The Vows We Exchanged

Chapter 11: The Night the Stars Changed (Part 1)

"What the hell were you thinking Yug?" Aaruhi scolded as she somehow managed to get Mayur into Yug's SUV with some help from Tanuja. "Hey, I was just playing around. Not like it was my idea." Yug tried to explain her as he gave a look to Barry.

Not only had his stupid idea failed to any extract proof about Mayur's motives, but it also ended up embarrassing every one of them in the entire crowd. Moreover to add onto this, Aaruhi seemed as if for some reason this little incident had gotten onto her nerve; something which Yug rarely witnessed happening.

"Besides, how was I supposed to know that he is too sensitive to alcohol?" Yug tried to reason, grabbing Aaruhi's arm and turning her around to make her face him. Anger was glowing in her eyes like the meteorite from the sky; just about to land and burn up everything in the vicinity. Unfortunately, Yug was standing right at its landing point.

"Not every guy in this world is a drunken master. There are people who aren't fond of drinking. And from the way I know him, he won't even drink a sip unless it was tactfully forced in." The meteorite landed. She gave Barry and Ayush a look which made them take a step backwards to hide behind their girls. From all the experience they had with her, Aaruhi's anger was way scarier than Yug punching them.

"Okay fine! I made a mistake. We shouldn't have tried messing with him. I'm sorry." Yug said joining his hands in front of her, although it seemed like a forced apology in an attempt to set things straight. "Apologize to him, not me." Aaruhi said, pointing her hand to the passed out Mayur, her voice strong and stiff. "Why are you getting so worked up, baby?" Yug asked, getting worried about this now. Fights between him and her never really had went this far ever.

Yug's question seemed to silence Aaruhi for a minute. She turned around to a look at the sleeping masked face which rested on Tanuja's shoulder which made sure he won't go off balance. "He trusted me with that." She replied; her voice low and deprived of any anger which was blazing in it just a minute ago.

"When we were about to enter the club, he reminded me that he was sensitive to alcohol and wasn't really feeling comfortable knowing the fact the almost everyone in there could be drunk and might force him into it too. I had promised him that nothing like that would happen and that it'll go fine." Suddenly, her low voice turned cold and heavy. "I failed to keep my promise...again." She murmured with the last bit being barely a whisper.

"Now just stop this and take us home." She ordered and went to take a seat beside Tanuja. "What about the dinner?" Yug asked, already pulling out his keys. He knew her good enough that nothing can change her mind when she's mad at something.

"You guys can continue with that, I and Tanuja will have some back home. Don't mess up the evening due to us." Aaruhi replied looking at everyone out there standing and then pulled up the window. "Too much for planning a treat for your love!" Yug murmured as he took the driver's seat and rolled the ride out on the roads.

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"I'm sorry." Yug said once again as Aaruhi and Tanuja stepped out of the SUV with Mayur on their shoulders. "We'll talk about this tomorrow. Good night. Love you. Bye." Aaruhi replied in a monotone. All Yug could do right now was to give her time and that's what he did by driving away. The two girls managed to walk into the society grounds with Mayur's one arm going across Tanuja's and the other over Aaruhi's. Being skinny, they two weren't really having any trouble carrying him while he wobbled in between; semi-conscious.

Suddenly the lightening which had been flashing up in the sky gave it's final strike down and rain began to down pour to cool down the atmosphere. Drop by drop at first, and then all at once, the raindrops began to display their dance over them. The two tried to pace up into the building, but Mayur wasn't up for that plan.