"Don't apply too much make up, she is naturally beautiful." Shahana instructed the make up artists.

"Don't make the bun too tight. Ranbir likes it open." Rhea watched the hair dresser at work with sharp eyes.

The bride, Prachi rolled her eyes. Her sisters were more concerned about her looks than herself. She feared that the persons appointed to deck her up for the special day would leave in anger due to their constant interruptions.

"Calm down both of you." she tossed a bottle of water to them.

"How can we? It's your marriage. Everything needs to be perfect." Rhea exclaimed.

She was going to say something more when she was interrupted by a knock on the door. Shahana went to check who it was.

As she opened the door, she came face to face with Sunny and Aryan.

"What do you want?" Shahana eyed them suspiciously.

"Nothing much. We came to see how beautiful our sister is looking." Sunny smiled more brightly than necessary.

"Give your phones to me before you come in." she forwarded her hand.

"Why do you need our phones?" Aryan questioned.

"So that you don't click Prachi's picture to show it to Ranbir." Rhea joined in.

"Tell him to have patience as we won't let him have even a glimpse of Prachi before the rituals begin." Shahana smiled sneakily.

"Now, do you want to come in or is your work is over here?" Rhea smirked.

Sunny and Aryan hung their head and went back dejectedly.

"Who was it?" Prachi enquired.

"Troublemakers." Rhea and Shahana replied. "You need not to bother about them."

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Rhea scuttled across the hall. The rituals had began and Pragya had asked her to inform Prachi that she would be called downstairs any moment. She needed to give Prachi the last moment touch up.

In the hurry, she failed to notice the solid person in front of her and dashed into him. Before she could fall down as a result of the collision, the person held her by the waist securely. The two pairs of eyes met and got lost in each other.

A girl's giggle brought them out of the trance.

"Thank you for saving me." Rhea said shyly.

"Mention not. Btw, it's Sid here." he introduced himself.

"Myself Rhea Mehra." she smiled.

Before they could talk more, Pragya's voice called out to Rhea from somewhere.

"Sorry, I need to go." Rhea apologized.

"Hope we meet again soon." Sid said dreamily behind her.

Rhea entered Prachi's room with a large smile lightning up her face.

"Did you meet anyone special?" Shahana teased.

"No......What made you think so?" she lied.

Prachi twisted her ear, making her wince. "Don't you know better than lying to your sisters?"

"Ow! Leave my poor ear. What did I do?" Rhea tried to act innocent.

"What is this then?" Prachi showed Rhea a picture of her in Sid's arms.

"Who captured it?" Rhea asked.

"I thought of showing our new jiju to Prachi." Shahana grinned.

"You! I can't beat Prachi as it's her special day today but I won't spare you." Rhea began chasing Shahana in the room.

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"Tell him to finish the first part quicker." Ranbir whispered to Aryan while pointing at the Pandit who according to Ranbir was chanting the mantras at the slowest possible pace.

"Just 5 minutes more bro." Aryan pacified him.

"You have been telling this since the last half an hour." he whined. "This is the longest I have gone without seeing Prachi since the last two years. I can't wait more."

Ranbir was rewarded with a smack on the back of his head by Vikram.

"You never payed attention to studies, at least concentrate during your marriage." he scolded.

"Don't spoil your mood. Your bride is here." Sunny turned Ranbir's head towards the staircase.

Prachi descended down the stairs with the grace of Venus. Everyone's eyes were stuck on her. But hers were on the person who resided in her heart. She blushed slightly on seeing his jaws dropped to the ground.

"Pandit ji has said there is still some time for the auspicious moment, why don't we click some pictures till then?" Shahana suggested.

Prachi nodded her head buy Ranbir was still ogling at her.

"Bro, if you don't move, we will dress up someone else as the groom for clicking the pictures, may be even marriage......." Aryan started whispering before Ranbir shouted.

The youngsters giggled at him.

"You will remain the baklu you are." Prachi remarked.

"But my chikchiki is looking no less than a divine being today." he complimented.

"You are looking good too."

"Only good?" he acted to be offended.

"Should I take it back in return of nothing?" Prachi glared.

"No. I'm fine with good."

Prachi laughed. "You are my Prince Charming." she said making him dance mentally.

Next, they clicked a lot of pictures for memories.

"We have enough memories for Eenu and Tinu." Ranbir comment.

"Who are Eenu and Tinu?" Prachi was confused.

"Our future kids." Ranbir grinned widely while Prachi smacked his arm.

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Ranbir filled Prachi's hairline with vermilion and tied the nuptial chain around her neck. The priest declared them husband and wife and asked them to take blessings from the elders.

This was when Ranbir's shoes were found to be missing.

"Now my sisters will make you pay in the literal sense."

"Not so soon. I knew this would happen, so I had given the responsibility of my shoes to Aryan." Ranbir said victoriously.

He gestured Aryan to give his shoes but all Aryan could give him was a sorry look.

"By any chance, are you searching for this?" Shahana showed a pair of shoes in her hands.

"How did you get it?" Ranbir was astonished.

Flashback~

Ranbir gave his shoes to Aryan for safe keeping. Barely had he gone, when Shahana approached Aryan.

She looked at him innocently and smiled making his heart flutter.

Yet, he was clever enough to compose himself back quickly.

"Your tricks won't work." he avoided looking at her.

"Nothing will work?" she enquired?

"Absolutely nothing." he confirmed.

Out of the blue, Shahana kissed him lightly on the cheek.

(Sorry for the image resolution, but this is the best I could find.)

"Not even if you get a level more of this after the wedding is over?" she raised an eyebrow.

Aryan was more than ready to give her the shoes now.

Flashback ends~

"Traitor! You traded my shoes for your benefit." Ranbir accused.

"As if you wouldn't had done the same if you were in my place." Aryan pointed.

"Where is our gifts?" Rhea forwarded her hand.

Ranbir fished out two boxes from his pocket and handed it to his sister-in-laws.

They opened it to find a pair of earrings, each gifted according to their choices. They thanked him.

Pranbir were momentarily separated when the ladies took away Prachi to their new bedroom. Ranbir went there after a few minutes.

"Have a good night." Rhea and Shahana winked and ran away.

Ranbir entered the room and his eyes fell on his beautiful wife waiting for him on the bed. They would begin a new phase of their relationship henceforth. He closed the door.

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Here goes the epilogue.

Solely_Pranbir are you satisfied now? 😁😁

This brings a complete end to this journey. Thank you for supporting me in it. This is the first fan fiction I ever wrote. When I started writing it, I never thought to complete it. How could an inexperienced writer who just passed her class X know that you all will shower so much love on her story? Thank you everyone for sticking by this till the end.