*GoodBye_AshNi*Epilogue*p114*Jaane Kya Baat Hui - Page 52

An open stage was set for Sangeet Nite in the lawn infront of Nidhi's house. Seating arrangement was done in the plush green lawn infront of the stage. Two chairs were set up for the bride and groom right infront of it. Two stairs from its side led up to the stage and the entry to the stage was from backside, which opened up to a small room of Nidhi's house. The whole area was covered with red traditional pandaal. It was decorated with drapes of silks and satins tht shimmered against the hanging lights tht illuminated the green lawn above the ensemble of red and white chairs and tables giving it a very rich vibrant and yet romantic ambience! Small decorative candle stands wer kept at the center of the bride-grooms table encircled with soft fresh flowers, making jst rite kind of atmosphere for Ashu-Nidhi to enjoy thr Sangeet Nite!

Ashutosh arrived at Nidhi's house with Trupti-Armaan an hour early to rehearse. Rohan provided him a separate room for tht and Rangnath and the choreographer came to check on his last minute preparations. He had to admit it was all very exciting and yet it was making him nervous, more nervous thn his wedding nite jitters! A nite alone with Nidhi he can handle, bt facing a crowd for something such as this wasn't very much his forte! "sweetheart.." he hesitated as he called her up before rehearsals. "u r here!" came her excited voice. He chuckled and relaxed instantly. "yup! Time for rehearsals!" "oh!!! I m too eager to see ur performance!" "sweetheart.. frankly.. I .. am..a ..bit..u know.." "oh.. u will do fine!" "I will b all alone on the stage..!" "nope.. I b will watching and admiring ur every step..u'll c I will b with u in a way..!" He chuckled,"tht is so generous of u!" "emm'.hmm..its not generosity..its luv.. !" she blushed and Angie nudged her. She was getting late for her last minute makeup touchup! She sighed and wished him best of luck before hanging up! Ashutosh looked at his phone and smiled. She was having such fun with all these ceremonies. He saw tht in her haldi and thn in her mehendi and he shud know wat sort of fun it held for her and for tht he needed to get involved and get indulged in all this and thn thy can talk abt it..wen thy r alone.. sitting in thr room.. talking sweet nothings! He sighed longingly! He wished it was thr wedding ceremony nite instead of sangeet nite!

Half an hour later, he was greeted by her baba and Solanki uncle and Dadi bua and Solanki aunty traditionally welcomed him into the pandaal for the event. His eyes set on the opposite end. A beautiful girl was making entry draped in a pretty beautiful bottle-green colored Choli-Lehenga with golden embroidery! Her hair wer kept loose and wer curled giving her a very soft look. Her half-shy half-joyful smile added to her beauty more thn her shining jwelery. He outstretched his hand as she approached near and offered her chair like a gentleman. She giggled blushingly and he cudnt keep his wide spreading smile down!

Rohaan entered the stage and welcomed the guests and was greeted with a big round of applause. At stroke of 7, the lights off the lawn went dim and full flash of lights were thrown on the stage to highlight it! The nite started off with a small Ganesh Stuti by young kids from the orphanage. Thn a loud thunderous music filled the stage and a scene of rain appeared on the curtains depicting fine showers! Young kids ran on to the floor giggling with act of splashing in water as slowly the foottapping music "Chak doom doom, "of the song started.

Ghode jaisi chaal haathi jaisi dum, Oh saawan raja kahan se aaye tum

Chak doom doom, Chak doom doom

Koi ladki hai jab woh hasti hai, Baarish hoti hai, chanak chanak chum chum

Chak doom doom, Chak doom doom

Are koi ladka hai, jab woh gaata hai, Saawan aata hai, ghumad ghumad ghum ghum

Chak doom doom, Chak doom doom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH3ja5iU17Y

Rohan and Angie joined the girls a while later holding huge life-like posters of Ashu-Nidhi, making thm dance on their steps with the tune! Ashutosh cudnt stop laughing. This was the best dance tht he cud've ever done! The kids did a fabulous dance and was appreciated with big applause!

Nxt was a ladies performance, dadi bua, solanki aunty and Nidhi's other female relatives performed on a folk song Lathe di chaddar.

lathe di chaddar..utte saleti rang mahiya

aawo samne, Gholo ji russ ke na rang mahiya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxn4CZlngvw

Ashutosh cudnt believe tht Dadi bua was such an enthusiastic dancer. Solanki uncle cudnt sit behind and he ran on the stage and comically showered her wife with flowers. Solanki aunty looked totally embarrassed.

Thn came a thundering duet performance by Angie-Rangu. As usual it was angie versus Rangu!

oh..balle balle.. ji soniya de rang dekh lo..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Qw7D23pnU

Bt Rangu didn't seem a bit of a doctor. He looked a perfect hero, with such fluent dancing steps! Ashutosh didn't fail to comment tht. And Nidhi laughed hard. Only she knew how hard it was for thm to rehearse together. And thy excelled wen thy competed with each other! "bt thy do look good together!" he commented. Nidhi smiled.

The nxt performance was a surprise. And it started from wer thy had been sitting. Armaan and Trupti popped up from behind as the music started.

Dholak mein taal hai, payaal mein chann chann, ghunghat mein gori hai sehre mein sajaan, jahaan bhi ye jaaye bahare hi chaaye..

Ke khushiyaan hi paaye..mere dil ne dua di hai..

mere yaar ki shaadi hai..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMXJyrWzyKE

Trupti cud dance well and Armaan looked too cute with his golu-molu avatar dancing so indulgently. Nidhi giggled. She had never seen him dancing this way. Slowly, they took Ashu-Nidhi on the stage with thm as the song progressed towards its end. Ashutosh clearly looked misplaced at the stage. Bt as Nidhi smiled shyly at him, he cudnt stop a smile spreading on his face automatically. His eyes sparkled with hers and he momentarily forgot tht he was on the stage. Nidhi lowered her eyes and he actually didn't realize tht a new song had started, until she blushed and took his hands gently in her hands and began dancing around him in slow definite rhythmic steps at the music. She thn made a very fine movement of her hands to say to him thru those words of the song. Thr was a mixture of mischevious tinkle and cute shyness in her eyes!

Dil laga liya maine tumse pyaar karke, Tumse pyaar karke, tumse pyaar karke

Dil chura liya maine ikraar karke, Ikraar karke, ikraar karke

Dil laga liya maine tumse pyaar karke, Tumse pyaar karke, tumse pyaar karke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-pjVZ-8FgY

Mere diljaani.. mere maahi.. mere dholna

Koi sun lega zara dheere dheere bolna

Haan, ishq kiya hai maine chori nahin ki hai

Tere sang yaara jora jori nahin ki hai

Chain le liya maine beqaraar karke

Beqaraar karke, beqaraar karke

Dil laga liya maine tumse pyaar karke

Tumse pyaar karke, tumse pyaar karke

Beech safar mein kahin mera saath chhodke

Tujhko kasam hai naiyyo jaana dil todke

Kaise main bataaoon tujhe kaisa mera haal ve

Jeena marna hai sab ab tere naal ve

Tujhko paa liya tera intezaar karke

Intezaar karke, intezaar karke

Dil laga liya maine tumse pyaar karke

Tumse pyaar karke, tumse pyaar karke

She danced so beautifully around him with her complete attention to him tht he was totally lost in her..in her eyes.. in her expressions.. in her shy smiles.. in her adorable movements. It was delightfully amusing how thy cud silently romance thru some words of some song merely thru their eyes.

The song finished and Ashutosh was still standing and staring at her. And Rohan had to come and break their spell to make thm realize thy wer on stage. Nidhi felt flushed and Ashu embarrassed. And in their such state, Rohan quickly announced a performance by Ashu. Nidhi started to leave the stage uttering a best of luck, bt Ashutosh's strong hand pulled her urgingly. Nidhi stopped and turned to gaze at him. It was start of yet another spell, Rohan feared and so before thy indulged in another eyelock, he quickly handed him over his guitar for the performance. As background music started to relay, he looked at the guest crowd and thn at her baba and thn back to her. She smiled and stood thr in her place for him as he picked up his guitar and started playing the tune and to her surprise he started to sing!!! He wasn't lip-syncing, he was actually singing!!! A hand ran over her astonished gaping mouth as Ashutosh chuckled and sang for her from the bottom of his heart.

Mohabattein lutaunga.. Abhijeet Sawant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScARv_lSRA

Mohabbatein lutaaunga, Main chhed ke mann ka saaz saaz

phir gaaunga, phir sab ke dil ko aaj, aaj behlaoonga

Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga

Main bhool ise na paoonga

In lamhon ka mujhe kab se intezaar tha
In khushiyon ke liye kab se beqeraar tha
Manzil milegi mujhe, pura aitbaar tha
In palkon mein dekhe sapne hazaar
Door tak jaoonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Main bhool ise na paoonga

And as the music played he revolved around her and she cudnt stop gushing with love and pride as all the eyes steadied on thm and his on hers.

Kitna suhaana sa yeh apna safar hai, Aap ki duaon ka saara asar hai
Aap ka hai sab kuch aap ko nazar hai, Aap ki inaayeton pe yaar baar baar baar sar ko main jhukaoonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Main bhool ise na paoonga

Angie came and cued Nidhi to dance around him. She blushed. Angie and ran brot everyone on the stage - baba, dadi bua, her parents, Rohan, Mallika, Trupti, Armaan, chote sarkar, kaka..' everybody from thr family, and at last eyed Rangnath to join thm too, which he obliged happily! Thy danced making a round around a happy Ashutosh.

Bhikre hain chaaron taraf rang dosti ke, Armaan pure huwe sab zindagi ke
Akhiyon mein bhar aaye aansoon khushi ke, Barsa ke aansuo ki meethi meethi dhaar
Aap ko hasa.oonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Is manzar ko is pal ko bhool na paoonga
Main bhool ise na paoonga

At last, Rohan cued the rest to leave Ashu-Nidhi alone on stage. And a new song started and a big encouraging round of applause from the crowd told thm thy wanted thm to perform on the song. After initial refusal, Ashutosh agreed at Nidhi's insistence. "luv.. I really don't know the steps!" he murmured to her. She smiled,"jst follow my cues!" "wat cues.." "oh.. u seemed to have forgotten my balle cues.." he chuckled,"not at all.." her eyes sparkled,"lets c.." He took her hands and swayed with her gently as the soft and yet peppy music of the song started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qRgPWJ56TQ

Na hai yeh pana, Na Khona hi hai

Tera Na hona jane, Kyun hona hi hai

Tum se hi din hota hai, Surmaiye shaam aati

Tumse hi tumse hi

Har ghari saans aati hai, Zindagi kehlati hai

Tumse hi tumse hi

Na hai yeh pana, Na Khona hi hai

Tera Na hona jane, Kyun hona hi hai

Aankhon mein ankhen teri, Bahoon mein baahein teri

Mera na mujh mein kuch raha

hua kya

Baaton mein baatein teri, Raatein saugatein teri

Kyun tera sab yeh ho gaya

hua kya

Mein kahin bhi jata hoon, Tumse hi mil jata hoon

Tumse hi tumse hi

Shoor mein khamoshi hai, Thodi se Behoshi hai

Tum se hi tum se hi

Aadha sa wada kabhi, Aadhe se zayada kabhi

Jee chahe karlu is trah wafa ka

Chode na chote kabhi, Tode na tute kabhi

Jo dhaga tumse jud gaya wafa ka

Mein Tera sarmaya hoon, Jo bhi mein ban paya hoon

Tumse hi tumse hi

Raste miljate hai, Manzile miljati hai

Tumse hi tumse hi

Ashutosh realized it had a very soulful music and Nidhi seemed to luv it. And Nidhi was enjoying thr dance moves on it immensely. His searching eyes strayed over her lovely flushing face once again and his feet seemed to know wer exactly to move and step! And his hands jst followed her silky ones wherever thy went! His eyes not leaving her for a moment. And Nidhi kept smiling with all her shyness. He probably didn't know how handsome he looked today! And she had real hard time keeping her eyes off of his handsome brilliant face. He had worn a very stylish black sherwani with a green stole to match it. Beautiful emarld green work adorned the neckline of his sherwani and a beautiful broach sparkled on his chest. Lost completely in the intoxicating cologne the he had worn, her hand gently went over the broach. He made sure he held her close enuf, decently tho, as thy swayed.

It was received with a huge applause yet again. It seemed people really appreciated it and as he escorted Nidhi down the stage, the couple was congratulated for their excellent performance. And to his surprise, Nidhi was taking it with a lot more shyness thn he expected of her. So while thy wer having thr dinner on thr private table, he asked,"looks like my bride is not basking bt blushing in this newfound admiration!" She lowered her eyes in shyness and he chuckled,"thr is a new kind of blush!" "stop teasing me.." she murmured. He smiled,"y..y this new kind of Nidhi..i thot u grew out of ur shyness.." She stared at him deeply for a while and thn spoke in a very low shy voice,"u realize.. its for the first time tht v r having such candle-light dinner this way in presence of all this ppl and our family..and v even danced.. " she blushed," I mean.. it seems a miracle!" "It is a miracle sweetheart.. u in my life is a God-gifted miracle!" he voiced sincerely. Nidhi jst smiled. Angie came at thr table to serve and she insisted tht thy fed each other sweet and Rohan captured tht moment on his camera and even uploaded on twitter account with a large caption.. The Last Supper! For which Nidhi chided him severely!

The nite approached and it was time to say good bye and for the first time Ashutosh felt like not leaving Nidhi. He cud see the same yearning in Nidhi's eyes, bt at last he had to leave and he promised tht he wud come tomorrow to make her his forever and tht to wait for him.

Nxt morning, Trupti awakened him up early. Needless to say, tht he hardly had any proper sleep actually. He, trupti, and armaan went to temple first and thn it was time for him to get ready as his Sherwani had been sent. And Armaan insisted on a baraat and he had even hired a ghodi for him. He seriously was shocked as he had never ever ridden a horse, bt the horseman assured him tht it was a well-trained wedding horse and knew how to handle inexperienced grooms! Armaan had a good laugh at tht!

Three hours later, Nidhi was standing infront of the large mirror of her dressing table in her bedroom. She smiled as she looked at her mangalsutra and her maang tht was now filled with sindoor and his face flashed across her eyes. With tiny little coin, he had lifted her maang tikka and filled her maang marking her as his, signifying the piousness of tht bond tht thy had jst been tied into. He had thn gently slipped a pretty mangalsutra around her neck as a symbol of final union into this matrimony. She squeezed it gently in her palms as she held it. Thr wedding had been a very memorable affair. The way his mouth had dropped on seeing her mst've been finely captured in the camera. She smiled. Not to mention tho tht she herself was hardly able to take her eyes off of her handsome groom. Bt the difference bet him and her being she started with the leg first out of her shyness and she didn't make it as apparent! She chuckled again and she dwelt romantically on his handsome appearance and gorgeous looks! The choice of peach sherwani had been perfect. She had matched it up with a red turban and stole to compliment the light-colored embroided sherwani and she had taken extra care and extra hours to chose for his broaches and his mojdies, a perfect traditional ones! His attire had been a perfect ensemble of style mixed with tradition with a dhoti-styled pyjama and well-fitting sherwani and he represented a raw masculine beauty at its best, such tht she was sure many a females mst have drooled, old-young alike. She blushed shyly as she remembered how easily he had given in to her during thr jaimala. Armaanji had teased him for his such easy surrender even before marrying! Bt he didn't seemed to have minded it as he smiled profusely and didn't take his eyes off of her during the whole mrg process unless he was forced to do so with some rituals, bt thn thy came frequently back on her. Nidhi cudnt say how shy she was feeling. And at last thy had taken those pheras which gradually brot thm closer to becoming one. With each step, with each phera, thy had jst reaffirmed those sacred vows thy had already silently avowed to each other. Bt this time with God as their guide, thy again avowed openly..to nourish each other, to grow together in strength, vitality, and wisdom, to preserve their wealth and moral values, to share every single joy every single sorrow together, to bring up their long line of progeny, to be forever together and to remain lifelong friends, to be perfect halves to make a perfect whole! And together thy had bowed down to God and their elders to bless thr union to remain everlasting, indissoluable, and infinite in such a way tht even death cudnt do thm apart. And their hearts had been filled with unbound joy and satisfaction as thy formally held each other's hand, finally forever.

***okay..herers part 1.. this chap became lengthy once i wrote the SR part.. and I-F reminded me tht.. severely enuf..so nxt post nxt part.. the SR...****

With a heavy contended sigh, she turned to glance at her room and her eyes fell on her suitcases and bags tht wer ready to b packed off and her eyes were suddenly filled with tears. She had thot tht she wud not cry, not after she was done with all the crying jst last nite, bt those tears jst came rolling down. She wiped thm off as Angie knocked and entered. "R u okay?" she asked hugging her dearly. She nodded a yes while trying to push back her tears. "oh.. Nidhi' I m sooo happy for u.." she implanted a fine kiss on her cheeks. "u r blushing and glowing like a bride!!" she teased. Nidhi remarked,"I am a bride!" "oh yes..Mrs. Ashutosh!" she beamed. Nidhi cudnt hide her smile and Angie nudged her,"aaah.. ur grinning shamelessly!" "shut up!" Another knock was heard and this time dadi bua appeared and called thm for lunch. It had been a tiring day for all of thm. The prewedding and post wedding ritual seemed endless. Not tht Nidhi hadn't witnessed any, bt she cud now realize tht as much as fun thy wer, thy wer also extremely demanding, with constant need to smile and look good for ur wedding videos. Tho she had observed tht Ashutosh had taken it very coolly, as usually he was serenely calm and very composed.. giving him an aura of tht of a noble charm and effortless handsomeness, which she was ready to fall for again and again. Bt thy sat with others for their lunch and thy cudnt get any time for thr sweet talks, even if thy had pined for it. And the gang of Armaan, Rohan, Angie, and Rangu wer upto their tricks to keep thm apart as long as possible! To make sure tht thr ultimate union wud b a lot more sweeter thn thy had expected, Trupti had explained and Nidhi cudnt help blush. Tht time was nearing and she cud barely eat anything inspite of him urging her lovingly. Thr was jst so much going on in her mind. Thr was extreme happiness and thr was extreme sadness too, and right now, she was barely keeping it in balance. Bt she cudnt for long, as the time of her bidaai arrived and the balance tipped towards sadness and tears began flowing incessantly and her mind temporarily clogged heavily with overloading emotions. She hugged her baba and cried bitterly over his chest. And it took Angie all the effort to break her loose. She was clinging to everyone like it was her last life. At last wen she hugged Angie, she just cudnt let her go and Ashutosh had to literally pull her away and take into him for comfort. She clinged onto him and weeped convulsively. He comforted her and gently made her sit in the car with him. After she had a glass of water and controlled her sobs, thy waved a final good bye to her family and drove off. Nidhi hid into his chest as the tears didn't seem to stop. Trupti consoled her, bt she jst wanted to b in his arms.

At his home, she was welcomed traditionally. Imprints of their vermillion-soiled hands were made at the entrance and pushing the kalaash full of rice she stepped into a dish filled with red water and she stepped into his house for the first time as his wife.

After bowing down at the temple of their house, thy sat in the living room. Armaan asked if she was okay. She nodded a silent yes! Ashutosh took her hand as thy all sat around the living room sofa and relaxed a bit and Armaan shared his anecdotes with Ashu's experiences as a groom to lighten her heavy mood and made her laugh, especially with tht one incident with the ghodi. The ghodi, as it was customary to itself probably, sniffed him for a good measure before finally allowing him to sit on itself, so she better get ready to have a fine smell of ghodi mingled wi'th her husband's scented international perfume! She had blushed at tht, bt she cudnt help laugh imagining his horrified face and the fact tht he sat on a ghodi! Oh my God! Her eyes travelled over him and smiled. He had taken off his paghdi and he looked breathtakingly handsome with his unruffled, undone, pure black soft hair tht crowned his head and he looked even more handsome thn yesterday. And Armaan shared how obediently he had his make up done tht day, which made Nidhi spill on her water. "u..u' had a makeup?" she finally spoke! He shrugged embarrassingly and glared at Armaan for bringing up such topic at such a time! Even Trupti was chuckling silently. "And I thot u actually looked more handsome!"she cudnt help cry. "I do look naturally handsome Nidhi!"he retorted instantly and Armaan erupted in to a huge laughter mercilessly! Nidhi felt embarrassed,"I mean.. he looked different..bt he is handsome!"she justified. Bt Armaan didn't stop and Nidhi cudnt take it for long,"please stop!" She cried and he laughed more! She jumped out of her seat and closed his mouth tight shut with both her hands to gag him and stop him from laughing! Tear sprang from his eyes and his stomach started to ache badly! And it wasn't until he gestured her tht he wud stop tht she let his mouth go! She pouted complainingly at him,"this is not done..bhaiyya!" "Sorry Nids.. bt it was very funny.. u have a very good sense of humor!". "it wasn't funny!" she retorted. "aaah.. such pure luv..my jaan is really lucky here!" he commented and she blushed. "So now v r going to leave u two alone and prepare ur wedding bed!" he danced his eyes and winked at Ashutosh, who temporarily turned red. Trupti avoided him hiding her smile and went to pick up baskets of flowers from the kitchen. Nidhi took her seat back beside him.

"r u not feeling uncomfortable in this heavy attire.. u have been wearing it for 3 long hours now!" Ashutosh voiced his concern. Nidhi nodded a No and inched closer to him. She wrapped her arms around his hand and placed her head on his shoulder gently. She folded her legs up on sofa to snuggle into a cozy position against him and laid down peacefully. He patted and soothed her arms gently till he heard her slow rhythmic breathing. He gently kissed her head and let her sleep!

An hour or so later, Nidhi was in thr restroom. She splashed some water on her face. Her makeup wasn't coming off, it jst washed off a bit. She patted her face with soft towel tht lay on the rack and stood thr for a while holding it. Something had begun squirming in her stomach as if it knew it was time. It was time tht she stepped out of tht restroom and waited for her husband on their bed. She took a deep breath and setting her wedding attire once again in place she slowly stepped outside. Trupti had been waiting for her. She asked if she was okay. She nodded a yes shyly. She comforted her tht everything will b allright and to jst stay calm and remember her advice to not to startle or panic at the touch and let it jst pass. Pleasing one's husband was an art and her lessons started now, she teased! She will keep her eyes, ears, and mind, and everything else tht she wanted, open and learn! Nidhi blushed and smiled uncomfortably at her. Tho Truptiji's intentions were good, she wud better b off with Ashuji. Tht wud b a lot more comforting. Bt who wud emerge out of tht bedroom door, her husband or the Ashuji tht she knew before mrg, she wasn't sure and her heart started to beat in a slow increasing pace. Trupti gently made her sit on thr beautifully decorated wedding bed and closed the door on her giving her one last reassuring smile. Nidhi drew her knees up to her chest and played nervously with her hands. The door creaked open and she didn't dare to look up. His steps neared her slowly and she hid her face into her chest. He gently sat on the bed beside her.

The minutes tht passed seemed like ages. It looked as if this silence betn thm wud never end bt she kept gazing down. At last, she cudnt take it any longer and she glanced up at him questioningly. He smiled instantly as his eyes sparkled,"so finally.. I m able to look at my beautiful bride's face!" he said. A finest of red color crept up on her cheeks and her eyes lowered down. Ashutosh gazed mesmerizingly at her beautiful face. If anything.. anything he had ever seen more beautiful than her in his life, he wud give away his life. Adorned in tht pink-vermillion attire she looked absolute beauty, a royal regal beauty. Her face was a bit damp and it actually added a seductive charm to her soft beauty. She looked even more beautiful thn tht bridal doll tht he had adored. Absolute doll and very lovely with her tender shy features. She once again looked up at him and he let himself lose in her eyes. Shaped beautifully, thy held more inside thm thn he had anticipated, a deep love, a strange fear, and a complete dedication. She was probably frightened and nervous, bt she was ready to give her all to him. He sighed and tipped her face gently towards him.

Nidhi's heart pounded like a heavy machinery. His jst one touch was creating enormous waves in her calm serene waters, invoking some very deep strange sensations. As if watever she had experienced or felt earlier didn't even exist! This was a new kind of feeling, completely fresh and raw. Bt unlike his touch, his eyes wer still as captivating as thy wer before, who jst loved to bind her in thr spell. He lowered and gently pecked her cheeks. A mild shiver ran thru her body and a fine color rose in her cheeks and she coiled shyly. He smiled and rubbed her cheeks gently. "Luv.. jst.. jst.. relax..okay" he spoke tenderly,"jst relax sweetheart" he spoke again and Nidhi felt herself calming down instantly. All those agitated thots cooled off suddenly and her eyes became wet with sudden rush of overwhelming emotions. Oh hell! She was abt to cry and she didn't know why! And drop by drop, tears began trickling down her eyes before she cud even realize and those thots tht had pained her returned one by one slowly. She was away, away from her house.. her family.. her baba... Tears rapidly began to wet her arms as thy flowed down her cheeks. He gently wiped thm off uttering a soft No. She looked at him and she felt like crying more. She clinged onto him and he gathered her in a warm embrace. "its all rite dear.. its all rite,"he cried as he soothed her back bt his tender words brot forth more tears and she began sniffling and sobbing! He broke the hug and cupped her face gently. "don't cry please.." he uttered tenderly,"y r u crying luv.. thrs no need to cry.. okay.. I m here.. rite.. u don't need to cry.. please'" he urged her gently. "bt..bt.. baba'thrs will b no baba.." "oh..Luv.. we will go tomorrow morning to meet him okay.. he is not far away..u know...he is jst a few blocks away in the same town..rite.. u can go and meet him any day .. any time..u know tht rite?" she nodded a yes. "bt ..i feel sad.. really sad.. u know.. everybody is going away from me.. baba.. dadi bua.. Angie..Rohan.. and.. and.. even u!" Tears again trickled down and he sighed heavily and wiped thm off. He smiled and pecked gently on her lips,"u know u luk silly if u cry this way!" he gave her a phony scolding and abruptly got up from the bed. "okay..enuf of crying.. now..up.. up.. up on ur feet.." he grabbed her arm and pulled. Nidhi stared at him with a puzzled face. "up.. up..up sweetheart.." he literally pulled her out from the bed. "look at u..u look so mottled up..with all tht streaks of tears on tht dab of makeup..u actually look silly!"he cried. She pouted,"wat do u mean!" "Tht u need a quick refreshing shower.. get off of this heavy clothes..and those heavy layers of makeup.. and lipstick too from ur lovely lips" he added and literally pushed her into the restroom,"I want u to look fresh and beautiful wen u come out.." "and smelling like heaven!" he cried on the closed door.

Nidhi blushed as she latched the door. She glanced at the restroom. Not tht she hadn't been in thr before bt this time it looked different..totally totally different as she took a good view of it. It had been decorated beautifully with soft candles and fine flowers, which somehow she had failed to notice earlier. She got out of her heavy wedding dress and pulled off the shower curtains. A candle was placed at far end on shelf which oozed some amazing fragrance and wen she picked up the bodywash, it actually smelt like heaven! Instantly soothing and extremely refreshing. She took the pleasure of rubbing it all over herself gently and took a quick hot shower. And it wasn't till she stepped out of it wrapping a towel around herself tht she realized she hadn't brot anything in to change into! Oh my God! She was soo stupid.. how can she forget tht..how can she ever forget such thing on her very first nite! And he was jst rite out there and thr was no way tht she cud go unnoticed to fetch her clothes from her closed suitcase! Oh My God!

"Luv.." she heard a casual knock on the restroom door and his soft cry. "r u done?" thr was silence. "r u okay?" came his concerned voice again wen he didn't hear her reply. "err.. I m fine.." "thn come out'" "err.. I..I" she closed her eyes and cursed herself..Oh God!.. This had to b the most awkward situation tht she had ever gotten herself into,"err..I'I" she attempted again. "may b u r looking for this.. open up the door.." he said. So he guessed, she wondered with surprise. Bt she didn't knew if tht was a good sign or bad! She opened her door slightly and peeked at his hand and gasped. "thiiiss.." she cried and closed the door again,"Nooo!"she yelled! "y.. not?" "how can I wear only this!" "As u did earlier!" came his quick reply. "r u..r u mad!" she cried. "wear this.. or u can come out in towel if u want!" "huh.. wat if I stay here whole night till u gave me proper clothes.." "u know.. I have all the rights to even break down this door to get in if I want bt of course, I wud chose to bang heavily instead till u open the door!" "wat!.. thr r other ppl in this house!"she barked. "exactly' so please open up.. this is a nice little shirt..and u liked it last time u wore!" he glanced at the shirt in his hand and smiled mischievously. It was the same shirt tht she had firsttime worn at his baba's house and thy had laid on tht pretty couch underneath her dupatta! She thot for a while and thn gave up. Y was she so reluctant. Y did it even matter now. Wasn't he her husband. She shudnt b feeling shy or hesistant. And it wasn't as if she hadn't done it earlier! Nevertheless she panicked bt she put up a brave face and opened the door slightly to snatch away the shirt from his hand. He chuckled and after a few minutes, she came out fidgeting with his shirt and trying to cover herself up as much as possible, absolutely not meeting his eyes.

"beaauuutifulll,"He smiled widely and she startled as he grabbed her shoulders suddenly. "promise me.. tht u wud not change.." he demanded. "uh..wat?" she fumbled. He sighed and relaxed his hold a bit,"promise me tht u wudnt change while I take my shower.." "i..uh.. how can i.." she flushed and barely managed to reply. "jst promise and I wud go inside straightaway.."he said. She lowered her head and nodded a yes. Enthusiastically, he grabbed her again and pecked deeply on her cheeks imparting it a deep red color. "Wait for me.." he murmured and went inside to take a shower.

Nidhi paced nervously in the room. She cud hear every little sound tht he was making in the restroom very clearly. It was as if all her senses wer on high alert and wer picking up even slightest of noises and alarming her. She went to her bag and fidgeted with it. No.. she cant jst stand thr wearing nothing bt a shirt. She needed to have at least something to cover her modesty. With a firm determination, she flung open her bag.

After 10 minutes, she heard the restroom door opening. She had now been pacing in the balcony to get some cool air to cool her nerves. Bt as soon as she heard him stepping out, she jumped behind the curtains! All her cooling off went down the drains! "luv..?" she heard him call and she peeked thru the curtain and her jaws dropped to the floor! Her eyes went inadvertently over his very bare male figure which was covered in nothing bt a lone towel attached to his waist. Oh my God! He was all thr..in all his male gorgeousness.. standing bare and rubbing into his wet hair with towel with his very chiseled, very sinewy, strong muscular body for her to stare and possibly drool, if she wanted. Her hands slipped over the curtain and her bangles clanked traitorously revealing her hideout! His eyes had ran over the whole room searchingly and he had realized she wasn't thr! "Luv?" he had called her out and looked in evry possible place and thn his attention turned towards the sound tht emerged from the curtains!

A hand pulled her out suddenly. "wat r u doing out here.. in such cold nite.. and in such.. such.." his eyes ran over her figure and he cried with a disappointed frown,"in full clothes!" and pulled her in and closed the glass windows and pulled back the curtains! Nidhi was busy trying to avoid staring at his bare body unashamedly, which looked more chiseled, more shapely from a closer view..and a lot more strong thn one she had seen on tht camping day in tht hall! A strange feeling rose in her stomach and she looked away! Her heart was on a brink to go on a riot with heavy thundering beats of her heart. "u promised u wudnt change!" he cried. "I didn't!"she replied. He frowned at the slacks she was wearing underneath his shirt! "this is not fair!"he cried again. She blushed,"i..i.. how can I.." "u..had no problems thn!" he cried, reminding her tht she had not worn anything underneath on tht day! "I had no choice!" "huh!" he frowned and turned away to open his cupboard and he pulled out his shorts! Nidhi gasped and turned away as he began to change! Wat had gotten into him, she wondered helplessly as she heard his rustling to get into his clothes! He dropped his towel on the floor and asked,"will u b comfortable with these flowers..?" He glanced at the bed and asked casually with his hands lying on his hips in a very appealing posture! "hmm..?"she managed to utter as she turned to him. oh! Wat was happening to her.. she was finding even his casualest of postures.. very appealing And he wasn't helping. He had worn nothing else except tht shorts and it was very distracting to be truthful. He came near her and asked gently,"will u b comfortable sleeping over these flowers.. u seriously need some good sleep sweetheart." She came to her senses briefly and realized wat he was asking,"uh..no..!" she didn't even know y she had answered tht. Bt he went ahead and swiped clean the whole petal decoration from the bed. "Come'" he said gesturing her to the bed. She stood stuck on her spot. "oh Luv.."he cried tenderly and came near to her. He pushed back her stranded hair from her face and gently picked her up and laid her on the bed and thn slipped beside her. She shifted uncomfortably in the bed bt he gathered her and snuggled her into his bare chest,"lets jst have some sleep..okay" he said tenderly and closed his eyes. Oh.. bt if he was jst going to lay like this bare beside her all thru the nite.. was she ever going to get any sleep! She vainly tried to close her eyes and her earlier vivid dream of thm lying thm in layers under tht duvet with nothing else covering thm but tht duvet came back to her mind and she threw open her eyes and she flushed heavily. His huge.. towering bare body was not helping her at all and she was barely managing to breath with such closeness. His leg went over her legs and she cudnt determine wether it was her heart tht was thumping so wildly or was it his! A light sweat broke on her forehead. She looked up at him from his chest,"r ..u.. r u.. u aren't sleeping either..r u?"she asked. He gently opened his eyes and breathed in deeply. He wiped off her sweat. "hell I cant.. " he confessed,"I'.I'jst cant.. luv.. with u.. this way.. in my arms..I jst cant" he said helplessly. She stared at him. "I m sorry love.. I do sincerely want u to rest.. u wer crying.. u wer soo sad.. and I jst wanted u to feel comfortable with me..in this room..in this bed.. with me..." "bt..bt.. I too jst cant!" she said. His deep throaty voice.. his overpowering masculinity was jst pulling her.. and she was slowly forgetting abt everything else. All she cud smell was him. All she cud sense was him and all she cud feel was his warm pleasing body! She inched closer to him inadvertently seeking tht pleasing warmth and her head tipped to his face. He cupped her face gently,"r u sure?"he asked. "I ..I'don't know..bt I know tht i wudnt b able to sleep.. i..jst..wont.." her voice became a bit agitated as she spoke unsurely. "sweetheart.. jst calm down.. okay.. jst.. jst.. relax' I am not going to do anything.. v r not going to do anything.. we will jst.. relax and try to get some sleep okay.. v don't need to really get tense.. okay..v will jst.. I will jst.." he sighed and took a deep breath and thn tipped her face further up and caressed it gently with his thumb. And thn cupping it tenderly, he kissed her softly all over her face. She warmed up instantly to his gentle kisses. She looked into his eyes. There were so tender.. so loving. He gave her a sweet smile and cuddled her into him warmly. He sighed again and gently soothingly he caressed her arms. He planted a soft kiss on her head and she snuggled asking for more comfort. He gently tried to soothe her back bt she knew how hard he was trying to control himself. His heart was thumping wildly and his breaths had become more shallow and rapid. She found herself loving this closeness, this touch. She inched up to his face and cupped his jaw expectantly. She wanted him to kiss her. Jst kiss her. And she brushed her lips softly over his. A shiver ran thru him, which she cud sense pretty well. He took her lips gently and released thm immediately. A soft small devor and Nidhi clung to him for more. And his lips captured her lips softly again and stopped. She was clinging to him for more and more. He looked searchingly at her. Wat do u want sweetheart.. jst tell me! His heart cried as he grabbed her onto him possesively. She planted her lips deeply over his and this time, he took her lips fully and kissed her needingly, grabbing her as much he cud. Nidhi felt her dormant desires invoking suddenly. She clung onto his bare shoulders tightly as he made her feel desired and so wanted. His legs ran over her protectively and possessively. His masculine scent seized her senses and his warm soft lips now raided her lips with abandon. She cud jst moan in response as his hands ran wantingly all over her and grabbed her closer and closer, tightly and strongly. Nidhi so wanted herself to be enwrapped in his warmth, in his broad chest, and his strong muscular arms. His lips left hers to seek some air and her lips still throbbed with need. She was sinking in these pleasing and intoxicating sensations He tightly embraced her and sighed. He really don't know if he was doing the right thing or was abt to do the right thing. The moment he had seen her sitting on this bed waiting for him donned like a doll, he jst wanted this thing. He jst wanted her to b in his arms this way, close and all enwrapped into him. And God'he knew she too was wanting this. Was his theory to first jst get acquainted and comfortable with eachother's body was so absurd and unrealistic? Hell, he didn't knew all hell can brk lose by even attempting such an insane thing. Wat was he thinking! It was so hard to resist her softness, her fine smell, and her deliciously pouring lips and hell wat was he doing to her? He broke the hug and glanced at her. She was already in a deep steep haze. And her red sindoor shone brilliantly on her maang in tht dim red light. "sweetheart'" he whisphered pushing away those agitated wet sticking strands from her face. She fluttered open her eyes sweetly to him. "Sweetheart.. v'll ..v'll take it slow..bt..bt.." he paused.."bt r u ready for this..r..u..r u.." bt his hesitating lips wer sealed off by hers in affirmation and he sighed as she pressed onto his lips with need. Oh! how cud she tell how much she wanted this! It felt as if she had been craving for this for soo long..for ages.. and she jst cudnt let this moment go! He cupped her jaw and took her lips furiously, barely able to control himself back! His hands ran rapidly over her nape and back with frantic deep need and his legs tightened over her pulling her closer into him. Thr need was growing. The heat was rising. And she was melting into him with equal fervor.

So he is nervous..of course y not, its his first time in front of all...Awww Nidhi is so sweet, she made him all d more content, to smile and relax with her sweet words.

Their entry and sweet gestures and happy faces were so very nice..me toh very, very happy with imaging Ashu widespread smile😳

Your involving of kids to start off the Sangeet after puja couldn't get any better considering the fact u laid the importance he holds for kids and even Nidhi by this sweet and loving gesture.

OMG DB dancing I just couldn't believe it ...and poor Aunty all sharm se pani pani, Mr. Solanki is too cool here...Ranji performed that too together dats a little shocker, me all imaging their rehearsals and imagining poor Rangu states😆😆...Armu-Trupti the cool pair, yeah the first thought of Armu dancing around with his golu-molu state as u wrote...awww so cute of all of them involving in it in their own rocking way (but a small question..why u didn't involve a piece of Rohan, I was hoping he would in there with his single piece..well thought he would express his feelings again to Mallu in a new way..chalo koyi nahi)

Nidhi's and Ashu's individual performance to eyes with their amazing chemistry and happiness evident in their twinkling eyes and gestures of being with each other thru their performance...and Ashu's song u chosed was I never thought, its a simple and sober yet expressive one and involved not only his love and his life Nidhi but all the family.

The last, but the most importance dance of the The Pair, AshNi, was magic..the song I love the most, it had a tranquil, enchanting and chimerical piece, both music and lyrics.

I guess she was pulled over to Ashu due to his happy face more than him being handsome😳.

The dinner with their talks as like always interesting with Ashu's teasings😉.

So Ashu had his first horse ride😆.

Thought u would extend all the rituals...nevertheless the precise way u described it was so loving.

And yeah he finds it very hard to keep his eyes off with being Nidhi around every time and now seeing her as his bride nothing can just stop him

The most I loved was...to be perfect halves to make a perfect whole..this so defines a couple

Me now off to second part...I wonder could I write anything for that☺️😳after reading...so if I don't put out much for it..u imagine my condition..becoz the way u r blushing, its really hard to predict what my condition would be after reading😳

P.S. Edited my comment on pg 69