AR OS and drabble gallery: New SS-THE CURSE : PART 2 UPDATED-PMs LATER - Page 43

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Awsm one really.
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Originally posted by: teenorchid

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happy birthday ayushi

WOW That was an utterly butterly delicious cute os

Arima...

Note: I know all of you want to kill me ki jo chalu hai vo stories toh complete ho nahi rahi mujhse aur ab yeh kya naya. But to be honest I am pretty much late in posting it since it was supposed to be a birthday surprise for some one, that someone I am sure most of you might guess by the end of the part. 😳
But then as they say "Better late than never." SO now I am posting it here and hopefully I will finish it off before its time for her next birthday! 😆
Okay enough of me now you guys can carry on reading and let me know how you all liked it.
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PANGS OF DESPISED LOVE

PRESENT:

Armaan caressed his mother's forehead who was in her deep sleep since hours and hours. She looked so pale; no movements no reactions. She just lay there with machines and wires attached to her body. Planting a kiss on her forehead he turned to find another face sitting on the other end in a not-so-comfortable position. His heart for a minute went out to her and she looked equally worn out as she slept; but soon memories flooded his conscious and emotions died. Getting off the bed he strode towards his room thinking about the recent changes. Entering his room as he sat down; shutting his eyes, relaxing his muscles but the wedding ring once again flashed in front of him and he lost his just gained relief in a snap.
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Flashback:

He let the adamant piece of fabric away from his face to see that angelic face glowing with a shy smile putting every other beauty on earth to shame. She was an epitome of beauty, a perfect example of God's best creations.

Snapping out of his wonderland he wiped his smile as she cleared her throat pointing towards the fabric still in his hand. He realized the winds had carried along her dupatta to him and he delicately as if not to hurt the dupatta in anyway; held it up and handed it over to her... That was RIDDHIMA. The girl he had met just a few days ago but his mom had already accepted her as her daughter-in-law! Reason you ask... well our Mallik boy might be too proud to accept the fact; but Ananya (his mother) had already read the love in his eyes.
Riddhima grabbed her dupatta when unintentionally their hands brushed and instantly their eyes met. But before they could drown into an eyelock they heard a sweet voice from behind grabbing their immediate attention;
Aachu... yaar Riddhima tum ho gayi na ready? Chale hum?...

Armaan rolled his eyes seeing her sneeze once again as she finished;
"Uff... Taaniii... kitna cheenkti rehti hai tu? Mujhe toh lagta hai Riddhima ne apne profession ka sabse jyaada istamaal tere upar hi kiya hoga."

"Haww... shut up Armaan. Vo toh bas kal chaata lena bhul gayi thi is liye..."

"Ya right; for the first time nahi?"
He smirked at her and she just passed a silly grin guilty as charged! That was her habit after all and he knew it pretty well. She; Miss. Tanishka Malhotra; was his best friend who happened to be staying under the same roof; i.e Mallik mansion; for her studies while her family resided in Delhi. So he definitely knew her too well! And these days he was too thankful to have her in life. Reason being...since she was a little careless regarding her health; but thanks to this carelessness did they meet Riddhima; Dr.Riddhima Gupta who by now was a very good friend of hers. And something very special for Armaan.

"Armaan tumhari chot kaisi hai ab? Dard toh nahi hai na?"

"Chot?"
Armaan looked perplexed for a minute but as she frowned at him he remembered his mini accident from last week that gave him that bruise over his forehead.
"Oh haan... vo toh ab theek hai. It doesn't rea..."
His words stuck in his throat as she took quick steps to examine his wound brushing his fringes off his forehead. Unknown to him his eyes already dropped shut; while his senses got busy enjoying her tantalizing fragrance. Riddhima slowly peeled the dressing tape from one end and observed his wound closely unaware of the turmoil she arose in him.

"Hmm... it's almost healed. Bas kal ek aur baar dressing change karva lena and I guess it will be all okay in 2 days."
The doctor in her kicked in as she suggested and then turned to Ananya who had just entered;
"Hello Aunty kaisi hai aap?"

"Main bilkul theek hu beta tum kaisi ho? Aur peechle do din se sikhi nahi yaha?"

"Vo kya hai na Aunty, doctors logon ke ghar kam jaaye toh hi acha na!"
Everybody chuckled at her words while Ananya patted her head.

"Haan toh doctor banke mat aaya karo; meri beti banke toh aa hi sakti ho na!"

"Aww... jaroor aunty. Aapse toh main kabhi bhi milne ke liye tayaar hu. Vo toh bas kaam mein thodi busy ho gayi thi na is liye. Aaj aapki is pyaari Tani ko hi dekhne aa gayi; vapas sardi jo ho gayi hai madam ko toh I thought khud hi check up karne aa jati hu; kyunki ye toh aane se rahi!"

Tanishka who was listening to all this quietly all the while pouted as they got busy pulling her leg;
"Haan haan bas chalo ab; isse pehle ki ek aur "tests karvalo" ka suggestion aaye"
Tani dragged Riddhima along leaving all the others chuckling behind.
"Annie aunty main Riddhima ko drop karne ja rahi hu vohi se college chali jaungi. Byeee... bye Ammy!!"

Ananya smiled at the duo and it grew wider as she turned; her son looked too busy watching HER walk away with Tani. And her eyes definitely read everything between the lines as she saw that calm smile over his face which very well reached his eyes.
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Present:
Walking down the stairs exhausted due to lack of sleep ; he made his way to the breakfast table and again came face to face with HER. Her presence did nothing but added onto his restlessness but taking it as his fate here after he settled on his chair quietly. Billy (his father) greeted him and both started their breakfast. 3 members of the family settled on the table and the maids busy in their own work; all the errands running as usual but an unusual silence prevailed. Getting done with their breakfast which was just a formality these days; Billy headed to their room to check over Ananya while Armaan picked his blazer to get going.
"Suniye..."

That same sweet calm voice hit his ears and he stopped in his tracks. Involuntarily his nerves tightened as he turned on his heels to listen to what his WIFE had to say.
"Aaj aap... thoda jaldi aa sake toh... acha ho---- "

He cut her with an exact contrasting tone; "Kis khushi mein?"

"Vr...vrat hai mera. Toh jab tak aap nahi..."

"Ohh really? That's great! Ab agar tumhari bakwaas ho gayi ho toh excuse me; late ho raha hu main!"

Riddhima Mallik; his wife stood still trying to gather herself as he snapped and turned to leave but stopped after two steps. Just turning his neck sideways not wanting to face her again he spat with same anger constant in his voice;
"Aur haan ek aur baat; I hate it jab log bina baat bahar jaate waqt mujhe toke; so next time do not stop me for such petty senseless issues."

He walked out on her crushing every hope that she held breaking her heart into another zillion pieces. Riddhima smiled at her stupid attempt and quietly cleared her tears; nobody cared of them. As if on a cue; she heard a voice from behind who reminded her that she was wrong. There were people around who genuinely did care for her; and she turned around with a bright smile.
"Hey Doc; aaj naashte mein kya hai? Bohot bhook lagi hai!"

"I am not answering that; jo bhi hai you are not leaving till you finish your breakfast!"

"Uff... tum na meri Mom se jyaada baatein na kiya karo; fir aise khane mein hukum chalane lagti ho mujhpe! Main toh theek se hi khaati hu pata nahi sab kyu haath dhoke mere peeche pade hote ho?"

"Ya right; we love irritating you; don't you know!"

"Bilkul; finally it's out from the horse's mouth!"
Riddhima rolled her eyes and the next minute both the girls burst into fits of laughter.

"Tani... tu na kabhi nahi sudhar sakti. Ruk do minute main abhi naashta lagvati hu. Aur haan Armaan ko aaj jaldi jana tha toh tu dusri car leke chali jana ok?"

"Hmm cool; you had your breakfast?"

"Umm... nahi mera vrat hai!"
Riddhima's voice sobered as she placed the plate in front of her and Tani looked up at her. She remembered it was her first fast which they spoke about yesterday and Armaan was supposed to break it for her.

"Toh baat ki Ammy se? Kya kaha usne?"

"Vo...maine bataya unhe; par vo... matlab bohot kaam hai na unhe. Toh agar he gets done early; toh aa jayenge! Tu... umm tu nashta kar main abhi aati hu."
Riddhima ended the discussion as she knew Tanishka must have already judged the real situation; but she did not wish to talk about it so she got away.
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"Acha main call toh kar leti hu na par."

"Nahi Tani... you know he won't like it! Main ruk jaungi; unhe jab aana hoga vo aa jayenge."

"But it's already 11! Tujhe bhook..."

"Exactly my point Tani; itni raat ho gayi hai tujhe so jana chahiye. Vo aa jayenge jaldi hi tu tension mat le."
Staying adamant at her point she got up as Tani glared at her for not paying heed to her words; but her vision blurred and the next minute she lost her conscious. Before Tani could react Riddhima had blacked out and was about to collapse when just in time entered Armaan; and unwillingly though; but held her before she hit the ground.
Frowning hard at her; he placed her down on the couch and moved away as holding her with care was the last thing he wished to do. But unfortunately or so he hadn't yet turned out to be complete inhumane to let her be. Tani's sighed in relief as he arrived but an unconscious Riddhima worried her to no ends.
"Riddhima...Riddhima...please get up!"
Tani tapped her cheek trying her best to wake her but nothing worked. She grabbed the glass and sprinkled some water but still no movement. She panicked as hell and turned to him for help;
"Ammy dekh na ise ye uth..."
Her words disappeared in thin air as she saw him walking upstairs least bothered of the situation. Stunned by how ruthless he had turned; she simply shook her head and got back to her work. After a few minutes as she sprinkled some more water and shook her; Riddhima finally showed some movement and Tani heaved a sigh of relief. Helping her sit up; she forcefully made her drink some water and thrusted a plate full of food in her hands.
"Just eat... apna vrat khol lo; Armaan ghar aa gaya hai apne kamre mein hai, and we both know that idiot is not going to break your fast so just forget the jerk. Aur khabar daar jo us gadhe ki vajah se bhuke peth so gayi toh. I am going and talking to that jerk; by the time I come back tum ye kha lena samjhi; aur kisi ke liye nahi toh Annie aunty ke liye hi kha lo!"
Riddhima somehow gave up and nodded her head at her last words.
"Par Tani tum please ab Armaan se kuch mat kaho."

"Whyyy? Of course main kahungi. What does he think of himself? Jo bhi hua ho; he can't ignore you like this. Tum din bhar yaha uske liye bhuki baithi rahi; chakkar kha ke gir gayi aur vo..."

"Tani please..."

"Nahi main..."

"Tumhe meri kasam hai Tani; you won't say a word to him!"

Tani gasped as she was trapped. She pouted and turned around completely upset at both her friends. Yes she was Armaan's best friend and knew him since years; but Riddhima was equally important to her. She loved them equally and at this phase of life she couldn't understand how was she supposed to set things right; but she HAD to.

"Acha ab upset mat ho na... I..."

"You just finish your food and go to sleep. Good night!"

Riddhima shook her head and smiled as she walked away huffing in anger.
"Noora..."
She called out for her maid and instructed her to serve Armaan's dinner in his room.

Unknown to all of them; a pair of eyes had watched everything. He noticed her closing her eyes after she made sure that Noora got Armaan's plate ready and started with her dinner after finishing her prayer. His jaws tightened at the sight of her and he quietly moved back into his room.
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Armaan sat by Ananya's side when Tani entered the room.
"Teri coffee tayyar hai bahar aa ke pee le; Aunty ke sponge bath ka waqt ho gaya hai."
The tone she used was enough to let him know she was highly upset with him. He thought of talking to her but noticed Riddhima walk in with a towel in her hand so he walked out. But the minute Tani walked out of the room he grabbed the opportunity;
"Heyy... tu hai kaha subah se? Aur mujhse baat kyun nahi kar rahi? Subah college ke liye bhi khud se nikal gayi; mera wait bhi nahi kiya."

"Tera wait kyu karne lagi main? Tut oh apne kaamo mein busy hai na; aaj kal fursat kaha hai tere paas kisi ke liye!"

"Ais kyu bol rahi hai tu... maine kya kiya?"

"Tune kya kiya? As if you don't know kal tune kya kiya!"

"No I don't."

"Armaan what's wrong with you? Tu itna kabse badal gaya? Tu achi tarah se jaanta hai main kis baarein main baat kar rahi hu!"

"See I did nothing alright! And tu mujhse upset kyu hai; I thought tu meri dost hai mujhe samjhegi par..."

"Shut up Armaan. When did you turn so heartless dude? Vo bechari kal poora din bhuki thi tere liye aur tu..."

"I did not make her fast God damn it. It was her wish!"
He turned around completely furious as she blamed him.

"So? She wished to fast for you toh ye tera farz nahi banta ki tu waqt par aake uska vrat tode?"

"You know I don't believe in all this stu--"

"You don't believe in it or you did not wish to care about it!"
He stayed mum as he had nothing in his defence and that is when she turned him around;
"Look Armaan I know it's your personal life; and I have no clue what suddenly went wrong between you guys. But all I know is Riddhima is not a person who would hurt someone intentionally; and deep down you too agree with this fact but God knows why you don't wish to come to terms with it."

"You just don't get it; do you? I do not enjoy to treat her that way Tani... but I can't help it. Especially after whatever she did..."

"Stop saying that. Tune kabhi usse baat bhi ki hai is baarein mein. You don't even know what exactly had happened; why do you simply keep blaming her?"

"Because everything is just so clear Tani. Just because she's saying ki uski galti nahi hai; things don't turn out that way and..."
Their heated conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Excuse me... umm... can I meet Dr.Riddhima.Mallik?"

Armaan looked at the guy standing at their door step and frowned;
"Aap kaun?"

"I am Dr.Nikhil Suri. Mujhe Riddhima ne bulaya tha to..."

"Hey Nikhil!"
All the heads turned towards Riddhima as she walked out towards Nikhil. She escorted him inside the house asking him about his sudden presence and then introduced him;
"Armaan ye Nikhil hai... umm he's my collegue. Actually maine Mo...I mean... Ananya aunty ke reports dikhaye the ise. He wanted to do a thorough check up so that kuch solution nikala jaaye. Isi liye maine..."

Armaan instantly spoke through his gritted teeth absolutely unhappy by her all-by-herself decision;
"Why didn't you bother telling me before? How can..."

"Armaan actually..."
Nikhil tried to speak up for her seeing Armaan a little upset by his arrival but Armaan snapped at him.

"It's Mr.Armaan.Mallik!"

Nikhil frowned at his attitude but nonetheless replied in a calm tone;
"Well Mr.Mallik it's not her fault. I saw the reports just this morning aur maine Riddhima se kaha tha main try karunga ki aakar ek baar Mrs.Mallik ko check kar lu; par ye nahi bataya tha ki aaj hi aaunga. It happened so ki main yaha paas mein aaya tha toh socha dekh lu aakar; but... if you have a problem then... it's alright main..."

Riddhima instantly cut him;
"Nahi Nikhil tum..."
but soon she realized she wasn't the one to decide things for Armaan or Ananya; but she also knew that it was for her good so she quietly approached Armaan.
"Armaan do minute ke liye meri baat sun leejiye..."

As expected he was about to retort when she stepped forward and requested in a softest tone she could manage; "Please... bas do minute."

Tani turned towards him with a raised brow and gave him a Atleast-hear-her-out look so he thought of giving in and quietly moved away to a corner with her.
"Armaan main jaanti hu ki I should not decide things on my own; par jaise ki Nikhil ne bataya mujhe nahi pata tha vo aaj hi aa jayega is liye baat nahi kar paayi aapse. Aap ko vaise bhi ye manjoor nahi ki main Mom ko..." his one glare and she unwillingly changed her words;
"I mean... Ananya aunty ko treat kar rahi hu. You wanted the best for her; so trust me Nikhil bohot acha doctor hai. Vaise toh young hai par kaafi sare complicated cases handle kar chuka hai. And he thinks there's still scope so please use ek baar check up kar lene dee jiye. Vaise bhi aap toh yahi hai; aapke saamne hi sab ho raha hai so... "

"Trust ki baat toh tum na hi karo toh acha hoga Riddhima..." he glanced back at Nikhil and sighed; "Fine... I guess if he has some hopes; toh theek hai vo Mom ka check up kar sakta hai!"

Riddhima smiled as she was too grateful that he gave in and instantly thanked him;
"Thanks Armaan it re..."
but he simply rolled his eyes and walked away crushing her gratitude right under his feet! She once again broke; but holding herself up again she followed them to Ananya's room.
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Check up was done and Nikhil was very much positive of her recovery which gave a ray of hope to Armaan.
"Look Mr.Mallik I really think it's possible that she might be all okay soon. Riddhima knows what's best for her and she has done her part of job really well; bas unke response ki der hai ab. Aise cases mein usually patient ki heart condition stable ho ye dekhna bohot jaruri hai; and unka heart bilkul achi condition mein hai. Unki baki ki health status theek hi hai; but she needs to lapse out of coma jo kisike bhi haath mein nahi hota. But considering ki unke baki ke organs normally chal rahe hai toh she just needs a push I guess. Aap unse baatein karte rahiye; she can hear and feel everything around her. Ek koshish unki taraf se bhi jaroori hai ki vo koi reaction de sake; par uske liye aap apni taraf se jo ho sakta hai; jitna time aap unke saath de sakte hai deejiye. Aap unki family hai; aapki kisi baat pe vo kabhi na kabhi react karne ki koshish jaroor karengi and I hope that would be soon!"

Armaan thanked Nikhil and also apologized for the earlier behaviour while Nikhil had simply smiled and let it go. He had a slight idea of Armaan's temperament through Riddhima and being a doctor he had a practice of being always calm and composed. He allowed Nikhil to keep on monitoring Ananya and as instructed had also tried to be with her as much as possible; but things between him and Riddhima did not change. Yes she did get Nikhil to treat her which was a very thoughtful thing to do; but it wasn't something that could melt him or change his opinions about her.
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Days flew by and Ananya's condition was slowly improving. Her body had started reacting in a positive way to the treatment and Nikhil was positive that it would be soon that she would come out of her deep sleep. Riddhima had left no stones unturned in serving her; she took care of her day in and day out but of course as per Armaan's instructions she was always accompanied by a nurse.

Riddhima sat drowned in reminiscing the good old days; her delicate fingers ran over their only happy snap which held his dimpled smile and that naughty shine of his eyes that now rested only in frames. He had lost all of it; or to put it in other words; she had snatched it away. A lone tear settled against the corner of the picture as she saw his hand that rested against her waist so authoratively while both were busy staring into each other's eyes. She turned nostalgic remembering the amount of love his eyes held for her then.

Those golden moments had faded when he would look at her as if nothing else mattered; held her like some pretty delicate flower. Their engagement evening flashed in front of her; the night when they had created a new emotional bond; when they had finally spent some time as a couple.

FLASHBACK:
Away from the crowd, far from all the noise, enjoying the calm night she sat oblivious to everything around. But she seemed pretty busy... staring down at the beautiful stone that rested against her ring finger. Without her knowing he finally decided to stop observing her; that he was busy doing past 5 min. and settled beside her on the elegant oak bench which was quite wide; but as she noticed him besides her the length suddenly seemed too short. Maybe; the distances grew shorter!
The ring lost her attention and she slowly shifted a little making some distance between them. Her move brought back his smile and he lightly held her hand and she shivered for a moment before letting her hand easy into his hold.
Yaha kya kar rahi ho; vaha andar sab tumhe dhund rahe hai.

Riddhima looked up at him; his eyes held a shine she couldn't take her eyes off of. But distracting herself she looked away;
"Bas sab nikal rahe the aur function bhi khatam ho chuka tha toh socha kuch der khuli hawa mein baithne aa jau; vaise bhi vaha itne log itna shor tha toh..."

"Ohh...so I hope I did not interrupt your "ME" time?"

"You actually did..."; their eyes met and she never knew when and how but the followed words left her mouth surprising him and her at the same time; "But I guess I don't mind!"
Some countable words uttered; volumes silently exchanged through their eyes and smile slowly made way on their lips. Neither of them felt the need of giving voice to the surging feelings; without expressing much their hearts understood lot more than the said words and they enjoyed this silent conversation of their hearts. His fingers slowly intertwined hers and he gazed down at their rings; smiled to himself and got busy in admiring the star studded sky. But her eyes never budged to look away until his other hand circled her shoulder pulling her closer and rubbing her arms providing her with the much needed warmth. That is when she noticed it was chilly and the goosebumps covering her skin started settling at his touch. She let hear head down on his shoulder and it felt so right; somewhere she belonged to and as on a cue his hold grew tight. Trying to unleash and strengthen the just found bond and comfort; they sat in each other's embrace talking about anything and everything until their friends thought of interrupting them to take their leave for the day.
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awsom really u r too good thanks for pm

awesome start

Yes even I hope u finish it before "her" next birthday, haina ? Hahaa jokes apart...I really loved it and once agin thank u so much...the start itself was so intruding that I can't even wait to read FURTHER :p I hope Armaan starts treating Ridhima properly cuz if not I will kill him :p Vaisa Na my fav character is Tanishka...:p she is like too good Nahi :p...thank you and love u