Warrior - Chapter Twenty Three

The following day was Arnav's haldi, and I could only imagine what was going on over at the Raizada mansion. Earlier in the morning, I was pretty sure I saw a little mini devil version of Payal sitting on her shoulder as she rubbed her hands together, smiling evilly. It became very evident that baby sis was not going to spare her future brother in-law, and her words further proved that she wasn't going to be sparing his cousins either.

Poor future cousin in-laws.

Like my function, Arnav's function had started late in the afternoon and would go on into the evening, which meant everyone would be there and it left me be. I found myself to be quite relaxed, spending most of my day in the study. I spent most of the day working and emailing people. When work hours were finally over, I took hold of my phone and noticed a notification from my social media about how Akash had posted to his story. Curious, I went onto the app and saw that not only had he posted to his story, but NK and baby sis had as well.

Huh.

I tap on baby sis' first and see the stuff she had posted yesterday from my haldi. She managed to get a picture of me while I wasn't looking, which turned out to be a nice off-guard photo. She wrote last glance of Di before the big day 😉 which confused me a little but oh well. There were a few videos of people dancing and she caught Amma and Babuji dancing, Aryan Singh Raizada and Shalini Singh Raizada, as well as my other future in-laws. Fortunately for me, I was nowhere to be seen in any of these dancing videos. Soon the stuff from my haldi are over and she's got a picture of her in her outfit for today's event. Since mom wanted everyone to be nice-looking and presentable, Payal ended up wearing a yellow sari. From the selfie of her sari, the next one is a video at Raizada mansion. Everything is decked the fuck out, all set up outside in the backyard. I then see a video of my future in-laws applying haldi on Arnav Singh Raizada, and his parents look ever so happy. His aunts and uncles go next, and then Akash and NK, both holding their phones out as they mess with Arnav. Then my parents go and then baby sis, and baby sis takes a selfie with Arnav captioning last glance of future jeeju before the big day!

Well, it looks like Payal has officially accepted him.

The next few snaps are videos of everyone dancing, and I spot my future mother in-law and future father in-law getting romantic once more. Akash and NK give a performance for their cousin, and when they're on the dance floor with everyone else, they are just tearing it up!

Okay, these guys are gonna be some real fun.

With Payal's story complete, it moves on to Akash's. His story starts off with his lunch from yesterday and then a video starts with NK and Arnav tagged.

"So right now," he begins, "my parents and my aunts and uncles are at my future bhabi's place for her haldi." NK comes into the video, scowling as he throws his arm around Akash's shoulder. "We wanted to go as well, but because of Bhai, we're stuck here," Akash scowled.

The camera goes panning over to Arnav, who is scowling at the two, before going back to them.

"You see, Bhai here is just lovesick and is annoyed that he can't see his future bride."

Arnav yelled what the from the background, along with some other stuff, and soon enough, Akash starts running away.

Oh boy.

His story quickly jumps to today and shows preparations of the stuff at their house. Soon I see the stuff at the function. He even shares a selfie with Payal, as well as one with NK. Then I see a video of him and NK putting haldi on Arnav and messing with him. More videos play, one of them having fun on the dance floor, and then it moves on to NK's. 

NK's story is pretty much the same, though unlike Akash's video where he blames Arnav of being lovesick, NK posts a selfie of him scowling, saying can't believe I'm missing my future bhabi's haldi just because Nanav can't control himself! Like we get it, you're sad you can't see your bride no matter how badly you want to, but why you gotta ruin our fun?

I stare at the caption for a moment and think about Akash's video.

Can't control himself?

Sad because he can't see his bride?

Lovesick?

I go through the rest of NK's story and then set my phone down. My mind blanks, not knowing what to think. Silence surrounds me for a moment, and then suddenly, I'm thinking about my future mother and father in-law. I remember seeing the way they were dancing with each other - lost in their own bubble of love as they did. I think of what I saw the three post on their stories, of how my future mother in-law and future father in-law were dancing, both just absolutely in love with each other. I then think of the conversation I had with Shalini yesterday, replaying every word in my mind. I then think of every encounter I've ever had with Arnav Singh Raizada - CEO of AR Group of Industries, tattooed badass - my soon to be husband.

My eyes go darting down to the giant diamond sitting on my ring finger on my left hand. I hold it up and remember back to last week, and how Arnav had placed it on my finger. The large emerald-cut diamond continues to stare back as it has been this whole week, still not popping out a word like I'm expecting it to. No, it remains silent, glistening away in the light.

Holy fuck!

The sound of footsteps fill my ear and I put my hand down. Moments later, Gomez appears at the door. 

"Shall I put out an evening snack, madam," he asked.

"Mm, that's quite alright Gomez- actually, do we still have some of that mango flavored coconut yogurt?"

"Yes, there's still a few cups left."

"Well, better eat some healthy stuff if I'm going to get myself to fit into my wedding attire," I muttered to myself. "Thanks Gomez, that'll be all."

Gomez nods, and then he heads off.

How crazy is it? I'm actually going to get married - again! I'm going to be a bride - again!

But will I end up being a divorcee again, remains to be the question.