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A lot of talks happened over the brunch, along with the talk came Luv's and Kush's nonsense. Those baboons didn't spare anyone. Not even their parents...
"The only reason why you are in a hurry to get me married is that once I'm gone, you can secretly try my new limited edition underwear collection," Luv remarked thoughtfully to Uncle Aadarsh. Hearing Luv's comment Anjali choked on her saliva.
"Yeah, that's what is left for me to do. Try a size too small and die out of lack of blood supply in my lower region," Uncle Aadarsh deadpanned. Anjali hadn't recovered from the first choke yet and here she choked again on some water.
"Hey!" Luv protested but everyone was already laughing their minds off.
"That's disgusting Luv, even for you," Aunt Lasika shook her head pretending to be disappointed.
"Hey! Not my fault when my dad was fascinated by the same collection in the Jockey store, only that he was not able to find his size!" Luv threw his hands in the air as Kush started snorting in laughter.
"Yeah dad, I still remember you trying to sneak my cake away," Kush spoke in between his laughter.
"That was cake and this is my imbecile son's dumb collection of underwear we are talking about, how in the hell can they be related?" Uncle Aadarsh exclaimed incredulously.
Kush clicked his tongue, "That's the catch. When you don't spare a simple cake, you don't spare anything, not even undergarments."
Uncle just continued to give him a blunt stare not making out much of his son's side of the argument.
"Stop it, you disgusting guys! People are trying to eat here, and the last thing we want to hear is an underwear talk," Anjali snapped after choking for the third time in the row.
Thanks to Daksh and the pain reliever, my ankle was bearable. I was able to walk like a regular human. Though I had an urge to revisit the Raivardhan mansion, I avoided doing so to maintain my dignity. I didn't want to be seen as a desperate female who had lost all her dignity and drop at the place where she least belonged. Wouldn't want to have that now, would I?
After brunch, we headed to the Batra family's new farmhouse. It was on the outskirts of the city. They had a few horses in a stable, around some ten cows and a whole herd of sheep grazing on the pasture. On a small pond at a corner, few ducks quacked. The shrubs of wild Indian flowers ran around the perimeter of the pond. It was such a pretty sight to see.
A cozy wooden cottage rested in the middle of the property. We were spending the day there, enjoying the picnic. Itriedto learn horse riding, the keyword being ‘tried’. The horses seemed to have a thing against me. They dropped me down twice leaving me with a painful back, kicked Luv and Kush who tried to hold them while I tried to hop on them, and ran around wild like they just escaped a prison. None of the horses let me sit on them, not even one! And it broke my heart because horses were my favorite animal. I have had always dreamt of riding one. Like forever.
"See, you are so horrible that even these poor creatures fear you, they have the sixth sense you know?" Kush shook his head as he came to stand on my one side.
"Poor animals, I just hope they don't die of heart attack at the end of the day," Luv said from the other side of mine.
"Really? Am I that horrible?" I could feel my bottom lip quiver as my eyes started to fill with unshed tears.
"Yeah," Luv nodded seriously.
"Absolutely," Kush agreed.
"Mommy," I let out a loud sob as I walked in a random direction with a broken heart.
Anjali came halfway with a pissed off look. She gently supported my frame with her delicate hands and glared at her brothers, "Idiots."
And then she led me towards the female population of the group.
It took the rest of the day for everyone in consoling me and scolding Luv and Kush. Only after that, the troublemakers retained themselves from causing any more havoc.
In the evening we had a barbecue party and danced and danced before finally heading back to Anjali's house. The next day was partially spent getting over the toll of the previous day. Everyone was tired beyond expectation. Ritika who couldn't keep her eyes open, she ended up dropping her face into her food and started snoring. Luv and Kush were so tired that they resorted to their smirks than laughing or even taking a pic of Ritika.
Anjali hadn't got down yet, and neither would have I if it wasn't for my mom to wake me up so early. A suitor was up for a visit and my mom didn't want me to miss even this opportunity and end up marrying me to thepedophileas Aunt Lasika puts it. According to my mom, this guy was probably the best suitor I could ever get, of course, given that I didn't miss this chance. It was my luck that the girl they were nearby to see, had found another suitor, so they were ready to see any other girl in the surroundings, who were available. So, it was really on very short notice.
I was still yawning when I was pushed into the nearest room and my mom and her sister worked on me. My makeup, my clothing everything had been done and I was just sitting in a corner and dozing off a bit when Anjali finally decided to get downstairs.
She was still in her pajamas, with a nest for her hair. She looked around a bit at the hustle and the bustle and asked, "what am I missing here?"
"Everything," was all I replied and let my eyes close for a little bit more. The next time I jerked awake, people were rushing the left out work all around the place. I wiped the corner of my mouth to find saliva drooling out. I was hungry, my stomach was rumbling. And the off-white Anarkali dress I was made to wear was grand enough to feel itchy everywhere...
"Good thing you woke up, those people are nearby," Anjali commented, placing a tray of laddoos on the table beside me. Oh my gosh! I loved the laddoos!
I reached for the nearest one only to get my hand slapped away, "ouch! That hurt!"
