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Marriage arranged

"Keep your phone in your pocket." Mummy reprimanded Vivek in a whisper while carefully keeping her smile intact. Vivek was replying to his friend over whatsapp, but for the fear of the second wave of anger, immediately kept his phone in the pocket. Just then, an aunty from the girl's side taunted " Arey beta!! You are toh not eating anything. How will you become a dulheraja with this level of shyness? Learn something from our Tikku..." and everybody's eyes turned towards Tikku who was whispering something in her elder sister, Vidhi's ears. Tikku was stunned by this sudden attention. "Kyun Tikku?" The aunty said to Tikku in a teasing tone. "Bua!! Say 'Vishakha', please." However, low Tikku spoke, everybody could hear and all burst into laughter. Vivek's father's said, "So Beta Vishakha (pronouncing 'Vishakha' too clearly) Give us your opinion about Vivek. Are you okay with this...?" "Uncle......

Reason

Sanjay Sir was very excited today. After all Sudheer had promised to come home after a gap of almost an year. Last time he had come for his friend's marriage and because of his extremely busy schedule, Sanjay Sir could not even have a proper conversation with him. This time he won't let Sudheer go anywhere else. "Come on! It is his birthday today. He ought to celebrate it with the one who gave him birth." he had thought. Kanhu, half the age of Sanjay Sir, was given elaborate instructions regarding the decoration of the house and the dishes to be prepared. As Sanjay Sir was in the washroom, his phone started ringing. He became extremely impatient as if it wasn't a call rather a rocket launch- once missed, won't come back. While hurriedly turning around he hit at the shower knob. The sudden force of water fell on his back, wetting him. Still, he came running out of the bathroom holding with a pinch the wet portion of the shirt pulled away from skin to avoid ...