Aarav's POV

While we were nearly half way through, the clouds darkened and it suddenly started raining heavily. Even the rain is not working in favour of me 😑.

She turned back and looked at me with a smirk," come on let's run" she told and covered us with her saree pallu (mundhanai - the excess cloth of a saree which is usually put on the shoulder, even google akka doesn't have a proper definition for it)

We both were completely drenched before we reached the tree. "I would've brought an umbrella if I knew it would rain today" she sighed. "Yeah" I told while she was busy twisting her pallu drying it. My eyes which were seeing the rain averted to her face.

There were drops of water on her face, her saree was wet and sticking to her body.

Her hair was wet so she opened it, few droplets from her hair fell on me. Omg. A strand of hair fell on her face with water dropping from it.

Without my knowledge, my hand automatically moved and tucked it behind her ear. She stopped her work and looked at me with her big doe eyes in shock.

Her lips were parted, cheeks were pink and she was breathing heavily like me.

We both were drowning in eachother's eyes. Her eyes held many emotions, many words which weren't spoken. My mind stopped working and heartbeat became swift.

Suddenly,  thunder struck a tree far away and the next second, her head was on my chest.

She was closing her eyes tightly and her lips were shivering. Butterflies burst in my stomach. This was an entirely new feeling for me.

Have I fallen for her? After the minute or so, the rain seemed to have stopped.

"Kuttu" I called softly and slowly parted her from me. She didn't dare to look up into my eyes. She was clutching my shirt tightly, I eyed at it and she left it slowly.

We both moved a step away from eachother and she was fidgeting with the hem of her pallu which clearly showed that she was nervous. My heartbeat resisted to slowdown.

"The rain stopped, shall we?" I asked which was barely a whisper. She nodded softly and followed me. The tint of pink on her cheeks never left. We both reached home after a few minutes ride, she was quite the whole time.

She got down the bike actually jumped down due to her height and murmured," sorry". I bent down a little making eye contact with her and said," please don't be". She didn't reply but ran inside the home with a small smile.

Agalya's POV

That moment under the Banyan tree was magical. I was able to hear his fast heartbeat clearly when my ear was on his chest. I couldn't help the pink tint on my cheeks. I'm sure with the fact that I love him but does he like me too?

If he loves me, I'm even ready to go against my anna and family for him. But I'm not sure of his feelings for me. Sometimes he treats me like his girlfriend and sometimes like his sister. He's really confusing.

The next few days went really busy, we both were given tons of work to do. I guess I was the same with him except for a new trait, vekkam (shyness). I wasn't able to maintain eye contact with him.

It was the reception night, we both organised the stage decoration and I hoped it had come out well. Everyone appreciated the work, Yazhu literally jumped on me seeing the stage decor.

I went to the room and changed my dress, obviously into a saree. Did some makeup and wore the jewels. My joy knew no bounds seeing my reflection on the mirror.

I opened my door while the opposite door opened too, revealing my sizzling handsome Bobby. He looked really stylish in that tuxedo. I wish I could hear his heartbeat once more, urgh my mind is becoming crappier day to day.

"Looking hot Bobby" I told with smiling. "Not more than you Kuttu, you're heavenly " he complemented. I covered my face with my palms, I didn't want him to see me blushing furiously.

We both went down and met with Aki and Yazhu. They both were looking marvellous. I too got a lot of complements from my parents, grandma, Yazhu and aunts but the top notch was Aki, it's the first time in my life that he told me that I'm looking good. Yazhu has did some magic on him it seems.

The reception went well with us taking tons of pictures. He was glancing at me often and got caught few times too.

Whenever he gets caught, he pretended to look somewhere else. Thank god I didn't have any cousins whom I could marry or else he would've eaten them alive.

After the reception, you guys know what's next! Bachelorette party! There weren't many girls only me, Yazhu and few other cousins of Yazhu.

I was sure that the guys would be on the top floor celebrating bachelor party, obvio not without alcohol.

We had a blast, we five girls danced, enacted and ate a lot of junk foods. Usually the weddings are held early in the morning but tomorrow had good time only at 10 am so we don't need to wake up at 2 or 3 AM.

After enjoying for just an hour, Yazhu's mom knocked and strictly asked us to sleep. We obeyed her and lied on the bed but I totally knew Yazhu wouldn't be asleep. Only we both were in that room so I asked her, "Yazhu you asleep?".

"You guess I could?" She replied immediately. "I'm scared Agu. New life, away from parents, he's loving and all but still I'm feeling quite unrest." She told holding my hand tightly.

"Everything will be alright Yazhu. You know about Aki right, trust him. He has anger management issues but I'm sure he'll take care of you like princess" I told calmly.

"Hmm, I trust him a lot di. I thought of him as a beast before but he's a child inside. I'm sure that I made the right choice and thanks for all the help you did, I don't think we'll be together without you and Bobby" she told.

"No thanks between friends *correction* sisters in law" I told and we both laughed. "And Yazhu, I need to tell you an important thing. I'll tell you after we reach Muscat. Ok?" I told and she agreed.

Time skip: 10 hours later

Aki tied the nuptial thread on Yazhu's neck and everyone showered rice on them. They're married now!!!!! The joy of our parents knew no bound. I cried a little bit without my knowledge, Aki wiped it lovingly. We all had a group hug.

But one person was missing, Bobby. I saw him in the morning, he was looking really manly in traditional tamil dress. I wasn't able to take my eyes off of him.

But 🙁 he ignored me and went, he looked up at me for a fraction of second and averted his eyes. He didn't even speak properly to me. I complemented him and when I asked him how I'm looking, he told," good" and walked away.

I spotted him few times but he didn't even stop. He was all good yesterday but what happened in one night? Did something happen in the bachelor party?

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Hey Newtons and Einsteins,

Question of the day

Comment a sentence or a poem or a movie dialogue etc which you love in your mother tongue, with English meaning please

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