Tum Hi Aana – Chapter 13

Not proofread please ignore the typos and grammatical errors 🙂

Virat came down to the living area, everyone present were shocked to see him happy and playing around. He went straight and opened Devi’s room happily smearing colors on her. She too got excited and in no time the whole hall was covered in colors!

“Virat, what is going on? Wasn’t holi last week?” Bhavani questioned seeing the mess the siblings had created

“I know it was last week, but Devi tai didn’t get to enjoy it, so I decided to celebrate it today for her sake, look how happy she is”

“Veeru, this color got finished.” Devi came showing him an empty packet of colors that had fallen all over her.

“Tai, then you play with this color” He handed her another packet and a chocolate.

“Yayyy, my Veeru is the best!”

Someone rang the door. Ashwini went to open and found a priest standing there.

“Vahini, did you ask for the priest?” She screamed

“No…”

Before Bhavani could finish, Virat ran straight towards the door and greet the priest by touching his feet. “Did you bring everything required?”

“Yes! I brought everything you asked for!” the priest replied

Virat then turned to Shivani, handed her a box and whispered something in her ears.

She got excited and snatching the box from his hand pulled Devi to her room.

“Will you tell me what is going on?” Bhavani asked confused

“I invited a friend of mine. We initially didn’t bond well and I had unintentionally and intentionally hurt him a lot in the past, but now he turns out to be one person who really understands me and whom I can rely on with everything”

“That is good, but, who is this friend of yours who is this close to you and we know nothing about?”

“You know him kaku, he will be here soon”

“Then what is that priest doing here?”

“He is here for the wedding”

“Whose wedding?”

“My friend’s wedding”

“Doesn’t your friend have a house that you are arranging for his wedding?”

“He has one, but I wanted you all to witness his wedding and he lives far away in Delhi and the girl is from Nagpur, so, he will marry here. Now you all also go and get ready!”

He sent everyone with a box.

They all came after wearing what he had given them, with confused looks and on coming back, they saw the house was beautifully decorated with lights and flowers and over 40-50 workers were working at the fastest speed they could. Virat came down at last wearing a golden sherwani. He went and opened the door of the store room

“You both don’t deserve to be the part of our happiness, still, since I’m very happy today, so, I allow you to attend a last function in this Chavan Niwas!”

Ashwini pulled Virat to a side

“I can see the changes in you, ever since Sayi had called, but what is going on in your mind?”

“I’m just fulfilling Sayi’s wish! She would have done the same if she was here!”

“But, what?”

“Pulkit and Devi tai’s marriage”

“What?? Are you in your senses? Do you have the slightest idea of how vahini will react? How can you commit such a huge mistake?”

“I got into my senses today, and if Sayi was here, she would have done the same and would have bravely fought kaku. Today, I will take a stand for the sake of my tai’s happiness and will fight kaku like Sayi would have!”

“Do you remember he is a cheat? And what all he did?”

“I just know my Sayi can never be wrong! He did everything under pressure….kaku made him do everything and in the end, he gave up for the sake of Sayi! I’ve been talking to him these days, and he is a genuine person!”

“And what if vahini does something again that forces him to leave? Devi’s condition will just worsen if that happens!”

“He doesn’t have a helplessness this time. Earlier it was Sayi, but now, he has nothing to lose!”

The doorbell rang again

“He has come, now go, welcome your son in law, as, kaku would never perform any ritual”

Ashwini opens the door and welcomes Pulkit and his family applying tilak and performing the rituals.

Bhavani fumed the moment she saw Pulkit enter with his daughter and sister

“Eyyyyy Pulkit, what are you doing here again?”

“I am here to take my wife!”

“You think we know nothing about your cheat? Do you remember or do you want me to remind you? I will never let a servant marry my daughter”

“Do you want me to file a complaint against you?? You can spend your peaceful time in a jail for more than 10 years if I issue charges against you for blackmailing, kidnapping and fabricating official documents.”

“What proof do you have?”

“I have the confession of the person you gave money to for changing the name of my wife, I have confession of the kidnappers and recovered the videos I sent to Sayi that you deleted, if you want more, I can call Sayi anytime and she will willingly come to give her statement and even my sister can give a statement as she was the one who found me! You are surrounded from all sides, you have no other option than blessing me and Devyani.”

Bhavani took Omkar and Ninad to a corner.

“He has come well prepared this time” Bhavani whispered

“Why don’t we let them marry first and then think of some way” Omkar suggested

“I will never let my daughter marry that servant”

“But, we have no other option, he has surrounded us from all sides and even has Virat by his side. One mistake from our side will expose the past that we have been hiding since so long!” Ninad said worried

“Just sugarcoat him for now, and let them marry, we will think of some way to separate them again” Omkar said and both Bhavani and Ninad nod their head in agreement

“Omi and Ninad just made me realize how wrong I did to my own daughter. I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart for doing this to you!” Bhavani came to Pulkit “Ashwini, give me the pooja plate, I will welcome my son-in-law.”

Bhavani took the plate from Ashwini and performed the rituals

“I feel she is up to something again. It is impossible for a person like her to have a change of heart within minutes. I will have to be more conscious about my family.” Pulkit thought to himself while Bhavani was happily doing the rituals.

Pulkit was asked to sit and the priest asked to call the bride. Devi got excited seeing the decorations and her bridal outfit.

She was touching every decoration while coming towards the dais. She saw Pulkit and got scared. She quickly went to him and standing in front of him begged her mother to not kill them “Aayi…please don’t kill him”

Bhavani came close to them and she got more scared “I will not kill him, instead it’s your wedding today” Bhavani said holding her shoulder

“You will really not kill him?? Will I marry him today?”

“Yes! Now sit beside him”

Pulkit and Devi performed the wedding rituals and were declared as husband and wife! (I get bored of the wedding rituals so instead of describing everything, I just write it like this!)

Harini suddenly came from behind and hugged Devi. Bhavani, Omi and Ninad got tensed seeing her.

“Aayi!” Harini said in excitement

“Aaayi? Am I your aayi? Are you my daughter?” Devi said cupping the little girl’s face

“Yes! She is our daughter” Pulkit said picking up Harini in his arms!

Bhavani performed Devi and Pulkit’s bidaai half heartedly and thinking of ways to separate them again!

Devi happily performed the rituals and went away with her new family!

I had no plan of another marriage track, but I just kept writing without thinking. Consider that day when both the marriages happened simultaneously to be a one in a thousand years mahurat 😉