I wrote the story 'A North-South Love Story!' as a fun little experiment, where I wanted to write a story about 2 Indians belonging to different cultures of India: A North Indian boy and a South Indian Tulu girl. As it turns out, you guys loved the story a lot and it ended up becoming the highest rated story among all my works.
I would be lying if I say that I can't pick my favorite among all my stories and it is this one. However, while writing this story, I had to cut short/delete some of the parts since the story was becoming too big.
The next 3 stories I will be posting will be about some of the aspects that I left out in the original. If you haven't read the original story or you need a refresher, please read that first before you begin reading this one.
The first of the three stories will be about Karan and Swetha's suhaagraat. I had described it in haste in the original. Please enjoy the extended version.
Please enjoy Interlude 1: Suhaagraat.
Chapter 1: Suhaagraat (The Wedding Night)
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Swetha could not wipe the smile off her face, no matter how hard she tried. She looked beautiful, she knew. Her red lehenga-choli made her dusky skin alluring. She wore her bright red earrings and a couple of red bangles in her wrists. She got up and looked at herself in the mirror.
She adjusted her choli to show a little more of her beautiful cleavage. The sleeveless choli looked sexy on her. She raised her arms one-by-one to check and ensure that her armpits were completely hairless. Then, she picked up a fragrant, feminine perfume and sprayed it in her armpits, on her shoulders, some on her neck and a little on her cleavage.
Once done, she looked admiringly at her tummy in the mirror. The choli ended just below her breasts. Her belly and her beautiful navel were bare. She ran her hands across her tummy and smiled.
She was happy. She was preparing herself for her boyfriend. Her boyfriend, Karan, was out of Bangalore to conduct some interviews and returned that night. At that moment, she wanted to surprise him... by presenting herself in his second favorite attire that he wanted to see her in: Lehenga-Choli.
She remembered the previous week. She returned home after dropping her parents at the railway station. Karan, by the time she returned, had already prepared food for themselves in her kitchen. The ate together and then, went to Swetha's room where they made sweet love to each other, before Karan finally, confessed his love for her... and that too, in her mother tongue.
"Yaan ninnan mokae malpuve", she remembered those words that came from his mouth. She remembered in what a heavy north Indian accent he had said those words to her... and the same thing had made it several times more special to her. Her eyes had teared up, just like how they were tearing up right now.
In present day, she wiped her tears and got up. She looked at herself once more before realizing she had forgot the most important thing to wear: Her waist chain that Karan had gifted her.
She got it out of her wardrobe and wore it around her waist. It rested just below her navel. The waist chain added so much beauty to her belly, she realized and smiled... before she heard someone ring her doorbell. She knew it was Karan. Hurriedly, she checked herself one last time.
Karan opened the door of 'their' home through the key that she had given him. He kept his bags aside and went to the kitchen to have a sip of water. When he turned around, he saw a sight he had never seen before...
Karan's jaw just dropped. His girlfriend had dressed up for him in one of his favorite attires to see a woman in. She looked sexy... but also, divine. He wanted to fall to his knees and place his forehead in her feet. Her wanted to seek her permission to make love to the divine goddess in front of him.
He walked up to her. Swetha had a smile on her face. She knew Karan loved her in the outfit she was wearing for him. He approached her. His hands, involuntarily, went up and rested on her sexy waist, feeling it. Swetha got her hands around his neck.
Karan kissed her forehead. Then, he kissed her eyes. Their lips met and they shared a passionate kiss, which soon turned into a soft make out session as they kept kissing each other lips for several minutes.
Then, Karan lifted her off the ground in his arms, perpendicular to him and carried her to their bedroom. Once inside the bedroom, he placed her back on the floor and kissed her again.
He then, held her hands. Looking into her eyes, he asked her, "Swetha... Will you marry me?"
Swetha could not believe what she was hearing. After being away for a week, she was expecting hugs, kisses and passionate love-making. She wasn't expecting a marriage proposal. Her eyes teared up. Tears of joy flowed down her cheeks.
Karan lovingly wiped off her tears. Swetha kissed him and nodded.
"Yes... I will... I will marry you!" said Swetha and teared up again.
Karan wiped her tears and asked her, "Will you marry me right now?"
"Where?" asked an astounded Swetha.
"Right here, in our bedroom..." replied Karan.
He quickly rummaged through his bag and pulled out two things, which Swetha recognized instantly;
Sindoor
and
Mangalsutra.
Swetha was speechless. It was all happening so quickly. Karan came up to her. Swetha saw the
Mangalsutra
and
Sindoor
in Karan's hands.
"Please make me yours..." said Swetha. Her eyes never stopped shedding tears.
They moved towards the
murti
of Lord Shiva. Both prayed to him and sought his blessings.
Karan kept the
Sindoor
down and opened the
Mangalsutra
, carrying it in both his hands.