Nithya looked into his eyes, it conveyed his love for her.

But suddenly her expression changed into a deadly glare. She glared at him for a moment and got down from the car.

"Nithya.. wait" Raghav shouted but she didn't respond to him and started walking.

"Give me a minute Nithya..." He pleaded her, but she didn't let him to talk to her.

Suddenly, their mobiles started ringing at the same time. They looked at eachother in confusion and took out their mobiles.

Nithya's mother had called her, while Sindhu had called Raghav.

"Hello." Nithya attended the call first.

"Where are you Nithya? It's raining here." Tharani asked her in worry.

"I just reached here ma, I'll come home in two minutes." Nithya replied.

"Thank god! Come soon di." Her mom told and ended the call.

"Hello Sindhu?" On hearing Sindhu's name, Nithya turned towards him.

"Where are you Raghav?" Sindhu asked him.

"Just reached home and parked the car. What happened Sindhu?"

"You come to Nithya's house now.." Sindhu ordered him.

"What? Why?" Raghav asked in confusion.

"Just come here da and aunty is also here, so don't worry." Sindhu told him and ended the call.

Raghav looked at Nithya, who was raising her eyebrows and asking him what happened.

"Sindhu asked me to come to your house." He told her.

"Oh, she had come home. I forgot to tell you." Nithya replied and started walking towards her house.

"Nithya.  " Before Raghav could say anything, she showed her palm and stopped him.

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Few hours back.

Nithya had got a call from her hospital asking her to attend an important surgery. Sindhu and Shravan had just reached there, and Nithya had to leave immediately.

"I'll try to come home as early as possible Sindhu." Nithya promised her sister.

"Okay di,we will wait till you come." Sindhu replied with a smile.

Nithya left to hospital, and Sindhu decided to make use of this time to convince her family.
She called Vicky and told him a quick plan.

Vicky agreed and went to meet Raghav's mother, Sharadha.

"Hey Vicky! What a surprise!!" Sharadha smiled.

"How are you maa?"

"I'm fine da, how are you? How is Anitha?"

"We both are fine, Anitha went to Cochin last week."

"Oh okay, so what's the reason for your surprise visit?"

"Maa.. as you know.. Raghav, me, Sindhu and Yazhini are one gang. Except Raghav and me, the girls got married. And if I get married to or even if I think of getting married to another girl, Anitha would kill me." Vicky told her.

"Haha so?"

"Do you have any idea on how Raghav's wife should be?" Vicky asked her nervously.

"I don't have any preferences Vicky. Raghav should like that girl. That's the only wish I have."

"Then... Your daughter in law is ready!" Vicky told her.

"What? Who is that girl?" Sharadha asked him eagerly.

"Nithya."

"Our Nithya? Are you talking about Sindhu's cousin?" She asked him with a joyous face.

"Yes maa." Vicky replied little relaxed on seeing her expression.

"Are they both in love?"

"Don't know maa. But with the way they both are behaving, we have almost confirmed that they both love eachother. And even if they haven't confessed yet, we can proceed it as an arranged marriage na... That's why."

"Nithya is a perfect match for Raghav! Even I was thinking about asking this to Sindhu's mom."

Vicky sighed in relief, and took her to Nithya's house.

Sindhu and Shravan's job was also very easy as Nithya's parents liked Raghav very much.

"I'm so happy that Nithya is getting married and going to stay closer to me." Tharani exclaimed in joy.

"They both haven't agreed to it, Tharani." Subash told her.

"Uncle, you haven't seen them together. We all suspect whether they had a secret wedding." Vicky told him rolling his eyes.

"Raghav is such a nice guy, and I've heard nithya praising him." Tharani added.

"So, once they reach here, let's ask them what's going on and make them agree for this wedding." Sindhu told them sternly.

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Back to present.

Nithya rang the doorbell and Sindhu opened the door. Sindhu smiled at her, but she didn't even look at her face and walked inside. Raghav, who was following her, stopped on seeing Sindhu with a questioning expression. "Later." Raghav mouthed and walked in leaving Sindhu in confusion.

"Hi Nithya." Sharadha greeted her.

"Hi aunty! How are you?!" Nithya asked her.

"I'm fine, come and sit here." She moved a bit and asked Nithya to sit next to her.

"How are you Raghav?" Subash asked him as he entered inside.

"I'm fine uncle." His eyes landed on Vicky, who was also there. "What are you doing here Vicky?"

"Just came to check on you da!" He winked.

"Nithya.. we were discussing about something." Subash started slowly..

"What pa?"

"That.. help me Tharani." He seeked his wife's help.

"She's your darling daughter na, you yourself tell her." She told him.

"We were discussing that... it would be nice if.. you and Raghav get married." Subhash broke the news with a lot of struggles. Nithya immediately looked at Raghav and he shook his head horizontally saying that he's not a part of it.

"No!" She told sternly and went inside her room. Raghav immediately followed her leaving others in utter shock and confusion.

"I'll go and talk to them" Sindhu said and went inside. Shravan and Vicky also went along.

"What's wrong with you Nithya?" Raghav asked her.

Before nithya could reply, Sindhu came in. "What the hell is happening between you too!" She shouted angrily.

"This is our personal issue Sindhu, please.." Nithya told her.

"Oh you both would be openly flirting and if we tried to convince your parents and get their consent, it's not right huh?" She asked her.

"It's not that Sindhu..." Raghav tried to calm her.

"I'm not convinced yet!" Nithya told him.

"What's your problem Nithya?" Raghav asked her tiredly.

"Is that a way to propose a girl?" She questioned him.

"I thought a you would like a simple and straightforward proposal." He replied honestly.

"Yes, I do like it. But that doesn't mean that you can be so unromantic."

"Did you find that unromantic? You know how many times I practiced in front of the mirror?"

"Hello mister, you are proposing a girl and not gonna give a speech!." Nithya told him in anger.

"Madam, you fell in love with a crime fiction writer and not a romance writer." He reminded her.

"CAN YOU BOTH PLEASE STOP IT!!" Sindhu shouted on top of her voice.

"What do you want Sindhu?" Nithya asked her calmly.

"Just answer my question. What is your actual problem Nithya? Raghav's proposal or the way Raghav proposed you?" Sindhu asked them.

"Of course the way I proposed." Raghav replied.

"I'm asking her, you stay quiet." Sindhu ordered.

"Yes, it's the way he proposed." Nithya told her.

Vicky furiously hit himself at the wall.

"So, you knew that she would accept your proposal?" Shravan asked Raghav.

"Yes." Raghav replied looking into Nithya's eyes, while she couldn't control her blush..

"We are not yet done with the discussion, you can continue your romance later." Vicky warned them.

"Then why didn't you accept his proposal Nithya?" Sindhu asked her as she was already tired with their drama.

"Do you know how he proposed me? Inside  the car and that too in the basement car parking. No cheesy, flimy pickup lines, no gifts, no roses nothing! He just held my hand and said "will you marry me?" Do you know how much I had dreamt about his proposal. He crashed all my dreams with a single sentence." Nithya said glaring at him while he held his ears and apologized cutely.

Sindhu was about to faint while Shravan held her and made her sit on the bed.

"What are you two? Are you guys humans or aliens?" Vicky asked them in shock.

"What?"

"She was arguing as if he did some crime and you were also answering it!" Vicky told him.

"I don't know whether you'd agree to this or not. I want you both to get married as soon as possible!" Sindhu declared and walked out of the room.

"Does anyone want to have a coffee? Because I'm gonna make on for me!" Sindhu asked the elders.

"Please we both need too Sindhu, for the headache they both caused, I need to have two strong coffees." Shravan told her.

"What happened Shravan?" Subash asked him in worry.

"You see it by yourself uncle." Vicky pointed the door, Raghav and Nithya were smiling and walking towards the hall.

Nithya hugged her mother happily, while Raghav went and sat beside his mom.

"Drama king and drama queen!" Sindhu muttered.

"We both are ready for the marriage." Raghav told his mom while Nithya blushed hard.

Sindhu called Yazhini and Anitha and informed them what had happened. They both were shocked as well.

Raghav and Sharadha had dinner along with Nithya's family and went home late at night.

"Are you happy maa?" Raghav asked his mother as they reached home.

"I'm very happy da! You are happy right?" She asked him.

"Yes maa.. I was planning to tell you after proposing her.. but Sindhu and Vicky made my work easy!" He chuckled.

"Haha yes. What were you all talking inside the room?"

"I'll tell you about that someother day. Now it's already late, you sleep maa."

"Good night da!" She kissed his forehead.

"Good night maa." Raghav wished her and went out of her room. He locked the house, and went near the swimming pool, their usual place.

Nithya came there after five minutes. She sat beside him and leaned on his shoulder.

"What took you so long?" Raghav asked her.

"Sindhu was torturing me with her questions." Nithya sighed.

"Haha! It was fun right!"

"Yeah.."

"Are you really okay with getting married now?" Raghav asked her.

"Yes Raghav, why are you asking me!"

"Just asked"

They both sat there for some time talking some random things, until it started drizzling.

"Let's go home. It's raining." Raghav told her.

"Five more minutes..." She pleaded.

He pressed his forehead with hers and said "if the doctor herself falls sick, then who will take care of her?"
Nithya smiled and nodded her head. They both went home happily, with a new excitement of getting married.

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THE END

See you all soon with the epilogue ❤️