Avani POV

I looked in the mirror to see a beautiful bride in a cream saree adorned with heavy jewellery and her hair decorated with jasmine flowers, she looked unrecognizable but very pretty.

The girl in the mirror is me

Today was my wedding day and I was getting married to a total stranger whom I knew nothing about other than his name and resume. I'm sure he also knew nothing about me

The door opened to reveal my two beautiful sisters who came to call me I guess

They came and stood behind my chair

"You look so pretty didi, jiju will fall in love with you if he hasn't already"

"I'm so glad your getting married di, I will get to keep your room now" Aditi said jokingly

"I'm never giving my room to anyone, this will just be my temporary place of living, you'll see me every other day don't worry"

"diii" she said complainingly

"Dii don't leave us and go, what will we do without you, who will support us against mama now? who will stand up to papa if your gone" Priya said sadly

"Arrey i'm not going anywhere guys, you'll be tired of seeing me come everyday you will only kick me out" I said jokingly

These talks were making me very emotional and I was just being hit by the hard reality

My house will not be my house anymore, I'll have to stay in somebody else's house now, I won't get to see my parents everyday or fight with my sisters.

My entire life is going to revolve around somebody else now

I just hugged both my sisters hard, who I am going to miss very much now

they hugged me tight knowing that we won't have those same daily conversations or our late night snackings together, or our petty fights or how we used to cook on sundays together

My mom came in and saw us hugging and she also joined us making all of our eyes teary

"my beautiful children, all of you'll are looking so pretty, especially naina, God blessed me, I'm very lucky indeed"

That just made all of us more teary

"ok no crying, this is a huge milestone, an unforgettable day for you, everyone is waiting, let's go"

As soon as I stepped out of the room, I saw my best friends and my cousin sisters waiting for me and they all looked so happy

"the prettiest bride ever"

"you look gorgeous girliee"

"the most beautiful bride ever"

"jiju is going to faint seeing you didi"

i went to hug all of them and some had tears also in their eyes

"love you guys so so so much"

My mom came and told me we have to go now as the auspicious time was going to get over soon

 Kabir POV

Everyone was waiting for her to come

I was already seated at the mantap in my cream sherwani and the pandit ji was also asking us to hurry up

"dulhan ko bulaye, waqt nikal jayega"
(call the bride, the auspicious will go)

Just then she came in with her dad holding her hand and her mom, sisters and friends behind her.

All eyes were on her, and even I had to admit she looked very beautiful

"don't fall for that trap" my brain was saying silently, but little did it know I was already deep inside it

her dad came and put her hand in mine and I helped her sit next to me without even glancing at her

"take care of her beta, she's the most precious" her dad said

"yes uncle"

We sat down together and the pandit ji started with all the rituals and it before I knew it, I had tied a mangalsutra, filled her head with sindhoor  and taken our pheras and we were husband and wife.