"Fattteh Fattehh..." he squirmed when he heard her voice. Whenever she opened her mouth, it's always something which ended up soul sucking. He wondered if there was a way she could shut up for a while, or a week... or month.
He put up a smile and looked in her direction and raised his eyebrows.
Jasmine took that as a sign to go on and started... "Why didn't you tell me? About this party? Look it is at a five star hotel... it's an invite for two. For us. We're gonna have so much fun. And I've to pick a dress..."
Fateh tuned her out and nodded and smiled for the next ten minutes.
"So let's go shopping..." he came out from his trance with this sentence.
"Huh...Jasmine, you just went to shopping Yesterday. Just wear something na... " he pleaded. Fateh tried to reason with her, her shopping bills made sure that he won't be able to buy anything for himself for the next six months.
"Or forever" an annoying devilish voice inside him whispered.
"But fatttehhh... it's such a lavish party...at a five star hotel...and I've to look best. And I don't have anything suitable for that... also Tejo will also be there with Angad. I've to look better than her... You know someone told sweety that he gifted her three diamond sets on their roka. And I saw it myself... when she came to the reopening ceremony in the academy, she was wearing an actual diamond set...The earrings were so..."
"Fine let's go... " Fateh replied curtly and shut her up as he remembered the reopening ceremony. Tejo came with Mr. Angad Maan, her fiance. Despite what Jasmine said, brightest thing on her weren't diamonds, it was her beautiful smile.
*At the boutique*
"What do you think...Fattehh?" Jasmine screamed giddily and waltzed in front of him.
"woww...nice" Fateh nodded with a smile.
"I know... Tejo used to say my size is M but I know...it's XS. Once I took one of her kurti, and it was XS. And I know that we're same size. She probably told me otherwise because she didn't want to share her wardrobe..."
Fateh, who was barely listening to her, and just nodding along, paid so little attention that he also forgot to tell her, that the dress was definitely too small for her.
Jasmine returned home laden with matching shoes, earrings and it was beyond Fateh's understanding, but somehow perfume.
*At the party*
Jasmine was extremely excited as she saw the venue... It was beautiful. "And now it's more beautiful as I'm here." she thought to herself. She took Fateh's arm and prepared herself for the entrance... the moment she'll enter the hall and everyone's eyes will be drawn to her, full of awe.
She definitely drew more eyes than expected... but she misconstrued the glances, and ignored the snickering. Fateh had seen the dress by then, and he knew he should've said something, but didn't know how to approach the sensitive subject, and like always, he hid the truth and just went along. This was turning into a really embarrassing situation and he quickly got rid of Jasmine who was extremely happy when she saw the menu. It was a feast...and she had never seen such pretty dishes.
Fateh went and sat on his favorite place now a days, the bar. There she heard two women gossiping...
"Ohh have you heard Angad Maan is engaged..."
"Really? The Angad maan... you mean the really cute and hot billionaire?"
"uhhhhuh...the same."
"Wowww... who's the lucky girl?"
"Oh he's the lucky guy. I's invited to a party thrown by his company... and God I saw them. Made for each other... And the girl... gorgeous. And she's incredibly amazing too...you know what..." she was telling when her friend shook her, shut her up and asked her to glance towards the entrance.
"Oh my God" both girls said in unison as they saw them.
Tejo entered with Angad, draped in a lacy black saree, and a mix of admiring and envious gazes went towards them.
Angad went close, whispered something in her ear and she laughed at that.
Fateh couldn't look anywhere else. He didn't have any answers why he was feeling the way he was. He didn't felt angry, he felt empty. It was so much worse.
He also glanced at the diamonds which made Jasmine so envious of her sister, but his gaze found her collarbone way more interesting. Oh... he remembered. It's almost astonishing how she had such perfect round curves, and then such sharp lines that you could sharpen a knife on them. He remembered how he was mesmerized by how perfect her jawline was... the way it felt as he had dragged his lips on it and the way it changed her breathing, and the way her chest heaved in response.
He took a long sip of his whiskey, and thought if he could stay in a time loop, it'd be that night. He could live that night forever.
His thoughts were interrupted as his lady of the evening came up to him with a plate of cake in her hand.
"Look Fateh...such a tiny pretty cake... it's delicious. I had three. See, I brought them for you." she tried to feed him ignoring the awkward glances of people around them.
"Ohho... you and your drinks. Here, lemme have it. You eat the cake." Jasmine quickly took the glass and slid the plate towards him.
She coughed and spilled as she took a big gulp of whiskey, rather than having a sip.
"Be carefull...it's not wine." Fateh said in a shushed tone, too late, two of them were already the center of attention, and people snickered around them.
Jasmine was flustered and ran to bathroom. Fateh ignored his own advice and gulped down entire glass in one go.
"Another." Bartender slid his double towards him, expecting more drama from this gentleman and his not so lady, preparing himself for a great night.
The glass was quickly emptied as his eyes were drawn to her, talking animatedly to some people, her hands explaining something in air. Everyone seemed captivated by this beauty with brains and Angad, on her side, seemed in awe of her. He had that look of utmost devotion which a woman like hers deserved.
Fateh's eyes rested on her hands, looking at her long fingers. His eyes ended on something which had become a thorn of two pair of eyes, Jasmine and Fateh. While Jasmine envied the size of the diamond, for Fateh, the ring itself was painful.
He welcomed the burn liquor provided as Angad took her hand and persuaded her successfully for a dance. Angad's hands were on the small of her back, and both looked lost on the soft romantic tune.
However, suddenly the music changed. A familiar tune began the song.
Soniye soniye soniye soniye
Soniye soniye soniye soniye
For a moment most couples stopped, adjusting to the new tunes.
Tu hi tu hi meri manzil
Tu hi chaahat mein hai shaamil
Tu hi tu hi meri manzil
Tu hi chaahat mein hai shaamil
Kuch aisa keh do jaan e dil
Tere bina meri subah nahi jalti
Tere bina meri shaam nahi dhalti
Tere bina meri jaan hai pighalti
Soniye soniye soniye soniye
Tejo and Angad were first to get comfortable, and danced beautifully, both were quickly on the centre of stage, captivating everyone around them.
You are my love you are my life
You are the one deep in my heart
You are my love you are my life
You are the one deep in my heart
Tejo and Angad looked in each other's eyes, barely noticing anyone else.
Tu hi mere tu hi mere
Ishq ki itteda hai
Tu hi mere tu hi mere
Ishq ki inteha hai
Saanson ki jhumbish kehti
Hai kuch nahi tere siwa hai
Tere bina meri subah nahi jalti
Tere bina meri shaam nahi dhalti
Tere bina meri jaan hai pighalti
Soniye soniye soniye soniye
Things were quickly heating up on both sides, as Angad's hands dragged on her tiny bare waist and lifted her up. When she came down their lips almost touched... the glass in Fateh hand would have been broken due to being used as a stress ball, but thankfully Jasmine appeared and saved the poor glass.
I got to move on i
I got to move on
I i got to move on
I i got to move on
As these lines came in BG, that devilish voice in Fateh's head said, "You can't move on from her."
Jasmine was jealous of the attention Tejo was getting, so she decided to join the dance floor with Fateh. So, she dragged him with her.
Doobe doobe jism o jaan hai
Pyaar ki baarishon mein
Jee raha hoon jee raha hoon
Main teri khwaahishon mein
Bhool ke main duniya saari
Khoya tere nashe mein
Tere bina meri subah nahi jalti
Tere bina meri shaam nahi dhalti
Tere bina meri jaan hai pighalti
Soniye soniye soniye soniye
The new pair joined the floor,one of them making up for the lack of other's interest and enthusiasm. They tried some simple steps, but Jasmine wanted attention. So she went on another side of the floor, started to run and asked Fateh to catch her in very dramatic, elegant way. She ran, and jumped into Fateh's arms. Fateh tried to catch,but couldn't handle the momentum. He fell with her on top of him. "LOL it's karma you know..." that stupid devilish voice said from inside. Fateh glared at Jasmine in embarrassment and anger.
The music was stopped and everyone stood around them. Then Tejo went ahead and helped Jasmine get up. Angad helped Fateh and they all looked at each other in an awkward silence when Jasmine ran in tears.
"You're just drunk... you've a bit too much. Just sit down." Angad tried to soothe Fateh's feelings. With this both left.
Fateh looked around, defeated. He knew Jasmine was angry, but he didn't care. For the first time in eternity, he felt sober. He realised, he had a lot of work to do.
First, he had to cancel his wedding.
Second, he needed to arrange for a trip. He needed to find some meaning of life, and he decided a monastery would be the perfect place for him.
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