Arranged By Shukla

Part 7

#Shehnaz's POV

Dressed in yellow lehnga, I was ready for the haldi ceremony. Looking at myself in the mirror, blush crept over my cheeks as his face flashed before my eyes. He always says that I look too good in yellow. Now I am desperate to see his reaction but for that I will have to wait. Because I have to be in the room for some time as my mother said that she would call me when the ceremony starts.

Sighed I sat on the bed and as I had nothing to do, I started scrolling my phone. While scrolling, I came across the pictures which were taken at the previous haldi function.

I could not stop smiling while looking at those pictures because it was the first ceremony I attended. I let out a soft chuckle when his photo came in front of me.

I mumbled 'khadoos' seeing his angry look in the photo and drifted into the flashback of how I had created his image as a rude person in my mind.

When I came back home after completing the shoot, I observed that how everyone is working according to him only. My family always used to chant his name and his liking and disliking. They always used to do the things which he likes. They were always be like 'don't do this, Sidharth puttar won't like it'

I remember, after returning home, I was cooking as it had been so many days since the family ate anything I had made. I was about to put veggies in the wok when my mother came shouting.

"Mumma kya huya? Darra hi diya aapne mujhe"

"Ruk ek minute, oil kam karne de mujhe" my mother said ignoring me.

"But Maa, humesha itna hi toh dalti hoon na"

"Han, lekin abhi kam kar. Sidharth puttar ko pasand nahi hai itna oily khana"

And I was like seriously? "Tabhi itna rukha hai" I mumbled to which my mother slapped on my head lightly.

-

Me and Shehzan were in my room and with the loud music on, we were dancing and having fun when suddenly Papa came and slowed down the volume.

"Chote papa volume kam kyu ki'? Shehzan asked to which Papa answered,

"Puttar awaj thodi neeche rakh ke masti kro"

"Lekin pehle toh aapne kabhi nahi roka" Shehzan asked again.

"Han toh pehle Sidharth nahi tha na" he spoke which confused me and I couldn't stop myself from asking,

"Matlab?"

"Matlab yeh ke Sidharth puttar ko nahi pasand hai yeh shor sharaba"

"Oh god" I mumbled.

-

I was walking through the corridor when I saw him coming from the opposite direction. I stopped and passed a smile to him when he came near but he, in return gifted me a glare and without uttering anything, he left from there which made my mouth left open.

"Kitna khadoos hai yeh" I talked to myself. "Shehbaz ne sahi information di thi phone pe ke bahut akdu hai ye aur smile se toh dur-dur tak inka koi naata nahi hai"

My train of thoughts came to halt when my Badi Maa came to me and ask,

"Sana kya huya puttar? Aur yeh Sidharth gusse mein kyu gaya yahan se?"

I was about to speak but she interuppted me by saying "Kahin tune toh kuch gadbad nahi ki naa?"

"Main...main.. kyu karungi kuch?" I fumbled with words as last night incident came to my mind.