As decided after college Armaan came outside the college and waited for Riddhima in the parking lot.
As soon as she came, he was mesmerized by her...she was wearing white crop top with black denims shrug with black ankle length jeans with a shiny belt. She was looking breath taking, as she felt someone's gaze upon her; she looked and found Armaan in a purple t-shirt with black leather jacket and black jeans with a black belt, she felt shy under his continuous gaze while he smirked seeing her checking him out; she came forward blushing hard with her head bowed.
As they came face to face, Armaan felt her being uncomfortable under his gaze so to lighten up the atmosphere; he said
Armaan:Tumhe kya lagta hai yeh koi date hai jo tum aise aayi ho?
Riddhima's jaw fell open with his comment, she got irritated and said "dekho" Armaan cut her in between and said "haan dekh raha hoon."
Riddhima:Shut up!! It was you who asked me to come with you...mera jaise mann kiya main aayi...toh just shut up nahi toh main chali jaaon gi
Armaan (looking at her disbelievingly):Kk.kkk...jhansi ki rani, I was joking, Armaan said this with a "pheww" look on his face.
Riddhima (with attitude):Theek hai,theek hai...ab chalen?
Armaan:Kya baat hai...bahut jaldi hai
But as soon as he said that, Riddhima gave him a hard glare which shut him up.
Armaan:I mean chalo chalte hain...half an hour I remember
Armaan started his bike but Ridz was looking at it weirdly.
Armaan(looking at Riddhima):Kya hua betho
Riddhima:Bike par!!!??
Armaan:Haan kyun,koi problem hai? Please beth jao..please
Riddhima:Theek hai par araam se chalana
Armaan:Hmm...pakka promise...dosti ke liye kuch bhi
With this Riddhima sat on the bike, they were going smoothly until a child came in front and Armaan suddenly stopped the bike with a jerk;which made Riddhima bent on Armaan so that she won't fall.
Riddhima:Kya kar rahe ho!?
Armaan(dumbfounded):Uh woh bacha aa gaya tha aage
Riddhima:Hmm theek hai ab chalo
Armaan:Hmm ok
Then Armaan started his bike and they reached there...after walking some way;they sat on a bedsheet at beach.
Riddhima(confusingly):Uh...hum yahan kya karenge?
Armaan:5 minutes wait karo
As Riddhima was admiring the beauty of the water, Armaan got up and moved behind Riddhima and put his hands on her eyes; Riddhima gasped.
Armaan(huskily):Shhh...main hoon (he spoke near her ears and her heart skipped a beat)
With this he moved to a corner of beach still keeping a hand on her eyes. He reached there and stopped at a place and took his hands off her eyes.
Riddhima was surprised, she saw that she was standing on the stairs of a wooden hut which iss standing along the water and it's stairs from sand; she was mesmerized by the view as it showed the whole view of the beach.
Armaan(with a husky voice):Aage chalo
Riddhima looked at him differently and Armaan says near her ear
Armaan:Bharosa nahi hai mujh pe?
She don't know why but she didn't wanna say no so she moved forward and Armaan smiled seeing her nervousness.
As they moved forward, they came on top of the hut and there was a table for two with two chairs.
Armaan pulls out a chair for Riddhima like a nice gentleman so she can sit.
Riddhima Armaan ko thanks bolti hai aur beth jaati hai..after making Riddhima sit, Armaan comes and sits in front of her (facing her).
There was a akward silence between the two so Riddhima decided to break the silence
Riddhima(feeling akward):Uh...umm tum itne bhi bure nahi ho jitna main soch rahi thi
At first Armaan was too shocked to react at this confession of hers, so to confirm what he heard; he asked her to repeat it.
Armaan(shockingly):Huh sorry come again?
Riddhima frowns and repeats what she said.
Armaan(happily and hopefully):So??!!
Riddhima(smilingly forwards her hand for a handshake):So friends!!?
Armaan looked at her happily seeing her smiling, he smiled too and hugged her out of happiness...she was shocked as he gave the hug suddenly and unexpectedly but soon reciprocated the hug, then they came out of the hug.
The rest of the date goes smoothly talking, laughing and eating.
They were about to leave when Armaan says
Armaan:Main tumhe ghar chodh doon??
Riddhima:Ah nahi mujhe ghar ka kuch samaan lena hai...toh main khud chali jaungi
Armaan:Are you sure?
Riddhima:Yea
Armaan(smilingly):Okay bye tc 😊
Riddhima(returning the smile):Yeah you too take care 😊
Saying this Riddhima left leaving a smiling Armaan behind.
Armaan looked at her retreating figure until she was out of his sight, he puts his hands in his pockets..he ruffled his hair with his fingers with a dreamy and a cute smile playing on his lips.
Armaan:Dosti toh ho gayi aur pyar...pyar bhi ho jaayega!!
And with this he left from the beach still thinking about his new friend who is his love and about their friendship.
To be continued😊😊
Hope you loved it😃😃
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