Alright everyone so this is set a after DiRa's wedding, the same night that they got married...
So without further ado let's get right into it...
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PART 1
*Ratan's POV*
"Okay deep breaths everyone... No panicking... Breath in - breath out...
Breath in - breath out..." Ratan said to himself as he looked at himself in the mirror "It's just a wedding... You only got married... No biggie... Koi baat nahi Ratan... You're good..."
It had been 3 hours since Ratan had made a life changing decision and married his ex-pehredaar following her public character assassination by her ex-fiance just because she gave 12 years of her life to protect Ratan's life... There was no way Ratan was gonna let any random ass insult his friend... So just to shut him up Ratan picked up 'ek chutki sindoor' and married Diya... But well that's about the noble-sounding part of it... The panic-inducing part was that Ratan had made the decision to marry a woman 9 years his senior and that too when he himself was just 21. Yes that's right - just 21...
But wait - it's not like he didn't like her or something... Diya was his best friend. And who's better than your bestie to marry right? And Diya was his 'super-hot' best friend... If he were to be very honest Ratan wasn't too bummed out because of his choice of bride... Infact he didn't mind the alliance at all... Sure the world said that Diya was a little too old for him but he didn't care about any of that... She had almost all the qualities he'd want in a potential partner... She was smart, she was talented and she was Hot... Capital 'H' hot... like drool worthy hot... Okay let's be very clear - he didn't 'love' her or anything... He just really found her hot... And hey he didn't mean that in a wrong lusty monster way... He respected her as a woman must be respected... In fact much more than that... He owed his life to her... But he was a guy... With hormones... He just couldn't help it after he saw her super perfect curves when she was demonstrating to him how to untie the double knot in his naada on his coronation day... He'd already felt himself all riled up after she had saved him in the desert and had instantly asked her for a kiss but he saw the panic in her eyes and so he kissed the camel instead and changed the topic... But that day when he saw her waist in focus when they were FaceTime-ing about the naada problem he just lost it... After that day he would never leave any chance to flirt with or touch her... he never crossed the line to the gross side and kept it on the sweet side so as to not make her uncomfortable... Now he was married to her and had her all to himself... Oh the things he could do to her now that he had legal conjugal rights...
But the catch was that a) he was too young to get married b) he didn't even WANT to get married and c) even SHE didn't want to get hitched with him... So now neither did he wish to use his conjugal rights nor was she gonna let him do so... He wanted to get close to her... but not like this... not after a marriage that they both didn't essentially want... Then she was his off limits badass best friend, now she was his wife... Not that it made her any less hotter, but the fact that she wasn't very happy about the marriage made it pretty clear to him that he wouldn't ever touch her till she wanted to be touched and that possibility wasn't gonna be seen in the near future... Also the fact that he himself was pretty awkward after the wedding... He knew how to be comfortable around his pehredaar Diya, his best friend Diya and his crush-ish Diya but he had no clue how to even look at his wife Diya in the eye...
"Haven't I just screwed up big-time" Ratan said with a disapproving nod...
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Okay I know that there was no actual 'story' in this part but it is essential because this is Ratan's story... The show mostly had Diya at the centre and this FF has Ratan in the protagonist's role... Also this is totally different from the show ka Ratan... So to understand my story's Ratan it's important to get a sneak peek into his mindset... He is pretty gonna be this guy who is very well in touch with his feelings and doesn't hide his feelings from himself... maybe he hides them from others if he has to otherwise he's pretty chill about his own feelings and never shies away from them... If his feelings are love he'll know it and if it's just desire he'll be pretty clear about that too... However he is gonna be immature (or let's put it this way - impulsive) too...