Namaskaram 🙏

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Ragini is applying mehendi to Anvi's cute small hands while she is giggling.

"Mumma you didn't fill here?" She says pouting.

Ragini chuckles and fills the place where Anvi has asked to.

"Happy?" Ragini asks looking at her daughter.

Anvi grins and nods. Ragini smiles and pulls her cheeks.

"I will show to Dadda and come!" saying she runs towards Laksh who is talking to some guests along with Viren, Shekhar and Nanu.

Ragini smiles. Someone pats her. She turns and looks at her friend.

"Priyaa!" She exclaims happily and hugs her.

"I am so happy for you Ragu. You got your love and this cute bundle of joy added to it. I have never seen you this happy in those seven years." She explains how happy she felt seeing her friend happy.

Ragini smiles as she looked at Laksh and Anvi who are talking to each other making cute faces at each other.

"Might be one of the luckiest times of my life is getting both of them in my life." Ragini says looking at Priya.

Priya smiles.

"And madam why are your hands still empty? Come on let me apply mehendi to you." Priya says pulling Ragini towards a chair.

Ragini smiles. They both sit together talking and Priya is applying mehendi to Ragini's hands.

"And here is the name of your love written on your hands with mehendi!" Priya says as she writes Laksh's name on Ragini's hands.

Ragini smiles brightly looking at his name on her hand. Her wish to have her husband's name in her hands filled by mehendi has been finally fulfilled. Priya smiles seeing her happy smile.

"Let me send your husband here. I will go get my hands filled too." Priya says and leaves from there.

Ragini nods and continues to look at her hand which has Laksh's name.

"Mumma show to me yours!" Anvi came running towards Ragini.

"You wrote Dadda's and my name in your hands!" She exclaims with shine in her eyes.

Ragini smiles and nods. Laksh who just came heard Anvi. He smiles listening it and sits beside Ragini. He side hugs her while Ragini shows her hands to him. He looks around. Everybody are busy with their gossips. He kisses her forehead lovingly making her smile brighter if possible.

"For meee!" Anvi sings jumping.

RagLak chuckle. Laksh signs her to come near. Anvi moves close and he kisses her forehead lovingly. Anvi grins.

"Dadda hungry!" she pouts.

Laksh chuckles.

"I will go get dinner for both mumma and you. Okay Princess?" Laksh asks.

Anvi nods while Ragini shakes her head as no making LakAnvi frown.

"For Anvi, Dadda and Mumma!" Ragini clarifies them.

Anvi immediately nods yes while Laksh smiles and nods. He makes Anvi sit on the chair he was sitting and moves to get dinner for three of them.

He comes back holding a plate in his hand. He sits on another chair in front of both of them and forwards a morsel to Anvi first. She haves it like a good girl without any drama as she is very hungry. He then looks at Ragini forwarding a morsel. She opens her mouth while he feeds her. He feeds both of them simultaneously twice. Ragini frowns. He looks at her with a raised eyebrow. She points the morsel and then at him. He chuckles and haves himself. Ragini smiles.

Nanu, who was standing a bit far and was seeing them, smiles with teary eyes. He wipes off his tears and moves from there leaving RagLakAnvi alone.

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Nanu was sitting in the moon light in veranda outside the house after the mehendi though it is very late. Ragini who knows her Nanu comes out of her room and moves towards him. She sits on the floor near his legs and places her head on his lap. He caresses her hair lovingly staring her.

"Laddoo!" Nanu calls her.

"Yes Nanu!" Ragini responds.

"You are happy right?" Nanu asks.

"A Lot!" Ragini says smiling and looking at him.

His eyes shine with tears seeing her happy face. He caresses her cheek and kisses her forehead lovingly. She smiles.

"It's late now. Come on go to bed like a good boy." Ragini says as she gets up from the floor and holding his hand to get up.

"Some more time." He requests her.

She shakes her head as no making a strict face. He chuckles and gets up from the chair. She drops him near his room to make sure he goes to sleep and then goes to her room to see Laksh sitting on the bed and staring at Anvi lovingly.

"You were sleeping, weren't you?" Ragini asks.

He looks at her and smiles. She sits beside him.

"My sleep broke due to no reason and found you no where in the room. I searched you to see talking to Nanu. So thought not to disturb you and decided to watch my princess for sometime." He says as he looks at Anvi again.

Ragini also looks at her and her face broke into smile.

"She is a healer!" Ragini says as she caresses Anvi's head.

"She is a fixer too. Jiju gave her a perfect name. 'Tinker Bell'!" Laksh says as he kisses Anvi's forehead bending to her.

Ragini smiles.

"Let's go to sleep. It's already very late." Laksh says.

Ragini smiles and nods.

*****

Next day afternoon.

"Arey kaki not there. It should be here." She says as she sees one of the women of the village puts a chair while they are making arrangements of Haldi for the next day.

"Ragini beta if you let us do we will do. You are only doing everything saying something or the other." The woman says.

"But Kaki..." She is interrupted as Laksh who came there closes her mouth from behind.

"You carry on Kaki. I will look after her." Laksh says looking at the woman.

The woman smiles and nods. She leaves from there to look at the work. While Ragini gets free from Laksh. She glares him. He smiles, holds her hand and pulls her along with him out of the house.

"Laksh where are you taking me? It's haldi tomorrow. There are so many arrangements to be done." She says struggling in his hold.

"Those works will be done on time by others. But this work should be done by only you. So let's go." He says stopping and looking at her.

"What work?" she asks confused.

"Spending time with me!" he says looking at her.

"Lakshhh!" she whines.

"Bachaaaa!" he also whines.

Ragini smiles and nods. He smiles happily.

"Where is my baby?" she asks looking around.

"She is sleeping. She had lunch and is tired. She also made her video call with Chocolate. He is fine. Santha kaki is looking after him well. I answered all your questions. Now let's go." Laksh answers all her unasked questions which she will be asking next.

Ragini pulls his cheeks chuckling.

"Let's go. I will show you the places in the village." She says excitedly.

Laksh smiles. She holds his hand and pulls him. He keeps staring her lovingly while she keeps talking something or the other. She keeps explaining things to him one after the other while he reminisces few of them which she mentioned in her diaries.

"This is the school where I worked for four years." She says as she showed the school that she worked in the village.

"The place which gave you peace!" He says as he held her hand protectively.

Ragini nods yes looking at the school admiringly.

"Let's go to the temple and the temple pond." Ragini says excited.

Laksh smiles. They were walking when few kids who were playing saw them.

"Ragu didi!" they ran towards her and hugged her.

Ragini smiled and caressed their heads. Laksh smiled seeing them.

"How are you all?" Ragini asks as she sits on her knees.

They all grin and show their last three fingers joining the thumb and index finger of their hands. She chuckles. Laksh smiles.

"You all play. I need to leave." She says while they nod.

Ragini looks at Laksh and holds his hand. They both start moving towards the temple.

They enter into the temple. Both of them are praying. Laksh finds sindhoor there. He thinks something. He takes some sindhoor and looks at Ragini.

"Bacha!" he calls her.

She who is praying opens her eyes and looks at him. He applies sindhoor on her foreline. Ragini closes her eyes smiling happily. He holds her hands standing in front of the god.

"You know our marriage took place in an unusual manner. We didn't take pheres nor we took the seven promises. But here in front of god I promise you to fulfil all the seven promises people make while taking pheres. I promise!" he says looking directly into her eyes.

Ragini's eyes turn moist. He shakes his head as no and wipes off the tears before they could flow.

"Stop flowing these pearls every now and then. I hate when they flow from these beautiful eyes of yours. Yeah it's other thing that you look cute even if you cry!" he says at the end mischievously.

Ragini pouts and hits him while he laughs. She also joins his laugh in next moment.

"Let's go!" she holds his hand and pulls him along with her towards the temple pond.

"Beautiful!" he whispers as he saw the beauty of the pond which has birds flying all around it and lots of flowering plants surrounding it.

Ragini smiles.

"Come sit!" she says as she sits by putting her legs into the pond and patting the place beside her.

He sits beside her the same way she sat and Ragini pointed towards one direction. He gets awestruck as he saw the view in front of him. It is the beautiful sunset they can watch clearly.

"Wow!" He exclaims.

"I know!" she responds to him with smile.

"So this is the reason that this is your favourite place!" Laksh asks.

"This is one of the reasons. Trust me Laksh this place has always guided me in those seven years. In fact this is the place where I took the decision of coming back home. This is the place which always gave peace to me and helped me to accept the truth. Almost every evening I come here and watch this beautiful sunset. This is such an amazing beauty." Ragini says as she kept admiring the whole place.

Laksh is also busy in admiring the place. They stayed there till it get dark and returned home.

*****

It's after VirIka Haldi Ragini enters inside her room. She moves towards the cupboard and opens it.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" She screams loudly.

"Hahahahaha!" Two laughters are heard which are of none other than LakAnvi.

Ragini held her chest still trying to control her breathe. LakAnvi are still laughing looking at Ragini. Both of them hid in the cupboard and scared her like hell. She looked at both of them who are laughing holding their stomach.

"Shut up!" she shouted angrily.

Both of them stopped and looked at her. Seeing her angry face they both made an innocent face. Ragini couldn't control her smile and smiles shaking her head. Both LakAnvi grin. Laksh looks at Anvi. Both of them nod. Ragini frowns seeing their signs and before she could understand her face is filled with Haldi.

"Maaaa!" She shouts loudly making both of them laugh again.

She pouts this time instead of glaring them. Laksh chuckles and takes her into his embrace.

"Mumma for me also!" Anvi says forwarding her cheek.

Ragini chuckles. She takes the Haldi that is on her cheek and applies it to Anvi's cheek. Laksh points his cheek. She does the same to Laksh too.

"Happy Haldi Bacha!" He whispers joining his forehead with hers.

Ragini smiles happily.

"Happy Haldi Laksh!" She says smiling.

"Mamuu!" Anvi says as she heard Viren calling her.

She looks at Laksh. Laksh smiles and leaves her on the floor while she runs out. Ragini smiles and was about to go but Laksh holds her hand and pulls her back. She looks at him confused.

"You didn't apply Haldi properly to me." He says.

Ragini looks confused. He pulls her close and holds her through her waist. Her eyes widen.

"Let me teach you how to apply Haldi to your husband." Laksh whispers close to her lips.

Ragini closes her eyes feeling him very close. Laksh smiles seeing her and moves towards her cheek. He brushes his cheek over her cheek making the haldi on her cheek smear on his cheek.

"Did you understand bacha?" Laksh asks.

Ragini nods yes without her knowledge. Laksh controls his chuckle seeing his effect on her.

"Now as a good student do for other cheek!" he says smirking.

Ragini opens her eyes and looks at him to see him smirking. She hits him making him chuckle. She makes puppy face with red cheeks looking even more cute with that haldi on her red cheeks.

"Awww you look so cute when you blush Bacha!" he says patting her head.

She pouts. He chuckles and kisses her forehead lovingly. She smiles.

"Now if you leave me I will change. You also need to clean yourself." Ragini says as she kept her hands around his shoulder.

"Your lips are saying one thing while your actions are saying another thing. Since people say 'Actions speak more than words' I will take your actions and I am not leaving you." Laksh says as he pulls her more towards him.

Ragini chuckles. She suddenly pecks his lips making his eyes wide. Ragini giggles.

"You love giving shocks to me, don't you?" He asks as he shakes his head in disbelief.

Ragini giggles nodding yes. He smiles. He cups her face and makes her look towards him.

"I Love You Bacha!" He says looking at her lovingly.

"I Love You too My Saviour!" She says smiling.

He smiles.

"Ragu!" They heard Janaki calling her.

"I didn't clean my self!" She says with wide eyes.

Laksh chuckles. He leaves her and shrugs his shoulders. She glares him and runs to clean herself. While he laughs seeing her scared face.

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Anvi is in Laksh's arms while Ragini is beside them. Laksh is holding Ragini's hand with one hand while with other hand he is holding Anvi. VirIka's marriage rituals are going on. Pandit ji has asked them to stand for pheres. Pheres started and Pandit ji asks Viren and Jeevika to make the promises while taking pheres. As the pheres keeps going on Laksh promises Ragini by whispering in her ear making her eyes welled up with the joy. Anvi is busy watching the marriage of their mamu and bua clapping happily.

"I Love You!" Ragini says looking at Laksh as the pheres get completed.

"I Love You too Bacha!" Laksh says smiling at Ragini.

"I Love You more Mumma and Dadda!" Anvi says as she hugs Laksh's neck and kiss his cheek.

RagLak smile at her.

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"Ticket to the room is our nek." Ragini says forwarding her hand.

Laksh and Anvi are also forwarding their and they nod as Viren looks at three of them. He couldn't help but chuckle at the three of them as three of the looked perfectly the Cutest for him.

"Princess your gift is waiting at home already. You will get once we reach home." He says looking at Ragini.

She pouts. He smiles.

"And about you both tell me what you want I will get them." He says as he looks at both of them.

"I will make a list!" Anvi says mischievously making all the three chuckle.

He pulls her cheek and nods okay which makes her grin. He then looks at Laksh.

"Just keep my Di happy. That's what I want." He says smiling at Viren.

"I can't assure as much as you keep my Princess happy but will definitely make sure to keep her happy as much as I can." He says smiling looking at Ragini's smiling face and then at Laksh.

Laksh felt overwhelmed listening it but he just smiled side hugging Ragini.

"Now you can go." Ragini says as they move aside.

He smiles and goes inside the room.

"Dadda shleepy!" Anvi says as she rubs her eyes cutely.

Laksh looks at her and takes her into his arms. Ragini stops her from rubbing her eyes.

"Let's get changed and then go to sleep. Okay baby?" Ragini asks.

Anvi pouts and nods. They go to their room while Ragini helps her to change. Three of them lay on the bed while Anvi moves into Ragini's embrace. RagLak smile seeing her. Ragini caresses her hair while Anvi falls asleep in just few moments. Laksh is just staring Ragini lovingly. Ragini looks at him to find him staring her.

"What?" She asks raising the eyebrow.

"I Love You!" He says looking straight into her eyes.

"I Love You more." She replies smiling back.

"I Love You Mumma Dadda!" they heard Anvi murmuring in sleep.

Both of them smile. Ragini kisses her lovingly.

"Mumma loves you too baby!" She whispers caressing her hair and pulling her more into her embrace.

Ragini once again looks at Laksh who is pouting. She giggled lightly seeing his cute face.

"I also want the hug!" He whines.

"We both are all yours Mr. Laksh!" Ragini says.

Laksh smiles. He moves close taking both into his embrace at a time. Ragini closes her eyes and all the three fall asleep.

*****

"So are you ready Princess?" Viren asks Ragini closing her eyes with his palm.

Ragini nods. He removes his hand and she opens her eyes to see a yellow colour Vespa standing there.

"Scootyyyy!" She jumps and runs towards it.

Laksh smiles seeing her excited face. He knows how much she loves driving a bike or scooty.

"Mumma mee toooo!" Anvi keeps jumping.

"Aww baby. Yes first mumma and you and then only others. Bhayyu keysss!" she runs towards him and snatches the keys from his hand before he could give her.

He shakes his head in disbelief while all chuckle seeing her excitement. She sits on the bike and signs Anvi to get on. Anvi gets on the bike with the help of Laksh and Ragini drives off shouting 'Bye Everyone'.

Laksh shakes his head in disbelief.

"They won't return sooner Laksh beta. Let's go inside." Shekhar says as he shakes his head.

Laksh smiles and nods. They all go inside.

After sometime Ragini and Anvi enter giggling. Anvi is in Ragini's arms.

"Mumma we will go to school everyday on scooty from now right?" Anvi asks excited.

"No!" Laksh replies before Ragini could.

"Why?" She asks with frown.

"Because I am telling No!" Laksh says.

"Why Dadda?" Anvi asks.

"No means No!" Laksh says strictly.

He is scared that it is not safe. Ragini frowns. She stamps her leg and moves into the room taking Anvi along with her.

Laksh looks at Viren. He shrugs as he doesn't want to come between both of them. He then looks at Shekhar he also does the same. He then looks at Janaki.

"I am not interfering." She says directly.

Laksh pouts and runs into the room.

"Bacha, Princess." He calls both of them.

Ragini twists her lips while Anvi ignores him. Laksh gets irritated. He moves towards them and sits in front of them on the bed. He pulls away the phone from Ragini's hand and the doll from Anvi's hand which both were playing with. They both still look away. He doesn't understand why he got smile seeing their cute antics.

"Okay Fine!" He says finally giving up.

Both of them at once look at him and a grin appears on their face. They both immediately pound on him hugging him tight and kissing his cheek from either side. He laughs hugging them back.

"Thank You Laksh/Dadda!" both of them say at a time.

"But you both will be taking care of yourself. Promise me about it." He says looking at both of them.

"Promise!" Both of them says grinning.

He smiles seeing their happy faces. Both are still in his embrace. He caresses both of their hairs. Anvi breaks the hug and sits in his lap hugging him.

"Dadda I miss our house now!" She pouts.

Ragini looks at her. Laksh looks at Anvi and then Ragini while she also turns and looks at him.

"Let's go back for few days and come back again when we feel to." Laksh says.

Anvi nods yes. Ragini just keeps quiet.

"I was thinking to ask Ma, papa, di and jiju to come along with us. I will miss them a lot. These few days I got very habitual of them. I also miss our house. So let's take them along with us." Laksh says.

Ragini's eyes shine hearing him. She nods yes smiling brightly. Laksh smiles and tucks her hair strands behind her ear which were falling on her face.

"I will go talk to papa. You both get changed." He says as he gets down the bed.

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"Dadda please." Anvi asks as they are at their house.

It's been three days they had returned. Only three of them are home today as ShekJan went to some function while VirIka went out for some alone time.

"No!" Laksh says but stops seeing the puppy face of Anvi and Ragini.

Both are giving the cutest puppy face.

"Fine!" He huffs.

They both shout happily while Ragini runs out of the room to kitchen followed by Anvi. Laksh shakes his head in disbelief.

Ragini and Anvi come back holding a big plate.

"Where?" Laksh asks.

Anvi looks around the room and points one place. He nods. She takes Chocolate in his arms while he takes her in his arms. Ragini moves along with them. She forwards the plate while Laksh and Anvi dip the hands in the red water she got just now. She also placed the hand in it. Anvi makes Chocolate also place its one of the front paw in the red water.

"Ready?" Laksh asks.

Anvi nods yes. All the three of them places the hand on the wall making it print. Then Anvi places Chocolate's paw to making it print on the wall.

"The other hand also." Anvi says excited.

They do the same with the other hand beside the first one. Anvi and Ragini are grinning happily. They were watching something on TV when Anvi saw such kind of scene where a bride is printing her hand prints on the wall of her in laws house. She wanted to do the same. Laksh wasn't okay as he doesn't want to spoil the paint of the house. Ragini joins Anvi and finally he has to budge for them.

"Happy?" He asks looking at both of them.

They both nod yes vigorously. Along with them Chocolate is wagging his tail happily. He chuckles seeing them. He kisses Anvi's head and leaves her on the floor. She runs. He sees Ragini who is looking at the prints smiling beautifully. He back hugs her while she smiles.

"This is one of the beautiful moments and memories of our family Laksh!" She says staring the prints still.

Laksh looks at the prints.

"I agree! But my favourite paint on the wall." He pouts.

Ragini kicks him with her elbow lightly. He chuckles. She shakes her head in disbelief.

******

Ragini is getting ready to school. Today she got late and was in hurry. Anvi is being made ready by Janaki. Ragini suddenly felt his arms around her.

"You are already late. Take leave. Let's go somewhere." He says.

"Let's go tomorrow Laksh. It's anyway weekend." She suggests.

"No today. Please." He pleads.

She sighs and nods yes making him smile.

"I will ask ma to change Anvi's dress too. We three will go." He says excited.

Ragini nods smiling seeing his excited face. He runs out and comes back along with Anvi who is already making plans of what they will do when they go out.

"You guys look after packing. I will come in ten minutes." Saying he goes.

Ragini and Anvi starts packing the clothes. Laksh comes back and they start bidding bye to others once they got ready.

They reach one of the resorts of Lonavla. Laksh has already booked one of the rooms for them. Anvi gets excited seeing the surroundings. Even Ragini loved it. They enter into their room and gets settled.

"Princess, Bacha." Laksh calls from the balcony.

Both of them move towards him and gets mesmerised seeing the view. Laksh takes Anvi into his arms and pulls Ragini towards him hugging her tight.

"I Love You Both!" He says and kisses both their heads.

Both of them smile in his embrace making him smile brightly. All the three stand there looking the view of the beautiful nature.

The END!

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Dharani (Dhaరणि)