preeta was nervously standing in front of mirror.......shrishty helped her to pin her duppata....

shrishty : pree ek dum doll lag rahi ho.....agar hone wale jiju dekhenge na ekdum flat reh jayenge.....dekhna

preeta pat her....

preeta: chal jhalli...mein yaha itna nervous hoon aur tum ho ki....

shrishty : areee yaar chill kar....mein bahar jaake sab ek baar theek hai ya nahi maa se pooch ke aati hoon.....aur haa apne chehre se ye tension lines hata aur jiju ke baare mein soch.....

preeta smiled slightly and saw herself....shrishty went out to see arrangements....raman and sarla were getting things ready.....they heard a knock at door....

sarla: shrishty, chal tu jaake preeta ko dekh aur thode der mein bahar le aana jab mein kahun....mei aur raman ji unka swagat karte hai....theeke

shrishty smiled.....and nodded saying her to relax.....

sarla went out with raman and greeted rakhi....sameer stood beside her while karan came after paying money to the taxi driver......they welcomed the luthra's inside.....

sarla hugged rakhi.....sameer and karan smiled and greeted raman.....

sarla: beitiye ji....mein abhi aayi....raman spoke to them for sometime....karan sat silentlt seeing his mother and brother lieing in a flow with wide eyes.....he may get a mini heart attack anytime if he had been questioned out of blue.....he noticed raman was a strict father but ofcourse he loved his daughter, obviously he would have expectations about his son il=n law and here this made him feel like sitting on fire, if he hadnt been pushed into promising on his mother to shut his mouth and sit, he wouldnt have evn let this family meet happen....his trance broke when he felt a sharp pinch by sameer on his thighs.....raman uncle had been asking him about his automobiles....

karan widened his eyes and was about spit the truth....he never owned a automobiles🤦‍♂️....again a pat on back by rakhi.......he glared both at them....

karan: woh sab...sab accha tha uncle....i mean accha chal raha hai uncle....

he smiled awkwardly.....he felt a breeze on his face.....the door creeked open and sarla brought preeta along with shrihsty.....

karan pov

 a fair girl who was not less than an angel in her creame white anarkali with heave worked orange duppatta.....her face adorned with a white stone bindi, slight bluch and most importantly cutest smile that could bound anyone's heart......her ears carried large jhumkas which added to her beauty....he literally could admire her like this for lifelong....he came out from his ogling session when he heard a giggle from his younger brother and shooed him away to keep quite.....and smiled lightly

preeta pov

i was damn nervous....i bowed my head a walked on to hall to see the person with whom i would be spending my life with...mostly because already my parents like him....this was just a formality.....as soon as i steped out....i could find a pair of eyes gazing at me.....he had literally studied me....my cheeks automatically heated with a slight blush seeing him lost in me.....i slightly tucked my hair strands and looked at his cute face....he was handsome.....his eyes held innocence and honesty....he had a good body.....its embarassing but truly he was handsome like shrishty said when she had seen him from the window....

preeta's trance broke when sarla nudged her....she bent and served tea and some snacks to them and sat beside shrishty......

raman: dekhiye sarla ji.....humari ek hi beti hai....iske khushi ke aage aur kuch nahi.....aap ki jo bhi chahatein hongi....mein apne bas se jo bhi hoga poora kardoonga.....aapko kuch kehna hai....

rakhi: nahi bhai saheb....mujhe toh preeta bahut acchi lagi....mein toh isse apni beti manungi...par jo bhi hoga apne bacchon ke razamandi ke saath hoga...toh agar aap dono ko koi aapatti na ho toh mujhe lagta karan aur preeta ko ek dusre ke saath baat karleni chahiye.....

raman nodded....sarla smiled....preeta stood up and guided karan towards her room.....while karan followed her like lost kid.....

preeta and karan were nervously starring at opposite walls of the room.....preeta continuously fidgetted her duppata while karan turned....

preeran together : woh....aap kahiye/tum kaho.....both laughed....

karan: kya hum beit sakte hai....

preeta nodded and both sat on opposite sides facing eachother...karan looked around preeta's room....it was filled with her pics, some stuff toys and was neat nd tidy.....she had a neatly arranged book shelf....with some other paintings.....he smiled seeing a cute doraemon stuff toy on her bed.....

preeta followed his gaze and smiled cutely with her fingers entwined....she had closed her eyes and bit her lips....

preeta: woh....mujeh doraemon bahut pasand hai.....

he smiled at her cute antics.....and nooded with a smile....

karan: preeta dekho mein guma fira ke nahi poochunga....tum kisi se pyaar karti ho....koi pressure hai?

she tilted her head up....her eyes met his......she had a shocked expression....karan felt a rise in his heart beat...was she in any pressure....his heart urged her to say no....

karan<mind> : plz no boldo preeta

preeta slowly answered: nahi...mere life mein aisa kuch hua hi nahi...no love no pressure.....

she said it like a child with a innocent expression making him chuckle.....

preeta: aapka.....

karan : mera bhi wahi hai...no love no pressure.....

he copied her actions.....both shared a smile

karan got lost in her smile....his heart rised with fear remembering that his family has literally lied about almost everything....he wanted to know about her expectations....

karan: preeta mein tumse aur kuch bhi poochna chahta hoon, i will be straight.....

she nodded with slight hmm.....

karan: tum mujhse kya expectations rakhogi....

she saw him with wide mouth.....he sluttered...

karan: i...i mean tum agar...agr haa...agar humari shaadi hogayi...toh tum humare rishte mein kya chahogi....

he let out a deep breath after completing his sigh....preeta looked at him without blinking his eyes.....

preeta: woh...mein yeah chahungi ki rishte mein khoob sari izzat ho, understanding ho, trust ho....aur pyaar woh sabse zyada ho.....

she completed her answer with a sweet smile...she was answering it dreamily and turned to him after completing her answer......the shared a eyelock....preeta's hair strand blocked her face breaking their moment....both stood up and tried not to look at each other's eyes.....

karan: ummmm tumhe kuch poochna hai

preeta nodded in no.....he smiled and agin they had silence...

karan: tuh.....chale

she nodded and both went out....preera looked at eachother and then agreed to step into eachother's life with a slight nod......both the families were happy, sarla and rakhi hugged eachother....preeta and karan got blessings from everyone.....luthras were about to leave....karan was looking here and there which made them confused....

rakhi: are puttar kya doond raha hai...kya chahiye....

karan ruffled his hair....

karan: woh kuch nahi maa...chale

sameer looked at his brother and chuckled....

sameer: woh bhabi.....yeah....karan bhai ka number hai....he gave a number to preeta while all others laughed.....preeta took his number and ran to her room while karan was embarassed....he gave a slight pinch to sameer....he whispered

sameer: aree bhai bhabi se number maangna chahte the right.....bhabi khud message karegi aap chaliye...aur haa yea jootha gussa accha nahi hai...are gaal toh dekho...aap bhi sharmana jaante ho kya....

with some chatting....luthra's left to their home.....they decided to decide other functions in a while......

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