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Armaan and Riddhima were best friends since elementary school. Armaan lived only a block away from Riddhima, so it was in walking distance. Armaan was a huge flirt, but he never actually dated or messed around with girls. Riddhima was a decent girl with strong indian values. She didnt date around either.
People used to tease them thinking they were a couple since they were so close, but they always convinced everyone that there was nothing of the sort going on between them.Armaan was really untidy and unorganized. It was always riddhima who would have to go wake him up for school, she would also get fed up of his dirty room and end up cleaning it for him. He could never keep a track of his schedule and would often have Riddhima reminding him of everything.
Riddhima would often tease armaan and warn him to improve his ways because she wouldnt always be around to pick up after him. She would ask what he would do when she was gone? He would always laugh and say that he'd worry about that day when it comes.
One day Riddhima was super excited about something and called Armaan to wake him up rather then going to his house like usual. She also informed him that she wouldn't go to uni with him in his car like usual as she had to go to the mandir with her Di first, then her di would drop her. "Par basket wait 10 minutes, phir i'll come to the mandir with you...waise bhi we always go to uni together na?"
"Sorry Armaan, par aaj nahin. But I can't wait to tell you something! Lekin abhi nahin, baad mein! Ab i have to go! See you in Uni!" Riddhima hung up leaving Armaan wondering about what it is she wanted to tell him. He got ready and left for University.
At Uni:
Armaan was sitting with his friend Abhi waiting for class to start. Riddhima still hadn't shown up. Abhi suddenly asked Armaan, "Array Armaan, so when are you going to tell Ridz? I mean come on how long are you going to wait?" Armaan smiled and said, "soon, very soon!" Just then Riddhima rushed in followed by the teacher so they weren't able to talk. The day went by with Armaan asking what the surprise news was and why she was so happy, but she kept saying she'd tell him later when they were alone.
Finally after all their classes were done for the day, Riddhima dragged Armaan to an empty fire escape. "hm basket toh tell me, kya hua?" Riddhima smiled and said, "armaan remember how I told you yesterday that papa's friend was coming over for dinner? well his whole family came. And well he has a son who is about 2 years older then us. Aur woh...actually right before they came papa and mama came to my room. Aur woh they said that Sujal uncle and his family weren't just coming because they were papa's friend, but because they wanted to ask for my hand in marriage. I was toh stunned. Phir next thing I knew they were all at my house and well after talking with Rahul, Sujal Uncle's son, I said yes! Rahul is picking me up right now so we can get to know each other personally! Aur tonight his family is coming over as they want to exchange rings tonight privately before having a large engagement!"
Armaan stood frozen listening to Riddhima talk about getting engaged. He felt his fists clutching tightly threatening to explode, while he just stood their staring at her in disbelief. Suddenly Riddhima's phone buzzed and she read a text. "Oh woh rahul aagaya! I'll see you tomorrow Armaan! Bye! Aur haan don't tell anyone yet okay? I want it to be official first!"
Riddhima ran out leaving Armaan alone in the fire escape. She went outside and found a smiling Rahul waiting for her. She smiled and climbed into his car. "hm toh riddhima how about we talk over some coffee?" Riddhima smiled, "sounds good"
At the coffee shop:
"Rahul, I want to be completely honest with you before we take this further. You told me how you felt for Muskaan, but always felt she disliked you so you decided to move on and agreed for arranged marriage, well now it's my time to share my side with you. I was in love with my best friend Armaan ever since we were kids. I mean when we were really little toh he was so mean to me! He would never let me play or even talk to other boys. He would act as if he owned me! He would always bully me! But somehow I really like it! The way he would protect me and control me? Phir thankfully he stopped those acts and we became really good friends. I knew ki I loved him, par I mean for him i was always just a friend. His first friend actually! Actually I don't know if I ever really got over it, but
nonetheless, I know he doesnt think of me that way and I could never risk our friendship. Toh I decided A while back that I would move on from my feelings and if mumma and papa asked for arranged marriage I would agree. Toh when papa proposed us getting married and I met you, I decided ki shayad if we both try to move on and make it work toh we'd manage? And to be honest knowing ki even you would need some time to feel for me as i would for you was quite reassuring. I hope ki you understand what I mean right? I mean my past is my past, and I want to start afresh with you tonight."
Rahul smiled and placed his hand over hers. "Haan I understand perfectly. We are in the same boat, and boy does it feel relieving knowing you understand exactly what I'm going through. But you know what? Now we are in this together and I know we can do it!"
Riddhima smiled and sipped her coffee thinking ki maybe this could work. "Hmm I think I should drop you home hm? I bet you need get ready for tonight huh? I hear larki ki ma gets all tensed and stuff even if its not a huge party." Riddhima laughed and agreed. "haan. mumma toh is full on panicky!"
Rahul laughed and dropped Riddhima home promising to be back in a few hours.
At night:
Shashank, Padma, Sujal, Kashish, Anjali, and Atul (Anjali's husband) clapped as Rahul and Riddhima exchanged rings. After feeding each other sweets Rahul and Riddhima went upstairs to talk privately. Riddhima was telling Rahul about her studies and her dreams for work and such when suddenly they heard a loud crashing sound.
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Anjali, who was 6 months pregnant, was secretly eating sweets in the kitchen when she heard a loud crashing sound in the front yard making her jump. She looked out the window and was shocked to see that a car had crashed into the huge oak tree in their front yard. But the worst part was that she recognized the car. She quickly ran out the front door and saw an angry looking Armaan climb out of his car. His eyes were red and full of rage. It seemed he had banged his head on the steering wheel as his forehead was bleeding. His hand was also bloody indicating he had hurt that too. "Omg Armaan? kya hua? are you okay?"
Armaan didn't listen to Anjali, but only marched passed her walking into the Gupta home. Armaan walked past shashank and Padma who were confused to see him there. They were about to question him, but froze seeing the dead anger in his eyes.
Riddhima ran down the stairs followed by Rahul to see what had happened after hearing the crashing sound. She was stunned to see Armaan coming towards her bleeding. Worried she began going to him, "omg armaan? kya hua? why are you bleeding?" Armaan didn't answer to her and just kept marching towards her. That was when she noticed the angry fury in his eyes. She had never seen that look in Armaan's eyes before and it scared her. Nervous she took a few steps back. "Armaan, yeh kya? why are you so? i mean what happened?"
Armaan just went closer to her closing the distance between them and pulled her waist closer with one hand, and her head with his other. He crushed his lips on hers without any warning. Riddhima was too stunned to respond. Armaan furiously sucked and nibbled on her lips begging her to respond, but riddhima simply tried to back off. He held her head even tighter not allowing her to move. She began hitting his chest in attempts to stop him. Armaan simply removed his hand from his waist and held her arms behind her back. He forcibly made her part her lips with his tongue and began kissing and sucking her juices and exploring every bit of her mouth while she continued to try and get away. She couldn't think. She had no idea what was going on, why he was behaving like this, but she knew it was wrong. She was engaged to Rahul and this whatever it was wasn't acceptable.
Rahul could see that Riddhima was trying to get away, but Armaan wasn't letting her. He came out of his shock and tried to pry armaan off her, but armaan simply shrugged him off without leaving her. Atul took the next go, but nobody could remove Armaan. Sujal and Kashish were even more confused then the others (Who were really confused and shocked) as they had no idea who armaan was!
Riddhima felt armaan pulling something off her hand. It felt like he was removing her ring. She tried to move her hand and stop him, but he was too strong for her. She could make out the clunking sound as her new engagement ring fell on the ground. She then felt something else sliding on her finger.
Riddhima was really confused, but all she knew at this point was she didn't know how much longer she could resist his passionate kiss. Her self control wouldn't last much longer, nor would her breath. She needed him to stop, but how? It had been nearly 10 minutes, but he showed no signs of slowing or stopping. She knew he wouldn't need a breath anytime soon, as he was not only a daily jogger, but also a singer and the combination of both those lung capacities was amazing.
It was as if Armaan had heard her prayer because he soon slowly removed his mouth from hers, still not releasing her. He put his forehead on hers and pecked her lips quickly before she could speak. Then just as she was about to yell at him he said, "tum rahul se shaadi nahin kar rahe ho. i love you aur i can't live without you. Tum sirf mere ho samjhe? bachpan se he you were always mine! only mine! pleasee i know you must feel it too?" Riddhima looked at Armaan with eyes full of tears. If only he had confessed this yesterday, then matters would have been different. She could have told him she loved him too, but now? it was too late.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Rahul, "hm congrats riddhima, lagta hain tumhe tumhara Armaan milgaya, i wonder if this means ki i'll get muskaan too?" Armaan turned to look at rahul confused. "Don't look so confuse Armaan. Actually I love a girl named muskaan, par she well basically hates me! aur I told ridz that. And she told me ki she has always loved you since childhood, par you only take her as a friend and she didn't want to risk your friendship. so we both decided to try and forget our pasts and weave a new life together. start afresh if we could you know? But since its not too late, as we havent married yet, and it turns out you love her too, there is no reason for you both not to be together." Armaan smiled and turned to face riddhima again who was looking down at the ground.
"please basket ek baar kehdo please?" Riddhima looked into his eyes and said "i hate you armaan i hate you" Armaan looked at her with teary eyes and said with a softer tone, "but i love you" She replied in an even softer tone, "i hate you armaan", he matched her near whisper grabbed her shoulders and said, "but i love you." Riddhima finally broke down crying and whispered, "i love you i love you armaan" armaan smiled and hugged her whispering "i love you too basket, i love you too"
Shashank and Padma looked at the duo and smiled. Yes they were confused, but they had always liked Armaan. he was already like a son to them. Sujal and Kashish were just confused at everything, and Anjali was scolding atul for never doing anything romantic like armaan just had.
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the end!
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