IBADAT-E-ISHQ

First Night 🌉

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QAISER~

"Seriously Qaiser she's all yours now, you can stop staring." Rudra says as he slaps me on the back of my neck.

Well, she might be all mine now but I still haven't had a moment alone with my wife.

My wife, this feels so good to say, even in my head.

"Exactly, she's my wife so, I can stare all I want." I reply as I look at our wedding pictures one last time on my phone and post them on Instagram.

"Someone's getting territorial already." Saumya says as she walks in the garden with a teasing smile. "Exactly, you should keep your brother in check Saumya." Atharva says and Saumya just replies with a soft awkward smile. "So, Chachi said if you want, you can come inside for Bhabhi's Muh Dikhai ceremony."

"Isn't that women's job?" Ratan asks getting up from the swing totally contradicting his own sentence.

"That is. But you know Bua ji is there and Maa says if Qaiser Bhai won't be there to answer Bua ji's question, Raisa Bhabhi won't even open her mouth, even if people will disrespect her. I mean we don't really know her but that's what Chachi's assumption is about her. What do you think bhai?" Saumya asks looking at me with expecting eyes.

"Raisa definitely won't open her mouth." I say as I get up from the swing along with my brothers and friends.

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As soon as I enter in the hallway of our house, I notice Raisa sitting in the middle of the hall on the sofa, surrounded by lots of women. Her face is not covered with the veil anymore but her eyes are still downcast. I know her eyes are pretty red and swollen from all the crying but even after that she's glowing like never before and the way the vermilion is noticeable from even afar, it makes me feel so happy. It satisfies me like never before. And I must say yellow is her color, she looks so ravishing in that yellow saree.

"But her name is so weird, Raita." I hear Mami say and few women laugh on her comment, while Raisa is just sitting with her eyes lowered on her lap.

"Mami ji, it's Raisa." Rati Bhabhi corrects her and Mami looks at her furiously and say, "But I have to say she's better than Rati, because she's at least not disrespecting her elders by giving them unnecessary answers."

"Someone needs to give answer for the questions Mami ji." Yug says as he walks forward and stand next to Rati Bhabhi.

And in response Mami ji just stand up from her place and Bua ji sits next to Raisa. But in the whole conversation what nobody noticed was Raisa's smile when Yug stood up for Rati Bhabhi.

"So, Raita I mean Raisa Beta, I've heard you're a tailor." Bua ji says and Raisa turns her head to look at her with furrowed eyebrows, "Ji?" Raisa asks softly.

"Arre the one who design clothes." Bua ji tries to explain which make Ratan laugh hard.

"Umm, Fashion designer." Raisa corrects her softly.

"Tailor, fashion designer same thing." Bua ji says with a laugh. And in return Raisa just looks at Maa with a "Can I already leave?" look, which makes me laugh.