Core of My Existence(AR Story)Nextthreadlink150 - Page 22

I feel happy, really happy and satisfied after a long time. As I lean over the bed post with my Basket in my arms ,cuddling me tight and smiling in her sleep. There can be no other sight as beautiful and serene as this ! I am elated , because after so long I got back my Basket ,who had the confidence to achieve the goal she set her eyes on. Even if today she is seeing it through my eyes, am sure our love shall give her the strength to fight and win ,overcome her weakness and become stronger in everyway possible, physically and emotionally. I shall always be with her , not because she needs me ,but because we exist for each other .

"Basket ? Basket ..where are you ? " Armaan called out for her ,because he couldn't find her anywhere ,he instantly got worried ,wondering where she could go ,when he hadn't even settled her on the wheelchair. He went out to the living room and searched her there too , but when he couldn't find her there too he panicked . He was about to turn away , when his eyes fell on her. She looked so beautiful ,wearing his favourite colour 'white' and smiling, so contently ,that it surprised Armaan ,but his heart fluttered with happiness ,and his face too broke into a smile.

He walked towards her silently , smiling all the way as he saw the dimples on her cheeks just deepen ,he wondered what she was smiling at though . Riddhima suddenly felt his arms go around her shoulders ,and her smile grew even bigger with a tint of blush this time .Armaan bent down and kissed her cheek ,"Hey beautiful !! " Riddhima blushed at this endearment and held his hands that were around her , kissing his palms ."Tum yaha ho ,mai tumhe poore ghar mai dhoond raha tha ," he said , "Toh Ms Basket subah subah aapki iss beautiful se smile ka raaz kya hai ?

Armaan teased her ,she smiled back and said " Kyun ab kya hasne ke liye bhi wajah ki zaroorat hai ? " she smiled back "Aur waise bhi tumhare saath jabhi hoti hun khush hoti hun. "Armaan looked at her surprised ,she was the last one to say things like that .He raised his eyes and smirked "Waah waah basket aaj subah subah itna pyar aa raha hai ,raat ko koi romantic film dekhi thi kya ? "Riddhima just scowled at the remark and glared at him. "Armaan ,wow how rude are you ,chodo mujhe ,I don't want to talk to you " Armaan smiled even wider if it was possible ,he was so happy to see his Basket back ,laughing ,smiling and fighting ,he could see the spark back in her, he could see she was hopeful again and this time confident too !

"Riddhimmaaa ,acha baba am sorry na ,' Armaan ran behind her , and he went and knelt in front of her ,he saw her fuming with her arms crossed against her chest ,he couldn't help but smile at that .He chuckled and pulled her cheeks " Basket you are so damn cute , " She got more annoyed and pulled his hands away and continued fuming ,"Mujhe tumse baat nahi karni ,you bully me so much ,ek toh mai tumhe itna bhav de rahi hun ,and you are calling me filmy ." "No Basket I didn't mean it that way ,mai bas surprised tha ,tum kabhi aisee , but am glad and thrilled basket ," he said and then gulped ,he could see she was angry .

She just glared again and looked away .He sighed and then held her face between his palms and made her look at him ,he pouted really cutely and tried again " Sorry na sweetheart I was just teasing you ,ab tumse mazaak nahi karunga toh aur kisse karunga , aur hai kaun mera," and who wouldn't melt at his cute pout and his charming self .She couldn't help giggle ,she just pulled his cheeks and then kissed his forehead and resting her head with his , whispered " I love you Armaan " ,Armaan just needed to hear those three words and his heart beat would rise dangerously ,he smiled contently and replied "I love you too basket ."

Armaan was sitting on the sofa in the balcony with Riddhima sitting in his arms ,she was leaning on his shoulder and he was feeding her and himself breakfast from the plate in his hand which held her too.He kept pushing the hair that spread over her face ,while she just sat there in his arms lazily .Armaan felt immensely satisfied , now that he had succeeded in encouraging her to be more confident for her treatment ,he wanted her to get out of this shell too ,so hesitating a bit he asked her " Basket ? " "Hmm " Mai soch raha tha ,lets go out somewhere today ,you've been home for a long while now ,we'll go out and you'll feel fresh too ." Riddhima looked up at him uncertainly and then again looked away , Armaan understood she felt uncomfortable and very conscious going out .

He held her chin with his thumb and made her look up ,"Riddhima , look at me ," she didn't want to disappoint him but at the same time she felt awkward "Armaan .. mai " she said uncertainly " Basket ,what you think about yourself ,the world thinks of you too ,make yourself stronger ,care a damn about the world ,phir dekhna kaise tumhe sab ki aankhon mai wahi dikhega jo tumhare dil mai hai .If you are confident then the world cant pull you down and your spirits even if they want to . Aur waise bhi Basket what the others say doesn't matter does it ? Hum dono saath honge ,we wont need anything more right ? " He looked at her expectantly.

Riddhima looked up at him smiling and nodded ,he had so much confidence in her ,more then even she had on herself .He though about her every moment of his life ,she would do everything it took to make this confidence he had in her win ,she would be happier and she would try and give up all her insecurities ,for him ."Theek hai Armaan ,tum jaha chahoge hum waha jayenge . " Armaan was surprised to see her relent so quickly but he was glad she did , he wanted her to get out of the four walls she stayed in ,to go out and face the world and become even stronger and even more confident than she was. "Great basket am glad we're going out ,I promise you'll have fun ," Riddhima replied leaning on him " I know I will ."

Armaan picked her and took her in made her settle down ,while he went to remove her clothes .She just looked at him moving around the room getting her things ready,getting her towel, make up kit ,medicines ,oh how she loved him. He removed her dress which was obviously his favourite colour …'sauce wala laal' ,she shook her head at him smiling .After he was done he knelt in front of her and held her hands " Lijiye Madam alls ready ,chalo mai tumhe tayar karta hun ,"Riddhima didn't blush at that ,she would normally take his helP ,she had no choice ,and she didn't feel awkward ,if there was anyone who had this right at her it was him ."Nahi Armaan I'll do it myself ,jao tum bhi tayyar ho jao ," Armaan saw she really wanted to do this herself, he didn't question or say anything further ,kissed her hands blinked his eyes at her and went out of the room shutting it behind him .

Armaan knocked at Riddhima's door ,waiting for her to open ,eager to see her ,it was way beyond the time he could stay without he .He laughed at himself ,it had just been ten minutes though,then called out impatiently " Basket tum tayyar ho ? " "Yeah Armaan andar aa jao " Armaan saw her and just kept staring shamelessly and sighed "Wow," Riddhima glared at him " Armaan mujhe pehli baar dekh rahe ho kya , ".. "Basket tumhe jab bhi dekhta hun lagta am seeing you for the first time ." She spanked him "Armaan now who's being filmy ." Armaan chuckled "Acha ab chale madam ," she nodded and Armaan pulled her chair . Armaan picked her up and put her in the car ,she was about to pull the door shut when he stopped her ," Ek minute basket " he got out the shawl he got for her and wrapped it around her . She was touched at his concern (something she felt each moment of her life ) covering her properly ,he bent to kiss her forehead. They sat in the car together with Armaan holding her one hand and driving from the other.

They were enjoying every bit of the drive with soft romantic playing ,obviously of Riddhima's choice. Armaan looked at her lost in thought and wondered what happened "Kya baat hai Basket ,kya sochne lagi ,you can share everything with me you know ,"she nodded and looked at him uncertainly and spoke "Armaan I feel am wasting my life ,I want to do something more then just sitting around, eating and sleeping ,mujhe kuch karna hai ,I know restrictions hai lekin I still want to ." Armaan was happy hearing that ,she was coming back to being his Basket now ,who saw dreams and wanted to achieve them against all odds ,"Koi restriction nahi hai ,tum sirf ye batao ki tumhe kis cheez mai interest hai ,we'll figure out tum kya kar sakti ho ." "I don't know Armaan ,Doctor banna mera sapna hai ,par abhi we cant do much about it ,but till then I cant just not do anything with my life ,and then you ,I don't even want you to waste yours," "I am not Basket ,and this is not going to be forever when we'll be back to India ,I will pursue my dreams too .And then again mere aur tumhare sapne bhi toh ek hai, dekhne wala ek hai ,par sapne poore toh hum saath mai karenge, so don't worry till we are here we'll find out what we can do ,which is good for us and useful for others too ,and then life will get on once we're back to India ,? " Riddhima looked at him uncertainly " India ? " 'Haan Basket India ( he chuckled ) kyun wapis nahi jana kya ?" She looked at him smiling lightly , but not seeming too happy . Armaan wondered why she reacted to going back this way but didn't ask her because he wanted her to stay happy as she was today and not ruin it by discussing all of this anymore.

They reached the restaurant ,Armaan made her sit comfortably in her wheel chair ,while he checked on everything ,he saw from the corner of his eyes that she was looking around ,very cautious very uncomfortable .It would take her a while to feel calm he thought .He was kneeling in front of her ,when he looked up at her grinning at her, she just smiled fakely ,Armaan held her hands and said " Basket just remember jis nazar se tum khud ko dekhogi ,the worlds going to see you the same way ,tum khud ko meri nazar se dekho ,and don't think about anything else ok ? aur waise bhi tumhe mujhe dekhne se fursat milegi tab toh tum kissi aur ko dekhogi na ," he teased her and she giggled at him ,he always knew how to make her feel better ,even without she telling him about what she was thinking ,he always knew it and she loved that about him ,what did she not love about him anyways .

She was surprised to see that this restaurant had different cubicles for each table, she looked at Armaan surprisingly , her eyes welling at his thoughtfulness , he had done all of this so that she could feel comfortable and didn't lose the time they would spend here in thinking or being disturbed about the world around her. He could see her relax and sighed ,he made her sit comfortably while he sat next to her rather then opposite her ,"Armaan yaha kyun beth rahe ho ,saamne betho," "Basket that's the usual aur mai who nahi karta hun jo sab karte hai ,this way I get to be closer to you ,wahan I cant even do that ,its so formal ," "Armaan yaha log hai woh kya .. ? " .." Log hai jo sab khud yahi kar rahe hai, and don't hit me for that because I know its just your excuse to touch me ."Armaan said smirking at her. Riddhima looked at him with her mouth open and just fumed ,"Wow Basket ,gusse mai kitni hot lagti ho ," Riddhima couldn't just control herself now ,she wanted to hit him hard ,that's all she always did when she got angry and had the urge to blush at his cheesy comments but he had already taunted her about it ,she could see how he was enjoying at her expense ,so she just ignored him . Armaan knew she was angry but he couldn't stay without seeing that cute scowl on her face . Armaan just hugged her from the side holding her tightly, she tried to get out of his hold and kept pushing him away "Chodo mujhe ,get lost Armaan ," she tried to get off his grip even though the close proximity didn't help her much .

Suddenly in between their tustle they heard a baby crying ,as time went by the volume just kept increasing but the crying didn't stop ,Armaan wondered what the matter was and looked out of the cubicle to see a baby sitting there on the restaurant floor crying his eyes out . Armaans heart went out to the baby , he was someone who couldn't see anyone cry and then this was a baby .He saw around and noticed that this baby had probably lost his way ,because he saw no one around looking for it. He left that thought for once and went out to pick up the baby and cuddled him ,rocking him in his arms trying to calm him down ," Sssh baby ,aishe rote nahi hai ," he kissed the baby's head .He called out to the staff there and asked them to find out who his parents were. While they went about doing that he thought he couldn't let the baby just cry he kept trying to console him ," Bash bash baby itna rota hai kya koi ,hmm ,now the baby started hiccupping through his sobs so he took the baby with him in the cubicle ,and went and sat next to Riddhima .

"Arey Armaan whose this kid ,aww he is so cutee," Armaan smiled at her and said "Yeah Basket ,I think he lost his way or just crawled away ,bichara look how he is crying ,he took the glass of water in front of him ,poured half of it in another glass and then took it towards the baby ,who clutched the glass and drank the water thirstily. Armaan smiled looking at the baby now calming down. He kept rubbing his back and after he was done having water he held him closer and then offered him a chocolate on the table ,the baby gave him a toothless smile ,his cheeks still strained with tears, Armaan wiped them off while the kid kept his head on his shoulder ,fiddling with the chocolate, Armaan kept smiling at the baby ,staring at him .Riddhima looked on at both of them ,it was such a serene sight ,her anger long forgotten , she thought about how Armaan found happiness in such small things ,she just found more one reason because of which she loved him so much . Armaan kissed the baby's head and caressed it fondly , while the baby started to whimper again . "Ssshh kya hua ,hmm ." but when the baby still didn't become silent ,he got worried " Armaan mujhe do ,maybe he is just sleepy ."

Riddhima took him in her arms ,hugged him and patted his back humming a little, smiling to herself when she saw the baby calm down and sucking his thumb .The baby then looked at Armaan with sleepy eyes, Armaan smiled and kept his chin on Riddhimas shoulder next to the baby's head caressing his head while Riddhima was stroking his back ,humming. In a while with all the caressing and warmth of all the love being showered on him the baby drifted off to sleep. Armaan ,Riddhima and the baby ,any onlooker would feel they were a family ,and this was what they both felt at the same time ,thinking about the moment between them .They both couldnt help but feel how they would treasure this little moment with them for life ,it had something very beautiful attached to it, probably a dream ,a new hope , a new ray of happiness , a new start.

In a while the parents of the baby came rushing there .They told them how the bbay had just crawled away while playing in the cubicle and they hadn't realized for sometime ,when they did it had probably lost its way . They both thanked AR for taking care of their kid and came forward to take the sleeping baby from Riddhima .Armaan and Riddhima kissed the baby's head together and then smiled at each other ,both of them not wanting to part from him. The parents took away the baby and even the moment both of them had just shared .

Armaan looked over at Riddhima who looked a little gloomy at letting the baby go .Armaan smiled at her innocence and kept his hand around her shoulder and kissed her temple " Its ok Basket ,use toh jaana hi tha ,don't be sad hmm (he sighed) and then smiled remembering the baby ," How cute was he ? bache kitne cute hote haina , so pure,so innocent ,unke saath guzara hua ek lamha bhi kitna special hota hai ."

Riddhima looked at him saying that while he was in a daze looking lost ,smiling dreamily. She didn't know what made her say what she said but probably the yearning in his eyes touched her heart , " Hmm aur ye waqt jab hum dono ki life mai aayega ,toh humari life aaj se bhi kahi zyaada special ho jayegi ." Armaan looked at her shocked at what she had just said, he raised his eyebrows at her surprisingly , "Kyun ? aise kya dekh rahe ho Armaan ,shaadi ke baad bache hona normal hai ,I thought you were faster then that ." Armaans heart thumped hard at what he had heard .Riddhima had not spoken like this about the both of them in long ,Armaan had also stopped talking in those terms with her because he thought she was uncomfortable ,but hearing this from her made him feel on top of the world.

She saw him smile to himself ,she could see how elated he was ,and that's what she wanted to see.He wouldn't always be the one looking out for her ,giving her such pleasant suprises and go out of his way to make her feel so special.And anyways it wasn't as if she didn't want it ,they both would obviously be together , they were ,but they would officially too .They both could see that in each others eyes and didn't need to words to express that !

Armaan just hugged her tightly ,thinking of what she had just said ,weaving a new dream .This afternoon out together had not only given them those special moments , a new dream but also an idea , to distract Riddhima , to make her busy, to fulfill her another dream, yet again . Armaan smiled to himself as he thought of the idea. Riddhima looked at him smiling and raised her eyebrows curiously. Armaan nodded his head and asked ,"Khana khaye ," she smiled and both of them began eating,rather feeding each other ,spent rest of the afternoon teasing ,romancing laughing ,all the pain ,all the sadness forgotten, atleast for now. Living the moment and awaiting their future, where they would be just like they were now, together.

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