Rose and Thorns

Chapter : 13

|| Sagan ||

Authors Pov
She sits elegantly in a vibrant lehnga , its embroidery reflecting the hue of tradition and authenticity. Before  her , the mirror captured her poised manner . Her hazel eyes adored with kohl , her hands adjusting her dupatta .
" Lodoo!!" She tilted her head towards the owner of the voice encountering her maa . Her maa stood there speechless as she was so lost in Avantika's beauty. Her feet's denied to move as she knew they will bring nothing but tears in their eyes.

Avantika made her way towards her Maa taking her hand in her own as she caressed them .  She smiled at her Maa and kerat ji bust out crying hiding her face with her palms . "Maa please ." She said in a pleading manner , requesting her Maa not to cry . " You grew up so fast , ab realise ho raha hai kuch din baad subh tujhe uthane ka moka hi nahi milega . " Avantika smiled at her mother as she controlled her tears . " Baas apka makeup kharab ho jaega , aur sab kahenge dulhan ki Maa ko toh dekho , aap chahte ho esa ho?" She said raising her eyebrows questioning her Maa to lighten her mood . Kerat ji shook her head in denial laughing at her ethics .

" Acha ladka hai Advaith. " kerat ji said as Avantika lowered her head as a smile appeared on her face without her knowing. " I know that nothing will happen but still , if it does I am always there . " she said being emotional as it was not easy for Kerat ji to marry of her previous daughter. She had always been attached to Avantika and why not Maa jo hai .

Their conversation was left behind as they head a knock on the door. " Ji." Came the angelic voice of Avantika as she let in the person behind the door . They were surprised by her sudden arrival this early. " I hope , I didn't disturb you both ." Serat ji said making her way towards Avantika ans Kerat ji . " No no , its fine . " Kerat ji said greeting Serat ji as they all sat on the couch. " I wanted to talk to you about something." Serat ji said making Avantika and kerat ji look at each other with confusion filled eyes .

" It is not very easy to just marry off your daughter to some stranger, who you barely know since a week or tell . But I assure you that never in my life I will differentiate between Avantika and Ashika .Apki beti apne ghar mai raj karegi ." Serat ji said in a assuring way tapping on  Kerat ji's forearm. " Apne esa kaha yahi mere liye kafi hai , and now I an sure that Avantika ek acche ghar jaa rahi hai ." Kerat ji said feeling content and overwhelmed by her behaviour. " Chalein ladoo ?" Serat jo and kerat ji said together making them chuckle as Avantika hugged them both .

Advaith's Pov
My breath hitched the moment I saw her descending the stairs. She looked no less than a goddess. Her hand clad in bangles making a peaceful sound that seemed a blessing to my ears , her kohl filled eyes that carried my world into them , her waistband making it hard for me to control and another day of me regretting my words . She shortened the distance between us as she came descending the stair with Maa and Kerat Maa on her either sides .

" Baas kar yaar Advaith tu nazar lagaega bhabhi ko ." Vihan said looking at veer smirking The as they both teased me . " Tu jaa raha hai ki hum jae bhabhi ko lene ?" Veer asked raising his eyebrows earning a glare from me . " Tu jaa be ." I said giving an uninterested look as I made my way towards my Jaan . Not for a moment she had looked into my eyes since she came here . I extended my hand towards her smiling , raising my eyebrows as I called her out " Chalein Biwi shaiba " she inclined her eyes to my face as our eyes met for just milliseconds . She lowered her eyes feeling shy by my word as Maa and Kerat Maa were also there . I held her hand in my as it almost felt like a electric shock the moment her hands touched mine . Walking with hand in hand we reached the stage as we both stood their with a awkward silence soon consuming us .

" Aap humari lag rahi hai ." Word slipped out of my mouth without my permission but swear to god they were nothing but the truth . She looked so beautiful and mine in that lehnga . " Ji?" She asked getting confused , while frowning. " Bhot khubrusat lag rahi hai aap ." I said looking into her eyes as she looked away blushing hard .

Authors Pov
" Hi bhabhi !!" Came the loud voice of Veer and Vihan as they started Avantika by their sudden appearance. They jumped to the front as they hid behind the couch. " Don't you dare scare her ." Advaith said glaring both of them as they continued ignoring him . " Hum dono iss gadhe ke dost hai ... unfortunately." They said giving a weird look to Advaith while a warm smile to Avantika , introducing themselves. " Vese apko yeh pasand kese aa gaya I mean apko koi doubt haj toh bolo hum bhaga lenge apko ." They said as she laughed her heart out . Advaith looked at her with a smile that was never witnessed by anyone , he had a smile of content as he got things he never desired for .

" Are you nervous?" Advaith said as he pushed them both off the stage making then trip over the carpet as they cursed him under their breath . " Haan ." She said with tight lipped smile . " Kyu mai apko kha nahi jaunga , Maa ne khilaya tha khana subha ." He said makiyher bust into laughter as she almost had tears in her eyes from laughing. Their moment was soon interrupted by some continuous intentional coughing . " Bhai ceremony shuru karein ?" Ashika asked raising her eyebrows in a teasing way . " Deri kiss baat ki hai ." He said looking at Avantika as she tried not to make an eye contact with her .

They ceremony started with puja and soon they were asked to exchange they rings . Advaith held her hand in his as he caressed it helping her with her nervousness. He held the ring between his fingers sliding it into her ring finger without breaking eye contact with her . He held her hand in his hold tightly as he lifted them up closing his eyes and putting them over it as a gesture of respect. She was so overwhelmed by his actions that her already red cheeks grew more blush over them . Taking his hand in hers , she slide down the ring in his ring finger as a frown consumed her face , the ring stuck in his finger midway as it was a smaller size . He took the lead pushing the ring into his finger forcefully as her finger turned red making Avantika worried. " Nahi aap ..." she did not get a chance to complete as she was interrupted by him assuring her as he smiled closing his eyes for a while . 

They both still held each other hand , caressing it lovingly . " Bhabhi ek photo please !!" Veer and Vihan exclaimed as they separated them both almost pushing them away coming in between . They posed with Avantika as Veer handed his phone to Advaith to click a picture. He took the phone from veer  without speaking anything  as he shot a glare at them . He threw the phone towards Veer as he let out a gasp out of fear , catching his phone near his chest muttering something under his  breath .

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