Poppy Rose Sencen was your average 16 year old, her life seemed to be going ever so perfect that is until he left. Fast forward to 2 years later and Poppy's life right now is a mess. All her hope in life is gone.
Rhysand Jax Connor wasn't thinking s...
A/n to give you guys some context, this is for my fellow indian readers and for everyone bt i was listening to this particular edit of chammak challo and I knew i had to write this. I linked the vid up do listen to it during the dance part. but anyways basically rhys leaves and comes back for his brother's wedding (aaron's) who's getting married to julie (poppy's sis) and god i love this.
-POPPY-
I was at Juliette's wedding, preparing everything up which was extremely hard in a heavy-ass lehenga. Do I regret getting a super heavy one? Maybe, but the black lehenga with its gold details makes it so worth it. My hair was pinned back with a delicate gold brooch holding it up. My hands were littered with gold bangles covering half the henna designs detailed all over my hand. The jhumkas were unbearably heavy but they pulled the outfit together. A little pain is worth the beauty.
Being the younger sister, I automatically was meant to plan her wedding. So here I was an hour prior, completely decked out going over the final details. I'm super happy for her, she always wanted a big Indian wedding and Aaron's on board too regardless of him being paranoid that there's gonna be too many people.
Aaron reminds me, that he's gonna be here today. Rhysand. I mean he is the groom's brother. I genuinely hope I'm so caught up in the wedding I don't ever run into him, even when I know the chances of avoiding him are slim to none. I sighed, closed my eyes and counted back from ten before asking the decorators to fix the centrepieces better.
Julie's reception was to have a dark academia theme whereas the wedding itself had a white theme. There were chandeliers lighting up the place, gold and brown were the main colours. The flowers were all yellows, browns and nudes. At each table with candles, I marvelled at the beauty of the venue.
I sighed as I sat back down on a seat, now waiting for the guests to arrive slowly. I lifted myself up and went and stood with my parents, greeting the guests with a smile on my face. Aaron's parents were here too, he was running late apparently and would be here in 15 minutes.
15 minutes till I saw him again. After 2 years. I mentally prepared myself for this. I knew this was coming since the day Julie announced her engagement. Those 15 minutes were one of the fastest 15 minutes of my life until I saw him enter. In a fitted black Kurta, with gold details just like mine. His hair mused over to one side. He looked so different. So much older. So much taller, so much more different than I remembered him. He looked up to his parents first, then mine and then lastly, his eyes met mine.
Oh, his grey eyes. I would've floated in them if I had the chance, not that I'd ever tell him or admit that to him. He stood, frozen for a minute, his jaw dropped slightly before it formed into a smirk. His trademark smirk. One I've grown to miss dearly. We maintained eye contact and I could feel my eyes getting teary. We were still until his dad cleared his throat since Rhysand was at the dead centre of the entrance, blocking the entering guests.
I excused myself by telling them that Julie had called for me earlier before running away. It got too much. No matter how much I prepared myself, he saw right through me. He always did.
-Rhys-
I knew, walking into the venue that I'd face the inevitable today. She hated me. I hate myself for what I did too. I was already late, and I knew, that even if Aaron didn't kill me, Julie would. I rushed in as fast as I could. I halted when I saw my parents at the entrance and the people surrounding them. I saw her parents first give them a soft smile.
That's when my eyes fell on her. Poppy Rose Sencen, has never driven me this mad, up until this moment. This moment where all I want to do is hug her, kiss her, just have her near me. That devastatingly beautiful black lehenga, the gold contrast, just worked with her so well. It was then that I realised that we both had unknowingly matched our outfits today. Her hair was pinned back, a few strands escaping her hair framing her soft face. She looked so painstakingly stunning, I stood there frozen by her trance when her eyes met mine.
Her eyes, rimmed with kohl, looked into mine, with so many emotions swirling in them. Few of them reflected my own. I could get lost in her for hours on end and I'd never want a break.
I couldn't put into words how absolutely breathtaking she looked. My dad cleared his throat, snapping both of us out of our trance. Her eyes started watering up, she hid it quickly but not quickly enough for me.
I watched quietly as she excused herself and ran away and I knew, I messed up. I lost the one girl who made me want to live.
-Poppy-
I hid away with Julie for the next 30 minutes while she got her finishing touches done. I tried finding an excuse to stay longer but I decided against it after a point. It's my sister's wedding and I refuse to let a certain idiot ruin it.
The both of us paraded down, and I met his eyes again. We seem to be doing that a lot today. Every time I look into his eyes, I see home. I feel safe. I sighed and dropped my sister off at the podium before heading down to our table. Mine and Rhysand. As the maid of honour and the best man, we both had to share the table without a given choice. He was already seated with a small smirk on his face as his eyes tracked my every move.
I rolled my eyes and sat down at our table when he leaned in and whispered. "You look breathtakingly, devastatingly and painfully stunning today my love."
My cheeks flamed up at his comment and his smirk only grew bigger. I scoffed and got up and roamed around to greet guests. Anything to stay away from the magnetic pull that pulls me near him.
I stayed that way for another 2 hours, and it was okay until Julie asked everyone to join the dance floor.
I joined it, Hindi songs playing in the back. It was a good song and I couldn't help myself but twirl and dance along with the song. It feels like everyone got the memo and now we were all rotating with partners in a circle, twirling and dancing.
My eyes roamed around the dance floor and they met his. The world around me became a blur and it was only us. The both of us spun, closer and closer to each other almost as if someone was pushing us together. A smile unknowingly found its way into mine and his face. I could feel him getting closer and closer until his arm was around my waist and mine on his shoulder as we twirled and danced. I forgot how well we fit with each other. How his hands knew exactly where to go, how my head fell perfectly on his chest.
We were always going to be Poppy and Rhysand. This was who we were. We fit perfectly together, we knew each other better than our own parents, and we knew what we wanted. We knew we both wanted something more out of our friendship. But we were scared. We still are but something about this, about today, was different.
I could feel his warm breath on my neck and his heart beating in his chest while we danced around the floor. We didn't say anything. We didn't have to. We both knew that the second this song gets over we'd come out of our world.
I felt his lips on my forehead, and I couldn't help, but feel at home right then.
A/n thts it for the bonus but oh god I want this so bad. I hope you guys enjoyed this. like genuinely enjoyed it. this is kinda how i imagined their outfits just to give u an idea-
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