Destined Soulmate

8.

•DIYA

Guess what it's my wedding today. Yeah 15 days ago Siddhant and I decided to get married as per our families wish ,we informed our parents and here I am in my room wearing a gorgeous red lehenga. Just the day after we informed our parents both our families met and fixed the date according to pandit ji. The engagement was very private with only our families and close friends from my side it was Manya and Raghav from Siddhants' side. The engagement was held in temple and I have not met Siddhant since than as the bride and groom can't meet after engagement till the wedding. All the functions be it haldi,mehendi or sangeet were done were performed grandly. All the relatives were invited many of them were staying in our house and some were just arriving today. The functuons were done in complete desi style. Cousins were sleeping in the same room, tea was cooked every 5 minutes, guests ordering the children around for the most minor things it was all fun.

"Lehenge pehen liya ki nahi"Manya shouted while knocking the door. "Haan haan hogaya"i replied back. " OK get ready for the makeup Manya ordered as she made me sit infront of the dressing table. "You don't get ready for makeup Manya you get ready after makeup"I laughed and she rolled her eyes at me. "It's not the time to joke yrr pata nahi yeh parlour wali dd abhi tak kyun nahi aai"she said getting restless. "Why are you getting restless it's my marriage not your" I said getting playful. "Diya yarrr--" just as she was saying we heard a knock and there comes the parlour wali dd manya was talking about I giggled as she came inside. She asked for my preference and started doing my makeup. After almost 2 hours all the makeup and hair was finally done."How am I looking?" I asked Manya looking at the mirror just as she was about to answer I heard bhaiya say "Bandariya lag rahi ho"and I glared at him. "When did you come?" I asked and he just smiled at me. He came forward and hugged me "I will miss you kiddo" he said just then mummy and papa entered the room they looked at us for a while just as mummas' eyes started to water "let me click your family picture" she suggested to lighten the mood.

"Bharati aagaye" we heard Kriti say and soon we heard the music and noise. Mumma Papa went downstairs for welcoming them as I took a look from the window. Everyone was dancing and enjoying and Siddhant was sitting in the horse dressed in golden colour sherwani with red dupatta and pagdi. He was looking like a king, he was looking drop dead gorgeous. Just as I was checking him out he raised his head and saw me I quickly closed the curtains. After what felt like a eternity they called me and I was getting more nervous with each passing second. As I was moving towards the mandap Siddhant looked at me from head to toe and offered his hand which I obviously accepted. I took my seat beside him and pandit ji started chanting the mantra. We performed all the rituals and then pandit ji asked us to take blessing from our elders. After that it was time for my bidhai and I was crying while hugging mumma and papa when I saw manya offering bhaiya handkerchief to wipe of his tears. "Bye bhi nahi bologe mujhe?" I complained while looking at him with teary eyes as he came and hugged me. Bhaiya and I were really close since childhood though we used to fight a lot but still he was the best brother I could ever ask for.  After we hugged he wiped off my tears and said"You know I don't like you crying right? So no crying" "But you are also crying naa" I whined "That's the tear of happiness afterall now I will rule in our house and none will complain papa about me" he smiled a bit with tears still in his eyes and I smiled too. On the other hand papa was asking Siddhant to take care of me and never make me cry amd manya was warning him not to do hurt me.After a while mumma succeeded in consoling me saying we would meet in Reception and then pagfera and we still live close by and I calm down after a while. 

Right now I was in a car with Siddhant thinking of all my memories with my family. The fact that now I will just be a guest in my own house where I had been raised was constantly hurting me. Now I won't be able to annoy bhaiya complain about him to papa. Mumma won't with me to scold me for waking up late.Papa won't be there to give me chocolates when I am sad. I know they still live near by but now I will have to take my time from my day to even meet them. I will have to inform them before going there. I will not be arranging the functions but will be fucking invited for the functions in my own house. Since I was a kid guest used to tell me "ladkiya toh parai dhan hoti hai" I just used to laugh it off saying how can someone you have raised be a stranger to you only because they get married but aaj esa lag raha hai ki meh sach mein parai ho gai. Everything feels so strange thinking all this I don't know when I started to cry again. Siddhant cleared his throat and that's when I noticed he had offered me his handkerchief. I took it and wiped my tears.

After some time we reached his house he opened the door for me. We walked inside then his mom did the aarati and asked me to kick the kalash of rice with my right feet then I entered the house after dipping my feet in the alta. Then aunty informed me about the ritual of searching ring in the pot of milk though I knew it afterall I used to watch movies and series all day. We settled in our seats Siddhant was beside me and the pot filled with milk was infront of us. All of them were happy and trying to comfort me."Bhabi mei aapki team mein hoon aapko ho jitna hai" anusuya said first. "Mein bhi asking team mein bhabiii"Raghav added as he stretched the word bhabi. "Why are you calling her bhabi she is my bhabi not yours"Anu narrowed her eyes. "Who are you to decide that I will call her bhabi as she doesn't have any problem right bhabi"he looked at me and I just smiled awkwardly. "Stop it both of you and let them start the ritual they are both already tired" Geetanjali aunty scolded both of them. "No no aunty how can they get tired this early afterall it's their first night today right Sid" Raghav winked at Siddhant as everyone laughed . "Shhh now start the game" dadi said and we started the game. I was searching for the ring and I found it but I accidentally touched Siddhants hand and stopped my movement but he was quick enough as he took the ring from my hand and won the first round cheater kahika. "Kya kar rahi ho bhabi"Anusuya complained. So now I was taking this game seriously. And thus I won the other two round so according to the ritual I will have the upper hand in the relationship even if I didn't win I would have had the upperhand but winning boost my confidence.

After the ritual I was sent to Siddhants' room which was also my room now. I sat on the bed after putting the glass of milk on the side table. After a few second he entered the room and directly went to the closet. HOW RUDE. After some time he came back in a plain t-shirt and sweatpants and moved towards the other side of bed. Am I invisible can't he see me?? I cleared my throat and he looked at me "Aunty se-sent some m-milk"God dammit why did I shutter??I mentally facepalmed myself. "I don't like milk"he said and laid in the bed. What the fuck did just happen? Not that i was expecting something but....I didn't move from my place for some moment. "Are you not going to change?" He raised his eyebrows. "Do you have any problem with that?"I retorted back.

He suddenly sit up in the bed looked in my eyes. "Look Diya both of us know about the situation that we married in and I remember your conditions too and I will also follow them but that doesn't mean we need to invade in each others private space. You asked me to respect you I will, you asked me to stay loyal to you which I obviously will, you asked me to fulfill my duties as a husband and communicate with you in case of any misunderstanding I will do that too but that doesn't mean I will suddenly start to love you and shower you with all the love in this world we are husband and wife I don't deny I don't deny our relation nor do I take it as a joke. I know its a sacred bond but we can't deny the fact that this is a marriage of convenience. Convenience for both of us so let's just coexist with each other for now. We will be a lovely happy couple for the world but that doesn't mean I will love you. I hope you understand let's not make it difficult for both of us"he finished his so called speech laid on the bed turned his back towards me and slept. He fucking slept!!It will not be wrong to say I was shocked.

After a few second I composed myself and went to the closet. First that Siddhant and now this heavy lehenga. It took me almost an hour to freshen up. I changed into my night suit and went towards the couch in his room to sleep. "Sleep on the other side of the bed" I heard his deep voice.
Didnt he go to sleep an hour ago ?
I pondered for a moment and thought I was already too tired and if I sleep on the sofa my back won't be able to take it. So I moved toward the bed and laid there. I started thinking how everything changed in a day. Now I am Diya Mehra Singh Raizada from Diya Mehra. I have always admired my parents relation, their marriage but I guess that's not in my destiny. I have to get stuck in this loveless marriage. Well I am still quite lucky as I know he won't cheat on me and he respects me also he won't invade in my privacy maybe that's a good thing and his family is also good I don't need to get worried about my mother in law and sister in law torturing me every now and then.Eversince I was a kid I have always been happy and positive but this time I am not sure. People say that everyone will have a low,sad, depressed type stage at some point in their life but I never did but you never know maybe now I will be in that stage where I will be sad and feel low and experience the pain everyone taks about or maybe not. No no i should be positive and think positive. Maybe all arranged marriages are like this or maybe we will have a progress in our marriage with time I don't know. But what I know is somewhere I was hurt and scared that I will not have a beautiful marriage like my parents. Thinking all this I don't know when I dozed off.