Part 12

"Ugh... Mhh."

Taehyung is trying to say something but he's not using his words. Just like that day in the flower shop.

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"O for God's sake. Not that again."

"What happened jungkook?"

"He... He happened."

Jimin who came back looking for Tae was amused to see Jungkook sighing in frustration. It's entertaining to see an usually calm Jungkook being all worked up for something so trivial. But what is even more entertaining is the way Taehyung was trying hard to explain what he wants to tell him, using hand gestures.

"Hahaha. You both look so funny."

"Jimin stop laughing. We're already late & this dramatic sh*t wants to play a guessing game right now." Taehyung glares at him.

"He's not playing Jungkook. He is completing his granny's mannat(vow) ."

"What?"

•|Jungkook_POV|•

What type of mannt is it that tells you to play guessing games with whoever is near them. I don't believe it. Anything related to Taehyung is weird, just like him.

"Whatever. Now please help me."

"Ok let me see."

Jimin comes forward & unties me from this unwanted bond. Taehyung sighs in relief & smiles at Jimin, probably thankful for helping him.

"Now let's go, or the pooja will start."

"Hmm. Come Tae you sit with me."

We made it to the car. Me & hyung in the front while Jimin & Tae on the back seat. I was driving, listening to Jimin talking nonstop. Hyung would also say a few words in between but I still feel something missing. That's when I look at Taehyung in the rear view mirror. It looks like he wants to reply to whatever Jimin said but he can't. Just nodding his head in response.

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"Stop. Stop the car... I'm feeling dizzy." Suddenly Jimin hit Jungkook's back, urging him to stop the car.

"Jimin it's a busy road, hold on a minute."

"I can't."

"Hdjjj." He sees Taehyung shaking his head in denial.

"What are you trying to say?"

"I think he means don't stop the car."

"& how do you know that hyung?" But to his surprise Tae actually nods his head in approval. "O you were right."

Then Taehyung searches something in his small handbag. They're small strawberry candies. He gave one to Jimin who immediately began sucking the sugary candy. After a while he felt a lot better.

"Thanks Tae, I'm better now." Taehyung wipes the sweat forming on Jimin's forehead. Smiling in reassurance.

"Well done Tae. You knew that having something sweet will help will nausea & dizziness. You're quite smart." Yoongi praise him & chuckles lightly when he saw Tae giving him a proud smile.

"Yeah... Right.. He's oversmart." Jungkook mumbles focusing back on the road. Good for him because if he looked back, he would see Tae giving him a stinky eye with an ugly sneer.

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•|Jungkook_POV|•

Thank god we reached the temple on time. I park the car a little away from the crowd. Yes crown, a huge one. People from all around are gathered in this big Shiv Temple for the festival of Mahashivratri. And I don't want my car to be stuck in this crowd.

When I stop the car Yoongi hyung moves out & help Jimin to come out as well. I open the trunk of the car to take out the few bags Maa told me to bring.

I pick up all the stuff & was going towards the temple when I saw that Taehyung's dupatta got stuck between the car door.

"You don't even know how to get out of the car properly." I comment & he look at me angrily but also looking very cute with his puffed out cheeks. Just like an angry puppy.

He started doing his weird hand gestures which was far from my understanding. So I simply took the pin from his hair, which caused his hair to loosen & cover half of his face. Then I used the same pin to unlock the car door & remove his dupatta from there.

"Here you go. Thank me later." I like the look he gave when I returned his dupatta. Like he was angry obviously but he was also relieved that I helped him. "Let's go."

"Jungkook-ah this area is very crowded. Make sure to be behind us." That's Yoongi hyung's voice who already made a move towards the main temple.

He's right there is so much crowd that anyone can get lost easily, so unknowingly I caught hold of Taehyung's hand & told him to stay by my side otherwise he will be swept away in this crowd. After reaching the main area where Maa is waiting for us, I immediately let go of his hand. And for some reason I miss that warmth of his hand.

"Bunny, Tae, what took you so long. Let's do the pooja Or the auspicious time will pass. Bunny you come with me."

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I follow Maa leaving Taehyung with Jimin & hyung. From a distance I saw Taehyung saying something to Jimin, when Jimin nodded a yes he moved out of the temple. 'I wonder where he's going?'

"Bunny. Hold this." Maa handed me a water goblet & I follow her towards the mid section of the temple."You know son it's said that the wedding of Lord Shiva & Devi Parvati was the first love marriage in Hindu mythology. Both of them came from completely different backgrounds but their love was such that the world remembers it till today. And once, he told his better half that "there is no such thing as the end of life, but, without you, my love, there is no life."

Although I lived my past few years in a foreign country, the only thing that kept me connected to my home land was these festivals & cultural rituals. When I heard people outside my country talking & praising our culture, it gave me different kind of proud feeling.

"That is why young people pray to Lord Shiva & Gauri, so that they can have a life partner they desire the most. Although two people are different from each other, although one is the sun and the other is the sky, they need each other to compete themselves. Because a perfect harmony is formed when two distinct pieces come together... Am I right Mr. Music composer?"

"Absolutely right." I love when maa tells me all these tales. They seem like fantasy but they also give us great lessons. It would be nice to have a special someone whom we can call our love.

"That's why I'm telling you bunny wish for a beautiful life partner of your choice." I laugh at that, so all these cultural talk is for me to ask this from the God.

"Ok my mother India. I'll pray for a pretty+intelligent+fierce daughter-in-law for you, alright." We laugh & continue our puja.

Now we stand in front of the main statue of this temple.

I close my eyes & join my hands in order to pray. 'Hey Lord, Maa says that a perfect match is already made in heaven therefore I won't ask for anything extra. Just bless me with whoever you've made for me. I promise I'll accept them with their flaws & try to make them fall in love with me.. the real me. I'll make it my duty to keep them happy & always protect them.'

As soon as I finished my prayer someone suddenly bumped right into me. Out of instinct I caught the person's hand to keep them from falling.

And right at that moment the Maha Aarti also started which made the crowd throw flowers at the God. Because I was standing in the front, some flowers fell on me as well as on Taehyung. Yes, you heard right, out of all the people in this huge crowd, the person who bumped into me was non other than Taehyung.

He was holding on to me tightly & had his eyes closed in fear of falling back.

"Hey. You're ok now, you can stand." I tell him. He opene his eyes, staggering a bit & tried to move away from me but some one threw a Garland at us. That Garland got stuck around our necks, due to which we came even closer than before. Our chest almost touching each others.

I see mesmerized as tiny flower petals fall on Taehyung making him look ethereal, almost unreal & divine. His beautiful brown orbs were unfocused probably looking for an escape route. But unfortunately the place was fully packed making it hard for us to move even an inch away. I swear I can feel the vibrations of his rapid breathing through my chest.

To calm him down I put my hands on his should in a gentle way, afraid to make him scared of me. "It's ok, it will be over soon." He looks up at me with his gorgeous eyes & nod his head, still a little nervous but much better.

The Maha Aarti got over & the priest came beside us putting his both hands on our heads. "May Lord Shiva & Devi Parvati bless you, and may you both always remain a couple, together forever."

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Aghhh🤩🤩this is my favorite chapter.

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The whole temple & pooja scene may not be right. (Please forgive me.) But I really enjoyed writing this chapter.

Hope you loved it too~

Wait for the next part😘

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