Four months later,

"Aju, if you don't know something, you better don't do it." Said Farhan, as he watched Aju trying to fit the decoration lights, standing at the other side of ladder.

"Look at me. First you have to hold these damn lights and then.. then.." His legs got slipped making the ladder to shake and ended up in the ground with a loud bang.

"Cursing the time I came to help you." Aju grumbled, with his hands on back as Farhan passed a sheepish grin in return.

"If you don't know, you better don't." Ishaan grant his hand to Farhan who was still on the ground.

"Actually, that was my line." He stood up with an expressionless face.

"You sounds like you know whole the fitting and ceiling." Aju let out a sarcastic chukle at Ishaan.

"Ofcourse, I don't know it. So didn't I." Ishaan smiled.

"Oh my! Who invited you dirty people? Can't you guys just sit there and enjoy the party?" Eby said, straightening the folds of his brown sherwani.

"Uhm, last time I remembered, it was that ugly groom, who has recently increased his headweight in accordance with his engagement." Aju rolled his eyes in ignorance.

"Finally, you admit that I'm a groom now. I mean.. groom." Eby smiled triumphantly, adjusting his collars as Ishaan exhaled in disgust.

"Actually, 'groom to be'. If you go on with this attitude, your head will be blasted out before your wedding day." Aju reminded.

"That's enough man! Groom to be. It gives the license to.." Eby began.

"License to what?" Farhan asked curiously.

"License to be a man. You know it's way more different from you little people. Like matured, discipilined and responsible 24×7."

"And not at all blabbering like you do now." Ishaan completed.

"Ebyyy!! Anjali is calling you." Shreya walked to them, carrying her heavy skirt.

"Oh man! Already started getting busy? Not bad!" Aju patted his shoulder to which he shook his head in annoyance.

"Are you secretly throwing a party for these three? Guests are looking for you there." Shreya added, looking at the so called responsible man.

"Oh yeah!" Eby hastened to the entrance, not forgeting to take Aju with him.

"Did Mom call you? She is not taking my calls." Ishaan enquired Shreya.

"Yeah. They are on the way. Dad had an urgent meeting. That's why they are late." Shreya replied, stepping away with Ishaan.

Farhan shoved his hands in pockets, hesitating to go along with them.

"Farhan?" He turned right to see Shreya again.

"What you are doing here alone? Come! It's not that difficult to face the guests." She said to which he finally replied, "Okay."

"I would have called Ainu if you did not have come." She smiled moving with him. He chose to be silent with her.

"And.. can I ask you something?" She went on.

"What?" He asked, getting a bit nervous about it.

"You still don't feel good with me, right? I know. I have done too much to you. Insulted you many times. But trust me. I don't have that hatred for you now." She said with a guilt in her tone.

Farhan chuckled before looking her smilingly. "Really?"

"Yes! Maybe.. maybe it's because of the drastic changes I have gone through." She paused.

"It's true that 'the one siding with you have lots of effect on you more than yourself'. When I was with my aunt, I never forget to find the little of the little faults of others. She taught me so. And same went with Zoya and Lenin too."

"So that wild aunt of yours won't come back?" Enquired Farhan.

"No." She smiled. "When she comes too, it's not gonna matter for me."

"I thought you were so close to her."

"I will always be grateful to her for being with me when I had none. But she herself showed her real face when she had got a chance to go to her son in Australia."

"It's now that I'm living more than just surviving. With all the parental love and care." Shreya exhaled a peaceful breath.

Farhan looked her for one more time and he found that the world was a better place when she smiled.

But he diverted his eyes when she caught him looking her.

"Well, it's all because of him. Ishaan." Farhan said as it was the most obvious thing in the world then.

"No need to say. Ishaan had given me a second life. I never thought he would make such an effort to get me my dad." They shared a genuine smile.

▪▪▪▪▪

"It's time for the ring ceremony!" Farhan shouted happily at the beautiful couple on stage.

"Oh god! She is looking great! Why did she chose him?" Aju frowned stressing on the word him.

"That's what I'm thinking too." Dany added.

Anjali and Eby exchanged their rings, before looking at each other. It followed by the loud applause and laughs of the crowd.

"You did it man!!!" Aju let out an evilish laugh.

"Time for the photo session." Announced a very happy Rinu.

At the next second, Eby and Anjali got busy, taking photos with their families.

"They look great together. Ma Sha Allah." Mehak commented.

"Indeed they do." Shreya watched them happily.

"Should have some sweets at this sugary moment. But where the hell is it?" Aju pouted.

"Hereee!" Amaaya said in her laa laa tone, walking to them.

"Whoaa! Let me take some." Aju was upto take it when she swatted his hand away. "You can't have it before the ring ceremony."

The next thing she heard was a horror laugh from Farhan and Aju.

"What?" Amaaya wrinkled her brows.

"Lazy snail, you are always late. They have already exchanged the ring. Look at them." Farhan pointed at the stage which was going to get announced as a studio at any second.

"No! No! This can't happen. I missed their moment." Amaaya almost cried.

"Don't worry! I shooted everything." She smiled at his words. "But won't show you."

"Ergh." She threw her look to the other side.

"Yaar. Ring ceremony is over and we can't do anything. So you better serve out those sweets." Rinu suggested, her big eyes on the sweets.

"But if she want, I can tell them to repeat it." To shut his 24×7 working mouth, Amaaya put one of the biggest piece in it.

"Here." She served to others, spreading her charming smile.

Amaaya paused once she got to know the next one was none other than him.

Her phone breaker. Ishaan.

Amaaya found it hard to move that she stood there only. She looked him. He was busy scrolling his phone. His head buried in it as any other time that he didn't even know about her presence there. After some seconds of hesitation, she walked to him with trembling steps.

The second she reached him, with the sweets tray in hand, Ishaan turned his face to the other side. "Shreya, have you taken those files of mine?"

"Yeah. I have it with me." Shreya assured him with a smile.

"Good. I will be going straight to my office."

"No need to say. You would be happy if you get a bedroom there."

Ishaan shook his head smilingly before walking away with Shreya, leaving a hurt to the other one.

Amaaya watched them, painfully accepting the truth that he was happy with her.

'With her' was not the part but above all, he was happy.

Though she had been used to his ignorance, it felt somewhat hard to accept his change.

Ishaan never paid an eye on her since that day. And Amaaya knew she did not even deserve to be sad about it as she herself was the reason for that. She gulped before serving out sweets to others.

Out of a sudden, her way got blocked by Farhan. "What you want?" Hissed her.

"Aaaa." He acted her to open mouth and when she did, he filled it with a big piece of sweet.

Everyone had a great evening passed with loud laughs and fun, followed by a grand dinner.

"Ahem ahem." Eby tried to make an interruption as Anjali was busy feeding her tummy.

"Congrats anyways." Said Eby spacing his plate.

"For what?" She raised a brows

"Someone has got engaged." Eby passed a shy smile.

"And who is that?"

"Maybe the one who is blushing now." His words was enough to make her all flustered out.

▪▪▪▪▪

"Why you so stubborn Ishaan? Have the dinner before you go. You came from office all tired and leaving without having anything?" Anjali folded her arms over chest, glaring at Ishaan who was unlocking the car.

"Anjali, he said naa he don't want. Then why forcing him?" Eby interupted as he did not want his girl to have a treat from his friend.

"Yeah. If you want, force me. I can have it again for you." Assured Aju.

"I'm not hungry. All I need is to have a sleep now." Said Ishaan, frowning.

"Okay then." Atlast she agreed.

"Thanks." Ishaan moved passing a smile before getting in car. But shocked to see the one at the passenger seat.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He almost barked at her.

"Faru said you would drop me." Replied Amaaya without looking him. She knew it was better not to look at his reddish face at that moment.

"Damn!!!" Ishaan stepped out folding up the sleeves leaving her freaked out.

"Farhan? When did I start the driver job? To drop all trespassers?" He bawled out grabing their attention.

"Why you.." Farhan began. "You can't let others to get in my car without my permission. I can't do. And that's it." Ishaan cut him off midway.

"I'm going studio now. I have to be there at sharp 11. Needs some editing for my song."

"And what about.."

"Eby is super busy with his family there."

"And.."

"Aju is super super busy, having his fourth round of dinner."

Ishaan breathed out annoyingly, hearing him listing excuses.

"If you want, I can call Neil." He gazed him with a mischievous glint.

Farhan smiled watching Ishaan getting in car, lacking no other way.

                         ■ ■ ■