Author POV

The mango leaves on the front gate screamed happiness in the house. All people were bustling here and there making arrangements. In between a large group of ladies sitting and talking about various things.

Ahaana and Aminesh talked to the Pandit while the Pack helped in arrangements. Mira was inside the room with Aishu who looked so beautiful with chubby cheeks, helping her with makeup and hair along with other girls. 

Downstairs all boys were doing works here and there, many things also been decided by youngsters for the ceremony.

Ahaana called Parth and Aarav and said," Rendu perum poi anga irrundu Aishu va kutitu vaanga, Aarav neeyum Ani um avala kai pudichi bathrama kutitu vaa aprom Parth avanga pinadi Mira and neeyum varusai thattu eduthutu vaanga okay vaa".

Both nodded their heads and went up to see Ani coming from their room  trying to hold the vesthi in its place and muttered, "evan daa indha vesthi kandipudicha, idupu le nikave matengudu, Kalayanthuku katnadhu aduku aprom ippo daan, Kadavule kaapatu".

Aarav shook his head while Parth laughed silently seeing Ani's misery. Aarav went near him and said," deii enna da vesthi kaile pudichitu vare, kata vendiyadutane".

Ani huffed in irritation," deiii comedy panriya naane semma kadupu le irruke nee innum aaka de, inda vesthi katta help panra Loosu ".

Aarav chuckled lightly and helped him, after that trio went towards the room were girls were there. Ani lightly knocked making the other two roll their eyes.

The door was opened by one of the Ani's cousin, she quietly giggled and told other girls to leave fast, listening to it all left one by one including Mira's friends leaving only Aishu and Mira inside.

The boys came inside only to get stood rooted, both the girls looked extremely pretty that all the three just stared at them making the prior burst into laughter.

Mira said, " enna ipdi peii paata expression, Aishu akka paarunga Mamsey ku neenga ivlo cute aa ready aagrathu pudikale polla".

Ani who was in his world of imagination came back to the world in crash listening to his Pattas and looked shocked then glanced at Aishu who was in verge of blasting him, without waiting for anything he ran into her and knelt infront of Aishu and started rambling on how he loves her and all.

Mira laughed silently and went towards Parth and side hugged him then went towards Aarav. She stood silently beside him while tugged his end of short to get his attention.

When he looked down he saw his muchkin cutely pouting and tugging his hort making his heart flutter, he quietly leaned towards her amd asked," Enna aachi ma".

"Mamzeyyy enaku pasikudu, poi edana sapda edututu vaa", she quietly replied, he shook his head in disbelief but smiled at her cuteness, he took the protein bar which he had and gave it to her and told to adjust for sometime for which she bobbed her head amd started munching the bar.

After few minutes Aarav said," Amma kuptanga vaanga seelrama ponuma, Miru edo thattu pathi sonnanga, Ada neeyum and Parth ae edututu vara sonanga and Ani nee Aishu va oru side la kai pudi okay vaa", all nodded their head and started to come downstairs.

All the people stood rooted at spot on seeing the entry of Aishu, she was dolled up with minimal jewellery  but the glow on her face told everyone how much she is happy, while Ani protectively placed his hand on her shoulder while Aarav gave a slight squeeze to her hand . On the back Mira and Parth stood with proud smiles making the parents adorn their children more.

After taking the evil eyes Ani's mom made Aishu sit on the desired place while asked Ani to stand beside her for a while.

"Ani first nee daan start pananum ritual okay va, nee mudicha piragu Aishu pakatla poi ukaranum and please unoda silumisham konja nerathuku vitru daa", Ani's mom pleaded at end making all burst into laughter while the concerned person pouted and squealed," Mummy naa unoda favourite and one and only paiyan".

"Adu daane varutham, seri vidu poi ritual start pannu, anga Ayir solra madri sei", Ani's mother shoed him and stood beside Ahaana.

With pouting he went towards Aishu and did as told by the priest and then moved towards Aishu ears and whispered, " Seekrama neenga vara poringa, please unga Amma madri chamata irrukanum enna, romba trouble kuduka kudadu Amma ku", and stood back and gasped when Aishu placed his hand on her belly where the baby kicked as in giving confirmation to both the parents. Both smiled with tears in their eyes, Ani kissed her forehead and then sat near her as asked.

One by one people came and started doing the ritual, while all had a serene smile. The ritual was about to end when Ani's mom and Ahaana asked the Pack to do the rituals.

"Vaanga paa, neengalum seinga", Ahaana started.

"Aama, vaanga paa, yen anga nikringa", Ani's mom added.

"Illa Atthai, naanga Aishu akka vida chinna vanga naangalam epdi seirathu, venam idhalam, neengalam seinjitinga le adu podum ", Mira said while all the pack nodded their head but she forget to notice a certain some people who were fuming in anger and disappointment when she told the same.

"Aama Maa, papa solrathu seri", parth backed her.

"Aama maa", Rohan also agreed to it.

"Enna idhu Haan, rubbish aa pesringa ellarum", Aishu said with anger clearly laced in her voice.

Mira gulped and looked at Aarav who also giving exactly same reaction as his sister , she then turned towards Ani but got a disappointed look from him.

She then turned towards the pack who gave assuring smile but when she looked at Ahaana she knew there is no going back, so she placed her hands on Parth and said everyone to follow Ahaana words.

The pack started to do the rituals one by one, the last one was Mira. When she went towards  Aishu a person from the group said rather loudly, " Paarunga epdi vekame illame iva rituals laa seira".

Another woman who didn't had any clue asked," neenga yem ipdi solringa, anda ponnu romba porrupa kalaile irrundu ellame panna ava ritual panna enna aaga podu".

The previous one just tutted and fake sighed ," ungluku teriyadu illa, iva kalyana aana ore week le engayo poita ippo daan 3 years aprom vandu irruka, anda 3 years inda family evlo kashta patanga ivala nenaichi aana inda ponnu ku kal nenjam, ippo vandu irruka edo oru periya plan oda daan vandu irrupa".

All gasped listening to this aand started murmering, the pack had anger in them and Ahaana was looking worried to see Mira slightly disoriented.

"Enough", a loud sound made all the people their shut their mouth.

Aarav who fumed towards the women stood in front oh her and said, " Chitti neenga sonnadhu correct daan, ava plan oda daan vandu irruka".

The woman smiled slyly but she failed to see the anger in the eyes of person before him while all other family gasped and Mira looked like someone has took the soul out of her body.

"Avaloda plan enna teriyuma, she wanted everyone in this family to be happy, adanala daan ava inga tirupi vanda, aama she went just after 1 week of marraige but aduku reason yaarubu teriyuma,.... Naa daan okay, she left me because I was the reason... Neenga yaarum avaluku certificate kudakanum avasiyam illa.... Avala engluku chinna vayasle irrundu teriyum so avalukum evlo valichi irrukum engala vittu nu ungluku puriyadhu but she also had undergone same pain like us, so please neenga unga vellai pathutu kelambunga purinjida", Aarav lashed out in a strong yet deadly tone making all the group of ladies gulp and nod their head quickly.

Still raging in anger he turned to see all his family members looking at him with proud smile but one person was crying to the core that was none other than his Sira. He took a deep breath and went towards her and nodded in No and took her towards  where Aishu sat, he gave a broad smile seeing Aishu squealing in happiness and Mira reciprocating it with smile.

Mira did the ritual with full happiness and then slightly whispered in Aishu's ears, " Baby kutty, seekrama vanga inga Mama and Mami wait panrom unakaga, neenga ekanave lucky ungloda Mummy romba sweet and Daddy kuda romba protective unglukaga, vaanga Chellakutty seekrama", saying so she kissed Aishu cheeks and kneel down and kissed her large bump making all small, she then stood up and saw Ani who gave her a full smile making her chuckle and hug him tight.

She came down and went near to Aarav amd whispered," Mamz nee semma aana aala irruke".

Aarav whispered back," eduku maa ippo ipdi solre"

"Pinna romba movie dialogue laa flow la sonne, even dramatic aa irrubdalum super aa irrundudu", she said chuckling.

"Yen solla maaten unakaga pesne paaru, dramatic aa daan irrukom, podi KD fellow", he muttered back.

"What, me KD fellow, nalla joke Mamz naa la innocent", she reverted back with puppy face to make her statement true.

He sighed and replied," face mattum ipdi pavama vechiko panra vellai ellame KD vellai daane".

"Enna pesringa rendu perum vaanga vaanga start pananum game laa", Pavi shouted them and ran towards the ground where the arrangements had been done.

The ritual got over with lots of fun and exciting games which the Pack organised making everyone feel light and happy.

It was almost evening by the time most of the people left only the pack along with Ani's parents were there in the home.

At the time a Black Benz came and stood infront of the house with screeching sound making all people come to the front.

While everybody was confused by who this can be, when the door opened three people gasped and started seeing the person with horror while two person was elated.

Mira, Parth and Rohan stood like they had seen a ghost. Mira trembled and started walking back while the person took off his Raybon glasses and smirked seeing the comodity.

He strolled towards the group, but dtoed when he saw a person came forward with angry expression and slapped tightly in his cheeks.

Parth and Rohan stood confused seeing Aarav slapping the person but when they turned to see Mira, their heart sank.

"Deyh eduku vandu irruke", Aarav shouted.

"Appo pogava naanu", the person replied camly.

" Ohhh apdiya seri po inga irrundu", Aarav said and turned to back and started walking back but stumbled when he felt the person jumped on his back.

"Deyh valanduketavane inimeltu Inga daan stay da, vaa seekrama Aishu kita kutitu poo, evlo naal aachi ipdi poi", the person said and laughed.

Aarav finally laughed and took him towards Aishu and Ani. Ani gave a tight hug followed by continuous beating making the person wince in pain.

He then give a hug to Aishu and exchanged pleasantry with the elders.

Then he noticed Mira who trembled in her place and smirked inwardlly.

He moved towards her along with Arav and extended his hands and said," Hi I am Nivas, inda valanduketavan oda college friend and colleague".

While she stood rooted seeing her nightmare infront of her, she gulped and hesitantly shook his hand while he smirked and place a kiss on back of the hand making Aarav growl and push him aside," Deyh unoda flirting laa inga venna, she is my wife dammit, out of your league okay", even though he said it on comical way but the intensity and tone didnt go un-noticed by everyone.

Nivas chuckled and said," seri seri moraikade, Ennaku ava kita flirt panra madri idea ille, she is much more than just flirting", he mumbled last part silently.

All went inside, Mira directly went to her room and started weeping while both Parth and Rohan gave murderous glares to Nivas which was noticed by both Ani and Aarav.

Both schooled and retired for theor room while Nivas was given the guest room.

When Aarav opened his door, he was welcomed by a petrified Mira who was just looking at the wall infront of her without any  movement from her side.

Aarav came and touched her shoulder for which she loudly exclaimed making him back for two steps and looked at her with full of concern.

"Enna Sira aachi", he asked and sat beside him keeping his hand on her.

She shook his head not wanting to say anything.

"Sollu maa, naa irruke illa", he further cojoled her and asked.

She kept her head on his chest and wrapped her hands around his waist making him chuckle and embrace her while patting her head.

"Ippo sollu maa", he calmly asked amd kissed her forehead.

"Oru vellai naan edana unga kita and family kita irrundu maraichi irrunda", she slowly asked.

He chuckled and again kissed her forehead followed by her cheeks aand muttered, " apdi onnu ennoda Sira panna maaten nu Ennaku teriyum apdi panni irrunda edana reason irrukum, so naa anda reason terinjikra try panuve rather then jumping to conclusions, ekanave apdi daan direct conclusion poitu namba three years destroy panite tiripiyum unna vida mudiyadu Baby".

She hugged him tight and sobbed silently thanking her stars for giving him to her while Aarav just felt blessed to have her in his arms.

He was in search
of
peace in the storm of life
She was in search
of
movements of happiness
in her
monotonous life,
Together
they created their own melody
with
musical notes of their hearts.

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A/N

Hello Dearies,

Merry Christmas to all ⛄⛄⛄

Many things to say but long story short, hope everyone is good and doing well.

Finally our hero sir is back again with his bucket full of sticker 😂, nejame solre I even tweeted " neenga nadamadum sticker kadai aa" nu, yes reference vandu velera edatle irrundu daan, but romba apt aa irrundudu, I mean who in the holy cows of world uses 15 sticker in a single story I mean who man, only this person 🙌🙌🙌

Tomorrow going to visit a holy place, romba years aa aasai aa irrundudu poganum nu, finally it's coming true 🙏🙏🙏

This year gave me many lessons of life, will share it separately.

Missing my Akka's very much 🥺🥺🥺

Finally another character entry, epdi irrukudu.

How is the story so far, any suggestions or inputs you want to give, do tell me 😉

Once again Merry Christmas and have a cheerful weekend.

Love
Nish 💜