PART 6
Armaan and Ridz both stopped running,when they found that they cudn't go any further...Both were panting heavily...but had relief in their hearts.....
Armaan:-(concerned)"Tum theek toh ho na Riddhima???"
Ridz:-(slowly lifted her gaze and found armaan's eyes boring into her's....for a moment she found herself staring straight into his eyes.....she saw the reflection of her face in armaan's eyes.....for that moment she wanted nothing but to hug him tightly and remove all the awkwardness and bitterness between them...but then,she wrenched herself back into reality)"Haan,main theek hoon...I just hope woh log chale gaye honge..."
Armaan:-"Don't worry,woh log ab tak toh chale gaye honge aur yahan toh bilkul hi nahin aa payenge.."
Ridz:-(as if she came out of reverie)"Armaan,Hum bhi yahan phans chuke hain,ab kya karein????kahan jaaein???mujhe kuch samajh mein nahin aa raha hai...(tears came into her eyes)"
Armaan's heart melted to see her like this...He decided he wud do anything tht's possible or impossible to keep her safe and happy throughout the night....He himself was a little worried but decided he wudn't express it at any cost..
Armaan:-"Don't worry,pehle ek jagah baithkar kuch sochtein hain,do u TRUST ME???"
Ridz simply looked at him....she realized that she had found a new armaan today.....she thought:-"could this be the same guy,who had once tried every possible way to insult me and discredit me"...those bitter memories hadn't left her at all....she still shuddered at the thought of them.....but she cudn't ignore wt she had witnessed today....she cudn't ignore the feeling that had aroused in her when she had found herself in armaan's arms.....wt was it???-she thought....was it real or just the circumstance in which she was....but now,gazing into armaan's eyes,she saw honesty and truth which she hadn't seen earlier...maybe he wud do the same for any other girl too.....Wt she saw in armaan's eyes,developed a feeling of trust in her for armaan and she found herself respoding automatically!!!!
Ridz:-"Yes,i do trust you!!!"
Armaan:-(he felt a surge of happines at ridz's response....he found that sumhow riddhima's trust meant much more to him than anything else in this world)He held her hand lightly and motioned towards a nearby clearing...
Ridz felt a sense of relief when he held her hand...how she wished he wud never leave her hand...she didn't want to stay away from his touch....She was confused..wt was happening to her today....for the first time in so many years,she cudn't control her emotions and feelings,they were no longer restricted to her mind....she found those emotions making their way and reaching her heart....A conflict of emotions was going on in her...IT WAS REASON VERSUS EMOTION.....she had always believed in true love and still belived in it ,but somehow had been disillusioned by it....she remembered the first time she had liked sumone...it was in the 8th std of her school...earlier she had thought of it as a teenage crush..but gradually her feelings strenghthened over the years...and she found herself believing that even he liked her in a special way....it continued till her 12th std and then the harsh reality came crashing on her..he didn't even consider her to be her frnd...all the attention given to her thoughout the years was simply b'coz she was the topper and he wanted to use her in every possible way....it had taken her months to rcover from that heartache and she had made a resolution to refrain herself from love in the collge as long as it was possible.....then wt was happening now.....she cudn't analyse
Meanwhile,they had reached the spot...
Armaan:-"Tum yahan baitho,main aag jalane ki koshish karta hoon"
Ridz was awoken from her chain of thoughts...she sat down and rested her back on the tree trunk and sumhow found herself looking at armaan..It was then she noticed that he had got hurt...the lower portion of his face was now covered with blood....
Ridz:-"Armaan!!"
Armaan:-(lighted the fire and was putting twigs,dried leaves and dried sticks to keep it roaring...)"Haan bolo,kya hua"
Ridz:-(she found her voice shaking)"Tumhe toh bahut chot aayi hai,kitna khoon beh chuka hai aur abhi bhi bahe jaa raha hai....."
Armaan hadn't realized it..he put his hand near his mouth and saw blood...
Armaan:-koi baat nahin,thodi der mein band ho jaayega"
Saying this he pinched his wound tightly...
Ridz:-"Tum baitho,main bandage laga deti hoon,mere bag meinthoda bahut emergency ka saaman hai."
Armaan:-"No,seriously,it's ok...Iski koi zaroorat nahin hai."
Ridz:-(in a small voice)"Nahin,plzz mujhe kar lene do,waise bhi tumne jo mere liye kiya..maine abhi tak tumhe thank-you bhi nahin bola....main kabhi tumhe meri madad karne ke liye repay to nahin kar sakti..aur 'thanx' word bahut hii chchota hai...so plzz tum baith jao...
Armaan sensed the ernestness in her voice.....So he said,
Armaan:-"Theek hai,jaisa tum chaho"
Ridz was battling with her feelings inside her...on one hand it was her duty as a medical student to help clean armaan's wound ..but on the other hand,she felt a bit scared to go near him....she was afraid of her feelings arousing for him...In the end,she said to herself that armaan's wound was more important than anything else...so she took her bag and went to him..
She took out a small water-bottle,some cottoen,band-aid,a soothing mediacted cream,and a small bottle of dettol...
Ridz set to work..Armaan felt an adrenaline rush at her touch...He thought to himself:-"She is the most amazing person that I have encountered in a very long time. She consumes my thoughts day in and day out, there is never a moment that passes by that I am not thinking about her in some way. Picturing her gorgeous smile that seems to light up my whole body and soul. Seeing my reflection in her beautiful eyes, feeling her soft skin on mine,I could just melt into her body and be completely happy. She looks so wonderful.There are not words to express the joy I feel.How I got so lucky, I will probably not know. This woman,who is so intelligent,caring, honest,and very loving and giving...where in the cards was it dealt for me to receive this woman. This love that has been so nicely arranged for me it seems. Everything just seems to flow so naturally between us.I hope she can always find refuge in me when times get tough and also find a companion that she can tell anything to.I want to be the one that when my name is said that it brings a smile to her face, no matter where she is or who she is with.I hope I have stumbled upon something so special that it will never end. She is so wonderful in every way to me. I do not care what other people think or say. I know how I feel about her.
Thinking all this,Armaan kept on looking at her face...
Ridz cud sense his eyes on her.... Little by little she started feeling something really special for him. Everything started going so special... so different.
She felt as if she cud spend her life forever in his nice strong arms.She looked into his eyes,and it was like seeing heaven for the first time.Armaan seemed like a angel sent by god from up above.Her heart skipped a beat everytime,she put her hand on his face and touched him.Her heart was racing on finding him so close to her..... His sweat mixed with the scent he was wearing gave off welcoming warmth, she liked it.Her senses were heightened by her state of arousal, suddenly his closeness was tantalizing, and even a slight brush of his fingers sent a shiver up her spine....She tried very hard to resist Armaan and kept on reminding herself about their strained relation but......
The moment armaan groaned when she applied the dettol,Ridz felt a pain within her....It was intoxicating,the way their bodies were close to each other...she felt as if there was a sweet connection between them.......she thought everything between them felt so right....They say the eyes are the window to the soul. Well she never knew what it felt like till that moment. Armaan's gaze had trapped her and she didn't know whether she wud ever escape it.
Their faces came very close to each other....And then ridz pulled herself back together...
Ridz:-"Armaan,abhi tak ke lie to theek hai,kal gaon pahunchkar,injection laga lena.."
Armaan was still drinking in her smell,her beauty....He nodded sub-consciously...never lowering his gaze...
Armaan:-"ab tumhe so jaana chiye,kal subah jaldi uthkar sochenge,ki yahan se kaise nikle!!"
Ridz:-"haan theek hai,koshish karti hoon,tum bhi so jao...agar chot zyada dukhti hai toh plzzz mujhe jagaa dena."
Armaan:-(agar qayamat bhi aa jaaye mujhpar,toh bhi tumhe jagaa kar disturb nahin karoonga...)"theek hai,par tum mera jacket le lo,thandi bad gayi hai"
Ridz:-"nahin,it's ok...tumhe khud thandi lag jaayegi,i'll manage"
Armaan:-(to himself-tumne itna mere baare mein socha,yahin kaafi hai,ab mujhe kuch nahin hoga)"Riddhima,maine tumhari baat maani,now u listen to me ,ok??"
Ridz:-(smiling a bit)"theek hai",and took the jacket..
Armaan:-(to himself-smile karte waqt kitni pyaari lagti hai,i must be an ass ki maine isse dukh pahunchaya tha)"Chalo ,ab close ur eyes,main yahin so jaata hoon"
Ridz closed her eyes,not b'coz she was feeling sleepy,but b'coz she needed to think and analyse her emotions....
Armaan leaned across a tree and kept on staring at her.....he cudn't sleep that night...this may be the first and last time that he was alone wid riddhima....He still felt that she detested him...once we reach the gaon ..n then college,she wudn't even bother to look at me...but he cudn't resist her anymore.......
Precap-*....tht's a surprise...continue reading to know more abt AR....*
Well frnds,that was the 6th part of my ff,hope u guys njoyed it.....plzzz plzz plzz plzz plzzz post ur comments and views......
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