I Simply (Love)Hate You

13.

As we got there I got caught up in the happiness and work, I forgot the night before, or actually I tried not to think about it. And I was just dancing when Anu told me to get my mehndi done, I smiled getting excited, I loved having mehndi on because it just looked so cute. So I literally ran towards Sanju, who was on a couch on the stage, still getting hers done, both on her feet and her hands and up her arm. It took her a longer time because she was the bride. I sat next to her and took a good look at her mehndi. "Woaah, it looks good" I compliment, she smiled and women come over to me and grabed my hand. I placed it in her lap and she started doing her magic, a cold but nice feeling hit my palm.

I sat there talking with Sanju, when Sanju's eyes widened and a huge smile took over her face as her in lows came over to greet her, she bend down to show respect, and they blessed her by putting a hand on her head. Her father in low started talking to Uncle and her mother in low started complimenting Sanju and I. I smiled as I felt a hand on my shoulder and then Rajveer leaning in and whispering something to the women giving me mehndi on. She looked at me and I just smiled, she smiled back and continued. Rajveer walked away and giving me cocky smile. I was so nervous his touch just went through my body as a shiver, and the fact that he gave me that smile just reminded me of how big of an idiot he was, I felt threatened. What if he told someone, gosh why was I such and idiot. I felt heated as the whole situation made me nervous. "What's wrong Av?" Sanju asked with a look of concern, I got thrown back to reality and gave her quick smile. "Nothing I am just hot, and thirsty" and as I said that Rajveer came by with two glasses of water. "I figured that the two of you must be thirsty. It's hot in here." He said and placed a glass in my free hand. "Give that to Sanju" he said and I put the cup up to Sanju lips and she started drinking till it was empty

He grabbed it from my hand, and as my free and was free again, someone grabbed it, and I felt that cold but nice feeling hit my palm, he gave the women that was putting mehndi on what was suppose to be my free hand a smile. "Ups, look at that. Now that none of your hands are free, I might as well just give it to you." He said and grabbed the cup off the tray and started moving towards lips, and I quickly started drinking as he started pouring and it would get everywhere of I didn't. After drinking it, he whipped the side of my lips and stared into my eyes. I stared blushing, why is he doing this in front of everyone? Seriously he is embarrassing us. I turned my face, to hint him to stop. And he did, he left giving me yet another cocky smile. He was getting on my nerves.

As I was done I sat there letting it dry a little bit, waiting for Sanju to be done. And we stayed there a bit for it to dry as well. Her feet was a asleep because she had been sitting still for so long, so we got up to walk a little. And as Sanju got caught up with her friends and family, I decided to step out to breathe.

Having Rajveer around really made me nervous. I stood outside just cooling down, when I felt two hand grab both arms and pulling them upwards. From the light that was hitting us, i saw the shadow of Rajveer looking at my hands. "I can't see it, move over here to the light" He said pulling me towards some light, he then searched my hands again, and smiled unbelievably cute, I looked where he was looking and saw Rajveer's name hitten in between the design. I was literally shocked, how dare he? "I told her to write my name!" He said giving me a satisfying smile! Ugh I could kill him. " how can she just put it there without talking to me?" I asked confused, knowing it was his work as well. "Well you smiled at her, she took it as you were agreeing!" He said still with that satisfied smile plastered over his stupid face. " HOW DARE YOU!" I said pulling myself out of his grib and stepping back, he looked at me to continue. "Who are you to me? You can't claim me like that. You're not my love, and you even ruined this for me now in the future." I said, almost breaking into tears. The mehndi was my favourite rasam, and I was looking forward to be a bride with a clean hand for my husbands name. But he even ruined that for me. "Trust me Avni, this will be the first and last name on your beautiful hands. I will fight for you, and I will make you mine. With you it feels right, you can't deny how right it felt when we laid there in each other's arms. And there must have been a reason for you to come to me, even when you're drunk! I realised that you are worth the fight, you can be as stubborn as you want but in the end you will be mine, it's destiny!" He said and placed soft kiss on my mehndi covered hand. He then walked away, and left me standing there not knowing what to do with myself.

He was right, that feeling of me and him just felt right. And I couldn't deny it. But did I want be his? Did I want an "us"?