Chapter~ 25 Is she really gonna marry?

Chapter~ 25 Is she really gonna marry?
RUDRAKSH POV

We all laughed at the reaction she gave at end when suddenly Vaani got an urge to vomit. She ran as soon as possible to the washoom and I followed her white the last I saw was mom and Dadi looking terrified and confused.
I rushed behind her. As soon as she was done, I looked at her with a side eye.
Her head hung low.
"Vaani."

I wispered. I knew well that the voice reached her ears but she didn't dare to look up. Suddenly my phone rang. I asked her to go to the living room where everyone else was present while I too followed her after giving a glance at the caller Id.
Dreadful silence spread across the room. No one was even giving of a second thought that she might have a bad stomach.
All eyes were on her when Dadi spoke.

"VAANI."
Voice echoed the room and Vaani flinched suddenly. Anger was visible in her voice.

"Mai abhi aata hoon."
\[I will be back soon."\]
I said leaving them alone for sometime. I thought Chirag bhai should be here at this moment. He will be able to handle the situation better.
I went upstairs and gave a call to Chirag bhai. After a few rings, he picked up the call and I told him the overall scene happening downstairs. 
He was listening to it so attentively and just responded with,

"Okay I'm coming." 
And then cut the call. At first, I thought of giving a call to Aarav also but then dropped the idea and went downstairs. 
The aura was still silent and full of anger. 
No one dared to speak. After impatiently waiting for about 20-25 minutes and trying to calm Dadi down with in every possible way, we spotted Chirag bhai coming towards our way. 
I sighed in relief. Tusha bhabhi was there along with him. 
She straight away went to Vaani and hugged her since she seemed the most terrified at that moment. 
We all sat across the table, all with a serious face. 

"Dadi dekho ab..."
\[Dadi as of now...\]
Chirag bhai was about to speak when Dadi shouted.

"Chup bilkul. Koi ek lafz bhi nahi bolega."
\[Just shut up. No one will utter a single word."
Silence spread across the room. Only echoes of Dadi constantly shouted at Vaani were audible.
Tears were dropping from her eyes while Tusha bhabhi was constantly consoling her.
No one could even dare to ask Dadi to stop.
But a dreadful silence spread across the room when my phone rang.
It was kept on the table. I don't know why did I keep it there. That too without keeping it on silence. And above all it was Mia's call.
I knew I fucked up bad this time. I immediately silenced it.
It rang again, twice and thrice when I began getting death glares from everyone.
I picked up my phone from the table and ran fast upstairs as fast as I could because I knew if it rang once again, the family is gonna evict me from the house. 

"Bhai jb terko pta hai tere 3 baar call karne pe maine nahi uthaya, toh koi toh vajah hogi na."
\[If you know that I'm not picking up the call even after you called 3 times, then there must be a reason.\]
I said to her in a low yet audible tone. 
"4."
She corrected me.

"Acha baba thike 4 baar. But kyu kar rahi hai tu itni baar call?"
\[Okay fine you did it 4 times. But why are you calling again and again?\]
I asked her sighing. 

"Aarav ka call aaya tha. Kuch kaand krdiye hai inn dono ne. Vo batane ke liye call kiya hai."
\[Aarav called me. They both created some mess. I called you to tell you about the same.\]

"Shyd ye sb merko already pata chal chuka hai. Aur niche isi baat par matter ho chuka hai. Abhi Chirag bhai ko bulaya maine. Vo aa chuke hai. Dekhte hai ab ky hoga. Dadi shaant hone ko tyaar nahi h."
\[ I guess I know everything of this. And matter has already been created downstairs on the same topic. I just called Chirag bro. He's here. Let's see what will happen. Dadi is not ready to calm down.\]

RUDRAKSH POV
I cut the call and went downstairs but to my surprise the aura didn't seem to have that much anger.
They gave a slight laugh.

"Ye ky hora h yaha?"
\[What is happening here?\]
I asked them.
I turned to look towards Vaani. She was looking at me with an innocent look.
My face turned quiet confusing when suddenly someone shouted from behind.

"Naachooo. Ab toh ghar me shaadi hogi."
\[Danceee. There's a wedding in the house.\]
I heard Animesh shouting from behind but my face was still confused.
Again looked at Vaani and when she nodded, I bursted into tears of happiness.

"Bhai ye toh cheating hai yrr. Vo merse choti hai tb bhi."
\[Dude this is cheating. She's younger than me but still.\]
I fake cried in front of the family since I was supposed to be the one marrying first. And above all, not even her college is over yet. 
Even though I tried to fake cried in front of all of them, but somewhere or the other my heart actually felt heavy. 
My only sister was about to be away from me. The only girl I loved for years since her birth, my crime partner, my partner in mischief, my travel partner, my all time fun partner, my food stealer, my mummy ko chugli karne wli (backbiter to mom).
No doubt letting her go and marry off would be the most difficult phase for me. Time feels as if it was yesterday only that she was born, me being the first one to pick up her in my arms. 
Her little giggles, tiny arms and legs, numerous tantrums, all flashed in front of my eyes back to back making a drop of tear fall off my eyes. 
My thoughts were interrupted as soon as Vaani hugged me. I gently hugged her back wiping the tear off my eyes. 

"Kya yr bhai. Ro kyu raha hai. Mai konsa aaj hi shaadi karke nikal jaungi. Abhi toh bhot bhot time hai. Pehle toh teri hi hogi chill."
\[What happened bro? Why are you crying? I'm not marrying off today itself. There's a lot of time to that. First you'll marry.\]

"Hn par usko ye toh bata de ki sagai teri pehle hogi."
\[Yes but tell him you'll be the one getting engaged first.\]

"Mummy chup yrr. Ek toh mera bhai pehle hi emotional ho rakha hai. Aap usko aur bol bolkr pareshan kar rhe ho."
\[Mom please. Already he's getting too emotional and you're telling him all this.\]
Vaani mocked at mom for making me more emotional.

"Teri shaadi khud se pehle hargiz hone bhi nhi dunga. Karke dekhle tu kuch bhi."
\[I won't allow you to marry first. Try anything you want.\]

"Bhai par na. Ek baat kehni thi."
\[Brother, there's something I want to tell you.\]

"Ab kya kaand Kara hai tune jo mujhe nhi btaya gya abhi tk?"
\[What is it that you've done that I'm still unaware about?\]

"Bhai ye sb na bs ek drama tha."
\[Bro this was all just a drama.\]

"Hein!!"
\[What?!\]
I almost shouted as loud as I could. The whole crowd over there laughed making me almost dumbfounded.

"Chal kya raha hai mujhe koi bataega??"
\[Will anyone tell me what is actually going on?\]
I asked them. To this Vaani responded.

"Bhai actually family eventually got to know about me and Aarav. And to that dadi decided up for this plan."

"Wait what?!"
I paused for a few moments processing what's happening and spoke again.

"You mean you're not pregnant?!"

"Hein!!!!"
This time the whole family shouted which made me close my ears.

"Ye kab kaise kyu kaha hua?"
\[This happened when, where and how?\]
Mom asked but all I knew is that I fucked up at that moment.
It was me who thought the wrong way.

I just scratched the back of my neck making my way out of the crowd to my room. All I heard was those giggles behind me.
I reached my room and just plopped myself to the bed relaxing all my stress out at once.
Taking out my phone, I dialed a number.
After a few rings, it was picked.

"Aaj zindagi ka sabse bada lol karwake aaya hoon. Puchna bhi mat kya kar diya."
\[Today I did the biggest lol of my life. Don't you even dare ask what I did.\]

"Are janaab aisa kya kar aaye aap!"
\[Oh sir, what is it that you've done now?\]
The voice from the other end echoed.

"Janab huh. I see."
\[Sir huh. I see.\]