AR OS|Love-Unrequited or Not?|PartC|pg11|03/06/11 - Page 7

aww!! cute confesion...now im wondering wat the "if" is all about =D

ahhh that was too good...plz post part C very very soon! don't make us wait too long! thanks for the PM and the update!

Part 3

Flashback (Armaan's POV)

I was walking along the corridor when you came crashing into me...

"Hey Ridz! Why are you running like that?"

"Armaan! I have to hand in my assignment and there's only ten minutes till the deadline!"

"Ok, hurry up! Don't get in trouble with Princy this time!"

"It's Principal! If I hand it in late this time, I'm grounded for sure!"and you immediately ran off to give in your assignment.

As I watched you run, I remembered how afraid you were of the principal. Well, who wouldn't be if the principal was your own dad! Your father has got to be one of the strictest men I had met both as a father and as a principal. But never in my wildest dreamshad I thought that he would become the villain of my love story too.

I shrugged and headed for the canteen to grab myself a snack. There I saw Priya along with her boyfriend. I was in the least bothered. She had rejected me 6 months back and I never seemed to bother about her ever since. I had realised over the last few months that what I had for her was just infatuation. A few moments later you entered the canteen with a look of annoyance on your face.

"What's wrong Ridz?" I asked amused by her facial expressions.

"I was called by dad on the way here. He told me that next week, I am going to my cousin's wedding! That too for five days!"

"That's great! Why are you upset? You get to miss the boring lectures and all!"

"Well, that's what I thought but then he said that I would have to attend extra classes when I get back to catch up on what I missed!"

"Then say that you don't want to go!"

"I did but he then said that he wouldn't have told me to go in the first place if it wasn't important!"

"That's annoying! Have fun anyway!"

"Hmm, I guess..."

It's been 2 days since you left and things didn't seem to feel right. I realised that I had missed you ' more than I had imagined. I knew I would miss you but never really thought that it would leave a huge impact on me. As I started to miss you more and more, I began to question myself about my feelings for you. Was it just friendship? Or was it more than that? Maybe...love?

You arrived a few days later and I was still questioning my feelings for you. After I had laid my eyes on you post a separation of five days, all I had wanted to do was to hug you. You have no idea how strong that urge was. But I controlled myself because you would have thought I had gone mad if I hugged you then.

Days passed and I had started looking at you in a different light. I noticed you more. True, I was always your best friend but before I never used to spend hours during lectures just staring at you. Weird feelings had also started arousing within me and I couldn't give them a name.

One particular day, as a gang we all went to the cinema. We arrived there quite early and you suddenly announced that you had left your purse at home and you immediately ran off on your bike to get it. I wanted to come with you but you didn't let us reply. 20 minutes had past and you still hadn't arrived despite the fact that your house was just a few streets away. I started to panic but I tried my hardest not to show it. The film was about to start and I offered to stand outside and wait for you. After about 10 minutes you came but you had a weak smile on your face. I was confused. It was only when I saw your hand that I realised. It was bleeding and that too quite heavily. Tears started to form at the back of my eyes. I never cried for something like this before but seeing you like that made me upset.

"Riddhima! What happened?"

"Oh, that! Its just a small scratch! I fell off my bike on the way here!"

"Riddhima! How many times have I told you not to speed on your bike! Its bleeding! Come on! Let's go to the hospital!"

"No, Armaan! It's OK..."

"I wasn't asking for your opinion!" and I glared at you feeling annoyed that you didn't understand.

That night I couldn't sleep. All I could think about was you. When I took you to the hospital, you were bandaged and told to rest saying that it would heal within a few days. Despite that, I couldn't help it but still worry. Why was that? Then I went back to the thoughts I had a few days ago. Is this really love? Then your image came flashing to my mind ' your smile, the way you talk, your actions ' everything about you made me smile. Then I thought about all the times we were together and thinking about all those small things made my heart flutter in happiness knowing that I'm your best friend and that I am one of your main priorities. Then I thought about the time you were away and about how I felt when you got hurt. You don't know how upset those incidents made me feel. Then I knew it ' I was in love with you.

After that, I still couldn't fall asleep. I spent the rest of the night trying to let the fact sink into my slow brain. The fact that I'm in love and that too with my best friend. The next day, I went to college with a huge smile on my face. Now that I knew that I was in love, I couldn't wait to tell the whole world. I felt like a kid again. I headed straight for the canteen knowing very well that you would be there. And that was confirmed when I saw you chatting to our friends animatedly at our table. As soon as you saw me, you came running towards excitedly and you hugged me.

"What happened? Why are you excited?"

"Armaan! I got selected to go to that university I wanted to go to!"

"The university your dad wanted you to go to?" I asked hoping that you would say no.

"Yeah! Isn't that great?!" You replied excitedly before running off to share the news with another friend.

I should be happy for you but I wasn't. Reason? You were going abroad. And that too for a course that lasted 3 years. My happiness was washed down the drain within seconds. Remember me saying that your father was the villain of my love story? Well wasn't he the one that was persuading you to go for this course abroad for ages? He even persuaded me to talk to you about it as he knew that I would be able to convince you!

When you told me that you got selected the first thing that came to me was anger. Anger for your father because he was the reason for me being away from you. But gone. And now when I saw your excitement, I couldn't tell you how I felt so I pretended that I was happy. Not that I wasn't. I was but I would have been even happier if you were not going away from me.

I walked out of the canteen still in my thoughts. I didn't know if I should confess my feelings to you. Ever since I heard the news of you going abroad, a new fear formed within me. The fear of rejection. True, I had been through it once but that time it wasn't even love. It was just infatuation. But this time I was sure that I wouldn't be able to handle it. By now I had fallen head over heels in love with you. Even if you did love me back, it would mean that you will probably not leave to go abroad for studies. Though I was selfish enough to want to have you by my side, I wasn't selfish enough to break your dreams. The image of you excitedly telling me the news was still afresh in my mind.

So I never told you and kept my feelings buried deep within me. If anyone asked me when I will get married, I would reply to them by saying, "If in one day, one hour, one minute, I don't think about her, then I'll think about marriage..." Everyone would think I was talking about Priya but it was you. It was always you. I was just too slow to realise it. Only when I was on the verge of losing you did I realise it.

No one else knew about my love for you except for Rahul and Atul. They were my best friends so I couldn't hide it from them. They could see right through me. Apparently it was obvious. Yet, why couldn't you see it?

Flashback End

"Well, you couldn't see it either Armaan..."

"When did you fall in love with me?"

"When you were running behind Priya..."

"Oooh...someone was jealous!"

"Shut up Armaan!" I said hugging him tight to avoid any more teasing.

"I love you, Riddhima..."

"I love you too Armaan..."

I knew this was where I wanted to be. I am glad that I had decided to confront my feelings. If I hadn't, we would have both spent our whole lives thinking that our love for each other was unrequited when it was indeed requited...

The End

Res =D

Wow awesome

aww cute! great job on the os!

It was indeed b'ful!
Armaan bhi na!
Amazingly written

awesome part
thanks for the pm

beautifully written...i loved it to d core.keep up d good work