From You and Me to We :- An Arrange Marriage Saga

The Shining Soul ⭐✨🌟

Sitting in 20th floor lavish cabin, our very own rockstar was lost in his thoughts. His mind was going back to the conversation he has had with his family to settle down and be married. After going through almost 50 unique profile of girls his family had given him one photograph and surprising he saw his DJ (dadujaan's) eyes shining.
His reverie was broken by a knock at his door when his DJ walked in. He asked Manik to wrap up his work and accompany him to Amritsar.

Manik was shocked and surprised at the same moment. It had been years his Dadu talked about the place or thought of going there. He wrapped up his work, changed into his casuals and was ready to go. Surprisingly, his mother had sent his essentials which indicated his family is well aware of the trip.

While leaving his work desk after checking it for the last time before leaving, his eyes went on the white envelope which his mother had given him. He placed the envelope in his bag and moved to the airport with his DJ to the Malhotra jet which was waiting for them.

Once settled and taken off, DJ started to tell Manik about his own love story, though Manik was head over heals in love with the love stories of his parents, chacha-chachi and offcourse his grandparents but something about his grandparents' story always pushed him to fall in love. It always gave him jitters and this time his grandfather talked about how his grandmother came in his life and became the calm to his choas. He talked about their early life, their falling in love and then rising together. Manik saw his eyes shine. They completed their journey and landed in Amritsar, moving out of the airport with strict security, Manik could sink himself in the smell of the wet soil and the sound of gurbani in his soul. He immediately felt peaceful and had a dazzling smile on his face which also reflected on his DJ's face who had his eyes misty because of the nostalgia.

He had come home after a decade, a home which had seen him grow from toddler into a man, who had seen him cry in miseries but also shout with happiness. This very place which witnessed two beautiful souls falling in love and rising together being stronger each day. The land which had the pat of his father and embrace of his mother when he felt his grandson hugging him.

He hugged him back and they moved towards their haweli in the car, a peaceful silence surrounding them, trying to absorb the blissful feeling in their hearts. Where one heart was full of memories the other one was trying to make some. Where one soul was lost in his soulmate the other was trying to picture his future periphery with his one unknown to the face that she would have.

They both reached home and their eyes shined like kids, they went inside touching every wall, door feeling them after ages as if reliving everything. They freshened up when it was the time for the Ardaas at the Golden Temple, as they could hear everything very clearly owing to the fact the his grandfather had built this enormous house just behind the place of ultimate divinity. They both got ready like typical Punjabi men, in kurtas and moved to the Gurudwara covering their heads.

When they stepped inside, DJ caught hold of Manik's hand and dragged him near the sarovar. It was a beautiful weather, seemed as if the love is in the air. They settled down on the bank of Sarovar enjoying the drizzling.

DJ:- You know this was the place I saw your grandmother for the first time. I just saw her, no words were exchanged, we did not know each other. I just saw her serving the people and went inside but Rabji had his own plans. When I closed my eyes, I could see just her standing next to him, that supreme power holding my hand, and that was the moment, I knew she was the one. We got married, we saw our kids growing, having a family and then saw you all coming in this world. We lived our lives to the fullest making millions of memories all the way through, so many memories that I still feel her sitting beside me as I talk to you.

Manik was listening to him and his words were shaking him up, giving him goosebumps.

DJ:- You know what Manik, we men no matter how strong we become, whatever we may achieve our women are our protectors. They stand strong when we break down, holding our hands in the darkest of nights and shedding tears of happiness at our every step. She will be your person Manik. You might feel that you can break down infront of your mother, sister or friend but she will be your everything. The light to your darkness, your best friend, your soulmate who will be able to see through you like a naked soul, who will know your frown and your fake smiles, who would know your step and will watch out for you, who will always keep you in her prayers, who will love you like you are her everything, who will adore you like you adore the stars, who will be your solace, your home away from everything.

With this DJ placed the white envelope in his lap and moved away. The sky turned pink showing the magic of love in the air and the rain drops felt like elixir.

Manik had a strange calmness on his face, with that divine feeling he opened the envelope only to get lost in the big doe eyes. He kept looking at the picture for sometime as if sinking it in and then placed it back. He moved inside to take his share of blessings and when he closed his eyes he could see his light, the light which consumed him completely. He got up and slowly opened his eyes as if seeing his dream change into reality and his answer was right there. He had got all his answers, he had a shiny smile on his face and with that he moved out.

Done for today
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