"Now bride will take rounds and groom will be behind her", said Priest to which they both nodded and Sidharth helped Shehnaaz to come before him

"Thank you", she said with a smile

"No need to say that to me",said Sidharth and caressed her hands

"Did you missed me before? Why a sudden change in your behaviour han? Why were you ignoring me?", She asked . Sidharth didn't said anything and looked down in guilt

"Sorry. Why you stopped messaging me? And sending me mails?", Asked Sidharth

"Like you cared...huhh if not your mother then I would have said no to this marriage anyways I can't cry now so stop faking your feelings", said Shehnaaz rudely and started taking round around holy fire as it was getting difficult to control her feelings. For sometime she forgot what he did with her but then remembered everything. Talking rudely with him was very difficult for her but she need to do it to make him understand her importance

"In Fifth Vow The couple vows to be with each other sharing their happiness and sorrows with great understanding and care. They together pray to God to bless them with healthy children and they both will strive to nurture their children with enriching values and generous lifestyle", said priest when both of them completed 5th round

"I do and expect same from him. I will share my every sorry with him as well as happiness. May God bless us and our family", she said and prayed from God.

"Even I do.. I will share my everything with her . She will be my better half and she will have the right to interfere in my matters too. Her happiness will be my happiness and her sorrow will be mine sorrow", said Sidharth in low voice. He remembered how he was not mentally present in every ritual. He just left for work giving excuse that he is busy. He noticed her hands in which she applied mehndi.

"Ohh I didn't even tried to find my name here", thought Sidharth

"She would be hurt", thought Sidharth and saw her smile which contained sorrow as well. He was going to ask something when Shehnaaz started taking another round so even Sidharth followed her

"In Sixth Vow The couple vows to love and respect each other and stand together in times of joy and grief. They together pray to seek the blessings of God to bestow them with healthy and long life filled with joy, peace and prosperity so that they can carry their duties and responsibilities towards each other", said Priest

"I vow  to stand with her in evry phase. And I will take care of her and she will be my responsibility. I vow to protect her and fill her life with joy", said Sidharth talking pledge to keep her happy from now on. His eyes conveyed untold feelings to Shehnaaz but she holded her tears as well as smile

"Even I do",she said and looked down. She didn't dared to look in his eyes as she was aware that he was regretting his behaviour but this is not what she wanted. She wanted respect but for him always his ego mattered

They started taking another round without looking making eye contact

"In Seventh Vow  The couple vows together that through this ritual of Sacred Seven Vows, they have become husband and wife uniting their soul. They are united with a divine thread of togetherness and they will love each other and be there for each other till eternity. They as a couple will walk together as great companions, sharing each and everything of life, honouring and loving each other unconditionally. They promise to abide by all the holy seven vows with pure and honest intentions that they have promised during the ritual of marriage", said Priest

This vow itself gave goosebumps to Sidharth. He was so happy that he got married to his love. The girl whom he proposed, whom he loved, whom he gave his heart, whom he ignored but still she stood with him, who always beared his anger without complaining n his regret was enough to make him realise that he need to rectify his mistake

Shehnaaz smiled but from inside as she love him but still she can't say that he will love her back. She is not ready to give herself to him totally. She need time to trust him back, to believe that he will never do same mistake again.

She remembered how much she missed him but he was always ignorant towards her. How he always shouted at her without realising impact of his words on her. Her thoughts broke with his sound when he took last vow

Shehnaaz smiled and wiped her tears. After hearing jingling sound of her kaleera Sidharth looked towards her and found her crying again. His heart was aching seeing her like this. She wasn't like this before but he made her like that. He thought to clear everything today

"I will stay with her side forever. This seventh vow mean I will stay with her for 7 births and will love her unconditionally", said Sidharth and looked towards Shehnaaz

"E...even I will", whispered Shehnaaz in low voice and then cleared her throat

"Now sit down", said Priest and sat down

Both of them sat down and Sidharth holded her hand. She tried to take her hand back but Sidharth was not letting her go

"Don't even try Mrs Shukla or rather to say Mrs Shehnaaz Sidharth Shukla", whispered Sidharth near her ears which made her blush

She stopped struggling and looked towards priest

"Now groom will fill her hairline with vermillion and take this nuptial chain. You have to tie it around her neck", said Priest to which Sidharth smiled widely

He took pinch of vermilion and filled her partition. Little bit of that fell on her nose so he wiped that with his cold hands. Shehnaaz shivered sensing him close  near her

After that he tied nuptial chain around her neck and whispered something which shocked her and she widened her eyes in shock

"Now you both are officially married", said Priest and asked them to take blessings

Sidharth was so happy after hearing that they are officially couple so he hugged her tightly in excitement but Shehnaaz didn't hugged him back

She was about to when he pulled himself from hug

"Are you still angry",he asked to which she chuckled

"Will talk about this later", said Shehnaaz and moved towards Priest first floor blessings
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Do tell me how was it❤️

I thought I will end this within this week but was unable to 😑. So will end this in this week for sure

It's short story