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Omkara was watching TV when his parents join him. Seeing them, he smiles at them and keeps his leg down from the table he had been resting it on.

"What is the score?" Tej asks him as he looked at the TV screen.

"1 - 0." Omkara replies.

"Hmmm"

"When did you start watching football?" Omkara asks him, smiling.

Tej smiles realizing his son caught him and tell him, "You turn it off; we want to talk to you."

Omkara turns off the TV and turns to look at his parents, "What is it?"

"Om... we have been thinking of your marriage." Tej gently starts.

"What about Priyanka?" Omkara asks curiously.

"She is adamant that only after she gets a job she will marry." Jhanvi informs him.

"She has 12 papers to clear for her engineering exam." Omkara reminds her.

"14." She corrects him.

"Hmmm"

"So, we thought, even it is age for you to marry." Tej tells him.

When Omkara remained silent, Tej tells him "If there is anyone you can tell us."

"There is no one." Omkara informs them.

"We were thinking of Gauri." Tej informs him.

"Priyanka's friend who keeps coming here?" Omkara asks surprised.

"Yes. She is such a sweet girl. We all like her a lot. If you also have no issues, we will proceed." Jhanvi tells him.

Omkara thinks for a while, he had seen Priyanka's friend a lot of times at home, she was a beautiful girl but he hadn't paid much attention to her. "Let me think about it." Omkara tells his parents.

"Okay... take as much as time you want. Then only we will even talk to Priyanka about it." Tej tells him.

Next day, Omkara was coming out of his room when he sees Priyanka and Gauri walking into Priyanka's room. Omkara hangs around near Priyanka's room keeping an eye on what is happening inside Priyanka's room. A while later, he hears Priyanka going to the bathroom and he quickly runs to the bedroom door.

"Psst."

Gauri looks up curiously. Omkara gestures her to come towards him.

Gauri curiously looks around and then asks him with a frown, "Me?"

Omkara nods then he keeps his finger on his lips and gestures her to come to him.

"Yes?" Gauri curiously says as she walked towards him.

"I need to talk to you." Omkara whispers to her.

"Tell me."

"Not here. Come to the coffee shop down the road."

"Why?" Gauri asks frowning and tensed.

"I'll tell you when you come. It is very important."

"I'll come with Priyanka?" Gauri asks him.

Omkara gives her a look and reminds her, "If I wanted the whole world to know then I wouldn't even be whispering."

"Okay, I will come. What is it about?" Gauri asks him upset for being talked to like an idiot.

"I'll tell you when you come. Can you come in half an hour?"

Gauri nods her head confused.

Half an hour later, Omkara was waiting for Gauri and sees her coming to him.

"Sit." Omkara tells her.

Gauri sits nervously and asks him, "Why did you want to talk to me?"

"Yeah before that... do you want to have something?" Omkara asks as he tried to gather his thoughts.

Gauri shakes her head in negative. Omkara nods and orders a coffee for him as they couldn't sit in a coffee shop without ordering anything.

"Last night my parents talked to me about marriage." Omkara starts to explain.

Gauri nods her head with a frown.

"They have you in mind as the bride."

Gauri's mouth opens a little in shock. "Me?" she croaks.

"Yeah. They asked me for my opinion." When Gauri remained silent and continued to gape at him, he says "I told them that I would tell them after I think about it. When I thought about it, I realized that before we decide anything officially I should talk to you because later if either of us says no then it might be a problem for you to face my parents. I don't want this to affect your friendship with Priyanka."

"oh."

"So, I wanted to know what your thoughts are about this marriage." Omkara tells her.

"I don't know." Gauri replies in obvious confusion.

Omkara looks at her in shock. "You don't know?"

"I..."

"You?"

"I don't know." Gauri tells him helplessly. "This is all so sudden."

"I know it is." Omkara agrees. "But my parents are waiting for a reply."

"What can I say?" Gauri says uncertainly.

"Don't you have an opinion?"

"I never really thought about my future husband."

"Then how were you planning to get married?"

"My parents would find him."

"You would marry a man your parents choose?" Omkara asks her.

Gauri nods her head. Omkara sighs loudly as he sits back.

"If my parents like you then I won't say no." Gauri tells him finally.

"Hmmm."

"It's just that I never had that kind of a relation with any man. So, I don't know what kind of husband I want." Gauri explains to him.

Omkara nods. "Okay then."

"I'll go?" Gauri asks him.

Omkara nods his head. Gauri starts to get up when Omkara asks her, "How are you going? Do you want me to drop you?"

"No... I have my scooty with me." Gauri replies and runs from there.

Gauri was starting her scooty when Omkara hurries out, "Gauri!"

Gauri looks at him through her helmet.

"Priyanka doesn't know about this... so don't tell her about this till I tell you... okay?"

Gauri nods her head in agreement.

Few days later, Omkara's family officially comes to Gauri's house with the proposal.

"Bhabhi!" Priyanka says excitedly the moment she sees Gauri and hugs her excitedly.

Gauri looks at her in shock and slowly turns to look at Omkara who was also gaping at Priyanka in shock. Then he glares at her and Priyanka rolls her eyes at him and turning to Gauri she winks at her happily. Gauri also glares at her.

Few minutes later, Omkara and Gauri were left alone to talk. Gauri was nervous while Omkara was calm.

"Are you sure about this?" Omkara asks Gauri.

"Are you?" Gauri asks him back.

Omkara shrugs, "Everyone in my family loves you. In arranged marriage I feel this is a good beginning."

"My parents are very excited about this proposal." Gauri informs him.

"So, they are okay with it?"

Gauri nods her head.

"And you?" Omkara asks her.

"I told you before itself." Gauri hesitantly tells him.

"Hmmm okay."

Omkara and Gauri walk back in and see their family expectantly look at them. Omkara looks at Tej and nods his head in yes. Priyanka, Tej and Jhanvi smiles happily while Gauri goes back inside and Pinky follows her.

"I'll come now." Priyanka excitedly whispers to Omkara and before he could stop her, she runs inside.

"Gauri... what do you think?" Pinky asks her lovingly.

"Did you both like him, Mama?" Gauri asks her.

"Yes. What about you?"

"Whatever you decide, Mama." Gauri tells her shyly looking away.

"But Gauri, what is your decision?" Pinky asks her again.

Priyanka who had excitedly come inside hears Pinky's question and answers, "It is a yes, aunty. It is there right across her face."

Gauri blushes even more hearing Priyanka and seeing the blush on her face, Pinky smiles happily and kisses Gauri on her forehead. "I'll tell Shakti." she says excitedly and walks out.

Priyanka comes near Gauri and whispers into her ears, "He said yes." Gauri turns to her and smiles happily.

"Bhabhi!" Priyanka says excitedly as she hugs Gauri and Gauri happily hugs her.

"It's a yes from our side." Tej informs Shakti.

"I'll just talk to Gauri..." Shakti starts to tell him when Pinky calls him inside. Few minutes later, Pinky and Shakti come back at the same time, Priyanka brings Gauri there.

"Gauri said yes." Shakti happily informs them.

Hearing that Omkara looks up at Gauri and just then Gauri also looks at him. He sweetly smiles at her and she shyly smiles back.

"When is the wedding?" Priyanka asks excitedly.

"We'll have to check with the Pundit." Pinky informs her.

"Then call him now!" Priyanka tells her excitedly.

Soon the Pundit reaches, and as they had decided they ask Pundit to look for a date in 6 months in June.

"There is no date in June. There is a good muhurat on 5th may." Pundit tells them.

Shakti and Tej look at each other silently asking if it is fine.

"Actually no." Gauri informs them before they decide on it.

"May is not fine?" Shakti asks her.

"Woh... actually." Gauri says as she looked around and her gaze ending on Omkara, "Priyanka's exams."

"Oh God! I forgot!" Priyanka says in shock. "April or May I might have exams. The time tables are not out so I don't know when all I have exams. Look for a date in March."

"This year also you have no plans of studying?" Omkara asks her.

"That's right. I need time to prepare for my exams. March, I want to concentrate on my studies so have the wedding before that, so I won't have any distractions in between." Priyanka tells the Pundit.

"There is only February left." Omkara reminds her exasperated.

"There is a good muhurat in February." Pundit tells them.

"Haan that is fine." Priyanka decides while Gauri gasps in shock.

Omkara looks up at Gauri and she looked shocked and worried.

"Gauri?" Pinky calls her.

"Isn't it too soon, Mama?" Gauri asks her worried.

"July is too late, right?" Jhanvi asks her gently.

"If Gauri feel it is too soon..." Omkara gently starts.

"There is a month's time... na?" Shakti says casually.

"It's okay, Gauri. We will manage everything." Pinky tells her.

Giving in Gauri nods her head.

After some time, Oberois decides to leave.

"Come home tomorrow." Priyanka tells Gauri excitedly.

"No... no... now Gauri will only come after wedding." Pinky tells her.

Hearing that Omkara looks at Gauri and she also looks at him.

"Let's go." Tej tells them.

Everyone bids bye and finally Omkara turns to Gauri and softly shakes his head meaning bye, see you later and Gauri nods her head in reply.

Omkara and Gauri didn't meet or talk to each other after that. Then three days later, Omkara comes to Priyanka's room.

"Priyanka... what's Gauri's number?" Omkara asks her.

"Haayi haayi." Priyanka smiles at him teasingly. "Finally, huh?"

"Just give me the number." Omkara tries to say in a stern voice to avoid his embarrassment. Priyanka gives him her number and Omkara saves it. He starts to walk out when Priyanka calls him.

"Bhai."

"What?"

"Gauri never said it but I know that she was a little worried that after the marriage was fixed you never called her or tried to meet her." Priyanka gently tells him.

"She was upset?" Omkara asks her as he walked back and sat next to her.

"You are my brother so she would never tell me that. She did ask me whether you are reserved and whether you were busy and all." Priyanka tells him.

"This is all so new." Omkara tells her softly. "I didn't know what I was going to tell her when I call her... so I hesitated. I didn't mean to hurt her."

"I know bhai... just remember that now all your actions are going to affect someone." Priyanka tells him and Omkara nods in agreement. "People who don't know Gauri can think that she is very reserved and all. She takes time to open up but I know this that she is a diehard romantic."

Omkara softly smiles hearing that.

"Take care of my best friend, bhai."

"I'll." Omkara promises her.

Omkara walks back into his room and starts to call Gauri then wondering whether she might be busy he decides to message her.

Hi, Gauri... Omkara he starts to write then changing his mind he deletes and writes, Om here. His family called him Om and Gauri is going to be family.

Gauri was in her room as her mind filled with apprehensions. Why didn't he call? All her cousins when their marriage got fixed that day onwards they had started talking and here it's been three days. She had always assumed it to be like that for her also. Wasn't he happy about the wedding? But he smiled at me more than once. Gauri was getting worried with the silence from his side. She had tried to talk to her mother about it, but she had laughed it off and she couldn't talk to Priyanka about this as he was her brother. Just then she gets a message on her phone.

Hi, Gauri... Om here.

Gauri reads the message again and again to confirm that it was him. Finally, he messaged and she sighs in relief as she replied to his message with her heart beat escalating.

Hi, Om. How are you?

Good and you?

Good.

Can I call you now? Is it a good time?

Gauri's heart skips a beat completely reading his message. She starts blushing as she typed her reply.

Yes.

Gauri's mobile starts ringing and she picks up the phone. "Hello?" Gauri nervously says.

"Gauri..." Omkara gently says.

"Hmmm."

"Sorry... I didn't call these days."

"It's okay."

"I wanted to ask you, Gauri... are you really okay with the wedding happening so soon?"

"Yes."

"That day you said..."

"Suddenly when everyone said feb... it is just a month and thinking that I would have to leave my house..." Gauri hesitantly explains to him.

"You can go to your house whenever you want, Gauri. They can come here too."

"I know but suddenly it felt...'

"I understand." Omkara tells her realizing it was not easy for someone to leave their home and move to another family and life so easily. "Do you want to postpone the wedding? If you want I can talk to my parents."

"No... no." Gauri quickly replies then asks him worriedly, "Do you want to postpone?"

"I have no problem with that. I am not going anywhere, you are coming here, right?"

Hearing his happy declaration Gauri starts blushing happily.

"How are the preparations going?" Omkara asks her.

"The discussion is still on what I should wear. What about there?"

"Here, nothing started here yet. Dad and Mom look very cool. I don't know whether we will finish everything on time. Can you believe they are still having discussions on which wedding planner to book?"

Gauri giggles hearing that, not because what he had said was funny but there was eagerness in him for the wedding and she had been worrying about whether he was happy about the wedding.

"Om..."

"Hmm?"

"Why did you decide to marry me?" Gauri asks him hesitantly.

"Hmmm... I like you."

"You like me?"

"Yeah... the way you shook your head at me wearing that helmet." Omkara jokes.

"Huh?"

"I was just joking. There wasn't any reason for me to say no. you are beautiful, educated and working. My parents and sister adore you. Your family is a lot like mine and you already get along with my family."

"Okay." Gauri replies a little upset. Why did she even bother asking?

"Then I don't know... there was something in you which made me feel that we could be happy together. I could see myself building a life with you." Omkara explains.

Gauri smiles happily hearing his explanation.

"What about you? Or for you it was just parents' decision?" Omkara asks her with a smile.

"That is there."

"And?"

"That day you told me that if the proposal didn't work out you didn't want it to affect Priyanka's and my friendship. I liked you then." Gauri tells him blushing.

Omkara smiles hearing that.

"Then what else?"

"You tell me."

"Hmmm... Priyanka is very excited."

"More than anyone else." Gauri says chuckling.

"She calls you bhabhi, now?"

"In a teasing way, otherwise she calls me Gauri only."

"I have been seeing you for years here at my house but never thought that we would be getting married."

"I was so shocked when you told me that at the coffee shop."

"Your expressions were so funny then." Omkara tells her with a chuckle.

Gauri shyly giggles hearing that.

"Gauri..."

"Hmmm?"

"I didn't call you all these days because I didn't know what I was going to say to you." Omkara hesitantly tells her. "I never really talked to you before, now we are getting married and you're also my sister's best friend... I just..."

"It's okay." Gauri tells him and then hesitantly explains "I was a little worried that I started feeling you were not interested."

"Nothing like that, Gauri. I am happy about this relation." Omkara tells her.

Gauri smiles hearing that.

Gauri wakes up to see a message from Om. She smiles and opens the message.

Good morning, Gauri. What plans for today? I'm going to meet my friends. Have to tell them about the wedding and you.

Gauri smiles happily seeing the message. She starts to reply to the message but decided against it as she had this uncontrollable urge to hear his voice, so she calls him instead.

Omkara was having breakfast with his family when his mobile starts ringing. Everyone looks up curiously hearing the phone ringing while Omkara checked the caller id. Seeing Gauri calling, he couldn't help the smile that crossed his face and leaving his food he starts to get up.

"Where are you going? Have your breakfast and whoever it is call them back later." Jhanvi tells him.

Omkara looks at her for a second and then at his mobile contemplating, and finally tells her, "I'll have, mom. This won't take much time." Omkara tells her and quickly leaves the table as he answered the call. "Hello, Gauri?"

Hearing Omkara, Jhanvi and Priyanka look at each other and giggle excitedly.

"Hi." Gauri says smiling happily. "I just woke up now."

"Ahaan... late bird... huh? We are having breakfast here." Omkara teases her.

"No... I wake earlier than this. Last night I slept late, right?" Gauri asks him, reminding of their phone conversation last night.

"Hmm hmm."

"When are you going to meet your friends? Will you be busy whole day?" Gauri asks him.

"After a while. I'll be with them the whole day. Got a couple of friends to meet but I'll message you."

"Okay." Gauri says smiling. "I am going with my parents to meet the caterers and the venue."

"Ah nice! Here still no movements on that." Omkara tells her.

Gauri smiles for his unsaid worry about the wedding preparations.

"Tomorrow Maa, Priyanka and I are planning to go for shopping." Gauri tells him.

"Wedding dress?"

"Post wedding wardrobe too." Gauri tells him.

"Okay."

"What is your favorite color?"

"I like blue." Omkara tells her smiling realizing why she asked him that.

"Okay."

"But I think red suits you more." Omkara tells her.

Gauri blushes happily.

After having her breakfast, Priyanka knocks on Omkara's room.

"Gauri, just a sec. someone is at the door." Omkara tells her as he walked towards the door and opens it.

"Since you didn't come back down, Mom sends your breakfast up." Priyanka tells him with a teasing smile as she gave him his plate.

Realizing that he forgot that he was in the middle of his breakfast when Gauri called, Omkara becomes a little embarrassed and he quickly takes the plate from Priyanka and closes the door.

"Say hi to bhabhi and ask her to give me a call once in a while." Priyanka teases him as he closed the door.

Omkara and Gauri continued to talk on the phone and get to know each other though they never got a chance to meet. One day, Gauri, Priyanka and Pinky were at the mall for Gauri's dress shopping.

Reached the mall. Gauri updates Omkara.

"Can you keep that aside and have a look at these dresses?" Priyanka asks her exasperated.

Gauri makes a face at her and walks towards them and starts looking through the dresses. Just then she hears a beep and ignoring Priyanka's glare she checks the message.

Which shop are you in?

Seeing Gauri typing into the phone Priyanka turns to Pinky and asks, "What is this, Aunty? We are here for her and she is not even bothered."

"I am also looking, right?" Gauri asks her as she typed the reply.

"Why do you two talk so much? What is there to say?"

Gauri cheekily grins at her in reply.

"How did you two not talk for all these years?" Priyanka asks exasperated.

Gauri was about to reply to her when she hears another beep and forgetting Priyanka she checks her message.

Look to your right.

Gauri quickly looks to her right and sees Omkara near the door. Seeing that she was about to gasp he keeps his finger to his lips and nods to his right asking her to come out and he quickly moves away before anyone sees him.

"I'll just go to the bathroom and come." Gauri quickly tells them.

"What?" Priyanka asks her exasperated.

"I'll come soon. Till then you look." Gauri tells her and hurries out.

Gauri walks out and sees Omkara at the corner and she quickly hurries to him.

"What are you doing here?" Gauri asks him excitedly.

"I was passing by and I thought I will just come and see you." Omkara tells her smiling.

"Really?" Gauri asks with a cute suspicious frown.

Omkara grins at her and tells her with an embarrassed smile, "It's been a while since I last saw you. So..."

Gauri smiles at him happily. "Even I wanted to see you."

"Only if your mother was not Hitler." Omkara teases her.

"Maa is worried about what people will say if they see us together before wedding as we didn't have an official engagement." Gauri explains to him. Omkara shakes his head at her teasingly.

"Only 16 more days for the wedding." Gauri tells him.

"16?" Omkara asks surprised.

"Yes. Priyanka and I were counting today." Gauri tells him excitedly.

Omkara smiles at her happily as he caressed her cheek making Gauri blush as she looked down.

"Are you still worried about leaving home?" Omkara asks her.

"I am... but I am happy too." Gauri tells him shyly.

Omkara smiles hearing her, just then Gauri's mobile starts ringing. "It's Priyanka." Gauri informs him regretfully as she cut the call.

"You go then." Omkara tells her.

Gauri sadly smiles at him and Omkara moves forward and hugs her. Gauri stiffens in shock first then relaxing she hugs him back happily.

"I'll try to see you soon." Omkara tells her as he kissed her forehead.

Gauri shakes her head in reply.

"Go now." Omkara tells her.

"Bye." Gauri tells him sadly.

"Gauri... check this top. This is so pretty." Priyanka excitedly shows her just as Gauri walks in.

Gauri looks at the top and then pulling Priyanka aside, she informs her excitedly. "Om came to see me."

"Bhai?" Priyanka looks at her surprised. Gauri excitedly nods her head.

"Where?"

"He left. We couldn't talk much." Gauri informs her sadly.

"You two are always talking. What more you want to talk?" Priyanka asks exasperated then starts grinning, "So he came... huh?"

"Yes!" Gauri excitedly jumps as she hugs Priyanka happily. Priyanka also squeals as she hugs her.

"Then?" Priyanka asks her excitedly.

"He hugged me and kissed me on my forehead." Gauri tells her excitedly.

"Ah... okay." Priyanka says embarrassed. "Let's just keep those details aside. He is my brother."

Gauri giggles excitedly. "I am so happy, Priyanka."

"Even I am so happy."

Next day, Omkara wakes up to see a new message on his mobile.

15

Omkara chuckles and quickly replies, Stop scaring me with the count down now.

Why are you getting scared?

Getting married. Isn't it scary?

IT IS NOT.

Omkara chuckles realizing Gauri was getting pissed.

For you it is not. You don't have to live with Gauri Kumari Sharma.

HMPH

For that matter, even I won't be living with Gauri Kumari Sharma.

THEN? What do you mean?

I would be living with Gauri Omkara Singh Oberoi, right?

I won't change my name!

Why?

I will change it if you say, "I can't wait to make you mine."

That I can't wait. If you know what I mean ;)

Shut up! You dirty boy!

Omkara bursts out laughing.

By the way, I saw you in my dream.

Really? What did you see? :)

Our suhag raat ;) :-* ;)

When Gauri didn't reply, he messages again.

Can't wait. 8->

Omkara calls Gauri and she picks the call.

"Hello?" Gauri says blushing profusely.

"Why are you not replying?" Omkara asks her in a teasing tone.

"What should I say?"

"Hmmm... you can tell me the truth."

"What truth?" Gauri asks confused.

"Even I can't wait to be yours, Om." Omkara says in Gauri's voice.

"No!" Gauri gasps.

"I can't sleep at night, Om. I keep getting dirty dreams about you. It's like every time I close my eyes, I see you Om. Making crazy mad love to me."

"WHAT?"

"Oh Om... Ah... Aaah.. Ommmm..." Omkara moans.

"Oh my god! Stop it!"

"Ommmmm."

"I am going to hang up!"

"Ah Om... that felt nice... aah.. do it again..."

Gauri cuts the call and Omkara bursts out laughing, and within seconds he gets a message from Gauri.

Tell me the truth, you have been moonlighting as a porn star, haven't you?

Omkara laughs all the more.

Omkara was lying on his bed as he thought about Gauri. She was all he thought about lately. He takes his mobile and looks at her photos. He had downloaded all her photos from facebook. Gauri rarely uploaded her pictures, it was mostly tagged by Priyanka. He flicks through the photos with a soft smile on his lips. Seeing the photos, he felt as if his heart was going to burst. He quickly dials Gauri's number.

Gauri was sleeping when she hears her phone ringing. She opens her eyes and looks at the time, 3:09 am. She takes her phone and sees Omkara calling.

"Om? What happened?" Gauri asks him sleepily. "Didn't you sleep?"

"Couldn't sleep. Were you sleeping?"

"Yeah... Why are you not sleeping?"

"I wanted to tell you something."

"What?"

"I love you."

"WHAT?" Gauri asks shocked as she sat up.

"I said, I love you. Now, you go back to sleep. Good night." Omkara says and hangs up the phone.

Gauri sat there for a minute in shock realizing that he had hung up. Then a happy smile spread through her face as she thought about his confession. Smiling, she hugs her pillow and lies back on her bed, thinking of Om and their life ahead.

"Good morning." Omkara mumbles with a smile.

"Good morning. Did you sleep?" Gauri asks him shyly.

"I did." Omkara replies smiling.

"Last night..."

"Last night? What happened last night?" Omkara asks confused.

"Remember when you called me." Gauri shyly reminds him.

"I called you?" Omkara asks confused.

"Yes... you did... don't you remember?" Gauri asks worried.

"Last evening when you called me?" Omkara asks.

"No, around 3 in the morning you called me."

"I did?" Omkara asks completely shocked.

"Yes."

"No, Gauri... I was sleeping. I don't remember."

"Yeah?" Gauri asks disappointed and upset. Did she dream about that?

"What did we talk about?"

"That..."

"that?"

"That you..."

"that I what?" Omkara asks her confused.

"Ermm... that you..." Gauri had no idea how to tell him that he told her he loved her last night.

"that I love you?" Omkara asks her smiling.

"You remember." Gauri softly accuses him feeling relieved.

"Yes, I do. And I love you."

"I want to see you. Now!" Gauri tells him excitedly.

Omkara chuckles. "Hmmm... what is the count down?"

"6 days."

"Hmmm... not even a week now."

"Yes... will you come to Barista?"

"No."

"Why?" Gauri asks disappointed.

"I will see you as my bride. Not before that."

"Hmmm."

"Patience, dear." Omkara tells her smiling.

Gauri was lying awake on her bed. Her mind blank as she thought of her day ahead. She had been excited about her wedding all this while and now it was her wedding day, and she was blank. She thought of Om, wondering what he was feeling.

"Gauri... wake up... you have to get ready." Pinky starts knocking on the door.

Gauri quickly gets up and hurries to the door, to get ready for her wedding.

Hours later, Gauri was ready for her wedding and was about to leave her house to the venue. She smiles excitedly as she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked very beautiful. She thought of Om and her smile just intensified. As the time came close her excitement grew. Seeing her mobile flashing, Gauri takes her mobile and sees a message from Om.

Gauri... Started to the venue. Will see you soon, wifey:-*

Gauri smiles seeing the message and decides against replying to him, she will see him as his bride now.

Priyanka and their friends were helping Gauri settle into Omkara's room. The room was beautifully decorated by them. Their friends had taken over the decoration job.

"PRIYANKA!!"

Hearing Jhanvi call her, Priyanka quickly goes to check on her.

"Gauri... change your clothes." Tia tells her. "Wear this night dress."

Gauri gets scandalized seeing the dress. it was a baby doll nightdress.

"Quickly change, Gauri." Tia tells her.

"THIS???" Gauri asks shocked.

"Yes, this. This was the most decent sexy nightdress we could find. Quickly change into this. This is a gift from both of us." Ridhima informs her, pointing at herself and Tia.

"I don't wear these kinds of clothes." Gauri tells them.

"Jeeju expects you to wear this type of clothes for your first night." Tia tells her.

"He does?" Gauri asks shocked.

"Of course! Every guy does."

"Oh!"

"Change."

"You guys go, I will change." Gauri tells them nervously.

"We know you, Gauri. You won't." Tia remains stubborn.

The girls were huddling around Gauri as they brushed her hair when they hear Omkara clearing his throat. They quickly turn around to look at him.

"Hello, jeeju." Ridhima says with a teasing smile.

Omkara politely smiles at her, and just then Tia moves and Gauri comes into full view. She was wearing a red almost transparent satin gown, which was knee length and sleeveless. All his blood started flowing south.

"Girls... come... Mama is asking us to lea.. GOD!" Priyanka stops in shock seeing Gauri and then she turns to gape at Omkara.

Omkara takes his eyes off Gauri, who was actually redder than the night dress in embarrassment and turns to look at his sister, who was gaping and gasping.

"Ermm... ermm... let's leave." Priyanka quickly tells realizing it was not just Gauri's suhag raat but her brother's too.

Priyanka hurries out of the room and one by one girls started leaving.

"Good night, jeeju."

"Have fun ;)" another wishes him making Omkara close his eyes in embarrassment.

The moment the last one left, Omkara quickly closes the door and locks it. Instantly he hears Tia and Ridhima laughing outside. Omkara leans on the door sighing loudly, then he notices Gauri who hadn't moved an inch. She was looking down both embarrassed and nervous. Omkara just leaned back and took in the sight before him. She was so beautiful and he couldn't believe that she belonged to him, she was only his.

Seeing her nervously gripping her hand and then pulling at her clothes, he walks towards her, and lovingly cups her face. Gauri nervously and slowly looks up at him.

"You are not comfortable." Omkara gently tells her.

Gauri shakes her head in negative. "I..."

Omkara lovingly smiles at her, "It's okay, Gauri."

"I have never worn such dress." Gauri softly whispers to him.

Omkara smiles at her and tells, "You don't have to wear it."

"But they said you would want me to..."

"Maybe, once we get close that way, you can wear it for me."

Gauri smiles in relief and seeing her smile, Omkara pulls her closer to his chest and hugs her. Gauri wraps her arms around his waist happily.

"Why don't you change your dress?" Omkara asks her as he gently kissed her on her temples.

Nodding, Gauri moves back from him, and shyly smiles at him.

"Go." Omkara tells her as he lovingly caressed her cheek.

Few minutes later, Gauri changes into her pyjamas and tshirt. Omkara who was sitting on the bed smiles at her and gestures her to get on the bed. Gauri gets on the bed and lies next to Omkara. Omkara turns off the lights and joins next to her. they lie side by side for some time.

Omkara turns to her and puts his hand over her stomach pulling her closer to him. Gauri smiling shyly moves closer to him. Leaning on one hand, Omkara keep looking at Gauri. In the dim lights, he could make out her smiling. Omkara leans down and gently kisses her on her cheek. Gauri smiles shyly as she turned her face hiding on his chest. Omkara gently holds her chin and turns her face to face him, and leaning down he takes her lips in his.

"That's it?" Tia asks shocked. Since morning, Tia and Ridhima had been grilling Gauri asking her about her first night and Gauri tried her best to avoid the topic.

"Yes." Gauri shyly tells her.

"Only kissing?" Tia asks again.

"Yes."

"And he asked you to change?"

"He told me to wear something that I am comfortable in."

"My God! What is wrong with your brother?" Tia asks Priyanka in shock.

Priyanka who had been embarrassed with the conversation shrugs. "Can we change the topic? This is my brother we are talking about."

"I can't believe it. Just that?"

"Yes. Now can we stop it?" Gauri asks exasperated.

"Abhay is insatiable." Ridhima tells them.

"Even Dushyant." Tia tells her. "Maybe Jeeju has a very low libido." Tia tells Gauri sadly.

Gauri's and Priyanka's mouth drops open hearing that.

Omkara was getting irritated. Ever since morning, his wife has been missing. Right after breakfast, her friends and his sister had snatched her and now they were locked up inside Priyanka's room. God! It doesn't feel like he got married! He had enough, he decides to go get his wife, but what could he say to call her out? He didn't want Priyanka and their silly friends to tease him. God! Last night was enough! And he didn't like that they were trying to influence Gauri into doing things that she wasn't comfortable in doing. Finally, making up his mind he goes to Priyanka's room and knocks.

*knock* *knock*

"Who is it?" Priyanka calls out and opens the door. Seeing Omkara, her eyes widens and she remembers what Tia said.

"Is Gauri here?" Omkara asks.

"Yes." Gauri quickly comes out smiling.

"Gauri, I wanted to talk to you. Can you..." Omkara stops midsentence seeing the way Priyanka was weirdly gaping at him. "What's wrong with you?"

"What is wrong with you?" Priyanka asks him back.

"Huh? What?" Omkara asks confused.

"Nothing." Priyanka replies shaking her head turning pink.

Omkara gives her a weird look and turns to Gauri, and gestures her to come out. Gauri quickly follows him out.

"What did you want to tell me?" Gauri asks him as she followed him to the room.

Omkara turns around and locks the door, then he pulls Gauri towards him making Gauri blush.

"What is it?" Gauri shyly asks him.

"Haven't been married for a day and you abandon me for your friends?"

"Erm... sorry... they just..." Gauri starts to explain realizing that she hadn't really talked to him that day.

"Hmmm." Omkara leans down and takes her lips in his kissing her.

Omkara sits on the sofa and pulls Gauri to his lap. "So how is to be married?"

"Hmmm... I don't know. You see, I didn't get time to even talk to my husband." Gauri tells him as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"And that is my fault?" Omkara asks her.

"Yes."

"Ahaan?"

"Why didn't you come for me quicker?"

"Hmmm... then it is my fault." Omkara agrees in a teasing tone. "So, what were you people talking about?"

"Nothing. They were being silly." Gauri tells him waving her hand. She wasn't worried about what Tia said, Om had said that they would get close and she was going to have faith in her husband.

"Don't let them influence you into doing things like last night. If you have any issues, tell me. We will talk it out." Omkara tells her.

Gauri nods her head in reply.

"Gauri... I think you should talk to him about this." Tia advices her next day.

"Stop it, girls!" Priyanka tells them exasperated. "Can we not discuss about this?"

"Yes, please. Stop asking me all these!" Gauri tells them irritated.

"Last night also just kissing!" Ridhima says.

"I am not going to talk to you guys about it!" Gauri declares as she stood up and walked out.

Omkara and Gauri were kissing in bed that night. Gauri feels Omkara's hand slowly moving inside her shirt. Then she feels his hand on her stomach and he grips her stomach, making Gauri moan softly. Omkara moves away from her lips and starts kissing her neck as he explored inside her shirt. Omkara moves up and quickly starts pulling up her tshirt and Gauri leans up understanding his intend, no longer feeling shy. She starts pulling his tshirt up.

Gauri comes out of the washroom after her bath to see Omkara sprawled across the bed in deep sleep. Seeing him, she couldn't help smiling. She wished she could sleep for some more time as he had kept waking her up the whole night. Low libido hahaha!

"Good morning, wifey." Omkara mumbles as he turned and stretched on the bed.

Smiling shyly, Gauri walks towards him and sits next him. Omkara quickly holds her hand and pulls her down on him.

"I have to go down now." Gauri tells him smiling shyly.

"No."

"Tia and Ridhima will come knocking."

"When are they leaving?" Omkara asks curiously. Those two girls didn't seem to be in any hurry to go back to their houses.

"Today."

"Ah! Finally, I will get my wife to myself."

Gauri giggles hearing that.

"Are you going to get up now?" Gauri asks him.

"No... you didn't let me sleep last night. So, going to sleep some more."

"I didn't? you didn't let me sleep." Gauri says shocked.

"You kept tempting me." Omkara tells her as he caressed her cheek making Gauri blush.

"You sleep. I will wake you up in an hour. Priyanka and all would be up by now."

"What is wrong with Priyanka? Why is she giving me weird looks?" Omkara asks Gauri confused.

Gauri giggles even more thinking about it.

"What?"

"We just kissed for two nights, right?"

"Yeah... so?"

"Tia said you might have low libido." Gauri tells him giggling.

"WHAT?" Omkara asks shocked.

"She is mad!"

"God! You discuss this with Priyanka?" Omkara asks wondering how he was going to face his sister.

"No... Tia kept asking me and I had to tell her."

"Hmmm."

"You sleep." Gauri tells him and gets up. Then picking his shorts, she throws it at him. "Wear this and sleep."

"You did it!" Tia declares excitedly the moment Gauri walked into Priyanka's room, shocking Priyanka and Gauri.

"Yeah! Look at the way her face is glowing. She did it!" Ridhima says excitedly.

"Can't you two talk about something else?" Priyanka asks exasperated while Gauri grinned.

"Did you rape him?" Tia asks Gauri suspiciously.

"NO!" Gauri shouts in outrage.

"He made the first move?" Tia asks shocked.

"Obviously."

"God!" Priyanka moans turning pink.

"How was it?" Ridhima asks excitedly.

Gauri blushes as she grinned.

"Ah! How many times?"

"Shut up!" Gauri tells them and turns to Priyanka and smiles happily.

"Tell, Gauri!" Ridhima begs.

"We just want to make sure you are in good hands! How good is his sex drive?"

"Shut up!" Gauri and Priyanka shouts at the same time.

"TELL! TELL! TELL!"

"Stop it!" Gauri tells them turning pink.

"Just tell us, how many times did you do it."

"Four." Gauri mumbles as she looked down.

"FOUR?" Priyanka shouts in shock as she sat up.

"Prinku... you also started?" Gauri asks helplessly.

"Don't lie." Tia says suspiciously.

"Why should I lie?" Gauri asks.

"What about his low libido?" Priyanka asks confused.

"It is not low libido. It is called consideration and respect for your wife!" Gauri tells her pissed.

"Oh!"

"Consideration? And four times?" Ridhima asks her.

"Can we quit this topic now?" Gauri asks them.

"Four times back to back?" Tia asks suspiciously.

"NO! He would wake me up."

"How?"

"What do you mean by how?"

"By saying Gauri wake up or by kissing and feeling you up."

"God!" Gauri sighs pissed. "By kissing. That is all I am going to say."

"What more is left to say?" Priyanka asks gaping at her.

Gauri heaves a sigh of relief when Tia and Ridhima left for their homes.

"I am so relieved they are gone." Gauri whispers to Priyanka.

"Even me!" Priyanka tells her sighing.

"If it wasn't Om, then you would have drove me crazy more." Gauri tells her chuckling.

"Yeaaah!"

"Gauri..." Omkara calls her as he walked towards her and stops seeing Priyanka looking at him.

"Yes?" Gauri asks him.

"I think Ma is calling." Priyanka quickly whispers and runs away.

"Why was she hyperventilating seeing me?" Omkara asks Gauri suspiciously.

"Oh that..." Gauri blushes.

"Gauri... did you tell her about last night?" Omkara asks suspiciously.

"That Tia and Ridhima..."

"God, Gauri! She is my sister!" Omkara tells her exasperated.

"I didn't want to tell them... but they were..." Gauri starts explaining.

"But Priyanka is my sister!" Omkara tells her again. "She can't even look at me now!"

"Sorry." Gauri mumbles as she looked down.

Seeing her upset, Omkara quickly moves towards her and hugs her, "She is my sister, sweetheart. I know she is your best friend but she is my sister too. You should consider that, right?"

"I'll be careful now. Sorry."

"It's okay, leave it." Omkara tells her as he kissed her on her forehead.

"OOPS! Sorry!" Priyanka who had come back, shouts as she jumped back seeing them like that, then she quickly runs the opposite way.

"God!" Omkara moans seeing his sister.

After dinner, Omkara was waiting for Gauri so they could go to their room while Gauri and Priyanka were busy in the kitchen. Few minutes later, he sees Priyanka and Gauri coming from kitchen.

Finally!

"Bhai, let's go for ice-cream."

"Ice cream? Now?"

"Yeah! We both want to have ice-cream." Priyanka tells him excitedly.

Omkara turns to look at Gauri and sees her excitedly smiling.

"Okay." Omkara agrees seeing her smiling so happily.

Omkara walks to the driver's side to open the door when he notices Gauri opening the backdoor and Priyanka opening the front door.

"Huh?" Omkara loudly says in shocked surprise.

Gauri and Priyanka curiously looks up at him and seeing his expression both start chuckling.

"I forgot!" Priyanka says embarrassed as she moved to the back.

"Old habits." Gauri tells Omkara with an embarrassed expression as she moved to the front.

Omkara chuckles and shakes his head at her as he got in.

"From where do you want to get your ice-cream?" Omkara asks them.

"I want chocolate cone." Gauri tells him. "Mc Donald's drive in?"

"Oh please, Gauri... we should go to a proper ice-cream place." Priyanka tells her.

"Oh... you mean frozen creams?" Gauri teases her then turning to Omkara and she tells him, "She has this major crush on the server there."

"What?" Omkara asks shocked as he turned to look at Priyanka.

"Nothing like that!" Priyanka says worriedly. Then she furiously glares at Gauri.

"Relax, Prinku... he is very cool. Aren't you, Om?"

Omkara gives Gauri a look not knowing how to reply to that.

"I don't have a crush on him... I think he is cute... that's it, bhai." Priyanka tells him worriedly. "I swear."

Omkara nods, deciding to let it go as he trusted Gauri to take care of his sister.

"Why did you tell him that?" Priyanka asks Gauri in a whisper as Omkara paid for the ice-cream.

"Why? What's wrong?" Gauri asks.

"Because he is my brother."

"Om is fun."

"No... he is not."

"Of course, yes." Gauri tells her offended.

"He is my brother. So, he is not fun for me!"

"Hmph!!!"

"He is coming." Priyanka tells Gauri seeing Omkara walking towards them.

The moment Omkara reached them, he turns to Priyanka in disgust and asks her, "Him?"

"Yeaaah."

"Are you blind?" Omkara asks her in shock.

"He is so cute, bhai... Didn't you see his eyes." Priyanka asks him outraged. Why is that no one found him cute?

"Oh yes, I did notice his eyes, when he was stripping that girl naked with his eyes." Omkara tells her then turning to Gauri and Priyanka, he declares, "You both won't be coming here alone again."

"Why?" Gauri and Priyanka asks in outrage.

"Because that guy is a pervert." Omkara tells them and walks off.

"Fun... huh?" Priyanka softly asks Gauri.

"Om... why are you so strict with Priyanka?" Gauri asks him. "She doesn't believe me when I tell her that you are so fun."

"Because if I am a little lenient with her then she will sit on my head."

"I WILL SIT ON YOUR HEAD?" Priyanka asks furiously. "Let me show you, then!"

Before anyone could guess her intent, Priyanka jumps on Omkara's back and tries to climb up to his shoulder.

"What are you doing?" Omkara asks shocked at the attack making Gauri laugh loudly.

"I am sitting on your head."

Omkara starts shaking around as he tried to dislodge her saying, "You are going to get hurt."

"You said, I will sit on your head, and I want to prove you right."

Omkara frees her hold on him and quickly pushes her away and holding her hand, he makes sure that she lands safely.

"You understand now?" Omkara asks Gauri.

"And you see the grumpy old man you married?" Priyanka asks Gauri.

"My Om is not grumpy old man." Gauri says cutely as she moved to hug him.

"YUCK!" Priyanka shouts as she turned around to get in the car making Omkara chuckle as he hugged Gauri.

"She is a little too innocent, you take care of her... okay?" Omkara softly whispers to Gauri.

"I will." Gauri promises him.

"Tussi jaa rahi ho? Tussi naa jao." Gauri cutely pouts as she hugged Omkara from behind as he got ready for office.

Softly chuckling, Omkara turns around to hug Gauri, "I'll try to come early."

"But I will miss you." Gauri says pouting.

"Not as much me." Omkara says and bites her on her cheek.

"Ouch! You are always biting me!" Gauri complains as she softly hit him.

Omkara shows a biting action making Gauri chuckle.

"You spend the day with Priyanka, I will see you in the evening." Omkara tells her as he resumed getting ready. "What time are you going to your place?" Gauri was going to her house to get her scooty.

"Maybe after an hour or so."

"I could have dropped you on my way to work."

"Prinku is still sleeping. It's okay, we will take an auto." Gauri tells him.

"Okay... love you." Omkara says as he pecked her on her cheek and started out of the room with her tagging behind him.

In the evening, Omkara comes back home excited to see Gauri, as he had expected she wasn't there to receive him in the living room. She might be in our room. Thinking that Omkara hurries to his room wanting to have her in his arms. God! He was becoming love sick! But she wasn't there in the bedroom too. He knew she had got back home sometime back then where could she be? He goes to the kitchen to see if she was there but she wasn't there even. Sighing, he decides to check on his sister's room and he was about to reach her room when he hears excited chattering from inside.

Hiding his irritation, he knocks on the door and Priyanka opens the door.

"Hey, bhai... what happened?" Priyanka asks him curiously seeing him at her door.

"Om, you are home?" Gauri asks excitedly as she stepped out.

Seeing her excitement, he forgot his earlier irritation and smiles at her, "Yeah... I was looking for you all over the house."

"Really?" Gauri asks smiling as she stepped out and hugged him.

"Can you people behave in front of me?" Priyanka asks outraged.

Gauri cheekily grins at her and before she could say anything, Omkara had walked off holding her.

"I thought you would wait for me to get back home." Omkara tells her conversationally.

"I was." Gauri tells him smiling.

"Hmmm."

"What happened?" Gauri asks curiously.

"Nothing... leave it."

A week later, Omkara still had to go look for his wife in his sister's room. The whole week that had been the case and slowly he was losing his patience. He had tried hinting at Gauri about it but Gauri didn't seem to catch his hint. Finally, he decides to tell her about it.

"Gauri... love..."

"Yes?" Gauri asks him, smiling.

"Listen... every day when I come back, I don't want to go looking for my wife in my sister's room."

"I didn't understand, Om." Gauri replies confused.

"What I am trying to say is, I would like my wife to wait for me when I get home." Omkara hesitantly explains.

"I wait for you." Gauri tells him sadly feeling bad.

"I know, baby." Omkara says as he quickly hugged her. "What I am saying is that, I want to see you waiting for me."

"God! That didn't come out right." Omkara quickly says, "What I meant to say is that, when I come home after a tiring day at work, I want to see you in our room or the moment I step into the house. I feel a little unwanted to go looking for you in my sister's room. It's embarrassing too to go to Priyanka's room every day to call you."

"I am sorry, Om. I didn't know you were feeling like that." Gauri tells him upset. "I didn't mean it like that. Mostly, that time, Prinku and I would be talking and we sit in her room."

"Don't say sorry, love. I feel terrible now." Omkara tells her upset.

"No... no... you don't have to feel bad. I should have realized it. it won't happen again."

Next day, Omkara walks into his room to find his wife in the room but his sister was also there. He mentally sighs in irritation.

"Om!" Gauri hurries to him and hug him tight.

Every time she hugs him so happily, his irritation dies down and he hugs her back.

"Hi bhai." Priyanka says smiling, she was no longer uncomfortable with their PDA.

Omkara smiles at her.

"I was waiting for you." Gauri softly whispers to him.

"I know." Omkara couldn't help smiling.

"Bhai... you might have to shower, right?" Priyanka asks him.

"Yes."

"Okay... you shower... come, Gauri let's go to my room."

"Okay... come soon." Gauri tells Omkara and hurries out with Priyanka leaving a gaping Omkara behind.

What the hell?

At night, Omkara was waiting in bed for Gauri as she took her shower. He had decided to let the matter go for now as he didn't want to create unnecessary issues and at times, he himself felt that he was being silly.

Hearing the bathroom door open, Omkara looks up and sees Gauri in that night dress which her friends had made her wear. Though her cheeks were pink in embarrassment, there was a confidence in her stance and happiness on her face, which made her all the more beautiful and alluring than she did on their first night.

When Omkara doesn't say anything, Gauri gently says his name. "Om?"

"Gauri?"

"Why are you silent?"

"I was waiting to see what you were going to do next."

"Next?" Gauri asks surprised as she looked up at him. "I don't know."

Omkara couldn't help smile at her, she was so refreshingly innocent.

"I am so lost... what should I do?" Gauri asks him. She had expected him to take over once he saw her in the dress.

Omkara with a finger, gestures her to come to him. Gauri shyly walks to him and stands next to him. Omkara holds her hand and pulls her on top of him.

"I love you, Gauri. At times, even I am shocked that I could love someone so much." Omkara tells her as he caressed her lovingly.

Gauri leans down and gently touches her lips with his.

Two days later, Omkara comes back to his room to find it empty again. He had enough! Omkara took a shower and stayed in his room.

Gauri checks her time and realizes that it is way past the time Om got back home.

"Why hasn't he reached yet?" Gauri wonders out loud as she picked her mobile and tried Omkara's number.

"Yeah?" Omkara asks in a pissed off tone surprising Gauri.

"Om... why aren't you home yet?" Gauri asks surprised at his tone.

"I am home only." Omkara replies and cuts the call.

"Om!" Gauri opens the door in surprise to find Omkara on the bed with his ear phones plugged into his ears and listening to music.

"Why didn't you tell me that you got back home?" Gauri asks him in shock.

"Didn't feel like it." Omkara tells her as he paused the song.

"Why?" Gauri asks a little upset.

"I wasn't in the mood to come look for you."

"Oh!" Gauri bites her tongue realizing that she had lost track of time in Priyanka's room and now her husband was upset. "Sorry, Om. I was helping Priyanka with her studies and lost track of time."

"It's okay." Omkara replies with a shrug as he resumed the song and ignoring her continued to listen music on his phone.

"Om..." Gauri gets on the bed next to him and makes puppy faces at him. "Sorry."

"Leave me alone, Gauri."

"Please Om... I said sorry, right?"

"Do you want me to leave?" Omkara asks her pissed.

Gauri gets upset seeing his attitude and she hits him on his thighs. "Get lost. Even I am not talking to you!" saying that she gets off the bed and furiously leaves the room making Omkara all the more furious.

Omkara was lying on his bed and it was late night but his wife hadn't come to their room. He slowly got up and went around the house to look for her but the whole house was dark as everyone had gone to bed. Sighing, he goes to Priyanka's room and knocks on it.

"Yeah, bhai?" Priyanka opens the door sleepily.

"Ask Gauri to come out." Omkara tells her trying his best to hide his embarrassment.

"Gauri... Gauri..." Priyanka turns back looking at the bed and calls out to her. "She slept."

Sighing loudly, Omkara moves Priyanka out of the way and walks in. he finds his wife on the bed and he could swear on his and her life that she wasn't sleeping. She didn't sleep like that.

"Gauri... Come to our room." Omkara tells her. "I know you are not sleeping!"

But Gauri remains stubborn and continue to pretend sleep.

"God! Gauri!" Omkara says irately and leaning down, he takes her hand in his and in a swift motion throws her over his shoulders like a wheat sack and walk out. As he stepped out of the room, Gauri slowly lifts her head and happily waves at Priyanka. Then she just couldn't control her joy that he had come for her and happily hugs him.

The moment she hugged him, Omkara spanks her.

"Ouch!"

Without a word, Omkara dumps her on the bed and locks the door.

"You shouldn't have asked me to leave that is why I didn't come back." Gauri tells him.

"That is the first and last time I am bringing you back to our room. Next time you do this, you can very well sleep there."

"You would sleep without me?" Gauri asks him shocked.

"I have slept alone for many years."

"FINE!" Gauri says hurt at his reply and turns to one corner and sleep with her back towards him.

Few minutes later, Gauri couldn't sleep. Her guilt was eating at her. he had come to call her back, not many husbands do that. And she had shown attitude. Gauri rolls towards his side and hugs him.

"What?" Omkara asks irately.

Gauri couldn't help smile, "So, you can't sleep without me. That is why you are still awake. Aren't you?"

"Go to sleep, Gauri."

"I will take that as a yes." Gauri tells him grinning.

"Whatever."

Gauri kisses him on his cheek then keeping her head on his chest and hugs him tight. Then she felt his hand come around her and hug her.

"My Om." Gauri says happily as she hugged him.

Omkara smiles softly.

"You only told me to take care of Prinku... so I had decided that come what may, she will clear all her papers this time and I was teaching her."

Omkara sighs and gently kisses her cheek. "Thank you."

Gauri smiles at him in reply.

"I am sorry, Gauri... at times I feel I am being unreasonable. But at times, I just can't help getting upset. Sorry, love."

"It's okay, Om."

"I think I am a little over possessive."

"No, you are not. Every husband is like that. Today, I had wanted to finish a topic that is why I got stuck there. Tomorrow it won't happen."

"I think we should just let it go, you would be going back to work shortly so this issue won't arise."

"But if I am home, I will be somewhere where you can see me as soon as you get home."

"Okay." Omkara says hugging her tight.

Next week, Gauri was running around the room as Omkara got ready for office.

"You need anything else?" Gauri asks him.

"No."

"Okay... then I will leave?" Gauri asks him as she hurried to get her office bag.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you late?" Omkara asks checking his watch.

"No... I just don't want to be late. And I am a little excited to get back to work."

Omkara smiles hearing her and hugging her, he tells her. "Drive carefully and have a blast in your office."

"Thanks... but I am a little worried too."

"Because your manager changed?"

"Yes. Something and all are happening in office but I don't know what is happening there."

"No worries." Omkara tells her as he kissed her cheek. "Office politics is common."

"Bye." Gauri quickly kisses him and hurries out.

"If you get late then don't come by scooty, I will come and pick you up." Omkara calls after her.

"Okay."

Omkara was in his room waiting for Gauri to get back home.

"Om!" Gauri calls out to him as she ran to him upset.

"What happened, Gauri?" Omkara asks her worriedly as she hugged him.

"I got transferred." Gauri tells him upset. "That was what was happening in the office while I was away."

"Transfer? But how come?" Omkara asks shocked wondering how this was going to affect their life.

"The new manager, he reshuffled the group and got a new member from Bengaluru, and someone has to go to Bengaluru in his place. since, I wasn't there, everyone played their dirty game and now I have to go to Bengaluru."

"Did you try talking to your boss?"

"He said that it is that stupid manager's decision. I can't believe he said that. Everybody knows that I am the best in the team. It is because of me that we finish the projects in time."

"It is because of that stupid manager!" Gauri tells Omkara upset. "Since he is a direct recruit by the big boss, our director is scared to go against him. Can you believe that?"

"Hmmm... when do you have to join?" Omkara asks trying to process the news.

"Next week but what will I do there?" Gauri asks him. "If I don't agree for the transfer then I will have to resign."

"Hmmm."

"Should I go?" Gauri asks Omkara as she looked into his eyes.

Omkara didn't want her to go. He wanted her to stay with him but then if he was in her place, would he have resigned? No, he would have gone and he would have expected Gauri to go with him. So how could he expect Gauri to leave her job?

"Om?" Gauri asks as her eyes filled with tears and her heart with fear.

"It's your decision, Gauri." Omkara tells her. "You can decide whatever you want and I promise we will work it out somehow."

"If I go then..."

"Then?"

"Then I will miss you and will start crying and would want to come back."

Omkara couldn't help smiling hearing that.

"And if you resign?"

"It will take some time for me to get a new job but I can be with you." Gauri tells him as she lovingly cupped his face.

Omkara hugs her happily hearing her. "You are the best thing that has happened to me, Gauri."

"I know." Gauri replies pompously making both of them chuckle

The first month had gone smoothly, but then time after that, Gauri started getting restless and cranky.

"Hello?" Gauri picks the call.

"How did the interview go?" Omkara asks her.

"I got the job." Gauri tells him upset.

"That's nice, right?" Omkara asks confusedly.

"Saturday is working and the package is half of what I used to get."

"Oh! What did you tell them?"

"I said I will get back to them."

"Hmmm... so, what are you thinking?" Omkara asks worriedly.

Gauri has been working ever since she got out of college. After working for so long when suddenly, she was jobless, Gauri couldn't handle it. She was getting restless, worried and he was worried that she was losing her confidence too.

"It's been almost two months. I should just take it." Gauri tells Omkara dejectedly.

"No." Omkara says, let her be angry with him, but he wasn't going to let her make a wrong decision that she already regretted.

"Why?" Gauri snaps at it.

"Because you deserve a better job. And you will get it. you have the caliber for that."

"Then why is it taking so long?" Gauri asks angrily.

"Every good thing takes time."

"I don't want good. I just want a job."

"You don't mean that, love."

"I do! I have decided."

"No, you are not going to take that job. It is final."

"You can't decide that."

"I am your husband and I have decided that."

"That is not fair, Om."

"Have faith in me, love."

"You just want me to be home waiting for you when you get back. That is why you don't want me to go back to work!" Gauri says furiously.

"Do you truly think so?" Omkara asks her unable to hide his hurt and disappointment.

"I..." Gauri closes her eyes in pain realizing what she had said. "I gotta go." Saying that she hangs up the call.

Omkara was pacing in his room as he waited for his wife to come. Ever since he had got back home, she had been avoiding him. He couldn't believe she had said that. Did she think so lowly of him? Did she think that he would ruin her dreams for him?

Finally having enough, he goes to Priyanka's room. He had told her that he will not be bringing her back from Priyanka's room again, but this time it was different. This was not a silly fight.

"What happened, bhai?" Priyanka asks sleepily as she opened the door.

"Gauri?"

"She isn't here." Priyanka replies confused. "Isn't she there in your room."

"No... then where did she go?" Omkara asks her worriedly.

"Did you fight?" Priyanka asks him, when he didn't reply, she tells him, "Check the kitchen. when she is upset, she starts eating."

Omkara nods and starts to walk towards the kitchen.

"Do you want me to come?"

"No... you go to sleep."

Omkara walks into the kitchen to find Gauri sitting on the dining table and eating ice-cream as she cried. He sighs in relief seeing her there. Gauri looks up to find Omkara there and wipes her tears.

"Are you trying to punish me?" Omkara asks her as he sat opposite to her.

Gauri shakes her head in no as she sobbed loudly.

"Then?" Omkara calmly asks her.

"I didn't know how to face you after what I said."

"Don't cry, Gauri." Omkara tells her as he wiped her tears.

"I don't know what has happened to me. I wasn't like this. I was not cruel. Then why did I say that to you? I know that is not true then why did I say that?" Gauri asks Omkara as she broke into tears.

"Please don't cry, baby." Omkara tells her as he got up and walked towards her and took her in his arms.

Gauri hugs Omkara and burst into tears. "I am sorry, Om. You are not like that. You always want the best for me. I know that. You just wanted to protect me from myself. I know that. I knew it that time itself but I just said that."

"It's okay, Gauri." Omkara tells her as he hugged her tight feeling relieved that she never misunderstood his intentions. "You were worried about not getting a job. It happens to everyone. Your life was at a standstill. And you were feeling lost."

"But I hurt you, Om."

"I was hurt, Gauri. But I know you. I was a tad bit worried that you misunderstood me."

"No, Om. Never. I know my Om." Gauri tells him as she cupped his face.

"Then, that is all that matters."
"No, that is not all that matters. I hurt you."
"We are in this situation because you chose me over your job, Gauri. So that is all that matters."

"You are so nice. Then why did I hurt you?"

"When we are hurt, we hurt the people that are closest to us." Omkara tells her smiling. "You have never told me you love me but I know you do. And it is because of that love, you had said that to me. You were just upset with me then and it was nothing more than that."

"But..."

"I have decided to take a few days off." Omkara tells her.

"What?" Gauri asks confused at the change of topic.

"Since you are free now, I have decided that it is time, I take you for our honeymoon."

"Honeymoon?" Gauri asks surprised.

"Yes. It will be a good change for both of us and we haven't truly spent any time alone other than in our bedroom. Rest of the time either Priyanka or my parents are there in between us."

"I want to go to Maldives." Gauri tells him smiling happily.

"Lakshadweep."

"NO!"

"I want to go to Lakshadweep!

"Both then. Maldives my wedding gift to you and Lakshadweep your wedding gift to me, okay?" Gauri asks him excitedly.

Omkara laughs out loud as he hugged her tight, relieved that their problems were sorted out.

After check-in, Omkara was waiting for Gauri as she had got a call and she had moved away to answer it saying it was her old Director.

"What happened?" Omkara asks happily seeing Gauri smiling ear to ear.

"He wants me back." Gauri tells him happily.

"Really?" Omkara asks unable to hide his joy.

"That manager, he was a total waste and didn't finish even one aspect of the project on time. So, they sacked him and the guy he recruited who happens to be his college mate."

"What?" Omkara asks laughing.

"So, now they want me back."

"That is brilliant."

"I said no." Gauri tells him smiling.

"WHAT?" Omkara asks shocked. "Did... you... say... no?" Omkara asks unable to believe his ears.

"Yes." Gauri tells him smiling as she took his hand and started walking towards security check.

"But why?" Omkara asks confused remembering her depressed state.

"I told him thanks for the offer but right now I am looking for something better. Someone told me that something good is waiting for me. So, I have decided that if I am going to take a job then it would be a step higher than my previous job. Not the same and definitely not anything less." Gauri tells him confidently.

"I am so proud of you." Omkara tells her smiling.

"I know." Gauri replies pompously.

"So many good things are happening now. We got married, we found love, Priyanka passed."

"Biggest wonder." Omkara adds. Priyanka had got high first class for all her papers.

Gauri chuckles hearing that. "So, I know, where my job is concerned, I would get something bigger and better."

"You will."

"For now, I have the bestest in my arms." Gauri says wrapping her arms around his arms.

Omkara grins hearing her.

Hearing her phone ring, Gauri quickly picks up as Omkara kept their bags in the overhead compartments.

"Hello?... what?... Really?... erm... but I am going for my honeymoon now." Gauri says into the phone as she sat up in her seat making Omkara curious.

"I will be gone for a week... okay... Okay... Okay... I will meet you in office once I get back... okay... bye... thank you." Gauri hangs up the phone and looks at Omkara in surprise.

"What?" Omkara asks her as he sat next to her excitedly.

Gauri smiles ear to ear in reply.

"God, Gauri... just tell me... what is it?" Omkara asks laughing unable to hide his excitement.

"He wants me to head the project."

"What?"

"Gauri Omkara Singh Oberoi, Project Manager!"

"WOW!" Omkara shouts in excitement and howling he hugs her excitedly. "Congratulations, love. I am so proud of you!"

"It's all because of you." Gauri tells Omkara smiling. "If it hadn't been for you, I would have taken up the that job or taken up the old post. Thanks for having faith in me."

"You are made for great things, love." Omkara tells her. "And what's your salary? Package? Is it better than mine? Then you are getting me Harley Davidson bike!" Omkara tells her excitedly making Gauri laugh out loud.

"I love you, husband." Gauri tells him happily.

"I know!" Omkara replies pompously like how Gauri does.

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