Etched On My Heart- SamAina Wedding Special

Mist and Solace

Author- TheWhistlingThrush

"Bhabhi sab acche se toh ho jaayega na?" Sameer asked Poonam Bhabhi for the umpteenth time since the morning.

She turned to face him completely and with a hand on her waist, glared at her devar ji.

"Haan! Haan! Aap bilkul tension mat lijiye?" Sameer repeated Poonam's answer which she had been saying all day.

She raised her eyebrows with a forced smile signalling BETTER.

"Sirf aapki Naina nahi, meri devrani bhi hai wo. Aap tension mat lijiye sab acche se hoga." Bhabhi said when she couldn't see relief on Sameer's face. He curled his lips up but couldn't control the anxiety, the excitement, a little fear and overpowering love brewing inside him.

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Naina was looking out of the window of the bus. She flinched her eyebrows as a thought struck her.

"Preeti!" She nudged her sister sitting next to her.

"Hmm?"

"Sun na. Sab theek se hoga na? Mujhe bahut tension ho rahi hai. Hum sab Aunty ji - mera matlab Mummy ji aur unke husband ke Shimla wale ghar me rukne jaa rahe hai. Sab acche se hoga na?"

"Behen tu sach sunegi ya mai tujhe dilasa du?"

"Sach."

"Kuch seedhe se nahi hoga."

"Dilasa de."

"Kuch seedhe se nahi hoga.

"PREETI!"

"Kya hai? Tu Sameer ki pagal family ko, humari aadhi khiski hui family ke saath ek chatt ke neeche, poore 4 din tak rakhne ka soch rahi hai. Tujhe kaise lag raha hai ki sab seedhe tarah se hoga?"

Naina hit Preeti on her arm.

"Maar kyu rahi hai?"

"Mere sasural walon ko pagal mat bol."

"Tu pehle Rajdhani ki speed se rang badalna band kar."

"Sab sahi se hoga na Preeti?"

"IDEA!"

"Kya?"

"Tu na pagal hoti jaa rahi hai, jaldi se poori pagal ho jaa fir mai Jijajee ki aadhi se poori gharwali ban jaaungi."

"Poori gharwali ban jaaungi." Naina imitated her sister. "Issi bus ke neeche fek dungi mai tujhe."

Preeti chuckled at Naina's possessiveness.

"Kuch seedha nahi hoga par sab sahi ho jaayega." Preeti said making Naina finally smile
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Poonam Bhabhi was knitting sweaters for her new born when she heard a horn outside their bungalow. She peeped outside the window and saw the Agarwals getting out of a mini van one by one. Vishakha had sent the van for them, this meeting was a step to bring the two families closer despite the differences and she wanted to do this one thing right for her son.

"Sameer Bhaiya ke sasural wale aa gaye." Poonam chimed and collected the elders.

Sameer rushed down the steps, with his shadows - Munna and Pandit. He would have got out of the house and picked Naina in his arms, bridal style and would have twirled her around but the boy controlled his emotions (hormones) and his pace. He was not going to make a fool out of himself in front of his family, which was now going to expand and include the Agarwals too.