Chapter 5 - Anniversaries & the special announcement

They all smiled when they saw them and one of the men who seem to be a few years elder than the other one, moved forward and, speak with enthusiasm" Thank all of you who have taken out the time from their busy schedule to share our happiness. We, The Rathores, Thank you for attending my brother's 3oth and my 33rd Wedding Anniversary".

Everyone clapped and, youngsters shouted with happiness" Happy anniversaries Uncles and, Aunts".

Vihaan, Vansh smiled and waited for their parents to say more.

Shanya saw the resemblance between Senior Rathores, and the younger Rathores standing beside her.

She could see Vansh's eyes, matching with his father Mr Shiv, the elder one and, smile matching his mother, Mrs Shakti. Even though Mr shiv was the eldest Rathore, Shanaya heard from Vansh that his father was not ready for the children until he saw his brother Mr Surya becoming the father of Vihaan and his elder sister Avni.

She clapped hard when Mr shiv finished his Thank you speech and hugged Mr Surya, who moved forward along with his wife, Mrs Chaya.

Mr Surya was just the elder version of vihaan, but without anger and dominance, and would smile a lot, while Mrs Chaya was a beautiful woman whose Brown eyes matched with Vihaan..

"Just like my elder brother said, We are thankful for attending our wedding anniversaries. And On this day, I would like to thank my late parents who choose the perfect bride, my brother and sister in law, who make her feel at home and lastly to my wife " Speaking with warmth and a smile on his face, Mr Surya extends his hand to his wife.

Clasping them, spoke again " Dear wife, We have spent 30 years of our life together, which was a full roller coaster, with pain, struggles, moments, happiness, but, whatever I am, I am because of you, your strength and, your motivating words. I love you and, I hope I will continue leaving like this for centuries, with you beside me, fighting with me, helping me, loving me and supporting me" kissing on the palm of her hand, he looked in her eyes with warmth and love.

Shanaya saw everyone clapping, whistling, and her eyes stopped at Vihaan, who patted Vansh's shoulder with care. She knew Vihaan's care and love for his family, but that was the first time, she was witnessing it.

Her attention returns to Mr Surya who ends the speech"At the end, we have a special announcement to make" and move toward the left side, letting Mr Shiv took the centre.

"Well, we do not know whether we should be happy or, sad to announce this, but, our eldest child, Avni Rathore is going to get married to her love of life, Anubhav."

The announcement was received with enthusiasm by all the members present. The youngsters shouted with happiness, Vihaan and Vansh clapped hard and Shanaya, could not be more overwhelmed.

They all kept clapping and shouting when, a strikingly beautiful girl resembling Mr Surya, Mrs Chaya and Mrs Shakti in the '30s wearing Dark Blue lehenga came and, stand beside Mr Shiv.

Shanaya observed she was a girl of 5"4" height, with an oval face and big eyes magnified with kohl, black hair tied in a bun, red lips and the neck adorned by a diamond necklace. She had completed the simple yet beautiful look by diamond and blue pearl earrings, matching her dress.

Mr Shiv engulfed her in his open arms and kissed on he head. Placing his hands on her shoulder lovingly, he spoke:" A week earlier when she told us about Anubhav, we became sad thinking that she will be leaving us soon, but then we realized she had found her mate and we became happy for her."

"She looks beautiful in the dress you have designed, beautifool" Shanaya attention shifted to vansh when she heard him complimenting her.

Vansh had given Shanaya the nickname 'beautifool' as he had found it funny.

"My dress has nothing to do with it, baby. She is already beautiful and charming" responding, she kept on looking at Avni, who was smiling to something Mr Surya had said and a smile found its way to Shanaya's face.

"I never find her beautiful" Vansh replied.

"Yes, the same way I never find you attractive" she spat back and winked at him when she saw his horrified expressions.

"Can't believe that you took my sister's side rather than mine?" Vansh said in an unbelievable tone.

"I guess, you have forgotten, Dee and I met before, we both met!" emphasizing 'before we both met' she turns her attention to Avni.

Vansh was about to respond when Vihaan looks at him and before he could defend himself, he heard him ordering" I am not here to listen to your rubbishness. Get a room, if you can't stop behaving like immature child" and saw him casting a look at Shanaya, who kept on looking at Avni with much more seriousness. He chuckled inside himself at her behaviour, knowing too well how much she was trying to avoid Vihaan's glares.

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