For the war

2Knock knock

The knock on the door made Kush and Nayera create a bit of distance between them as they looked at the royal couple entering the room.

Nayera and Kush straighten up as they both looked everywhere but at them.

"No need to be embarrassed you both, it was not like we saw you both kissing or something," Ranaji joked at their embarrassed faces as they blushed more.

Kush could not help but think how it would be like to kiss her, be with her in everything.

"Here, I specially made soup for you," Rani sa said as Kush looked at his mother amused.

"Why do you still cook maa-sa, any attendee could have made it," he said as ranaji himself served her the soup in a bowl and made another serving for kush.

"You used to like it a lot," he said as Kush nodded.

"Thank you bapu sa," he said gratefully receiving the soup without even asking.

"I am very much healthy to cook and besides I did it for my future daughter-in-law," she said to Nayera lovingly.

Nayera looked at Kush and he did the same.

"I don't mean to be disrespectful but you two are fine, I mean with this relationship even after knowing my... My family's... Situation?" She asked. It took her a second to find the right word to describe the fucked up relationship with parents.

"I think you are a great match for my son, Nayera Garg," Ranaji said as he kept his hand on Nayera's head lovingly.

"Let's have something sweet, Kush come to help me," Rani Sa said to Kush who nodded and walked away with his mother.

He knows his mother wants to talk about something.

"Kahiye maa-sa," (say, Mother) he said as he helped her put the sweets to serve.

"Nayera did mention her half-sister was here right? Call her and check if she can come, your roka will happen today," She announced as Kush froze for a second.

"What's the hurry maa-sa?" Kush asked without a second of delay as his mother stopped working.

"Take this to the room," she ordered the attendees handing them the plates of sweets and fresh juice.

"Kush, you are the first boyfriend who'd want to wait for a wedding even when you're parents have agreed," Rani Sa said as Kush took a deep breath.

He forgot to pretend he loves Nayera.

"It's not like that maa-sa, Nayera, and I, we have just started, this was the only reason I was not introducing her to you guys earlier," he said as his mother paused for a second.

"Are you having second thoughts?" She asked all of a sudden as his eyes widened.

He is anything but a runner.

"No, maa-sa, not at all, I love her, I want to be with her, " he said trying to sound convincing to his mother.

"And she has already said yes to your marriage proposal, why delay then?" She asked as Kush took a deep breath.

He completely forgot in one of the photos, they were showing off the rings on their ring fingers. Telling the world they were getting married.

"I wanted to mend some issues maa-sa," Kush said as his mother's face grew worried.

"You two are having issues?" She asked.

"No, but you saw na, she needs to mend things with her family, it will take time," Kush tried to use her family as an excuse.

"Kush, what I have observed, things are... Messy and what if this marriage solves everything for her? Sending off daughters is a big deal kush for any parent," she tried to make him understand as he nodded.

He has to take some other way, otherwise, his parents will get him married to Nayera Garg, and God, he can't spend his life with Her, at least not with her.

In the room

Kush's mother called the jeweler and designer on an urgent basis, and even the decoration of the rooftop had started.

Nayera waited for Kush to finish off the call before he came inside the room.

"What mess is this kush?" She asked worriedly.

"I... I never thought something like this would happen yaar, this was supposed to be a single meeting with them to prove the idea of my girlfriend was true but roka? I didn't expect them to behave like this," Kush said as he pulled his hair in frustration

"You won't look good as blad, stop pulling your hair again and again," nayera said making him groan.

"Not in the middle for dirty jokes Era," he said as she chuckled.

"Okay but honestly I got a plan but you have to execute it," she said as he nodded.

"Now, you call Nihalika and she will talk like the good sister she is but will demand a match of kundalies first," she said as he nodded with a smile.

"I will fix the pandit, the call should not connect with the royal priest anyhow otherwise we will be caught," he said.

"As I said, solely depends on you, remember there must be at least 2 dosh to your life because of me and the gun should not match okay?" She ordered as he nodded.

"I know about the rituals, chill," he said.

"Yeah that's why you listened to the whole thing, "nayera taunted as he gave her a nervous smile.

"Come to set the priest," she said pushing him out of the room.

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"Kush, how can I do this?" Nihalika asked as she placed back and forth in the house, she was required to talk to the rani (queen).

She was a bit ready for this.

Could never be.

Ever.

"Just talk like you Do with me, nihalika, you can advise me to make it up with nayera then you can talk to my maa-sa as well, now I will give her the phone okay?" He said as she took a deep breath.

Trying to make herself ready for the war that was just about to begin yet