So how is my surprise? Four updates in one day. 

So that was my birthday surprise for you all. Hope you all loved it. And I hope you are ready because in the next chapter, they are getting married. So fasten your seat belts to journey through their crazy romance after marriage.

Till then take care and thank you for all the beautiful birthday wishes and comments.

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***Ramya's POV.***

"How do you feel, Kate?" I ask her.

"I am fine. It was just a sprain as Jai said and he fixed it. And now I am as good as new." She says with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"What else happened?" I ask suspiciously.

"Nothing. Well we have to get ready for your haldi. I am going to have so much fun painting your face with it." She says and I let the topic go.

"But don't overdo it." I say and go down after I get Mum's message.

"How is everything going so far, Mum?" I ask.

"Good, dear. Oh you look beautiful." She says holding me by my shoulders.

"I know." I say with a wink.

"Ruha Ji. Just a few more minutes. First we will apply this haldi to Reyansh then give it to you for Ramya." Aunty says.

"Why him first? Why not me? I am already in the color of his love. So he should apply the Haldi which is applied to me first." I say.

"You are not wrong actually. You know what, Reyansh is late so maybe you should get haldi first." Aunty says.

"That's perfect." I say and message my friends to come down for my haldi.

I sit down on the small dias and wait for everyone to line up to apply Haldi on me as per change of plans. Just before Kavya aunty could apply it, Reyansh takes the bowl away.

"I thought my haldi was first, Mom." Reyansh says and I look at him in surprise.

"Yes. But we changed plans and Ramya's haldi would be first. Now put the bowl down and get out of here. You are not supposed to be here, Reyansh." She says.

"No. First my haldi then hers." He says.

"Reyansh! Give it back." Aunty says and goes to take the bowl but it slips from Reyansh's hand and Haldi gets on his clothes and hand.

"Look what you did Mom." He complains.

"What did I do? It was your fault. When did you become such a baby, Reyansh? Now all the haldi is spoiled." Aunty says.

"Don't worry, Aunty. We have more." Zain says and puts another bowl on the table, "Let's get you cleaned up, Reyansh till then Bhabhi Jaan can get haldi then you can. You should be colored in her love rather than the other way around."

"Listen to your friend." Aunty says tugging at Reyansh's ear a little.

"Okay. I will get cleaned up then. Sorry, Ramya." Reyansh says and they leave.

Everything that happened seemed so weird that I couldn't stop thinking about it. Reyansh is not the type of person to create a scene like this. For the past two-three days he has been acting differently and nothing like the Reyansh I know.

I shake the thought away for now and enjoy my Haldi with my friends and family. My friends pour the cool water they brought for me over my head and smile widely. I let them do all the mischief as one day my turn to punish them would come too.

Later in the evening, my friends arranged for the bachelorette party and Arlo brought a cocktail dress for me for that occasion. It doesn't involve any elders. Just me and my friends which I know would get boring. So I invited Mayra and Arya along with Jiju and Bhai. I also invited some of my cousins and Reyansh friends.

"Where are you going? To personally invite your husband-to-be." Arlo teases me.

"Maybe I am." I say.

"Why didn't you invite him before getting dressed like that?" Aisha asks.

"Because this way she will get his unwavering attention." Kate says and gives high-five to Arlo.

I roll my eyes and say, "Whatever. I will be back soon."

"Don't take too much time. Save some love for the wedding night, Ramu." Arlo says and thank goodness I am out of the room so they can't see my blush which I saw in the mirror of the hallways as I pass by them.

I am wearing a pink cami dress with a spaghetti strap and cowl neck. Usually I don't wear stuff like this but I am comfortable wearing it around the people I know. I also left my hair open and applied minimal make-up.

Just when I turn a corner Aunty sees me and says, "What are you doing here, Ramya? The party is downstairs."

"Yes. But I was here to invite Reyansh." I say.

"He can't come, dear." She says.

"But why?" I ask.

"Bride and groom aren't supposed to see each other after Haldi and also Reyansh looked very tired so I asked him to turn in early as you both have to wake up early as the wedding is in the morning." She says.

"Oh!" I say.

"I am sorry, dear." She says as she squeezes my hand.

"That's fine, Aunty." I say.

"Just one more day then I am dying to hear you call me Mom." She says with a smile and I smile back.

Disappointed, I went down for the party but couldn't enjoy it fully because I somehow missed him and his snarky but smart comments. But still I tried to as my friends deserve it and we play card games and truth and dare.

Mayra obviously chooses to dare and is asked to kiss her favorite person on their cutest part of the body. She turns to Shaurya Jiju and he is waiting patiently and keeps waiting because Mayra bends to kiss Veer's cheek. We laugh at Jiju's funny expression.

"Not fair." He says and after a chuckle Mayra kisses his cheek too.

Arya takes the truth and is asked an embarrassing question to tell us where she spent her first romantic night with Bhai. Obviously that was Parth. Jeez, he is brazen. I roll my eyes at myself and think I am one to talk. Obviously it happened in London and I gave a teasing look to her. She hides her face in Bhai arms while he looks embarrassed too.

"At last it is Ramya's turn." Arlo says.

"So what will you have, Ramya? Truth or Dare." Aisha asks.

"Of course, dare." I say as I am not one to back out of a challenge and also two glasses of champagne has made me loosen up a little.

"Fine then. So your dare is..." Arlo says and we hear horn instead of what the dare is.

"Times up." Mum says.

"Oh come on, Aunty. We just came to a good part. It was finally Ramya's turn." Aisha complains, being a little drunk.

"No excuses. Ramya has to wake up early. So do you all. So get back to your room kids." She says and one by one everyone gets up.

I stop Arlo and ask, "What was the dare you planned for me by the way?"

"Nothing, we just wanted you to sneak into Reyansh's room and get his specs here. So you can give it back to him tomorrow and confuse him." He says.

"Not bad." I say with a secret smile.

After everybody gets back to their room and it is almost midnight, I sneak out of the new room and walk towards Reyansh's room again and wish I meet no one else on my way. But I was not that lucky as I saw Jai and Zain getting out of his room.

I hide and see them going away and Reyansh turns back in his room not closing his door fully. So I slide my heels a little distance so the door doesn't close fully. As soon as his friends are gone, I walk up to his room and open the door very slowly and wear my heel back.

He is not in the room but I see his bathroom lights are on. Reyansh rarely takes his glasses off and if he does it is always beside his laptop. Always. I think and smile as I look at them right on the table beside his laptop.

But shouldn't he be asleep? Maybe his friends came to check on him and he woke up. Before he comes back, I take his glasses and put them in my jacket which I wore over my dress. I turn to go when I bump into someone and a pair of arms encircle my waist.

"What are you doing here so late, Ramya?" Reyansh asks.

His hair is wet which means he was in shower. The scent of light soap makes me more relaxed than the champagne I had. My eyes look at him through lashes and something in the atmosphere changes. His eyes for the first time flicker to my lips.

"Don't look at me like that." He says as his eyes come back to mine.

"Like how?" I ask daring to look up.

"You don't know how to kiss." He says and I blink.

"Well, that's offensive. You didn't complain last two times." I say trying to get out of his arms.

"Well you didn't give me much time." He says as he scratches his forehead.

"Well thanks for the review." I say and finally get out of his arm when I see him wince, "What happened?"

"What do you mean?" He asks with a frown.

"Show me your hand." I say.

"Why?" He asks as his frown gets deeper.

"Just show me." I demand.

"Fine. Here." He says giving me his left hand.

"No, the right one." I say.

"No." He says and looks away.

"Show me, Reyansh." I say softly.

When he gives me his hand, I see his hand has red rashes and I ask, "How did this happen?"

"Nothing. Just a minor allergy." He says and I frown.

"Because of what exactly?" I ask, getting concerned. It has covered all over his hand.

"I don't know what kind of cream. But I am fine now. Mom applied some ointment and asked me to apply it again." He says.

"Let me do it then. Where is it?" I ask.

"I can do it." He says.

"No, just tell me where it is." I say.

He sighs and goes to bring the ointment. I take out some and apply it on his rashes. When he winces slightly, I blow on it lightly to make him feel a little comfortable. After I am done, we sit there for a few seconds.

"Let me drop you to your room." He says.

"No I can manage." I say.

"No. I can't send you alone. Not dressed like this. You shouldn't have come here in the first place. By the way, what were you doing here?" He asks.

"I... I came to invite you earlier but Aunty said you were tired so I came to check on you. Well I was right to do that." I say to distract him.

"Let's go." He says and gets up.

The walk back to my room was silent and awkward. The supposed kiss not happening and him complaining about the last two not being up-par has made me feel self-conscious. I don't think I could ever initiate a kiss with him. But do I have to kiss him? What is the need? But the thought of never getting to kiss him is making me feel... sad.

"Here we are." He says.

"Thanks. Good night." I say and open the door.

"Good night." He says with a smile.

I wave at him and he turns to leave. But just before I close the door he stops it by putting his hand on it. And when I open the door he enters my room.

"This is what a kiss really means." He says and the next second his lips are on mine.

And he was right. I am an immature kisser but he is damn good one without comparison as I have no one to compare him with and maybe I never want to compare him with anyone. But soon my thoughts get too muddled to think about anything else but feel the kiss which I never expected him to initiate. It was a surprise attack.