Author's pov 

Mumbai, India 

"Hey ,What's up guys?"

Sathvik entered  Neel's house and greeted them as soon as he spotted them in the living room.

Neel, Darsh , Krisha , Sumit and his wife Aarvi were there. 

"Here is our star, Sathvik Malhotra. " Neel said dramatically, making him roll his eyes. 

Sathvik took the glass of coke which Krisha offered him and thanked her.

" We have news to share with you." Neel said to him.

"What's it? Are you guys going to become parents? Congratulations bro, you are way faster than I thought."  Sathvik said to Sumit with a chuckle. Neel and Darsh laughed and Krisha shook her head with a chuckle.

Aarvi blushed and Sumit threw a cushion on Sathvik's face which doubled his laughter. 

"Sorry, Bhabhi. I was just joking." He apologised to Aarvi.

"I know …it's okay." Aarvi said to him with her red cheeks due to shyness.

"Now tell me what's the news?" Sathvik asked this time seriously.

" Bro, our single team lost one more guy….Darsh is going to get married." Neel said with a fake sob.

"What ? Seriously!!! Wow dude.” Sathvik said and got up to hug Darsh who also stood up and hugged his friend.

"Who is the girl?" Sathvik asked as he sat down in his place.

" Pihu ..remember I didn't attend your fashion show and went to meet a girl…she is the girl. " Darsh said with a smile. 

" Now it's your and Neel's time." Aarvi said to them.

" I am out of this ,Bhabhi…I am sorry. I am happy with my bachelor life ." Neel said.

"Yeah, with lots of girls, isn't it?" Krisha mocked him.

"Hey no…I am only with my girlfriends. " Neel protested.

"No..it is Sathvik who only roams around with his girlfriends who are countable but You roam around with uncountable girls." Krisha said and slapped the back of Neel's head.

Everyone chuckled seeing their banter.

"And what about you, Sathvik?" Aarvi asked him.

"Umm…I will marry someday for sure but not now ... .I have lots more to achieve before marriage. Moreover I didn't find my kind of girl so marriage plans are far away.. " Sathvik said with a smile.

"Who will say that it is Sathvik who is saying all these ,who has girls lined up for him and also dated a number of girls and now he is saying that he couldn't find his type of girl !!!" Darsh said dramatically. 

"Dating and marriage are different. Dating is fun ….but marriage is something divine and magical…you can't mix them up, bro." Sathvik said to him. 

"See ,this is like a sensible boy." Krisha said ,patting Sathvik's back . 

"Thank you, thank you. " He said dramatically, bowing his head .

"Come on, let's have food …then we will have a boys' party." Neel said .

"Oh hello, why only boys? We girls will also join you." Krisha said and circled her arm around Aarvi's shoulder. Guys nodded their heads.

"No no..I don't drink, Krisha." Aarvi said in nervousness. 

"So what? We will drink..you can have juice or coke. But we will be with them." Krisha said to her.

"It's okay , me and Aarvi will have juice or coke whatever she likes , you guys can drink. " Sumit said as he saw his wife feeling awkward being the only one in the group of Alcohol consumers.

"Wohooo….whipped." Krisha and Sathvik shouted, making Aarvi blush and Sumit rubbed his nape in shyness. 

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Next evening

"Welcome welcome," Anish greeted his friend who was sitting in the living room along with his daughter. 

"Anish, how are you?" Mr. Joshi asked his friend and stood up to hug him.

"I am perfectly alright…Finally you got time to meet your friend ." Anish complained playfully.

" Aare yaar, I was messed up in my work in the US and didn't get time to visit India. Finally after 5 years By the way this is my daughter, Natasha." Mr. Joshi introduced her to everyone.

Natasha greeted everyone with a smile. 

" Just because I am meeting her after 5 years doesn't mean I don't remember her." Anish said a chuckle .

"Where are your kids? It's been almost 5 years, I have seen them." Mr. Joshi asked.

"Oh yes, Avyaan ,Sathvik,come here. This is Avyaan, my elder son and this is Sathvik ,my younger son.. ." Anish introduced them to each other.

Dheeraj also came and greeted them. 

Then they took their seats and engaged in conversation about life ,work and all. Sathvik excused himself as he needed to attend a video conference regarding his work.

They were talking when all of a sudden Avyaan got a call so he excused himself and left from there.

"Excuse me, Can I use the washroom?" Natasha asked Kritika.

"Why not beta? Wait ,let me call someone." Kavita said and called a staff member to accompany her. 

Natasha went away with her.

"Umm…you can leave now, I will come back by myself. " Natasha said and went inside the washroom. The staff member left from there.

She did her job and came out after washing her hands. As she was walking back to the living room, she spotted Avyaan talking with someone on his phone. She stood there for a second and walked towards Avyaan.

"I will call you back. Yeah.. bye." Avyaan said and cut the call. 

He turned around only to get startled by the presence of Natasha who was just behind him.

"Oh hi..How are you?" Avyaan asked her.

"I am great…So getting married ,huh!!!" Natasha asked him.

"Yes, just three weeks to go." He said with a smile.

"Great…by the way what she does and how she looks? You guys didn't reveal anything to the media…there is just a buzz that One of the Malhotra brothers is getting married." She asked him.

He smiled a bit and said, "Actually we will announce it after the marriage…I didn't want any media attention now." She nodded. 

Then he showed her the picture. 

"Hmm. …she is nice. But you could have got someone better than her ,right?" She said.

He sighed and said,  " But she is the kind of girl I want. Natasha, I think you should forget about the silly thing you have for me. I said that before as well..I am saying now also." 

Natasha nodded and shook her head.

Natasha and Avyaan were friends from high school. 

But seven years back from now when Natasha proposed to him , he immediately denied as he always saw her as his friend. From then ,their friendship also started to go down the hills. Then Natasha went back to the US with her father and their connection got lost and also their remaining friendship.

"Anyways, let's go..everyone must be waiting for us." Avyaan said to her.

"Sure," Natasha said and followed him. 

But on the way Avyaan stopped as his phone vibrated. He took it out to see a message.

"Umm..Natasha, you go. I will be back after some time." He said to her. Natasha noticed his weird expression which he immediately concealed.

She shrugged and walked away.

Avyaan looked at his phone and clenched his jaw.

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Akshaat's pov 

“Surprise,” 

I exclaimed as soon as I entered Ekansha’s chamber. She yelped as she got startled and looked at me ,narrowing her eyes.

“You scared me ,you idiot.” She said to me.

I smiled and walked towards her. Pulling her from her chair, I wrapped my arms around her which made her blush.

Unable to control myself, I pulled her into a passionate kiss which described how I missed her these days and how much I craved for her.

“ I thought to surprise my fiance after a long tiring day and here she is scolding me ... .What luck I got!!” I said to her dramatically.

“Stop with your drama, I know you well. So what's  your plan mister?” Ekansha asked me with a smile. 

“Let's go for a long drive…then we will have dinner. Then I will drop you at your home.” I said to her.

“Hmm…the plan is interesting. Okay let's  go. I am done with my work as well.” She said. 

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“So how's  the wedding preparation going?” She asked me as I drove the car.

“On full swing. I am so excited. But unfortunately some unwanted guests will be there. We need to bear with them.” I said to which she chuckled.

“Wedding and unwanted guests go hand in hand. But there are so many good things that we can avoid the bad parts.” She said .

“Absolutely,  I can't  wait for the wedding. Finally a big function In our family after so many years!! I just hope everything goes well.” I said as I sent a silent prayer to my Krishna bhagwan.

Let's hope for the best.

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