Destined Soulmate

5.

●SIDDHANT

We were back from Diya's house after the dinner sitting in the hall when anu suddenly asked "Papa dada dadi kab aayenge chachu ke yaha se?"
"Subha phone kiya tha toh keh rahe they ki kal tak aajayenge par tu kyun puch rahi hai?" Papa answered
"Mujhe laga woh log bhabi se milne ke liye excited honge isiliye puchliya"anu answered. Bhabhi what the hell is she talking about I spoke to myself.
"Of course they are excited afterall they were the one who arranged their marriage and thats why they are coming two days early" Maa said and I looked towards her.
"Don't glare at me I am speaking the truth now that diya and her family are back you should get married you are already 27 it's time to settle now" Maa literally ordered me to get married.
"What are u talking about maa you know I don't want to get married now also there is too much work for me to get married . Would u like it if I don't give your daughter in law my time?" I questioned her.
"Don't act smart with me and give those excuses to your grandparents after they are back afterall they are more excited about your marriage" maa glared at me.

Then I got up and moved to my room. I don't know what's there obsession with marriage inko har kisiki shadi karwani hoti hai patanahi konsa unofficial marriage bureau khol rakha hai. I changed and went to sleep but I was still awake even after one hour my thoughts were constantly going back to diya its good that nobody saw us there otherwise they would have made me marry her then and there saying I liked her. It's not that I don't like her or something but I am not ready for such big commitment like marriage not that i can't stay loyal but i have some trust isuues. But if my parents got to know that I am attracted to her even by one percent they will force me to marry her which I don't want. I should do something about this maybe I can stay away from her so that my parents thing we are not compatible enough for each other thinking all this I finally drifted to sleep.

It was 6 in the morning and I was back from jogging then I took a shower, got ready,had my breakfast and left for office. I was working on some file when I heard a knock I asked the respective person to come in and then diya entered my office and she started staring at me well that's new I cleared my throat and then she greeted me.
I need to ignore her
I mentally remembered and explained her work. She then left to look around the office and get me coffee. She returned after some time with my coffee and I found out she makes quite good coffee good for me. I smiled as I took the second sip of the coffee. And continued with my work. Almost around 5 in the evening I got a call from Maa.
"Ji Maa boliye" I spoke
"Your grandparents are back and they want to meet Diya so invite her to dinner today make sure to bring her with you dont come back alone." Maa ordered and hung up the call without listening to me. I called Diya to my office and informed her to join us for dinner and come with me but she didnt agree but then she finally agreed for me to pick her up from her house and she left to complete her remaining work and I did the same. Just as I was going to leave for home I heard a knock come in I said and diya entered and informed me that she was leaving for her home I hummed in response she was still there I asked if there was something else and she asked for my number and I saved my number in her phone did I forget to mention that she looked cute in her wallpaper
Concentrate sid u need to ignore her my inner voice spoke.

And currently I am infront of her house in my car. I honked the horn and there she comes dressed beautifully in the pink anarkali looking like a goddess.



"Control sid u need to ignore her" my inner self spoke again why do I keep forgetting that I need to ignore her . I got out of the car and opened the door for her because ignoring doesn't mean I shouldn't behave like a gentleman man.
She smiled at me muttered a thank u and sat in the car and put on her seat belt. We were silently sitting and almost halfway to my house when she asked"Can I play some music?" I nodded my head and she turned on the music and the song called "Yeh raatein yeh mausam" started playing.

She was humming the songs all the way back to my house and we reached after almost 10 minutes and I stopped the car. " We reached " I said and she stepped out of the car. We entered inside where maa papa anu and dada dadi were sitting in the living room I went towards them and touched dada dadi's feet and diya did the same but before diya could touch dadi's feet she hugged her. We settled down in the sofa and started talking about our childhood."I really miss your dadi she was such close friend of mine I still remember how  your dadi and I  used to watch you both play and think how beautiful you would look as couple when you both get married" dadi said with teary eyes.
And before diya could answer we heard a voice "Whose marriage are u talking about in my absence?" Here comes Raghav but why is he here he was supposed to attend his business partners marriage.
"I missed you dadi and dadu" he said while hugging them. Raghav and I are friends since childhood so he is not only close to me but my family also.
"We missed you too"dadi said and smiled at him.
"By the way apne jawab nahi diya kiski sadi ki baat chal rahi thi aur diya yaha kya kar rahi hai?"he asked
"Arey beta ladoo ki shadi ki baat chal rahi thi aur diya woh hai jisse hamara laddo shadi karega"Maa answered with a sweet smile looking at diya and me.
Raghav looked at me as if I had betrayed him and said " Tune shadi karne ka decide karliya aur bataya bhi nahi shadi mein bhulayega yaa phir baki business partners ki tara sirf reception ke liye invite karega?"
I glared at him and answered "Tu mere sath upar chal mein explain karta hoon sab" then I dragged him with me.

As soon as we entered my study room "Explain" he ordered
"What should I explain?Diya is the girl dadi arranged my marriage with since we were kids that I told u about . Before u question No I didn't recognise diya when she came for the interview afterall we had not met each other for almost 10 years. And now our parents want us to get married. Understood?"
He nodded.
"Now before u question anything else tell me why are u here you were supposed to attend Mr Kashyaps wedding" I asked him
"Yeah I went there but it turned out to be such a blunder because Aditi Bedi the girl whom he was supposed to marry ran away from the weeding. Can you imagine they had known each other  for almost a year and still instead of confronting Mr Kashyap she decided to run away with her boyfriend in the wedding day. Guess tomorrow news is going to be filled with this incidents poor kashyap."He narrated the incident and it made me think about myself.
"Hey what are you thinking?" Raghav asked
"Nothing just about my marriage. You know everyone wants me to get married to Diya but I am not ready for such a big commitment you are aware about my trust issues it's hard for me to trust someone especially after the incident with Ravi mamu." I sighed "You know even Mr Chopra got divorced today after 10 years of marriage  and now Mr Kashyaps incident I don't know how u can trust someone after seeing all these incidents. I don't want to end up like my mamu Raghav so I have decided to avoid diya so that my parents believe we are not compatible for each other and break off the marriage" I explained my thoughts. "But it may work out sid you can't be alone all your life just because you are afraid of the result. You can't give up without trying And do you really think uncle aunty especially dada dadi will break off the wedding that easily?"Raghav asked "I don't know but I can still have some hope right?" I answered hopelessly. "If this is all about hope than then why not hope that you will have a happy life"Raghav was quick with his answer. Before I could say something I heard a knock I opened the door which was already slightly open and saw Diya." Uncle aunty are calling u for dinner "she said and walked away as I nodded my head.

After a few minutes Raghav and I joined them for dinner and we engaged in few talks as dada dadi were asking random questions to diya. After the dinner I dropped diya to her house greeted her good night and returned to my house.