PART 4
"WHAT?...." armaan yelled as rahul nodded…
"you are seriously joking ….right" armaan looked at him in disbelief after what rahul told him…
"armaan..first of all I never crack serious jokes and secondly..look at me ..you think I am joking right now..i am damn serious…"
"but still rahul…I don't think…I mean what you are saying is utterly rubbish..how can this be possible…riddhima and all this stuff…its nonsense…rahul and I don't believe it.."
"okay so do one thing.....just ask her these questions and wait for her reaction..if she gets nervous and panics you'll get your answer…" rahul said as armaan nodded ..but still somewhere he wasn't satisfied with rahul…
As soon as he reached home..he grabbed riddhima's hand and making her sit in front of him he looked straight in her eyes as riddhima looked around feeling awkward with the sudden closeness…
"armaan…everything ok?.." she asked as armaan shook his head..
"what's wrong?.." she asked keeping her hand on his cheek as armaan saw the concern in her eyes. He felt good seeing her concern for him when all of a sudden rahul's picture came in front of him…
"rahul just leave…" he said as riddhma looked at him with a confused face…
"rahul?.." she asked turning around looking everywhere…
"oh I am sorry riddhima…I was just thinking about something….just leave it… "
"okay"..riddhima said and stood up as armaan but armaan grabbed her hand and made her sit ….
"riddhima..can I ask you something…I mean don't take it in a wrong way.." he looked at her to see her nodding her head…
"riddhima..how should I start??…" he said looking around playing with his fingers..he was hell lot of nervous and riddhima sense that…seeing his hands shaking she kept her hands on his as she herself was surprised at her actions…
"armaan please say…now you are making me nervous…"….
"okay…" he said and he closed his eyes taking a deep breath he looked at her looking at him….
"riddhima..vo…actually…rahul was saying…I mean I don't believe him at all but you know… do you believe in voodoo and black magic…."….he blurted out and waited for her response…riddhima frowned hearing him .. armaan tried reading her facial expression… "she is behaving just the opposite of what rahul said …she isn't panicking at all…instead she is looking so calm and composed..what should I do now…should I leave?...or should i…" he came out of his thoughts when he saw her laughing looking at him….
"armaan you are joking right…" …she asked him still laughing…
"she thinks I am joking… this is all his fault ..rahul I am gonna kill you tomorrow ..i shouldn't have even asked for his help … just coz of him I made a joke of myself…and she is laughing at me…but she is looking soooo…what am I thinking..no way me and her..and I am just helping her…she consider me as her friend..and me too but then why do I feel good when she is happy and …"….
"armaan what are you thinking?…"
"no..nothing riddhima…can I ask one more question?…" he asked as she nodded…
"it's about my friend…I don't know what wrong with him..but since the past few days he is going insane ..i mean he met someone and helped her and now he is seeing her everywhere…even in his dreams …wherever he looks he just sees her… day –night…as in it's just her and her…what is happening to him and how should I help him?…" .. although he never wanted to discuss this with her but seeing no option available he asked her..some where he felt maybe only she can help him….he looked at her and saw her smiling at him… "what's so funny in this?…I am asking for her help and she is smiling" he thought looking at her….
"armaan…your friend is in love…." Armaan looked at her in shock.. "this means I am in love…but how can this be possible…I can never fall in love…but…" riddhima looked at him ..he was in shock…riddhima tried talking to him but seeing no response she shook her head, got up and went to the bedroom as she was tired ....armaan didn't even stopped her as he was still in shock and came out of it when his phone started vibrating… looking at the caller he fumed in anger…and switched off his cell…
He looked around and not seeing her he went to the bedroom but stopped at the door…riddhima was standing in front of the mirror looking at herself and smiling…she touched her stomach and the glow on her face bought a smile on his face….she was turning sideways keeping her hands on her belly, taking to her baby and smiling….he moved closer to her and stood behind her and watched her making all those cute funny expressions… riddhima had no idea when armaan came and stood behind her but stopped when she felt armaan's hand on her belly ..she looked above and saw him holding her from back ..his chin on her shoulder and he had locked his fingers with hers on her belly….
"armaan what..what are you doing?…" she asked stumbling with her words as she got scared with was armaan was doing…
"riddhima…you know…" he said kissing her on her neck as her body got stiffed at this sudden close proximity… "my friend whom I was talking about…I was talking about myself and I am in love with you…" he said as riddhima stood at the spot shocked. Releasing herself from his grip she turned around and gave a tight slap on his face….
"ouch…." Armaan rubbed his cheek as riddhima turned around and saw him standing at the door…
"armaan..are you okay…" she asked coming closer to him…
"riddhima why did you slapped me.. I was just…."
"I slapped you?…are you all right?... "
Armaan looked at her and realized he was dreaming.. "thank god it is a dream…" he thought as he looked at her confused face…. he smiled at his stupidity and saying good-night went to the couch..while riddhima stood at the door still trying to figure out what is wrong with him…
Armaan laid on the couch as riddhima words kept ringing in his head… "she said I am in love… am i?… I don't know..i am still confused but I do like her..yes I like her but love her?.. what is happening to me?...i mean me and her..she doesn't even think about me in that sense..i am just helping her but I do feel attracted towards her… I like spending time with her..being with her..even in office I am always thinking about her…why is she affecting me so much?..i can't think of something else..it's just riddhima everywhere…what should I do?...maybe I should wait for few more days…it just infatuation nothing else….yes armaan you are not in love…it's just an attraction..nothing else.. yes it 's just an attraction…yes it's just…oh god help me …guide me..give me some signal like always..i need you…I am closing my eyes now and by the time I get up please god give me a signal…I am waiting.."
Next morning armaan woke up late as the whole night he couldn't sleep how much he tried…he looked at the clock and seeing the time he ran to the bathroom and freshen up..he came out and saw his dress and everything on the bed…he got dressed up and as he came out of the room he saw riddhima making breakfast for him….
"I am sorry riddhima…" he said as riddhima bought the breakfast on the table…
"sorry for what armaan…" she asked as she sat next to him..
"you need to take rest and coz of me you have to get up and make breakfast.. . I promise from tomorrow I'll get up on time…"riddhima smiled as she served food to him…
"armaan I like doing this..and don't say sorry this is nothing to what you have done for me… and please let me do this for you… please.."
"but riddhi…"…
"armaan please…" she pleaded looking at him and armaan felt good ..after so many years someone was there to take care of him… he spent his whole life in the hostel and when his mom died there was no one to take care of him..although rahul and his family took him with them but the emptiness was still there.. and today when riddhima asked him..he felt complete…but deep down he know that once she is stable in her life she'll gonna leave him like everyone else and this is what feared him the most…. He came out of his thoughts as the door bell rang…riddhima stood up to open the door but armaan grabbed her hand and making her sit went himself to open the door coz he know who is at the other side….
He opened the door and seeing rahul standing at the door closed the door on his face….rahul rang the bell once again and how much he didn't wanted to see his face he had to as riddhima was there and he didn't wanted to create any scene in front of her….he opened the door and before he could say something rahul entered his house…
"what was that..?"… rahul asked entering the room as armaan was trying his best to control his temper….
Riddhima looked at them and seeing the awkwardness between them excused herself and left the two…
"what was that..?...you are asking me…and what about you…black magic ..voodoo…" armaan said narrowing his eyes as his anger reached its boiling point….
"see I was right..it's black magic isn't…" rahul still didn't got what armaan was trying to say….
"you know rahul..asking you for help is the biggest mistake I always do..till now it's a record you have never ever given me a correct solution..and this time too it 's the same….black magic…I still can't believe I even agreed for all this…thank god I didn't stretched this before riddhima got suspicious…."….
"what…?..this isn't black magic then what is this… maybe…it is……"….he was cut off by armaan…
"ARRGGHH….shut up…just shut up…don't you dare open your mouth…" he said stuffing his mouth with food …..
"thanks…" rahul said biting the food as he walked behind him…
"she said I am in love…" armaan said his back towards rahul as rahul threw the food out of his mouth…
"WHAT?..." rahul said and turning him around looked at his face…."you are not serious right…"…rahul was stunned hearing this…
"rahul I am serious she said I am in love…"
"and did you told her that you I mean…"
"no I said my friend is having this problem and she said he is in love…."
"oh..so what next..you think you are in love…" rahul asked looking at armaan who was confused himself…..
"I don't know….i was thinking maybe I should wait for few days..after that maybe…."
"armaan I was thinking…."he stopped as armaan glared at him….
"never ever use your brain rahul..your brain is nothing but a piece of garbage…."
"oh really …prove it…" rahul said as armaan shook his head…
"no.. no… just tell me..i am waiting…."
"forget it rahul.. we are already for office…."he said picking up his bag but rahul stopped him…
"no armaan I want to know….tell me…"…he said grabbing his hand…
"you want to know…then listen …remember when we were in school and you told me this girl in our class liked me…as she was always looking at me…"..
"oh that one…yeah I remembered…she liked you…so…"…
"in a brotherly way as I looked like his brother and coz of you I made a fool of myself as I proposed her …and in return I got a tight slap from her…." he said as rahul laughed looking at him…
"but that was just one time.. after that…"…
"don't you make me open my mouth …. what about after that….coz of your stupidity everyone thought I was gay… my half college life got wasted in explaining everyone that I am not gay….it all happened coz of you …."…
"oh that wasn't my mistake you know I was told to pretend that I am gay and chose my partner and as I knew only you I made you my partner…it wasn't a big deal…."
"not for you but for me it was…and this time I don't want to take any chance…so let me do it my way…got it…"….rahul nodded
"fine armaan so that means you love riddhima…right…"
"I don't know if I love her or …." Armaan stopped when he saw riddhima standing at the door…
End of part 5
Finally this ff I updated on time…hope you all enjoyed the part…again saying the same thing.. next part next month as I have my exam next week…
And sorry for any mistake haven't checked it properly…
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