Chapter 48

🌷Adithi POV
(3weeks later)

These few weeks have been tiring, I have been going back and forth with Karthik, not knowing how to react to a given situation, he being the best person he is tells me it is totally fine. Today is our first anniversary can you believe it? In the span of a year, we fought, we married, we fought more but ended up loving each other.

Love starts at the weirdest of times and places that no one can imagine.

I slowly try to get up from my sleepy slumber, the curtains are open and the light from the daylight is hitting my face, what do I wish him when I turn behind? Is it going to be awkward?'Happy first anniversary ' Nah that doesn't sound good. ' Hey! boo' man that sounds dumb.

With all these thoughts in mind, I turn around to find a note on the bed. Where is he? Isn't he supposed to be here am I such a heavy sleeper? to not even notice he is not here?

 I slowly picked up the note to read its content.

"Hey! I prepared something for you. Go check the cupboard" the note read in blue ink. 

I slowly get up from the bed and make my way to the closet, I slowly open the door to find a really beautiful sage green dress hanging on the side, with matched accessories. It's a really beautiful dress I have no idea about the technical terms but god it's pretty. There was another note stuck to the inside of the closet door.

"I didn't pick it, I asked Rahul to make it for you. But one thing is for sure, you will look beautiful in anything you wear. Also, get ready and get down from the apartment." This one read. 

 I knew this was Rahul's choice from the start, cause Karthik already told me before that he is not good at these things and neither am I.

I place the dress on the bed and go to the bathroom to take a shower. As I was drying my hair I find another note stuck to the mirror in front of me "Take your time, no need to hurry." It read and I could easily imagine his voice in my head saying these words.

 I smile at that note and get on with my make-up and dressing, the first time I got ready for him I didn't even pay attention to what I was wearing, I didn't even care at that time. But now there are only two people I dress up for - me and him.

I still remember the day when Meera was trying to get me into that palazzo and me saying this is all waste of time. But no, now when I think of those moments they put a smile on my face. Though the night ended up with a fight, the next time he came to apologize to me. Isn't that character development? 

With all my dressing up done, I make my way to the front of the house where all our footwear is stacked, I was about to take out and wear my flats but I find a note on it.

"Please! These don't even match with the dress, there are black stilettos in the box above wear those~Meera"

I mean who else can write this, as I was about to fold the paper going back to wearing my flats but there was something else written on the back.

"WEAR THE HEELS ~MEERA"

What the hell does she have cameras? The note also continued "No worries, the heel is not too long~Karthik."

What is going on here? I might not understand what is happening but one thing is for sure, they are planning on something.

I take out the box from the above drawer, it's a shiny white box, and inside are these black toe peeping shoes, damn these are pretty.

I wear them and head down to find our driver standing there, once he sees me he opens the car door for me and indicates me to get in. I do as he says.

The car starts moving after an hour I start finding the streets very familiar, and in a few seconds, the car pulls into a house, a house that made me and broke me as well. The house from which Karthik told me to get out.

Why here?

I see the huge gate open many memories of me, Karthik, and Aryan running around in the front yard come peering into my mind. The way we ran after each other, the way I and Karthik constantly bickered.
Tear's start trailing down my face as a memory of us fighting for this sweet called soan papdi comes to my mind. We both were fighting on who will eat from Aryan's packet and no one was willing to budge. 

(A/N: Soan Papdi is an Indian sweet that is beloved by many children. It's like the Indian version of cotton candy but will taste nothing like that. It's generally sold right in front of the house as the vendor comes with a moving cart.)

I slowly walk into the house a couple of stairs guiding into the main door, where Namratha Aunty used to feed us three and tell us little stories.

I walk into the empty house. The lights in the main room are still on. The decor is still the same and I come to stand right in the spot where I and Karthik had a fight. This house might have hurt me the most but this house has the whole of my childhood.

I hear footsteps coming and I see Karthik standing in front of me the same spot he stood on when he told me the words he regrets that he said.

"Karthik-" I was about to ask him what was going on but he cut me off.

"Adithi, I will talk for once and then you can say whatever you want." He says his voice calm and soft, which makes me just nod signaling him to continue.

" I have already said this many times but I will say it this last time again, Am sorry, sorry that I hurt you, sorry that I made you wait." he takes in a deep breath and continues.

"I wanted to stand here in front of you, to prove to you that am not that 15-year-old self anymore, I am the better version of myself who wouldn't hurt you for petty reasons, wouldn't bicker with you unnecessarily. Am not that Karthik anymore. Finding you was the best part of my life. You beside me just makes me happier and more mature. You help me make the right decisions. I prepared a whole speech to say, but as of now nothing is coming to my mind." He chuckles with tears in his eyes, I am crying too with every word that is coming out of his mouth.

" Adithi I might not be the prince charming you find in books, am just a normal guy who loves his family, friends, and games. I might be stubborn-headed sometimes," he says taking a step forward "I might talk irrationally sometimes, I might play of a lot of games and not knowingly ignore you." He says taking two more steps forward towards me." But one thing I can say is I will support you through your every decision, I will make you understand why gold is better than cars a thousand times, I will take care of you just like how you want me to." He says now standing right in front of me.

"This coming up question is asked towards many girls but you never got a chance to be asked this." He says is his hands reaching out into his suit pocket. He slowly gets down on one knee and opens a small velvet box. " Adithi will you marry me again? But this time with the love we have?" he asks me his eyes tearing.

Talk after he finishes speaking? man am not even getting out words from my mouth. I cup my mouth not knowing what to say, but my first instinct was pulling him up. "I won't get up until you give me an answer. Yes or no? It is completely your choice." He says again.

"Obviously it's a yes." I say pulling him up and hugging him tightly."I love you Karthik" I tell him amidst the hug. " I love you too" he murmurs into my ear hugging me tighter.

As we were slowly pulling apart I see Meera, Rahul, and Sharath behind him.

"I couldn't have done this without these guys for sure." He tells me as he wipes my tears and in turn, I wipe his.

"Thank you." We both say them at the same time, which makes everyone laugh.

"You guys are really sappy." Sharath says laughing while Meera adds " Says the one who cries after watching a sappy movie yesterday night." which makes everyone laugh.

"That was a really beautiful movie," Sharath adds.

"Let's pop a champagne, by the way, it's nonalcoholic," Rahul says as he gives us a bottle to pop. We eat, we drink and most of all me and Karthik got so much more closer, so much happier and so much safer, together.

"You guys look beautiful together." Meera fakes a tear." I feel like a proud mom." She says placing her hands on her chest.

"Like always I feel like third-wheeling," Sharath murmurs under his breath.

We are together now and we obviously are happy but one thing is for sure don't ever sit and wait for the person you love without even trying once. If you try and they say a no, it's fine, but without even trying don't sit like me, they really won't come.

I always thought love is never forced, which is true, but I always forget the fact that love is supposed to be nourished and showered with feelings for it to grow, and both the partners need to work for that.

But a single thought made me come back to reality.

"Wait! You want me to sit in that heavy lehenga for a whole day again." I ask turning towards him.

"I knew you would say that, but this time I just planned for a simple ring exchange as our wedding, as you only like simple things. But if you wanna have grand-" I cut him off then and there.

"No! A ring exchange is fine," I say to him. Holding his hand tight as I look into his eyes.

"Why don't we have it now?" He asks me with a huge smile on his face and that's how we marry again, maybe this time there are only three people to bless us, but now we have love, something that would last forever.

"I hope this house won't be a burden to you and you can associate it with good memories now." He tells me while pulling me close for a hug.

" It was painful, but now it just reminds me of how we turned out for good," I tell him in the hug.

"I will never get tired of this. I love you Adithi." He tells me making the hug even tighter.

"I love you too," I tell him hugging him while the rest of the three clap hands for us.

This moment sure is memorable. After talking for a while enjoying for a while Rahul slowly approaches me and pulls me aside.

"How do you like the dress?" he asks me being nervous, I guess he wants to ask something else.

"It's good, obviously. But stop beating around the bush, What do you want?" I ask him with a smile plastered on my face.

" I wanna ask Meera to Marry me."

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Hey!
Did I post 3 chapters in the last three days? Yes, I did! 
No, it's not a dream, I forced myself to post it frequently at least at the end.
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Maybe you will only know in the upcoming chapter!
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