This and the future wedding track aesthetics are all made by my Ranlian twin, Summuz <3 She knows what I need even before I ask ;) 

Here's continuing the wedding track :) 

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Mehendi 

The wedding festivities had already begun with pomp and glamour. 

Yesterday was Haldi function where turmeric is applied to the bride and groom respectively at their places. Both the houses throbbed with extended families, celebrities, friends and paps outside their gates. Tonight was mehendi or henna ceremony. 

Alia's farmhouse in Vinegaon would host the event. Groom's side were also invited for the ceremony. Surrounded by nature, waterfall and overlooking the beach, farmhouse stood out as a perfect venue to blend both the families and their friends for a breezy, fun night with good food, company and merriment. 

The next day they were all to fly Greece for the main events - sangeet and the wedding day. 

Therefore bollywood colleagues and friends were invited as well to join the Henna night. As the wedding was to be strictly a close friends/family affair. Their parents wanted a proper zoro shoro waali shaadi since their only heir was finally gifting them the moment they've been all waiting for. But respecting Ranbir and Alia's wish to keep it just within those who matter and are close, they settled for around 200 guests for the wedding and sangeet. 

The rest of the industry and big names would pop around the reception day. 

Some Randhawa song blasted in the air as guests kept pouring in and out of the house. Kapoor and Bhatt elders, mostly men, sat under the stars, in their backyard garden facing the pool, chatting loudly with their drinks. Fathers of the couple Rishi Kapoor and Mahesh Bhatt also made it a point to personally greet the industry guests buzzling in every second while juggling with their own set of friends. 

Mothers ran around, decked in their finest wears, making sure everything went according to their preference. Both Soni and Neetu were the primary hosts of the Mehendi night. They became friends thanks to their children and soon it grew into a more healthy and meaningful bond between the two ladies that they worked as a team of sisters for their children's big day. 

Parents shone like the moon above their heads tonight. Bright and in content. 

The living room looked straight out of some fancy market scene. Blings and a lot of well dressed women and men chirping, drinking, twerking, chatting and merely floating around.

Soon to be bride - Alia, sat on the main couch meant for her to be seated and watch the night unfold, like a Queen on her throne. Surrounded by top henna artists of the country along with her friends who pampered her with food/drinks, Alia blossomed like a tulip, shining with love, laughingly posing for the numerous phone camera's paned at her. 

She chose friends Anu Jani and Sandeep Khosla's signature styled chikankaari lehenga with her hair in a dreamy braid of jasmine flowers. Adorning a choker gifted by her dearest future mom in law, and kangan by her own mother, Alia looked nothing less than a goddess! The outfit made her henna to stand out in a stunning contrast. 

Resting her back comfortably on a bunch of cushion behind her back and beneath her hands and legs, Alia beamed at the sight before her. She was watching her dreams unfurl. One by one, it was all coming together. More perfectly than she could ask or pray for. 

Her friends who debuted around her time, the OG gang of Arjun, Parineeti, Shraddha, Aditya, Varun and Sidharth, were all busy with their banters and selfie sessions. Most of them meeting after a long while. They had so much to catch up on. Sonam and Bebo kept talking loudly to their in house DJ, to change the song. Karan was no where to be found and so was her going to be husband !

They were busy she knew. Running around for things they shouldn't but would nevertheless. Why would she otherwise take the pain to sit through a literal screening of more than a hundred wedding planners ?! Of course to let her loved one's have the time of their life and enjoy the show. They don't have to run around themselves but who was she kidding ? 

All of their family members were doing half the things while her team looked on with a weak smile. "Riddhiii .." Alia called out for her sister in law who ran around herself to meet people across the room. The music system was too loud for anyone to hear anything but Reema Jain and Hiroo Johar's  gossip session could still be heard clearly. 

Riddhima rushed to where Alia sat and leaned herself to hear what she needed. "Where's Ranbir ?" Alia had to yell at this point since Bebo, Sonam, Rhea had dragged almost all the ladies on to the dance floor to groove on their hit number 'Tareefan.' 

"He's somewhere around. I'll catch hold of that boi and send him to you," she winked and left off to find her missing brother. Watching everyone's performance on the floor, Alia got reminded to call her mother and ask her about the next day's flight to Greece and the hotel welcome surprise planned by the Bhatt's for the Kapoor's. She looked around and tried to move as little as she could in order to not mess with the hardwork put in by the henna artists. 

"Mummmaaa", her screams drowned by the song 'Haule haule' to which Saif (his song) and his wife were dancing. Varun caught hold of a desperate face Alia searching for someone. He was next to her side in a blink of an eye. Removing his badri glares, he smirked at his friend who was soon going to tie the knot with Ranbir, who was more of a big brother to him.

"Who are you searching for, Mere Bade Bhaiyya ki Dulhaniyya ?" his statement made her blush and giggle. He was cheesy and too out of his head tonight. "My mother. Please find her VD," she pouted as he laughed. "Mujhe bata na kya chahiye. For the next few days until your wedding, I am your servant madam. Kuch bhi bol sakti hai." 

She knew he meant every word. This was her closest friend who was family to her since Day 1. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Sidharth and Karan chatting with Nikhil, Ranbir's eldest cousin. Ayaan and Abhishek were running to and fro as well. All her favourite boys, her mains were present tonight and were making sure everything went perfect and smooth. They were her strength and they'll always be her shield. 

Alia found herself moistening up at the thought. But Varun's call dragged her back to her present. "Arey call mumma na." Varun stared at her for a minute and asked "Washroom jaana hai kya ? Utha ke le chaloon ? Dulhan hai, abb thodi na chalegi phiregi ..." Ladies around her laughed as Alia glared at him. "No thanks. Just call her na." 

Varun flashed her one of his naughty grins and went off to grab a mic from the dj set up. He laughed at Alia's shocked face, trying to back him off. "Soni aunty, if you're listening to this, please meet Alia. She has something trivial to discuss with you." 

"Also Ranbir bhaiyya, wherever you are, kindly come and attend your own mehendi function! Our bhabhi is waiting for you very eagerly. Thoda jaldi kijiye!" The room bursts with laughter and Alia closes her eyes with embarrassment. Both Soni and Ranbir rush to the scene a moment later. 

While the mother daughter duo discuss their secret planning in a hush, Ranbir smiles at his soon to be bride. 

He gazes at her smiling form. Her both arms now covered with dark but beautiful henna design, perfectly in contrast with her flawless shining skin. Her face radiated pure joy and it seeped right into his heart. Where it rightfully belonged. 

Deep in his heart is where she resided. 

Clad in a Kunal Rawal off white kurta pyjama, Ranbir oozed manliness and an air of aura. His charm reflecting in every face that smiled at him. For he was truly the royal heir of not just the Kapoor's but the whole of Bollywood and perhaps of the nation. 

Both Ranbir and Alia came like a storm and conquered hearts and honour wherever they stepped. Therefore the union of two big heart throbs of the nation stimulated a wild response akin to something that we've only seen abroad. Every minute that lead to their big day was counted. Internet was on major field day. 

"Jao bhai .. ab se tumhari jagah is next to her." On his mother's soft yet naughty nudge, his cheeks dipped red. The artists made seat for the man of the moment as Ranbir plopped himself next to his dazzling fiancee. "Hi" he smiled in return at her.

"Oh hi. Thank God you showed up. I thought you'd run away like Bunny did. But if that ever happens, know that I won't play the Naina naivety card. I'm just gonna let you go, hah!" Alia knew where exactly he was but she wanted to rile him up a bit for fun. His face intensified at her remark and he leant forward, making her heart skip it's beat. 

"Agar bhaagna hota toh yeh ring pehenke aaj aap nahi baithti. I've always said this loud on record. Jis din mujhe meri waali mil jayegi, that day I'm gonna jump on the sofa and scream it to the world that I am gonna get married. I won't shy away and that's what I did a week ago. So you've got nothing to worry. Main tera," he winked towards the end and the honesty with which he spoke, made her knees go weak. 

Alia smiled wide with her eyes at him. He really was besotted. Just how everyone kept saying. She hadn't seen another male, this keen to marry and this beautiful with his thoughts on the institution of marriage, right from the beginning.

He had to go through a couple of wrong one's to reach the right one, next to him. And this time, she really was his as was he, hers. 

"Aur main teri." As cheesy as it sounded, they both giggled at their peak romance level right in the middle of their mehendi function. Their families now danced in the middle without a single frown on their forehead. This was really happening. 

"I can't believe all of this is real. Pinch me," whispered Ranbir into her ear as the noises blasted up. "Would have but if you care to see, my hands are dipped in henna. Do you want to stain your kurta ?" He pressed his tongue for his stupidity. Of course she couldn't. But Alia had other plans. She grinned nervously and leant carefully towards him. He had been looking ahead at his father and uncles in a rare dance face off. 

A soft kiss caressed his cheek and soon his being. His eyes widened at her cheshire smile. She really was something. His wild cat. 

The cousins whistled to get their attention. "Chumma chadi ho gaya toh will you both grace the floor ?" asked Rajeev chachu, smirking off course. Alia pretended to not hear him and Ranbir eyed the ceiling. Parents laughed loudly at their pink stained cheeks. "Saara din nahi hai jaldi aao," chirped Rishi in his typical bullying sarcastic manner. 

Neetu glared at him laughingly. Ranbir who was still a bit scared of his father, put his arms around Alia's shoulder and eyed her to stand. Carefully they both stood up and walked towards their folks. 'Gallan Goodiyan' was playing on loop cause nobody wanted that goddamn song to end. It just elevated the whole mood. 

Ranbir held Alia with a hand on her waist and her carefully putting her henna covered hands around his neck, making sure she doesn't stains him. They sway to the beats as people around them whistle, clap and cheer to their love with the drinks in their hand. 

With joy ready to burst out of his chest, Ranbir plats a passionate kiss on her cheeks. 

That night they danced. Love and happiness glistened in the air. A new chapter was about to begin. A beginning of an era altogether. 

Tu Meri Jaan
Tu Hi Mera Jahaan
Dur Tere Ton
Ab Jaoon Kahan

Teri Baahon Wich Meri Jannataan
Teri Baahon Wich Meri Jannataan

Mainu Rang Chadheya Ishq Parasti Da
Mainu Rang Chadheya Ishq Parasti Da
Mainu Na Wekheya Duja Hasti Sa

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NOTE : < play the song in the media while you read, towards the end> 

My Ranbir and Alia of Youtube are now married! (featured in the song video) She is a hardcore Rkf while they both dot on Ranlia. I began following both their vlogs around Sept last year and since then they became one of my secondary ships and mahn, whatta beautiful journey they had and their wedding was all hearts <3 

This was a lil chapter I know :p but I want to keep the next two imp function, longer and more livelier. Thought of doing a haldi os as well but then I didn't had much scenes for that in my head except Kabira song lmao xD So that would how their haldi would look like ... 

But for Mehendi, please refer Sonam's henna function. I even loved her dress so darn much that I thought of putting that as Alia's outfit here. Sangeet and Wedding would be quite lengthy coz those parts I've dreamt more about and hence they'll contain more conversations and moments. So it'll be in parts depending upon how lengthy it'll go :) 

Going by my current mood and energy, I might actually end up completing this series by this month/March ;) But March for me would be hectic since my life will take a turn and there will be lot of happenings so I can't promise updating much. In fact as I sit down to draft this, I am goin through  future related breakdown (sucks -.-) and Ranlia and their wedding hype are like my anchor, keeping me sane underwater ! 

I've also begun posting on my Ranlia fc (Ig) so ya stay tuned for my reactions on the big moments of our ship that I had missed while on my break. 

I just want a wedding around Mar-May ! Coz now is when I can enjoy it to its fullest ... baad mein main life mein busy ho jaoongi and it's gonna be a TASK to maintain my post regime! 

Love and peace to everyone,

Jemi :)