The way I used to live novel Chapter 30

Daksha's POV:

The next morning, I freshened up and went downstairs. As the wedding day is getting closer, everyone is busy with their chores.

My mom is busily applying the turmeric paste to the wedding invitations. Dad is talking to the caterers over the phone.

Even Aaru, Yuktha, and Rishu are busy discussing something. Yuktha and Rishu are sitting on either side of Aarna on the couch while Aarna has a notepad on her lap and a pen in her hand.

I noticed that she was doing only one thing i.e., writing something and striking it off again and again.

Just like me, both Yuktha and Rishu must have been fed up with her behavior. That was why both of them smacked the back of her head together.

After that, they looked at each other and started laughing like idiots because of their mirrored actions.

At least Rishu had the decency to snigger by covering her mouth but Yuktha was laughing directly at Aarna's face.

When I saw that Aarna was ready to retort back at them, I interrupted them, not wanting for World War III to start in the morning itself.

When they saw me, both stopped laughing. Aarna bit back her retort and sat there while sulking.

"What are guys busy with?" I asked them.

After hearing my question, Aarna scoffed and turned her face to another side with a pout on her face.

It was her indirect way of letting me know that she did not want to talk to me. I smiled at her childish behavior.

"We are not," Yuktha laughed, "Only Aaru is busy with an important thing. She is having a hard time making a list of the delicacies that she wants to eat at your wedding." After saying this, Yuktha involved herself in another laughing fit.

"Really?" I took the notepad from Aarna's lap.

I started laughing after seeing the contents in that book too. She prepared a schedule for her eating session for every half an hour.

When I reached the dessert section, I saw that she first wrote ice cream, then she removed it by striking it off and wrote Gulab Jamun instead and again struck it off. Finally, she wrote the names of the pastries there and received a smack from Yuktha and Rishu before she could get a chance to strike them off too.

"Looks like you are really having a hard time, Aaru baby," I teased her while laughing.

She stood up from the couch and snatched the notepad from me. After glaring at me, she went towards my Mom and rested her head on her shoulders while puffing her cheeks.

Mom was smiling at our banter. I took Aarna's place and settled myself between Yuktha and Rishu.

Meanwhile, Dad finished his call and motioned us to explain what happened there.

"Uncle, I will tell you. What will they do except for teasing me? They are teasing me because I am preparing a schedule regarding what to eat at her wedding. It's not like Daksha is going to get married every day, right? That's why I prepared it. Now they are laughing at me," she complained to my Dad and he listened to everything with a small smile playing on his lips.

"Especially that Yuktha Akka. Instead of laughing at others’ expense, she should think about her own marriage. She is getting older. I lost my hope for her marriage as no one will be willing to marry an old lady. So, I want to have everything to the fullest at Daksha Akka's marriage. Uncle, is it wrong?" she asked him and waited for his response.

"Yeah, I agree with you,” he laughed. “Young ladies, why are you teasing her?" he asked us and pretended to glare at us. After that, he again turned his face to look at Aarna.

"What you have said is right. Yuktha is becoming too old and she is not getting any matches. So, why don't you get married after your Daksha Akka's marriage? You can also get a chance to eat the wedding delicacies again," he asked her.

When he was saying the first part, she kept on nodding her head, agreeing with him. But when she heard the last sentence which was directed at her, she stopped nodding at him and looked at my Dad wide-eyed.

"That..Uncle.I think I heard my phone ring. I am going to my room." After saying this, she sprinted upstairs like some mad dogs were chasing her.

We all started laughing at her behavior. God! How much I was going to miss this fun! I sighed sadly in my mind. I got distracted by my Mom.

"Daksha, your dad and I are going to the temple to place the first wedding card at the feet of the deity. From the temple, we will go to your in-law's house to give them the card. We have to distribute the cards to our family friends and close relatives too. So, you guys have your food on time, and Daksha, don't forget to have your breakfast. We will get going then. Take care." She left after listing so many dos and don'ts.