She pulled him with his collars towards herself with all her will instead of just crashing her lips on him she just felt his lips with her's. her weak hands trembled around his collars.Her tears were flowing silently.
He was in the complete state of...
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Marriage
Though Dhvani was never asked for her consent for this marriage, she agreed. She crumbled under the weight of expectations, resigned to a lifetime with a stranger.
A stranger whom she knew nothing about, besides his name; beyond that, he remained a mystery to her.
She hasn't even looked at him. She hadn't even glimpsed at his face, let alone locked eyes with him. But she agreed to this marriage, to ease her parents’ worries. They had done everything for her, and she couldn’t bear to see them suffer.
She never smiled during the ceremony, not once. She had always worried about people judging her for smiling too much, but today, she couldn’t help but think they were judging her for not smiling at all.
His face was hidden behind the "sehra," and no one knew who was actually standing there. Most guests assumed she had married his younger brother—it didn’t matter. The focus was on saving her so-called dignity.
Amidst all the traditions and expectations, she couldn’t express herself. Her true feelings remained buried
Finally, they became husband and wife, tied together in a marriage neither of them desired. What they had tried to avoid had come to pass. Despite their feelings, everyone else seemed content with the outcome, except for the two of them.
As the guest started to leave the venue. And they still continued to complete the many rituals of the wedding. They sat opposite to each other. His sehra off his face. She could finally look at him. She could finally study the face of the man she married, who was a complete stranger to her. But his eyes which never looked at her even for once. His eyes had a undeniable sadness. His face looked tired. And a unexplainable emotion at his face which tugged at her.
The sight of him in this state, a state caused by her presence, became almost unbearable. She hadn't wished for this, hadn't asked for his discomfort or anyone discomfort because of her.
The room felt suffocatingly small, filled with unspoken words and the heavy atmosphere of unmet expectations. She had never intended to be the cause of someone else's misery, yet here she was, an unwitting reason for his pain.
In that moment, the thought occurred to her that she could have chosen to live on her own terms or even run away from this situation altogether. All of this turmoil and sadness was due to her presence. The weight of responsibility settled heavily upon her, and she couldn't help but question the events that had led them to this point.
The turmoil and sadness engulfed her, knowing that her presence alone had caused such anguish in the man now sitting before her.
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