Our journey from engagement to marriage by Shipra Saini (animal farm read .txt) 📗

"Oh! Pick it up it's my sister in law." I said hurriedly.

She picked the call and give it to me. I took the phone from her and keerti's face came on my sight.

"Hey.. Good morning bhabhi.. Oh! Sorry...there was night." She said while biting her tongue.

"Good morning.." I chuckled softly and wished her good morning.

"You are looking so pretty.." she said while looking at me in awe.

I turned into crimson. I am not used of compliments.

"Thankyou.." I whispered while lowering my head.

"I woke up early and checked on internet if moon is come out in India or not. Moon came right?" She asked me.

I nodded my head while showing her the moon.

"Bhabhi I know it's your first Karwachoth and bhayi was not there so you open your fast on video call with bhayi." Keerti said while moving.

What No..No..

I can't face him. Please No God No.

"Keerti.. It's not need. I can open my fast with his picture." I pleaded yo her silently.

"Bhabi we lived in twenty first century. Full of technology. So take some advantages of it." She said walking into a room.

She turned on the back camera of her phone and I saw a large room.

Someone was standing infront of the mirror and looking at the back I know who he was.

My cheeks turned red looking at his bare shoulders.

He pulled the shirt up on his bare broad muscular shoulders. His shoulders wings collected and then stretched when he finally pull his shirt up.

"Bhayi..."

"Hmm.."

"Bhayi I need your five minutes." Keerti said.

"Why..?" He turned to camera while buttoning his sleeves cuffs. But didn't look at the camera.

My heart beat increased looking at his face and my face turned into crimson.

Ksham came to my side looking at my red face. She wiggled her eyebrows looking between the camera and me.

"Today is bhabhi's first Karwachoth. So she needs you for open her fast."

His action halts. He is still looking down. His lips curled into a smile but he wiped it off before anyone can see that.

Keerti turned on the front camera again.

"Bhabi here..talked to bhayi and open your fast." Keerti said and handed her phone to Siddharth.

His face come into my phone screen and this time he is looking at me through the camera.

My face turned into beetroot when our eyes met. My heart beats at its fastest pace. I lowered my eyelids and looked down.

"Come on bhabhi starts the ritual. I have a college but I want to see you to do the rituals." Keerti said while coming to the screen beside Siddharth.

I lifted my eyelids and looked at them.

Siddharth is glaring to keerti silently saying her to leave us alone.

"What..? I am not going to budge from here. You can talk to her alone later. But I want to see her to do the rituals." Keerti said while shrugging her shoulders.

"Bhabhi.. you start" she said.

"Okey.." I whispered while nodding my head.

I looked at the place to put the phone on right place so they can see me clearly.

"Give it to me. I will hold it for you." Kshama said while taking the phone from my hand.

I give her my phone and she hold it infront of me. I put my dupatta on my head and took the chalni (net plate) and diya.

I lit the diya carefully and make a wall around it with my hand so it cannot extinguish due to wind.

I looked at Siddharth and he is already looking at me with a different shining in his eyes. His lips slightly curled into a small smile and he is glowing with happiness I guess.

I put diya in net chalni and looked at moon through it. I closed my eyes and then looked at Siddharth through it.

We both have a different emotions in our eyes and looked at eachother without blinking like we can see eachother's soul. We both looked at eachother with same emotions for a while.

I averted my gaze from him and took the arti thal. First I took a arti of moon and give water to moon and then joined my both hands in prayer.

Kshama helped me to hold my arti thal when I gave the water to moon. I take back the arti thal from her and took arti of Siddharth.

We didn't say a single word to eachother but it felt like we both are talking through our eyes.

I put tilak on phone screen as i am doing his tilak. I saw keerti did tilak of him.

"Bhabhi I will do everything with bhayi which you doing there. That's it feel little that bhayi was there with you." Keerti said coming on the region of camera view.

I nodded my head slightly with a smile on my face.

"Bhayi drink this so bhabi can also drink the water." Keerti said while giving him a glass of water.

Siddharth took a glass from her and drink it while looking at me.

I blushed when his eyes didn't avert from me.

I slowly took the water glass from my plate and drink it.

Keerti give him a piece of sweet and he eat it still looking at me.

I also took the piece of sweet and eat it, looking down.

I raised my eyelids and he is still looking at me with same emotions in his eyes, like he wants to say something.

He opened his mouth to say something but before he could say anything keerti snatched her phone from him.

"Bhabhi I will talk to later. I am getting late for my college." Shae said and cut the call.

I feel little disappointment not yo talk to him. This is the second time we both are on phone and didn't talk anything.

"What happened..?" Kshama asked me.

I shake my head as 'no' while giving her a half smile.
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It's October already and a two and a half month left for my marriage.
Diwali is coming soon. Diwali is my favourite festival. I love to decorate house and making Rangoli.

Only few days left for Diwali and I have lots of preparation to do but I don't get time because of my busy schedule. I told kshama everything about Siddharth's phone call and what I do. She scolded me not to say anything to him and cut the call. I assured her that I call him again but little I know that I don't have courage to call him.