Priya's POV

I picked up my phone and called Rishi.

"Hello, Rishi?"

"Priya, are you fine?" He asked, I could feel the pain and concern behind his voice.

"Yes, I am fine" I sniffed "I want you right now. Could you come to my home in 10 minutes?" I asked.

"Is everything alright, Priya? Just tell me!" I could sense that he is running right now.

"I don't know. Just come here as soon as possible!" I said and hung up.

I walked here to there in my room, looking at the watch every minute, waiting for him to reach here, and praying that no one catches him because I am sure bhai must have tightened the security.

My wait got over as I heard a loud thud. Abruptly, I turned around and jumped on Rishi, hugging him tightly.

"Are you fine? Is it hurting a lot?" I asked, touching his face that has turned purple and blue from many places.

He hissed when I pressed one wound a little harshly. I instantly kissed over it to soothe the pain and he chuckled.

"I am fine and I am ready to get beaten by your brother daily if you will love me like this after the end of the day!" He said with a grin.

I slapped his chest and pulled away.

"Now tell me why did you call me here? I thought that you are in a problem!" He asked while cupping my cheeks.

"I am in a problem and that too a big one," I told him, his eyebrows knitted in confusion "my brother is forcing me to marry his friend and I don't like him. Rishi is the type of man who will cage me in his haweli (palace). I have seen his mother, she dances on the fingers of his father and I can't live that life, I can't" I shook my head, throwing away all the negative images that were forming in my head.

"But how could your brother do this to you? He loves you more than anything. Isn't it?"

"Yes, he does, he loves me more than any person on this Earth but not more than his principles. He is very strict and stays adhere to his postulates. At present, he is blinded by anger and he is not ready to listen or see anything. He is not understanding that by doing this he will ruin the lives of three people. I will never be able to stay happy with him because I have you in my heart. I can not accept anyone, even if it is a king of somewhere!" I said with little tears in my eyes.

"Than what have you decided now?" Rishi asked.

"We will elope!" I declared.

"What!" Rishi's eyes became wide and he was not able to believe his ears.

"What will happen to your brother?"

"I will convince him after the wedding!"

"But..." he objected because he knows how much I love my brother but at present, he is not ready to listen to anything and I am sure he will forcefully marry me to that jerk if I stayed here.

"Rishi please for me, for our love," I said emotionally "we don't have much time. We have to run. I will die if..."

He placed his palm over my lips, and tilted his head, indicating me not to say anything further.

He moved his hand down and asked for my hand. I looked between him and his palm before giving my hand to him.

"You still have time, think about it. I neither have a secure job nor I am very rich!" Rishi said with seriousness in his eyes.

"You will never leave my hand right?" I asked.

"Never!" He promised while kissing my forehead and holding my hand tightly.

And with this, we eloped!

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Third Person POV

What brought tears to Shreya's eyes was that her parents were still holding each other's hands tightly which didn't go unnoticed by Atharva too!

Both of them can still feel the love between the old couple which has grown over the years.

"Then, did your brother accept your wedding?" Atharva asked with curiosity.

"Not until our chuiya helped us!" Rishi said with a grin.

Atharva looked at Shreya in confusion and she smiled.

"After getting married the same day we left the city and decided to convince my brother but we failed in it, no matter how hard we tried! I used to feel guilty for going against my brother's will but I never regretted my decision as Rishi kept me very happy" Priya said grabbing everyone's attention "Then we were blessed with a baby girl whom Rishi named Shreya, using parts of mine and his name"

Atharva turned to look at Shreya and she smiled again.

"Shreya was five years old when....."

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Third Person's POV

A five-year-old girl was standing in a grocery shop. Her hairs were tied into two ponytails, she was wearing a pink-colored frock, her fingers busy in fiddling with the hem of her dress. Her eyes were fixed on the chips packet hanging down the shop.

"Uncle chips!" She said in her baby voice.

"Baby Rupees" the shop owner replied.

"I have told you that I don't have pees (Rupees). Stop asking me again and again!"

"And I have also told you that this time I can't give you anything without money or your parent's permission. Your parents have strictly asked me not to give you anything for free or without their permission as after having it you don't eat your food!" The man said.

"Bad uncle!" The girl said and turned to another side, with her arms folded to her chest, cheeks turned into balloons, and slight pout on her lips.

"One water bottle, please!" A man in his early 30 asks.

The girl looks up at him which catches his attention. She blinks and her eyes remind him of someone, someone very dear to his heart.

"What is your name?" He ask the girl who was continuously staring at him.

"Shreya!" She replies instantly.

"Do you want anything?" He further asks.

She pouts and nods her head.

"What?"

She points towards the big packet of chips for which she was asking for the last half an hour. The man smiles and asks the shopkeeper to give her the same. She smiles and jumps at her place. She asks the man to bend and kisses his cheek.

"Thank you, mama (uncle)" she whispers which stuns him.

"Why did you call me Mama?" He asks.

"Because I don't have one, so I call mama to everyone" she shows her milk-white teeth which melts his heart.

The girl made him speechless and he takes a deep breath to kill the thoughts that were budding in his head.

When Shreya doesn't get any response from that man, she turns to leave and starts running towards her home with chips in her hand. But while running she stumbles on a stone and falls down, her knee starts bleeding and she starts sobbing which again catches that man's attention. He immediately runs towards her, uses his handkerchief to cover the wound, and lifts her in his arms.

She puts baby's face in the crook of his neck, caressed her back, and starts cooing sweet words in her ears. The girl stops crying and clutches his shirt tightly.

The man starts feeling a kind of bond with the little baby. For him, it seems like he knows her from the past.

"I want Mumma!" The girl sobs.

He pats her back and asks her the address of her house. She points in the direction and he follows the way.

He presses the doorbell when he reaches there and gets stunned by looking at the person who opened the door.

"Gudiya?"

"Bhaiya?"

Both of them were stunned by looking at each other.

"Mama, not bhaiya!" Shreya corrected her mother.

The words of Shreya, caught Priya's attention and she registered that her brother was carrying her daughter in his arms.

Priya's eyes welled up and she gulped down the emotions that were building up her throat. She almost choked on her emotions, looking at her brother all of a sudden. All she wanted was to hug him tightly and her brother to caress her head just the way he used to do before the wedding.

When no one entered the house, Rishi came out of his room just to get surprised by looking at the guest.

The moment Priya's brother acknowledged Rishi's presence, he saw blood. He was still mad at her sister for going against his will and eloping with Rishi.

His hold on Shreya tightened and the baby whined as her supple skin was harshly squeezed.

"Ma- ma!" She winced in pain.

"I am not your mama!" He roared and instantly made her stand on her feet.

The little girl flinches at his outburst. Her eyes start shedding tears and her nose becomes red and runny.

"I am so- sorry," she says while sobbing "You are right, you are not my mama" her sobs become louder "Mamma always tells me about my mama. She says that he is very sweet, loving, and caring but you are scary!"

His heart melts listening to the little girl's words and continuous sobs.

"Mumma, you were wrong. I do not have mama" she complains to her mother who was still not able to accept the fact that her brother is standing right in front of her.

"He, he is your mama, Shreya" she finally speaks "the one about whom I tell you the story..."

"No! He is not the one" Shreya argues, "you told me that he has a love for everyone. He is very strong but he has a very soft heart. You also told me that he will love me when I will meet him but he is scolding me" she sniffs "he is not my mama!"

His heart clenches listening to his niece's words. His heart wanted to love the little girl but his brain was going in the opposite direction.

He finally takes a deep breath and turns to leave.

"Bhai, don't leave like this. Please, forgive us, please!" Priya sobs which further melts his heart.

"Mumma, don't cry. Let him go" Shreya says "you once told me that we should never stop or beg anyone to stay in our life. If someone loves us then he will himself come to us" Shreya says proudly.

"This is yours. I don't want this!" Shreya says and returns the chips to her mama.

"You can keep this," he says softly.

"No! I don't want to. Thank you!" She declines the offer, turns on her heels, and runs into the house.

She was able to take a few steps when stumbles down and again hurt her knees. This time she starts crying very loudly as the blood starts running down her skin.

The first person who witness this was her mama. Without thinking about anything he crosses the entry line of the house, runs towards her, and lifts her in his arms again.

"What are you looking at! Bring first aid kit" he shouts at Rishi "be quick!"

Rishi runs to bring the first aid kit while he blows over the little girl's wound, trying to make her quiet.

"What!" He snaps his head towards his sister "don't look at me like that!" He looks between Shreya and his sister "I also missed you"

Priya sits down, hugs her brother, and starts sobbing, her emotions flowing out of her eyes.

"Uii mere hue hai, ro aap kyu rahi ho (It is me who have got hurt, then why are you crying?)" Shreya yells and stops crying.

Rishi sits beside Shreya and starts cleaning the wound to get no response from her side.

"Aren't you hurt now?" Rishi asks when Shreya doesn't cry.

"Yes, I am!" The little girl again starts crying.

"She is exactly like you," Priya's brother says looking at his sister "Dramaqueen"

And everyone laughs......

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Third Person's POV

"This was the way my brother accepted our relationship" Priya ended my story with a light smile on her lips.

"It took time but yes we proved that not all love marriages fail and not everyone does fake promises," Rishi said while holding Priya's hand even tighter than before.

Atharva's heart swells with love looking at the old couple so deeply in love with each other. He slowly moves his hand towards his wife and holds her hand just like their parents.

Their attention diverts when they hear the kids fighting with each other. All four of them run towards the kitchen to find it in a mess.

"Oh, God! Rishi, how could you leave the door of the kitchen open when you know we have two terrorists here!" Priya yells when she sees that both the kids have thrown everything on the floor.

"Do not say anything about my Arya, I bet Shravan has done all this!" Rishi argued.

"Hawww.... how could you blame my innocent boy Shravan just like this when you know that this girl is the one who always creates a mess!" Priya defends and steps towards Rishi in anger.

"Mom, dad please don't fight..."

Before Shreya could complete her words Priya slips over the tomato and was about to hit the floor when Rishi catches her on time.

"Are you fine?" Rishi asks while kissing her forehead.

Priya nods while blushing. Kids close runs out of the kitchen and the young couple covers their eyes giving the old couple their privacy.

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