Prem Vivah

• Rahat •

Shivangi informed her mother-in-law to come home as everything was done now, and Vasundhara affirmatively nodded.

Everyone gathered in the huge living room, and Aryan was adjusting the twinkling lights around the Jungle theme decoration. Tripti made Shivika wear a cute forest green frock with a beautiful satiny hairband on her silky hair, but the little girl was cribbing for her mother who was busy getting dressed up for the birthday night. Shivangi tried to shush her daughter by patting her head for a few seconds, but Shivika didn't stop weeping, her noise now reaching out to everyone present in the living room. Aryan took his little baby doll from his wife's hand and paced around the hall while caressing her head, whispering sweet nothings in her teeny-weeny ears. Naina stood next to her boyfriend, asking him where his mother was, and Sameer told her Savitri was stuck in traffic.

"Sameer main acchi lag rahi hoon na?" Naina asked him with a confused face while lowering her gaze to check her expensive outfit.

"Ekdum heroine dikh rahi hai." He said with a wide smile, and Tripti frowned after hearing this compliment.

"Pakka?" She reconfirmed.

"Ab kya stamp paper pe likh kar doon?" Sameer asked his girlfriend sarcastically as she had asked him the same question for the fifth time since she got ready. 

"Haa do." Naina said with a cute smile.

"Chalo Lawyer ke paas." He held her wrist and was about to drag her.

"Hawww, tum toh serious hogaye, I was kidding." She said with a puppy face while freeing her wrist.

"Darr gayi?" Sameer stuck out his tongue to tease her, and Naina pursed her lips.

Everyone kept waiting for the birthday boy, and finally, at 9:05 the doorbell rang, and Shivangi went to open the door while gesturing to the enthusiastic humans to stay quiet. She saw the visitors from the keyhole and her excitement grew wilder as she found her son being carried by his grandfather. She quickly unlatched the door, and the trio entered the living room after dropping their footwear outside.

"Dadu itna andhera kyun hai yahan?" Shivyan asked his grandfather with a perplexed face.

Aryan ran to turn on the glittering lights and as planned, everyone shouted in unison - "Happy Birthday."

They saw a million-dollar smile shining on the little boy's lips as he stared at the beautiful Jungle concept made with deep details and hard work, and there were almost all his favorite animal cut-outs with lush green grass designs printed on the huge chart paper. He grinned to his fullest and his grandfather put him down. Shivyan rushed to touch the stickers while beaming, and Shivangi hugged him from behind, saying - "Happiest Birthday My Champ."

"Thank You So Much Aai," Shivyan replied to his mother with a sweet smile, and knelt to caress the cute elephant drawn by his loving Mamu.

Naina winked at her boyfriend who drew most of the realistic-looking animals with magic in his hands, and Sameer reverently bowed his head while smiling.

"Yeh Zebra kisne banaya hain?" Shivyan asked with an eager look, and Naina raised her hand, replying - "Maine banaya hai aur Panda bhi."

"Mujhe laga hi tha Zebra me black ki jagah Pink color aap hi kar sakti hai sirf." Shivyan laughed aloud as if he watched a clown, and Naina told him vexedly - "Tumhare Mamu ka favorite color hai isliye kiya maine."

Everyone looked at Naina with a flummoxed faces, whilst the people who already knew about their relationship were giving amusing smiles. Sameer shut his eyes, murmuring - "Marr Gaye." under his breath, and Naina thinned her lips while pretending oblivious of her mistake.