HELLO PEOPLE, I'M BACK AND JUST A HEAD'S UP THAT I'VE MADE SOME CHANGES IN MY WRITING STYLE.

I HAVE DECIDED TO ADD THOUGHTS IN ITALICS, SO THE SENTENCES IN ITALICS IN THE MIDDLE ARE THOUGHTS.

ENJOY!

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Aashna's pov:

My leg bounced up and down as I stirred the contents of food in my plate nervously with my spoon.

I regularly kept glancing at my mom and dad who also sat at the same dinner table in front of me and were engaged in some gossip about someone.

"Bata Shona, tujhse kya kaha tha unhone?" Mom said to me.

Kisne? Kiski baat ho rhi he?

"Umm...kisne?" I was too deep in my thoughts to even hear the conversation. All I kept thinking about was that how was I going to break the news to my parents.

"Arey beta Sharma ji ne, aur kiski baat ho rhi hai?" Mom said a bit irritatedly.

Ok. Par kab?

"Kab?" I asked again.

"Kya soch rahi hai tu? Kahan dhyaan hai?" Dad said gesturing with his hands.

Shubman par. Hehe.

"Um wo....."

"Shaadi ko lekar, bata papa ko!" Mom said again.

"Achha! Ok! Haan toh unhone bola ki shaadi jaldi ho jaani chahiye....and mene bol diya ki abhi toh koi plan nhi hai....hehe." I did acting of the whole dialogue in front of them.

"Aur yeh baat toh aur bhi purani he....kareeb 2 saal ho gaye! Batao!" Mom said.

They both again began some gossip about someone else.

*sigh*

Thoda apni beti ki zindagi par bhi dhyaan de liya karo!

"Mamma, papa, ek minute meri baat sun lo." I said quietly which had no impact on them.

"Mamma! Papa!" Again they pretended like they heard nothing.

Looked at my hand.

Invisible toh nhi ho gayi mai?

"Aaaaaahhh" I screamed to get their attention.

Thoda sa brat pana toh chalta he. Haina?

They both looked at me with wide eyes.

"Kya ho gaya? Chillaya kyu?" Mom scolded me.

"Meri koi baat hi nhi sun rha tha!" I said annoyed.

"Bol beta kya hua?" Dad said softly.

I took a deep breath and thought about the best line to say it.

Mummi-papa! main aapko is baar birthday par daamad gift kar rahi hu, sagi rahega?

Pagal he kya? Bol bhi mat diyo! Thappad pdh jayega!

"Ek ladka he......wo ham actually.....3-4 saal se relationship mai hain...aur ham ek dusre se shaadi karna chahte hai.....toh ek baar aap usse mil lete to accha hot-"

My mom said something before I completed my sentence, "Hamein kisi ladke se nhi milna....aur ham jis ladke se teri shaadi karwaenge! Tu usi se shaadi karegi....toh ab yeh topic aur jo bhi tera usse relation he wo khatam kar do." She said.

I feel genuinely annoyed by her words like what does she think of me? "Arey! Yeh kya baat hoti hai? Ek baar mil toh lo! Aur ese kese apna relationship khatam kar du? Main aap logon ke words ki respect karti hu, isliye aapko bata rahi hu, aur aap mere words ki itni respect bhi nhi karti ki aapne baat shuru hone se pehle hi khatam kar di?" I said angrily.

"Yogita! Ek minute!" Dad said.

"Haan tum toh uski hi side lena har baar aur agar kuchh bhi gadbad ho gayi toh yeh ladki fir mere ghar wapis nahi aayegi!" Mom said.

"Mene kya bola Yogita? Ek minute mujhe baat karne do! Aur yeh mera bhi ghar hai aur jitna yeh ghar tumhara hai, utna hi meri beti ka, toh usko koi bhi problem hogi, jab man karega toh wo iss ghar me aayegi aur tum koi nhi hoti ho usey rokne wali! Now let me talk to her!"
Dad said sternly.

He turned to me with stress lines plastered on his forehead, "Theek hai...par kon hai ladka, kesa hai? Kya karta hai? Uske baare mai toh bta hi sakti hai na tu abhi? Agar hame sahi laga toh zarur milenge!" He said.

I breathed out in relief at his words.

So I should tell them about him now...the moment I've waited so long for, "Uska naam Shubman hai. Shubman Gill."

Dad's eyebrows shot up, "Arey kon hai jisne wo...cricketer ka naam hi copy kar liya? Wah!" He snickered.

"Oh....actually....wahi hai jisse aap logon ko milwana hai, so of course you know that he is a cricketer, and ham log kaafi din se date kar rahe hai....so ab hame lagta he ki hame shaadi kar leni chahiye, isliye usse aapko milwana tha." I said reluctantly.

Dad looked at me with a stone expression before laughing out, "Beta konse sapne mai jee rahi hai? Shubman Gill par pata nhi kitni ladkiyan marti hain....aur wo toh Tendulkar ki beti ko date bhi toh kar raha hai! Haina? Mana tumhe wo pasand hoga lekin iska matlab yeh toh nhi hai na ki ham sapnon ki duniya mai hi jeene lag jayein?" He said.

Yaar in logon ne bhi delulu ghoshit kar diya mujhe?

"Papa mai koi sapno ki duniya mai nhi jee rahi hu....mere paas proof hai, ham dono ki selfies! Aur agar aapne notice kiya ho toh wo mujhe Instagram par follow bhi kar rha hai! Aap please meri baat mani, mai Shubman se bolti hu ki wo aapse milne aa jaye, but aap please ready rehna usse milne ke liye, please?" I gave him my puppy doe eyes.

"Chal theek hai! Bula le apne Shubman ko, dekhte hai ham konsa Shubman aata he tera rishta lekar?" He said and laughed off.

This is something that I hated about him, that he never took me seriously, he thinks that I'm lying? I'm literally running on 28! I'm too old to be in delusion!

I made a face in his laugh and pulleed out my phone to call Shubman.

He picked up the call and I put it on speaker, and gestured my parents to be quiet, "Shub? Hello!" I said.

"Hello baccha, kesa hai?" He said in his usual soft tone.

"I'm fine.....wo, mene baat kar li he ghar pe, and you will need to come to meet up with them. Toh bata do jab tum free ho toh aa jana, huh?" I said.

He took a deep breath and answered,"Arey! World Cup khatam ho gya, ab free hi free hu mai, aur tum yeh mat puchha karo ki mai free hu ki nhi, just keep your demands, I can clear my schedule for you hun." He said making me smile.

"Toh kab qa rahe ho?" I asked him.

"Seedha baraat leke aa jaun?" He asked me.

Lovesick he ye banda!

"Shut up. Jaldi batao kab aaoge?" I said.

"Jab tum bolo!" He said.

"Day after tomorrow?" I asked him.

"That could be done! Expect me!" He said.

I hung up after saying goodbye.

"Mujhe abhi bhi nhi lagta ki yeh banda asli Shubman Gill hai!" Dad said.

"Jab aayega tab dekh lena! Theek hai?" I said getting up and running up to my room that I have in my parents house.
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Everyone was eagerly waiting to see shubman in our home.

Dad, mom and even my grandparents too.

It took a lot of effort to convince them to meet up with Shubman, their wedding could not take place without their blessings.

They were totally against their granddaughter marrying into a Punjabi family, but as soon I shed a few tears and gave them those eyes, they became soft.

Natak karna acche se aata he mujhe! Aur patidev ke liye thoda natak toh kar hi sakti hu main.

It took a lot of convincing though.

Intercaste marriages were seen as a huge scandal in my household.

So today Shubman is coming, he said he will be here by the evening. And if everything went well, he will be having dinner with us.

Dad is still sceptical of me dating him so I'm still giving him attitude.

Like how hard it is to believe in someone?

And the most frustating thing is that my whole family is here.

Actually my family is really engaged in what even one person does, so my grandma decided to tell everyone that my boyfriend is coming to meet us and everyone got curious to meet him and landed at my parent's place.

Saale rishtedaaron ko aur koi kaam nhi he kya bkl.

Ok so it's getting closer to his arriving tim-

My thoughts get interrupted by the doorbell which I rush to answer.

As I open the door, I come face to face with Shubman. We keep staring at each other for a moment when he finally look inside the house and decide to hug me tightly.

I push at his chest to let go but he says, "Shh, it's ok, no one saw." And planted a sweet kiss in my hair. I finally snaked my arms around him under his jacket.

We pulled apart and I held his hand to pull him inside the house.

My little cousins who were playing stopped in their tracks on seeing us and they ran towards their moms, screaming that he's here, "Mumaaaaa, chalo jaldi wo aa gaye!!" The screamed and I looked towards Shubman with an embarrassing smile just to see him laughing shortly at their behaviour.

I made him sit on the sofa and sat on the table in front of him to talk with him in my loud as fuck home.

Bhagwan ji itna desi bhi kyu bana diya mujhe??

"Kya loge? Chai, coffee? Juice, cold drink?.....oh wait, tum to ye sab peete hi nhi ho! Because of sugars!"
I said.

"Haan...Just water." He said.

I didn't hear it clearly in the ongoing background noise of many things, people chatting, children running and screaming, the kitchen
Chimney....

Kya zarurat thi itne saare rishtedaaron ko bulane ki?!?!

"CHUP HO JAO!!" I shouted at the nearby kids who were running and screaming.

Then I turned to Shubman who was looking at me with wide eyes.

"Ab bolo kya chahiye?" My tone came off rude when I said it.

He gulped once while opening his mouth to answer, "P-Paani.....only." He said.

"I'm sorry, bacche dimag kharab karte he." I said while getting up and saw my dad walking towards him with a neutral expression.

We made eye contact of a second as I passed by him and smirked.

Ab ho gaya bharosa? Huh! *hair flip*.

I turned around to look at them pulling my jacket closer to me.

I saw Shubman get up and bend down fully to touch my dad's feet.

I turned with a smile and excused myself to the kitchen which was crowded by women of all ages.

I navigated my way to the water filter, finding it hard to do so because of the concentration, "Mami! Ek baar side ho jao, paani chahiye....bua, side hona zara....arey ammaji yaar aap kya kar rhi ho kitchen me? Aap toh bahar jaa hi sakti ho na?" I said to my grandma who was just standing and observing everything.

"Nhi mai sab dekh rahi hu, ki sahi tarah se khana ban raha he ya nhi." She said as I filled a glass for Shubman.

Ya fir gossip sun rahi ho khadi khadi?

"Accha? Lekin bahar toh Shubman already aa chuka hai....usko nhi dekhna?" I said in a dramatic tone and she widened her eyes.

"Kya? Abhi jaati hu mai, tere dadaji ko bhi le jaungi, hamare bina kuchh bhi fix mat karna abhi!" She said and waddled her way out of the kitchen.

I chuckled at the curiosity and went outside to give him the glass of water.

We made eye contact for a second as I bent down to keep the glass of water in front of him.

He took it halfway from my hands and his warm fingers touched my cold ones making goosebumps erupt all over my arms.

I stood with the tray as he drank from the glass making eye contact with me with those seductive eyes all the way.

Bas koi notice na kar le, meri family mai log chutkiyon me judge ho jate he, isko tharki ka title 2 minute mai mil jayega.

My grandparents came out of their room as I gasped internally on seeing my grandmother.

She had changed her saree and wore new accessories and did some makeup too.

Apne dulhe ke liye mai bhi itna taiyaar hokar nhi ghum rahi hu....mene bhi sirf knicker, T-shirt, jacket aur neeche socks pehen rakhe hain!.

Shubman got up again and touched my grandparent's feet.

I saw my grandmother smiling widely as she gave him her blessing.

Bana le, bana le, point bana le Gill!

I suppress a smile on seeing this interaction.

All the elders including my uncles and my dad and my grandparents sat in front of Shubman.

I found a stool and placed it near the couch on which Shubman was sitting.

Soon my dad started to talk with him casually, about the weather, if he had some difficulty finding the house etc.

Sitting close to him, I can see that he is pretty nervous, swallowing and wiping sweat off his hands as subtly as he can but I still notice little details about him.

"Toh, Shubman beta? Kahan mile aap meri Shona se?" Dad asked him.

Shubman looked at me before answering.

"Ji uncle, 3 saal pehle, airport par takra gaye the, fir casually baat cheet shuru ho gayi." He said.

"Aur ab dekho, shaadi ki baatein chal rahi hain." Dad said and snickered.

Ugh! Koi inko joke maarne ke liye jail bhejo yaar!

(Dad jokes you guysss!!)

Apparently, Shubman too, found his joke funny before he said, "Uncle dekhiye, mujhe zyada baatein banani toh nhi aati, I'm on the introvert side."

Accha beta? Sasural walon ke saamne seedha ban raha hai?

"Lekin mai bas aapse itna kehna chahta hun ki....mai aapki beti se bohot zyada pyaar karta hu and jitni jaldi hamari shaadi ho jayegi, utna better rahega, aur yeh toh aapko bhi pata hai ki shaadi toh mai isse hi karunga, toh ham dono ko esa feel hota hai ki hamari families ko bhi mil lena chahiye aur jaldi se date dekh kar shaadi karwa deni chahiye." He said, glancing at me in between.

Aww mera baccha, ghar chal ke batati hu ise, itna cute?

"Haan theek hai, hamein bhi tum acche lage. We accept you, haina mummy papa?" Dad asked my grandparents.

"Haan, mujhe toh bohot pasand aaye tum beta! Ladkon ko toh esa hi hona chahiye, tall dark handsome!" Grandma said.

"Haan theek hai fir, hamein bhi koi problem nhi hai, mil lete hain tumhari family se." My grandfather said.

It was rare for him to be that soft. He was one of those old guys who was always angry....for example, Geet's grandfather in the movie 'Jab we met'.

I smiled internally and did my best to hide my smiles but my dimples and my blush betrayed me.

After that, we all went to have dinner as it was almost time.

At first, it was all the men that sat down on the table.

Apno main kahan dam that, hamein toh patriarchy ne loota! Lol.

(A/n: zyada riyal ho gaya)

Dadaji, dad, bade mama, chhote mama, fufaji....and Shubman.

I got to my duty of serving as the ladies cooked and the children served.

Children matlab main, I was on serving duty, kyoki roti banani toh aati nhi hai!

So after feeding almost 8 rotis to Shubman, who was on the verge of crying if I gave him more, I finally sat down to eat with my cousins.

Shubman went into the kitchen and kept his plate in the sink and at the same moment, I found myself coughing as some of my food particles went in my wind pipe.

My eyes watered and I stood up from my seat coughing loudly until I saw Shubman rushing beside me and helping me chuck down a glass of water while rubbing my back.

I took a deep breath and Shubman wiped my stray tears with his thumb, "You ok?" He said above a whisper.

I nodded my head.

"Thank you so much." I said.

I turned around to see some people of my family staring at us and I instinctively stepped apart from him.

He too saw them and went to sit with everyone else before saying, "Aaram se kha lo, then we can leave, ok?" He said and left me at the dinner table.

I finished my food and picked up all the stuff that I had brought yesterday night and walked in the living area.

"Shub?...man! Chalo!" I blurted out his nickname by mistake and said his full name to cover up badly.

From the corner of my eye, I saw my cousin Aarya suppress a laugh.

Ab ruk tu beta, akele me mil kisi din! Favorite cousin kya ban gayi meri toh sir par chadh gayi?

I shook my head and looked at Shubman, who had stood up and was talking about something to my dad.

He bent down to touch his feet and also the feet of ALL the elders in my house.

Chhulo sabke pair, fir jhuk jhuk ke kamar dard hoga inko!

He took my small cute duffle bag from my hands and walked forward. I let him do that because he always does.

We went out of the door with waving our byes to everyone and sat in the car.

He took a deep breath and wxhaled with a sigh.

"Baby? You ok?" I asked him in a sweet tone.

He looked at me before answeing, "I'll be, after doing this." I didn't know what he meant until he bent forward to hold my face and go for a sweet kiss.

I chuckled as he pulled apart, "God! Tumhare ghar main bilkul space nhi mili for me to even kiss you, and it has been all day!" He said.

"Oh my God Shubman! Bas yahi sab dimaag me chalta hai kya?" I pretended to be annoyed.

"Don't pretend ki tumhare nhi chalta!" He said and switched on the engine.

Agar isko pata chal gaya ki mere dimaag mai isko lekar kya kya chalta hai toh chidha chidha ke maar dega, chup rehna hi behtar hai!

"Ok ok! Ab ghar jaa ke kiss me all you want!" I said and from the corner of my eyes, I saw him smirking and making me blush.

We reached home and picked up ice-cream on the way.

After we both changed into bed time clothes, we sat on my bed side to side and put on a movie while eating ice cream.

I was fully focused into the movie until I felt his eyes on me.

I scooped a spoonful of ice cream and turned around to feed him but by mistake, it got smeared on his well shaven cheek.

I gasped and muttered a small sorry.

Lick it! Lick it!

My conscience said to me and and I let my inquisitive thoughts win and bent forward to straddle him and held his jaw in my hand.

I stared into his eyes and while making eye contact, I leaned into his cheek and sucked on that spot making his eyes go wide and exhale a deep held breath.

I licked and sucked his cheek clean and pulled away slowly, looking into his eyes as he looked down to stare at me with an emotion that I've never seen in his eyes before.

"What did you just do?" He asked me in a low mocking tone.

"I-I....wo...I." I couldn't continue before he attacked my lips with his own and pulled my down on his lap by my waist.

Our lips were just an inch apart and I closeed my eyes as I felt his warm breath on my face.

He covered the distance and crashed his lips on mine, kissing me roughly yet passionately.

I grabbed on to his round collar of his T-shirt and he deepens the kiss , moving his lips in sync.

My hips automatically start to grind lightly as I feel his hands capture my waist under my T-shirt.

"Can I?" He looked into my eyes for a moment holding the hem of my T-shirt.

"Yeah." I breathe out and he pulls the T-shirt off me, leaving me in my skin coloured pushup padded bra.

He starts to kiss me again and my hips start to move in sync with our kiss.

"Don't go there baby, or I won't be able to control myself." He whispered against my lips making me freeze right on my spot.

I blink up at him with wide eyes and he picked up the ice cream bowl and scooped another spoon of it.

Then instead of feeding it to either of us, he drops it to my cleavage and looked into my eyes before lying my down on the bed in one swift motion and hovering over me to suck at the valley between my breasts.

I moaned lightly as he kept sucking on my skin. Then after a while, he left that spot leaving it red.

He moved upwards to my neck with his hands slightly hovering over my bra and started to suck at the curve of my neck.

I closed my eyes and let my hands roam freely over his chiseled back.

"Ohh, Shub..." I moaned his name and he looked at me from above, a little breathless, and said, "I think we should stop, this is enough for today."

Accha theek hai!

Maan leti hu baat.

I nodded and he pecked my lips one last time before getting up and walking towards the washroom.

I lay there thinking about it but then decided to get up and wear my T-shirt and eat some more ice cream.

Chahe kucch bhi ho jaye, khana nhi rukna chahiye!

He came back after a while and sat beside me.

"We should sleep right?" I said.

"Probably! It's late." He said.

I switched everything off and kept the remaining ice cream in freezer and then snuggled into the blanket next to him.

He pulled me closer and I hugged him by his chest.

"Ek minute! Kya bola tha tumne?
That you are the introvert type??" I said looking up at his face.

"When did I say that??" He asked looking around the room.

"Accha beta? Abhi bataun?" I said while pulling and twisting his ear.

"Ouchhh, haan haan sorry sorry, that was just to impress your dad!" He said and I let go of his ear.

Aa gaya line pe!

"Bhai mai kya koi gundi se shaadi kar rha hu??" He said pretending to be scared.

"Sambhal kar rehna gill, ham kisi gundi se kam nhi hain!" I said touching my invisible mustache.

"Accha ji?" He said while tickling me.

"No no, shub please stop please!!" I laughed out loud while trying to hold his hands.

"Ab kahan gayi meri gundi?" He said.

"Chali gayi, kabhi kabhi aati hai!" I said while trying to control my laughter.

He stopped like a gentleman and wiped my stray tears with his fingers.

Aur kis kaam mai use hoti hain yeh fingers Shubman? Oh god sharam karle thodi!

"Can you believe it? Hamari shaadi hone wali hai!!" I said excitedly.

"Ik, I can't wait to take you home."
He said.

"And I can't wait to wear all those pretty lehengas and the jewellery and the photos!! Omg I've waited for so longgg!!" I said and saw his eyes widen and his face turned into something funny.

"So not for me?" He asked.

"For you too baby, but those things matter so much in a girl's life!" I said while patting his cheek.

Duhhh!!

"Haan haan, sab pta hai mujhe." He said with a sad smirk, showing his dimples.

I kissed and poked them and said, "Sab nhi pata tumhe, ab raat ho gayi hai, so jao! Kitna stamina hai bhai? Subah se exertion?" I said.

"Kitna stamina hai, ye toh tumhe shaadi ke baad pta chalega, par abhi so jao, good night." He said and kissed my shocked lips once.

Esi baatein karke mujhe wet karne mai maza aata hai kya ise, ab kucch keh bhi nhi sakti!

I drifted off to sleep really fast in his arms.

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The first thing that wakes me up in the morning is not my alarm, but the door bell?

I looked beside me to saeee Shubman sleeping peacefully.

Ye banda nashe karke sota hai kya?

So I let him sleep and cover him with the blanket and tip toe outside when I heard the door bell again.

Shit!

I find Shubman's shirt that he wore yesterday and decided to wear it with one button undone.

Then I opened the door and my stomach dropped when I saw who it was.

AUTHOR'S RANT: HELLOOO, PEOPLE, I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATE BUT LONG UPDATE.

BUT HERE IT IS, PLEASE VOTE AND COMMENT ON THIS CHAPTER.❤❤❤