What is love? *AR* ff PART 9 PAGE 27 - Page 9

He looked down at her beautiful face. He couldn't help it anymore, it was just an impulse he couldn't hold. Slowly, he leaned down and softly kissed her forehead.

A strange feeling entered her. She felt nervous, but happy. He made her feel so different, and no guy had ever kissed her before. She knew exacty what she was going to do in life. She knew she would go to India to get married, so she never let herself fall in love when she was in NY, but what was happening now. Does one kiss, one on the forehead, ever do something like that? She thought, getting more and more confused by the second.

She looked up at him, and saw a small warm smile on his lips. She couldn't help but to smile herself.

Her confusion just made him like her more. He only met her a few days ago, but he already knew he loved her. He also knew that she wasn't gonna be an easy one to persuade. But this didn't bother him. He had confidence in himself and her. She'd come through her confusion some day.

"Should we go?" he asked gently, a different voice than the usual joking type. She just nodded, not even looking up, but smiling slightly, hiding the big smile that wanted to come out very badly.

They came downstairs and sat with the parents, each were talking and Riddhima hinted a yes to her mom, while Armaan did the same to his. Quickly, Armaan's mom got up and hugged both of them, who were standing. For the remainder of the day, they talked to the preist about a wedding date and such, while Armaan continued to look at Riddhima. She tried to look in other directions, just to avoid his gaze. She didn't know why this was happening. They were acting just like the friends they had always been up to yesterday, and now she couldn't even properly look into his eyes.

Later that night, Riddhima found herslef not being able to sleep. She walked around the room smiling at the things she remembered. She thought of the gentle way that he kissed her, and how he couldn't stop looking at her. Right then, her mom walked in.

"Riddhima I'm so proud of you. Youre gonna be married soon!" she said and quuickly hugged Riddhima. Then she wenton to say, "Beta, the engagement will be in 3 days. And then the mendi the next day. Then on the 16^th we'll have the wedding. Is that good?" she asked.

"Yeah sounds fine to me." She said.

"Ugh Riddhima this is when you get shy. Tumhe to sharmaana aata hi nahin hai." She said with a sigh as Riddhima giggled. "Anyways, you Armaan, Rahul, Muskaan, Atul, and Anjali are going out for 3 days before youre wedding so you can enjoy ok? Oh and by the way, tumhara dost ko bhi neend nahi aati lagti" she said glancing out the window. Riddhima looked and saw Armaan pacing in his room. All of the sudden he looked up to see Riddhima looking at him, and she quickly looked away.
"Oh dear, never mind. Sharmaana to aata hai, only for him though, right?" her mom said with a sneaky voice.

"Mom!" she said almost whiney and gave her a hug, and with that her mom left.

Riddhima knew that now Armaan knew she was awake. She lay down on her bed, pretending to be asleep. She half expected that the bucket would soon be over to her window. And there it was. With an alarm loudly blaring. Still Riddhima pretended to be asleep. 'Lets see what he can do now. He thought he was so smart playing a big prank with me. Too bad Mr. Dulha now wont be sleeping, or talking to me tonight. Bechara.' She thought. She could hear the bucket being pulled back with the closeline and then it hit her window again, only this time a lot harder. She peeked her eyes open to see a walkie talkie in the bucket. From it she heard Armaan;s voice.

"I know youre awake Riddhima. Don't be so bitter. Get up pleaaaaase." He said like a little boy. She giggled slightly. Then his voice changed back into the cunning one. "Fine, you see what I'll do tomorrow." She laughed a little and looked at the clock. It read 11:58. She thought of the long day tomorrow goin out to have fun for a couple of days, and then she fell asleep.

"Riddhima wake up. Riddhimaaaaa." She heard through her sleep. 'Why is Armaan being such a pain she thought sleepily, and she began to speak wthout opening her eyes.

"Armaan chale jao. You wont go blind, I wrote that part in the book. Go to sleep Armaan." She said in a sleepy voice. Then she heard soft laughing. And it hit her. She opened her eyes rapidly and saw Armaan with a mischevious smile as he was kneeling next to her bed.

"AR'fbkfbks" she began to scream as he quickly cupped his hand over her mouth.

"Hum dono ko marvayegi? Shhh'" he whispered. She nodded and he took his hand off of her mouth.

"Armaan what are you doing here?! This is my room, how dare you come in!!" she said in an angry whisper.

"Well firstly I couldn't sleep. Then you did some natak. Then I waited for it to be 12, so that it was tomrow and I came over here. Great plan'I know." He said with a lot of confidence.

"How did you get here?!" she asked, still furious.

"Ohh, well, I used my fire escape to get downstairs, and yours to get into youre room. You know, you should really close the window when youre sleeping, you never know who might find their way in." He said with a smile.

"Armaan!" she said pointing her finger at him. Seeing this he quickly grabbed her finger.

"Armaan kya? Kuch naya bhi bolo na.' he said looking at her. She knew being angry was no solution to this mess.

"To kya bolu Armaan?" she asked, softening her voice and expression.

"Hmm," he said pretending to be in deep thought. "Well tumhare bohot questions ho gaye. Now my turn," he said, still holding her finger. Seeing this, she blushed and nodded her head. He couldn't help but to admire her.

"Ummm, how many boyfriends did you have?" he asked. "Dekho, Im a very honest person, so I'll tell you that I had 15..no no wait'17 girlfriends in London."

"17?!" she almost yelled. She looked at him angrily.

"Thik hai, don't answer that one, how about, hmmm, would you ever lie to me?" he asked genuinely.

"nahi" she said softly, and she knew she wouldn't.

"Oh, that's too bad, coz im pretty sure ive lied to u at least 2 times since yesterday."

She became angry. "Of course, tum to jhooth hi bolte aaye ho, hamesha se." She stood up and began to walk away when he caught hold of her hand and stopped her. With one movement, he pulled her so she faced him, and he help both of her hands at the sides. Her eyes were closed, and a small tear trickled down her cheek. She could feel his breathing on her skin, which made her shiver.

"Pehla jhooth, ke jo tumse shaadi karega, woh ek moron hoga. I think I'm the luckiest guy in the world." He said softly, but firmly. She slowly opened her eyes, to see him lookng straight into her eyes, apologetically and concerned. "Aur dusra jhooth, that I had 17 girlfriends." He said and smiled. She also smiled.

"Sorry," she said softly, still smiling.

"For what?"

"Bohot gussa kiya." She said looking down.

"That's my problem from now on," he said smiling at her as she looked up once again.

"Ok, these questions will be easier." He said smiling at her, still maintaing the closeness, her hands in his. She couldn't help shivering, the mixture of her just crying, and him holding her so close made her feel so safe, but still nervous.

"Was this marriage a good decision?" he asked. She nodded, and looked down.

"Will you always forgive me when I do this kind of stuff?" he asked again and she nodded again.

"Do you love me?" he asked very casually, and she looked up at him with confusion in her eyes. He looked at her very reassureingly, it was as if he wanted her to know that it would be ok to love him. That he would always take care of her, keep her safe, love her for eternity. It seemed like he was trying to tell her that not every love story ends the way her mother's did.

All this while, Armaan kept looking at her, as she looked back at him, but a noise came from outside and the light turned on. Riddhima tried to move out from his grip, but he wouldn't let her. He kept looking at her the same way he had been.

"Armaan," she said softly this time. But he didn't even hear her. He kept looking at her, looking at how beautiful she looked when she was worried.

"Armaan, koi hai." She said again softly, and Armaan snappped out of it.

"Ohh wow'" he said. He couldn't say anything after the sudden shock he got.

"Armaan, tum vapas jao" she said quietly. He nodded and went towards the window. He turned to look at her one more time getting into bed. He dropped a small box, which he originally planned to give her near her bedside. She saw this but acted casually.

"Good night Riddhima," Armaan said as he was leaving.

"Good night," she said, looking down. She wasn't able to look up at him after what just happened. And the strangest part was that she had no idea why. What did he do to her, that now she couldn't even properly look at her best friend. The light in the hallway turned off and she sighed in relief. Slowly she walked over to the little box and opened it. Inside she found a beautiful bracelet.

She looked out her window to see Armaan already in his room.

She mouthed the words "Thank you" and he smiled at her.

She walked over to her bed and fell asleep thinking about his smile.

hope u guys lked it....i dont know if its too much longer than the other parts but....it has alot of AR sooo yeah...hmmm oku guys gott help me with sum stuff....like giving suggestions..id totally appreciate it.

thnks for the pm!!!

it wa sooo awsumee!!

armaaansss sooooo cutee!!!

luvee himm !!

it was fabb!!

arr ....omgg can totallu imaginee kash!!

pleae cont soon!!

cantt waitt!!

itw as sooo adorable..wen he asked her for luvv!!

luvss revna

xx

--i would love to answer that but can cuz i also live in US, but make it like shimla {cuz its a romantic place}

credit for this to : Angelic_pari

i thought this totallywent with this ff...and also tht i put a kash vm first...so now i'll put a kasu poster...lol

well credit goes to angelic_pari...so comment to her 😊

aw thanks im also a shilpa fan....but some ppl who read the ff, ive noticed are also kasu fans....and i dont have a problem with kasu at all....so i try to keep both sides happy😊

u and i can keep imagining kash....but to those who like kasu, they can imagine their way also