PriRa FF: Will You Grow Old With Me?

Party

Ram saw Priya who was all smiles seeing the portrait. Suddenly he felt so protective of them. He  vowed to himself that he will protect the smiles on their face at any cost.
That's when tharun came and informed that nandhini asked them to get ready and come fast as the party will be started in soon.
Ram: Priya lets get ready otherwise we will get late.
Both got ready and is surprised seeing each other as both of them wore the dress they bought on the mall for eachother. What surprised both was they wore it  coincidentally not by planning.
Priya wore the elegant midnight blue saree with a medium sized jhumka along with her mangalsutra and chooda.
Both complemented eachother so well. Priya was mesmerized seeing her husband as he was wearing the  formals without his blazer with first two buttons in  open and to top it with he is still wearing the gold chain she gifted him which is now visible due to him not wearing his blazer.
Ram smiled seeing her reaction because he understood Priya's dislike for his blazer from the interaction they had in the shopping mall.
He loved the effect he had on her.
Ram slightly nudged Priya which bought her out of the lalala land she was in. Priya turned tomato red as she was openly checking him out.
Ram side hugged her and told
Ram: I'm all yours Priya but now we are getting late of the party. So
Saying he left the sentence hanging
Priya felt shy and started walking towards the door after lightly shrugging his hands from her shoulder but felt little disappointed as he never complemented her.
Ram again dragged her into his embrace and whispered in her ears you are looking exceptionally beautiful Mrs.Ram Kapoor. She closed her eyes sensing his breath. She looked so innocent and Ram can't help himself, but place a soft kiss  on top of her head which made her to open the eyes.
She saw him looking at her with all his love and for the first time she hugged him without any inhibition.
In each other's embrace they felt alright , everything seemed beautiful,their struggles felt worth and their wandering souls  finally reached home.
They both came together downstairs for the party, brindha was the first one to see them.
Brindha cheered loudly seeing them complementing each other completely, listening to her cheer everyone turned and saw them.
Vik, Kunal whistled while adi alone clapped because whistling is not his cup of tea,seeing Ram who looked carefree with his dressing after a very long time as he would always dress up in a sophisticated manner.
At the initial time of his business, he hated wearing these business suits,but later he got used to it and then never ever they saw him without the blazer. He started living mechanically like robot but now they can see the positive changes in him which only made them more protective of Priya as she is one bringing back the ram they know.
Both Mr and Mrs. Ram Kapoor slightly blushed by their teasing. Ram straightened himself and went to his friends
Ram:  what are you doing guys? Behave.
They just  laughed
Ram: Guys Remember this is not our party so we should be in low key.
Ram said as he saw his mom's face which  expressed her distaste for his friends but this time Ram felt fiercely protective for his friends feelings,he didn't want his mom to hurt their friends.
Seeing Ram turning serious,they agreed and diverted the topic but they can sense some changes in his behaviour which is for good.
They party have started, Ram was introducing his wife to some of his business partners.
That is the time Priya's family entered, Meera ma looked around and noticed her daughter standing near her husband with a small smile on her lips. Sara kept a hand in her mother's shoulder to give a emotional support.
Meera ma: finally I will be able to sleep peacefully without worrying for Priya's married life.
Sara: haan ma, Priya got the life she deserved. We don't have to worry about her anymore.
At same time Priya say them and excused herself followed by Ram.
Priya felt like getting her mother's blessing ( she don't know the reason herself) but she want to get as she is genuinely happy today.
Priya bend down to touch her mother's feet, at the same time Ram to touched Meera ma's feet as he always wished her in this way.
Both were shocked but smiled seeing eachother.Then both got their mother's blessing together.
Meera felt more happy today than the day Priya got married. She blessed wholeheartedly and this time with haq she asked them to make her Nani soon.
The couple was shocked with her demand,they blushed slightly and sprinted away mumbling something. What suprised both Ram and Priya was Meera ma' s demand for grandchild didn't make them feel awkward infact it made them feel happy.
Meera laughed seeing her children finally getting the happiness they deserved and thanked the god for this.
The party is in full swing,
Ram and his battalions have occupied the last table in the party hall and enjoying their time to the fullest, they were teasing ,then gossiping and doing Masti to their fullest. They felt light at heart, they felt like a teenager's after a long time.
Everyone in the party looked at them atleast once and smiled because they seemed like having different party altogether.
What surprised everyone in the party was Ram, they all know Ram is quite jovial with his friends but never once anyone noticed him as this fun loving guy. They got to see a new side of him which is very casual otherwise he will behave all sophisticated in every place.
Shubhu's mami instigated nandhini showing ram look how happy he is looking with Priya.
Nandhini got irritated seeing that gang especially seeing shivi them.
She decided to show Priya her place.

Shubham was busy taking with his friends who after sometime went to have a drink. He decided to talk to shivi , as he never saw shivi again after her wishing him a  happy birthday.
He searched for her that's when he saw the scene unfolding which made his belly churn.
Sara,sandy,Priya,shivi,Meera ma ,mama, mami, Kunal were sitting the chair (the table was round in shape) while Ram,akki, adi,vik were standing near the table. From what he saw, it looked like they were teasing among themselves,shubhu can't hear them as he stood in distance and watched the scene, Ram teased sandy to which she made a crying face while Sara gave a hifi to ram for his teasing, seeing this brindha teased Sara which made shivi to give a hifi to brindha,so akki teased shivi which made ram to give a hifi to akki as his sister looked so worked up, finally Priya teased Ram which made shivi to hug Priya while adi, Kunal ,vik  to come and give Priya a hifi. Seeing Ram's irritated face everyone started laughing.
Seeing their bond, happy face, he felt emptiness around him. So he went away without talking to shivi.

When it was time to cut the cake, everyone came  and stood  near the podium for the cake cutting,shivi's mami came and dragged shivi to the podium while shivi took akki along with her. While Ram didn't feel like going to the podium so he stood with Priya's family and his friends. This shocked Ram's friends as every year they would request him to not go there, because never once they fed him a piece of cake or gave a hug. He will always stand there with a fake smile plastered and see them feeding each other. Then Ram will gift him something luxurious everytime which shubhu will take without even appreciating it. They(adi,bri,Kunal,vik) turned to guage Ram' expression but got happy seeing him talking to Priya without any care in the world.
When shubu started cutting the cake, the loud cheers were made by his friends gang which surprised Ram as they will never come anywhere near the podium as they hate it,only bri will stand unwillingly for him but now they were so into the celebration and cheering super loudly Ram's shaked his head smiling at their craziness little did he know that  they were busy cheering for their best friend's happiness rather than some cake cutting.
After cutting the cake shubu fed cake to his mom and sister,they to fed him in return. Then shubu went on to feed mama, mami and half heartedly fed akki to. While shubu was feeding others shivi took a huge piece of cake and fed Ram at first,then her bhabhi.
Ram felt really touched as shivi never fed him even when he was standing next to her all these years but now she came to him leaving everything made him tear up little but he maintained it with a smile in his face. His friends were happy seeing the positive changes in shivi. The only person not happy with the change was her mother nandhini.

One by one all went to give their presents to shubu.
Priya and Ram went together followed by his friends to the podium.
Nandhini signalled mami to speak,
Mami: Priya what  gift did you bring to give your devar. Kahin dinner set toh nahi layi na
Everyone got irritated with her, brindha got ready to give a reply, but laughed at the reply Priya gave to mami in her no nonsense style.
Priya: nahi par aap ko chaiyeh to aapke birthday par lekar zaroor de dunga. Which made mami to stare at her, while nandhini got angry.
Saying so she took out a small red colour velvet box with a satin ribbon tied on it and was going to give it to shubam. Nandhini interupted her
As it looked like a jewel box, Nandhini thought it as gold jewellery so she started speaking with an innocent face.
Nandhini: it's not necessary Priya , why are straining yourself to gift shubu anyways shubu does not like to wear things made of gold and the things he like are super luxurious which I know you can't afford  that so rehne do beta.
Their friends got super angry at nandhini's remark. They can't speak anything as ram don't like talking back to his mom but got the shock of their life.
Ram: Are you kidding mom? Ofcourse she can afford anything. Actually there in no need for her to afford,she just have to think what she want. Afterall she is
Priya Ram Kapoor. I'm working this hard for her,then why can't see afford.This topic is damn silly mom.
Nandhini was shocked to see this side of Ram as he was not the one to reply her that too in this way so she just managed the situation by simply smiling.
After this,Ram signalled Priya to give the box. Priya did as he said.
Shubu opened it to find a key in it.
Ram: That's the latest sports car you wanted shubu.yeh gift Priya aur meri tharaf se . Saying this he wished him a happy birthday then following ram, Priya to wished him
Priya: happy birthday shubam,hope all your dreams come true.
What surprised them was shubu's reply
Shubham: Thank you bhabhi and thanks to you also Bhai.
Saying this shubu gave a small smile which made Ram and Priya to smile in return.
Nandhini got more irritated with shubu and gave him a angry stare.
Shubhu didn't feel bad for his mom's stare as he felt his mom was wrong this time.so he did what felt right to his heart not what his mother asked him. He did feel better seeing his Bhai and bhabhi smiling when they got down from the stage.