Sonu's POV

I walked into the balcony only to see Sweety already standing there.

"Kyu Sweety Ji haarne ke liye thaiyaar? (So Sweety ready to fail?)"

I asked with confidence. She didn't say anything instead she handed me a file, and right then and there I knew she had the power to break my wedding.

"Haan (Yes)" She said.

I glanced at the file it contained information about every single con Somya had done over the years. 

"Tumeh yeh kahan se mila? (Where did you find this?)"

"Naatak band kar, Sonu main tumeh bohot acche se jaanti hoon aghar tum caahthe the ki yeh mere haath na lage toh kabhi nehi lagthe, tum caahthe the ki main yeh doond nikaloon, tum caahthe the ki main yeh shaadi todoon (stop pretending I know that if you didn't wanted me to find this then I would have never found this you want me to break this wedding)" 

I rolled my eyes.

"Tum caahthe the ki main yeh lekar Titu ke paas jaaon thaaki woh mera baroosa na kare aur mujeh aur bhi hate karne lage (You wanted me to take this to Titu so that he wont believe me again and hate me even more)"

"Sweety suno....(Sweety listen)" 

"Nehi sunna, main uthni buri nehi hoon jithna tum mujeh samajthe ho, aghar tum caahthe the ki main tumhari life se door rahoon toh bas bata dethe main kabhi tumeh apna shakal nehi dikathi lekin abb toh nehi jaaongi mein kyuki mujeh bhi dekhna hai ki abb tum iss fake shaadi se kaise nikaloge, Kyuki woh jo ladki hai na mujse bhi zyaada chaalu hai tujeh lootke hi jaayegi woh mazaa aayega dekhne mein (I don't want to listen, I am not as bad as you think I am, If you wished that I stay away from your life all you had to do was say so I would have never showed you my face ever again, but now I am not going to go because I wanna see how you are going to get out of this fake wedding, because that girl over there is more cunning than I am she is not gonna leave without robbing you; it will be fun to watch)" 

Sweety said and walked away.

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I was rattled, confused and sad as I walked away from my talk with Sweety all I wanted to do at that moment was to rush to Somya so that we could talk and that's exactly what I did but as I walked into her room I saw her all dressed up in a pink and yellow lehenga as she was all dressed up for our haldi function and after seeing her like that I knew everything else could just wait. 

I walked up behind her, she smiled at me through the mirror. 

"Yeh baand doon? (Should I tie this?)"

I asked pointing at the threads on her blouse.

"Kyu? Mera haath nehi pohonjega kya? (Why? Won't my hand reach?)"

"Main pohanjana nehi caahtha na (I don't want them to reach)" 

I said as I ran my fingers through her back as I tied the strings.

"Tu na rom-com hero ki tharah dialogue mat maar (Don't say dialogues like you are a hero of a rom-com)" She said even as she blushed.

"Tumhara dialogue hai, aur wasie bhi hum kya rom-com couple se kam hai?  Fake shaadi thak kar rahe hai unke tharah (It's your dialogue, also we are nothing less than a rom-com couple we are even having a fake wedding)"

Somya turned towards me.

"Nehi-nehi hum dono unke tharah nehi hai woh log toh ek doosre ko haath thak nehi lagatha aur hum log na jaane kya kya lagathe hai (No-no we are nothing like them they don't even touch each other and with us I don't know what all touch)"

"Chee yaar (Eyeww)"

"Chalo T-shirt nikalo apna (Okay take off your T-shirt)"

"Kyu tumeh mujeh haath lagana hai? )Why? Is the touching starting now?)"

"Chee yaar (Eyeww)"

Somya said as she turned around and picked up a kurta from a chair.

"Mera mathlab tha ki ready ho jaao, baahar log wait kar rahe hai (I meant get ready, people are waiting outside)" 

She said as she turned around and continued getting ready as I changed my clothes. 

"Aur waise bhi yeh rom-com couples ko hamesha pyaar ho jaatha hai na (And also these rom-com couples always fall in love)"

Somya turned around and started buttoning my Kurta.

"Aur tumne hamare first time ki baat hi keh diya tha ki tum serious relationship nehi karthe (And you told me right after our first time that you don't do serious relationships)"

"Aur tumne mujeh sex ki paise diye the (and you paid me for sex)"

"Shhhhh, deere bolo koi sun lega (talk quietly someone will hear us)" She said shocked as she quickly closed the window next to us.

"Joot thodi bol raha hoon tumne diye toh the (I am not lying you did give me money)" 

"Aur tumne liye paise? (And did you take the money?)" 

"Abhi de do le loonga (give me now I will take it)" 

"Haar baar nehi milega, ithne bhi acche nehi ho tum (you won't get it every time, you are not that good)" 

"Jhooti (Liar)"

I said as I wrapped my hands around her and pulled her towards me.

"Lekin seriously bathaon, shaadi ki baath kya plan hai (but seriously tell me what is your plan after marriage)" 

"Mein shahar chodke jaa rahi hoon (I am leaving the city)" She said and I suddenly let her go.

"Mathlab kuch finalize nehi hua hai lekin, interview dene ki soch rahi hoon, aur waise bhi hamare beech mein toh yahi decide hua tha na ki yeh fake shaadi ke baath hum nehi milenge ek doosre se (Meaning, nothing has been finalized yet but I am thinking of giving an interview, and anyhow we did decide between us that after the wedding we wont meet each other)" 

"Haan decide toh wahi hua tha (Yes that's what we decided)" 

"Chalo abb der mat karo kal shaadi hai hamari (okay now let's not get late, it's our wedding tomorrow)" 

Somya said as she stepped forward held my chin as she kissed me on the cheeks, we held hands as we walked outside where all of my friends and family was waiting for us we sat in the middle as everyone smeared haldi on our faces, Somya who was sitting besides me took a handful of haldi and smeared it on my cheeks, I leaned in towards her and rubbed my cheeks against hers. At that moment there was only one thought that was running through my mind- "I don't want this moment to end.....ever; maybe because I knew what was on the other side.

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"Almost saare guest aa chuke hai aur sab ko hotel main check in bhi kara liya maine, tumhare papa kab aa rahe hai? (Almost all guest are here and I checked them all in the hotel when is your dad coming?)" Titu asked.

"Actually woh nehi aa rahe hai (Actually he is not coming)" I said.

"Nehi aa rahe hai mathlab? Aise thodi hotha hai shaadi hai tumhari (What do you mean? That's not fair its your wedding)"

The truth was I never called my dad, firstly because it was a fake wedding and secondly because even if I was getting married for real I wouldn't really want him at my wedding he was absent for most of my life so it didn't matter if he was there or not.

"Maine call kiya tha woh busy hai chodo na kya farak padtha hai (I called him he is busy forget it, it don't matter)" 

I lied as I walked away from Titu because I knew if I stayed any longer he would keep asking me about it; as I was waking back to my room I saw Somya standing on the balcony she was still wearing the sparling purple lehenga she changed into after the haldi function and she was lost in her thoughts there were tears in her eyes, I quickly walked up to her.

"Kya hua? (What happened?)"  I asked.

She turned around and fixed herself up. 

"Kuch nehi chodo na (Nothing forget it)"

"Areeyy aise kaise kuch nehi? Kissi ne kuch kaha kya tumse? (What do you mean nothing? Did someone say something to you?)" 

"Tumhari mummy ne mujeh unke kangan diye (your mom gave me her bangles)" 

Somya said showing me the bangles in her wrist. How is this women so adorable?

"Aww, ye mummy bhi na sabko senti kar dethi hai (Aww, mummy always makes everyone so emotional)" 

I said cupping Somya's face and wiping her tears off with my thumb.

"Aaj thak kissi nehi mera uthna khyaal nehi rakha hai jithna Mummy ne rakha hai, jab kal shaadi nehi hoga toh unko kithna bura lagega? (Till date no one has taken so much care of me as mummy did, tomorrow when the wedding don't happen she is going to feel bad)"

"Haan lekin aghar Titu fir se Sweety ke paas chala jaatha na toh unko aur bura lagtha, isilliye toh humne yeh saare plan banaye the, tum figar mat karo mummy ko main sambaal loonga (Ya but if Titu had went back to Sweety so she would have felt even more bad, that's why we made this plan, don't worry about mummy I will handle it)"

"Chodo tum nehi samjoge (forget it you won't understand)" Somya said and started walking towards her room as usual I followed her.

"Toh samjao na (so explain it to me)" 

"Titu trust kartha hai mujpe, uska trust todne ka mann nehi kar raha mera, kal se bohot miss karne waali hoon main usko patha nehi usse baath baath pe behas kiye bina mujeh neend kaise aayegi (Titu, trusts me, I don't feel like breaking that trust, I am gonna miss him a lot from tomorrow I don't know how I am going to get a peaceful night of sleep without arguing with him over silly things)" 

I smiled.

"Aur kya miss karogi tum? (what else will you miss?)" 

"Sab kuch, mummy ke haat ka khana, tumhare ghar ke chatt pe jaake drink karna aur woh Titu ki........(Everything, mummy's food, drinking on the roof of your house, and Titu's......)"

"Mujeh miss nehi karogi? (You won't miss me?)"

"Sabse zyaada, ithna ki main tumeh batha bhi nehi sakthi, tumari kharaton se lekar gaalion thak sab ka aadat lag gaya hai mujeh (More than anything, so much that I can't even admit, I have gotten used to everything from your snoring to your swearing)" 

"Aadat toh mujeh bhi lag gaya hai tumhara, patha nehi kal se kaise manage karoongi tumhare bina; aaj kal toh tum do minute ke liye bhi idar udar chali jaathi ho na toh main miss kartha hoon tumko (Even I am used to you too, I don't know how can I manage without you from now on; you know these days even when you go somewhere even for a few minutes I start missing you)"

Somya looked at me with moist eyes, she leaned in held me by the back of my neck and kissed me, I kissed her back my arms automatically wrapping around her, I have kissed her a million times before but something about this felt different there was way more warmth, I slowly moved my hands as to not startle her and break the kiss as I picked her up in my arms her hands wrapped around my neck as I walked towards her room, I placed her on the bed a part of me told me to get out of there as soon as possible because if I go any further I won't be able to get over this night for the rest of my life, but there was another part of me who said moments like these only comes along once in every lifetime and if I let this moment go I would regret it for the rest of my life I tried to leave I really did but as I began to leave she held onto my hand and right then and there i knew which part of me I was going to listen to, as I laid down next to her we both leaned in and kissed again and as we parted we both had tears in our eyes and as I kissed her tears away I knew that tonight wasn't about the never ending sexual tension between us, it wasn't about having a last hurrah before we leave each other's life for good it was about us trying to savor every single moment we had with each other, I knew it she knew it, it was more obvious than ever that neither of us wanted to ever let go of each other but either of us never dared to say it, there was no denying it I was in love with the most amazing women in this world and even thought a part of me always tried to deny it, it was true and I finally wholeheartedly admitted it to myself even though I knew that tomorrow morning when I wake up she wont be here besides me.

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Dedicated my dearest friend and one of my biggest support system especially while writing this book Happy Birthday destinyistru3