S H I V I K A's P O V —

Jaipur, which is very famous for the beauty that it holds inside it, was a place that gave me comfort. I felt very comfortable even though i know very little about it. Was it because of people whom i can call my family, live here or do ev seery person who visits this gorgeous land feel connected to it? Be it anything but i love traveling around this place.

And here we were, on our way towards the tourist spot i love the most, hawa mahal. I have captured its beauty many times with sonali but still can't get over it. Those windows make me realise that there are hundreds of ways to escape our miseries, problems, and hurdles that we face in our life.

Just like how there are so many windows to look out of, our life is the same. We just have to find them and look outside of it and then we will come to know that the journey of our life is as beautiful as the hawa mahal.

We were having a great time chatting in the car. It was me, sonali, arav jiju and him in one car and in other it was ishaan bhai, sneha bhabhi with kiara and nitya. Most of the time sonali and jiju were talking while me and atharv were kept quiet. More like we were observing how they both interact with each other being so comfortable around each other.

Most of the time arranged marriages aren't like this. Like how they portray it. But in their case, it was the opposite of how i have read it in the book and wattpad. Oops, i revealed my secret. Yes, i do Reed books be it on wattpad or actual books.

That's the best thing i would do in my free time.

Not that i am complaining about how comfortable they were with each other. I am very happy that sonali is going to have a happy and healthy relationship after her marriage as well. Her in-laws were so protective and supportive when it comes to her. Just like their own daughter.

I was in my thoughts when the car stopped indicating that we had reached our destination. A wave of excitement rushed in my body as me and sonali got down the car to witness the building of perfect beauty, standing in front of us. My eyes brightened as i roamed my eyes all around the huge castle.

Heavenly Gorgeous.

That was the only word I could think of to describe its beauty. No matter how many times i look at it, my heart still wells up with its beauty.

"Wow! This is so beautiful."

Nitya exclaimed as we moved closer to the palace. Indeed it was. We all chuckled at her excited self as she ran towards it and scanned the palace with her shining amber eyes.

We decided to explore the palace from inside as we all went after paying the entery fee. It was not a problem. The palace itself was so huge that we had to go in pairs to explore it.

"Okay, let's make pairs and explore."

Ishaan bhai suggested as we nodded. I was about to hold sonali's hand when she shifted towards her fiancé who was standing beside her. I raised my brows at her as she gave me a pleading look as if telling me that she wants to go with jiju. I sighed and was about to go towards nitya when she wrapped her arm around sneha bhabhi who chuckled at her reaction.

I huffed in air watching both of theirs antics. Both of them don't want to go with me. Dhokebaaz. I rolled my eyes and circled my arms around my chest.

"Okay then, sona will go with arav. Nitya will come with me and sneha and shivu you go with atharv."

My eyes widened listening to his pairs as i was about to say something but atharv cutted me off saying, "okay then, let's move ahead." He has no problem with it? Ahh why always him? I already feel so nervous around him.

I gulped not having any other choice as we made our ways inside and parted away our paths, going in different directions. I was playing with my fingers while moving as he was busy in his phone.

Wah, first he had to agree on us pairing and now he isn't even talking to looking around. I huffed and pouted while roamed my head around the place.

"We are here to explore the beauty of jaipur and you are busy in your phone. That's not so good of you mr. Deshmukh."

I mumbled but i gues he heard it and snapped his head towards me. My eyes widened as i looked at him and gulped. He raised his brows at me.

"Did you say anything?"

He asked in his husky voice making me gulp as i shook my head in negative.

"N-no i-i mean look how beautiful the view is from here."

I said and looked out of one of the windows to divert his gaze. My head was peeping outside from the window as i felt his colongue near me. I closed my eyes inhaling his addicting scent as i felt him trapping me below him.

His chest almost touching my back as i opened my eyes in a snap and looked at him who was now caging me in his arms and was looking at the view. His one hand on the celling and another on the wall beside me.

My heartbeat took its speed as i felt it coming out of my ribs. My breath became heavier as i looked at the view to avaiod hia effect on my nerves but nothing helped. I placed my hand on my chest, above my heart to calm it down but my heart has no intention to calm itaelf down. It started beating more faster.

His gaze fell on me, who was breathing heavily. I looked at his direction and found him looking at me deeply. There he goes again, staring at me with those addicting dark brown orbs of his. I felt my kneed giving up when he started leaning closer to me.

My chest heaving up and down as i breathed deeply making his colongue hit my nostrils. I felt captivated. He was captivating me through his smell. I felt controlled. This feeling was weird. I couldn't not form words to describe it but it was very new.

Was i in love? No, i have been in love before in my life as well which was the biggest mistake i made but that didn't felt like this. I didn't felt any of it back then than why now? Was that not love or is this what they call falling in love?

It was hard for me to conclude my words. I was lost in my thoughts while my eyes closed feeling him close to me when he whispered in my ears.

"Indeed, the view in front of my eyes is the most beautiful view i have ever seen, miss avasthi. "

Backing off from me, i can tell he was smirking looking at my face. My heart will explode, stop it arv. I opened my eyes only to find him staring straight into my soul. My eyes widened as i realised i gave him a nickname in my mind, arv.

What is happening to you shivi? Have gone made? Stupid girl. Come out your dream land. Get yourself together.

"W-what-"

I was barely able to speak as my throat went dry.

"I said what i said. I don't like to repeat my words, miss avasthi. "

He slide his hands in his pockets and turns around to walk away. I could feel him smilling while looking at his back. He was smiling, genuinely.

A smile along with the different shades of red spread on my cheeks as i tapped on them to make myself normal but his effect was too much on me. I cleared my throat and ran towards him who was already moving ahead of me.

He is making me go crazy! God, what is happening? Help me!

A T H A R V's P O V —

I smiled while turning around from her and started walking. I love teasing her. She looked so cute while being all red. The way she closes her eyes whenever i move close to her, i feel so good.

Ugh! I just want to squease her like a teddy bear. She is too cute to resist. I couldn't stop my smile at first for getting paired with her and then watching her going all nervous under my gaze.

If someone would have told me a week ago that i would smile this much just because of a girl, i would have laughed so hard. But now that i see, i smile only when she is around. I feel my heart beating only when is around. My eyes focus only on her when she is near me.

Everyone says that my work is the only thing i focus on but only if they knew how much i control my eyes not to stick on her whenever she is near me. It's like she has some type of magic in her heavenly deep hazel orbs that mine gets stick on them automatically.

I felt her rushing towards me as i was already ahead of her. She huffed some breathe and tried to match my pace. But because of her little legs, she couldn't. A pout formed on her lips as she was almost running.

I thought of teasing her more and paced my speed when he eyes widened as she started running.

" oyee rapid railway! Thora dheere chalo na."

[oh hello, rapid railway, walk slower.]

She almost yelled at me as i tried to suppress my laugh still teasing her. We were her to explore the place and look at us, we were in our own world. Not that i am complaining. I would love to play with her like this all my life, if i could.

I was still busy teasing her and she was still busy running, trying to match my steps with a pout on her cherry lips. How how tempting they loo-

"Ahh!"

My thoughts got interpreted as i heard her hiss. My eyes widened as i turned around and saw her sitting on the ground holding her ankle while massaging it a little. I ran towards her and knelt down on her level trying to examine her injury.

"What happened? Show me!"

I said while holding her ankle and looking at her while a smirk formed on her lips making me frown at her behaviour. And in a snap i was pushed away by her making me fall on the ground as she started running while her magical music hits my earbuds, her laugh.

She was acting.

A chuckle crawled up from my throat as i looked at her running figure who was looking back at me and sticked her tongue out.

"This is what you get for teasing me, mr. Deshmukh!"

She shouted while still running as i got up and shook my head at her childish behaviour.

"If this is what i get after teasing you, then i would love to do it all my life, miss avasthi. "

I mummered to myself and made my way towards her. Got to see her new side today and she again didn't failed to amuse me. Little miss avasthi.

While running we didn't realised that we were already out of the palace as we were lost in our world all this time. She was running before me and i was running behind her with a smile dancing on my lips.

"Hey you both! Where are you going? Come here. We are here!"

We heard ishaan bhai's voice making us stop on our spots. Our head turned towards their direction as the red shade of embarrassment spread on my cheeks. I scratched my nape while she bit her tongue as i could see her from the corner of my eyes.

We quickly made out way towards them but bhai and sonali bhabhi were still not here.

"What were you both doing huh??"

Nitya said while wiggling her brows making shivika turn red. She is a tomato by now. "We were racing, chuchundar." I Said as shivika's eyes widened hearing my words. I raised my brows at her while she pressed her lips together.

"Bhaiii! How many times do i have to tell you not to call me that?"

"I lost the count. "

I shrugged off my shoulders while other's bursted into laughter. Including her, i glanced at her as a smile again spread on my lips. Oh, miss avasthi, you are making me get obsessed with you every second.

"Here they are, the love birds."

We all turned our heads towardsthe couple who were coming towards us, hand in hand while laughing in themselves.

"Oh love birds, baki baate ghar pe kar lena, its already late now, let's go!"

[continue your talks at home.]

Ishaan bhai said as they both looked at us and detached their hands with each other. They both were tomato by now which made all of us burst into laughter. We all shook our heads and made our way towards our respective cars. And with that another day ended with so much new experiences with her.

My life was never this much interesting but getting to know about her, it is becoming more interesting than i thought.

The day was spent well as me and her became a little more close. If this is a dream then i wish to never wake up from it because i love it. Because it has her present in it and i don't want her to go away from me, not even in my dreams.

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