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As i stared in his eyes, i felt a sense of deja vu, i felt like something like this had happened before and suddenly i felt a sharp pain in my head , i closed my eyes , trying to subdue it

And then suddenly all the memories from yesterday night came rushing back to , i felt like my hed will blast frok the pain ,, it had became unbearable , i felt his grip tightened around my waist as he helped me stand straight on my feet,

Mu head was throbbing as many , blurred images were playing infront of my eyes , i held his shirt tightly, my hands clenching his shirt in a fist ,

And then suddenly all the blur images became clear and i remembered everything , everything from the start to end

FLASHBACK [ Feb 28 , 12:30 In night]

Infront of the " MIDNIGHT ROYALTY CLUB "

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With a screeching sound , a car halted in front of the club , the door opened, loud music could be heard from the car , just behind it , 2 scooty and 2 bike stoped ,

From the car , a group of young people emerged, while the people from the two wheelers also got down and went towards them , they all were laughing and smiling, excited for the adventure they were on

They all shared a look and went inside , The group consists of , some girls and boys wearing glittering dresses and jeans with shiny leather jackets

As they all entered inside the clup , the smoky atmosphere made their excitement peak , some were amused, some in aww , some surprised , some scared

Among them all a girly voice came among the loud music

" Guys are you sure we won't get in a trouble, i guess we should go back i don't get a good vibe from here" said Aroohi , while looking uncomfortable ,

" Ohh come on Aroohi , nothing's gonna happen and you just see how much fun it will be " said a boy named Ajay giving a dirty smirk which didn't settled well with her

" And After this God knows when we all will get time kike this , so just enjoy " said a girl named as surbhi said while grinning at her

" Come lets go and have some fun " saying this they pulled her along with them to the dance floor

The crazy beats were making them go mad with excitement and adventure, they begun dancing , jumping with madness, the loud music making thier heart beat dance , as the song continued they swayed thier bodies, forming groups while dancing

Aroohi feeling a little better also was dancing with a smile , ger steps perfect, matching the beats , her heart pounding with excitement

Suddenly she collided with a person who was passing by the dance floor , as someone pushed her ,

Her hands landed on the chest of that person , her head banged against his chest making her groan in pain , that person held her from the waist , steading her ,

Aroohi feeling an strong grip around her waist , lifted her head

Looking up , towards that person ,

icey - blue eyes came into ger view , as she felt getting lost in them , they were mesmerizing , her breath hitched because of the intensity with which they were staring back in those light brown orbes of hers

He was dressed in a black shirt and pants , his sleeves folded neatly , first three buttons open , giving a slight view of his toned chest , as his shirt shifted a little because of the sudden movement

She was wearing a shimmery , bodycon dress in blue colour , matching his eyes , from the thin straps of her dress , her not so fair , dusky skin was visible which was making her look more breathtaking ,

He finnally released her waist , making her stand on her feet , she muttered a sorry in a low voice , which he ignored and went away

As she saw his returning figure, she felt a weird type of uneasiness in her chest , she felt anxious suddenly, she rubbed her chest trying to breathe properly

She went and settled on the stool beside the bar, trying to ease that feeling ,

One of her male friend, went towards her , seeing her condition

"Aroohi kya hua ? " He asked in fake concern, keeping his hand on her shoulder

[Aroohi what happened to you]

" Kuch nhi yaar , ajeeb sa feel ho Raha hai" she said trying to control herself, ger breathing turned heavy with each second

[Nothing just in I'm feeling something wierd]

" Acha sun yeh juice peele thik ho jayegi, saans phool rhi hi dance ki wajah se " he said offering her a glass of juice , and patting her shoulder

[Listen drink this juice it will help you]

" Nhi rehne de yrr thik hun mai " she said pushing the glass slightly away and  forcing a smile so him

[No thanks I'm fine]

" Arey I'm telling you should drink this, you'll feel better " he said giving that drink to get which he accepted this time , with a little hesitation

She looked at him who nodded at ger with a smile ,  she smiled back and took a sip from the class , then in next turn she gulped the whole glass , placing it back on the counter beside her ,

She felt something wrong with the taste but as she glanced at her friend who was smirking while looking at her , then she saw four other friends of hers coming towards her ,

She felt something off, her guts were telling her to run away from thier

As they approached her , that faces held those dirty smirks which made her heart pound in fear

They came and held her , they dragged her towards the exit, before she could realise what was happening, they were outside the club , they pulled her in the street behind the club which was empty and dark

Aroohi was feeling anxious , her body shivering , she felt her vision blurry, her body temperature raising suddenly, she felt her sense being knocked out

Aroohi's body felt weak , she felt her body getting numb , she tried to fight with them , throwing her hands and legs , but everything went in vein

They dragged her at the end of the ally, which was dark and spooky ,

Aroohi gulped , fera serging through her nerves ,

" Chodo mujhe you bastards" she yelled, trying to Break free from thier grip

[Leave me]

"Aise kaise sweetheart , tumhne hi Mujhe sare college ke samne reject Kiya tha na , toh abh meri bari badla lene ki " he Said holding her jaw in a tight grip , while looking at her with a smirk, which made her give him a disgusted look

[Not like this sweetheart , you dared to reject me infront of the whole college now it's my turn to take the revenge]

"Leave me you idiot i will kill you if you even dared to touch me " she said while glaring at him , her eyes spitting fire , which for moment made him shiver

"Well lets see darling how you save yourself" he said while leaning forward with a smirk, while the other boys were holding her from both sides

He leaned more into her , in an attempt to kiss her lips while she didn't even flinched, as his lips were about to touch hers ,she bobbed her gead , hitting his forehead with a force that made him groan in pain

He fell back  , seeing the oportunity Aroohi kicked her heel cladded feet in the knee of the guy who was holding her from left and then turning towards the other one she twisted his hand over her head then kicking the back of his knee , she pushed him towards the floor and jolted towards the other end of the Ally

She ran with all the strength that has left in her , her head spinning, eyes blurry , body drenched in sweat ,with uneven steps , she stopped after some miles

Feeling exhausted she breathed, looking around, she shook her head trying to ease the blurry vision , she saw a venue and a mandir , turning behind , she saw that were still following her

Taking a deep breath , she ran towards the back side of the mandir , where the venue was settled , she tried to mix in the crowd ,

As she came forward , she ran inside a room , closing the door behind taking long breathes trying to calm her racing heart ,

She gulped hard , trying to keep her self conscious , she hits her hed with her palm trying to open her eyes

She jumps from fear when suddenly the door was knocked with a loud bang , stepping aside she gulped , trying to calm her nerves

Slowly she opened the door, holding her breath , some women came in view , holding some things in thier hands

They stepped inside making her step back ,

"Arey beta tum abhi tak tyaar nhi huyi pandit ji toh aa gaye , jao jldi se jeh pehn kr aao " one of them said , placing a box in my hands , and pushing me towards a room

[You didn't get ready go and wear this immediately]

She glanced around and then at the package in her hand, not knowing what she should do , she opened the package revealing a beautiful red Rajasthani lehanga, with minimum embroidery

Now what am i supposed to do ?

She thought while her eyes were getting drowsy. , she saw the shower and instantly  thought to take a bath as that can help her staying in her senses

After taking a bath she held her clothes and glanced at the lehnga that was kept on the small space beside the sink , she flinched when the door was knocked from the other side

"Beta jaldi aao pehen kr us lehenge ko mahurat ka samey ho gaya hai " said a voice from other side ,

Abh kya karu ? Yaha se bhaag bhi nhi sakti, pata nhi woh log chale gye honge ya nhi ? Pehen lu kya ?

She thought while staring at the lehanga, then not being able to think anything clearly , she picked that lehanga and wore it

She stepped out closing the door behind , and thought to escape this situation as the room was e empty , as i held the door knob and twisted is the door opened and an unexpected figure fell on me making me step back , my steps trembled at i tried to keep my balance , that person jolted forwards towards me

His hands wrapped around my waist , mine on his chest to stabilize me , i closed my eyes in fear , i was pressed in to the table behind me

It helped in steading me , i sighed and opened my eyes and the face infront of me made my eyes wide

Those eyes , those icey - blue ones , were staring back in mine ,they were glaring at mine

It's him , the one I'd bumped into , in the club

"Are you blind or what ? Why you always end up bumping into me ? " He said rudely , making my eyes go wide in shock, then they narrowed into a firey glare

"Ohh hello mister it's you who always comes in my way got it "  said while pointing an figure at him

" Shut up you idiot" he hissed while glaring at me making me gulp but i didn't showed my fear on my eyes

" Ohh hello idiot kisko bola , aap honge idiot " i said which made his eyes darken with rage

[Whom did you called and idiot ? You must be one ]

Mummy dar lag raha hai abh

Aroohi said while crying mentally over her bak bak krne wali juban

Before she could even say anything they heard a throat clearing sound , they both turned towards that side and saw those ladies , who gave Aroohi her  lehenga

They all are standing at the door , covering thier face with thier pallu  ,  an attempt to control thier laugh , while one of them gave us a teasing look , that made her frown

"Arey beta itni bhi kya jaldi hai shaadi ke baad kitna chahe bate kr lena lekin usse pehle kuch ni " Said one of them while having a mischievous smile, whole both of them looked at them in confusion, still standing in the

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I stared at those ladies with a blank look, trying to understand what they are saying, my mind isn't working perfectly, my eyes aren't blurry but my brain is still frozen, I looked at him , he also looked at me in confusion , I blinked at him

What the hell are these ladies saying  , and why the hell they are looking at me like I'm some newly wedded bride?

I thought while frowning, ugh my head is aching

Then one of them came and held his arm and dragged him with her, while he was looking at her and then me, with frustration

They throwed him out from the room and then closed the door behind them, then they came towards me and said

"𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮 𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗵𝗶 𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗮𝗱𝗶 𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗵𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗶 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗮 𝗴𝘆𝗲, 𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝗯𝗼𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗸𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝘁𝘂𝗺𝘀𝗲 " Said one of them while others giggled mahjong me look at them with a what the hell look

[Looks like the groom can't wait huh, he came before wedding itself, looks like he loves you alot ]

"𝗝𝗶𝗶" I said with a awkward smile on my face, suddenly I realized something , and my eyes widened in shock

𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 ? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥? 𝘛𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 ? 𝘖𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴

𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘰 𝘬𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘩𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘫 𝘬𝘺𝘶 𝘯𝘩𝘪 𝘢𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢 ? 𝘏𝘰 𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘺𝘦𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘣? 𝘜𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘩

I thought while looking at then in frustration, my brain isn't working properly and I'm not able to think straight,

I was lost in these thoughts when one of then said something making me finally come out from my thoughts

" 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗶 " Said a women placing a dupata over my head, making me frown in confusion, then they held Mr like I'm done criminal and came out from the room

[Come dear it's the time]

𝘈𝘣𝘩 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶 𝘬𝘺𝘢? 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘨 𝘫𝘢𝘶𝘯 𝘬𝘺𝘢? 𝘏𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘪 𝘬𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘩𝘶𝘯, 𝘢𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘣𝘩𝘪 𝘫𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦!

I thought while walking along side them, my steroids show, as we came outside the whole hall was fooled with so many peoples, all unknown faces making my stomach churn with nervousness

I glanced around the Hall, through my veil, when my eyes caught something that made me freeze, those boys, who were trying to force Me are still here searching for me everywhere, I gulped

𝘖𝘩𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘬𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘶

I thought while biting My lips in fear and nervousness , as the ladies led me forwards I saw so many mandaps settled in a straight line , it looks like a samuhik vivah , they led me towards a mandap , my throat dried , my hands trembling , my breathe shallow , a weird kind of fear evolves me , I could feel sweat trailing down my spine

As they led me forward, I saw a man , in sherwani , seated thier , maybe waiting for his bride and maybe I'm the bride

The thought made me gulp, I could feel myself getting drowsy again , my eyes closing on it's own , I squeezed then , in an attempt to keep them open ,

I panicked as they made me sit beside that man , his face hidden behind the sehra, I felt my whole body shiver , and son the rituals began ,

The chaos of the weddings fading behind, as my mind freezed , my heart beating faster with each mantara , my eyes fixed on the fire in the Agni Kundh

Slowly a chaos of mantras erupted, as the weddings begun , each couple having different emotions , some nervous , some scared , some excited to start their new journey with each other , while some sad

But I was feeling blank, I felt that whatever is happening it's not real , I felt so unexpected , so unrealistic,

Just some hours ago I was feeling light as my college was over , I was happy, excited for my new beginning, I was dancing , enjoying myself and now I'm sitting beside a mean whom I don't even know , getting married to a person whom I never saw , never met, never spoke

My brain was stopped working , the only thing I can feel was the drowsiness from the drink I drank ,

I was lost in my thoughts when someone shook me , I flinched and looked up towards that person, it's one of those ladies , she held my hand and with a huge smile , gave it to his hand , that was waiting for mine , I shivered as I felt his cold hand beneath mine , I don't know why a weird kind of sensation settled in my heart

then pandit ji [priest] placed a flower in my hand , that was placed on his and then the further rituals continued, with me being lost , then I was startled when pandit ji asked us to stand up for the pheras [seven rounds around the holy fire ] my breath hitched as I felt fear creep into my nerves

And slowly we begun taking vows , circling the Agni Kundh , each Round carrying a specific meaning behind , as the pheras continued, Pandit ji also recietied the meaning behind each Pehra

As the first round completed , pandit ji told the meaning behind it

"Pehle phere mein , pati aur patni ek dusre ko vachn dete hai ki , wah dono , apne jivan Sathi ke prati , unke parivaro ke prati aur unke rishte ke prati sari zimmedariaan aur farj puri shidat aur man se nibhayenge "

[ First Pheras: A vow of duty, where the couple promises to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations to each other and their family. ]

"Dusre phere mein , Pati-Patni ek dusre ko himmat thatha , hameshaa, har paristhiti  mein ek dusre ka sath dene ka vachn dete hai "

[Second Phera: A promise of strength, where the couple vows to support each other through challenges and to face life's obstacles together with courage. ]

"Tisre phere mein , Dono Janam sathi ek dusre ko har aarthik tangi ka samana ek sath thatha , ek sath milkar unke ghar-parivaar ko chalane ka vachn dete hai

[Third Phera: A commitment to prosperity, where the couple pledges to work together to achieve financial stability and a comfortable life. ]

"Chauthe phere mein , Pati aur Patni ek dusre ko snaah thatha samanh aur hamesha ek dusre ka sath nibhane ka vachn dete hai "

[Fourth Phera: A pledge of love and respect, where the couple vows to cherish and honor each other throughout their marriage. ]

After the first four pheras pandit ji asks me to step forward and lead the remaining Pheras , following his words I stepped forward infront of him , my heart throbbing violently, my hands shivering, my body feeling to low, my brain tired enough to not being able to think anything, my mind blank

"Pachve pehre mein , dono jivan Sathi bhagwan se swasth aur ache bachon ke liye prathana krte hai aur unka palan poshan krne ka vachn dete hai "

[Fifth Phera: A prayer for progeny, where the couple asks for blessings for healthy and noble children. ]

"Chathe pehre mein, dono , pati -patni ek Shanti Bhari aur tandurust jiven ki prathana krte huye ek tandurust thatha bina kisi aad vivaad wale jeevan ka vachn dete hai "

[Sixth Phera:A request for health and peace, where the couple vows to live a healthy and harmonious life, free from conflict. ]

"Satve aur akhiri phere mein , Dono Janam sathi ek dusre se vafadari thatha mitrataa aur ek dusre ke liye sache aur ache sathi bane ka vachn dete hai"

[Seventh Phera: A vow for friendship and loyalty, where the couple pledges to be true companions and to remain committed and faithful to each other for life. ]

As the last round completed my heart droped, my heart beat skipped, my eyes feeling heavy, my head aching as the effect of that drink returned, then pandit ji asked him to tie the mangalsutra [sacred bead chain] around my neck

I gulped as a lady lifted a plate with mangalsutra and sindhoor (vermilion) in it ,from beneath the veil I could see him hesitating , looking around ,as if fighting with himself , then on being something shifted in him , he muttered something under his breath and then picked the mangalsutra and leaving forward to tie it around my neck

His hand , holding the sacred chain , sneaked from beneath my veil, brushing my shoulder slightly as he secured the mangalsutra around my neck ,I felt a shiver ran down my spine even with just a light touch by him

Then pandu ji instructed him to fill my mangh [ hairline] with the sindoor, as he picked a small amount of sindoor with a silver coin , moving it towards me , I felt my veil being lifted my someone, he leaned towards me , my eyes on him but I couldn't see him clearly, my eyes blurry, my head spining, I felt weak , my eyes leads closing and then he filled my hairline with that sindoor making me close my eyes , at the wierd sensation I felt in my heart

"AJJ SE AAP DONO PATI PATNI HUYE " the words echoed through the hall , making me open my eyes , I felt a weird feeling when I heard those words , my heart fluttered , my lips trembled , my hands sweaty , my vision blurry , I gulped , looking at him but couldn't see his face clearly as my eyes were blurry

Then with my blurry eyes I saw him standing beside me ,I also stood up , but felt everything rotating, I tried to steady myself, I looked at his figure that wasn't visible clearly ,but before I could saw anything else  my vision blurred, my eyes finally giving up as I felt my self sway and before I could say anything, the darkness consumed me entirely, the last thing I remembered was a strong hold around my waist and those icey -blue coloured eyes

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