Chapter 10

Rachandeep

@Rachu_1987

Angad parked the car in the airport car park then rushed to the arrivals area, he scanned the arriving crowd but couldn't see the one he was looking for, he waited for the crowd to disperse then looked again, he grinned when he saw him, he walked over and hugged him and spoke

"Welcome back Armaan"

Angad stepped back as Armaan smiled at him

"It's so good to be back Angad"

Armaan hugged him again, Angad smiled and grabbed Armaan's bags and led him towards the car. Armaan stood outside the door of the airport and breathed in the air of India, he puts his arms out and took another deep breath, Angad chuckled watching him.

"Come on dude, lets go"

Armaan chuckled too and followed Angad to the car, he sat in the passenger side as Angad piled Armaan's luggage into the trunk and sat into the driver's seat, he glanced at Armaan who was staring outside the window and grinned at him. Armaan looked over at Angad and smiled back

"So how are you Angad? Hows things?"

"I'm ok, things are as good and as bad as they can get" Angad replied as he started the ignition, Armaan frowned and nodded his head

"Yeah I heard about Aditya, such a tragedy"

Angad nodded his head and sighed, Armaan placed a hand on his shoulder, Angad patted his hand and smiled reassuringly

"I'm glad you're here Armaan, you don't understand the big dilemma I'm facing at the moment, I really needed someone to talk to and I guess you're like a Godsend for me"

Armaan smiled and rested his head back against the seat, he reached out and changed the radio station and left it on a song he liked. He glanced over at Angad and spoke

"So how is Kripa? It must have been hard on her losing Aditya like that"

Armaan looked puzzled then closed his eyes for a brief second and pulled over to the side of the road

"I forgot that you didn't know Armaan"

"Know what?" Armaan asked looking confused.

Angad shifted in his seat and faced Armaan

"The accident that killed Bhai, Kripa was in car with him"

Armaan was taken aback.

"Is she ok?" He asked in shock.

Angad nodded his head and spoke

"Yeah she's fine physically, but..."

Angad's voice trailed off as he gazed out of the window avoiding Armaan's  shock  ridden face, Armaan  put hit hand out and touched Angad's shoulder.

"but what?" He asked making Angad turn to face him, Angad breathed deeply before speaking.

"She's lost her memory"

Armaan was confused, he asked Angad to explain, Angad informed him that Kripa could remember her parents and childhood friends but other than that everything else was a blank, Armaan sighed and rested his head back against the seat as Angad spoke.

"That's why its all crazy Armaan, you remember the necklace Adi Bhai gave Kripa for her birthday, the one with the heart with AK engraved on there?" Angad continued when Armaan nodded his head

"Well when Kripa woke up from the accident she saw the necklace and when I told her my name was Angad and her name was Kripa, she assumed the AK stood for Angad and Kripa and began to believe we were in love"

"You told her the truth right? Armaan asked but Angad shook his head and informed him what the doctor said about it being life threatening to Kripa so he had let her continue to assume that they were in love, he continued to tell Armaan all the things he had to do to make Kripa believe they were indeed in love, Armaan listened attentively and nodded his head here and there.

"There's more" Angad said as he glanced out of the window, Armaan urged him to continue.

"Obviously to get Kripato believe we were in love, it was necessary for me to get closer to her, hug her, kiss her"

Armaan nodded his head in agreement and Angad continued.

"Well see thats where my dilemma starts. I've kept all of Adi's things locked up in his room, I always managed to keep Kripa away from there because if she sees the pictures of her and Adi it could be harmful to her health, but yesterday she almost got to the room but luckily I got to her first, so I yelled at her for doing so but in turn she yelled at me asking me why I kept the room locked, what was in there and why I couldn't trust her, I didn't know what to do"

Angad stopped speaking and rolled the window down and let the wind blow over his face, he breathed in the clean air and looked over at Armaan remorsefully.

"I wanted to shut her up Armaan, thats all I wanted, for her attention to go elsewhere, so I....I kssed her"

"Dude you already said it was necessary for you to kiss her" Armaan reminded him but Angad closed his eyes and took a deep breath

"It wasn't just a kiss, the kiss....led to other things"

Angad looked over at Armaan who was beginning to understand Angad's subtle hint, Armaan patted Angad's leg and spoke

"Don't worry Angad"

"How can I not worry? How am I meant to face her? When she regains her memory she'll think I cheated her, she'll think I took advantage"

"Come on Angad, this isn't your fault"

Angad glanced at Armaan wondering where Armaan was going.

"If Kripa was indeed your girlfriend then you would do the same thing, in fact if you ask me then Kripa would have been slightly suspicious as to why you guys didn't get closer together earlier if this hadn't happened, she would have realised something wasn't right and that's when things would have got more complicated, and besides whatever you did was to stop Kripa from going into the room, to stop her from getting more ill, if you want the truth then you might as well have saved her life"

Angad shook his head in disagreenemtn but Armaan assured him he was right and that Angad did what was necessary to keep Kripa from getting more ill, after about 5 minutes of convincing Angad slowly began to think that maybe Armaan was right and maybe he did do the right thing. Armaan sat comfortably in the seat and smiled

"Are we going to stay here all day or shall we go to your house?"

Angad grins and begins to drive again.

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Kripa wakes up again and searches for Angad hoping he was back but she doesn't find him, she checks her mobile and finds a message from him telling her they were on their way and both were hungry and asked her to make breakfast for all of them. Kripa smiled and headed to the bathroom to take a shower all the while thinking about her night with Angad.

When she's finished showering and has some fresh clothes on she headed downstairs into the kitchen, she roamed around looking in the cupboards and found ingredients to make breakfast. She reahced out for the cassette played and stuck a cassette into it and hit the play button, a romantic song began playing and Kripa grinned. She sang along to the song as she began cooking. Soon enough she heard Angad's car stop outside, she quickly rushed to the front door and opened it and watched as Angad took Armaan's bags out from the trunk, she looked at Armaan and smiled as they both came inside.

"Kripa this is Armaan, my best friend, Armaan you know Kripa"

They both greeted each other and headed to the kitchen where they ate, Armaan watched as Angad avoided looking at Kripa, he sighed and nudged him

"Remember what I said, you did nothing wrong"

Angad stared at Armaan then looked at Kripa looking very happy, he smiled and nodded his head, maybe Armaan was right after all, he did do the right thing, Kripa was happy, thats all that mattered. They continued having their breakfast when Kripa stood up  to put her dishes away, she walked over to the sink but started feeling dizzy, she held the sink to balance herself but the dizziness continued, both Angad and Armaan quickly rushed to herside as she slumped to the ground.

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Apologises for not continuing sooner, anyways comments please