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Raavi woke up with a smile on her face. She didn't have her scary dream last night. Instead she dreamed about Shiva and their almost kiss. Well, they actually kissed in her dream, and it was beautiful! But as soon as she woke up, she realised, she had actually been dreaming about kissing Shiva! And she had almost kissed him yesterday! This was so wrong.

Raavi had too much to worry about already. The wedding and Dev! Shiva added to the list too, but she decided to worry about him later and speak to Dev immediately. So, she took the dress she was going to wear at the mehendi ceremony. She could change in Pandya house. It was in the afternoon so she wasn't going to have time to come back, get ready and again go there.

Raavi reached Pandya house right when everyone was at the breakfast table. Suddenly she began to feel a little bit awkward. No one knew about her dilemma except Dhara di and Shiva. Raavi again corrected herself. She wouldn't think of Shiva right now. That was a whole other problem. But he looked so cute sitting at the breakfast table! Why was she thinking like this?

"Raavi aa baith. Kuch khaa le." Dhara invited her.

Raavi didn't have any breakfast in the morning but she wasn't hungry. She was too stressed to be hungry, and the only chair that was empty was beside Shiva. Haye Bholenath! She asked him to save her. Raavi sat reluctantly but she didn't touch the food. She only took a glass of juice.

"Kya hua Raavi? Tu pareshaan dikh rahi hai?" Gaumbi asked.

"Main? Nahi toh." Raavi stammered. She was suddenly too aware of Shiva's biceps who was sitting right beside her in his vest. She took a long breath and brought her concentration back on her food.

"Yeh maami kya tujhe subah subah khaana nahi deti jo tu idhar aa jaati hai khaana thoosne?" Shiva asked.

Raavi couldn't believe how normally he was behaving with her even after almost kissing her yesterday. "Nahi woh.. deti hai par mujhe baat karna hai. Dev se." Raavi stammered yet again. Shiva gave her a smug look and she hated it. "Tujhe kya? Meri marzi main kahi bhi khana khau. Yeh bhi toh mera hi ghar hai. Hai na Gaumbi?"

"Bilkul. Tu ise pareshaan mat kar Shiva."

Raavi returned his smug look. She didn't wait even a second after she saw Dev had finished his food. She said she needed to speak to him, and they decided to go to the terrace to talk. Raavi was uncomfortable thinking that it was the same place she had almost kissed Shiva.

Now that she looked at Dev, she was uncomfortable yet again. She didn't know how to speak with him. It was so much easier to speak to Shiva than with Dev. She could say anything to Shiva without a care or worry, but with Dev, she had always been conscious about herself.

"Dev mujhe humari shaadi ke baare mein baat karni thi." Raavi said. She was choosing her words very carefully. She didn't know exactly what to tell him. How simple it was to complain to Shiva that Dev hadn't been spending time with her, telling him about her dream and share her worries about the wedding. "Dev tum yeh shaadi chahte ho na? Kyuki mujhe pata nahi kyu doubts ho rahe hai. Matlab hum dono normal couples ki tarah time spend nahi karte aur mujhe samajh nahi aa raha ki main tumse pyaar karti bhi hu ki nahi. Kya tum sachhi mujhse pyar karte ho?"

Dev was quiet. He looked even more uncomfortable than Raavi. "Raavi main... main kisi aur se pyaar karta hu."

Raavi was shocked, yet she didn't feel anything. No heartbreak or anything. In fact, she wasn't sad. Why? She had been in love with Dev all her life, yet when he told her that he loved someone else, it brought out no tears in her eyes. It felt strange. The whole illusion of her being in love with Dev shattered in her mind. She began to disassociate herself from the Raavi she had been in the past, who had been in love with Dev.

"Tum thik toh ho na?" Dev asked.

"Agar tumhe yeh shaadi nahi karni thi toh tumne shaadi ke liye haa kyu ki?

"Bohot complicated hai Raavi. Main jisse pyaar karta hu woh Janardhan Seth ki beti hai. Uski family mujhe kabhi accept nahi karegi. Maine ghar pe kisi ko nahi bataya hai isliye jab unhone tumse shaadi ki baat ki toh main mana nahi kar paya." Dev said. "Par main tum sab ko batane wala tha kuch dino mein."

Raavi was suddenly angry. What the hell? She had went through so much because of him. If only he had told her about this girl before, this whole thing could have been avoided. This is why Dev didn't save her from falling in the dream! Because he was in love with another girl! This was her Bholenath's ishaara.

"I'm sorry Raavi!" Dev said.

Raavi had never been angry on Dev and she didn't know how to be angry on Dev, and as soon as she made that Bholenath connection, she realised that her anger had completely disappeared. "Koi baat nahi Dev. Main bhi confused thi, par tumne yeh kehke sab clear kar diya. Thank you!"

Raavi hugged Dev. It wasn't the way she hugged Shiva all the time. It was a brief hug, given from a distance. "Par hum apni families ko kya kahenge?"

"Raavi main abhi unko Rishita ke baare mein bolne ke liye ready nahi hu. Mujhe thoda aur time chahiye." Dev said.

"Thik hai unhe Rishita ke baare mein kuch nahi kahenge." Raavi said. "Main kahungi ki main shaadi tod rahi hu. Thik hai?"

"Thank you Raavi."

So they went down and announced that the wedding was off. The whole family was shocked except Dhara di and Shiva, and one of them couldn't stop smiling!

"Par kyu?" Gaumbi asked.

"Gaumbi main bachpan se iss parivar ki bahu banne ke sapne dekhti thi. Isliye shayad maine Dev ko chun liya. Par maine aaj realise kiya ki main Dev se pyaar karti hi nahi hu. Aap log please bura mat maanna."

"Kaha tha na abhi iss ghar ki bahu bani nahi hai toh itna udd mat tu!" Shiva said. "Bach gaya Dev tere changul se. Bhabhi lagta hai mere chudail bhagane ka mantra kaam kar gaya."

Dhara twisted his ear. "Waise Raavi, tujhe agar abhi bhi iss ghar ki bahu banna hai toh mera ek aur devar hai idhar."

Raavi and Shiva both blushed. Krish, Dev and Gaumbi were having a hard time understanding what was going on. Why was Dhara suddenly talking about Shiva-Raavi, right after Raavi broke up with Dev? And why were these two blushing like idiots?

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