The next day

Menon Residence

Sanal was feeling elated at the moment he spent with Prisha and thought that he would surely find the love that he missed in his life.

He got up to rush to the office to finish his pending work and meet Prisha for telling her about him and Amritha to clear the air about their relationship.

Varma Residence

"Pradeep, I hope you would be okay with the wedding within a month. I just thought I should discuss this before we can make any final decisions,"

"No problem, We are already preparing for Previn's wedding within 4 months. So, it would not be much a problem. I think we can go with the same planner that we have arranged for Previn's wedding. What do you say?" Pradeep made a suggestion to the Menon family who thought about the same.

Latha told about the little time for the preparation and asked Sameer to consider the suggestions. The family had visited their high priest to check for the auspicious day for the marriage. The priest told them that any day within the next month would auspicious for the children as per their star sign.

Finally, the family agreed for the preparation and would share their ideas with each other.

At the café

Prisha was waiting for Sanal for their date. She sipped on her tea and looked around to pass her time.

She saw some children blowing bubbles on the side of the street.

The children were not bothered by the honks of the vehicle on the road. They were undisturbed by the passerby giving them a wonderous look.

They were so busy in their own world with just one intention – having fun.

Snap!

Prisha looked at the person who had snapped his fingers in front of her face. She smiled at see his happy face.

"Was I late?" Sanal asked her who shyly shaked her head as a 'no' Sanal loved the fact that she was different from all the girls that he had encountered.

She was traditional in her looks but modern in her thinking.

He was intrigued by her and wanted to know more about her.

"You said you wanted to tell me something important. What was it?" Prisha asked him keeping the tea cup aside giving him her full attention.

Sanal felt tensed at her look and fiddled with his coffee cup in front of him.

He then felt two slender soft hands make their way to his tensed hands. He looked in her eyes and got relaxed to tell her the truth.

After half an hour.

Prisha felt the tears fall from his eyes who were just looking down broken hearted after telling her about him and Amritha.

Sanal took back his hands and looked down feeling her leaving his life forever.

"Do you still love her?" Prisha asked the general question that he was expecting to which he answered truthfully.

"*inhales deeply* I don't know," Sanal looked straight in her eyes and saw her expressionless.

She got up from her seat, moving towards the café exit. Sanal had assumed for her to react like this.

He just sat there and scoffed cursing his bad luck when

"I want ice cream," Sanal looked back to see Prisha with a blank look asking him stretching her hand to him.

He smiled at her and jogged to her catching her hand.

Both of them spent their date talking about their school life, college hustle and laughed at the pranks that they had pulled at their professors.

Varma residence

Evening

Prisha was standing on the top stairs with Sanal on the second top one clutching her hands softly.

"Prisha, if you still don't want to marry me. I can understand. But trust me, I will not fail you as a husband. I will give my 100% and ultimately prove to you an even better lover," Sanal pulled his heart out in front of her.

"I don't want you to prove to me anything. Just make sure to be with me for all the good and bad times in our life ahead. And regarding whether you will be a good husband...depends on how you support me...us in our marriage. And regarding a lover..." Prisha held his hand close to her heart and whispered.

"You can notch down a bit than Henry Cavill. I will be satisfied with that," Prisha bit her lower lips looking at his surprised face. He grabbed her waist and bought her closer, surprising her in turn. She held his shoulders trying to distance herself from him.

"*Scoff* Don't worry about that. Wait till I tie that nuptial thread on your beautiful neck, I will sweep you off your elegant feet, sunshine" Prisha felt her body heating up at his unabashed words and mostly by his lusty looks.

She pleaded him to let go who was in no mood to do so. She wiggled badly in his strong hold who was loving her attempts. He saw her cheeks going pink and her forehead forming the sweat beads. He loved the way he was able to see the smooth textures on her face which was one of his favourite things about her.

She looked back to check for her family members, still trying to move out of his iron grip. As she turned to face him, he slyly touched her rosy lips with his plump ones, enticing her. 

He just sucked her closed lips and felt her hands slip to his wavy looks. He just moved his lips on hers making sure to not scare her. He felt that it was her first time and went soft on her with his smooth caress.

Before things could go wild, he backed and released her. He saw her hooded eyes and smiled internally with his effect on her. Prisha caught his shoulders to hold herself in place as she felt her weak legs giving up.

"Dream about me, sunshine," Sanal moved back to his car smirking at her shocked face. His car roared and kissed the dust with the push of his accelerator. Sanal felt high with the mere kiss to his l'art and tried to control his raising heartbeat.

Prisha touched her lips where he had planted her first kiss. Her cheeks turned crimson red at the mere thought of the moment that happened few seconds back.

She moved in her house ignoring the calls made by her mother asking her about her date.

She almost bumped into Previn who asked her about the date. She said that it was okay and excused herself. She shaked her head and went to her room.

Sharanya was happy that her daughter had succeeded in winning her saviour's heart in just few days.

She was hoping to make her daughter gain the trust and support of her in-laws as well.

Prisha's room

She was still dazed at his aura that was heating up her body temperature to a high. It was the first time a man held her so close, a man who touched her so lovingly, a man who stole her first kiss.

Her first kiss.

And perhaps, her first...

She grabbed the back of her neck, closing her eyes, remembering his wavy hairs, his eyes, his soft touches and...his lips.

She shrugged her wild thoughts and went to sleep off trying to erase them.

Menon residence

Sonia was discussing with Veena and Latha about the bride and groom dresses and their look for the wedding.

Vinay called out the priest for the wedding rituals in prior discussion with Pradeep. Sameer was talking with the wedding planner about their preferences on the wedding.

They were all busy in their work to not notice a lover boy walking past them with a lovely smile on his face.

He slumped on the couch beside Rajeev who was busy writing his assignments.

Vineeth noticed the weird expression on his brother who was half smiling gazing at nowhere.

"Bro, you alright?!" Vineeth poked his brother's biceps to get a tight side hug from Sanal who brushed his Vineeth's hair.

Sanal got up twirling his car keys on his index fingers and striding off in style to his room.

"What's up with him?!" Vineeth spoke with his shocked self and hair which were in a haphazard condition after the severe torture by Sanal.

Rajeev shrugged his shoulders going back to his assignments.

Trishna smiled at her brothers attitude which were showing positive vibes towards the wedding.

Nair residence

In the garden patio

Veena looked back to see if her family members were visible near the patio.

"Xavier, I tried to call you but got busy with my work," Veena talked in hush tones siting on the swing.

"Veena, I know. I have something to tell you," Xavier spoke tensed from the other line making Veena worry about the unthinkable.

"*sigh*, I am coming to Delhi for some work. I have a meeting scheduled this Friday in the Grand Hyatt. Do you think you can meet me?" Xavier asked her knowing very well that it would be an even more difficult task for her.

To his surprise, she agreed and told him that she would meet him in the nearby hotel as it would be more comfortable and less suspicious.

The next day

Varma residence

"Gaurav, can I ask you a question?" Prisha spoke looking at her bestie who was busy playing on his PSP.

Benisha was sitting beside Prisha helping her select the food menu for her wedding. Prisha was noticing how her besties were engrossed in their own world. Recently she saw that Gaurav would always avoid conversing with them, especially when Benisha would be around. And the same was with Benisha, when Gaurav was around.

Prisha wanted to test whether they had felt the love for each other that the whole universe knew about!

"Sure, go ahead. Sheesh! Die you little..." Gaurav tilted his body in sync with the gameplay.

Prisha got up and took out the gaming wire and looked at him with a give up look.

"What!! I was on the last level! Why did you do that?!!" he got up and marched to take the wire trying to reconnect it.

"No, First answer my question. Then I will give you the wire, else not!" Prisha hid the wire behind her annoying Gaurav.

He knew his bestie very well and her stubbornness. So, he sat beside Benisha with a sad pout.

Prisha smiled and sat with them.

"It is just a random question. And you have to answer at the stop of three, ready?" Prisha told them the rule of the question. Both of them nodded their head understanding the game. Gaurav looked sideways getting irritated at her who had made him replay his game all over.

"Ok, whom do you love the most among the two of us?" Prisha asked them and started her count.

One

Two

Three!

"Both of you"

"Both of you"

"Benishhh...both of you"

Benny looked at Gaurav who spelled her name. Benny was internally happy but mildly smiled asking

"You said my name?!!"

"No, I did not!! I said 'both of you' not your name!" Gaurav tried to clarify his almost reveal. His eyes strayed from theirs, revealing his lies spilling from his eyes. Prisha pursed her lips loving his behaviour which would definitely help him to confess.

Prisha sat silently watching them fight rather cutely.

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