Humrahi [Part 2]

Rucha

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Continued..

It was 6 in the evening when finally the much awaiteddiscussion started.. Papa was trying to reason why he felt that Armaan nd Iwere perfect for eachother.. while bua ji had just one thing to say.. "phir vahigalti karne se kya samajhdaari hai.. ek beti kho di ab dusri ko bhi vahin behjrahe ho.."

Finally when I could take it anymore I opted out of the conversation and wentto settle the dinner coz neither I wanted to disrespect bua ji nor I had anypatience to listen to her blabbering anything and everything about Parth andArmaan.. Dinner was taken in a quiet mood for a change after which I completelyacted like a sleepy junk though I wasn't sleepy at all..

"Ridhima beta araam se kamre mein jaake so ja.." mamasaid finally to which I almost ran to my room.. I was busy re-arranging parth'sstuff when I heard the commotion.. I rushed down when I heard a cry similar toParth's..

"yeh koi time hai kisi ke ghar aane ka..?" Bua rounded upon Armaan while Parth was whimpering in his arms.. "Bua ji main bas parth koyahan chodne ayaa tha, voh ro raha tha Ridhima ke liye.." Armaan said his parta bit slowly..

"Toh kya yahi kaam reh gaya hai ab meri bachi ka.. ek dinbhi nahi samhaal sakte apne bhai ke bte ko..? issiliye shaadi kar rahe hotaaki voh bhi phass jaye Anjali ki tarah..?"

And next moment I saw impatient Parth bursting into loudcries.. "Bua ji bas.." I said walking past her and taking parth shushing him.."Yeh meri di ka bhi beta hai bua ji.. aur kuch waqt baad mera hikehlayega.."  I took Parth into aprotective embrace and turned to kitchen.. I took Armaan's wrist as he wasabout to leave and took him to the kitchen with me..

"Ridhima mujhe jana chahiye.. bua ji ko acha nahilagega.. hum kal.." I cut him short.. "chup chaap baithe raho yahan jab takParth shaant nahi hota..when mama papa are ready, I don't anyone else'spermission to be with you.."

"Mmaaa.." parth whinned to get my attention..
"haan bacha.. ka hua aapko..? hmm.." he just shook his head and snuggled closerinto my neck still sobbing.. "bash beta.." I rubbed his back and settled nextto armaan with Parth in my lap.. "parth mum mum piyega..? thoda sha..?" Iforwarded his sipper which he didn't even attempt to hold.. after abit ofconvincing I made him drink some and calmed him down.. cupping his tiny face Icleared his tears lightly kissing his eyes.. nuzzling my nose with his.. "merabacha.. aajao hum story padhenge abhi hmm.." to which he nodded and hugged mekeeping his head on my chest..

As I turned to Armaan I found him staring at us lovinglywith a smile.. "Looking at you two makes me feel complete.." he said in atruthful voice.. "I Love You Armaan.. no matter what, we will get married.. youdon't have to worry about anyone else's thinking.. all matters now is Parth andUs.."

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The days passed quickly after that.. Bua ji understoodthat all her comments and suggestion fell on my deaf ears.. Parth has turnedeven more naughty.. and more picky about the people he likes to stay with.. Itwas December.. A week ago Armaan and I were engaged.. He would now officiallyleave no chance to get mushy and tease me.. Today was my mehendi and thewedding was scheduled 2days from now.. house was full of guests.. most of mycousins just can't get enough of Parth's naughtiness.. I loved it when they saythat he looks so much like Anji Di.. One after the other all of them sat formehendi while Parth kept disturbing them knowing that neither of them would beable to catch him as their hands would be busy.. occasionally he would snuggleinto me and lightly pat my cheeks kissing my chin..

"Ridhima beta ab tum bhi baitho mehendi ke liye vernaraat tak puri nahi ho payegi.." Mama saidtaking Parth off my lap.. He looked around for a moment and stayed with mamafor a while but then he rushed back to me wanting me to hold him.. I asked oneof my cousins to make him sit in my lap but wanted to go to no one, he wantedmy hands to be free for him.. I finally had to ask mama to call Armaan and sendparth with him for a while as he will be comfortable there till my mehendidries..

Though mama tried to takeparth to the door but Parth wouldn't budge from my side at all.. so she had tofinally get armaan in to take Parth along with him.. I knew how hard was itfrom him to not even give me a glance and only take parth with him.. He knew ifhe tried anything stupid he will be teased to death by the ladies in thehouse.. "mama main Parth ko shaam ko yahan drop kar dunga.. shaam ko ghar pekaafi log honge aur meri haldi bhi hogi toh yeh vahan pareshaan ho jayega.. tabtak Ridhima ki mehendi bhi sukh jayegi.." he said while moving out..

as soon as he left.. mycousins wolf whistled.. "Kya baat hai Ridhima ek baar bhi mud nahi dekha jeejune toh..?"

"Itne shareef hain kya..?"another one whispered making me understand the double meaning of her comment..

"Arre nahi nahi Ladkiyon..Ridhima ne pehle se hi samjha ke rakha hoga ki sab ke saamne baat nahi karni.."one of the aunty joined in.. while i had no choice but to keep quiet cozretorting back would mean inviting more of that teasing trouble..

After my mehendi I wassettled comfortably in my room.. was just staring at my mehendi thinking –those who are destined to be together, find their ways in the end.. as my eyesflickered to a photo of Di kept on my dressing table, a lone tear dropped frommy eyes.. how different would have been everything if Di was still alive.." Ibroken off my thoughts when I saw mom entering in with sleepy Parth in herarms.. she laid him down by my side while i covered him gently with my dupatta,kissing his temple I rested my face on his shoulder making him feel mypresence..

I never realised when Idozed off  sitting n waiting for mymehendi to dry.. i woke up startled when i felt something on my forehead.. tomy surprises i saw armaan sitting infront of me with a sweet smile on hisface.. at first i thought i was still dreaming but as he passed his fingers inmy hair i realised he was here for real.. "armaan tum yahan kya kar rahe ho..?kisi ne dekh liyaa toh..?"

"Relax Ridhima.. kisi nenahi dekha.. main back door se aaya hoon.. sab so rahe hain.. its 12 already.."saying so he got up and picked the plate from the table and came back.. "tumnekhana nahi khaya na.. main khila doon..?" he asked with so much care that ididn;t have a heart to protest.. I kept staring at him as he made little bitesand kept giving me.. He finally kissed my forehead with the last bite "Thakgayi hogi tum.. go to sleep.."

"Tum ja rahe ho..?" I askedlike baby.. he nodded in No and came back washing his hands.. He laid mecomfortably and tucked me in with Parth in a quilt and settled behind me,holding me from my waist while his face rested on my neck.. "I Love You.." Imumbled and turned to give him a peck on his lips.. "I love you too Jaaann.."my eyes sparkled at that loving endearment.. It was the first time that he wasaddressing me by something other than my name.. I slept peacefully in hisembrace not knowing when he slipped out and went back to his place beforeanyone raises any doubt..

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**Back to Present**

"Ridhima.." he entered the room only to see her dressingParth.. "Good morning Baby.." he tickled Parth making him roll in laughter andthen bent to Ridhima "Good Morning Jaan.." he said with a wink and planted alingering kiss near her lips..

Good morning was all she could whisper..
"Armaan get ready quickly then we have to leave for the temple.." his mothercalled from her room.. "yes mom.." he rushed in.. afew minutes later came outwith a towel wrapped on his waist and a shirt half buttoned.. Her heartfluttered seeing him like that.. she quickly altered her gaze and left withparth after putting all his belongings on the bed.. while he smirked at herreaction..

As per his mother's wish they visited the temple andperformed all pooja's as instructed.. some alone and some with parth.. finallythey were free by lunch.. they had their lunch nearby and started back.. it washigh at traffic so it took them practically 4 hours to reach back.. everyonewas dead tired.. As they entered their room Ridhima firstly kept parth in hiscot as he was in deep sleep.. "Tum fresh ho jao main kuch khan eke liye banatihoon.." she turned to go to kitchen when he caught her hand.. "no you changefirst.. this saree is too heavy for you to carry it another 2-3 hours.."

Nodding she changed herself into a light and comfortablesaree and went to prepare something quick and easy.. since everyone was tieredmost of them opted to either eat in the room or just sleep like that.. Ridhimamade a plate and took it to their room.. she found Armaan already asleep withhis leg and arm hanging out the the quilt.. she covered the plate and kept it onthe table and corrected him.. she herself was not hungry so she just slippednext to him to get some sleep but next moment her heart skipped a beat as heturned to her and slept keeping his head on her chest and holding her from herwaist..

Making sure he is asleep she calmed herself and slept holding him.. Armaan wokeup early morning on an impulse his looked at clock it was just 4:30.. he lookedover at Parth only to find him awake and playing with his hands and his toe inhis mouth.. he looked under him only to find his love sleeping like baby.. Hefelt his tummy grumble.. so he slipped out of the bed and went to check theplate on the table.. it had vegetable rice and curd.. mixing some for himselfhe starting gobbling it down like he hasn't eaten for ages..

Distracted from the noise parth turned his attention toArmaan.. As soon as Armaan saw him standing on his knees in the cot he quicklypicked him up before he made any noise to wake Ridhima up.. The duo sat on thecouch bumping and playing with eachother.. everytime Parth giggles out aloudArmaan shushes him making him smile cutely.. after an hour seeing Parth yawnArmaan pulled him to his chest and got back into bed with Parth in between himand Ridhima.. patting him lightly till he was asleep again..

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She woke up next morningfeeling relaxed.. she looked next to her only to find Armaan and Parth cuddledtogether.. She quickly got herself ready and went  down knowing the fact the both her parentsand armaan's mother are leaving for their yatra they have promised to go ifeverything is sorted in our lives.. "good morning mama.." she touched Ananya'sfeet..

"Good Morning beta.."
"Aapki packing ho gayi..? main kuch help karu..?" Ridhima asked to which Ananyareplied with a smile.. "beta make something sweet with breakfast today and thenur father will be coming to take you for a while before we all leave.."

"Ji mama.."

She made halwa and aalopuri for breakfast.. and went to check on armaan and Parth.. Armaan was stillsleeping with a pillow on his head while parth was wide awake.. "Good Morningmera bacha.." she kissed him, cuddling him to which he just gave a smile givingme a flying kiss..

With in next half an houreven Parth was ready.. papa was about to come any moment but Armaan wasn;t upyet.. so finally i sat by his side lightly ruffling his hair.. "Armaan.. uthjao.." He shuffled and held my hand "Armaan please.. get up.. papa ke aane se pehle get ready and come down forbreakfast na.."

"why is uncle coming..?"she heard his muffled voice..
"I have to go with him for sometime before they all leave.."
"Ummmhmmm.. okk.. give me five minutes.."

with in next ten minutes hewas on the dining table after brushing his teeth and settling his hair.. helooked at Ridhima frown seeing him.. "arre i'll go for bath after sometime.."he said pouting abit.. she nodded and smiled at his baby face and left to getthe breakfast..

Ridhima and Parth were atGupta house.. around 10 they were all set to leave.. bidding them goodbyeArmaan and Ridhima entered.. She put Parth on the carpet and went to get herthings arranged properly.. she finally went to take rest after putting parth tohis mid day sleep.. she entered her room only to see Armaan emerging out of thebathroom in his shorts, and whipping his hair with a towel.. he stopped as hesaw her while she grew even more nervous under his gaze.. he left the towel andclosed all the distances between them..

she felt his cold palms on her waist and his lips on her neck nibbling at her skin.. he sighed when he felt her giving in.. picking her up her settled her in his lap still with his head burried in her neck.. he finally came upto her lips and catured her soft one into his.. he groaned as he felt the passion rise in her too.. he tugged at her saree as her hands traced his chest making him go crazy.. She hissed when he bit her shoulder shifting her saree off her front, her hands ruffled his hair and they were soon enough lost in eachothers touch and passionate embrace..

Kuch nahimaangu main.. bas hai mera ek sapna..
duniya se kya lena dena.. bas chahiye ek apna..
dhadkan.. khwaaish.. baarish.. boondein..
aur ho koi apna..
usse milke mausam badle.. aur lage sab apna..

Dil se jodua de.. aisa hai mera humrahi..
meethi si sazaa de.. aisa hai mera humari..
dhadkan.. khwaaish.. baarish.. boondein..
aur ho koi apna..
usse milke mausam badle.. aur lage sab apna

**[Song : Humrahi by Atif Aslam]