Warning - Very long chapter ahead.

The mehendi and haldi functions were held in one day only separately at both places. Both the houses were buzzing with guests. It was a very big affair. Relatives from allover had come to attend this great wedding.

Finally it was the day of marriage. Everybody was very happy and cheerful only except the bride and groom. They tried several times but finally had to accept their parents wish. Sanyukta accepted this marriage only for the sake of her father and randhir for the sake of the deal and of course his mother's swear.

Aryan had been behaving a little weird nowadays he used to be mostly busy on his phone or used to be out on account of work. In all this chaos randhir never got the time to talk to him properly.

Coming back to present, so the baraat was ready to enter venue. Anju did all the welcome rituals wholeheartedly. Randhir also smiled at her feeling a motherly touch on his head as he touched her feet.

Randhir was looking damn tempting in his golden and red sherwani looking like a king. All girls were busy drooling over him and cursing sanyukta for her fate.

He was asked to sit on the mandap as the pandit started with the pre-wedding rituals. After almost half an hour the bride was called for the varmala.

There she came looking ethernal in her golden - maroon lenenga completely complimenting his attire. If he was the king than she was the perfect queen for him.

As randhir looked up at her descending the stairs, for a moment, he forgot everything. Their rivalry, their fights, their hatred just didn't matter to him at that moment. Suddenly he felt jealous of all the men ogling at his girl and the very next moment he felt lucky that she had dressed up so beautifully just for him, she was going to be his after few hours. These thoughts made him smile dreamingly.

His trance was broken by Aryan who was beside him and said in his ear "bas bhi kijiye Bhaiya, sab dekh rhe hain"
As he came out of his reverie, he realized that he had been staring at her and now she was sitting beside her gazing him questionably.

He immediately diverted his gaze and looked at the pandit who was by now reading the mantras. He again got zoned out, thinking how could he think like that? He reminded himself that he hates her and this marriage is just a matter of 6 months.

This time his thoughts were put to halt by the pandit who asked both of them to stand for the exchange of garlands.

Both stood up, first he was asked to make her wear the garland, as he was going to do so suddenly her cousins picked her up saying he will have to do some hard work to get their sister.
He tried a lot but each time they used to raise her even higher.

Sanyukta was getting really irritated due to all this. She hated these stupid things people do in marriages but after seeing Randhir's failed attempts and his super annoyed face, she started enjoying it and threw a smirk at his direction.

As randhir saw her smirk getting widened, he got angry but instantly it was replaced by a sexy smirk. He whispered something to Aryan who looked amused but followed anyway and in a second randhir was also in air matching her level, on his cousins shoulders.

This way they both exchanged garlands in the air, making it a Kodak moment well captured by the photographer.

Next they were asked to sit down for the pheras. The priest chanted the holy mantras, everybody was listening to him quietly looking at both of them doing as asked by him.

Listening to the mantras, sanyukta suddenly felt emotional, her eyes teared up. However she was by nature, every girl has some dreams for her marriage and husband, she was no exception. She felt sad thinking of how she had dreamt of a perfect wedding but see here she was stuck in this loveless marriage with a jerk. Till this moment also she waited for a miracle to happen, but none did.

It was time for the kanyadaan, kishore came forward to give away his daughter's hand to another man. He knew that he never behaved well with her but at the end of the day he was a father who always loved his kids. He felt very emotional at that moment.

As he kept sanyukta's hand in Randhir's, she looked up for a moment and their eyes met, but before they could convey any sort of emotions she tore it away and again looked down to hide her tears.

After sanaya did the gathbandhan, that were asked to stand to take rounds around the holy fire. With each round the priest asked them to take the vows explaining them the deep meaning of each one.

After completing the 7 rounds, randhir filled her parting with the red vermilion and made her wear the black beaded holy thread.

After completion of all the rituals and taking blessings from the elders, they were pronounced as man and wife.

Both were asked to sit on the couch and relax for a while. They sat in complete silence, awkwardly looking here and there. Soon they were settled on the large dining table surrounded by all the close family members and asked to feed each other.

First randhir tried to deny it saying that can eat themselves but his appeal was rejected saying it a ritual and 'isse pyaar badhta hai'.

Both of them couldn't deny it now as the damn camera was capturing their each move. For a second randhir felt like taking it away from the cameraman and breaking it into thousand pieces.

Both held a morsel in front of each other's mouth. As they fed each other, sanyukta mistakenly or say purposely bit his finger. Randhir winced a little but immediately forced a smile to his family members who had all there attention on them only. He shot a deadly glare to her while she smirked at her victory. He hid a peice of green chilly in her next morsel on having which she felt her tongue burn but didn't even hiss as she knew his plan and was determined to not let him win.

Like that they finished eating from each other's hand glaring and forcing smiles.

Finally it was time for the vidai, though sanyukta had decided that she won't shed any tears for the family that can't even support her but at the time of departure she couldn't stop the lone tear from escaping her eye.

Sanaya was crying profusely, sanyukta hugged her tightly and cried a little in her embrace, trying to console her. She looked at her mother with teary eyes, though she was angry on her but still hugged her tight and broke down in her embrace, after all a mother's arms are the most peaceful place in the world.

They both cried and cried. After what seemed like eternity they parted. Sanyukta wanted to hug her father but was hesitant, she just looked at him longingly, her eyes widened in surprise seeing him opening his arms for her, she ran to him and hid her face in his chest.

Kishore rubbed her back, fighting his own tears. He broke the hug, held her hand and placed it in Randhir's hand. He joined his hands in front of him saying "Iska khayal rakhna aur agar isse koi galti hojaye toh please maaf kardena"

Randhir's hold on her hand tightened for a moment before leaving it to hold kishore's.

"Aap please haath mat jodiye, aap bade hai humse. Aap chinta mat kariye  hum vada karte hain ki sanyukta ka humesha khyal rakhenge" he himself didn't know why he said those words or from where did the sincerity come in him, he only knew that at this moment those words felt so right.

Sanyukta just looked at him and made a disgusted face saying "nautanki" under her breathe unable to comprehend the deep meaning of his words.

With some more tears and soothing words, they sat in the decorated car and drove towards a new life.
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First of all, thank you so much everyone for so many wishes yesterday. It really meant a lot.
I stood 4th in my class😊😊. Bas percentage mat poochna.😅😅

Though I hadn't planned it earlier but as I started writing this one,I included all the rituals I know from T.V. and movies.

I know I made it a bit emotional one but I just wanted to portray everyone's exact feelings. Hope it reached you...

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Please shower the newly weds with your blessings and me with your votes and long comments.

Precap -: first night😉😉

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