Samyra's POV:
It's been a week, since I met Arjun. I remember telling my parents that I will be in the garden since they were late, and I opened the gate mumbling under my breath how they do not value others time when I realized two men standing on the door. I was embarrassed when I got to know they were the ones who came to see me and if that wasn't enough, I further embarrassed myself while talking to him on the terrace. To be honest, I didn't find him to be rude or arrogant as people think of him to be. In fact, I thought he was very sweet. Well, since I didn't have any valid reason to reject the proposal, we are bound to get married. Even if I did, I don't think dad would have rejected Arjun as he seemed to have been smitten by him. That morning, I again tried my luck saying if the date for our marriage can be after sometime but he started getting hyper about how this is for my best and he needs to see me settled before he dies and other same old emotional stuff, making me worried about his health. Although, I don't know Arjun's reason for marrying me at such young age. Hmm... I should have asked him that day itself.
To say I am nervous about my marriage, would be an understatement of the year, but I need to just suck it up and deal with it. I am in the college at the moment, thankfully in this one week, I haven't seen Arjun or even talked to him, since we didn't exchange our phone numbers. Whenever he would come on campus, the buzz around would tell me, and I would usually escape the place. It's not that I don't wanna meet him, I am just too embarrassed to meet him and want to save myself from further embarrassment. I am in the canteen with Anmol like every other day and we are having coffee.
"Samyra, are you okay? You are looking lost."
"Of course I am alright. What will happen to me? I am just tensed about the test we have tomorrow."
"Do you wanna study for it together?"
"Hmmm... that's a good idea, how about we go to library and study, I mean we have free period next, so might as well use it."
"Sure, let's go." We get up, and throwing our cups in the bin nearby, we exit the canteen only for me to bump into something hard, rather someone's hard muscles.
"Ouch! Sorry!" I jerk back and almost fall but I feel someone tightening their hold on my waist to stable me.
"Samyra, are you alright?" I look beside me to see Anmol looking at me questioningly. giving him a quick nod, I turn to the culprit and gulp loudly seeing my fiancé standing there. Fiance, sounds weird and strange. His eyes tightening, looking somewhere down and following his gaze I realize he is looking at Anmol holding my waist.
"I am fine Anmol, you can let go of me now." Saying this I try and remove his hands from my waist. I don't want him to get any wrong ideas, not like it was a big deal as Anmol was just helping me but still.
"Sorry for bumping into you." Saying this, I try and move from there but the bulky man in front of me is literally blocking my way.
"Excuse me?" I say looking into his deep brown eyes. He still hasn't moved an inch.
"Dude, let's get going now. I am hungry." I see Arjun's teammates standing behind him and he too seems to realize the same as he moves from my way and I move towards the library with Anmol right behind me.
"Dude, that was the Arjun Kapoor! I was so scared there for a moment that he might kick us for even coming in his path." Anmol remarks.
"I don't think he is that bad." I bite my tongue realizing I just defended someone whom I don't even know as per Anmol.
"How do you know that?"
"How can you say that he would have kicked us? We are standing here in one piece now, aren't we?"
"Yes, but-"
"Let's go and study now."
We make our way to one of the empty aisles and start studying and clarifying any doubts that we might have. Before, we know it the day at college comes to an end and it's time for us to go back home.
Entering the doors of my home, I see Rajesh uncle sitting with dad and discussing something. I move forward and touch his feet, taking his blessings.
"Bless you, so how have you been?"
"I have been fine uncle, what about you? How is your health keeping?"
"Just fit and fine, waiting eagerly for my daughter-in-law to come to our house, so that we can both make Arjun go crazy."
"Isn't he already crazy?" I scrunch my nose and close my eyes realizing what I just said. I am surely gonna get an earful from mom and dad later on. I open my eyes hearing Rajesh uncle laugh.
"Well, that he already is. Hmmm...how about we make him crazier?" He winks at me lovingly.
"Deal." Saying this I turn around only to see the subject of the topic standing near the door. I hope he didn't hear what I said about him a minute ago.
"Oh, Arjun you are also here. Come, come. We were just talking about you."
"Yeah I heard how my fiancée thinks I am crazy."
"Thinks? I know he is crazy." I mumble under my breath.
"We will see how crazy I can get then. Didn't think you know how to talk back." I can see the smirk clearly on his face and I can feel. My face burning at this moment.
"So, since you both are here, we just want to inform you that you both will be getting married in two days as it's a weekend and since, you guys want a simple court marriage, no arrangements have to be made."
"What!" We both ask together.
"But why so soon?" I question. I am not ready to be married in two days. I was just starting to come around the idea of marriage.
"Yes dad, what's the hurry?" He looks at his father questioningly.
"We told you, we wanted to inform you guys, not ask for your permission and why delay the inevitable right?"
"We all have to die someday, doesn't mean we kill ourselves today, right?" I mumble under my breath angrily.
"Exactly!" He exclaims next to me in same lower tone.
"Why are you listening to what I am saying?" I ask him, still whispering.
"Don't be so loud then." He whispers back.
"I am not loud. You have vampire ears, okay?" I fold my hands in front of my chest and turn my face to the other side before going into the kitchen.
"Samyra take this outside for Rajesh ji and Arjun."
"Send the maid, mom."
"You have to do these things from now on."
"But why me and not Arjun?" I question before continuing.
"He can also serve me, I don't see anything wrong in that."
"Don't talk like that Samyra and take this out. Also, Arjun is going to be your husband, what was all that you were saying in front of your father-in-law! Behave yourself." My mother literally pushes me out with the train. What if I fell face first in front of them? My mother doesn't even think before pushing her own daughter, well more like a nudge push but a push is a push. I place the tray on the table and before I can execute my plan to take leave on account of being tired, my father asks me to take Arjun to the terrace. I ask him the only question eating me up before we make our way downstairs.
I move to my room and lie on my bed. I am gonna be married in two days. I will share my life with someone whom I don't even know. How am I gonna get through this?
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