Prem Vivah

• Dayan And Monster •

Naina was pretending to be enjoying every bit of the sangeet, but her attention drifted somewhere else, to one particular person, who wasn't leaving any moment to make her regret breaking his heart once again. She felt terrible as if she had pierced someone's skin out of their body...it felt so wrong like even her conscience was also not happy with whatever she was doing for her family. She cannot let an innocent human suffer because of her family's restrictions, but well, did she have any choice?

Shivangi and Aryan were sharing smiles of euphoria while climbing the stage together for the couple's performance. Tripti was the most excited one amongst their families and hooted for them with a bright grin on her makeup face. Naina was partly delighted, at least this girl didn't show rudeness to Shivangi for belonging to a lower-class family, this is what describes her good upbringing. She acts differently with her, but she knows how to show respect and love to her loved ones.

Sighing slowly, Naina toyed with the thick golden lace of her dupatta, fiddling with it absent-mindedly. The lethal expressions of Sameer as if he wanted to murder his feelings for her, the vast pain floating through his moist eyes as if he wanted to cry aloud, venting out all his anger, the loud yet silent groan of his face while watching her chatting with others, smilingly. All of those images were giving her goosebumps, she couldn't believe Sameer could express so much without uttering a word.

Soon, the performance of Sameer with his brother-in-law, Aryan started, grabbing all her attention which was kept on her lehenga and dupatta. Naina stared at him using his energy and enthusiasm while dancing to the song "Tumse Mil Ke Dil Ka Hai Jo Haal Kya Kahe." The blazer was taken off from his body, making her feel tempted by his sweaty skin. The way his hair was falling onto his eyes when he was turning around or making any poses. She couldn't help but whisper his name out of pleasure.

Tripti was induced by Sameer's masculine body flexibility, he molded himself in the song as if it was made for him, to spellbound the young girls. Both the brothers-in-law were giving their best while showing how strong bonding they shared. Their chemistry reflected their brotherhood for each other, and Naina couldn't stop smiling at her man who was directing the beautiful meaning of the song while surreptitiously glancing at her - Dil To Hai Ek Raahi Jaana, Dil Ki Tum Manzil Ho...Dil To Hai Ek Kashti Jaana, Jiska Tum Saahil Ho." His intense gaze was enough to convey his deep yearning to feel her and give wings to the butterflies in her stomach which died long ago when they stopped coming closer to each other. Naina too wanted to experience the bliss of having been surrounded by his comforting arms, his lips kissing her forehead and eyes to control her emotions. She wished she had the courage to run back to him and hold his hand tightly with a promise in her touch to never leave him alone, not even in the toughest and cruelest situation.

They sat down in a Qawwali style, wearing satin silk anarkali caps on their heads, a Makhmali bright purple Rumal in their hands to make the performance look real and best - "Ishq Se Hain Saari. Khushiyan, Ishq Se Barbaadi, Ishq Hai Paabandi Lekin, Ishq Hi Aazaadi...Ishq Ki Duniya Mein Yaaron Khwaboon Ki Aabaadi, Kho Gaya Wo Jisko Manzil Ishq Ne Dikhladi."

Out of hundred girls, ninety-five percent of them were drooling over Sameer's eye-catching personality, making Naina feel envious instantly. She could easily perceive the lovey-dovey looks the girls delivered to her handsome boyfriend through their wide smiles. She wanted to put a blindfold on their big-doe eyes so that they couldn't find a single opportunity to gawk at her man, but wasn't she supposed to keep calm because she isn't dating him anymore? It shouldn't bother her if he gets attention from girls and perhaps their mothers too, because he genuinely had a persona like a Perfect-Charming Groom, waiting to climb on the horse and ride it to the wedding pavilion.

Naina couldn't understand why despite telling him hundred times she wants to break up, the thought of him giving love and hugs to another girl was demolishing her heart. She knew it wasn't right, she can't ask him to not date someone else, but she wasn't ready for it. The moments they shared, the laughter they had together, the smiles that captured their lips, and the challenges they faced while meeting each other daily for almost two-year were refreshing in her dizzy brain...She held her forehead within her soft palms, massaging it gently, trying to relax. Meanwhile, all the girls stood up to clap for Sameer, but being a genuine lover his heart longed to see his girl clapping for his performance, with that big grin on her cute face. He kept waiting for Naina's reaction to his dance, but it seems like she wasn't even aware of it. Her head was down, her posture didn't look pleasing to his eye. She seemed worried. His naina was worried, but about what?