Dhruv's pov........
It's been one month after pranking with Nithya,we became good friends. I'm in my office and going through some files, suddenly my rings I lifted the call without seeing caller ID.
"Hello"
"Dhruv,where are you?"it's my grandma's voice,she was crying.
"I'm in office but what happened grandma?why are you crying?"
"Dhruv, Shilpa got heart attack we are in hospital. Just come quickly Dhruv."
I was already in lift "grandma don't cry I'm on the way."I said and cut the call.
I called Antony "Antony bring the car immediately,it's emergency."
I hopped in car and driver started the car I said my destination. She was fine in the morning,she was smiling but what happened in only 3 hours. My tears are threatening to fall but I held it back,I don't want to show anyone my weakness. My family is my biggest weakness,they are my everything. Nothing should be happen to my mom.
We reached hospital,I ran in to hospital towards emergency section. I saw my family is there grandma,dad and Sunitha aunty.
"What happened dad?"
"They are running tests on your mom. We don't know anything waiting for doctor."my dad said in heavy tone I just nodded my head and I know how much my dad loves mom.
I know he is also controlling his tears. I look at my grandma she somewhat controlled her cry. Doctor came outside we rushed to him.
"What happened doctor,how is my mom?"
"We have to perform a bypass surgery on your mom. There is a blockage in the main artery so we have perform surgery right away."
"Ok then what are you waiting for just do the surgery." My voice is cracking.
"Please sign these papers sir."doctor handed a paper to dad. He took it and asked "after surgery she will be all right."
"Yes sir you don't need to worry about it. After the surgery she will be perfectly alright. You have to take care of her more, that's it."doctor smiled to dad,dad sighed the paper and handed it to doctor.
Surgery is started,I send grandma to home because doctor told surgery will took a lot tome. First she refused to go but I however convinced her after assuring her that I will call her after surgery. Me and dad was sitting in hospital bench, staring at nothing particular.
"Bro how was Shilpa mom?is she ok?what happened to her?"Akash kept on going asking questions.
"She is ok now, doctors are performing surgery,she has a heart attack in the morning."she Answered him in one go.
I saw Nithya behind Akash she gave a sad smile to me. She went to my dad and kneeled in front of him. She put her hands on my dad hands which are shivering.
"Uncle, nothing will happen to aunty. She will be alright,just relax uncle." My dad nodded his head to Nithya. She smiled to my dad.
"Uncle did you eat anything from morning." He didn't give any answer.
"I know uncle it is hard for you. But think about aunty,if she knows you didn't eat from morning and didn't even taken your medicines."
"How can I eat Nithya. She is my life and she is fighting for her life,how can I eat?"
"You are right uncle but think what aunty will go through if she knows that you didn't eat anything. You are diabetes patient uncle you have to take medicine. Please uncle go and eat something,she will be alright. Please uncle."
My dad nodded his head "good"
"Akash take uncle and go. Make sure he completely eat his lunch and give him medicine, ok."Nithya said to Akash.
"Uncle,you have complete your lunch. I'm watching you,ok."
Akash and dad Went for lunch. Nithya seated beside me,my elbows are on my legs and my head hang low. Nithya put her hand on my hand and gently squeezed it.
"Aunty will be alright,she will be fine."
"Hmmm" I just hummed I can't answer to her.
"If you want to cry, you can cry now. I will not tell to any one."
"I prefer to die rather then crying in front of you."
She glared at me, I smiled a little and said
"You will announce it if I cry in front of you."
"You... No I will not announce it. I would rather prefer telecast in TV." She said and wiggled her eyebrows to me. I just shook my head and smiled.
"What you don't believe it?"she asked.
"No I'm so sure you would telecast it."
We talked for sometime and I really feel good now. Nithya knows how to make someone smile in any situation. See right now my mom is in operation theatre before Nithya came here,I was devastated but now I feel somewhat relaxed. She really knows how to brighten someone's mood.
"You don't ask me that I had lunch are not. You asked my dad."I asked her I don't know why I asked her this, but I want to know the answer.
"You will not die if you skip one meal ok. And besides uncle is diabetes patient so he need to take proper meals every day."
I just nodded my head to her. After some time Akash and dad came I really hope he eat something and took tablets.
Doctor came from operation theatre"is everything alright" I asked
"Yes, operation is success. She is fine,she needs rest."he said,patted on my shoulder and gone from there.
We are very happy I called grandma and told her,she was so happy. She wants to come here now but I said no because it's already dark outside. So I said her to come tomorrow. I saw Nithya she was talking on phone maybe informing her parents about surgery.
Nithya's pov.....
Aunty was discharged from hospital, After one week. My family is frequently visiting their house. It's one month now aunty is superbly fine. We are going to visit their house today.
We are in front of their house now.
"How are you aunty?"I ask aunty she was watching TV in living room. Hearing my voice she turned towards me and smiled.
"I'm fine Nithya,am waiting for you only."she said very excitedly of course she miss my mom. My mom and aunty were first to hug than me.
We greeted other members also. We all talked for sometime.
"Ok aunty I leave now. I have to go."I said and stood up.
"Where are you going Nithya. I thought you will spend some time with me."she make a pout.
Awww so cute.
I chuckled and said "aunty I'm going to temple,to ask God to give you 100years to live happily and without any surgery. Mom told me,today is ekadhashi. So I want to go aunty."I made a puppy face.
"Ok you can go but take Dhruv with you."
"But mom I don't know anything about temple. I don't know what to do in temple,and you know it better."Dhruv said
"Dhruv just go with her. She is going temple because of your mother and you my son telling me this."she fake cried.
Drama queen.
"Ok mom don't cry I will go."
Me and Dhruv were in car and Antony started to drive for temple.
Dhruv's pov.....
Nithya's family came today for visiting my mom. They are more visiting my mom after surgery. They are nice people,and Radhika aunty was biggest support to my mom for quickly recovering from surgery.
Suddenly Nithya said she wants to go for temple. My mom told me to go with her. I literally never ever gone to temple I don't have any memory of going to temple. I don't know anything about temple. But now I'm in car on the way to temple.
Great.
I have to ask Nithya to what to do in temple.
"Nithya what I have to do in temple,can you tell me?"
"What?"
"See I never went to temple so I don't know anything."
She chuckled and shook her head.
"You don't have to do anything. just go in and do what pandit said to do. Ok."
"Ok."
Now we are in temple,we washed our feet before entering in to temple. Nithya told me this is Durga temple. We are standing in front of goddess Durga statue and I see a pandit. Nithya said something to do pooja on my mom's name and she handover a coconut,flower garland and some other items. Pandit started chanting some mantras I don't even understand a thing.
Good.
I just stand there like a statue. I saw Nithya she was holding her hands in front of goddess and closed her eyes. I smiled seeing her,she really care for my family so much. She is so naive,my mom loves her so much. Not only mom my whole family is kind of her fan. Whenever she comes,my whole family laugh to her silly jokes. I stopped my train of thoughts when someone tap on my hand. I turned and see pandit giving me something which is red in colour. I don't understand what to do. I raised my one eyebrow to pandit. He didn't stop chanting mantras,but gestured me to take that red powder. I took it with my thumb and index finger and saw his face because I don't know what to do next.
First he just shook his head to me. Come on man I don't know anything,it's my first time in temple. I said to myself.
He gestured me to put it in Nithya's forehead. But why? I didn't asked him I done what he said to do. I put red powder in Nithya's forehead to hair, don't take me wrong pandit gestured like that only. Suddenly Nithya opened her eyes and saw me,her right hand went to her hair just now I coloured them with red colour. She put her hand in hair and look at her hand now her hand also coloured in red somewhat.
Her eyes became wide and she was shocked. She eyed me with her large eyes I don't know what happened I smiled towards her.
"What did you do?" She shouted at me. I don't understand why?
Nithya's pov......
I was praying to God while closing my eyes, someone touched me on my forehead to my partition of hairs. I opened my eyes I put my hand on my forehead and saw my hand. There was sindoor(vermilion) on my hand,I froze my world stopped spinning and I couldn't know what was happening now. I slowly look at Dhruv he smiled at me and I saw his hand there was also sindoor.
"What did you do?" I shouted at him. He didn't given a answer I closed my eyes to come down. After sometime I opened and asked him "why did you do it?"I asked him pointing my hand to my forehead.
"He told me to put that red powder on your head and I did it."he shrug his shoulders. I saw pandit he stopped doing pooja and looked at us "pandit ji why did you told him to fill my head with sindoor."I asked him I didn't know what to do now.
Otherside Dhruv even don't know what he done just now. He referred sindoor as red powder,he filled it in my head that means we are married now. Not to forgot that we are in temple and in front of goddess he filled it. What should I have to do now.
"Aren't you are married,I thought that you are married and I saw your head is not filled with sindoor. So I told him to fill."
"But we are not married."
"What?" Pandit said in disbelief
"Can anyone tell me what was happening here?"it's Dhruv.
I should I tell him that we are now Married. How could I tell him that I couldn't tell him. What I have to do now? God please why are you doing this with me?
"If he is not your husband then why did he filled it,he could have denied it." It was pandit.
"He doesn't know anything. He came from London,he doesn't know anything about our culture at something." I said and my vision getting blurr because my tears are continuously coming down.
"Husband,what the hell Nithya. Tell me something dammit."he shouted at me. I could not forming any words.
"Stop crying for god sake,and tell me what happened? Why are you crying? And what is this pandit talking About husband? Who is this husband?" He asked all questions at one go. I stand there like numb,I couldn't spell a word.
"Son, I thought that you two are married. So I said to fill her head with sindoor. That means now you two are married."pandit confessed.
"What? Are you joking I just put that red powder on her head and that means I'm married to her. Are you out of your mind."Dhruv yelled at pandit.
"Son,that is not a red powder or anything that is called as sindoor. And you filled her head with sindoor in front of goddess. So now you are husband and wife."pandit said.
"What the fuck Nithya?"Dhruv shouted at me. I flinched at his intense voice.
"Dhruv please listen to me..."
"What the hell is now I have to listen to you. Did what is this pandit is telling is true." I just nodded my head.
"I don't believe it,it can't be true. It doesn't make any sense to me? How could I fill your head with that sindoor are whatever is that indicates us as married?"
"Son,listen this is India. We believe in culture's and respect them,so it doesn't matter if you believe that you are married are not. But the conclusion is you are married to her in front of Durga maa."
Dhruv walkout from there and I followed him. We hopped in seats and Antony started driving,Antony saw what happened in the temple because I told him to come inside the temple.
"We have to tell it to our parents."I said looking at nothing particularly.
"What did you said."
"Dhruv please I know it's hard to believe but it's tr....."I stopped In middle,I he interrupted me.
"Don't you dare to say me that we are fucking married. I don't believe it at all. It's all nonsense, wait."he stopped yelling
at me and narrowed his eyes to me.
"Did you planned this all right. Of course it must be you,I thought that you are different from other girls but see what you did now. You are so cheap than that girls,you scheme against me for my money. You and that pandit schemed against me. you are so much desperate to be married to me. You tricked me,and you know what I will never accepts you as my wife. So stop dreaming you bitch. I hate to see your face,I'm fucking hatting you."he yelled at me. He accused me for scheming against him. How could he think that low about me. I will never do that,I couldn't take it any thing right now.
"Antony please stop the car."I sobbed
"Yes Antony stop the car, and you don't you dare to show me your filthy face again to me."
He was shouting at me continuously I couldn't take it any more. The second car halted I hopped down and run from there. I took a cab and went to home, gladly my parents didn't came,I went in and locked the door and ran to bathroom and sat under shower. I opened shower and slowly water was running from my head to down.
I will never show my face to him, never ever. I hate you Dhruv.
Author's Note.....
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