"Tu thakti nahi hai na laddoo," Karan exclaimed as he walked towards her who sat on the sand on the beach outside their beach house.
They had rented a beach house for three days before they flew back to Mumbai. It was their little gateway, with an offer of a restaurant opening and they had willingly taken that offer with some more days away obviously it was a special occasion.
"Itna acha lag Raha hai idhr sunny ab tu neend bhi nahi ayegi. Beeth jao chup chap."
Teja said as she pulled him beside her.
"Abey sabr ladoo," he said as he sat down beside her.
It had been a warm day but the night was generally cool and as he heard the echoes of the flowing waves in the background, the illuminating moon above them, and the peaceful night with the lights reflecting a distance away, he gazed at her softly. In her night wears her hair flowed with the wind she looked like the part of the light, glowing, lightening his world, and he couldn't control it as he bend forward and kissed her on her temples.
Tejasswi smiled at him and dragged his hand around her as she watched ahead.
"Damn it is about to be a year in October," she exclaimed, still not able to believe how far they came.
"Mere liye tu ek saal kal hi hogaya tha," Karan said as he winked at her and she chuckled, still remembering how 2 weeks before he had told her how he had liked her at the moment he saw her at pre bb party they had arranged before they quarantined and entered the house.
"Oh Haan, waise kitna kameena hai naa tu bilkul chupa rustam like pehle nahi bata sakta hai, and here I thought you liked me since LVG"
She said dramatically and he laughed looking at her antics.

"LVG main tu obviously, uske baad jaake maine stalk kiya tha but us party main I was like yeh alag hi ladki hai. Jhalli but cute."
"Tu party main tu baat bhi nahi ki, aya hello bola chala gaya akasa nishant ke pass."

"Nahi tu tune LVG ke time baat ki thi, madam book pakr kar koone main beht gayi thi aur ek din jab book bhool gayi thi tab mujhse baat hi nahi ki. Tu main Kyun karta?" He grumbled and Teja laughed looking at his face as such a kid.

"Tere ko first-time kisi ladki ne bhau nahi diya tha naa? Isliye bura laga mere baby ko." She laughed as she teased him.

"Ayi bari zyada mat bol ladkiyan marti hai Karan Kundrra par." He said raising his imaginary collar and Teja lightly glared at him causing him to laugh.

"Yeh jo tera cute little frown ata hai naa mere liye I love this." He pulled her cheeks as she glared at him shoving his hand away causing him to laugh hard. Having her all worked for him was always a treat to watch.

"Par Karan Kundrra sirf mere pe maarta hai tu bas Phir koi tension nahi." She said as she held his face in her hands and Karan just looked at her, his Laddoo.
"Sirf tujh pe."
"You better warna chittar maroongi" she warned him jokingly and they laughed together.

"Waise mujhe yaad hai tu ne us din bhi pink phena tha, a pinkish floral dress."

And he remembered how she looked as if most of the BB contestants met in a club to just get along together. Dressed in a pink floral dress her hair opens and no makeup on her face yet the jaan of the party, dancing, talking, and bonding with everyone as he stood away with the drink in his hand with Nishant observing her, his little crush since LVG only intensifying.

"What with us and you seeing me first and the second time in pink tune tu black phena tha mujhe yaad hai so random Karan Kundrra,"
She teased him again.
"Ayi bari random bolne wali club main Saari ladkiyan mujhe dekh rahi thi, aur idhr main Bechara ek jhalli ko dekh raha tha jo mast apni dunya main thi,"

"Kidhr mujhe dekh raha tha, you had quite a female attention." She grumbled as she remembered how Donal, Vidhi, and some other girls from the club were surrounding him.

"My eyes were always on you baby and I remember coming home and blurting to Omi how I liked you while being drunk. Woh Abhi tak mujhe chedta hai balke woh, jess, Nikhil sab. You know they put a bet on how jaldi I was going to tell you this. Assholes." Karan told her and she busted out laughing.

Their story was always so dramatic, full fairytale. And the fact was it still felt unreal, this reality always startled her having him beside her, with his arms around her waist, her being so close to him that she could practically hear his heartbeats. And him telling her that his eyes were always on her, and it was so beautiful that she was afraid to lose it, scared of every Nazar in their relationship. But no something told her, with him, it would be forever.

Karan saw Teja lost in her thought and he kind of knew what she was thinking. It was surprising how far they came and sometimes or maybe most of the time it felt like a dream, a beautiful one and he was afraid that one day he would wake up and everything would vanish. And he tightened his hold on her waist and she almost looked at him instantly looking into his eyes she could understand he was also feeling the same.

"You know Sunny sometimes I think what if we have met somewhere else other than the big boss house, like maybe through our thousands of mutual friends or any work commitments like anything else,"
And karan hummed he had also thought the same thing several times.
"But you know I think no matter how many times I imagine all these different scenarios I could never imagine anything in place of what happened actually, like our meeting first time at LVG then Big Boss and falling in love there. Tujhe yaqeen ata hai? mujhe tu Abhi tak nahi ata Lagta hai koi Sapna hai ankh khul jayegi aur sab Hoga bas tu nahi, Hoga."
And she looked at him touching his face as if confirming he wasn't a part of her imagination and was there and he grabbed her hand kissing it softly.

"Yeh sab big boss ki nights jaisa nahi lag raha hai, wohi peace hai." He mumbled. And she could agree those nights were the most beautiful part of their story. That conversation, those patch-ups after intense fights, those whispers as everybody slept.
But this time was also beautiful they weren't in front of thousands of cameras where thousands of people were watching them. This right now was them, her favorite sea, the cold sand, and the light winds. And love.
Their love. Sunny aur laddoo ka Pyaar.

"Hum beach wedding kareinge? theek hai. Choti si tu sherwani phena main red saree phenongi aur humhari families aur friends honge aur hum honge aur hum here leinge. Kitna pyaara Hoga naa Sunny."
She said dreamily.
"Oye madam beach wedding chor church wedding karate balke koi bhi type of Shaadi keliye tu pehle meri sautan ko tu chod," Karan grumbled still annoyed at his sautan and Teja laughed hard Naagin and Karan had a love-hate relationship, he was still annoyed at it being extended.

"Has bhi rahi hai besharamon ki Tarah sab jagah march bola tha maine aur tune September kardiya." he cried out and she laughed more.

"Oye pehle tu mujhe proper propose karega Phir main sochon gi." she acted and Karan raised his eyebrows lightly pushing her shoulders.
"Madam main ne apko bola tha main apke peeyo se bhi nahi phoochan ha aur yeh sochne waghiara is koi chance nahi hai tu phas gayi hai lifetime," he said and she glared at him.

"Main nahi karoongi Shaadi agar tune mujhe proper tareeqe se propose nahi kiya tu main bata rahi hoon Karan Kundrra," she warned raising the finger, and he was unaffected.
"Mat Karna aunty karwa deingi. Main unka favorite hoon," he said innocently as he faked batting his eyelashes at her and she just glared at him.
"Mother snatcher, woh meri maa kum teri zyada lagti hain." Teja cried out as she remembered how her mother was like completely his fan, making his favorite food as he came, giving him all special treatment, and always taking his side. They were like mele main bichare hwue. Ajeeb musibat.
"Aur Jo apne mere maa baap par qabza kiya hai woh uska kiya. Mujhse zyada tu woh teri side let hain balke teri hi side lete hain. Agar hum same age ke hote tu main samjh leta tu aur main exchange hogaye the." he said and Teja laughed, the way their parents laughed the other was something they both were salty about but everyone knew how it meant a lot to them.

"Tu baat mat palat sunle tu proper propose karega with flowers and balloons and a ring. Warna I am not marrying I am warning you."
Teja warned and as if something clicked Karan ran inside instantly and Teja just looked at him flabbergasted at what happened.
After a minute or two he came outside huffing and she just looked at him annoyed.
"Kidhr gaya tha badtameez main bata rahi hoon Karan proper proposal warna no chance"

But he just pulled her and she came falling on him glaring at him in return. As he dragged her a little near the sea.

"And now you are going to be completely quiet I am going to say and you are going to listen." He whispered huskily and her breath hitched what the hell was happening?

"I know hum night suits main hain basically, and there are no balloons and no flowers aur ritesh sir jaisa kuch grand bhi nahi hai no fireworks nothing. But then this was all in a normal love story humhari tu waise bhi one of the kind hai." He paused laughing and Teja smiled at him.
"So back to what I was saying I know there is nothing grand but with us, it was never about grand things it was us and it was always enough. More than enough." He whispered but still, his word weighed heavy in the thereby silent night. And she looked at him her breath on hold as she waited.
"Hahaha, I once thought I am never going to do this what a stupid person I was but then I never had you. With you I am always a changed person, a new one always. Maine apni hi lassi kardi." He again chuckled and she joined him as well, his words came biting him nice serves him right.
"So back to the thing, there is nothing grand because it has us but
I love you, Tejasswi Prakash, I always have and always will. Main tujh se larta hoon, main tujhe annoy bhi karta hoon, aur main tere saath woh sab karta hoon which I promised to never do, and here I am. There is nothing super special but I have a heart full of love for you. That only loves you and always will so laddoo mujh se shaadi karegi?
Pakka main tujhe itna tang nahi karoonga aur hum raat main saath khana bhi banayeinge. And I will help you with everything. And we will live together in our new house and you decorate it the way you want, as Ekta Ma'am once mentioned. And we will have our little family, first ladki, ladka hwua tu I will return him phir ladka bhi chalega. Twins bhi chalein ge, (he said as he winked at her and she laughed teary-eyed)
Aur main unko sambhal loonga bas tu help kardena theek hai.
But would you please marry me, Tejasswi Prakash? I would love you always and yes we will fight but I promise to come back to you always. Aise kya dekh rahi hai? I just want a...."

And he couldn't complete it as he ran towards him and hugged him tightly, sobbing and he hugged her back tightly. This was indeed a dream.

"Tere illawa kis se hi shaadi karoongi main Sunny because for me it has always been you. I love you and yes I will marry you." She said her voice as she was still overwhelmed and no matter how many times Karan listened to this from her it still felt like the first time when she had said, as somebody in love with you, and he was shocked then as he was now.
All mine, he thought as he tightened the hug.

"Tu Phir tu ander kya lene gaya pagal." She said as she broke the hug.
And Karan just looked at her sheepishly. Before he went down on his knees and Tejasswi was shocked.
"Like so obviously you are getting a ring on 24th October, so itni ring ka tu kya hi karegi also sab ko pata chal jayega" he muttered and she laughed.
24th was their engagement, all of their family was here, first it was supposed to be before that but then Karan wanted to get engaged the day he confessed having a crush on her. Always the details with him.
And then he pulled out the kangan.
"And I think Kangan is the best thing to propose you with. So since you have already said yes but formality keliye phooch leta hoon shaadi karegi laddoo December main by the sea with our closed ones, I will wearing the sherwani and you wear read saree and we will take vows."
And she could just nod, too overwhelmed to say anything as he made her wear the kangan and she jumped in his arms again.

And they just stayed like that hugging, the kangan in her hand, and Goa and them. Because with them together it was always enough, always.

"Ab chalein laddoo subah jet skying keliye bhi jana hai."
Yes, they were going to do a-lot of water activities tomorrow and it was going to be so much fun.
Teja nodded as they began to walk back to their beach house.
"Waise Sunny tune bb main mujhe kaise bola tha naa ke tu mere saath Goa nahi jayega aur ab dekh kitni baar hum Goa agaye kya hwua tere boys party ka?" She teased him.
"Lol tera karma buhat strong hai baby tune nazar laga di."
And Tejasswi just laughed at the irony but she knew how much he much loved that.

And as they walked towards their beach house, Tejasswi looked back at the place where they were just sitting her eyes drifting towards the kangan in her hand and then towards him who was walking ahead. And then she looked back at the sky.

"Thank you ganpati bappa, he is the best thing that ever happened to me."

"Chal laddoo kahan reh gayi,"
Karan shouted as he watched her standing.
And Teja looked back, running.
"Agayi sunny,"
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