It is an interesting tale which depicts, "I don't want to get married" to "How the hell am I supposed to convince them to get me married!"
Prompt by @indian_fanfics
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Everyone looked at the door only to find an old man along with a woman wearing a saree and the pallu covering her head. It was the man who had asked them to stop.
"What happened? Why did you ask us to stop?" asked Asha. "Actually, can my daughter apply Haldi to her first? She had vowed that if her marriage gets fixed then she will apply Haldi to five brides. She has already applied Haldi to four girls. If you allow her to apply Haldi, then her vow will be fulfilled", replied the man.
Asha nodded with a smile and said, "Sure! Please come and apply Haldi to out Sona and bless her." The man patted the woman's shoulder and she walked to Sonakshi.
"Can I use the washroom?" asked the old man. "Sure! Zoya, please take him to the washroom", said Asha and Zoya nodded with a smile. The man smirked and went with Zoya.
The woman sat in front of Sonakshi and applied the paste on her cheeks. Sonakshi instantly felt as if Dev touched her. She tried to peek into the pallu of the woman but she didn't get any success.
She pouted but then saw the engagement ring on the woman's finger. She came to know that the person was Dev who was disguised as a woman to apply Haldi to her. She tried to control her squeal but wasn't able to control the smile on her face.
Dev subtly lifted the pallu and winked at her. She grinned at him and then tried to become normal again.
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"Uncle, this is the washroom", said Zoya as they were standing outside the washroom of the guest room. "I don't need to use it", said the man. Zoya got confused and asked, "Then why did you tell me that you wanted to use the washroom?"
"To spend time with you", saying this, the man pulled Zoya to him by wrapping his arm around her waist. She gasped and said, "Aapko sharam nahi aati? Aap humare Dadujaan ki umar ke hain." (Don't you feel ashamed? You are almost of the age of my grandfather.)
All this time, the man had a shrill voice but then he asked in his original voice, "Really? Then why did you get engaged to this old man?" Zoya was surprised because this voice belonged to Aditya.
Was she so in love that she had even started imagining his voice? She again tried to get away from him but she saw the engagement ring on his finger. She gasped and asked, "Aditya?"
The man who was disguised as an old man was none other than Aditya. He grinned at her and slightly pulled down his fake, white beard. Her eyes widened in surprise and she could hardly speak anything.
"What are you doing here?" asked Zoya. "Dev wanted to apply Haldi to Sona. So, I just came up with this plan to help him. Aur tumhe humare hone wale bachchon ki kasam! Tum yeh kisiko nahi bataogi", said Aditya. (Swear on our future kids that you won't tell this to anyone.)
