Core of My Existence(AR Story)Nextthreadlink150 - Page 57

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Anyways this update is not really a filler, I think its just cute stuff, but I couldnt put in the next bits in this update, they deserved a happy moment before !

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"Armaan stop staring at her all right ,hum yahi hai abhi ," the gang teased him as they were all on the way back home in the mini bus hired by Armaan, who couldn't stop staring at at his Basket , ever since they had both shared that kiss in front of everyone. Riddhima had a glow on her face that Armaan had never seen, he could see the immense amount of happiness in her eyes.

They both had been riding under the guilt of doing this against the wishes of her family and even without informing his parents, but today it all seemed right, like this was what their life needed, this is what they both could ever ask for. Nothing was more right then being together, and if this relation as pure and white as a dove had people standing against it he couldn't care less about it. For both of them each others happiness now mattered more than anyone else.

His thoughts were broken by Muskaans annoying laughter, " Nahi nahi Atul abhi usse jee bhar ke Basket ko dekh lene de phir hum uski Basket ko uske paas jaane de ya nahi , kya pata , aur waise bhi shaadi ke ek din baad ladki apne ghar jaati hai, toh kal Armaan aur Riddhima ka milna not allowed "Muskaan burst a bomb enough for Armaans dream world to come crashing down and his eyes widened in shock , "Ayeee chal chal , ye sab riwaaz toh tab karte agar humne traditional phere ki rasam ki hoti, we've had a church wedding aur aise koi rasam maine nahi suni," Armaan said glaring at her, why on earth would they do this to him that too just on the day of their wedding.

"Oye Hero, U.S aa gaya toh kya India ko bhool jayega , shaadi chahe jaise bhi hui ho rasame sab hongi ,especially ye wali." Armaan looked at her angry and was about to revoke when everyone agreed to them and finalized the plan. Armaan wasn't given a chance to speak because all the others just excitedly starting making plans on how to keep them both away tomorrow. Armaan just pouted and Riddhima who was looking at his cute expressions all the while , couldn't control giggling at his innocence , overcome with love for him she slid her hand in his and kissed him on his shoulder, resting her head there. Armaan looked at her and smiled, and kissed her head lying on his shoulder too. Everyone else who couldn't stop teasing them interrupted yet again much to their annoyance, "Armaan yaar control yourself , ye sab karne ka bhi mauka denge hum tun dono ko " Muskaan said.

Riddhima looked over at the others and finally spoke up "Stop it guys kitna chidaoge usse, stop troubling him ok.. aur waise bhi humari shaadi ho chuki hai, aur tum sab ki nahi hui, so we have more rights to restrict you all then you have on us" Riddhima concluded and looked at Armaan and winked, who was pleasantly surprised but touched at her display of affection.

"Lo bas issi ki kami thi , ab toh Juliet bhi Romeo ki bhasha mai bolne lagi," Muskaan said making the others laugh. The others settled down in ther places intending to give them both some time, they all knew how special this day was for the both, how they had both craved for it and didnt have to the heart to annoy them anymore.

Muskaan went to her place to see Rahul sprawled all over it , sleeping cutely with his hair all over his face . She had one mind to run a hand through them and kiss him with all her love, but she remembered how he had walked out on her when she had begged him not to. He had shown no trust in her love, and ran away at the sight of trouble, showing how he didn't think their relation even had this much strength to overcome what came in their way. She always thought that for both of them being with each other was far more important than anything, but she was wrong, Rahul thought otherwise , for him giving birth to a child mattered more than them being together. His thoughts had hurt her to the extent she couldn't express, he said he was doing this for her, did he even realize how she felt without him by her side ? She had just given up on him but seeing Armaan and Riddhima together, even when the world stood against them, even when there was so much their life had put forward for them to struggle with, bought this hope within her that maybe her love would also stand up for her one day.

Abhi and Nikki had been engaged 4 months back, obviously both were really happy, and all that had happened before was long forgotten. They both dreamt of a beautiful future and even though Abhi had wanted to get married sooner, Niki wanted to wait. She was very attached to Armaan and now even Riddhima , she and Armaan had both been friends all life, and she didn't want to celebrate such an occasion in her life till they were in a happier place, and surprisingly Abhi supported her decision. Even though Armaan and Abhi had a love and hate relation, he respected Armaan way beyond he showed. He respected the love that man carried in his heart for his Riddhima, and for all that he had done for her, he didn't think anyone else could do that .

Atul was a happy man, Anjali and him were both together now, she loved him and his love needed no words. They both had never expressed their love to each other the normal way, they both just knew it. Anjali had loved him from a while now, and hadn't realized it all the time, but the day the shootout happened and all that followed, she realized life was never stable, there was no point wasting time .Every moment in a relation was precious and from then on she had never left a chance to shower her love on Atul.

With all these thoughts , some of hope, bliss, and excitement they all reached home. Armaan yet again carried Riddhima in his arms. When they both reached outside their apartment, he told Rahul to give her the keys while he held her. " Welcome home Mrs Riddhima Armaan Mallik , aaj ye darwaza tum kholo, " Armaan said and saw her face glow with happiness with the way he addressed her and he smiled back feeling the same , realizing how she was his for life now.

They entered in to find the house decorated with red and white flowers , and a huge cake with 'Congratulations Mr and Mrs Mallik' written on it. Armaan was taken aback because even though the decorations were a part of his planning he hadn't remembered ordering for a cake. He took Riddhima and made her sit on the sofa. Settling her there carefully he looked at the others. Nikki smiled at him and said " Armaan ye cake humne mangaya hai, this is just one of the surprises from us tonight ." Armaan smiled at all of them happily, touched. They were all indeed friends for life , a family, and such gestures just expressed the deep love and respect they had for each other.

Abhi and Nikki both came forward to them both and holding their hands together gave their gift to them , Nikki glared at the both just when they were about to start their formalities about how all of this wasn't needed. Armaan giggled and hugged Nikki tightly who went forward and took Riddhima in the hug too. For the first time in history Armaan went ahead and hugged Abhi too who surprisingly didn't squirm either and took Mr Mallik back in a hug, "Thanks Mr Modi" Armaan said softly and Abhi just patted his back saying "Its Abhi for you Armaan, atleast unless you are back on duty." They both chuckled and got out of the hug while all the others looked on smiling.

Atul and Rahul both came forward to congratulate them with their gifts, Rahul looked on hopefully at Muskaan wondering if she would want to give their gifts together, but she just looked away. Rahul sighed and him and Atul both went ahead to hug Armaan and Riddhima. After hugging Riddhima and giving them their gift all the three guys got into a hug. For Armaan both Atul and Rahul were pillars of strength, living away from them hadn't been easy. It wasn't easy seeing Riddhima through all the pain she was going through and many a times he had called them and cried over the phone while they had always encouraged him and cheered him up .

Muskaan came forward and took Riddhima in a hug , whose eyes 'as usual' had tears brimming in them , Riddhima looked at the three of them and Muskaan in her embrace and felt the warmth of love , of a family of well wishers and she knew their wedding was complete, this was the best she could have asked for, and it had been made special by all her friends which were obviously no less then a family and obviously her Armaan who was now truly her only family.

Armaan got out of the hug and said " Guys tum sabko ye karna ki kya zaroorat thi , ye gifts .." but he was interrupted by Muskaan " Oye Hero, bahut ho gaya tera natak , waise toh hum sab family hai na lekin jab gifts lene ki baari aati hai toh itna formal ho jaata hai jaise hum sabko sirf kal se jaanta hai, just shut up and take all if it warna ye cake table par nahi tere muh pe hoga and it will really be a waste because it costed us all a lot," she said with her tone rising with each word and the others laughing at her. Armaan giggled too but just pulled her into a hug " Ok Phoolan devi jaisa aap kahe, " he squeezed her shoulders to tell her how thankful he was that she had come here, and how happy her presence had made the both of them, and she patted his back to tell him how much they all loved them.

"Acha ab bahut ho gaya ye sab, chalo jaldi cake kato mujhe toh bahut bhook lagi hai, " said Muskaan while the others shook their head at her. Nikki pulled the trolly of cake towards where Riddhima was sitting and making Armaan sit besides her signalled them to cut the cake. Armaan and Riddhima both smiled at each other, Armaan gave the knife to Riddhima and he instantly heard a 'Joru ka ghulam' rom Muskaan making both Armaan and Riddhima chuckle . Armaan held onto Riddhima's hand holding the knife and went forward to cut the cake , he picked up a piece of the cake and fed Riddhima lovingly after which kissed her temple and hugged her saying an "I love you " in a whisper.

Riddhima smiled and went forward to feed him cake, but he just stopped her and just licked the cake of his fingers that had fed Riddhima and said " Yummy" and Riddhima just rolled her eyes and gave him a smack on his shoulder, while the others just teased him how he had gone for good now, because he would now be beaten up much more oftenly.

As they all sat down for dinner and Muskaan filled two plates for Armaan and Riddhima, Armaan went forward and just filled one plate for the both and smirked at her surprised expression and said " Tune uss rasam ke bare me suna hai, jab shaadi ke din pati patni ek hi plate se khate hai , usse pyar badta hai , and I favour these kind of rituals more than the one joh mujhe meri hi biwi se ek din ke liye door kare that too right after the day of my wedding, " Armaan concluded and showed her his tongue. He went back to his place next to Riddhima gloating at the way he had shut the chatter box up.

Armaan and Riddhima fed each other like they usually did, but this time it had a new feel to it, a new splurge of happiness. As Armaan fed her another morsel she just kissed his hand , making Armaan smile , he took her in his arms and with her shoulder on his head they both kept feeding each other unmindful of all the teasing going on around them.

The others had planned to go crash in, in their room and to Riddhima's surprise Armaan didn't show any signs of anger or irritation. She looked at him cleaning the hall room of all the mess the others had created , they both had changed into more comfortable clothes, and while Armaan had made her lie down on the sofa he went about cleaning everything, and she sighed at what a perfectionist her Boyfriend… oops Husband was. She couldn't stop blushing at the thought that he was now her husband. She was so lucky to have him and today she was indeed satisfied with her life. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize when Armaan came came and sat next to her.

Armaan looked at his beautiful wife's face, which changed expressions every second, from blushing, to smiling widely and then looking away dreamily , he could see how happy she was. He thanked the almighty for having bought her in his life, indeed life couldn't get better than this.

Riddhima was his angel, his family, his strength, his life, she had taught him how to love, given him so much love herself and he would always be indebted to God for the kindness he had shown by getting Riddhima into his lonely world and completing it for him.

Riddhima got out of her reverie and looked over at Armaan smiling warmly at her. They both just hugged each other tightly not wanting to say anything to the other, just letting this beautiful feeling sink in. Armaan looked over at Riddhima who looked tired, it was too much for her to take in a day, so he picked her yet again and took her towards the balcony.

She was surprised to find a bed there very beautifully decorated like a canopy, their little tent. She looked at him and he nodded at her trying to tell her it was his little surprise for her. He made her settle down and was about to go when she just held his arm, " Armaan please yahi raho na," Armaan smiled and caressing her head affectionately said, "Bas do minute Riddhima, just let me go get you water .. " she stopped him again while he looked at her amused, she nodded her head in a no and raised her arms towards him.

Armaan couldnt help chuckle at his cute Basket, ..his wife and he needed no second invitation , he went to her and hugged her close, keeping his head on her chest, it was where he belonged. She kissed his hair and he looked up at her and kissed her neck. Armaan got up a little and took Riddhima in his arms. He looked at her closely , at how beautiful she was, her face the reflection of her heart. He wanted to express all his love for her today, but he knew they couldn't, and it was okay for him, nothing more was important than the love they shared and the emotions that bonded them .

He could see longing in her eyes too, and he knew she felt the same like him , he bend down and took her into a kiss, his lips prodding hers eagerly , she kissed him back with same fervour, her hands going up to his hair caressing them at his kneck. He pulled her closer and they both kissed each other for long .

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Armaan and Riddhima were cuddling each other close, with Riddhima's head on Armaans. Armaan was caressing her hair, " Armaan, " "Hmm " Armaan kissed her hair, Riddhima looked up at him " Mujhe tumhe kuch dena hai ," Armaan looked at her excitedly "Mujhe? kya ? ," Riddhima giggled at his reaction and pulling his cheeks said , " You are such a baby Armaan, acha waha hall main a ek packet pada hai blue colour ka, woh le aao na please ," Armaan smiled at her excitedly and jumped out of the bed to go get the packet.

He came back looking into it trying to find what it is, as soon as he came near Riddhima she just snatched it out of his hand. Armaan pouted " Basket who mera hai na, " ,Riddhima giggled " Haan hai Armaan but mai tumhe doongi na. " Armaan just smiled and sat next to her waiting eagerly ,Riddhima shook her head at him and put it forward for him and bending down closer to him whispered in his ears," Congratulations on our wedding Armaan, and thanks for being in my life and showering so much love," and kissed his earlobe lightly.

Armaan was so touched at her gesture and then looked at the gift in his hands, looking up excitedly he said " Kholun ? " Riddhima smiled and nodded. Armaan opened the gift to see an I-phone, the one he had been wanting the last few months, but didn't go buy it, only because they were trying to save up for her treatments. Armaan looked up shocked and happy at Riddhima, "OMG Riddhima, I-phone ? ye mai kab se lena chahta tha, how did you know , ye tum kab ? Armaan was so surprised that Riddhima got him this, he couldn't believe she knew when he hadn't even expressed his desire to her.

"Armaan tumhe kaise sab pata chal jata hai , waise mujhe bhi chal gaya, " Armaan was so happy seeing it, he pulled her closer and hugging her from one hand he picked the phone and took a picture of them together, " That's going to be on my display, to remind me how beautiful my life is always going to be," Riddhima giggled and hugged him closer. Armaan kept the phone aside, coming closer he pecked her and whispered a thanks. They were both sitting in silence when Riddhima felt something heavy on her neck, she looked down to see a diamond adorning her kneck, she looked at it surprised and looked over at Armaan beaming with happiness, " Its as beautiful as you isn't it ? Riddhima blushed and surprising him for the zillionth time in the day , leaned over and pecked him to give her reply.

Both were immensely happy and felt content with their life, now they only hoped that they stay together as happy as they are today. Armaan pulled the blanker from below his leg and covered the both of them with it . They were tired but sleep was far away from them, they just wanted to take into the night, share their happiness, celebrate this by just being together.

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"Armaan mai tumhare liye kuch bhi kar sakti hun, and then this is for the both of us, .. lekin Armaan agar aaj mai tumhare liye kuch tumse mangun toh kya tum mujhe doge? " Armaan looked at her with intrigue, " Aaj tak kissi cheez ke liye mana kiya hai jo aaj karunga ? "

Riddhima looked at him seriously, and said " Armaan apne parents se baat karo, mai chahti hun ki unhe humari shaadi ke bare mai pata ho, even though hun dono ne mumma papa ki marzi ki bageir shaadi ki, atleast they know, Billy uncle aur Ananya aunty ko toh kuch pata bhi nahi hai, " Armaan looked at her with a grim expression, and then looked away. Riddhima thought she had hurt him, he had gone through a lot through his childhood, he wasn't probably ready for it but before she could say any further he looked at her and smiled, and nodded in a yes " Theek hai kal phone kardunga hmm ? "

Riddhima just put her head on his chest and caressed him there, touched that he was trying to get over his insecurities just for her. Armaan was reminded about something and even though he didnt want to upset her he looked down at Riddhima and asked her what he was dying to ask her, "Riddhima, kya tumhe apni family ki yaad nahi aa rahi , I mean didn't you miss them here today , you aren't guilty about this na? " Riddhima just looked up at him shocked, where did this come from ? but when he continued to look at her expectantly she knew he wanted to know she sighed , "Armaan ofcourse mujhe unki yaad aa rahi hai, every girl wants her family around on the day of her wedding , but it will be an insult to all the love and happiness showered on me by all our friends, by you,if I say I did .. mujhe jitni khushi aaj hui maybe it wouldn't have been the same with them being here, I wouldn't have enjoyed all of this with the fear of them insulting you and our love at every moment. "

She paused and then spoke again, "Armaan you know mai apni life mai kabhi bhi Papa ke against nahi gayi, I've always been his obedient daughter, I always did what he expected of me and not only because it was my duty but because I love him Armaan, lekin maine apne liye unse sirf ek cheez mangi…… 'tum' .. aur woh mujhe woh bhi nahi de paye," she looked up at him with tears glistening in her eyes, and looking at her Armaan felt guilty for asking her about this. But maybe she just needed to vent it all out. "Armaan maine aisa kya kar diya, that he changed so much , that he went against me to the extent that he didn't let Di come here, or maybe she just didn't want to come herself,.. maine aisa kya kiya that he and mamma both didn't even call me to wish me luck , give us their blessings, kya mai itni buri hun ? Kya mai apni life ka ek decision bhi khud nahi le sakti, don't they trust me enough for it? Ya phir shayad yahi fark hai when its your own daughter and a daughter who has been adopted, " Riddhima said looking defeated.

Armaan immediately held her closer and wiped her tears rolling down her cheeks " Ssshh, bas sweetheart, I am sorry maine tumse ye poocha, it wasn't the right thing to talk about now, I am really sorry, .. and no Riddhima tum galat soch rahi ho, tumhare Papa ne aaj tak kabhi bhi tumhe aur Anjie mai farak nahi kiya, infact he has always favoured you, aisa sochna bhi mat. Mai jaanta you are hurt by his actions, more because you think he hurts me," Riddhima looked at him and glaring at him said " I don't think so Armaan , he does " .. Armaan sighed and nodded" I agree Riddhima, am not a saint, am human, I accept unki baatein mujhe hurt karti hai. I have always wanted him to accept me, and I don't get what holds him back from doing so, but in all of this the one thing am sure about is that he loves you,.. the most. Ye sab who tumhare liye kar rahe hai, but no offence unki zid, unki ego beech mai aagayi hai . He never liked me, and he accepted me under all the pressure initially, but now maybe he just got another reason to justify his initial opinion about me. He cant imagine you going against him and now that you have he feels I have done this to his daughter, changed her into someone he doesn't know," he caressed her hair as she looked at him intently, wondering why her father didn't understand this man who respected her father inspite of all that he told him. "He'll be ok Riddhima, he'll accept our relation, accept us, and please don't ever feel insecure about you being adopted,.. I know how it is to live with this truth , I understand ! But take my word Riddhima no one in this world loves you more than him ." Riddhima just put her finger on his lips and said " I know someone who loves me more than anyone can, and that someone is in my arms right now, he is Armaan Mallik. " she winked at her and he chuckled but winked back at her naughtily.

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wow...

i seriously loved it...

AR FOREVER