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Smriti's POV:

"How many people left?", I groan as Shubman and I finish taking a picture with another guest and sit down on the diwan.

Although there weren't any rituals to perform in a reception, it was literally the most tiring part of the entire wedding so far. Especially considering that Shubman was one of the most popular cricketers in the country, he ended up inviting a lot people, like a loooooot of people.

"I didn't realise it was these many people when I wrote the list up.", Shubman tells sheepishly,"Please deal with it today though because I have a surprise for you."

"Oh my god did you invite Rohit Saraf?", I ask him excitedly.

"Why so that you could elope with him?", he teases me, "I already had a hard time stopping you from running away with Deepak bhai.".

"It's not my fault that I find him really cute, you know I've liked him for a long time.", I play along with his teasing,"So what is the surprise?".

"It wouldn't really be one if I tell you what it is.", he states.

"Shubmannn.", I whine and he flashes his classic grin at me.

Not gonna lie, I did miss those dimples during these years.

"Ah, he's here.", he tells as he looks behind me and I turn to look at where he's looking at.

He did not-

"Congratulations to the both of you.", he tells us.

He as in MS Dhoni.

Shubman invited Mahendra Singh freaking Dhoni.

"Thank you so much.", I tell him, freaking out on the inside.

"Welcome to the family.", Sakshi tells me and I tell her thank you with a small smile.

Ever since Shubman and I announced the wedding on our way to Mumbai for the reception, I'd recieved lots of love from his fans as well as the cricket fans. Definitely, there was a share of hate too, there always is when you come into the public eye. But the love I'd received was pretty unexpected and overwhelming.

I still can't believe this guy is my husband.

"I feel so embarrassed.", I groan as Dhoni and his family leave the stage after we clicked a picture together.

"You didn't do anything embarrassing though.", Shubman tells me.

"I didn't tell him anything except for a thanks. I mean, it's just embarassing because he's had such a huge impact on my life and I couldn't even like, tell anything.", I tell him embarrassedly.

"It's okay, everybody gets star struck.", he comforts me, "he's going to be here for some more time with rest of the team too, you could speak to him later too."

"I really hope so.", I sigh.

"Now it's time for the couple to dance.", the DJ announces.

"I thought we decided not to a call a DJ.", I look at Shubman in confusion.

"Abhay may or may not have convinced Kash to call one. You don't want to dance at your own wedding?", he furrows his eyebrows and I give him a knowing look.

"See, don't worry about the people around. You've danced before and you know there are a lot of worse dancers in here and I'm definitely one of them.", he tells me.

"That's not true.", I frown at him.

"You know it is.", he tells as takes my hand into his and leads me onto the dance floor.

Abhay's POV

Everybody is the hall cheers as Shubman and Smriti finish their second slow dance.

The DJ and both of them have managed to make me feel very single today.

"Will you dance with me?", I ask Anushka, who was standing next to me.

"Are you sure we're even allowed to dance right now? It's just the two of them.", she asks me.

Right as soon as she asks that, we hear the DJ asking other people to join in too.

"Here we go.", I grin as we both join Shubman and Smriti with a couple of other people.

I drew her close towards me as I placed my hands on her hip and she wrapped her arms around my neck.

"I love this song so much, it's one of my favourites", she tells me as the song Tum Se Hi starts playing.

"Same, I'm glad that that it's the first one we're dancing to together.", I tell her with a soft smile.

The DJ plays Thinking Out Loud then we continue to sway around the space slowly and I keep twirling her around for fun.

She's so beautiful.

After that, You Are The Reason starts playing and we're still dancing and she giggles as I twirl her around for the millionth time.

"Sambhal ke, usko chakkar aa jayega", Shreyas bhai teases me from the side.

"Kal jaaoge toh abhi Jess bhabhi ke saath time spend karlo, tour ke time pe you can take care of me.", I tease him and Anu sighs.

"Was that a wrong thing to say?", I look at her in confusion.

"No, no. I'm still confused about Ishan.", she tells me as she looks at Ishan and Aahana dancing a few feet ahead of us.

"It'll take some time for Ishan to realize all the nonsense he's doing, hopefully soon.", I grumbled, "I'm just more worried about Kash abhi."

"I just wish we could cheer her up in some way.", Anu muses.

"Wait, I have an idea. Would it be okay if I dance with her?", I ask her.

"Of couse, go on. You don't have to ask for my permission.", she tells me and I then make my way towards Kash, who was sitting aside on one of the chairs.

"Kash.", I call her out.

"Abhay, kya hua?", she asks me.

"You're dancing.", I tell her as I take her hand in mine and pull her out of the chair she was sitting.

"What about Anu-", she starts.

"She wants you to dance too.", I tell her as I tug her along with me to the dance floor.

"But-", she starts again.

"That wasn't a request.", I state, "you are going to dance with me now."

"Okay...?", she giggles and joins me.

The DJ was still playing slow songs but the both of us were tango-ing fast and almost stepping on people.

"Abhay sambal ke.", she laughs as I nearly fall on Anushka's dad.

That would've been scary.

"Wait, where's Shreyas?", I ask Kash as I can't find him or Jess around.

"Oh, Jess and him went to drop their parents. Thak gaye the.", Kash explains.

Damn it I was really hoping I could step on his leg and make it look like it was an accident because of dancing.

"Abhay, don't mind but Anu and I kinda need Kash with us right now.", Smriti asks me.

"But I'm still not done dancing with her.", I pout at him.

"Yaar meko bhi iske saath naachna hai.", she also pouts at me.

"Fineee, I'll let it pass cause it's your reception.", I sigh.

"Thank youuuuu.", she squeals and drags Kash with her.

"Bhai ye theeno kaunse gaane pe nachne waala hai ki they're so excited?", I ask Shubman with my eyebrow raised as I join him on the table.

"I don't know, Anu called Smri and told she had some idea. Then Smri got excited after hearing it, she went to call Kash while Anu went to the DJ.", Shubman explains.

The DJ starts playing the song Uff Teri Adaa and a very excited Anu joins Kash and Smriti on the dance floor.

"It's their song.", Ishan tells us as he joins us.

"Huh?", Shubman asks him confused.

"When they were around ten years old, this song had come out. To aise gaana sunte hi the three of them became like, totally obsessed with this song so it kind of just turned into their song, like their brand.", Ishan explains.

"Woah.", I tell him as I look at the three of them dancing.

The song had a magical effect, truly. The girls who normally tried to be on thier best behaviour all the time had lost everything and were jumping crazily around the floor and dancing.

Shubman, Ishan and I were just watching the three in them in surprise. Despite wearing dresses which could make them trip, they were still swaying around and bopping their heads too.

"You guys were amazing.", I cheer for them after they finish dancing and come to sit along with me.

"Thank you.", Anu tells me breathlessly with a grin.

"Just here for a while, you need rest.", I say as I get up from the chair I was sitting so that she could catch her breath in.

"Would it be weird if I go and talk to MS Dhoni now? This is the first time I've met him and I don't want to regret it by not talking to him.", Smriti speaks her thoughts out.

"Yeah do it man, trust me it'll be amazing.", Anu advices her.

"Bhai, I'm so tired.", Kash tells as she literally falls down onto the chair. She notices Ishan was next to her and the both of them just end up having a one second long awkward eye contact.

Shubman and I exchange a look after noticing this.

We had to start fixing this right as soon as we left for the tour with Shreyas bhai and Ishan tomorrow.

Published on: 28 August 2021