Part 12
When Sid felt a hand on his shoulder immediately, he turned around to see who it was. When he turned around, he found Armaan standing behind him with an angry expression on his face. His eyes were red with anger along with his grip on sid which felt as if a boulder had fallen on sid. Without waiting any longer; armaan immediately got ahold of sid by his collar and pulled him up. Now both were staring at each other and were sharing a cold stare. Before Sid knew anything else "WHACK". Armaan had punched him hard across the face which resulted in sid falling on the ground with a bleeding nose.
Armaan helped riddhima in getting up, since her knee was hurt and now was bleeding, armaan decided to have her stand in a corner, but, before he did that, he took off his jacket and placed it on riddhima's shoulders to hide her tore off sleeve. Armaan placed the jacket on riddhima and made her stand in a corner, but before he could leave riddhima stopped him. armaan looked at riddhima, she gave him an expression as if she's telling him to stop; in return armaan gave her a tight squeeze on her hand to assure her that he'll be alrite and left.
When armaan approached sid, he was trying to get up and eventually he did but not for long, "WHACK" came another punch, a kick on the stomach was followd by the punch. Armaan didn't even gave sid a chance to take a breath of air, instead, he was so mad, that he wanted to kill him on the spot. eventually, he came across a big object, he picked it up and was abt to hit sid wid it, when suddenly.....
R: ARMAAAN!!!
Armaan looked at riddhima who was shocked of what she was seeing, he ended up throwing the object aside instead of on sid.
A: (to sid) ainda se nazar mat ana. (sid stood up and ran)
Armaan went to riddhima, but before he could realize anything, riddhima hugged armaan tightly as if she never wanted to let go. armaan who was amazed at the hug at first was now ok wid it.
A: riddhima don't b scared, ab kuch nahin hoga, am here na?
R: armaan, acha hua k tum agaye (sobbing in the middle) warna aj pata nahin kya?........armaan mujhe bohot darr lag raha hai.
A: riddhima......(realeases from the hug) daro mat.........(cups her face) aur humesha yaad rakhna, as long as am wid you, nothing can harm you. hmmm? (riddhima nodds in agreement) chalo ab ghar chalte hai.
They both leave widout telling anyone, and are on their way to riddhima's house. meanwhile, rahul, muskaan, atul and kripa are at the club wondering where the two are.
Muskaan: yaar yehlog dono gaye kahan?
Kripa: haan yaar itni der hogayi hai, dono mein se koi nahin aya hai.
Atul: don't worry guys, yehi kahin honge.
Muskaan: kahin yehlog chale toh nahin gaye?
Rahul: nahin nahin aise kaise? (thinks for a bit) ek kaam karta hoon, phone karta hoon.
Atul: haan, jaldi phone kar. (rahul calls)
Armaan and Riddhima are midway to riddhima's house wen armaan's phone rings.
A: (looks at the phone) Rahul? (looks at riddhima who seems to be asleep by now; picks up the phone) hello.
Rahul: hello armaan? yaar tumlog ho kahan? itni der hogayi hai tumlog club mein hi ho na?
A: nahin rahul him club mein nahin hai.
Rahul: nahin ho? (everyone looks at rahul) kya matlab? tumlog club mein nahin ho toh kahan ho? aur riddhima? woh tumhare saath toh hai na?
A: haan rahul, basket mere saath hi hai, woh actually.......actually uski tabiyat kharab horahi thi, toh meine kaha k mein ghar chor deta hoon
Rahul: kya? ridzy ki tabiyat kharab? ab kaisi hai woh?
A: woh ab theek hai, acha am driving rite now, will talk to you later, you guys enjoy, bye.
Rahul: k takecare, bye (hangs up)
Riddhima who is facing the window opens her eyes after listening to armaan and Rahul's convo. and a tear escapes her eyes, but eventually she shuts them back so armaan doesn't know that she was awake at the moment and was crying not realizing that armaan had seen her from the mirror. Meanwhile, at the club when Rahul hung up, a thousand questions were hit at him.
Muskaan: kya hua kahan hai yehlog?
Kripa: aur ridzy ko kya hua hai?
Rahul: riddhima ki tabiyat kharab hogayi hai toh armaan use ghar legaya hai.
Atul: toh toh hume bhi jana chahiye usse milne k liye. Waise bhi uske ghar par koi nahin hai, sab delhi gaye hai shaadi attend karne k liye.
Rahul: no atul, i don't think abhi jana theek hoga, waise bhi bohot raat hogayi hai, we should go home, hum kal millenge, abhi disturb nahin karna chahiye. (all nodd in agreement and leave)
By now, armaan and riddhima have reached the house, as soon as they reached the house, armaan slammed on the brakes which caused the car to jerk a bit. at this riddhima opened her eyes.
A: um.......ghar agaya.
R: mein chalti hoon.
A: chal paogi? i mean ur knee........
R: i'll manage. (is abt to leave; but stops to say something) um......armaan.......mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai.
A: kya?
R: club pe joh bhi hua ya tumne kiya uske liye thnx. agar tum nahin hote toh pata nahin kya hota...i mean...(armaan hushes riddhima by placing a finger on her lips)
A: shh.......meine tumhe kaha na k mere rehte ve tumhe kuch nahin hosakta...so tumhe darne ki zaroorat nahin hai, naahi mujhe thnx bolne ki, i'm always there for u. hmm? (riddhima nodds)
R: i'll leave now, bye.
A: bye
Riddhima opens the door of the car and is getting out when all off a sudden her knee hits that side of the door and its starts hurting badly. Armaan at the instance gets worried.
A: riddhima?! u alright?
R: haan armaan am ok, just its paining a bit.
R: chalo i'll leave u.
R: nahin armaan iski koi zaroorat nahin hai, i'll manage.
A: basket, just be quiet, i'll leave you, waise bhi ghar pe koi nahin hai, how'll u manage?
Armaan gets out from his side, comes to riddhima, picks her up, and heads towards the door of the house. armaan brings riddhima to her room and carefully places her on the bed and goes to get the first aid kit, he comes back wid it.
A: (hesitating) ummmmmmmm........riddhima.......cream (shows her the cream)
R: thnx....i'll apply it (extends her hand for the cream)
A: um.......mein lagadoon? (riddhima hesitates to answer) plz......(riddhima nodds a yes)
Armaan starts to apply the cream.
R: (burns) ssss....(pulls her leg)
A: jalraha hai (riddhima nodds a no; and extends the knee again so armaan can apply the cream)
Some time passes and armaan finishes up wid applying the cream and by now it has started to rain outside. suddenly, a loud crackling thunder occurs which makes riddhima jump and she ends up hugging armaan, and by seeing a frieghtened riddhima, armaan responds by hugging her too so she doesn't get more scared. both are locked in a hug fora couple of mins, but soon riddhima realizes what's happening and she leaves armaan.
A: um.......raat bohot hochuki hai......go to sleep....mein chalta hoon.
R: sunno.......baarish bohot horahi hai.....so u can stay here for tonight.
A: r u sure?
R: yah.
They both go to sleep, armaan on the couch and riddhima o nthe bed. in no time, its morning. when armaan wakes up, he gets worried by not finding riddhima on the bed. he knocks on the bathroom door but no one's there, then he goes downstairs and at last finds her in the kitchen making breakfast. he sees her stuggling to get something from the shelve and her not being able to get it down due to her knee problem, he decides to help her. he goes and gets it down. riddhima turns around and he is abt to give it to her when their eyes meet and they have a eyelock. their eyelock is broken by the noise of the pressure cooker. riddhima turns it off. armaan gets angry by seeing riddhima getting breakfast ready with an injured knee.
A: riddhima....tumhe yeh sab karne ki kya zaroorat thi. i mean yeh nashta......and wid ur knee being hurt...i mean wat was the need?
R: armaan.....cool down....dekho kal raat ko tumne rahul aur sabko sach na bata k apni dosti nibayi aur ab mein nashta banake apni niba rahi hoon.
A: par basket....(realizes) tumhe kaise pata? tumne sun liya tha? (riddhima nodds)
R: thnk you armaan...warna it would've been so awkward to me.
A: phir se thnx? ab chalo jaa k aram karo, nashta banane ki koi zaroorat nahin hai, waise bhi am getting late for office am going. bye.
Armaan leaves for office. its late afternoon and armaan isn't able to work properly, all that is coming to his mind are thoughts of riddhima. but they are disturbed by a phone call by riddhima.
A: ha riddhima bolo?
R: armaan mein office arahi hoon......tumhe kuch chahiye?
A: office? no you're not coming, ghar pe beto aur aram karo.
R: but armaan......
A: no.......acha have to work now, bye. (hangs up)
It's 5 in the evening and armaan is still not able to work due to his thoughts.
A: yeh kya horaha hai mujhe? kyun mujhe har jagah bas riddhima hi dikh rahi hai? kyun mein apne kaam pe diyan nahin de sak raha hoon? kyun mere khayalo mein baar baar basket ajati hai? sirf aj nahin balke pichle kuch dino se mere saath yehi horaha hai, kaam karte karte achanak basket ka khayal ajata hai mere dimaag mein. aur toh aur aj kal mujhe apne se ziyada uska khayal rehta hai. uski fiqaar har dum mujhe satati rehti hai. yeh kya horaha hai mere saath. kahin mujhe.......kahin mujhe pyaar? Am i in love wid Riddhima? (interrupted by someone who enterd the cabin) TUM?
PRECAP
Muskaan: yaar hum itne dino se kahin gaye nahin hai, chalo na kahin ghuum ne chalte hai.
Atul: idea, mere chacha jee ka guest house hai, jisse woh saaf kara rahe hai and then redecoration, mein wahi help karane jaraha hoon, tumlog bhi chalo na, we'll enjoy.
Rahul: (in a sweet voice) atul, seeda kyun nahin kehta k tujhe muft k naukar chahiye?
Atul: tu chup kar, hum sab razi hai chalo armaan se poochte hai, armaan tu bata kya karna hai? (no answer) armaan? ARMAAN?
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