MN/AR - O Re Piya.. DISCONTINUED :'( Note at Pg68 - Page 29

For a moment, they forgot about the world. They were lost in each other's eyes. Something suddenly happened. They didn't know what it was and even before they could understand, they were interrupted by the loud bang of the doorway.

"You alright naa?", Mayank concernedly asked and Nupur uncomfortably nodded. Mayank, understanding her discomfort, led her to the parking area and then they set out for Nupur's home.

**

Deep in thoughts, Riddhima was sitting on her bed, hugging her pillow. Unconsciously, she was smiling as Armaan's voice was echoing in her eardrums. Someone except her family had shown this much concern for her and this realization was enough to make her feel better, to make her smile.

"Riddhi!", she heard a worried voice which brought her back to the reality. She was about to get up but was stopped by her darling sister Nupur and her spree of questions.

"Riddhi, yeh chot kaise lagi tujhe?"

"Aab tu kaisi hai?"

"Tujhe jyada dard toh nahi ho raha hai?"

"Tu akeli bahar kyun gayi?"

"Riddhi, main tujhse kuch pooch rahi hu."

On this bunch of questions, Riddhima chuckled. She slammed her palm on her forehead and said teasingly, "Nupur, tu mujhe kuch bolne ka mauka degi, tab main kuch bolungi naa."

"Haan toh bol naa!", Nupur impatiently said and Riddhima, taking a deep breath, explained the whole matter to her.

"Agli bar aise akeli bahar gayi toh bohot pitungi.", Nupur said trying to sound strict and Riddhima burst into laugh. "Tu agar mujhpar haath uthaayegi toh suraj toh pashchim se niklega, for sure!" she said with a confident smile and Nupur helplessly sighed. Riddhima was saying the truth, after all!..

"Haha! Dekha, maine sach kaha naa? Iss liye toh you sighed.", Riddhima said and taking a pause, she continued with a teasing smile, "Anyways, yeh bataa ki Mayank ke saath teri lunch date kaisa raha?"

"Date? Paagal hai kya?", Nupur irritatedly asked. Riddhima giggled and said, "Okay chill. Date nahi, lunch.. Lunch kaisa raha?" "Theek tha.", Nupur plainly replied.

"Bas theek?", Riddhima asked in disbelief and facially expressed a desire as if she wanted to know something more. "Haan! Bas theek.", Nupur plainly replied.

"Oh!", Riddhima sadly exclaimed and heaved a deep sigh. "Why are you sighing like that?", Nupur asked, completely clueless. "Nothing! Tu fresh ho jaa. Phir haldi ki taiyaari bhi toh karni hai.", Riddhima said smilingly and Nupur, agreeing to it, got up to go to the washroom but before entering there, she turned back and said, "Riddhi, Armaan ko ek bar phone karke thanks boldena." Riddhima smilingly nodded.

**

Here, in Sharma Mansion, the preparation for the haldi ceremony was going on a full swing. Mayank entered his home and looked around. For a moment, he wondered if he came in the right place and there he remembered. Today was his Haldi ceremony!..

He asked himself as how he should feel, actually, the main thing was, he was having a mixed of emotions. Everything was going on so much of a roller-coaster speed that he didn't get a chance to think of anything. Sighing over this matter, he made his way to his room.

On stepping inside his room, he saw his best friend Armaan sitting beside the window and thinking about something deeply. He went near him and what he heard from him all of a sudden made him dumbfounded.

"Dude, you are in love with Riddhima?", Mayank stated in disbelief, and Armaan jerked in nervousness. "What? Kya? I mean.. when did I say that?", Armaan asked.

"Tune abhi abhi kaha ki you love Riddhima.", Mayank said firmly. "Maybe unconsciously I said it." thought Armaan. Now he knew that he couldn't hide it anymore and finally he gave up. "Well, pata nahi yaar. Attraction bhi ho sakta hai. Not sure!", Armaan said and frowned.

"Dekh, you know better than me about your feelings, so you gotta figure it out. Waise, main sirf itna hi kahunga ki, just listen to your heart.", Mayank said friendlily placing his arm around Armaan's shoulder, and there Armaan got a chance to tease his workaholic best friend.

"Waah ji waah! Aaj kal badi dil-shil ki baatein ho rahi hai. Chakkar kya hai dude?", Armaan teased Mayank looking at him, and Mayank, glaring him, said, "Armaan, tu bhi naa. I'm just trying to help you out, aur tu hai ki.." "Okay okay! Theek hai. Anyways, yeh bataa ki how was your lunch with Nupur?", Armaan curiously asked.

"Pretty good. Kuch khaas baatein nahi hui, par theek hi hai.", Mayank said in a way as if he expected something more from his meeting with Nupur. "Looks like you were expecting something more, hmm?", Armaan asked in a way of pulling Mayank's leg.

"Well, I really don't know! Lets see. Anyways, main fresh hokar aata hu. Phir haldi ke liye ready bhi toh hona hai.", Mayank plainly said and Armaan smilingly nodded. As Mayank went inside the washroom, Armaan shook his head and sighing, he said, "Bhai! Iss ka kuch nahi ho sakta."

**

Sharma Mansion and Bhushan House were filled with squeals of joy and happiness and the loud noises of the drums and all kinds of wedding songs. In short, every single person was enjoying to the maximum. The mothers couldn't stop dancing and the would-be-wedded couple, just sat in the middle of the hall, making some weird and annoyed expressions, while the women, gathering around, were applying haldi on them. Armaan was suppressing his laugh seeing Mayank's condition and there, Riddhima was smiling and dancing whole-heartedly.

**

"Maa, yeh sab zaruri hai kya?", Mayank asked in annoyance.

"Rasam hai beta!", Shilpa replied and kept on applying haldi on her son.

"Yeh rasam hai ya torture?!", Mayank asked.

"Bro, agar haldi nahi lagaayoge toh sundar kaise lagoge, aur agar sundar nahi lagoge, toh bhabhi aap par fida kaise hogi haan?", Gunjan said teasingly.

"Shut up Gunji!", Mayank said and his annoyance increased more, while the mother-daughter duo were simply enjoying it. After all, these little things in the wedding make it the most memorable days of a lifetime.

"Aur lagaaiye aunty!", Armaan said joyfully and Mayank glared him and murmured, "Tujhe toh main baad mein dekh lunga."

While Armaan was laughing over Mayank's irritation, he felt his phone vibrating, so he went to a corner where the sound was less and there he picked up the call.

"Hello!"

No response! Wondering who the caller was, Armaan said again and this time, confusedly, "Hello!"

No response once again, and suddenly, Armaan smiled, realizing who SHE was!..

"Riddhima, is that you?", he asked softly.

"How did you know?", Riddhima asked in confusion.

"I just felt!", Armaan replied with a dreamy smile.

Riddhima could feel her lips curving into a full-of-blush smile. "Thanks!", she said sweetly.

"Kyun?", Armaan asked.

"For helping me, for making me feel better. For being there for me!", Riddhima replied gratefully.

"Well, as a friend, it was my duty, so no need to say thanks.", Armaan affectionately said.

"Phir bhi, I'd be happy if you'd accept my thanks."

"Okay, then! For your happiness, you are most welcome."

Riddhima smiled from ear-to-ear, so did Armaan. They were silent, but even in their silence, they were having a heart-to-heart conversation and what language it was on, no one could ever understand.

After a while, Armaan asked, "Tumhari chot kaisi hai?"

"Abhi kaafi theek hai.", Riddhima casually replied.

"Sounds good! Anyways, sorry but I gotta go. Shilpa aunty bula rahi hai."

"Theek hai. See ya and enjoy."

"You too and take care. Aur haan, dubara akele bahar mat jana."

Riddhima laughed a little. "Nahi jayungi. Bye!"

"Bye!"

Smiling, Armaan hung up the phone.

Attraction or love? Hmm.. attraction? Naah!

Love? Umm.. Yeah!

But how? I mean, in just 2 meetings?

So what? Love can happen anytime, anywhere.

Yeah right but this happen in films. In real life, umm.. forget it!

It's love!

Just attraction!

Love!

Attraction!

Love!

Ugh! I don't know! Tired of being confused and baffled, Armaan went back to the celebration.

**

Annoyed, irritated and almost about to blast - perfect to describe what Mayank was feeling right at that moment. Dude! Getting married was okay, but was this haldi necessary? It's good to apply haldi on girls but guys? Damnit! It just makes a guy feel so helpless! Mayank was only allowed to think all these but he wasn't allowed to get up, not even for a single second. He was feeling like to blast a bomb on each of the women's head who were weirdly giggling and applying the so-called haldi on him and those comments.. Ugh!..

"Mayank bada sundar lagega ji!" Huh! As if I'm not handsome now? Nupur will accept me the way I am, so why this haldi lagana and all?

In the midst of all these, suddenly Mayank's phone beeped flashing - 1 new text message and somehow, managing to open it secretly, anger and furiousness took over his annoyance! "Ria?!!?!", he exclaimed and gritted his teeth.

**

Though Nupur was feeling equally annoyed as Mayank, she managed to keep a smile on her face seeing the two dearest people of her life, her mum and her sister happy. That was all she needed and wanted.

"Nupur sach mein bohot soni lag rahi hai. Tera dulha toh pura lattoo ho jayega.", a woman, giggling, said and Nupur didn't know how she should react on it. For a second, she was angry, but the next moment, she blushed. Ugh! So much confusion! At first, I need to decide if this marriage is actually a compromise or its getting something more than that!

Nupur's thinking session was interrupted when she saw her mom going inside the room so suddenly and wondering what the matter was, she followed her, obviously by making some excuse.

Peeking inside her mom's room, she was dumbstruck to see her angrily talking with someone on the phone. "Damn Sudhir! It's your daughter's wedding and you are hell onto ruining it? How can you even think of that? What's your problem? Maine kaha naa ki I'll return your money soon! Just give me some days" As each of the words collided with Nupur's eardrums, she felt numb and tears slowly flowed from her eyes.

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Promo of Chapter 8:

"Armaan, Ria is back!"

"Kya?"

"Haan!"

"But after such a long time? How?"

"I have no clue and she said that.. woh mujhse milna chahti hai."

"Mayank, tu bohot aage aa chuka hai, now you can't back off."

"But dude, no matter how hard I try to be angry on her, I still love her!"

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"Maa, I swear that I won't get married until I clear all the debts of that so-called man, who is unfortunately my father and who is more concerned about his money than his own daughter!"

"Nupur, please don't do that, beta."

"It's my final decision, Maa!"

"The amount is huge."

"I don't care! Until I return all his money, this marriage won't take place."

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So folks! Finally after a long wait, I updated and here comes the twists. I know all of you are ready to beat me up, but guys, agar twists naa ho toh mazaa kaisa? Am I right? Wondering how will the marriage take place? Stay tuned! 😉

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