ArShi SS : Broken Bangles (Rejected II)

Wedding Night

        

They stood their in front of the entire gather. Arnav never left his eyes from her maang. Khushi was too shocked to react anything she just kept on looking at the man in front of him whom she loves and who is now her husband. But then filling her maang with gulal doesn't make her his wife. This is nothing. This meant nothing more then another humiliation. Now he goes and tells her that this means nothing she will break into pieces. This is definitely something she has never expected. Still her stupid her wanted this to be real even though she knows that her now husband will never accept her as his wife.

Anjali got a towel and wrapped Khushi. She hugged her tightly whispering congratulations. That's when Khushi was able to sink the idea of being married to her bother in law.

Anjali broke the hug and stopped Arnav holding his hand. "Ruko Arnav. Do you know what you have just done?"

He kept quite.

"She is already leading one hell of a life and you have made this even more difficult for her".

"Bhabhi, did you see how people were talking? I just couldn't take it anymore".

"But I don't consider this as a marriage. This means nothing".

Khushi's eyes welled up. Her fear was correct and this is what she was expecting from the rest of the world.

"Putting colours on someone doesn't make that person married Arnav. This is an insult nothing else".

"I don't care Bhabhi".

"But the rest of the world does".

She held both of their hands and dragged them inside the house. She didn't stop until she reached the mandir.

"Bhabs, aap karna kya chahti hai (what are you upto) ?", Arnav asked her finally.

"I want you to marry khushi respectfully. She doesn't deserve this after what she has  gone through. Tumne himmat dikhayi hai shaadi karke sabke samne. Ab bhagwaan ke samne himmat dikhake iska maang bharo. Tab sab manenge iss shaadi ko", Anjali dragged him in front of Kanha Ji and pointed him the sindoor bowl. (You were a man enough to marry her in front of the entire works, now be a man and marry her in front of the almighty. Then I will accept this marriage)

Arnav went towards Kanha Ji and turned back to check his newly married. What a sorry marriage he thought. His bride was wearing a white saree which was not sprinkled with red gulal. Not an ounce of make up on her face. But she looked pretty anyways. No Ornaments, no bindi, no kangan nothing. Even the saree was totally wet.

Anjali went towards khushi and removed the gulal from her forehead so that Arnav could apply the sindoor.

Arnav took the bowl in his hand and walked towards his bride. He fisted some sindoor and was going to apply on her partition when Anjali stopped him.

"This is sindoor not gulal. You have to pinch little bit and apply it".

He advanced his hand towards her partition and applied the entire sindoor on her partition again making her forehead totally red.

Khushi looked down and looked up again towards her husband. Tears those were threaten to spill had no bound anymore. She let the tears fall. Finally her dream of marrying her best friend has come true. And she had nothing to complain. Even though this wasn't the ideal situation but she still loved the way he has made her, his. He has bathe her in red. Finally someone put colours on her.

Arnav couldn't take his eyes of her. She was looking so pretty cladded in red. Finally, he thought. Finally she will get rid of that white saree. He just hated to see her in white.