"Private Emotions"
Title Song:
Every endless night has a, dawning day
You're the only one who can shine for Me !
"It's a private emotion that fills,
You tonight.
And a silence falls between us,
As the shadows steal the light.
And wherever you may find it,
Let Your Private Emotions come to Me!"
Chapter 7 ā Silent Moments:
Scene I: "I Love You Too!" came a voice from somewhere around him! "I love you Riddhima, I love you very muā¦uhā¦"
TRIINGG!! The alarm clock rang, making enough noise to break his beauty sleep and his Oh-So-Romantic dream. He got up with a jerk, not believing what he just dreamt of.
Armaan ā (To himself) Snap! I dreamt of thaā¦.that Ridzilla romancing around with me! How did she even dare to say 'I Love You' to me! And I was (gulping the big lump which was obstructing him to speak) singing a songā¦ for herā¦ our kidsā¦ Private Emotionsā¦ I love you'sā¦ Armaan Mallik, you've totally lost it!
He pushed these 'misleading thoughts,' as he would describe them, out of his mind and went to have a shower.
Scene II ā Sanjeevani Locker Room : We see a very, very lost Anjali and an annoyed Riddhima.
Anjali ā (Dreamily) Aur phir jab usne mere waist pe haath rakhaā¦. Oh my God ! Main to pighal hi gayyi thiā¦ I was melting, Ridzā¦ melting in his soft yet strong handsā¦
Riddhima ā Uffo di! Ab bas bhi karo. Agar itna hi marrti ho to use batati kyun nahi?
Anjali ā Wohi to problem hai Ridzā¦
Just then, Armaan enters.
Armaan ā (Removing his shades and moving toward his locker) Kya problem hai?
Anjali ā Nā¦.nothing.
Armaan ā Hey Anjie
Anjali ā Hi
Armaan ā Hi Riddhima
He looked up at her. Gosh! She really was beautiful. He remembered her singing that song andā¦wowā¦
'No Armaan, Focus!' his mind instructed himself.
Riddhima ā (With a warm, soothing smile) Hi!
This made him smile tooā¦ Some part of him insisted him to talk further, but he had to
'Focus!'. Still, he felt that his day was going to be perfect, her smile had made him feel so... 'Her smile'... He thought.
'Focus!', his hid face in the locker, feeling embarrassed.
Scene III ā Cancer Ward: (You can skip this scene if you want to, it is just a filler to make the chapter lengthier)
Riddhima ā Hi Bi! (Hugging her)
Bi ā Mera bacha kaisa hai?
Riddhima ā Meri chodo, aap batao.
Bi ā Tu theek, toh main bhi theek
Both of them smiled and Riddhima started checking her.
Riddhima ā (To Armaan, who was standing beside her , checking another patient) Armaan, pass me the thermometer please
Armaan ā (Giving her the thermometer) here you go
Bi ā Arrey beta, tumhara naam kya hai?
Armaan ā Ji, Armaan.
Bi ā Ji Armaan?
Armaan ā Mera Matlabā¦ Armaan.
Bi - Mera Matlabā¦ Armaan? Itna lamba naam
Armaan ā (A bit annoyed) Armaan.
Bi ā Nayye ho?
Armaan ā Ji.
Riddhima ā (Putting the thermometer in Bi's mouth) You know, jab hum chote the, aur yahan aate the to yeh humein kahaniyan sunati thi.
Armaan ā (Shocked) What?
Riddhima ā Haanā¦kyun?
Armaan ā Jab se tum chote theā¦ yeh tab se yahin hai?
Riddhima ā (taking the thermometer out) Normal haiā¦ (To Armaan) haanā¦ kyun? Koi problem?
Both moved to the next patient.
Armaan ā (Sarcastically) I thought Sanjeevani was a good hospitalā¦par itne saalon se inhe theek nahi kar paye yahan ke doctors?
This statement made Riddhima look up at him in utter shock
Riddhima ā What do you mean Dr. Mallik?
Armaan ā What? ā¦..Itne saalon se yeh theek nahi hui?
Riddhima ā (Pulling Armaan by his hand and taking him to a corner) Tum kya samajhte ho? Hun? Sanjeevani ek acha hospital nahi hai? Do you even know unhe kya hua hai? She's suffering from a very rare and critical Lung Cancer since she was our age. This case was so critical that she's been in coma and was in the state of paralysis for almost 5 monthsā¦ We've tried all out possible ways to cure this, but no hope anywhere.. It's just because of the doctors in Sanjeevani that she's still alive. And if you still think Sanjeevani's not good, you may leave right now.
Armaan ā Riddhimaā¦.Iā¦..
Riddhima ā (Tears welling up in her eyes) How can you be so insensitive and emotionless Armaan? Jab kisi apne ko aise suffer karte dekhogeā¦ tab yeh poochne ki himmat bhi nahi karoge.
She ran out of the ward with tears flowing down her cheeks.
Armaan stood there, speechlessā¦ He didn't know why, but his heart ached seeing her cry. He had never felt this guilty ever in his life.
Scene IV ā Canteen : Everyone was sitting there, chatting all the way, discussing about their day, fighting, eating, except those two statue-like people who were sitting at the opposite corners of table, silently, one because of anger and the second because of guilt. The latter trying his best to apologize but the former gave no importance to him.
Finally Riddhima got up to get her a cup of coffee and Armaan followed her behind.
Armaan ā Riddhimaā¦ I'm really sorry... mujhe nahi pata tha
Riddhima ā (Taking her coffee) it's okay... but don't repeat it again.
That was it? She forgave him? He couldn't believe his ears. She wasn't that kind of girl who always stretched miniature matters like rubber bands and the guy would go mad asking for forgiveness.
She was a quick forgiver and wanted things to move on smoothly. He liked this attitude of hers.
She was blooming like a flower, evincing her beauty slowly and attracting his towards her.
'Focus! his mind shouted, but his heart, this time, was strong enough to tackle it back and made him fall, fall for her, fall for her love.
He didn't understand what was happening to himā¦he found himself in a field, full of gladiolus. He saw her, running, enjoying, playing. He ran behind her, like a kid. He held her by her waist, not wanting her to go. Plating infinite kisses on her neck. He was happy, happy to live, happy to be in the wonderful world of "Love."
She freed herself from his hold and started running again. She was running, didn't know where she was going and he followed her like maniacs."Armaanā¦..Are you okay?"
"Armaanā¦."
"What's wrong?"
He ran behind her, she was disappearing. He could no longer really see her. She was just a silhouette, an outline ā and then just the memory of that outline. The show was over. Not really though, everything turned black around him. He couldn't see her. He was scared, scared of losing, losing her. "Armaanā¦."
He saw a little source of light peeping in the black, lone room. He went toward it, touched it, felt it. It felt good, as if he was being cuddled by arms, her arms. He was happy, happy to live, happy to be in the world of "Love."
~But good things don't last forever. ~
The little light turned into a massive ball of fire, it pulled him. It didn't feel good this time. It wasn't cuddling him now, it made his body burn and forced him to open his eyes."Armaanā¦.."
He looked around for help. The blue pair was searching for his soul mate, the green pair. He was worried, he getting hysterical and then he found his light, the green pair. He was relieved; he felt he had got everything he had ever wanted in his life. But his light was worried, worried for him.Armaan ā (holding his head) Whā¦ whaā¦ what happened?
Riddhima ā We don't knowā¦ youā¦ you just faintedā¦. Are you okay?
Armaan ā (Smiling at her care) Yeah.
Muskaan ā I think tujhe ek baar check-up karana chahiye..
Armaan ā No, I'm fine.
Rahul ā You sure?
Armaan ā (Getting up) yeah.
Scene V : What Is Love? Pyaar kya hai? Those two in-love-or-not young adults questioned.
In her case, she got a very filmy answer of "Pyaar dosti hai!"
And in his case, he got a very big lecture on "True Love, Infatuation and Crush."
"Useless" they both uttered
Both of them sat, exhausted of those silly answers and started making a philosophy of their own, when an idea clicked their mind and they both reached their phones and dialed a number.
Precap ā What is Love? Pyaar kya hai? Thank You,
Please Comment,
Love,
Ehsaas š
P.S - I hope your doubts are clear now :)
Edited by GEhsaas - 15 years ago
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