After Atul ran out like the drama queen everyone thought he was, he ran straight to Nana! Nana was the mastermind behind Atul's newfound strength.
At: Nana! Nana! Tera plan ekdum shahi nishaane par laga! Kamyaab raha! Anjali ne mujhe MUJHE bhaav diya!
N: (smiling) Mera plan kabhi fail nahi hota! Dekha na? Doctor Anjali ab tere peeche peeche ayegi! Lekin sun use bahut zyaada bhaav mat dena. Pyaar mein aisa kabhi kabar hota hai. Kissi aur ko paane ke liye kabhi apne aap ko door karna pardta hai.
At: Nana! Maine kabhi socha nahi thha ke tum pyaar ke maamle mein itne inteliigent ho! Yeh sab tumne kaha se sikha?!
N: Experience bhai experience!
It was experience allright! For months Nana had tried t get Armaan and Riddhima together but it was all in vain until Jai entered the picture. Nana decided to help Atul on the sly because of all the free time he had. With Jai around, he didnt have to do very much for Riddhima and Armaan. So, he decided to use his expertise elsewhere!
At: (blushing like a girl) Nana aggar tum pehle se meri madat karte toh ab tak meri aur Anjali ki shaadi hogayi hoti!
N: (shouting) Mein kissi aur kaam mein phas gaya thha! Tum logon ne is poore Sanjeevani pe apne pyaar ka thepa laga liya hai! Isi liye mein sab ki madat karta hoon! Lekin afsos ki baat yeh hai ke ab tak meri gaadi wahi pe atki hui hai! Doctor Keerti us Shubhankar ke peeche mandrati rehti hai! Mujhe bhaav tak nahi deti! Ab lagta hai, mujhe apne liye kuch karna chahiye! Maine tujhe madat ki na? Ab khush!
At: (dreaming of Anjali) Haan....
Shubhankar and Keerti finished giving Riddhima her oxygen treatment. After walking out, Shubhankar looked visibly disturbed which didn't do unnoticed by Keerti.
K: Kya hua Shubhankar? Tum theek toh ho?
S: Keerti, mujhe lagta hai ke Riddhima ko asthma hai. Dekho kaise isko attacks aajate hain. Samaj nahi araha ke problem kya hai. Aur ab dekho, woh neend mein bhi Armaan ka naam leh rahi hai.
K: Aisi koi baat nahi hai Shubhankar. Kabhi kabhi jab insaan ko zor sa dhakha lagta hai toh breathing mushkil si ho jaati hai. Shes fine. Riddhima ko bas itne saare jhatke lage hai isi liye woh theek tarah se saas nahi le paati.
S: I hope you're right. Aur mujhe samaj nahi ah raha ke Sanjeevani mein ho kya raha hai? Aaj jo hua, woh maine zindagi mein kabhi nahi socha hoga. Doctor Armaan aur Doctor Riddhima? Kitne alag hai! Aur inko pyaar hogaya? Actually, mujhe chinta is liye hai kyunki woh Armaan ka naam nahi chord rahi. She keeps saying his name.
K: Pyaar mein aisa ho jaata hai Shubhankar. Insaan khud pe kaabu nahi rakh sakta. Sach puchcho toh mujhe Riddhima pe naaz hai. Kisi ke parva kiye bina usne apne dil ki baat sab ko bataa di.
As soon as Keerti and Shubhankar became visible to Armaan, he ran to them. The other interns followed.
Ar: Riddhima ki tabiyet kaisi hai?
S: Dont worry. Woh theek hai. Bas tumhara naam bardbara rahi hai.
Ar: (smiling) Kya?
K: Doctor Armaan aap andar jaiye. Doctor Shashank aate honge. Phir pataa nahi ke woh tunhe Riddhima se milne denge ya nahi.
Armaan walked into Riddhima's room. This time all he saw was her body taking little breaths. He walked up to her carefully and smiled slightly. He let his thoughts finally sink in. She had professed her love infront of everyone in Sanjeevani.
He slowly saw the slit of her eye open. Her lids were still shaking from the shock. She opened her eyes fully and saw Armaan sitting next to her.
R: (with a hoarse vice) Armaan...mujhe chod ke mat jao...please...
Ar: Riddhima, Riddhima mein yahi hoon. Tum tum theek ho? Are you ok?
R: Armaan mein Papa ko hume alag karne nahi dungi. Mein tumse paar karti hoon.
Ar: Riddhima, apne aap par itna zor mat daalo. Just calm down and relax. Main kahi nahi jaraha hoon. Tum fikar mat karo.
R: (crying) Armaan mein tumse bahut pyaar karti hoon. Mein tumhare bina marjaungi!
Ar: Riddhima aisi baat mat karo. Please.
He started stroking his hand on her face. With his other hand, he held her hand and rubbed his thumb against her hand.
Ar: (whispering) I love you Basket...
He kissed her head only to see Shashank standing outside watching them. He quickly let go of Riddhima and stood up as Shashank walked in. Shashank walked to Riddhima without looking at Armaan.
S: Kaisa hai mera bachcha?
He stroked his hand on Riddhima's head as if he was in some sort of competition with the young lad.
R: Papa? Papa aap Armaan ko mujhse door mat kijiye please? Mein Armaan se bahut pyaar karti hoon. Please Papa?
Riddhima's tears were unbearable for Shashank. He wanted to quickly say something.
S: Riddhima beta suno. Armaan kahi nahi jayega. Tum bas ruo mat. Please.
He wiped the tears off of her face and sat down next tot her. With his eyes, he motioned for Armaan to take a seat too. After Riddhima had composed herself, Shashank began to explain himself to them. This was a very difficult conversation for him to have with his daughter and his future son-in-law.
S: Tum dono meri baat suno.
Both Armaan and Riddhima had their eyes fixed on Shashank. What he was about to say was going to change their lives forever.
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