I stared at my hands, as they were filled with the intricate, minute and beautiful mehendi designs. Right under my engagement ring, in small letters 'sidkiara' was written. I looked in my mirror. I was completely adorned with jewellery and the hairstylist had done a fancy hairstyle on me.

This feeling...it just feels so..surreal. I am getting married in two days! Unbelievable.

"Agreed. It's unbelievable. You are getting married day after tomorrow!" My mom said as she placed a kiss on my forehead. I hugged her tightly, as if I was never going to let go.

"Tera aaj yeh haal hai, toh paros kya hoga?" My mom said between her laughs and I let out a chuckle.

Baba, I hope you are here. I hope that you are smiling, looking at us. I hope you feel that my decision is right, because it is. I hope that you are here continuously. I hope that your hand is on my and Siddharth's head, blessing us. I love you so much, Baba.

♠️

[Texts between Siddharth and Kiara]

Siddharth
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Kiara
Hey!

Why is my family so weird-? 😭

What happened -_-

They are fighting over some decorations ughhhhh

Lol really?

Yupppppppppp

You need to stop. It's annoying.

Shaadi se pehle hi mein annoying lagne laga hu tujhe.

Why are you so over, idiot?

Idk.

Go dance, it is your sangeet.

You only go and dance.

Obviously.
I am going to dance 💃🏻💃🏻
Bye love❤️

Whatever.

♠️

I was given a seat in the first row and that too the middle seat. Why? Cause it's my wedding!

There was a small stage in the banquet hall where we were celebrating the sangeet function. I was surprised to see Shraddha and Varun ascend the stage, together. Each one of them had a microphone in their hands.

"Swagatam! Suswagatam!" Shraddha said with her ever charming (not to forget, rare) smile of hers.

"We are here to celebrate Kiara, this evening. I love you, Ki! And I am so excited for your shaadi!" Shraddha said and I just smiled at her.

Taking out my phone, I started clicking pictures as Varun continued.

"I hate you, Ki. But, even I am excited for your shaadi. After all, you are going to me my bhabhi at the end of this." he said and I cringed at 'bhabhi'.

"I HATE YOU TOO DEVAR JI" I yelled back, earning a roar of laughter from many people.

"Ignoring this, I would love to start today's programme!" Shraddha said.

"First up, we have cute little Maitraiyee performing for us!" Varun said and everybody clapped and hooted.

Maitraiyee is my elder cousin Natasha's eight year old daughter.

She went up on the stage, dressed in a traditional ghagra with beautiful embroidery and mirror work on it. She bowed down, folding her hands in a namaste and started dancing on 'Chogada Tara'.

Natasha and her husband, Dev were busy recording the dance while I simply clapped and adored my niece.

"That was just amazing! I am going to have to learn some moves from you Maitraiyee!" Shraddha said as Maitraiyee left the stage and the duo went up again.

I kissed my niece's cheek, praising her dance while she simply giggled, hugging me.

"Next up, we have the bridesmaids team!" Varun announced and two of my school friends and two of my cousins came upon stage and grooved on 'Shubhaarambh'.

O, what a lovely song!

♠️

As I started eating my dinner, I received a text from Siddharth. Again!?

Don't eat desert!

No.
Please.

Shut up.
Babyyyyyy

Stop.
Please🥺

Why? 😫

It's a surprise😁

Lemme guess. You want to go to sarafa?

That's.
My.
Girl.
We're soulmates😍😘

Fine

♠️

"Wow. You look beautiful!" Siddharth commented as he saw me.

"You don't look so bad yourself" I said as I took in sight, his embroidered emerald green kurta.

Honestly, he looked too good.

"I am driving" I said as I took the keys out of his pocket.

"Obviously" he mumbled.

♠️

"Ahhhh! My stomach hurts now" I said as I hopped off the bike.

"I know right"

"Good night" I mumbled, placing a kiss on Siddharth's cheek.

As I turned to move away, Siddharth gently held my arm and hugged her from the back.

"Siddharth? What happened?" I asked in a soft voice, sensing something was wrong with him.

"It's just" he started to say something but left the sentence midway.

"What happened?"

"Nothing." Siddharth said with a soft smile. I decided that it was best if I leave the topic.

"Good night love" he said with a smile- this time it was genuine, I knew it.

"Night" I mumbled, walking away.

As I went through the passages and climbed on the staircases, leading me to me room, I felt my heartbeat increase.

I went to open my room, but I heard faint sounds of someone giggling. It was past midnight. Who is awake right now?

"Oh my God..you actually did that?" Shraddha whisper shouted to Varun, as she clutched her stomach, laughing her ass off.

Varun's eyes had a twinkle in them. And Shraddha was laughing.

I couldn't believe my eyes. I really couldn't. They both got something they didn't have for a long time. Varun's twinkle of hope and Shraddha's laughing and happy heart.

Now I just hope that they find each other, all over again.

Heyyy!!! (I remembered that I had a draft waiting to be publish today🥲)
A bit of SidKiara & VarShra both <3
Shraddha and Varun are reconnecting again...how do we feel about this?
What is bothering Siddharth?

Aaaaaand I have a question- is the story feeling tooooooo dramatic-? Lemme know!

Also, I have published a new book "Cookies and Coffee". Do give it a chance, I hope you like it!

Love love!
Surabhi✨