his knees and brought the glass to her mouth, ‘’take a little sip Raavi, you will feel better,’’ he said to her. She was leaning against the bathroom tiles, and looked at him, her vision was a bit blurry but she took a sip. She looked away from him, she felt so embarrassed. ‘’Can you stand up,’’ he asked her. She tried to stand up, but her legs were to shaky and before she could fall, she felt two arms around her to help her steady her. She rested her forehead against his chest. He hold her till she felt more steady on her legs, ‘’thank you’’, she said to him. he didn’t answer it. He helped her walk down to the sink. He put some toothpaste on her toothbrush and gave it to her. He didn’t let his hold go on her waist.They looked at each other in the mirror, she saw the concern in his face and he saw the gratefulness on hers. After she brushed, he helped her down in bed. He put the blanket on her. He turned around and walked away, when her voice stopped him, ‘’please, don’t go. Stay with me tonight.’’ He turned around looked at her pale and pleading face. He knew it was a bad idea. He needed to be far away from her but he couldn’t ignore her request. So he walked to the other side of her bed and took his shoes off. He sat down on her bed, she turned on her side to look at him, carefully he stroked the strand of her hair behind her ear. ‘’I’m here, go to sleep Raavi, you need the rest’’. She moved her hand and took his wrist in her hand, ‘’Thank you for being here Shiva,’’she said before she closed her eyes, still holding his wrist. He looked down at her, he was so worried when he saw her so pale and weak, but his Raavi was strong she would be better. He told her so many times to not eat like a dinosaur and eat everything but did she listen? No she did not. He send a text to his brother that he was with Raavi cause she was sick and that kaka was managing the store. His maami came in the room later that night with a bowl of soup. A couple of hours later when Raavi was again deep in sleep, he left. His maami thanked him for taking care of her.

The next morning when Raavi waked up she was alone, but she remembered, that Shiva was there last night, he helped her to get in bed, he gave her some chicken soup at night while they were watching some movie on the tv and he was there when she ran to the toilet for the second time. He was always there for her when she needed him. He was there to cheer her up or to wipe her tears. He was the one she shared her happiness with but also her sadness. She knew he would always be there, he promised her that. He made her feel complete. Then the realization came after so many years, she loved him, she was in love with her best friend.

He pressed her hand against his cheek and he rested his forehead against hers, ‘’I remember that day, you scared the shit out of me, I was so worried about you.But I needed a bit more time to confess it to myself that I was in love with a Chipkali.’’ ‘’Heeey, it took you almost a year. I was so confused myself and was hiding my feelings for you,’’ she said before she knocked her forehead slightly with his. He couldn’t control his laughter, ‘’but you are my chipkali, mine, mine and mine’’ he said. ‘’Yeah you took your time to find that out he,’’she said and kissed him lightly on his lips. Both of them thought about the moment that lead to their confession

He looked at Raavi, who was talking to a boy. She was laughing so freely with him and that boy was also laughing, he looked like a maniac, who laughs like that, he thought. Who was this guy? He wanted to walk to them and punch the guy in his face. But he didn’t. He stayed right here in the shop and keep watching them. Okay, who was the maniac now, you look like a stalker Shiva, he reprimanded himself. But he didn’t care, he stood there and watched them. After a couple of minutes the guy hugged her and walked away. She turned around and walked to him with a big smile. Before she could say something he already asked her “who was that guy? What was so funny that you were laughing so hard about, whole Somnath could hear you! And why did you hugged him.” She looked at the angry face of Shiva, what was wrong with him today. “Calm down Shiva, who peed in your cereal this morning. That was Vishaal, he joined the dance team today and we were laughing because he told me an very lame joke. Didn’t knew that it was forbidden to laugh,” she said mockingly to him. Still not happy with her answer, “why did he have to hug you,” he asked her. Raavi looked at him, she woke up with such a wonderful mood, she had a good laugh today but he was completely ruining it. Irritated she answered his question, “because that is what some people do when they say goodbye to each other, they hug. And he is my dance partner in the next competition, so this is not the first time he will be close to me.” She turned around and walked away, but he grabbed her wrist and pulled her to him, “ let go” she said through her gritted teeth, trying to get out of his grip she took a step backwards but that backfired. He pulled her closer to him and steadied her with a hand on her waist. She felt the warmth of his hand through her kurta, it felt so good. She looked him in the eyes, he had beautiful light brown eyes but now they were shooting fire at her. It took her a couple of seconds to get back to earth, “what is wrong with you today Shiva? Let go of my wrist!”, she said to him. When she looked at him, she saw the anger in his eyes, the way he clenched his jaw. He felt his blood boil, he regretted that he didn’t punch that guy in the face. Bringing his face so close to her, that their nose almost touch, “what do you mean by this isn’t the first time? Stay away from him! You don’t need a dance partner, you can dance solo,”he told her. She couldn’t believe what she heard, she didn’t know if she should laugh about this or just hit him in the throat for saying something so stupid.Still looking at him with a perplexed expression he said “ I mean it Raavi, stay away from him, I don’t trust him.” Now the anger took over, “you don’t trust him? You don’t even know him,so stay out of it! He is my dance partner and you’re not ruining this for me. Do you understand.” She told him. Finally he let go of her wrist, with one anger look at him she walked out of the store leaving him boiling in his anger.

Still fuming with anger Raavi sat down on her bed. Today Shiva really behaved like a Neanderthal. She didn’t get it why was he so angry about her dancing with Vishaal. And why did she found it sexy when he behaved like that. “Ow man Raavi, you are so messed up,” she thought. She felt the heat rush into her cheeks, when she thinks about how his hard and muscular body fitted perfectly against hers, like a puzzle, their body’s completed each other. A lot of boy’s asked her to go on a date with them but she always refused. Her feeling for Shiva was clear, she loved him. It was so hard for her to not tell him about the feelings she had. She knew she loved him, she knew it for the last year now, but she was scared to tell him that. She was scared that he would laugh at her and tell her she is crazy, or maybe she was scared that by telling him their friendship would be ruined. She took her pillow from the bed and put her face in it and shouted so hard, the pillow muffling her scream. “He makes me crazy,” she thought.

He sat on the terrace and looked at the stars and moon. What was happening to him.Why was he angry seeing another boy with Raavi. Why did he want to poke all the eyes out of the boys that were looking at her, breaking their hands when they touch her. Why did he want that she spends all her time with him. Why felt he peace when she was with him, when she was close to him, when he could smell the vanilla scent that always surrounded her. Why did his heart almost explode from happiness when he sees her laughing. Why did he always felt the need to touch her, to bring her closer to him. Why did he felt to urge to kiss her. Frustrated he let out a scream, he run his hand to his hair, “she is making me crazy”, he said to himself. The thought that she will be someone else’s killed him, she was his, she belonged to him and then it hit him, he was in love with her. “Shit, this is not good Shiva. You cannot be in love with her. What if she doesn’t love you back what then, your friendship will be ruined. I cannot tell her! But what if she also has feeling for him and she was scared to tell him,”He thought. “No, no, you don’t have to tell her Shiva,” said the devil on his shoulder. “Tell her Shiva, tell her that you love her,” said the angel on his shoulder. She was really making him crazy. He didn’t want to break their friendship but he knew that he couldn’t hold his feeling back anymore. He realized that he did it for years, he was always attracted to her but he ignored it, he always thought that she was beautiful from the inside an doutside, he was just too scared to admitted to himself but now he wouldn’t be scared. He made up his mind, he was going to tell her tomorrow!

The next morning he walked to her house and knocked on the door. “Shiva beta, how are you today? Did you fight with Raavi yesterday cause she told me to not let you in if you would come,” his maami said. “maami, yes I behaved stupid yesterday, that’s why I’m here,” he told her. His maami just looked at him and let him in. He walked upstairs and knocked on her door, “ I’m here to tell you I’m sorry for yesterday, I was out of line and shouldn’t have behaved like that. Please forgive me. I know you are there. Open up the door, so I can say it again to you, forgive me” he said. He heard footsteps nearing the door and after a couple of second the door opened and he looked in her beautiful face. “I’m so sorry Raavi. I’m sorry I behaved like a rude ass, please forgive me,” he told her. “Yes, you are right, you were rude and out of line. What happen to you yesterday Shiva, why did you behave like that,” she asked him. He looked at her, he wanted to tell her that he behaved like that because he was jealous, but he wouldn’t not yet. So he ignored her. “Please forgive me Raavi. I have a surprise for you,” he said to her and he saw her eyes getting bigger with excitement. Yup he knew that if he said surprise he would win her back, she loved surprises. “Seriously Shiva, you are using a surprise to forgive you? “ she said while rolling her eyes. She saw the hurt in his eyes “No, I didn’t mean it like that,” he said. She took a step closer to him, “I forgive you, I forgive you because you admitted that you were wrong.” There appeared a big smile on his face and before she could register he put his hand around her and pulled her closer to him in a tight hug. She took a deep breath and she could smell the spicy and soap scent of him, finally she relaxed against his body. “I hated when we fight,” she told him. He pulled her tighter to his body, “me too Raavi, I’m sorry,” he said. After a couple of seconds he pulled away from her, “come with me, I have a surprise for you.” She nodded her head and followed him. Side by side they walk to the tree, the tree that was their safe haven. Shiva was getting nervous now. Last night when he was lying in his bed, thinking about the situation he found out that maybe she also had feeling for him. He always caught her watching him,when he was talking to some girl, she would always interrupt the conversation,she always did it in a sweet way that he didn’t get it that maybe, maybe she was jealous. She always blushed when he holds her, her breath hitches, her eyes got a exited glance, he even caught her watching his lips a couple of times,but like the idiot he was he ignored it all.

The tree was decorated with tiny little lights. There was a red and white blocked blanket on the floor with colorful pillows. She saw a vase with her favorite yellow sunflowers and a big picnic basket. There was a bottle of champagne with two glasses. She was shocked, she didn’t expect this at all. This looked like something you do on a date.Maybe, he also had feelings for her she though. She looked from the tree to him, “Shiva this looks beautiful. You didn’t have to this, I already forgiven you.” Shiva took her hand in his, he felt the little shock go through him, how had he ignored this all the time. He was watching her carefully and saw that she also had felt it. Okay Shiva, you can do it!‘ ’I know that I didn’t have to do it but I wanted to.” He walked her down to the blanket and they sat down, still holding each other’s hands.

“So, soo I don’t know how to tell you this, I I I don’t want to ruin our friendship.But this is something I kept way too long inside of me and I just needed to tell you today,” he said to her. He looked scared, but also determined. “Shiva you are scaring me,” she said, while taking his hand in hers. He looked in her eyes, and she saw the vulnerability in his, he took a deep breath, “Raavi the last couple of year’s my feelings for you has changed. I did my best for years to ignore them, to be honest it took me a while to understand what they meant. But now I know. First I thought it was some weird attraction to you, but it’snot only that. I can’t imagine my life without you, I want to share everything with you but not as best friends Raavi. I’m, I’m in love with you.” He looked at her, there appeared so many emotions on her face, scared that turned into confusion then he saw the understanding and then he saw the emotion he wanted, love, her eyes looked at him with love, there appeared a big smile on her face. Finally he could breathe again. She felt so happy, she could feel her heart beating so fast, he loved her. She took his face in her hands, ‘’you idiot, why did you wait so long to tell me this. I have been waiting a year for this moment and I never expected that this could happen. Last year I accepted that I loved you but I was so scared to take the next step, I didn’t want to ruin wat we had, I was so scared that it would change us, that we couldn’t be friends anymore if you didn’t have the same feelings for me. I love you Shiva, I love you so much,’’ she said to him. He felt like he won the lottery, he pressed his forehead against his, ‘’I love you my chipkali.’’ He tilled her chin with his finger, he pressed his lips against her, it was so feather light, she felt the butterflies in her belly. She placed a hand on his cheek and put a little more pressure, he immediately reacted. What started as a sweet kiss, was now one big fire. After a while they both pulled away to catch a breath. They looked at each other and start laughing. ‘’Thank you for arranging this, my first date. For making me special, for loving me,’’ she said to him.

So that one date turned into a second one, then a third, fourth and here they were 4 years further. Together and more in love with each other, yes they still have their argument, they still were having their nok joks but they were truly, madly and deeply in love with each other. But they kept their relationship a secret for everyone because they were still so young and they were scared that no one would accept it. It was easy to hide their relationship for everyone, they spend a lot of time together before they were a couple so no one saw that something had changed between them. When their families were together they behaved like they were still friends. Without their family they behaved like friends with a little extra. Some stolen kisses between a conversation, a glance full of love, a hug to show the other that they are loved. So after 4year they decided to Inform their families about their relationship after they graduated. What a cruel joke of destiny, they were going to talk about it next week and now kaki throw a bomb on them with that announcement. She looked at Shiva, ”How are we going tos top this,” she asked.

I hope you liked it.

Are you ready to ruin a wedding? or maybe not?

Will update part 3 soonish.

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Love,

San

The broken engagement

Part 3

She looked at Shiva, ‘’how are we going to stop this,” she asked him. ‘’I don’t know yet Raavi but one thing is sure, this engagement is not going to happen,’’he told her. She nodded her head, yes she wasn’t going to be engaged to Dev,‘’maybe we just have to say the truth Shiva, that we love each other and we have been in a relationship for four years now,’’ she said to him. He looked at her,‘’If we do that now, everyone is going to blame you and me and I don’t want that to happen Raavi. Mom is going to be furious that we didn’t tell her before and her heart will be broken that she can’t fulfil dad his wish. I don’t want my mom to be mad at us and I’m scared that she will get another stroke due this stress.’’ She cupped his face In her hands, ‘’I know Shiva, I also don’t want that to happen. I don’t want to disappoint my dad by not fulfilling his last wish but I don’t want to marry Dev. So we need to stop this but how.’’ He grabbed her wrist, ‘’it’s going to be alright I promise you, let’s go home now and we will think about it.’’

She entered her house, when she heard her maasi scream. ‘’Raavi, you are finally home. Today I’m so happy. Suman behen called me and told me everything. You and Dev will make a great pair,’’ she took her hands and made a swirl, ‘’so sohappy I’m today,’’ she said but she stopped when she saw the face of her daughter, there was no happiness on it ‘’Raavi, what is wrong, are you not happy? Don’t you want do marry Dev?’’ Raavi wanted to tell the truth to her maasi, that she didn’t love him, that she loved Shiva but she remembered Shiva his words that for now they have to be quite about their relationship. So she lied again to her maasi and it made her feel terrible, ‘’No I’m fine maasi but I’m not feeling well. Got a bad headache, I’m going to rest now,’’ she said before she walked upstairs to her room leaving her maasi stunned.

She felt a knot in her stomach and her head was hurting so bad right now. She knew it was because she was so stressed right now, she just need to relax and she would feel better but how could she relax at this moment. She walked to her bathroom and took off her clothes, she took a hot shower and tried to relax but it didn’t work. She saw that the skin of her hands got wrinkly, time to step out Raavi, she thought. She changed into her pajamas and laid down in her bed, she took hold of her pillow like it was Shiva. She trusted him, they would find away to break this engagement without getting blamed for it and with that in her mind she drifted off to sleep.

After dropping of Raavi at her home, Shiva went back to the tree. He sat down on the branch, holding his head in his hand this situation was so messed up. ‘’Why baba Somnath, why did you do this to us. After so many years we finally found happiness in each other. We are together for four years now and now this. We were going to tell our family everything in a couple of days. Please baba Somnath show us the way how we can solve this without hurting our family.’’ He didn’t knew how long he sat down there, but he saw the colour of the sky change, the light turned slowly in darker shades, he saw the sun go down before it went completely dark. He jumped of the branch and went home. He stepped into his house and he saw that everyone was sleeping. He took a shower and laid down in bed, ‘’it’s going to be alright Raavi,’’ he thought before he felt his eyes close down.

Raavi was listening to her maasi, she was so happy that she would marry Dev. Her maasi always wanted the best for her and in her eyes now Dev was the best for her. But she didn’t share the same feeling like her maasi, she was feeling so unhappy right now. She didn’t want to marry Dev, she didn’t love him. Okay, she loved him, she loved him so much but she loved him like a sister loved her brother. So to be honest she was feeling miserable right now, she didn’t know what to do, how to stop this but she trusted Shiva, she believed that he would help them out of this situation. She took a deep breath, yes she trusted him with her whole heart but she also knew that she should help him. So at that moment she just stood up from the couch and walked away, she ignored her maasi and her happy moment, she ignored her maasi screaming her name and asking where she was going, she just walked out of the door. She walked and walked till she reached her destination, her safe haven, her tree, she looked up and saw that her man was already sitting on the branch.

He saw her walking to the tree. She wasn’t paying attention to her surrounding, she was just walking like the devil was on her heals, he saw that she stopped before the tree, and he saw her eyes slowly go up and then their gaze met. His whole body got warm, his heart was beating a little faster, he just wanted to jump and hold her in his arms. ‘’Heey babe, I have been waiting for you,’’ he told her. She looked at him and she took a couple of steps to the tree, she climbed up and he lend his hand till she was sitting beside him. Before he could say something she already turned, she was holding his arm with both of his hand, ‘’Shivaa please tell me you have a plan to stop this. My maasi is so happy right now and I wanted so badly to tell her the truth. I wanted to tell her that I don’t want to do this, that I’m in love with someone else, with you.But I didn’t.’’

He moved his left hand to her hand that was resting on his arm, he took it of his arm and entwined their hands before he gave it a little squeeze. ‘’I know how we are going to stop this engagement Raavi. He saw the confusion on her face, “’We are going to sabotage this wedding Raavi. My mother wouldn’t let this engagement happen if things go wrong. You know how suspicious she is,’’ he said to her. He was been sitting on this tree for two hours and came up with this plan. This time there was no confusion but he saw a smile appear on her face, his girl got it. ‘’let’s sabotage this engagement Shiva,’’ she said.

Siva dropped Raavi at home and they would talk later how they could sabotage this engagement when they know what the planning is for the engagement. It will probably be in a couple of weeks maybe even months. So they have time enough to make a plan. He went to work and he felt the stress fade away. They got this, they would stop this engagement. After work he walked to home and when he entered the living room he heard his mother and bhabhi talking. But something that they said caught up with him, ‘’two days.’’ So he walked to them, he touched his mother her foot for blessing. ‘’What is in two days,’’ he asked them. His mother and bhabhi looked at him with big smiles. ‘’Did you forget it? Dev and Raavi are getting engaged and they are getting engaged in two days from now,’’ his mother said. He felt the ground crumble beneath him. He couldn’t breathe, he felt the sweat forming on his forehead. Shit, he had to breath cause his vison got a little blurry, he saw some black spots. Not good Shiva, not good, just breath. He heard his bhabhi her voice in the background, he felt her touch his arm, he tried to focus on her voice. ‘’Are you okay Shiva, you don’t look so good,’’ she said to him. He took a couple of deep breaths and his vision was clear no blackspots anymore. Shit, two days. ‘’I’m good bhabhi, I probably worked too long in the sun. Why is the engagement in two days, you just announced it yesterday,’’ he asked his mother. ‘’I want this engagement to be small, so why wait, it’s just Raavi her family and us. The wedding that will be big. So we have a couple of months to organise that,’’ his mom said. He felt the anger in his body, what was wrong with his mother, why did she have to push this engagement on everyone and then don’t even give everyone the time to think about it. ‘’This engagement is not going to happen,’’ he said furious. His mother looked at him, ‘’it’s going to happen Shiva. It was your dad’s last wish and I will fulfil that. So you have two days to accept this,’’ his mother said. He was not going to accept this. With a last anger look at his mother he walked upstairs to the terrace.

He sat down on the bench and looked at the sky. Shit, two days. How are they going to sabotage this engagement within two days. Think Shiva, think. He felt his phone buzzing and took it out of the back pocket of his jeans. He answered the call and before he could say anything he heard her crying and gulping for air on the phone. ‘’Sshtt Raavi, it’s going to be okay, I promise. Just breath Raavi. Just listen to my voice and breath,’’ he felt his chest tighten, she was hyperventilating and he couldn’t do a thing. ‘’Babe come on listen to me, just breath okay,’’ but she wasn’t listening to him, he heard the jerky breaths. He felt sick in his stomach, she needed to breathe otherwise she would pass out. ‘’Raavi, come on,breath with me, in through your nose and slowly out through your nose,’’ he said. He listened to her breathing, she was trying, ‘’good babe, you are doing great, in and out,’’ he repeated this a couple of times and after a while her breathing was finally steady. He felt relieved, shit he wanted to hold her, he wanted to see with his own eyes that she was doing okay. So he stood up, ‘’just keep breathing like this babe, I’m on my way.’’ He was still talking to her on the phone and walked the short distance to her house.

He climbed through her window and saw her sitting against her bedroom wall. The only light came from her night lamp. Her head was resting on her knees, holding the phone against her ear. ‘’I’m here Raavi,’’ he said to her. She lifted her head from her knees and looked at him. He looked at her tear-stained face and his heart broke into little pieces. He walked down to her and kneeled down before her. He cupped her face with both of his hands and with his thumbs he wiped the tears away. Thank god her breathing was fine now. He moved his hands from her face so he could hold her in a tight hug, safe in his arms. The hug was not only for her, it was also for him, to calm him down. He smelled the vanilla fragrance that she was always surrounded with, a smell he loved. He was so worried about her and he felt that slowly go away. He rested his chin on her head. He felt her arms around him, holding him jus as tight as he did. ‘’The engagement will be in two days,’’ he heard her whisper. ‘’I know babe, I know. Mom told me about it a couple of minutes before you called.’’ Raavi let go of the hug and he wasn’t ready yet to let her go but he let her go for now. For a couple of minutes they were just sitting close and looking at each other. Shiva stood up and helped her to stand up. He was holding her hand and walked them to her bed and took of his shoes. He sat down on her bed, leaning against the headboard and pulled her to him so she was straddling him. Her hands were resting on his shoulder, their foreheads touching. He wrapped his arms around her, he just wasn’t ready to feel the distance between them, he wanted to be surrounded by her. Her fragrance, her touch. He tilled his head so he could look at her, ‘’are you feeling better now,’’ he asked her, his hands moving slowly up and down her back in a comforting rhythm . ‘’Yes. Thank you for helping me,for coming here and for always being there for me,’’ she said. ‘’You know I love you right? There isn’t a thing that I wouldn’t do for you Raavi,’’ he said to her. ‘’I love you too Shiva, I love you so much.’’ She pressed her lips against his, she placed one hand on his cheek to feel more of him. He kissed her back with the same fire, his hands were stroking her back, he placed one hand in her neck and pulled her closer to him. He needed this, just like she did it. After a while he broke the kiss and looked at her, her lips were swollen from their kiss and her eyes were filled with love but also something he couldn’t place. ‘’We have two days Raavi, it’s not over yet. It’s going to be okay,’’ he said to her. She nodded her head but why did it look like she didn’t believe him. He gave her a sweet kiss on her lips, ‘’trust me’’ he said. He stood up, still holding her in his arms, her legs still tight around his waist. ‘’I need to go home but tomorrow I will have a plan,’’ he said to her. She gave him one last tight hug and slowly she let the grip on his waist go and he helped her down till her feet touched the ground. ‘’I trust you Shiva. Go home now, we will talk tomorrow,’’ she said. She smiled at him and she looked like his old Raavi, beautiful with no problems in her head ‘’I love you,’’ she said to him. ‘’Love you too babe,’’ he said and climbed out of her window. Raavi watched him climb out of her window and walked to her bed. She lay down on her side and took a pillow in her arms. She felt emotionally drained, she closed her eyes and waited till the darkness consumed her.

The next morning Shiva woke up from the sound of different voices. He sat down in his bed and stretched his arms, his eyes still closed before he rubbed them and finally looked around him. There were three strange man standing in his livingroom. Confused he rubbed his head, ‘’what was happening here,’’ he thought. He stood up and walked to the bathroom when he got stopped by his mother her voice. ‘’Shiva beta, you are up. These men are here to decorate the home for the engagement.’’ He looked at his mom and then at the living room, he saw that there were some little lights put up. He saw two men carry two boxes with decoration into the living room. Its wasn’t a nightmare, it was true, his mom wanted that Dev get married to his Raavi and their engagement would be tomorrow. Without saying a word to his mom he walked in to the bathroom. Hel ooked at himself in the mirror, ‘’I need to fu**ing stop this shit, my Raavi is not going to be engaged to my freaking brother! No way! That is not going to happen. I need her in my life, I need her by my side,’’ he talked to himself. He was going to stop this but how?He know that he had to take steps now. First thing first, he would talk with Dev.

Shiva walked to the bedroom of Dev and saw the door open. He entered the room and saw Dev sitting on his bed with his head in his hands. He closed the door of the room. ‘’Heey man, what’s wrong with you,’’ he asked his brother. Dev startled from the sound of his voice looked at him. His eyes were red, like he had been crying the whole night. ‘’Heey Shiva, didn’t hear you come in,’’ he wasn’t here for small talk so he cut it to the chase, ‘’You don’t want to marry Raavi. So stop this engagement,’’ he wasn’t asking, he was demanding it. Dev just looked at him as if he didn’t hear a word he just said. He walked to his brother and took the collar of his shirt in his hands an pulled him of the bed. This worked, he saw that Dev his eyes got clear, he put his face in his face and repeated his words, ‘’you don’t want to marry Raavi. So stop this engagement right now.’’ His brother was just looking at him and finally he cleared his throat. ‘’I can’t do that Shiva. You are right I don’t want to marry Raavi but I can’t stop this wedding. I would do anything for mom and in this matter even for dad. It was his last wish I can fulfil, so I will do like mom asked me to do. I don’t want to hurt her Shiva. I don’t want her to get sick again,’’ he said. Shiva looked at his brother, he wanted to push him into the wall, he wanted to hit him so hard but he couldn’t. His brother had the same reason he had for not telling his mom the truth. They were scared that she would get a stroke again and maybe this time she wouldn’t survive it. ‘’Fu*K,’’ he shouted and let the collar of his brother go and walked out of the room.

Raavi woke up that morning and she knew that she was defeated. Maybe she knew it from the beginning. Maybe that was the reason that she was holding Shiva till the end last night, scared to let him go because deep down in her hearth she knew it was the last time, the last time she would hold him, the last time she would kiss him and the last time she would look at him with a smile and said she loved him. She knew there was nothing they could do to stop this, their only option was to tell everyone the truth and she was ready to do that but she knew that Shiva wasn’t ready for that. He already lost his father and he was scared that maybe this news would make him lose his mother. It was the same reason she knew Dev didn’t say a thing to stop this wedding. She had a couple of thing to do before the night falls.

He tried calling Raavi but she didn’t pick up her phone. He texted her a couple of times but she was not answering him. He looked at the tree but she wasn’t there. He went to her home but her maami told him that she wasn’t at home. He searched every were for her but she was nowhere to be found. He keep calling and texting her. He couldn’t use this, he was already stressed about tomorrow and now she wouldn’t pick up her phone. She was the one that grounded him and he felt like he might lose it if he didn’t see her, if he couldn’t hold her. It was getting dark now and he was freaking out, were was she. Maybe she met with an accident and she was lying in a hospital right now. He was going to call all the hospitals in town. He took his phone out of his pocket and looked at the screen and at the same time he saw her name on the phone, she was calling him. ‘’Where the heck are you,’’ he shouted to her. ‘’I’m sorry Shiva, I just needed some time alone,’’ she said to him. He took a couple of breaths to calm himself down, she was not wounded in a hospital, she was safe. ‘’Raavi, I want to know where you are. I need to know where you are. I will come to you so we can talk, okay,’’ he said to her.‘’Shiva, I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to come here,’’ she said to him. Anger was pulsing through his body, ‘’what do you mean it’s not a good idea! Tell me where you are, right now Raavi!’’ he said to her. He heard her sight through the phone. ‘’Tell me why Shiva? What is going to change.’’ He needed to see her, ‘’please Raavi tell me where you are. We are going to figure this out,’’ he said to her. ‘’Shiva, we can’t stop this. No, let me rephrase,we can stop this but we won’t do it right? We don’t want to take the risk that your mom might get sick again or maybe worse,’’ she said. He felt his body stiffen from fear. He didn’t like what she was saying. Yes, she was right they could tell the truth but she also was right when she said he was scared. He felt the distance between them and that distance he saw in her eyes yesterday after their kiss. She was saying her goodbye yesterday. ‘’I talked to your mom today about the engagement and wedding. She agreed to have the wedding next week and after that Dev and I would move from the house to another city. I found a job there and you know I didn’t want to take it because that meant that I had to leave you but I will now and both your mom and Dev agreed with it.Your mom didn’t agree with it immediately but she was happy that we would fulfil our dads wishes,’’ she said to him. He was shocked, he didn’t understand a thing she was saying. What did she mean that she would marry Dev next week and the she would leave the city, she couldn’t do that. ‘’No, Raavi listen to me that’s not going to happen. You can’t leave me,’’ he said. ‘’I can Shiva and I’m going to do that cause I don’t want to be married to your brother and seeing you every day and not to be able to hold you, to kiss you, to say how much I love you. So I can Shiva and I will,’’ she said with pain in her voice. His voice got hoarse from all the emotions he was feeling right know, he wanted to wake up every day with her in his arms, he would want to kiss her good morning every day, he wanted the hold her when she was sad or happy and he wanted to tell everyday how much he loved her. He didn’t knew what to say,cause she was right he didn’t want to live with her in a house while she was married to his brother. ‘’Raavi,’’ it was the only thing he could say, just her name. He heard her soft sobs on the phone, ‘’it’s okay Shiva. it’s okay, you just have to let go. Thank you for making me feel precious and loved. I love you and I always will,’’ she said for the last time before she hung up the phone. No, no, nooo, she hung up. He called her back but her phone was out. His knees buckled and he fell down on the street. Tears falling from his eyes. He was broken and he knew that no one could heal this, only his Raavi and he lost her. He lost his best friend, the love of his life. He walked to their tree and sat down, he tried the whole night to call her but her phone staid off. He saw the sun coming up and he knew what he had to do.

Raavi said her last word and turned her phone off. She buckled down in the mandir where she was the whole night. The tears were streaming down her face, she lost the love of her life, her best friend, her Shiva. Why god, why did you make me fall in love, to let me lose him like this, this was not fair.

It was her engagement day. She was sitting on her bed in her lehenga, a gift from Suman kaaki for her new daughter in law. She felt sick in her stomach, her head was pounding from all the stress. She heard a light knock on her door and her Maasi entered her bedroom and sat down on her bed. ‘’Raavi beta do you want to be engaged to Dev? I see that you are not happy with this and if you don’t want to do this you can tell me. I will talk with Suman behen about this. I know this promise is important to her because of Dharsan and your dad but for me your happiness is more importantt han this promise made 20 years ago,’’ she said. Raavi felt the tears in her eyes and couldn’t hold it, the tears where rolling on her cheeks. She loved her maasi so much, her maasi never gave her the feeling that she was alone, that she never had a mom, her maasi was her mother. ‘’Can I ask you something?’’ her maasi said. She nodded her head in a yes. ‘’Do you love Shiva,’’ she asked. Raavi couldn’t hide the shock on her face, she didn’t expect that question from her maasi, she tried to hide her feelings and when she looked at her maasi her face she knew that there was no hiding anymore. Her maasi took both of her hands in her hands, ‘’Raavi, you can stop this. You are in love with Shiva, I had this feeling for a long time but both of you didn’t say a thing about it, so I thought maybe I was imagining things. You don’t have to do this because your dad wanted this. He wants to see your happy and so does your mother and you are not happy right now,’’ she said. Raavi was sobbing now, her maasi pulled her against her in a tight hug. She was right my parent wants to see me happy and Shiva makes me happy. ‘’Maasii, you are right I’m not happy with this. I was scared. I’m in love with Sivaa maasi, I have been in love with him for five years, we have been in a relationship for four years, I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you before,’’ she said and she meant it. Her maasi was like a mother to her so she could have been honest. Her maasi pulled her tighter in a hug and she felt the love of a mother right now. ‘’Go clean your face now and we both go downstairs and we are going to tell the truth,’’ her maasi said to her. ‘’Not we maasi. I’m going to tell the truth. I love you so much maasi, thank you for always being there for me,’’ she gave her maasi one last tight hug before she stood up to clean her face.

He saw Raavi and his maami coming downstairs. Raavi looked beautiful in a beige lehenga with some gold patterns. She was going to be engaged to his brother in a couple of minutes. He saw Raavi walking to his brother. Her face without emotions, he tried to look her in the eyes but she was avoiding him. Normally her eyes always searched for him but not now. Shit, he didn’t like that at all.She was standing there right beside his brother. Krish was walking to them and hugged them. Dhara bhabhi was holding a plate with flowers and Gaumbie was standing beside her both smiling. When he looked at Dev he saw no happiness,why can’t his brother for one freaking time open his mouth, why can’t he say that he don’t want this, that he doesn’t want to be engaged to Raavi. Krish pulled the rings out of his pocket and held it in front of them. ‘’NO, NOOO, NOO THISCAN NOT HAPPEN.’’ His mother was so happy right now, she was smiling. He hated to do this but he is going to stop this. He couldn’t let the love of his life marry someone else. He loved his mother but he also loved Raavi and he couldn’t live his life without her.

He stepped forward to stop this all and before he could say anything, Raavi looked at Dev, ‘’I’m sorry Dev but I can’t marry you.’’ She took a couple of deep breathes to calm her nerves, “ Dev, you are a great guy and you would be a perfect husband but not to me. You will make some girl happy in the future but that’s not me. I love you but I’m not in love with you.” Shiva walked to her side and grabbed her hand and entwined their fingers and looked at her. She felt Shiva standing beside her, he grabbed her hand and gave it a little squeeze that gave her comfort. She looked up and their eyes met, she saw the apology in his eyes and the love, “I’m in love with Shiva. We have been in a relationship for four years now and he is the only man I want to be engaged with and with whom I want to spend the rest of my life with,” she said to everyone.She saw the relief on the face of Dev. She heard the little gasp sounds that everyone made, probably from the shock of this news, and she couldn’t hold the little move her lips make in small smile. She looked at Shiva and saw that he was still looking at her, she saw the love in his eyes just like she felt deep in her heart. Shiva was the first one who broke the eye contact and looked at his family and so did she. Everyone had a shocked look at their faces, but she also saw some smiling faces, Krish had one big smile on his face, he could be in a commercial for some toothpaste ad. Dhara bhabi and Gaumbie also had a little smile on their faces and her maasi, her maasi could join Krish in the commercial. The only one who didn’t have a smile was Suman kaaki.

Shiva let go of her hand and walked to his mother. He sat down before her and took her hand in his. “Mom, I know this comes as a shock and I know that you want to fulfil the last promise dad made. But I’m in love with Raavi and I want to marry her. I know we broke your heart by not being honest from the beginning but we were scared. We didn’t know how the family would react and we were happy in our own bubble. We wanted to tell you all the truth but we said we do it after we graduated. So last week we wanted to tell everyone about our relationship but then you made the announcement and we didn’t knew what to do anymore,” he said to his mom. He looked at her and saw the tears on her cheeks, he felt his throat closing with emotion. He moved his hands to her face and wiped the tears away, “I’m so sorry mom, so sorry that we weren’t honest before,” he said to his mom. Raavi also sat down and put her hand on the leg of Suman, “Kaaki, I’m also very sorry that we didn’t tell the truth,” she said.

Suman looked at both of her kids, yes they both were her kids. How could she not have seen the love they had for each other. Was she so blinded by the promise that she couldn’t see that both of her kids were in love. She felt miserable that they were scared to tell her the truth but it’s over now. She took both of their hands in her own and looked at them,“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry that I didn’t see that you were in love,” she saw that Raavi wanted to say something but she hushed her by putting a finger on her lips. “I know that this promise was so important for your dads, that’s why I tried to keep it, it was the last thing I could do for my Dharshan,” she tried to swallow the emotions she felt. “Dharsan loved Raavi like a daughter and he wanted her in this family. I know both of your dads are looking at you now and they be very proud of you. Proud that you are standing up for yourself and proud and so, so happy that you found happiness and love in each other and that is the most important thing, love.” She let go of both of their hands and wiped the tears from her face. “So there is an engagement that we have to celebrate today,” she said with a big smile on her face and patting both of their heads. She looked her kids in their eyes,she saw the relieve and they looked at each other and she saw the love and she knew at that moment that they will be happy and more in love with each otherf or the rest of their lives. Just like the love she and Dharsan had and just like Pooja and Aditya.

Maasi and mausa walked to them and they both stood up and looked at them. Before they could say anything maasi said, “your mom and dad will be so proud and happy for you Raavi,” touching her cheek. She looked at Shiva, ‘’I know you will take care of my daughter, that you always will protect her and most of all that you always will love her,” she said to him. “Be kind to each other, communicate, be happy and most of all love each other every day,” and with those words she gave them her blessing. Mausa just padded them on their heads also a sign that he gave them his blessing. They both hugged them. “Like Suman behen said there is an engagement we have to celebrate,” her maasi said.

The whole family was clapping and Krish was even whistling like a mad man when Shiva put the ring on Raavi her finger. She looked beautiful with a big and happy smile on her face, a smile that he always wanted to see on her face. Her eyes were glowing with love for him and he would never take that for granted. She makes him a better man, he wants to be better for her. He wants to make her laugh and he wanted to make her feel loved. So he couldn’t hold himself anymore and pulled her against his chest and gave her a kiss on her forehead. That made the whole family going crazy with screaming, clapping and whistles. “I love you Raavi,” he said to her and he meant every word of it, she was his life. She cupped his face in both of her hands, “I love you too Shiva,” she said to him.

Dharsan, Aditya and Pooja looked at their children with a proud feeling. “They make a great couple together,” Dharsan said. “They do. They look wonderful together and so in love,” Pooja said. Aditya put his arm around his wife, “Our Raavi grow up in a kind and loving women who will always be there for her husband just like her mother and Shiva turned into a great man who will always be there for his wife, our Raavi, ” he said. ‘’So I guess we are still one happy family,’’ Dharshan said while winking to Aditya. Their children were happy together and that is what all parents want for their children, happiness.

I hope you liked it.

So tomorrow I will post a little epilogue.

Thank you for reading this story

It's so good to see you posting a story sandy ❤️

such an interesting start.really liked how you built up the past and connected it to the present. Shiva comforting raavi has my heart ❣️

Shivas cowculator joke 🤣

I am looking forward to what will happen next. What will shivi do now? Waiting

Ugh so good sandyy. Please update next part phast phast 🥺🥺🥺💕🥺

Sandyyyyyyyyyy 🤗

How are you, my dear? ❤️
What a surprise to see you after a long time here!
Loved the first part. So Shiva and Raavi are already in love. I can’t wait to see how they convince the family and get Raavi married to him instead of Dev😃

Update soon, will ya?😆

Awesome. Please update the next part soon.

Pixxieeeee,

Thank you soo much ❤️❤️

hihi it was a very lame jokeee 🤣

I will update sooon ❤️

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Ugh so good sandyy. Please update next part phast phast 🥺🥺🥺💕🥺

Thankyouuuuu Darling. I willl ❤️

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Sandyyyyyyyyyy 🤗

How are you, my dear? ❤️
What a surprise to see you after a long time here!
Loved the first part. So Shiva and Raavi are already in love. I can’t wait to see how they convince the family and get Raavi married to him instead of Dev😃

Update soon, will ya?😆

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I'm fine. How are you? ❤️

hihih yessss its a very long timeeee.

I will update soon 😃