Armaan and Riddhima fanfic
Continuing from episode of 5th feb 2008
Recap: Armaan – In Patiala, Muskaan's place acting like her boyfriend soon to be husband.. for some godforsaken notion of his for helping friends out..
Riddhima – In Lonavla, with Rahul acting as intern representatives of Sanjivani.
While Armaan is dying to talk to Riddhima he hasn't been able to call her so he sneaks Muskaan's dad's cell phone to talk to her. She doesn't take a call from an unknown number so he messages for her to call him back. When she does Muskaan's dad picks up and identifies Armaan as his soon to be son-in-law.
Now:
Just as Muskaan's dad finishes telling Riddhima about his soon to be son-in-law: Armaan Malik,
Armaan covers his face… he is totally ruined… Riddhima is going to think he cheated on her. He's frantic… He snatches the phone away saying… "I'll take my call."
Riddhima wasn't sure whether she'd dialed the right number… They were surely talking about some other Armaan. Naturally it's a common name… But Armaan did message me from this number… As soon as she heard his voice all doubts washed away. It is him… he is the one who is going to be somebody's son-in-law. HE'S MARRYING SOMEONE… surely not me since I'm sitting here. I can't believe he's such a liar. And I fell for him.
Meanwhile, Armaan is frantic… "Hello! Riddhima… Hello!" No answer. He had to tell her the truth and quick… or else… she would think everything she used to think about him was true. He was a lowly unscrupulous playboy who had made her, another of his many "interests".
She'd hung up on him that meant she was already thinking all of that. He had to do something… Anything…
He tried calling her again all night but no answer. A few hours later she'd switched off her phone. No doubt she too was awake and agonizing over what she'd heard. He cursed himself over and over again for coming here without letting her know of the plan first. He thought how ironic it was whenever he wanted a girl but didn't love her they fell right into his arms and believed in him blindfoldedly. And now that he loved someone and wanted her to believe in him she refused to look at him twice. He could see the sky lightening and realizing that a hard day of enduring nagging and keeping a fixed smile lay ahead of him he decided to get some sleep…
Mere minutes later or so it seemed to him, Muskaan's relatives barged into his room and started yelling greetings… He groaned but couldn't be really heard over the noise. Before he could even stretch himself he was yanked out of bed, pushed into the bathroom with a fresh supply of clothes and a clean towel. Well "Good Morning to you to" he said to himself. He decided to grab the moment of privacy to talk to Riddhima but her phone was still switched off so he decided to try again later.
Still yawning and rubbing his eyes he came out of the bath with a towel wrapped around his waist to grab his shaving kit… Just then the hoard of relatives returned and stood gazing at his attire. All wore and expression of awe looking at his broad shoulders, well-tanned chest and slim waist. He grabbed his kit and dashed to bathroom… leaving behind a very amused audience. Later he was subjected to more of gravelling, nagging and being treated as the everyone's favorite past-time. Later he cornered Muskaan to tell her that he needed to return to Sanjivani as soon as possible, only to be dragged away by some relatives and teased about his and Muskaan's relationship. He gritted his teeth at that.
Meanwhile, Riddhima got out of bed to dress catching her image in the mirror. Her eyes had black smudges under them owing to the lack of sleep last night. Which reminded her of Armaan but she firmly put the thought aside. It was painful to think of him. He just played with her, like he did with a hundred other girls. I'm just one of those hundreds. Rahul is probably right about him… pushing her thoughts aside she went to shower.
After a whole day of being nagged he finally had some time at his leisure. Sitting in his room faking a terrible headache he had successfully pushed the long extended family of Muskaan out. Now he concentrated on calling Riddhima. Surely she wouldn't forget all their moments together and take him for being another playboy. She didn't pick up her. But he determinedly kept calling. After about twenty minutes she picked up… "Riddhima! Riddhima! Meri baat toh suno…" "R for Riddhima nahi R for Rahul Doctor A for Armaan," came Rahul's snide remark from the other end. "Riddhima ka phone tumhare pass kya kar raha hai?" he said cursing him-self for sounding so possessive and betraying his emotions to Rahul. Rahul replied, " Phone hi nahi Riddhima bhi mere pass hi hai." That did it. " Rahul maine tujhe pehle bhi samjhaya tha ki yeh game mere saath khel. Ab main tujhe is game ke rules sikhaunga." He hung up on Rahul's laughing retort. What the hell? How could Riddhima do this? She trusted Rahul more than him? Just one misunderstanding, that's all it took for her to run into that creep's arms. Maybe it served him right, he made a big mistake of hiding something from her. He knew from earlier experience how much she despised being lied to. Now he had done it and she still felt what she's heard was true. But she could've just talked to me once and I would've explained everything. He had to go back and talk to her. As soon as possible.
While he was still considering what he'd say to her the door opened and Muskaan and her parents walked in. Seeing them happy and Muskaan grim he knew something was wrong. And so it was. "Puttar je tu saadi poori family naal ghul mil gya en te ab tuari sagayi vi jald hi kaar leni chahiye" Shit. Now this was something to worry about. "dekho dadiji ne to parson da keya hai magar usi v twade kaam noo samajhte aan ais piche usi chahte aan ki kal hi twadi sagayi kardi jaye. Kyun puttar?" "um… haan aunty ji main muskaan se pehle baat karna chahta hoon." As soon the door closed behind them he towered over Muskaan." Muskaan paagal ho kya? Yeh sab kya ho raha hai? Tum kuch kehti kyun nahi? Ab tumhe apne mummy papa se sach batana hi hoga. Humari shaadi??? Come on… this is not happening. Maine pehle hi tumhari bahut madad kar di hai ab mujhse aur nahi hoga. Sorry. Tum apne mum dad se sach bata do jald se jald."
Muskaan – "lekin Armaan."
Armaan – lekin kya Muskaan? Tum kya chahti ho ki hum dono shaadi karlen?? Paagal ho kya???
"it wouldn't be such a bad idea…" she thought.
Armaan – chalo abhi tumhare parents ko bata den aur main unhe samjhaane ki koshish karunga. Socho agar unhe baad mein pata chalega toh unhe kitna bura lagega."
Muskaan – tum unse kya kahoge… hello main aapka damad nahi hoon aap please Muskaan ki shaadi kisi aur se mat karo kyunki who meri bahut achi dost hai?
Armaan – Muskaan hum unse itna toh keh sakte hain na ki tumhe kuch aur time dede apni pasand ka jeevansaathi chunne ke liye.
Muskaan – nahi Armaan who nahi manenge please tum bas yeh sagayi ka naatak karlo. Mummyji papaji ne kaha na unhe humare kaam ki chinta hai toh bas yeh ek natak phir hum wapas jaa sakte hain. Please na Armaan. Please.
Armaan looked over her shoulder and froze in shock.
Muskaan – Armaaan. Kya hua??? Aise kya dekh rahe ho…
Then she turned around and saw her mum dad standing there transfixed. Just looking at her. Raw emotions were visible in their eyes. The hurt, the betrayal…
Muskaan – Mummyji papaji…
Papaji – bas. Armaan humein maaf kar dena. Hum apni beti ki jhooth mein tumhare se kuch zyada hi pyaar karne lage. Ab tum please jao. Main ab aur jhooth ko sehen nahi kar sakta. Aur mujhe apni ka kya karna yeh main khud the karunga.
Armaan – uncle lekin please suniye toh. Ise ek mauka dijiye. Yeh bas aapka dil nahi dukhani chahti thi. Ise apna jeevansaathi chunne ka ek mauka toh dijiye. Ise apna kaam karne dijiye. Ek doctor ke liye uska kaam hi sabse pyaara hota. Shayad isi liye who ab tak apna pati nahi chun payi.
Papaji – yeh humse keh deti toh shayad hum iski baat sun bhi lete. Par ab saare mauhalle ke saamne hum kya kahen. Puttar tum jao… bas ab aur nahi.
He went out of the room followed by Muskaan's mum dragging Muskaan with her.
Meanwhile Armaan thinks to himself. "yeh toh hona hi tha ek na ek din. The sooner the better.
I hope ki Muskaan apne mummy papa ko mana paye aur sanjivani wapas aa sake. There's nothing more I can do."
" I can't believe after all that I endured for their beloved daughter they've chucked me out in the middle of the night without a thought of gratitude. That's what you get Dr. Armaan Malik for acting like a hero : A back full of sore muscles and a ready to explode girlfriend.
While passing her luggage through system's check at the airport, she thought of how Armaan had carried all her luggage to Lonavla once just to impress. That's just the kind of guy he is. Just wants to impress girls and wants all that from them. Thank god I'm sensible enough to have never let him near me. Even though I loved his fragrance. His strong arms which always made her feel safe and wanted. His childlike pretenses which made her long to hug him to her. Giving herself a mental shake she took her luggage and deposited it at the counter where it would be boarded on the flight she and Rahul were taking to Chandigarh. I hope Armaan does not come to Chandigarh. It makes it so hard to ignore him when he's around. His magnetic presence is hard to resist.
"Now what am I going to do?" The only vacant flight to Chandigarh was due in 6 hours. Having called Sanjivani and found out the venue for Sanjivani's silver jubilee celebrations was Chandigarh he decided to take the next flight going there instead of Mumbai since he wanted to meet Riddhima and she'd definitely be at Chandigarh. He boarded a bus from a nearby bus stand. He had to reach Chandigarh as soon as possible even if it meant traveling in this uncomfortable bus. He tried calling Riddhima on the way again but hung up before it could ring. If Rahul picked up again he wouldn't be able to control himself and it would add to the little anger that was building inside him for Riddhima.
"HI papa! HI di!" everyone was already here in Chandigarh ready for the celebrations. Riddhima felt better after seeing her family. Atleast they were true to her. They didn't lie to her or played with her feelings. They loved her. Whereas Armaan didn't and she ought to be happy she got rid of someone like that. But she felt miserable. He hadn't even called to offer and explanation. That just proves he was lying and he is getting married to someone else. Well what did she expect? He would call and tell her he wasn't marrying anyone it was just a joke. Even if he did that she would probably think he was lying about it just to gain her trust so that he use her. Sighing, she went to the rooms allotted to the sanjivani staff for their stay. They were going to have a grand party here at Chandigarh inviting all other interns and doctors of Sanjivani's all over the country. And since the first hospital had been here in Chandigarh they had decided to celebrate it here.
She didn't feel like attending any parties right at the moment. She felt like going to the other end of the world and living in peace away from Armaan.
In the evening she went out to check how the decorations and other arrangements for the party were coming along. That's when she saw a crowd of giggling girls at the other end of the lawn. Curious to know what or who was causing such excitement among her beings of her sex, she went ahead to inspect. Standing in the middle of admiring girls was Dr. Armaan Malik at his best. This is just what he is, she thought. Can't believe his guts after what he made me go through he still has the guts to walk in here and charm a good part of the female population right in front of her. Glaring at one girl who was admiring his tattoo at an extremely close range, she walked toward the group and said, " Armaan tumhe sharam nahi aati. Yahan hum sanjivani ke doctors hain. Yahan aur bhi senior doctors hain."
Armaan – Riddhima
Detaching himself from the group
Armaan – Riddhima meri baat toh suno. Look It wasn't me. Yeh ladkiyan hi khamakhaan mere peeche padi hui thi. Riddhima meri baat suno. Mujhe tumse bahut important baat karni hai. Jo bhi tumne us din phone pe su-
Riddhima – Armaan please…
And she walked off without giving him a chance to offer an explaination. She didn't want to listen to him and make a mistake of trusting him again.
Just as she walked inside the hotel she bumped into Rahul. Looking up she said, "I'm really sorry."
Rahul – that's ohki… don't worry. Would you mind having a look at the decorations on the northern side. I just completed them a while ago.
Riddima – sure.
Rahul put his arm around her shoulders, which felt to her like a completely friendly gesture, led her toward the northern boundary.
To Armaan the gesture was a declaration of war. He would make Rahul pay for this. Big time.
Meanwhile he got angrier on Riddhima. That was that she trusted him. He would try and explain everything to her again. Maybe even get her gift. But if she still didn't want to trust him then that just meant she didn't love him after all. That thought twisted his heart. He didn't want to lose her again just because of a stupid misunderstanding and this time Rahul was a potential danger. He had to talk to her and explain everything.
Later that night while the party was going on Armaan looked for Riddhima everywhere. Thinking she might be in her room he went inside to check. Finding the room empty he decided to search the party again. He asked Atul and Anjali about her whereabouts but no one had seen her for the past hour. He went to look in every corner of the hotel.
Rahul had brought her inside to cheer her up and she was laughing as he did foolish childish tricks to make her laugh. He was just showing her a magic trick which involved vanishing her earring right from her ear…
Hearing Riddhima's laughter from an empty corridor he moved towards it clutching the gift he had bought for her. He turned the corner into the corridor to stop dead in his tracks.
Riddhima was standing against the wall with Rahul in front of with what appeared to be his attempt to try and kiss her ear.
Armaan – RIDDHIMA
Riddhima – Armaan! Tum yahan kaise.
Still laughing because Rahul had failed to vanish her earring and in the process it had fallen to the floor and broken into two…
Armaan – yeh toh mujhe tumse poochna chahiye Riddhima.
Fixing Rahul with a predatory look. Like a cheetah ready to strike it's prey.
Riddhima – tum kaun hote ho mujhse kuch bhi poochne wale??
Armaan – Riddhima enough of you. You know what this is it. Our relationship is over. I just thought you didn't trust me but now I know the real reason behind your fake anger. Just wanted some time with your beloved Rahul didn't you?
With that he stalked off and threw the gift in the nearest bin.
Riddhima stood there dazed and unfocused. Had Armaan just yelled at her for cheating on him when he was the one who was doing that. What had he said " I though you just didn't trust me…"
What did that mean. He actually had an explanation for what she'd overheard??? God what an arrogant jerk…
Waking up in the morning, Armaan got up to wash up and board the flight back to Mumbai. Last night he'd been so angry that he'd let himself get drunk and was paying for it now with a throbbing headache. He just wanted to go back to Mumbai commit to his work and forget about treacherous witches like Riddhima.
Reaching Mumbai late in the night he decided to go directly to bed but sleep didn't come inspite of the fact that the long journey by bud had worn him out. A flight wasn't available early enough and he wanted to be out of there at the earliest possible time so he'd taken a bus.
Next morning in Sanjivani he avoided Riddhima at all times and it wasn't so hard since she herself wasn't so keen on talking to him.
While he was going home, he saw Rahul give Riddhima a ride home and he reinforced his will to never look at that woman's face. How could somebody who looked so innocent could be so twisted?
Next morning when he walked into sanjivani he heard the familiar chatter but thought how could that be possible… but it was… Muskaan was back…
Muskaan – hi Armaan… mere hero…
Armaan – Muskaan tum yahan kya kar rahi ho??
Muskaan – Who kya hai na mere papaji ne teri baat pe dhyan diya aur mujhe thoda aur waqt de diya… isliye …
Armaan – kya baat hai…
Just then Riddhima walks in and is looking confused… she didn't know it was Muskaan who Armaan was helping… she wasn't really concerned… but she did want to know so she decided to ask Muskaan. But not in front of him because she didn't want him to feel like she still cared about him. She noticed he had thrown out the papers he had scribbled her name on… and her twisted in the familiar misery of losing him. But he wasn't the one. She couldn't possibly love such a man.
When he had walked out with his coat she asked Muskaan how had Armaan helped her…
Muskaan – yaar who kya hai na meri shaadi na us kamine Rahul se the hui thi. Toh maine toh soch liya mar jaungi magar us kaan khajure se shaadi nahi karungi… isliye main yahan sanjivani aa gayi… maine apne mummyji papaji se kaha ki main kisi aur ko pasand karti hoon… pehle kuch dinon tak toh thik tha par phir mummyji baar baar phone karne lagi ki puttar damadji se toh milao… phir jab who log sapna ki shaadi ke liye yahan aaye toh maine Armaan se kaha help karne ko… mera toh koi boyfriend tha nahi… isliye maine dosti ki khatir Armaan ko apna boyfriend banne ko kaha… itne din se who mere hi saath patiala mein tha… itna acha dost kahan milega… mera hero… usne meri mummyji papaji aur saare relatives ko 4 din tak jhela… aur kuch kaha tak nahi… phir jab mummyji ne sagayi ki baat ki toh who mujhe samjha raha tha ki mujhe sach bol dena chahiye ki papaji ne sun liya… phir toh jo meri band baji… par hir papaji maan hi gaye mujhe thoda aur waqt dene ke liye… main bhi punjaban hoon aise hi thodi na maanungi…
But Riddhima was hardly listening, she was walking fast trying to catch up with Armaan realizing her mistake… the thought of how much it would've hurt him made her feel giddy with misery… but she also felt relief… she did love him and he did too… now only if I could make HIM believe that. She looked for him and found that he was busy with a patient… she decided to wait but then she was getting late for her duty so she decided to talk to him as soon as she got another chance.
During lunchtime he was nowhere to be seen she looked for him everywhere then Atul told her he had gone out for some work. Sighing she went back to work she didn't want to take a break. It would fill her mind with how Armaan would've felt…
Later before going home she found him sitting alone on the basketball court twirling the ball on his finger…
R – Armaan mujhe tumse kuch baat karni hai…
A – lekin mujhe tumse koi baat nahi karni
R – Armaan I'm really sorry. Maine tumhe galat samjha… mujhe Muskaan ne bataya ki tum uski help kar rahe the…
A – I don't care what you think…
R – Armaan I'm sorry… who Lonavla mein Rahul ne mujhe tumhari pehli girlfriends ke bare mein bataya aur maine jab phone who sab suna toh main….
A – toh tumne socha haan Armaan toh hai hi aise… waise bhi main usse baat nahi karungi aur phir bhi who mujhe manaata hi rahega aur waise bhi mere pass Rahul toh hai hi… haina Dr. Riddhima Gupta…
R – nahi Armaan Rahul aur mere beech kuch nahi hai… (almost crying) please Armaan aisa mat kaho… I swear I love you aur Rahul toh bas ek dost hai…
A – you love me… really…. Toh phir Rahul ne tumhe kuch bhi kaha aur tumne maan liya? Itna hi bharosa hai tumhe mujhpe toh phir jao ab yeh rishta hi nahi toh bharose ki zaroorat hi nahi hai…
R – Armaan please…
But it was too late he'd already gone…
She sat there crying hugging her knees to her chest…
Next morning Armaan walked into the locker room, opened his locker and found a huge bunch of roses inside… taking them out he read the card… it said… I love you… sorry…
As soon as he realized they were from Riddhima he threw them in the bin…
Riddhima saw this and felt really sad but she had more plans…
After being assigned his duty Armaan went to the General Ward. He just walked in when the patients showered him with heart shaped balloons….
He was surprised but then saw Riddhima there and understood everything.
He knew he was melting but he wouldn't let her get away with it so easily… he turned on his heel and stormed out…
During lunchtime all cups were covered with smileys just like he'd done to Riddhima when she was angry…
He ignored them… next he got a "I love you" greeting card saying… "main tumse kabhi push-ups nahi karungi. Promise."
He just threw it in his locker where a cuddly teddy was sitting which also said I love you…
He decided to end all this…
Riddhima what the hell is all this???
R – Armaan please I'm really sorry… ab maan bhi jao…
A – Riddhima I don't want a relationship jismein koi trust nahi hai…
R – Armaan aisa dobara nahi hoga please…
A – no
But Riddhima did not listen she came closer and now she was barely cms away…
He pushed her away roughly and walked out..
Riddhima wouldn't give up… she would have his love back…
Armaan was fed up of her. He didn't want to feel all that he'd felt when he'd seen her Rahul ever again… he didn't want to give her another chance…
He got into his car and was about to drive away when the front door opened and Riddhima sat in..
R – Armaan drop me home…
A – I'm not your driver neither am I Rahul that you can order me around. Get off
R – Armaan please drop me home… you're right you're not Rahul … you're my boyfriend… and I want to go home…
Armaan starts driving… cursing himself cursing her cursing that Rahul…
R – Armaan I'm really sorry…
A – it doesn't matter I'll change the seat covers…
R – what do you mean?
A – it doesn't matter if you've sat on them I'll get them changed…
Riddhima gets really angry…
But now Armaan is only kidding… he knows he's lost the battle…
R – Armaan gaadi rok do…
A – kyun kya hua basket don't like the ride…? It takes a while to get accustomed to luxury…
R – Armaan shut up and pull up the car…
A – yo! Basket I've come this far out of my way for you and now I'm gonna drop you home… I should get some credit for taking so much pain…
R – Armaan I'm not interested. You can go to hell with this…. This… crapshit of yours…
A – oye!… that's my car you're talking about… pyaar se baat karo pyaar se… this is how you will behave when you desperately want my forgiveness???
R – to hell with you… I'm a jerk who still thought you loved me… but it was all just fake…
At that Armaan catches her upper arm in a death grip and brings her closer …
A – do not insult those times… and …
He kisses her right on the lips…
A – I do love you
Anupamaa
Seher Hone Ko Hai
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