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Swara's POV-

The next day, Aryan and I did go to watch the match. As usual, India won and we were elated. This was like our moment.Our thing. Watching matches together.

" S, do you wanna go for dinner?" He asked as we walked out of the stadium.

" Excuse me, sir, mumma has made dinner and Tanya is at my place. We have to go home directly. But yes, a vada pav never hurts anyone!" I exclaimed, as we walked to the stall. 

Eating one vada pav each, we started for home.

Entering, Aditya and all our family were present there, so was Bubbles!

As soon as he saw me, he came running towards me and I bent down to his level to per him as he licked all over my face.

I played with him for a while and then he ran away to dad.

" Shona, go and freshen up. We are all going out for dinner." Mumma said and I raised my eyebrows at her.

" Oh madam, don't give aunty that look. Why should she and mom cook all the time? They deserve a break too!" Preeti said and I nodded.

" Now what are you waiting for? Go na and come quickly!" Mom demanded.

" Geez, yes....on my way." I said, walking towards, passing by Aditya but I didn't look at him, annoying him is fun!

I freshened up in 10 minutes, changed my dress and grabbed my clutch.

Swara's Look-

" Let's go?" I asked, getting out and the rest nodded. We started for the restaurant. I was sitting next to Aditya in his car.

" You are awfully quiet? What is going on?" He asked, completely focused on the road.

" Nothing....I am just tired." I whined, leaning my head back and closed my eyes.

" Long day?" He asked.

I opened my eyes and looked towards him. He looked insanely handsome in his crisp grey suit. Why does he always look so good and on the other hand, I look under dressed? This is so not fair!

" Now where are you lost?" He broke my chain of thoughts again.

" Nowhere. Just thinking." I replied, taking my eyes off him.

He gave me a quick look which clearly stated that he does not believe me and looked back to the road.

" What?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

" Nothing. Relax for a while. I'll wake you up as we reach." He said. 

" How did you know that I want to sleep?" I questioned him again, baffled. Did I look that bad?

" Anyone can make that out Swara. One, you are not talking and second, you are not arguing." He said, chuckling, making me roll my eyes.

" Very funny." I muttered, attempting a sarcastic reply but it came out just as a squeak. Yes, I was damn tired and tomorrow, the wedding functions were starting.

We reached the restaurant and sat for dinner on the huge table and started scrolling through the menu.

" Shona, what do you want to eat?" Papa asked.

" I'll just get a salad. Not really hungry." I replied

" Shona....what salad haan? Eat proper food. Since you have come back, you don't eat only properly." Mumma scolded me in front of everyone, leaving me embarrassed.

" Mumma....relax." I whispered but she nodded her head, in disappointment of course.

Then, proper dinner was ordered for me without even asking me. I had absolutely no say in it. Mom and mumma were watching me like hawks to ensure that I was eating properly.

" Aunty, I think she is just getting fatter day by day." Karan said, making me choke on food.

" I agree with him." Was Aryan's brilliant reply.

As I was coughing, Aditya, who was sitting next to me, slowly patted my back and offered me a glass of water which I gulped in one go.

" You okay?" He asked, concerned.

I nodded, not believing myself to not choke.

He then took the glass from my hand.

Soon, we were done and it was time to leave.

" Bye Mrs Kapoor. Will see you tomorrow." Aditya said as we walked out. Tomorrow was the mehendi ceremony and the day after tomorrow, wedding.

" Bye Mr. Kapoor." I replied him in the same tone and walked to mumma and papa.

In about half an hour, we were home.

" Shona, beta you go and sleep now. You have a long day tomorrow." She said and I nodded.

Hugging both of them, I went to check on grandpa who was sleeping in his room. He had gone out with his friends today.

Then, I walked to my room, changed and sat on the bed with the laptop on. It was just 11. Who even sleeps so early!? I started watching Dynasty. 

I binged the hell out of it. I was done with five episodes each of about forty minutes and it was 3:15.

I was so hooked to it, I decided to watch one more episode and then one more and I did. It was almost 6.

" Swara, go to bed!! You need to wake up in two hours!" I exclaimed to myself and shut the laptop down.

I switched the lights off and covered myself with the comforter.

The moment I closed my eyes, sleep over took.

.........................................

I swear it hadn't even been one minute since I slept that I was being woken up.

" Shona....get up beta." Papa's voice rang in my ears.

" Just 5 minutes papa!" I mumbled and covered my face.

" Okay, but just 5. You need to be downstairs in the next half an hour of the haldi ceremony. The Kapoor's will be here any moment." He said and I nodded, completely trying to listen.

Then everything went to silence. Anyways, I couldn't fall asleep so soon. I woke up miraculously!

It was 9 when I looked at my face in the mirror.

There were most prominent dark circles underneath my eyes. I was busted.

I panicked, then went to freshen up and take bath and walked out to see Tanya sitting in the room, a yellow dress next to her.

" Oh my god....what have you done to your eyes Swara!?" She yelled, looking at my direction.

" Shhh.....Tanya! Don't shout or mumma will come up." I whisper yelled.

" What what did you do?" Shw whispered back.

" I kinda got hooked to a show and binged watched it till 6. I am really sorry but please please don't tell mumma or Aryan. Mumma will lecture me and Aryan will just threaten me. Please?" I requested her with the best puppy eyes I could muster.

Thankfully, it worked.

" You wear this dress, I am standing outside, then I have a lot of fixing to do." I sighed, pointing to my face.

She walked out and I got changed and then started working on my face.

Usually I am not a make up person but today, it was a complete necessity!

Getting ready, we walked downstairs.

Swara's Look-

I was a little taken aback.  There were more than 100 people in the hall.

" Tanya....why do we have so many people here?" I asked, getting a little nervous.

" Because they are your relatives and Aditya's. Now come." She said and I walked next to Aditya who was looking at me.

" What are you looking at like that? Do I have something on my face?" I asked, touching my cheek.

" No, just looking at my wife who is absolutely beautiful." He replied back, leaving a shade of red on my cheeks.

" Thank you." I muttered and then we were made to sit differently with the curtain as a partition. All the relatives started applying haldi one by one after mumma and mom and then it was finally Aryan's and Tanya's turn.

" Guys, behave." I warned them.

" Of course." I heard Aryan who had so much haldi on his hands.

" Aryan, I swear to god.....I WILL kill you if you do what you're planning to." I warned him again but to no avail. 

He put all of it on my face, more like threw it on there, leaving me completely yellow. Moreover, that photographer kept on clicking me!

" Wait and watch." I muttered to him and mumma and badi maa took me upstairs. I was instructed to have a bath and then wear the mehendi outfit.....ughh! Why did I bathe in the morning then....huh!!

But this time, I had no option but to take bath because I was all yellow......of which major credit goes to Aryan.

I stepped into the hot pink dress and as I sat down to do my hair, Tanya walked in and she did everything.

Swara's Look-

" Thank you!" I said, hugging her. She chuckled.

" Now Swara, this is going to take a lot of time. You need patience." She said and I chuckled.

" Don't worry Tanya, I have lot's of patience." I waved my hand in dismissal.

She muttered something I couldn't hear and then I was taken to the hall again where currently everyone was mingling and talking. Aditya, Aryan and Karan were talking.

As I sat down, Aditya was made to sit next to me.

" Are you getting your hands painted too?" I asked, giggling.

" As much as you want to hear a yes, the answer is no. Maybe just a dot for the sake of it." He replied, a little arrogant.

I gave him the most sarcastic smile I could and then turned towards one of the artists.

" May I please have a henna cone?" I asked her.

She looked confused but still handed one to me.

I grabbed Aditya's left hand towards me and wrote my name with a smile emoticon. Amazingly, he did not resist.

As I was done, I looked up to him, excited to see his annoyed face but instead, saw a smile playing on his lips, I furrowed my eyebrows at his reaction.

" You want to draw flowers and leaves too?" He asked, now amused, looking at me.

" No....I mean, I would have, had I seen you annoyed but no use now!" I whined as he chuckled and I heard everyone laugh.

OH MY GOD! I had totally forgotten that there were people around! How embarrassing....ugghhh!

" Okay, okay....now let the artists start their work, it will take a lot of time." Mom said as Adiya got up.

I was given lot's of pillows to keep myself comfortable. Thanks to mumma for that!

One hour through....and I was losing it. It was so uncomfortable but I decided to keep my mouth shut. I had no intention of making a fool out of myself again. Duh!

People were eating things and I was craving for them. For a few minutes, Aditya came and sat next to me with paneer tikka in his hands.

" You got this for me!?" I asked excited.

He did not reply. He just looked at me and started eating it himself. 

" Tell me again, why am I marrying you?" I asked, damn irritated.

" Because you love me?" He taunted with his eyes and replied with his words.

" Right now, all I am doing is, hating you." I said, rolling my eyes.

He was about to reply but he was called by mom.

" Yeah, we can bicker later, go now." I told him and he nodded. Then he put extended that delicious paneer tikka to me but now, I had to show him that he is not forgiven so I just looked the other way.

" Come on." He said again but I didn't spare him another look. He totally deserves to be ignored.

Knowing that I won't give in, he sighed and went to mom. Yayy!!

I WAS HUNGRY!

Also, I was lucky because this time, Aryan came to me with food. He fed me one roll and sat next to me, eating the rest himself and walked away without a word.Evil maniac!

I take my words back, I am not lucky :/

Two hours had passed and the artists were almost done.

It was 3 and I was MAD. No one once offered me anything to eat. Cruel world.

I knew Aditya had been looking at me, because I could feel his gaze but he still will be ignored by me. He is my husband and absolutely does not care about me.

Soon, it was all done.

" Shona, you sit here still. I'll send Aditya with food. He will feed you. We don't want your mehendi ruined, do we?" Mom asked and I nodded in a no.

" I am not hungry mom." I lied to her.

" Beta, that is not possible." She said teasingly. Why did she know me so well?? After mumma, she knows me inside out!

She walked away. Now my brain was searching for ideas to annoy the hell out of Aditya but didn't come up with anything, major reason being that I couldn't move.

I gave up on it for now and saw Aditya coming to me with a plate of food.

I can't annoy him, but I can definitely taunt him.

" Now you want to eat this all in front of me?" I asked, giving him the most fake smile possible.

" Well, this all was for you but now that I think about it, it's not a bad idea at all." He replied, with a smirk and I had such deep temptation to kick him, unfortunately, couldn't.

" If you are done irritating me, help me eat!" I exclaimed, rolling my eyes.

" Love, you role your eyes once more at me and you will see." He said, his eyes suddenly darkening.

Does he really think that I am afraid of him? Just to defy him, I rolled them again.

" My eyes, I will roll them if I want to." I proved my point.

" What is it with you being a rebel?" He asked, feeding me the first morsel.

I just shrugged my shoulders and ate. God! I missed food.

" Where is Bubbles?" I asked him. Hadn't seen him since morning.

" In the backyard. Playing with grandpa." He replied and I nodded.

The food was totally tasty and I was content.

" Aditya, where is Preeti?" I asked him.

" She wasn't feeling very good so Karan and her are at home." He replied.

" Oh god, is she alright? There's nothing serious na?" I asked.

" Don't worry. It's all good. Just tiredness." He assured me and I nodded.

She was almost eight months pregnant. She needed all the rest she could have.

" So Mrs. Kapoor. Where would you like to live? In the manor with mom, dad, Karan and Preeti or at the penthouse?" He asked.

" Duh....with everyone!" I replied. 

I mean, it'll be so much fun to live with everyone!

" Yes ma'am." He said, chuckling and I laughed too.

A waiter took the plate from him and he walked away to wash his hands. I, on the other hand couldn't even touch my phone!

The function was finished after lunch and the other relatives went back to the hotel they were staying at. It was really next to my home.

" Okay Vaidehi, we will be taking our daughter tomorrow." Mom told mumma.

" Amrita, you will take her but that won't mean she would be any less of our daughter." Mumma said as they started to leave for the manor.

" Well, that is a given." Dad said.

" Definitely. They all are our kids." Papa added and they nodded. I looked at Aditya who was looking at me.

" Mrs. Swara Aditya Kapoor, how does that ring?" He asked, whispering.

" What if I don't change my surname?" I teased him.

" That does not matter. I am marrying you, not your name." He replied, shrugging his shoulders. 

" You mean that?" I asked. I was feeling....proud to be his wife?

" I don't say things which I don't mean Swara." He replied in all seriousness.

When no one was looking, I went on to my toes and kissed him on his cheek and he looked at him, a little surprised.

" You'll have to be a little bolder than this now Mrs. Kapoor, but yes, it is still progress." He said, an eyebrow raised and a smirk on, leaving me all flushed as I looked away, avoiding his gaze.

Swara's henna designs-

Hey guys! This is the next chapter. I hope you all like it. I love you all. Until next time. Byee!!