DevRoop

The Perfect stranger

Roop's pov:

When we arrived at Pooja's house I was really mesmerized by their home. Actually is it really a castle? It is really beautiful.

The giant gates where opened for us. When me and pappa entered the gate Pooja's father Mr. Thakur greeted us.

"Roop you have grown up into a beautiful lady my child" Mr.Thakur said

"She was always beautiful Thakur ji " Pappa said smiling

"Namaste(hello) Thakur Uncle" I said politely.

"Namaste my child" Mr. Thakur replied.

"Hey servant come here, show them the guest rooms and arrange everything they need" Mr. Thakur ordered a servant

"Follow me miss" the servant said while carrying our luggage.

"Miss Roop, this is your room and the one at the end of the corridor is your father's. Where should I put your luggages?" the servant asked

"Oh you may leave them here , Thankyou" I replied

The servant put my luggage in my room and left with Pappa to show him his room.

This room is really big and pretty there is even a balcony where I can see an amazing garden . The bathroom is bigger than my room. Oh my god how rich is Pooja? I can't even imagine.

We should've arrived two days before but Pappa's condition was not so good. He was having a really bad cough which is not at all good. I couldn't bring myself to tell him that he only have 2 years left to live. He is suffering from cancer.
How can I tell him!?..But after this wedding I must tell him the truth he deserves to know.
I was lying to him for 1 week and I can't do that anymore.
There is no one for me besides pappa. How will I survive without him? Whom will I trust? Who will be there for me when I need someone? I don't know any of that. Oh ... It's getting late,
Today is the haldi celebration I must get ready soon.

(The haldi celebration is celebrated before the wedding. It is an important function in India.People come to see the bride and wish her luck, the guest will put a paste of turmeric, sandalwood powder, and milk to the brides face , hands and  legs ,it is a way of congratulating and all the guest and the relatives would wear only yellow to this function)

Roop's pov:

When I arrived at the hall where the haldi is conducted it was already crowded suddenly I saw Pooja sitting comfortable in a royal chair laughing and enjoying the haldi celebration.

I went to her but suddenly someone bumped into me.

" Hey, look where you are going. Don't you have eyes?" I said angrily without turning and looking at the stranger.
"Why are you not responding" I said rudely turning to face the stranger.

Suddenly my anger vanished when I saw him. Oh my god..... Is he a god or something!? Is he single? Could I ask him? Oh no no what are you thinking Roop you can't just ask a stranger if he is single.

He had a brown eyes and a rose lips, his beard and moustache was thick and it really matches him. His black hair was below his ear and it was combed really well. His yellow kurta really matched him.

I snapped myself back to reality

He smirked at me after analysing my expression.

"What is there to laugh about?" I asked pretending to be a angry

"Oh, you were starring at me a moment ago darling" he said smiling.

His smile is making me weak. How can someone be this handsome. Why did God gave him such a pretty face but a rude character.

"Oh . I was not, you are mistaken, you should apologize" I said calming my racing heart.

" May I ask why?" He said smiling

"You bumped into me" I said looking at his beautiful eyes.

Will I get lost in it? I thought

"Oh for that.....I apologizing darling" he said smirking again.

"Oh then leave I don't want to see your face again" I said without meaning any of the words that came out of my mouth.

"You sure?" He asked stepping towards me.

Oh God what is he upto.... I starred at him before answering

"Yes, please move out of my way" I said angrily.

"Ok, but only for now, remember my name next time we meet..... It's Dev" he said smirking AGAIN

I looked at him and left without answering.

Oh loordd great! His smile is beautiful. He is rude but handsome, how am I going to roam around without seeing him for two more days....

Thinking of the incident that just happened I walked toward Pooja...

"Hey Roop, How are youu??? I missed you." Pooja said smiling and waving at me.

"Oh I am fine.How are you? I asked

"I am super fine and extremely happy as you can see" Pooja said laughing

I am really happy for her I've never seen her this happy before.

"Aw I am happy to hear that, I missed you too darling " I said happily.

We studied at the same school till we were 16,after that we both went to different universities for futher studies after that this is the first time I am meeting her.

I leaned and put the haldi paste on her face and smiled.

"Oh Pooja I can't believe you are getting married." I said smiling

"Thankyou Roop, the family is good they are related to the royals but my fiancé is just majestic" Pooja said blushing

"Look at your face you are already head over heels for him" I said teasingly

Pooja smiled and she was about to say something when a man interrupted us.

"Hey, bhabhi" (sister-in-law) a familiar voice said

I turned to look directly at him....No not again it's him Dev. Suddenly I turned away from him looking at Pooja.

Pooja suddenly introduced me to him.

"Dev this is Roop, She is my best friend and my cousin" she said to him.

"Hey Roop" he grinned at me devilishly saying
my name.

For some reason my name slipping from his tongue made my heart beat race.

"So Roop this is my fiancé Arjun's cousin Dev" Pooja said interrupting my thought.

"Oh, I've met him" I said looking at him

"Oh really you both knew each other" Pooja said confusingly

"Yes bhabhi a few minutes ago and by that meeting I can tell that Roop is a little rude." Dev said teasingly

"Haha no no Roop is such a good woman Dev,"Pooja said looking at me smiling

"Yes I can see that" he said looking directly at my eyes

His eyes are really dangerous I can say that for sure.

I should really go somewhere else to sort my thoughts. I thought of an excuse suddenly I realised I haven't seen pappa for a while.

"Pooja darling enjoy your evening I should find my pappa i haven't seen him in a while" I said smiling

"Oh yes, see you later Roop" Pooja said waving at me

"See you later" I replied her and I turned to find his brown mysterious eyes starring at me.

I ignored him and walked towards my pappa and some relatives.
I talked to pappa for sometime and left him. He was so happy to see his old friends and he was busy talking to them.

I saw so many relatives and friends, we talked about Pooja, her fiancé, their family, social affairs and so on. I am not really into socialising so when i felt exhausted I thought about walking alone.

I walked towards the beautiful garden to explore and to be alone with my thoughts.