Every step Together

16. Hit and Miss

   Tripthi's PoV :

"Hey Lord, Shower your blessings on Krithi and let this alliance be a success", I saw Mom praying when I entered the pooja room. "I will look after all my devotees equally and I am always ready to bless them with eternal happiness and give the success when their motive is true", I spoke standing beside Krishna's idol blessing my mother.

"You..", she twisted my ear. 'Mom, I just teleported my Krishna's message to you and you are twisting my ears, Krishna won't like this', I said making a serious face

"Oohk, then thank you for letting me know your Krishna's blessings, but why are you not ready yet? What about Krithi", mom asked me.

"Akka is all ready looking like a princess, but Mom is it necessary that I should be wearing this heavy Half saree, you know right I fumble with my steps and I can't even walk fast wearing this, so please spare me", I pleaded her showing my puppy eyes.

'No, is going to be my only answer. Your cousins are getting dressed up and you are her own sister and you should be wearing the half saree, no more discussions about that. Now go the beauticians will help you get ready' Mom pushed me into the room ordering the beauticians who came home to get Akka ready to groom me to.

Having no chance left, I stood there wearing blouse and lehenga, they worked over my dupatta, tucked it in lehenga. They started working on my hairstyle, I kept saying to keep everything simple, they side braided my hair and started to apply makeup to my face, I again warned them to keep it simple. They did their work fast applying something to my face. After it's done I was greeted by some fair skin girl in the mirror, who looks opposite to me.

Mom came to the room and kissed my forehead saying that I am looking beautiful. somehow I didn't like this beautiful me as it's not the real me but some perfectly edited me, but I smiled at my mom, She asked me to check everything once again and accompany my sister to the Venue.

My parents and some relatives left to the venue early and I waited with my other cousins to accompany my Akka, They started making jokes and teasing Akka. After some time we too started for the venue. I sat beside Akka and spoke, "You are looking beautiful, like a million bucks".

"You too look beautiful Trippy, why don't you get ready like this", Akka said placing a hand on me, it's very cold."Akka, your hands are very cool? is there anything"I asked checking her hands.

'Nothing, it's just the wedding jitters', she brushed it off and others continued teasing her. We entered the venue, the function started and Akka's fiance is doing the pooja and I went to him

"As I said before I will be calling you Jiju, get ready to hear that and I am warning you again if you ever make my Akka cry I will not think before breaking your bones Mr.Abhishek Kumar", I whispered to Jiju sitting next to him.

"I am going to take this seriously, I don't want my bones to be broken they are very dear to me and I am going to keep your Akka happy", Jiju said smiling at me. I continued speaking to him and My mom called me from there.

"Tripthi, actually there is a problem. As we know that Abhishek's family believes in Shri Vinayak Ji, so they feel the engagement complete only when they have Prasad of Ganesh Ji, they informed us about this. We are organizing pooja in Shri Vinayak temple and offered him Prasad, there, but in a hurry, we forgot to collect that from the temple. Now Rishi too didn't come so please go fast and bring the prasad dear or else they will feel this as bad omen", Mom said to me.

"But I will miss the whole function Mom, I too want to see Akka getting engaged"

'If you make it fast, you can still watch the event, now please go dear, take this receipt if you show this they will give you prasad and take a cab', Mom said to me and I rushed out taking a handbag from my cousin Isha and took her mobile with me to book a cab, I boarded the cab and rushed towards the temple.

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Armaan PoV :

"So you are saying that as you are apparently busy relishing Ghugni, which according to you is the best breakfast in the world and now I should go to collect the project specifications", I shouted at Kunal.

"Yes Ghugni is the best breakfast in the world and do you have any idea how difficult it is to get a perfectly cooked Bengali breakfast here in Hyderabad, so I am going to enjoy this so you please go and collect the details yourself and I will directly meet you in the office, now cut the call Bye", with that he cut my call.

Having no option left, I got ready and drove towards the "BRC Constructions" office for collecting project specifications. I reached the place after 1 hour. I met them and they explained to me what they want for their project and I assured them about how AI can make homes better and we will deliver them the end product better than they are wishing. I collected their specification file and came out to witness that the climate has changed and it started drizzling.

I quickly sat in my car and started driving. I want to reach the office soon before getting caught in traffic. The drizzle grew, the traffic grew. I kept driving but rain is blocking the car's view. I drove safe but I saw my car moving towards a woman and I pressed the car break. The car came to halt and I saw her running to cross the road.

Something started ringing in my brain. I saw that person somewhere. I can't see clearly from the side window so I opened that to see clearly and everything stopped working, she is the girl Ms.Backpack. It took me time to get my senses back but other vehicles are pressing their horns as I am blocking the traffic. I quickly came down from the car and saw her standing opposite side, trying to protect herself from getting drenched.

"Hello, Miss. Hii...", I shouted at her. I was about to cross the road when some autowala came near me and asked me to move my car. I asked him to wait but people joined him and asked me to move my vehicle. Having no option left I quickly sat in the car praying to God that I shouldn't miss her this time, I quickly parked the car aside and ran back.

Thank God she is still there. I kept waving and shouting at her, she is carrying something in her hands and is dressed up so beautifully. She is clutching her lehenga is hands and is looking quite uncomfortable. I started to cross the road but the traffic is not letting me. Vehicles are not even giving me time to cross. I kept shouting but she can't hear me as the rain is quite heavy. I saw her stopping an autowala and speaking something.

My heart started beating fast  witnessing that, I can't miss her this time and I started running to the opposite side not caring about the traffic. Some cars came to a sudden halt but I kept running, I reached the middle of the road and saw her being seated in the Auto-rickshaw. God, I can't let her go, I jumped over the road divider and the auto in which she sat started moving.

Noo, I can't let her go, I ran faster but the auto moved fast I ran chasing the auto shouting but I lost her again just like that. I wish I would have run fast or have done something better. I lost her again. She came and disappeared in the blink of an eye. It's like a Hit and Miss. But that gave me some hope.

I saw her literally after 1½ years after I totally lost my hope But seeing her now even for few minutes gave me hope and my heart started playing some songs and she is looking so beautiful too in her traditional clothes. My heart registered her portrait. I want to meet her and speak many things. I stood there in rain for some time and came back started driving towards my Office.

 Langa Voni/Pattu pavadai/ Langa Davani which is translated into English as a Half Saree is a traditional dress worn by mostly unmarried girls all over South India. A variant of this is the Ghagra-choli/lehenga of North India which is equally beautiful.

Tadaaa..... Here it is. I know this is not what you people are quite expecting but patience folks. Patience is bitter but the fruit is always sweet

Get ready to witness the crazy ride, Grab your popcorn and hoodies the rains have started in the story and in real life too. Enjoy the rains but be safe. Take care and help the people in distress. Tough times don't last but tough people do

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