***Sahana's P.O.V***

Pouting to myself, I tried Arush's number yet again, and as had been for the past one full day... But just like in the past one day, he neither picked my call, nor called me back.

Tears welled my eyes at the perfect moment we'd had day before yesterday, as we had finally become one...and this?!

Yesterday too he was so happy as he'd flirted with me at the temple, and then applied vermilion to my participation.

I couldn't help but smile and blush as I touched my hair partition - sure the pinch of vermilion he'd applied on my yesterday had washed away, but the fact that he'd actually accepted me as his wife, that too at the temple, was very endearing.

Asshole kahika! Couldn't he even reply back to me? Sure what my mom and his mom told yesterday at the temple wasn't easy to digest, but doesn't mean he's gonna go aeroplane mode on me!! At least vibration mode chalta hai yaar!

I'd called Ahana bhabhi thrice already, asking about Arush, but she'd just told he's been cooped up in his room and nothing more!

I hadn't even seen that fuck-head since he'd stormed off yesterday at the temple, and after a nice chat the two families decided to meet today, with of course, this unknown dick-head Dhruv or Dhyan or whatever the fuck his name is!

Fucking asshole why did he see me at the wedding? And most of all why are my parents so interested to meet him?? And why hadn't they mentioned about him before?

As the door bell rang and ma's voice boomed from the stairs, telling me to come down, I knew it was time to meet the guests.

Wiping my tears away, I looked at myself one last time in the mirror before making my way down. I had already helped ma with the cooking, and seeing how Arush loved mootichur laddoo, I'd insisted on making the same, and had even clicked pictures of it and sent it to him on WhatsApp! But Mr.asshole hadn't even come online!

Seeing how Arush had wanted to see me in that simple anarkali I'd worn to one of the pre-wedding functions at Varun bhaiyya's wedding, I'd worn the same today too - to woo him and tell him how much I love him and want to be with him.

I could hear Ahana bhabhi's shy voice as she spoke to ma, and also Arush's dad's voice as he spoke to Bhai and papa, but couldn't hear my man's deep voice, as I made my way down the stairs!! Taking deep calming breaths, I stepped down the stairs, and finally looked up, to see my parents and Bhai in the living room, along with Arush's family.

But what caught my eyes of course, was my man... My sexy charming man who'd applied vermilion to my partition just yesterday in front of Lord Krishna and Radha.

Dressed in a peach colored shirt and a pair of navy blue trousers, Arush had left his ruffled and sexy hair as it was - sans gel!

I forgot to even breathe as my eyes continued to row up and down his flexed biceps that he hid under the long sleeves of his shirt that he'd folded and made into 3/4th sleeves {which BTW I so love on him!}  but sighed in relief as his eyes met mine.

Though my heart shattered at the gloomy melancholy look on his face and in his eyes, I couldn't also help blush at the intensity with which he gazed at me.

Biting my lip shyly, I finally looked away from him, before turning back to look at him and find that beautiful blush adorning his handsome face as well!

"Arre Sahana beta? Come here sit next to me" Arush's mother said, and I looked around to find her smiling up at me as she indicated the empty sofa seat next to her - right opposite of Arush!

As everybody eyed me making me more nervous than ever, I made my way towards her, keeping my eyes cast down to my feet.

"My you look so pretty!" She said, once I'd sat next to her.

Feeling all the more shy, and my face now probably resembling a ripe tomato, I bit my lip and whispered a soft "thanks" to which she pinched my cheeks fondly!

"Riddhi and Anand are also going to come with Anjali... since they're the ones through whom Dhyan's family approached us..." Papa trailed off, and at the mention of Dhyan, I felt like a balloon that had just been burst!

I chanced a glance to Arush, whose face was set, gloom settling back in his eyes, along with that vein ticking painfully at his temple.

Asshole didn't even hold my eye contact as I tried to tell him wordlessly that we'll work through this!! Fucking high headed asshole!!

"So this Dhyan... what does he do?" Arush's dad asked papa, and I shot a glance to my bhai who was so engrossed at shooting shy glances to bhabhi, both of them lost in their own little happy world that they forgot about me and my poor Arush!

I peeked at Arush who had pursed his lips in displeasure while keenly listening in to what papa had to say about this Dhyan dude.

"He's a HR in an MNC here... arre Sharma ji, he did his MBA from IIM-A!! Aur pata hai, he even worked abroad for 2 years before deciding to settle down in India!!! Bada achcha bachcha hai... he's a doting son to his parents, and a very good human too!" papa praised that fuck-head, while Arush sat there, grinding his teeth.

"Aur itna achcha dikhta hai!! He earns 30 lakhs per year but he's so simple and down-to-Earth!! He even volunteers to teach to poor kids during the weekend!! He doesn't have any bad habits too!! Oh how I'd love to have him for a son!!" mom beamed, before scowling at bhai, who had eyes only for Ahana bhabhi now!

I wanted to say something - anything to make my Arush feel better, but the moment I opened my mouth, the door bell rang, to which ma shot me a glance, indicating me to go and open the door.

Uh-oh!! This must be that useless-excuse-of-a-human-Dhyan now!!

Cursing him with every possible word in the English, Hindi and even Marathi dictionary, I made my way to the main door, before pulling it open.

Three people stood in front of me - A couple in their early 50s possibly, and a young handsome man - Dhyan?!

He was tall - almost as tall as Arush, but lean. While Arush is well built and very muscular and so sexy and... oh wait back to comparison... right... so this dude here is medium built {lean compared to my Arush that is!}.  While Arush has this raw sexual magnetism with his caramel skin, and rich beard and oh-so-silky hair, this dude here is fair, with curly hair and a clean shaved face. But his jaw though - man that's sharp enough to cut a diamond!!

His grey almond-shaped eyes were enclosed by a pair of frame-less glasses, giving him a slightly nerdy look. But dressed in a peach colored t-shirt and a pair of khakhi trousers, he looked reasonably good-looking too {of course, NOTHING when compared to my man - ARUSH!}

"Sahana?" the woman called out, bringing a halt to my mental comparison between this dude and my man.

I blinked at her before giving her a faltering smile, to which she said "I'm Roopa, and this is Umesh here my husband... this is our son Dhyan.." whilst giving me an appreciative look.

Fuck!

"beta kaun hai?" papa's voice echoed in the background, jolting me to reality.

Sighing, I forced a smile as I let the three newbies into the house. I was just about to close the main door, when I saw a flutter of pink, making me gasp.

Beaming at me was my cousin sister Anjali, along with Riddhi chaachi and Anand chachu!! 

"Di!!!" I squealed before jumping on my sister and pulling her into a tight hug, which she returned.

"All the love only for your di?" Riddhi chaachi asked teasingly, making di and me giggle.

"Of course not chaachi... there's always some extra love for my favorite chaachi!" I squealed before moving on to hug her, which she returned.

"And what about your chacha? Pedh se kuda hu kya?! Hummare liye kuch nahi bitiya?!" Ananad chacha asked as usual, making all of us giggle.

Giggling, I went ahead to hug him, and he hugged me back, before placing a warm kiss on the top of my head like always.

"Meri bachchi" he sighed, his eyes gleaming with unshed tears.

"Uffo Anjali k papa... started off with your drama?! Shed these tears for her bidai!! Now is the time to be happy and tease her" Riddhi chachi sighed as the four of us made our way into the house.

As everyone got busy in exchanging welcomes and introductions, ma got up to go get refreshments. Seeing how I desperately wanted a moment alone with Arush, I shot him a glance, which he held, before I told ma that I'd get the refreshments from the kitchen.

Once inside the kitchen, I couldn't help the tears pooling in my eyes at how my parents were actually serious about Dhyan and this marriage stuff!! Would they even hear me out about Arush?!

"You wanted to see me?" Arush's curt voice made me jump, and sniffling, I looked around to find my man, looking anywhere but at me.

"Don't you even want to look at me?" I whispered, not entirely shocked at his behavior.

"I am a BTech graduate Sahana and that college was no IIM-A!! I do pull off much more than 30 lakhs per year, but I don't volunteer to teach to poor kids during my free time... I am a very snappy person with my temper always getting the better off of me.... I am much more taller and bulkier than you... Dhyan... like your mother said...I've never even gone out of India... he's a good guy.... unlike me... " Arush choked, before, to my utter amazement, breaking down to tears!!

"Arush!!" I whispered before moving to him and pulling him into my embrace.

"I'm sorry Sahana... I love you but I'm not as good a guy as that Dhyan!" Arush choked, shattering my heart to pieces.

"I love you Arush... and for me that's all that matters!! You asshole love me too!! What's there to discuss in this?! You're the most perfect man for me... you'll always be my number one!" I whispered, cupping his face and wiping his tears.

"But... your parents...and that guy...." he sighed, his eyes brimming with tears again.

"I don't give a fuck about that guy... I want you and that's all that I know!! I am your's already... first let bhai and bhabhi settle their matter and let me reject this Dhyan guy... then we'll talk to our parents. Okay?" I said, cupping his face, to which he nodded like a small kid.

"I love you Arush" I whispered before pecking his lips.

"I love you too.... and you look really pretty in this dress" he smiled, kissing me on top of my head and making me sigh in content.

******

Once the refreshments were done, the parents all got into discussing the same old parents' wali kahani - the weather, politics, and of course - gossip about the relative circle - from who's married to whom, to who's pregnant, to who is working where, and who is going to get married soon.

While the older generation continued with their endless discussions, we the younger generation headed upstairs, to get some privacy, and also, a break from their usual gossips!

The six of us settled at the entertainment room, with bhai and Ahana bhabhi doing most of the talking {who BTW was glowing like a bride - which she will be soon enough!} and Dhyan, Anjali di, Arush and me forming the silent spectators of the group, adding to the awkward silences and shifty glances.

As we all settled in the room, Arush of course sat beside me, making me feel like I'm just a helium filled balloon floating up in the air.

The discussion was about movies, gossip, current affairs and other getting-to-know-one-another-topics, with the guys {bhai, Dhyan and Arush} occasionally drifting off topic to share market, or sports. 

"So Dhyan, what's up?" bhai asked, looking keenly at Dhyan, who was seated on my other side.

As Dhyan told a little about himself, I got this strange and sudden fantasy to do something really naughty to make my man happy. And so, I moved the cushion beside me a little, such that it rested on the little space between me and Arush, who was seated on my other side.

As everyone continued to listen to Dhyan attentively, who was now telling some joke he'd heard recently, I moved my hand under the cushion, till it finally met Arush's pants. Trying hard not to break into a laugh at what I was about to do next, I bit my lip and keeping my face as nonchalant as possible, I slowly moved my fingers along the side of his thighs {the part that was hidden under the cushion} making him shiver under my touch.

Shifting a little, Arush grabbed a pillow from behind him and placed it on his legs, before clearing his throat and shooting me an angry gaze. I grinned maliciously and looked away from him as now Anjali di started narrating a very embarrassing incident of bhai from our childhood.

Biting my lip to stop myself from laughing, I moved my hand along Arush's thigh, till it met something hard and warm. Frowning to myself, I moved my hand over it again, wondering what this cylindrical warm thing in Arush's pants could possibly be, until of course, Arush shifted on his seat again, and cleared his throat loudly.

I moved my hand over the spot again, the cylindrical thing becoming more prominent and hard under my touch, until finally realization dawned on me - his boner!

Fuck what did I do?!

Blushing to the roots of my hair, I quickly withdrew my hand and daring not look at Arush, I kept my gaze on bhai who was telling an embarrassing story of Anjali di from our childhood.

All was good and going smooth, when suddenly, I felt a warm strong grip on my hand, sending jolts of electricity shooting up my hand. Blinking and trying hard not to blush, I looked at Arush from the corner of my eyes, to find his cheeks flaming red - the deepest shade of red I mean - as he slowly caressed the back of my hand with his thumb, with both our hands hidden away under the cushion!

"...so what's your opinion on this Sahana?" Dhyan asked, making me almost jump.

What the fuck were they even discussing?

"I...uh...I... uh... no comments" I stuttered and shrugged, feeling exceptionally hot.

"No comments?! Sonu did you even hear him?! He asked about your MTech college!" bhai said, sounding thoroughly amazed, though his lips were twitched into a smirk.

As all eyes fell on me, I took deep calming breaths before saying "Yeah that's what I meant... no comments about my college because well.. I'm a nerd... I will of course have good reviews about the college!" and shrugged, trying to sound all cool.

While the other chuckled a little, Arush cleared his throat at the same moment, making me glower at him. But the smirk on his face, and the evil glitter in his eyes, made me shiver a little, though sending blood rushing to all the wrong places in my body, including my cheeks!

Biting my lip, I looked away from him, as his hand slowly moved to my thigh, moving upper along my thigh, still under the cushion. In a bid to hide all this PG-13 action from the others, I picked up a fairly larger cushion this time and placed it on my lap, before resting my free hand over it - uh oh.. bad move!!

Taking the opportunity, Arush moved his hand slowly up and down along my thigh, before moving it deeper and finally settling it right between my legs, making my insides squirm, and me shift at my place.

All the blood in my body rose to my cheeks as Arush's hand moved now along the inside of my thigh, before giving it a gentle squeeze, and finally settling right in front of the heat between my legs -uh oh... this isn't going to end well!

To be continued...