Gauri was being dragged with a blind fold around her eyes by Omkara. "Omkara where are you dragging me?" gauri asked impatiently. "first of all... It is Om and second of all.... It's a surprise" om said in a voice she hadn't heard before. Was it fear or was it pain. "what kind of a surprise is it Om, I know we are in my dance class. I can recognize this place even without my senses" gauri said as the familiarity of the place hit her. "I know that you would recognize this place. But your surprise is not your dance class. It's something else. Why can't you just keep your mouth shut for sometime" he asked a bit annoyed at her continuous chatter, while she giggled. Annoying him was her favorite time pass.

Omkara made gauri stand in the middle of a room and said "now you can remove the blind fold" he whispered near her ear, his breath fanning her cheek, causing her facial her to stand.

Gauri removed the blind fold and blinked a few times to clear her vision, but all she could see was darkness. She could sense someone's presence in the room. "Omkara.." she called out uncertainly and the lights turned on. She blinked her eyes again to adjust to the light. Omkara was nowhere near her. She looked around and gasped, covering her mouth, when she saw the balloons in shape of the words "marry me" stuck to the wall. Before she could even understand what was happening, she heard footsteps. She turned around and saw the students of her dance class enter with a pluck card each. Each pluck card contained a letter. Combing the letters she formed a sentence "please, marry him" she read, while the students made a puppy face, trying to coax her. She kept staring at the door waiting for him to enter, and she didn't have to wait long.

Omkara entered along with his brother, Rudra. She kept staring at Omkara. Once Omkara and rudra were in front of her, her eyes met Omkara's. They had a prolonged eye lock. "will you marry me? Please" she heard. But she was confused because Omkara hadn't moved his lips. "please gauri don't say no" she heard a soft murmur and realized that it wasn't Omkara who spoke. She looked down and found rudra kneeling in front of her with a ring. His eyes held hope and lot of love. She looked at Omkara with wide eyes and saw that he had his eyes shut and fingers crossed. With teary eyes and a big smile she said a "yes" causing everybody in the room to jump and squeal in excitement. Rudra lifted her in the air after making her wear the ring and swirled her around, as tears of happiness filled his eyes.
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The cocktail party was in full swing. Rudra and gauri had done a few duets and now rudra was enjoying with his friends, while gauri danced with her girl gang. Shivaay entered the party with his girlfriend, Anika, who was coincidently Gauri's friend too. Anika walked towards gauri leaving Shivaay alone to search for his best buddy, Omkara. After looking around the party hall, he finally found him by the bar and walked towards him.

"why are you doing this Omkara?" Shivaay asked as soon as he reached near Omkara. "hey buddy... No hi, hello... Seedha questioning" Omkara said as he got up to hug him. "you are drunk" Shivaay stated as he seated himself beside Omkara. "Of course I am. It's my brother's cocktail party" he said in an obvious tone. "you love gauri" Shivaay again stated when he saw Omkara staring at her. "ofcourse I love her... She is my to be sister-in-law" he said and downed his drink and ordered two more drinks. "Omkara let's be serious" Shivaay said irritated. "I am serious" om said with a lazy grin as he saw gauri dancing. "you and I both know that you love gauri as a boyfriend would love his girlfriend, as a husband would love his wife. Then why are you doing this.... Why are you getting her married with rudra?" Shivaay asked with genuine concern for his brother like friend. "for his happiness..." Omkara said. "huh?" Shivaay looked at him confused. He noted that Omkara was continuously staring at gauri. "for rudra's happiness. His Happiness lies in gauri and my happiness lies in his happiness" Omkara said. "will you be able to hide your feelings when you'll share the same roof?" Shivaay asked. Omkara nodded his head in negative and said "no, and that is why I have decided that I'll be leaving Germany after a few weeks". Shivaay looked at him with eyes filled with sympathy. "sir, your order" the bar tender interrupted their conversation. Omkara took his drink and forwarded the other to Shivaay, who accepted it. "to rudra's happiness..." Omkara said as he raised his glass for cheers. "to your heart break..." Shivaay said as he looked at gauri.
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Gauri sat in front of the mirror, dressed in a heavy bridal outfit. She looked at herself in the mirror "something is missing" she wondered. She assessed herself once again and realized what was missing. Her smile. Immediately her eyes filled up. A few weeks back rudra had proposed her and she had agreed. She could have rejected him but she didn't. She couldn't reject him after she glanced at Omkara. "why do always ask for rudra's opinion before taking any decision?" she remembered asking him once, to which he had replied "rudra is the only family I have. His Happiness is the only thing that matters to me. If he is happy, I'll be happy".

A single tear slid down her eye as she reminisced the old days. The days when they were in a relationship. Omkara's happiness lies in Rudra and her happiness lies in his happiness. She would do anything for Omkara's happiness even if that meant marrying someone else. She heard her mother knock on the door. "coming" she said and wiped her tear. She plastered a smile. Giving one last glance at the mirror "for his happiness..." she said and covered her face with her veil before walking out.
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