The Audacious Hearts

Better Not Together

I woke up to an empty bed and room – now that's what I call a good morning.

I stepped out of the bed and stood in front of mirror. The swelling on my forehead was now less and the pain in my waist also lessened.

I quickly took a shower and wore a fresh pair of black sarre and matching blouse with golden borders. Applying the vermilion on my forehead and wearing the nuptial chain around my neck, I completed my look with minimal makeup. And at last wearing my anklets, I descended the stairs carefully because my leg muscles  were still somewhat sore.

Everyone was there on the breakfast table except for the person who was vanished from last night. Chachi looked at me and immediately came to me, worried.

"Ruhi, beta you didn't need to come here. You should have rest." 

"Umm...no chachi, I am feeling fine now. And I wanted to join everybody for breakfast too." I said in a sweet and shy voice.

"Oh. But where's Aryansh?" She asked and I looked at her, dumbfound as I didn't knew what to  answer.

As if I care. I resist the urge to roll my eyes as I definitely can't say that.

"Um...chachi he.."

"I am here, good morning."  His raw husky voice  fell into my ears alongwith the clicking of his shoes against the white marbles.

"Ohoooo..... matching matching." Anya teased  and my eyes fell on my saree and then at him wearing a black tailored suit and golden cufflings.

And he didn't even blinked.

I moved towards the dinning table but his chachi stopped us. "No Ruhi wait." She said and I stopped while Anya excused herself to her room.

"Seema get me the things I told you about." She called the head maid and she appeared from the kitchen in less than a minute with a  tray in her hand containing a big earthen pot and some raw chillies.

"Aryansh, Ruhi come here." She called us both and then pulled Aryansh to stand besides me when he stopped a few feet away. She took the chillies into her hand and rounded on both of us from our heads to toe  chanting something.
And then she threw them into the pot and direct the maid to burn them away.

"Thu thu thu. Nazar lag gyi h mere bacchon ko." She rounded her palms over our heads and then put the black dots behind my ear, blessing me. Then forwarding her hand towards him but he stretched back to his full height, scowling. She glared at him and he leaned down, sighing , for her to put the Kohl behind his ears.

"It's just been a day to your wedding and look at you both. One has been poisoned and the other fell done the stairs." She completed and we both looked at each other knowing the reality that its not others , it's us whose being evil  each other's towards each other.

"Come now,sit." His daadu said and we both sat on the table.

I served myself some poha and chair while he took some sphagetti and sauce into his plate.

Suddenly, the spoon fell from his hand when Anya came running and hugged him from behind dangling her arms around his neck.

"Anya, what is this behaviour?" His daadu asked, irritated at the morning fiasco.

"Thank you thank you thank you sooooo much bhai. I love you." She chanted while tightening her hold around his neck while he tapped her arms lightly, a dim smile adorning his face. "You are welcome." He whispered.

Anya finally left his neck while he stood up. And she  threw herself around him again while hiding her face in his chest. He too wrapped his protective arms around her.