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There was an atmosphere of chaos in the whole house. Mother, father, brothers and sisters all wondered if Pihu had really run away from home. His phone, bag, clothes were all in his room. If it wasn’t there, just drink it. No one had seen him since the morning.
Angave assured Pihu sitting in the car that the family would become normal after a few days. I will make everyone understand by talking. You are an adult, after you get married, you will not let any trouble happen to you except to give blessings to your family.
Even in such a tense environment, Pihu burst out laughing after hearing such progress. But perhaps laughter was not written in his destiny. When Pihu and Antig reached the agreed place, all their friends looked worried. After getting down from the car, when Angave wanted to know the matter, he and Pihu had ‘the ground under their feet and the sky above them’ slipped.
After all the preparations, there was no sign of Biju. Biju Mathew, groom of Pihu. Due to different religions, their families were not ready for this marriage. Not even when Pihu threatened to run away from home. So, Pihu and Biju took the help of Angave and his group for the wedding.
Angave and his group were famous throughout college and beyond for evicting couples from their homes and marrying them. No one knows the real truth, but people used to say that Angave’s sister committed suicide when her parents did not approve of her marriage. Then the advance would have been eight and ten years.
Before dying, Advance College had already become famous in its own and neighboring cities. A large part of his salary was spent on this work and he had to face threats, attacks and court troubles many times, but that made no difference to him.
But today there had to be a difference. This was the first time in four years that the groom was missing on the wedding day itself. Initially Biju’s phone was ringing but for the last two or three hours his phone had gone ‘out of reach’.
Antig ordered tea for everyone and called Abhimanyu who was outside Pihu’s house and said that it would not be right for Pihu to return home right now. Her family members are very angry and heard Pihu’s father saying that now they will not allow her to enter the house.
Advance decides to keep Pihu in his house until Biju is found. In a few days, Pihu’s family’s anger will also subside. It was a very strange feeling for Pihu to go live in a stranger’s house. But after meeting Antig’s father, his troubles went away. To make Pihu feel comfortable, she started telling old stories when the relatives of the girl or the boy used to arrive at Angave’s house to fight. Yes, Advance’s mother spoke less but made complete arrangements for his food, clothes and accommodation.
Meanwhile, Advance came home only to sleep for two-three days.
Sunday morning he came suddenly and gave his phone to Pihu and asked her to call him at his home. Putting his hand on the mic, he said what I want to tell everyone is that you are angry with your family and went on a long trip with friends and returned only today. Antig made Pihu do some shopping and in the evening he was at her home. On the way, Advance took the address of Biju’s house in Kerala from Pihu and said he would contact Pihu soon. After spending an hour at Pihu’s house, Anand returned back.
On the other hand, when Pihu returned home, it was as if clouds of doubt, infidelity, love, marriage, all the colors of life were rising in her mind for the last three or four days and today tears started flowing through her eyes. The family members thought that the girl might be repentant after seeing the trouble she had suffered. But no one knew the reality of this rain, not even Pihu.
She was confused as to how Biju, with whom she had been in a relationship for the past five years, could turn his back and run away on the wedding day. While the idea of marrying like this was also his. From time to time, she would think that if Angave’s family had not kept her with them, then where would she have stayed for so many days, what would she have done, what would she have said, how she would have returned home.
Pihu was actually ignoring the truth that might have happened to her. He started weaving thoughts around the advance again and again. Sometimes from her family, sometimes from her house, sometimes from her friends… She wanted to shake the thoughts of moving on from her mind. He knew that he was committed and that his life would remain fresh. But the last three-four days were not coming out of his mind.
If Advance, who has an open mind and cares more about his family and strangers than himself, then how happy will he keep someone close to him This question would come to Pihu’s mind every now and then time and time again he would always shy away from this thought. time.. He could not afford to think anything in this direction. How could she let her five years of penance, hard work to save the relationship with Biju, love, everything go to waste.
Since he returned from home, he used to talk to him every day until late at night. In the conversation that started with Biju’s search and news, later there was no trace of him left. Pihu and Antitig were learning more and more about each other. From sharing their likes to knowing the other’s dislikes, they got to know each other completely in a very short time. Angave had also entered Pihu’s house as his latest and wise friend.
Meanwhile, Pihu and Angave’s interaction at home, college and outside also increased. One night, while returning home from Pihu’s favorite dosa corner, no one knew what happened between them and when their hands came into each other’s hands. Even when they realized this, none of them separated her. When Pihu reached home and tried to open the car door for her while sitting, they both came so close that they could hear each other’s heartbeat.
At that moment, as soon as Pihu closed her eyes, Angave took her beautiful mouth in his hands and kissed her. It was as if time had stopped there. After a few seconds, Pihu hurriedly got up from the car and entered the house. That night she had asked herself twenty times why she couldn’t refuse his advances? She didn’t get any response within herself, so for the next week she kept asking beforehand did I also respond to you in our first kiss?
She was actually consoling herself that she wasn’t cheating on Biju. Even today, Pihu was sitting under the guidance of Advance, and dressed in a sherwani, Advance knocked the door of her room and asked her to get ready quickly. After hesitating for a while he said that he should wear a saree the same day. Having said this, he went down to talk to Pihu’s family.
While getting ready, Pihu’s heart was beating like drums. Be that as it may, the lead came to take him to his home. Will he marry her today? But he did not propose? How did he know that I might also want the same… Family members also like developments so they might not mind… I don’t know how many questions and answers Pihu had u asked herself.
As soon as Pihu came down, Angave folded hands with her family and said, “I will call you.” While sitting in the car, Advance said that we are going to get married, but I have told my family that we have to go to a wedding. Pihu could not hear anything beyond this. Many tunes began to play simultaneously in his ears and mind.
There was a question and guilt in Pihu’s mind, what was that with Biju? Was that an attempt to force a relationship? What does she feel with Advance, is it really love? Or will it not end with the same seriousness with which it began?
The point she had reached by the time the car stopped was that building successful relationships is actually built on the foundation of failed relationships. Unsuccessful relationships teach us most clearly how a relationship will succeed. And her relationship with Biju was unsuccessful, she has to travel the whole life with Advance.
But what is this? What is Biju doing here and why is he in a sherwani? As soon as Pihu stepped down from the car, Biju took her in his arms with tears in his eyes and said – ‘I’m sorry Pihu. We can’t contact you. That day when I received the news of my father’s heart attack, I left straight for home.
I was not aware of anything. He came to my house beforehand and told me about your condition and asked whether I wanted to marry Pihu or not? You know, I always wanted to marry you. I was quite troubled because of father’s health, so I could not call you. This will not happen in the future. But a good thing happened that our family members agreed to our marriage. Papa can’t travel at the moment and mum had to stay with him, otherwise he would definitely have come here. He has invited us home as soon as the wedding takes place.
It was as if Pihu had fallen straight from the sky to the ground. Tears did not stop from his eyes. He couldn’t understand what happened to him, why did it happen? His eyes were looking for Angave who was talking to Pandit ji with moist eyes and with his head bowed, protecting him from everyone.
– Geetanjali
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