Falling in love after Marriage

Chapter 21

Prabhu's POV

In the past few weeks, so many things had happened. I still couldn't see Nandhini's face without feeling guilty. I am wondering whether am I ready for this marriage. I couldn't even take care of her at a small party. How am I going to take care of her in my whole life?

After that incident, I have been spending lots of my time with her. That makes me feel better. Above all, I couldn't be normal with Janu. I am glad she apologized to Nandhini even though she clearly not at all wanted to do it, but did it by the pressure from our parents.

I knew my parents are doing this so that I would not have any negative feelings towards her as she is already being punished by them. But they didn't understand that I would never have negative feelings for my family, particularly for her. Maybe I would be angry towards them for some time, but nothing more than that.

To my relief, Nandhini didn't exaggerate this issue. I thought this was going to be a big problem. At least I expected her to be angry after knowing everything, but she proved herself great by handling the whole thing in a very cool way. It gave me a lot of confidence that she would be a good wife and daughter to our family even though I still couldn't think romantic about her.

Also, this made me feel so guilty because it was my fault. Even though I had decided to leave the party, I should have informed her directly. In that way, I would have known whether she is okay or not. But I didn't. I am the worst.

I feel so lucky to get married to Nandhini :)

Do I like her?

Yes!

Will my life get better?

No doubt!

Will she take care of my family?

Of course!

Do I love her?

Hmm... Don't know! YET! She is a good friend though!

It's has become my routine to have lots of self-conversations recently. It is not that I am complaining. I will never forget that night. Each and every second of that night are still clear in my mind. The day she accepted for getting married! She looked so cute that day! Her every gesture showed how much I meant to her! (Dreamy sigh)

I secretly made a deal to pay a waiter to take some photos on our memorable day without Nandhini's knowledge. And that waiter showed his full photography skill by capturing the most perfect moments. I did mention him that he is in the wrong job. I gave him more than I initially agreed and thanked him a lot. I will make use of those photos on the correct occasion. :D

Vidhu and Janu are doing well in exams. Akash used to tell that no one can predict the results of CA examinations. Because he felt that he did really good and very confident about his final exam results when he wrote it first but he was beyond shocked to know that he didn't get through. He then decided to take a break by finishing MBA and also he joined our company.

I have to call Janu. Even though I am angry on Janu.. (Sigh) What happened is happened and it is in past. I couldn't be like this forever. The sad part is she doesn't have trust in me to reveal the reason behind her behaviour on that day. Anyway, I called her before her exam to wish 'All the best' and spoke normally with her to let her know that I am there to support her. I too felt that some weight had lifted from my shoulders after speaking with her. Relaxation washed over me. Janu or Vidhu will call me after writing every exam to tell me about how they did.

There is one more exam to go. After that, they are planning to do some orientation class and ITT class held by ICAI. They have to complete it before joining their Internship. But they were crying over the unavailability of the dates and also on another side, our parents want them to take part in my wedding arrangement. Ahem! (Clearing my throat)

We have almost two months for the wedding. Still, there are lots of things to do. As per Tamil traditions, we have to do few pre-marriage and post-marriage rituals. So the necessary arrangements for the same have to be done. Nowadays, there are many Wedding planners available in the market for completely doing all those arrangements. Still, my parents insisted on doing everything ourselves to take care of the friends and relatives in a better way with utmost satisfaction.

We are planning to have a FAMILY DAY next month to discuss everything in detail about the marriage. My parents already spoke with Nandhini's parents about it. I am a little nervous about it because I have to ensure that everything goes smoothly on that day. I knew my parents would advise Janu and Vidhu a lot to behave nicely with them because they knew that they have some dispute with Nandhini. But I have to personally talk with Janu and Vidhu to know what they are thinking, above all, they are my family.

I am responsible for them and I would never do something that will spoil their happiness. Even if they tell me to call off the marriage, I will. It will hurt me a little... But everything comes after my family. If they are happy, it will automatically make me feel happy. I also strongly believe they won't tell me to do so. That is what I am thinking. Let's hope for the best.

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Janu and Vidhu successfully completed their exams. They decided to vacate the hostel after a week time. They were always so excited to visit home still they wanted to relax a bit and also reasoned they have to pack everything. Surprisingly, our parents agreed without any complaint.

Nandhini invited me to come along to a Fashion festival today, to which I eagerly accepted. I am so ready to spend time with her despite the fact I am going to spend the rest of my life with her.

I drove to her boutique to pick up her. I picked White with orange checked casual shirt with blue jean to wear.

She welcomed me with a big smile. She is wearing a white dress with some black stripes. It hugged her figure very well and suits her good. I think I got used to her wearing dresses like this. Because I don't find it odd even this dress ended above her knee.

I drove as she told me the directions and reached on time. She is very enthusiastic to meet different people and didn't miss to introduce me as her fiance with a little excitement in her voice. It made me so happy to know that she is happy about our relationship. It was a little boring to me but I tried to be attentive as much as possible. Finally, she decided to leave.

We had a great time. To be particular, she had a great time. I loved to spend time with her but not like this. She took her time to bid byes to her friends. We both had lunch at 1 PM and the time is now 6 PM. We both are a little hungry. So we decided to hang out a little in CCD, T-Nagar (the place where we had our first date) before dropping her in her boutique.

We had some random talks while driving there. I parked the car and we made our way towards the entrance door. But I was surprised to see my sister Vidhya with a man I didn't know, leading their way towards the door. They two were totally occupied with themselves and didn't even bother to look anything else. I feel a little uncomfortable with their intertwined fingers.

I am not the person to shout at my sister just to hang out with a man doubting there is something between them. But mostly she will go out along with Janu. That's what makes me confused to spot her without Janu, that too with a good looking man. I will support my little sister if she is in a relationship but I should not allow this as she is too young to be in a relationship. Also, my parents will literally kill me not letting them know about this. Whoa! Shut up stupid mind! Try to be open minded. They may be just friends... Maybe she suddenly got to meet him here... But their closeness is making some uncomfortable reactions in my belly. God! I couldn't keep imagining and make things even worse.

I looked at Nandhini and found her looking at them with narrowed eyes with a little suspicion evident in her eyes. We entered that transparent door and waited for them to look at us. Before they got time to look at our side, God decided to surprise me more as I found a person approaching me, whom I expect the least to meet in this place.