Vathsala And Akash
Akash’s father called up Vathsala’s Father to inform them that everything is ok from their side, and asked them to come over to their place for the next procedures to follow.
Everyone at Vathsala‘s home were happy, It was a very good match for her and there were no bounds for their happiness.
Vathsala was happy, sad, tensed, all emotions charging upon her all at once. She was happy because her parents were happy, she was sad because if everything gets settled she need to leave her parents, she was tensed because how will her new home be.
On the day when Akash and his parents came to see her, Akash has taken Vathsala’s brothers phone no. From that day onwards, Vathsala’s brother Mohan and Akash were continuously talking on phone with each other, and her brother was one type of a psycho, she even calls him like that. He use to tease her that “Akash his talking with me but not with you”
“You both are some type of dostana” she shouted back angrily
“Don’t be jealous sissy; we both love each other you know: p”
“Yeah, even I’m saying that only, you both are dostana”
“Jealous fellow, you are!”
“What type a guy is he bhayya, he is not talking to me” she said sulkily “Did he ask anything about me bhayya”
“No why will he ask about you, when he loves me” he teased her more.
“Get lost” she threw a pillow at him
“Don’t worry sis, tomorrow is his birthday, I’m going to call him, and let’s wish him together”
“Oh really, Bhayya?”
“Yes dear sissy”
“Now cheer up” and he left her room
She was so excited about that , she is going to talk with him today , she practiced a hundred times in her mind , on how to wish him , she mentally practiced many times on how she will wish him ,finally the time has arrived , she was tensed , her voice was not coming she was all tensed.
After everyone wished him, her brother handed over the phone to her, her heart was racing, and she could hear her breath,
“Hello” she said
“Hi” he said
“Many many happy returns of the day” she said
“Thank you, thanks a lot, your wishes meant a lot to me” His voice was so sweet. She could feel his voice, shivers ran through her spine
“Welcome, I’m handing over the phone to bhayya”
“Ok” that’s it, he didn’t even ask for her number nor did he ask to her to talk with him for some more time, her face drooped.
With that she handed the phone to her brother and came back to her room disappointed , after a while , her brother came into her room and asked her ,
“What happened? Aren’t you happy?”
“He didn’t speak anything other than that bhayya :( ”
“Chill sis, what he is doing is right, you know, even I like that” said her brother
“You like that??” she was shocked and asked him in a surprised tone
“Yeah buddy, you know it’s good if he doesn’t talk to you till engagement gets over, so don’t keep any hopes, fine?”
“You are a psycho, you don’t understand my feelings”
“I do understand, and later you will understand that whatever I have told now, is for your own good only”
“hmmm ….” She couldn’t tell anything
“Don’t worry sis, he is the best you can get and he is the right one for you, Trust me !.”
Life was getting better for Vathsala, everyone was happy for her and felt that she was blessed to get such a guy and to become a daughter in law for that family.
It was her grandfather’s death anniversary , their house was in full swing with guests , relatives coming , she was also busy in receiving guests and entertaining everyone , late afternoon , when all the guests left and only when their relatives were left , everyone was relaxing , then came a phone call to Vathsala’s Father from Akash’s Father.
“Hello ji” told Vathsala’s Father
“Hello sir, how are you?” asked Akash’s Father
“We are fine. What about you sir, how is Akash ji?”
“He is doing great and by the way we are coming to your house now, heard that it was your father’s anniversary, we would like to come”
‘Oh my god! Now!’ he thought to himself “Yes sir, you are always welcome” he continued “Who all are coming”
“Myself, Akash, my daughter and my son-in law”
“If you have any problem, please do tell, no need to worry ji !
“Ha ha no problem, you are always welcome”
“Ok then we will come in an hour”
“Ok see you”
Vathsala’s Father came inside the house and one look at everything around , he understood there is a lot to do , he announced to everyone that they are coming , that’s it , with that one word , people who are tired and ready to doze , got back to their senses and was working their asses of in cleaning the house.
“Vathsala, go get ready, even the guy is coming they may ask you” shouted her mother from kitchen. Vathsala who was mopping the floor, handed over the thing to her cousin and ran into her room, she was waiting for that moment.
The moment she heard that they are coming, all her tension came back to her, she couldn’t concentrate on anything and was totally tensed
“arrgh , don’t they have any other work , why are they coming now ?”
One look at the mirror and she found a stranger staring at her ‘definitely if he sees me like this he might think who this girl is’ she needed a head to toe full grooming.
In an hour she somehow managed to groom herself and was looking better than before. She was waiting in her room for someone to intimate , no one has turned up to see her , finally she cracked opened the door and looked outside , no one was there , she came out , everything was set ready for the guests and everyone was busy grooming themselves.
She went into the kitchen and found out that sweets were also spread out neatly in trays ready to serve the guests. All this nervousness and work made her hungry; she took a sweet from the bowl and came out, saw that no one was there and was moving into her room, on the way to her room, she collided with her mom, her mom was staring at her hand and her mouth, she made a poker face and stood there.
“Vathsala!! Those sweets are for guests, not for us”
“Yes mom, I took only one piece” she said pleadingly
“Ok, go into your room, don’t come out unnecessarily, if they ask you , we will call you, or else stay back in your room ok , Don’t come out of your room?”
“Then why did you ask me get ready”
“Just in case if they ask you, you need to be ready”
“Ok mom” she went back into her room.
She was thinking whether Akash will ask about her or not. She heard some noise coming from the living room, ‘Oh they have come’ she thought to herself, she was counting every second; it was a test to her patience. Suddenly her cousin came in and shouted, “Hey Vaths , Your hero is coming”
Her nervousness hit her back, “Uffo he is coming now” she stood up and was setting herself.
Someone opened the door to her room; it was her father along with Akash and his father and all other family members. She stood in a corner where they cannot see her from the doorway, she heard their conversation
“This is her room, Akash” told her father to him
“Oh.. Nice uncle” told Akash
And everyone left including Akash, she heard footsteps fade and came near the doorway to peep in to the hallway, she saw everyone was seated in the living room and all her cousins were standing at the back, who saw her peeping and giving her a Will-tell-uncle Look, she was making faces to them, she randomly was checking everyone and suddenly found out that Akash was staring at her, with that she closed the door and stumbled upon her bed , she was all blushing.
Vathsala stumbled upon her bed and was thinking about Akash, “Has he seen me making faces at them, what he might be thinking about me? What if Mom learns about this? And will he ask my parents about me?” Many questions are running in her mind, she couldn’t control herself.
She silently tiptoed to the door to see what was happening outside, she slightly cracked opened the door to check the surroundings, but there was a hindrance to her view, she completely opened the door to see, to her surprise her brother was standing at the door, He raised an eyebrow towards her and asked with a wicked grin on her face “Kya?”
“Bhayya…”
“Ok ok, not now, Akash’s sister and husband wants to talk with you, Stop your childish acts now , they are coming , Behave Properly” he ordered her like she was a school kid who makes a lot of mischief’s
After her brother left came in Akash’s sister Swathi and her husband, they were so friendly towards her, Swathi’s husband has a good sense of humor, and she felt at ease talking with them.
“So, Your from a Software Background too?” asked Swathi’s husband
“Yes”
“Nice , you know even Akash is a Software Engineer , Swathi is also the same and even myself ,So I have a Idea , Why don’t we four start a software company ?”
He said and burst out laughing at his joke.
“So how was Akash? Did you like him?” Asked her sister
Vathsala nodded her head, and then came in Akash along with Vathsala’s brother, and their eyes met and they were staring into each other. They didn’t notice the silence that has surrounded them
“Are we in a library?” asked Swathi’s husband breaking the silence and bringing them back into this world.
“Shall we leave Swathi, dad is calling” told Akash to Swathi and his brother in law who has come out of his reverie
“Yep let’s leave, And Vathsala don’t forget about the company ok?” told Swathi’s husband
She smiled at him; they all left the room, leaving Vathsala in her own land.
After a few minutes she opened the door to see whether they have left or not, living room was empty, she didn’t find any one there, she went in to the living room and was searching if she could find any one of her family members, she saw towards the main door, everyone was bidding bye to them, she hid behind a curtain and was peeping to see what was happening, her eyes searched for him, she found him and was staring at him , as if someone has called him , Akash turned towards were Vathsala was hiding and gave her a secret smile , she returned his smile , and came back into the living room and fell down on the sofa relaxed and closed her eyes for a second and the images of him smiling at her came back to her. She was smiling to herself with her eyes closed.
“aha.. what is that making you smile dear” asked her aunt tapping her on her cheeks.
“Nothing Aunty” her face became reddened
“I know I know …” and she continued “Your hero was searching for you the whole time he was sitting here, and finally Mohan has understood his problem, and bought him to your room, Oh my God, he was even searching for you while he was leaving, he wanted to see you and you are not even concerned ah ?”
“Auntyyyyyyyy ..” she said in hushed tone and ran into her room
“Answer me Vathsala” shouted her aunt back to her.
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