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This one's for Acciooo Auntiee and for Neeti 😆
I put both your requests in one :)
Also, the title credits goes to Aparna Daadii. :D
AR OS: Tale Of Love
"Armaan, leave me alone. I have to cook now. Mamma and Papa are coming over for lunch," Riddhima sighed, as Armaan sneaked up on her from the back, again.
"Yeh sasurjee na. Even after our marriage he's not leaving us alone. We've been married for what, 1 year now? And he's already interrupting us. Basket, tum apne dad ko samjhati kyun nahi ho? We are after all a newly married couple," he said, hiding his face in her hair.
"Armaan, tum apne bachpana kab chodoge? I'm meeting mamma and papa after 3 weeks. Papa's also on leave from the hospital and because of the schedule, I can't even go to my house." Riddhima answered.
"Par Basket," Armaan began but Riddhima turned suddenly and cut him off, "Par var kuch nahi Armaan. Now let me cook. Leave the kitchen, now.
Armaan pouted and tried to convince her but Riddhima refused to budge. "I said NOW Armaan," she said and Armaan left the room with his head hung low.
As soon as he left, Riddhima huffed, "Ek baccha kya kam tha, ki dusra bhi baccha ban jaata hai," and continued with the cooking.
"Kiara baby, see, your mamma is so rude to me. She kicked ME, The Armaan Mallik' out of the kitchen. Meri toh value hi nahi hai iss ghar mein," he started his melodrama in a loud voice which Riddhima simply ignored.
He lifted his daughter and went out to the garden. He sat there and started playing, doing crazy antics and at one point even dancing. His daughter blissfully giggled and smiled her toothless smile, drool coming out of her mouth.
"Kiki, naughty girl, papa told you na, no drooling," he said to her in a kid-like voice and carried her back in. Taking a fresh napkin, he wiped her mouth and put it in the laundry basket.
Not in the mood to go outside again, Kiara started pointing to the living room, indicating she wanted to watch TV.
"I've brought such a spoilt baby," Armaan said and shook his head, laughing. They put on Dora The Explorer' and were engrossed in it, father and daughter alike. Armaan, in fact was singing along with Dora and answering her questions like a little kid while Kiara laughed whenever she saw Boots and Swiper.
It was an hour later than Riddhima came out of the kitchen to see both of them asleep with Kiara in Armaan's lap and Armaan holding onto her tight with his head on the cushion.
Kiara was Armaan's pet and was undoubtedly growing up to become the next Armaan. She had his blue eyes and his nose. Her mouth was the only thing she got from her mother. She was admiring her babies when the doorbell rang, shaking her out of her spell. Armaan too woke up with a jerk but Kiara was still blissfully sleeping. Just when he was about to ask who it was, Riddhima indicated him to keep quiet and pointed to Kiara.
Riddhima opened the door and saw Shashank and Padma. Overwhelmed, she hugged Shashank. Armaan gently placed Kiara on the bed and ran to Padma and hugged her. "See Mom, ye dono baap beti hum dono ko humesha bhool jaate hai. Vaise, aap roz itne khubsurat kaise hote jaate ho? Iss basket ko bhi batao na," Armaan told her. Padma hit him slightly on the head and said, "Chal badmaash. Meri beti bahut khubsurat hai."
Riddhima made faces at Armaan while he sulked. "Only my baby supports me," he said and as if on schedule, Kiara started crying and Armaan rushed to pacify her. As soon as her father lifted her and she messed up his hair, Kiara was fine.
"Armaan beta, I'm there to support you." Shashank said. "We both are going through the same situation now. Jaisi maa, vaisi beti," he continued and Padma said, "Shashaank, bacchon ke saamne aisi baatein?" while Riddhima just stretched Papa.
"Thank you sasur jee," Armaan said but when Shashank gave him a pointed look, he changed it to Papa'.
Not liking that she wasn't the centre of attraction, Kiara started howling again and lifted her hands up, indicating that she wanted to go to her mom.
Riddhima gently took her from Armaan and lifted her up when suddenly everyone heard a loud sound.
Armaan looked up sheepishly from his stomach and said sorry' while everyone laughed. "Well, since pati parmeshwar ji is hungry, shall we have lunch?" Shashank said and proceeded towards the dining table.
Riddhima had cooked everyone's favorites including Armaan's so everyone dug in as soon as the food was served and Riddhima fed Kiara and had her food too.
Armaan was the first to be done. Not wanting to get up first, he sat there licking his fingers like a baby. Riddhima, who was irritated with Kiara's tantrums said, "Armaan, if you're done licking, can you feed your princess. She refuses to eat from me."
Armaan stood and washed his hand in the hand wash nearby and then took Kiara from Riddhima and picked up the food from the table. He made her sit on the sofa and put on Mickey Mouse for her to be distracted and fed her. Kiara ate without a word and Riddhima who came out with her parents when they were done stood there with her mouth wide open.
"Wha-how," she began and Padma kept a hand on her shoulder and said, "Sorry to tell you this Riddhima but she's a daddy's girl," and burst out laughing and Shashank joined her.
"ERRR," Riddhima said in frustration and headed off to her room.
At the loud banging of the door, Armaan looked up and saw that Shashank and Padma were standing there sheepishly. Since Kiara was done, he washed her up and put her in her crib, switching on the TV for her to doze off. That was one good thing about their baby and bad thing too, she couldn't sleep without television.
"Armaan beta, we'll leave now. We have to go to my colleague's house too. Tell Riddhima that we're leaving and send Padma down will you?" Shashank told him.
He went up to see Riddhima lying down on Padma's lap and Padma stroking her hair. Armaan said, "Mamma, Papa is calling you down. He said you have to leave."
"Mamma, itni jaldi aap jaa rahe ho?" Riddima asked her, not wanting to her mother to leave.
"Haan beta, some colleague of your dad wants to meet him so we're heading over to their's." Padma told her and left with both Armaan and Riddhima following her downstairs.
After bidding goodbye to them and closing the door, Armaan immediately went back to his original self. He picked Riddhima up bridal style and said, "Oye hoyye Basket, tum gussa mein kitni cute lagti ho," and bent down, brushing his nose with hers.
"Armaaannn, neeche chodo mujhe," she shouted at him but Armaan ignored her protests and carried her all the way up to her room. "Armaan," she started again but before she could finish her protest Armaan put her down on the bed and Riddhima pulled him on top of herself since she was hanging onto him for support.
"Oye hoyye Basket. I didn't know you were so eager," Armaan said with a wink and rolled onto his back and Riddhima was now on top of him. "Armaan, mein... Voh..." Riddhima began but soon was lost in his blue eyes which were now looking at her with pure love.
He slowly leaned in and kissed her gently on her lips. The kiss started out slow but as Riddhima accidentally bit his lip, Armaan became all the more passionate. His one hand was in her hair holding her head and the other hand was on her upper thigh. Armaan pulled out of the kiss and kissed her neck tenderly and Riddhima arched her back with a moan. Just then, the baby monitor in their room started beeping indicating that Kiki was awake.
Riddhima went down to her room and Armaan muttered, "Tera luck hi kharab hai Armaan Mallik," and he went down to the culprit's room.
"Kiki, baccha, go back to sleep," Riddhima said softly to her kid. Softly, she sang a lullaby and held the baby in her arms and finally lulled her to sleep after ten minutes.
Armaan who came down ready to burst into the room heard he singing and peeked into the room to see his queen and princess and he leaned on the wall and kept admiring them, wondering how he got so lucky to have such beautiful women in his life.
Riddhima, after putting her to sleep slid out of the room and was about to go to the living room when she felt a tug at her dupatta. "Armaan chodo mera dupatta," she said without turning back. Armaan slowly walked to her and whispered in her ear, "How are you so perfect Basket?" She blushed and murmured his name softly.
He pinned her to the wall and pushed back a strand of her hair. "Armaan," she whispered but Armaan was too mesmerized to hear her. "Armaan," she said again but he still didn't hear her. Finally, she shouted out his name and due to the shock, Armaan put his hands down and she went to the hall to pick up her phone.
Armaan softly hit the wall and brushed his fingers through his hair and stood there with a dreamy smile.
Flashback:
"Armaan, chodo mujhe," she said as Armaan pulled her into the fire escape. "Armaan, koi dekh lega," she continued.
"Basket, we're getting married in a week. I don't mind anyone knowing that you're mine," Armaan replied naughtily.
"Armaan, there is STILL a week left. Now let me go before Dr. Keerthi gives both of us rectal exams," she said, hoping to go back to work. Not that she minded his romance, she just liked playing hard to get.
"Dr. Keerthi's gone out with Dr. Shubankar Basket. There's no one to interrupt us. Any more excuses?" he asked her, leaning in closer.
Just then, Muskaan burst in to the fire-escape and said, "Rahul, mujhe nahii... Sorry guys, I thought its empty," and she ran out of there with Rahul following her.
"So, where were we?" Armaan asked her and kissed her on her forehead gently. Just when he thought she had calmed down, her pager buzzed but Armaan still held her hands and didn't let her go.
She went closer to his ear and whispered, "Bye Armaan," in his ear seductively. Armaan who was taken by surprise loosened his grip and she ran from the fire-escape."
He bit his lip and went out of the fire-escape to do some actual work.
Flashback ends.
He snapped out of his thoughts when Riddhima called out to him for some help in removing Sugar from the higher shelf in the kitchen. He always wondered why she made the cabinets so high up when she knew she couldn't reach it. Then he realized that it was because she wanted to be close to him. With this new found realization, he told her, "Tum kabhi nahi badhlogi Riddhima." Riddhima looked at him bewildered and he kissed her cheek quickly and helped her get the sugar out.
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