It's been two days since the wedding of ragini and sanskar is finalized but not even for once Shekhar asked for her opinion. She felt something really odd with the wedding but just let it go. If not now it will be some other guy in the future and God knows how he will be. She has kept quite has atleast some one chosen her by themselves without anyone's force and she decides to make her marriage work. Ragini is getting taunting looks and one liners from Swara, Dida and Sumi for past two days. "She made use of the opportunity", " She portrayed herself mahaan for attention", " She wanted to get married to a rich family as swars's".

Though its not directly for her she can sense that it's for her. After all they don't have the guts to taunt her straightforward. She may be obedient but a looks also knows to give it back. Ragini is checking the strings of her Sitar when she heard some sounds outside. She goes out to see sanskar and laksh there. For some reason her eyes are only etched on laksh though it's sanskar who's her groom. It's the same in the case of laksh.

Everyone assembles there and sanskar and laksh greets everyone.

" Since everything is finalized in hurry we couldn't have the time to get to know each other" sanskar said looking at Shekhar.

Shekhar looked confused signalling him to proceed.

"we are here to take swara and ragini for purchasing engagement dress and in the meantime getting to know each other well too" sanskar said no one in particular.

Swara eyes beamed with joy as they are going to buy a lots stuffs which will be paid by Maheswaris. Before Shekhar or Daadi could deny Swara agrees and goes to change while Ragini stood still not knowing what to do.

"Ragini ji.. Even you are expected to come as we both don't know anything about each other too." sanskar said to Ragini.

Ragini is about to deny but then she felt bad that from the start she's only noticing laksh when it's actually sanskar whom she should give attention. She agrees and leaves to change. They both gets ready and comes down while Shekhar watches helpless. if he needs to stop ragini then he should do the same for swara. Knowing swara well she'll not agree for it. So he kept quite.

Sanskar is in driving seat as laksh can't drive. Swara sits beside Sanskar in the passenger seat as she doesn't want to sit beside Ragini. Having no other option laksh and ragini takes the back seat. No one asked Ragini to sit in passenger seat and swara with laksh. The ride starts and everyone are busy in their own thoughts. Ragini felt her body tense up when she's so close with laksh. Without her knowledge her heart leaped for laksh who's going to be her sister's husband. She didn't like this thought a bit but it's the truth and she needs to control her heart. Laksh state is also equally tensed as ragini. He felt like he's controlling himself with great strength. Swara is busy with her mobile while sanskar is concentrated on driving. Sanskar plays a song in the car.

"Moh moh ke Dhaage" plays inside the car and Ragini and Laksh forgot their tension. They starts to get drowned in the music. The car comes to a halt in front of a mall when sanskar asks them to go ahead while he'll join after parking the car. Swara stepped outside immediately and ran into the boutique while sanskar left for the parking. Once again both got caught up in an awkward silence. Ragini in order to ignore laksh starts leaving towards a store while laksh follows her limping. At a distance ragini finds that laksh is struggling to match with her speed and is limping harshly. In her rush to escape about her awkward situation she forgot about laksh. She stops abruptly and Laksh who was walking watching his steps didn't expect and is about to skid but Ragini holds him on time.

"I don't want anyone's help. Don't have to feel sympathy for me" he replied rudely.
Ragini understands that he is deeply affected by his disability.

"oh. Hello.. Who said that I sympathized with you? Every human being holds the person who's about to fall near them. Not everything is about your disability. So cut it off" ragini gave it back with same rudeness.

Laksh gets taken aback by it as mostly people helped him because they sympathise with him or for their benefits. He can never think ragini to use him for benefit. So he decided that she sympathized with him but never expected her to behave this cold with him. He likes her this bold, not the one to take crap attitude very much. He gets sanskar's call and goes to attend it while ragini has already entered a shop.

"Bhai, my friend just called. He has got an emergency. You please take care of swara and ragini and send them back home in a cab. I've left already" with that sanskar cut the call before laksh could say something.

Laksh is about to book a cab when he remembers swara and ragini still shopping and decides to book later.
He turns back to find Ragini ready with a bag.

"you didn't shop?" laksh asks confused.

"I'm done" ragini said coolly.

"what? Are you kidding? You shopped within a phone call? But where are the bags?" laksh asks unable to believe that such woman even exists.

Ragini waved a single paper bag in front of him.

"this is it. I selected the engagement dress. I'm not someone who takes hours to select a single top. If I like something I'll select it" ragini said sincerely.

" what if it has any fault? Did you check the dress properly?" laksh asked still shocked.

"IF I LIKE SOMETHING THEN I LIKE IT WITH ALL IT'S FLAWS. FLAWS DOESN'T MATTER TO ME." Ragini said unknown of the depth her words held.

It took some time for laksh to come out of the shock. He thought for a while but then shakes his thoughts away. In the meantime Ragini called swara who said that she'll take atleast two more hours to complete the shopping. Laksh and Ragini doesn't know what to do till then. They found a park near the mall and decides to wait there till swara completes her shopping.

Ragini and Laksh comes to the park and they both watches the kids playing in the park without saying a word.

" Do you really love swara?" ragini asked out of the blue.

" why.. Why do you as.. Ask so? Of course I love her" laksh said with a stammering voice.

" not for a second I felt like you love her" ragini said casually.

" how will you even feel that? Did you love anyone before?" laksh asks with a gritted teeth.

"no.. But I have not even seen you both locking eyes for a second all this while like I read in my novels. That's why" ragini answered honestly.

Laksh chuckled hearing it. Life is not a fairy tale that it happens exactly like in your novels. You can never predict what will happen in future. Laksh said looking at his walking stick.

Ragini understands that he's saying about his accident. She decides to divert his mind.

"By the way shall we have something. I'm feeling hungry" ragini said the first thing that came in her mind.

"hungry? You just ate that mega chips packet which you bought on our way to the park." laksh asks bewildered.

" it's just a snack. How will it satisfy my hunger? Stop being a kanjoos. You've so much money but can't buy food for me" ragini said offended.

"and what about the kachori and samosas that you were having in the car on our way to our mall" Laksh asked honestly surprised.

" oh. They are brunch snacks. And the chips I had is time pass snacks. Now it's going to be afternoon I should have my real food" ragini said irritated at his delay for getting her food.

Laksh mouth opened as wife as possible.

"exactly how many times do you eat per day" Laksh asked as he still couldn't come in terms with Ragini being such a big foodie but her curves and slim body says another story.

"will you even get me food or not?" ragini asked having crossed all her limits of patience.

Laksh understood that it will be a risk to keep her HUNGER anymore as she claims and takes her to the nearby restaurant. They ordered their food when Ragini gets swara's call. She says that she has completed shopping and asks where they are as they need to pay. Ragini gives the phone to laksh who asks her to pay herself as they are busy and just cuts the call. Swara is shocked out of her wits as she shopped almost half of the store. She looks at the bag in her hands and the whole employees are looking at her with a hard look as she threw so much tantrums while shopping.

"huh.. Can you please take all the items back and pack only that engagement dress?" swara asks mumbling.

They gave her a disgusting and murderous look while swara felt ashamed. They snatched the bag from her and threw her out of the shop. Swara gets extremely furious.

Ragini on the other hand is looking at laksh with an open mouth.

" what?" laksh asked seeing her still.

" I don't think she brought much money with her. Then how will she pay for so much items?" ragini asks innocent.

"that's her mistake. Who will come for shopping without money?" laksh asked cold.

" and you say that you love her" ragini asked rolling her eyes.

" YES I DO. DON'T KEEP ASKING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN" laksh said irritated with that word itself..

" OK.. I believe it" ragini said not believing it one percent..

To be cont..

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