Qurbat - A Nuptial Knot

The Time

Headquarters...
Bandana was sitting with Sameeksha, Shahveer was standing behind them. In front of them there was Rohit, continuously looking at Bandana.

"Yeh taarh raha hai tujhe, by God ankhe nikaal lungi iski" Sameeksha said. Of course, possessiveness was in her blood. "Eh chup kar" Bandana whispered. Rohit looked at her carefully. He admired the way she spoke. His feelings were changing, he's never felt like this for a girl.

"Woh ladki kitni hot hai" Shahveer whispered in Sameeksha's ear. She looked at Aarushi and rolled her eyes. "Sharam nhi aati?" She asked him. "Arey yaar...me bhi na, apni setting ke saamne kisi aur ki tareef kar raha hu" He said. Sameeksha widened her eyes. "Hello? Konsi setting?" She asked. He smirked.

"Bandana" Her mother called, "beta Rohit ko apna room to dikhao" She said. Bandana held Sameeksha's hand tightly. She was nervous, but somehow she managed to smile and nodded.

Bandana and Rohit stood up and left the hall. Both were walking slowly; they didn't know how to start the conversation. Bandana was still unable to digest the fact that she was meeting her celebrity crush. Some hours before she was dreaming about meeting Rohit and now he was there to marry her.

Rohit cleared his throat to grab Bandana's attention.
"So, Bandana I think tumhe mere bareme kucch to pta hi hoga" He said, Bandana simply nodded. "I know aaj kal arranged marriage zada trend me nhi hai, par you know kabhi kabhi sahi beth jaati hai" He told his opinion. "Iss meeting ke baad agar tum sahi feel karti ho mere saath to...ham rishta aage badhaenge of course" He said. Even he didn't know what exactly he was saying.

They reached the room. As soon as they entered, Rohit saw a huge poster of a cricketer. "Erm, cricket?" He asked. Bandana was surprised that he didn't know MS Dhoni, she knew he doesn't like sport but at this level?

She simply nodded. "Kaafi posters hai yaha cricket ke, tum khelti ho?" He asked. She nodded again. "Aur yeh kya? Ballistics?" He asked looking at the shelf full of ballistics' books. She nodded again.

"Accha Mandana..." He said, "Umm, it's Bandana" She corrected him. "Ohh, to tum bolti bhi ho? Thank God! Mujhe to laga tumhari aawaz shaadi ke baad hi sun'ne ko milegi" He said. She chuckled. He smiled.

"Aap itna sure ho ki shaadi hogi hamari?" Bandana asked. He nodded confidenlty. "Vese hamari psand milti nhi itni, sports to psand nhi aapko" She asked, "tumhe kese pta?" He asked curious.

Being a fan, she knew his likes and dislikes, but this time she was trying to find an excuse to hide this. However she didn't know why she wanted to hide it.

"Ab kisiko MS Dhoni ke bareme nhi pta yeh kese ho sakta hai?" She asked pointing at the poster. "Oh" He chuckled.

"To kya job karti ho tum?" He asked looking at her hand gun. "Anti-Terrorism Sqaud me kaam karti hu, abhi transfer Mumbai me hua hai to yahi kaam kar rhi hu kisi neyi mission pe" She said.

"Oh, that's nice" He said picking up her hand gun. "Umm, loaded hai so risk nhi lena chahiye aapko" She said. He looked at her with a scared face and immediately gave it to her. She smiled at his cuteness.

"So is there anything...like jo tumhe poochna ho mujhse?" He asked. She shook her head. "Aapko kucch poochna hai to btaiye, aap to celebrity hai, sabko har baat pta hai aapke bareme" She said. He smiled. "Mujhe jo pta krna tha, pta kar lia" He said. She nodded. She wanted that meeting to take longer but that was it.

It was time to take and hear the decision...a time that she was waiting for and she didn't to face.