Made for Each other (AR)

At Gupta Residence

"Riddhima beta tayar ho gayi?" Padma asked entering Riddhima's room and as soon as she saw her daughter, tears came to her eyes. Riddhima was looking as beautiful as ever in a deep blue anarkali suit, her hair flowing free and light makeup. "Kitni pyaari lag rahi hai mari beti, kisi ki nazar na laga."

"Saach main Mama, aaj hum bhi dekhte hai ka kaise Armaan Riddzi ko pasand nahi karaga." Anjie teased, while Riddhima just gave her a death glare, which Anjie ignored.

"Aab zaldi se sab kuch karo. Armaan aur uske family aati hi honge." Padma said and started walking out the room but stopped when Riddhima called her name.

"Ma ek minute please." Riddhima said and walked towards her mom. "Aaj main Armaan se milne ka liya tyaar hui hoon toh sirf aap sab ke liya. Aap lease une bata di jiya ga ki main agar shaadi karungi toh sirf internship khatam hone ka baad."

Padma lovingly put her hand on Riddhima's hair. "Main janti hoon beta ki tumahe is desh ka sab se bada doctor ban na hai aur yaad karhna yeh sir tumahare hi nahi hum sab ka bhi sapana hai toh hum tumahe kaise roke." A huge smile came on Riddhima's face as she heard her mother's word.

At the Malik Residence

There was chaos going in the Malik's household. Ananya was going back and forth between the kitchen and her room to make sure everything was in order, Billy was trying to help her, but instead of helping he was just irritating her. Their youngest son Abhimanyu was playing a video game, not having a care in the world, while Armaan was in his room trying to find something to wear.

"Abhi." Annie screamed. "Tum abhi tak tayar nahi huai ho. Please zaldi se jao aur who kapade pehano jo main tuhamare bed pa karha hai."

Abhi paused the game and looked at his mom like she had lost her mind. "Main tayar hoon mom." He said as if someone had asked the answer for two plus two.

"Abhi main kuch nayi sun na chati hoon." Annie said fed up with Abhi's behavior. "Tum Dr. Shashank ke ghar yeh phate(torn) jeans pahen ken ahi jaao ge. Aab chup chap jake who kapde pehano."

Abhi wanted to argue with his mom, afterall he was looking all right, but the look on Annie's face told him that her should do what she asked otherwise the outcome will not be too good. Nodding his head like an obedient child, Abhi headed towards his room, his head hanging down.

Annie turned around to go to the kitchen but bunped into someone. "A samalke." Armaan said as he stopped her from falling. "Aap toh aise bhaag rahi hai jaise kahi bhukamp(earthquake) aaya hai." He teased her.

"Armaan abhi nahi please. Bohot kaam pada hai." Annie said but tears filled her eyes as she saw Armaan standing in front of her, looking dashing in a Black button down with a blue tie and casual jeans. Armaan on the other had was shocked to see his mom about to cry.

"Ma kaya hua. Aap kuyn roo rahi hai?" Armaan asked concern clear in his voice. "Kaya main itna bura lag raha hoon?" He tried to lighten her mood and it worked as a small smile graced Annie's face.

"Badmash. Mera baata kahi bura deth Shakta hai." Annie replied, her voice still thick with emotion. "Woh toh bas yaakin nahi ho raha hai ka tere liya hum ladki dehne jaa raha hai. Mera Ammy kab bada ho gaya pata hi nahi chala."

Without saying anything, Armaan pulled Annie is death grip hug. Armaan was the apple of Annie's eyes and Armaan was always a mama's boy. For Armaan, his mom happiness always came first. No one was more important to Armaan than his mom.

"Aap log phir mare bina hi hug kar rahe ho?" Abhi complained as he came out wearing a casual button down with jean jacket and jeans.

"Saala natunki, aaja." Armaan said opening his arm and Abhi joined smiling like a kid on Christmas morning.

Billy came out of his room to see his family in a hug and couldn't help but admire them. He truly was a lucky man to have such a wonderful family, and one more might be joining us today, he thought and that thought just bought a huge smile to his face.

Billy face coughed and brought the mom and sons from the hug. "Agar aab ma bato ka pyaar khatam ho gaya ho to hum please chale." He requested. "Aagr hum abhi nahi nickle toh phir late ho jayangi aur Atul ne kaha hai ki Dr. Shashank to late aane log bilkul pasand nahi hai."

"Ha toh chaiya na." Annie said picking up shagun thaali from the table. Just as everyone was about to get out Armaan's pager rang. His face fell a bit when he saw the page.

"Kaya hua beta sab theek toh hai na?" Annie asked worried.

"Arre kuch nahi hua ma, aap tension mat lijiya." Armaan reassured her. "Bas hospital main ek emergency aaya hai toh mujhe jana hoga."

"Magar aab tum kaisa ja shakte hoo?" Annie asked worried. "Hum ko toh abhi ke abhi nikalna hai."

"Maa duty calls." Armaan said "Aap log aage jayai main hospital hoo kar aata hoon." Armaan kissed Annie's cheeks and left before anyone could protest.

"Oofo, iss ladke ka kaya hoga." Annie wondered out loud. "Hum pahale baar uske liya ladki dekhne jaa raha hai aur woh hi hamare saath nahi hai."

In Sanjeevani

"Sister maine stitches de diya hai, aap please inke dressing kar di jiya." Armaan said as took off his glove and exited general ward. There had been an accident, a bus swerved from the road hitting a minivan, thus the reason they had called Armaan in.

"Are Armaan tum yaha kaya kar raho ho?" Atul asked shocked. "Tumahe toh abhi Dr. Shashank ke yaha hona chayan na."

"Arre champ itna confuse hone ke zaarorat nahi hai." Armaan smiled at his best friend. "Main wahi jaa raha tha magar page aa gaya toh mughe yaha aana pada."

"Aacha theek hai." Atul replied. "Tera kam khatam ho gaya?" he asked to which Armaan nodded. "Toh phir theek hum saath chalte hai, main bhi Dr. Shashank ke ghar hi ja raha hoo."

At Gupta Residence

A knock came on the Gupta's door cause Padma and Shashank to smile. Padma opened the door and smiled. "Namaste. Aaya aandar aaya na." She welcomed them.

"Aaya Mr. Malik." Shashank shook Billy's hand.

"Kaisa hai aap Mr. Gupta." Billy asked as he sat down and gestured Abhi and Annie to do the same.

"Bas sab kuch theek hai." Shashank replied. "Yeh meri wife hai Padma." He introduced her and more pleasantries were passed.

"Aur yeh meri wife Annie or yeh chota beta, Abhimaynu." Billy introduced his family.

"Magar Armaan kaha hai?" Shashank asked. "Aaj toh uska duty nahi tha."

"Ha woh hospital pa koi emergency aa gaya tha, wahi pa gaya hai." Annie said. "Bas thori deer main aata hi hoga."

"Aata hi hoga nahi aunty, aa gaya aapka ladla beta." Atul said as he entered the Gupta's house with a huge smile on his face and one hand around Armaan. Armaan greeted everyone before sitting down on a love seat while Atul went to seat next to the Abhi.

Everyone started talking with each other. Padma and Annie going on and on about shopping while their husbands got to know each other and the family. Armaan didn't even bother to listen to whatever Atul and Abhi was talking about, because knowing them it was probably some useless stuff. Armaan sat on the love seat trying to patient, waiting for someone to call Riddhima down.

Finally, Annie noticed Armaan sitting alone looking upstairs and smiled at her son's impatience. She turned to Padma. "Padmaji Riddhima kaha hai?" She asked much to Armaan's delight, which didn't go un noticed by Abhi and Atul.

"Aare haan. Woh uppar hai, Anjali ke saath, main abhi le ke aati hoon." Padma said standing up.

"Aap bathaye ma." Atul stopped her. "Main la kar aata hoon Riddhima ko." Saying so, Atul made his way to Riddhima's room and a few minutes later, came down with Riddhima sandwiched between him and Anjali.

Armaan almost fell off the loveseat seeing the beautiful lady coming towards them. He would have fell if not for Abhi moving to sit next to him. Riddhima truly was beautiful today. It was not as if Armaan had seen her for the first time today, they had met before at Atul and Anjali's weeding ceremonies, but he had never paid much attention to her. But now looking at her, he was lost in her. Her cheeks, tinted pink with her blush, her light makeup, her hair flowing beautifully, she seemed perfect. Someone nudged Armaan bringing him out of his fantasy.

"Bhai mu band kar le nahi toh maakhi(bee) chali jayagi." Abhi teased him while Armaan pretended to not known what he was talking about, but that doesn't mean he stopped staring at Riddhima.

Abhi saw that Riddhima was about to sit in the seat he had occupied and quickly moved there. Riddhima looked at him shocked, wondering what kind of mannerism this was. Seeing the look on Riddhima's Abhi quickly explained. "Please mind mat karna ha." He said. "Main yaha pehale betha tha aur aap ka gaga na waha bhai ka paas hai." He teased Riddhima making her blush to the root of her hair.

Anjie laughed at Abhi's naughtiness and made Riddhima sit next to Armaan. "Abhi tum ab bhi nahi shudri na?" Anjie said sitting next to him. "Kahai bhi kisi ko bhi embarrass kar Shakta ho na?"

"Kaya kari Anjie, tumahe aur Atul ko chirate chirate bore ho gaya hoon." He replied winking at Anjie and earning a slap on the back of his head by Atul.

Abhi's teasing had caused the tension in the room to drop and soon everyone got ingaged in conversation, well everyone other than Armaan and Riddhima that is. He was too mesmerized by Riddhima to be aware of anything that was going on around him. Riddhima on the other hand was pretending not to notice that Armaan was staring at her but she couldn't stop herself from looking at him from under her eye lasse.

Abhi saw this and his prankster brain turned on. He nudged Atul and Anjie who were currently arguing about something as usual. When he finally had their attention, he pointed to where Armaan and Riddhima were sitting. Atul and Anjie smiled at them and Anjie knew that if there was any guy for her little sister than it was only Armaan.

"Um uncle don't mind please." Abhi started while Annie panicked wondering what he was up to now. "Magar mujhe lagta hai ki Armaan bhi ko Riddhima se aakale main baat karne hai. Kuyn bhai?" Abhi asked but got no reply from him. "Bhai." He called again but Armaan was too invested in Riddhima to hear. Riddhima blushed at what was happening, and turned around but not before she saw Abhi winking playfully at her causing her to blush more if possible. "Bhai." Abhi called again and this time nudged him.

Armaan can out of his trance and was confused as to why everyone was looking at him smiling like a maniac and why Riddhima was blushing like crazy. The twinkle in Abhi's eye told Armaan that he had something to do with whatever the heck was happening so he glared at him.

Abhi smiled seeing Armaan glarying at him. "Bhai tu mujhe aise mat dekh." Abhi said. "Tu agar Riddhima ji ko ghur raha tha toh isme meri kaya galti hai."

Abhi's statement cause everyone to laugh and Armaan and Riddhima to blush. Had I been seriously staring at her that much? Armaan wondered, but was brought out of his thoughts by Shashank.

"Armaan beta tum aur Riddhima bahar garden main jake baat karo." Shashank said. "After all life tum logo ki hai to baat bhi tumahe hi karne pdagi." This statement caused Armaan to blush even more.

"Ji sir." He finally replied standing up. Riddhima also stood up, staring at the ground too embarrassed to look at anyone's face, and lead the way out.

"Ek minute bhai." Abhi stopped them. "Bahar jake baat bhi karna, bas ek dushre ko dekhne hi nahi."

Garden

Armaan stood in front of the garden swing set with his hands stuffed deep inside his pocket. He had never felt this awkward or lost for a word. Riddhima was trying look anywhere but at the Greek god inform of her and failing miserably. There was just something about Armaan that pulled Riddhima toward Armaan. It's his eyes Riddhima concluded. It was his deep blue electrifying eyes that pulled her towards him.

"Riddhima," Armaan called and honestly no name had rolled off his tough like hers. Hearing her name from Armaan's mouth, Riddhima got goosebumps. Him just saying her name had cause to fell thing she had only read about.

"Riddhima." He called again. "Baath jaya?" He asked. Riddhima knew no word could leave her now so she just nodded her head. Both sat down at the same time and due to the size of the swing their hands touched and both felt the electricity. Both felt it but both were too shy to say anything.

"Riddhima main janta hoon ki tum abhi shaadi nahi karna chati ho." Armaan instigated the conversation. "Aur main saach kaho toh I admire you for wanting to pursue your career."

"Thank you." Riddhima shyly replied.

"No problem." He smiled, his dimples popping out, cause Riddhima's breath to catch in her throat. Just as I thought he couldn't get any perfect he goes on to smile Riddhima thought and then started blushing at her own thoughts causing Armaan to be confused as to why she suddenly started blushing, but her could help but admire her beauty.

It was almost as if Armaan had no control over his hand, like they had a brain of their own. He couldn't stop them from reaching to Riddhima's hair and pushing them off her face. His hand came down and lingered on her cheek. The pleasure of Armaan's skin touching hers was too much for Riddhima. Her eyes closed themselves and she unconsciously leaned into his touch. "Armaan." She spoke her first word since she had seen him.

Riddhima calling his name brought Armaan out of his trance. He removed his hand from her cheek wondering how it got there in the first place. Riddhima slowly opened her eyes at the loss of contact. She blushed deeply relaying the event that just took place.

"Riddhima kaya tum yeh shaadi kar na chati hoo?" Armaan asked mustering up all his courage. "I mean abhi nahi, baad main. Matlab tuhahare internship ka baad. Agar tumahe shaadi nahi karne hai toh nahi rarange magar karange toh sirf tumahare internship ke baad..." He stopped his blabbering hearing Riddhima laugh. Her laugh sounded like music to his ears and if possible she looked even prettier. "Haaste hui bohot khub surat lagti hoo." He said not able to control himself.

Riddhima stopped laughing hearing his comment and got lost in his blue eyes. Armaan smiled seeing her so lost in him. Pasand toh main bhi hoon isko Armaan thought. "Riddhima." He called bringing her out of her train of thoughts. She looked away blushing, embarrassed at being caught staring at him. "Riddhima mujhse shaadi karogi?" Armaan asked shocking Riddhima out her mind.

"Armaan, meri internship?" She asked, deliberately avoiding his question.

"Atul aur Dr. Shashank na mujhse baat kar li us bara ma." Armaan said. "And I respect your wishes. Main yahi manta hoon ki ladykan kadyko se kaam nahi hoti aur unahe bhi utana hi haq hai apne life bananaka, apna naam bananaka. Trust me Riddhima when say that hum shaadi tab hi karange jab tum chaougi aur shaadi ka baad bhi tumahe koi nahi rokaga kaam karne sa."

"I trust you Armaan." Riddhima said without thiking. A huge smile came on Armaan's face as Riddhima said that.

Riddhima couldn't believe she said that, but thinking back it wasn't a lie. She did trust Armaan and this scared her, because she had known him for just a few minutes and had said no more than five words to him. Riddhima didn't know why she trusted him, maybe it was the honesty in his voice and his eyes, maybe it was because of the way she fell next to him. Whatever the reason was, Riddhima trusted Armaan.

Armaan and Riddhima were brought out their thought by someone coughing. Looking up they saw Atul, Anjie and Abhi standing in front of them with a look of amusement on their face.

"Arre tum log kab aaya?" Armaan asked pretending not to be embarrassed.

Before Anjie or Atul could say anything Abhi answered. "Bhai hum tabhi aaya jab aap dono ek dushre ke aakho me kho gaye tha. Seriously bhai maine tujhe bola tha baat bhi karna magar tut oh useless ka useless hi rayaga."

Armaan gave Abhi a death glare. "Main useless. Aab dekh main tera kaya haal kar ta hoon." Saying so Armaan started chasing Abhi in the Gupta's garden before getting him in a headlock and messing up his hair.

"Kahi nahi sudrange yeh dono." Atul commented before turning to look at Riddhima. "Kaya soocha hai saali shaiba. Kaisa laga mera dost aapko?" Atul asked causing Riddhima to blush.

"Riddhima tumahe main aaj tak itna blush karte nahi dekha." Anjie teased. "Iska matlab Armaan pasand aa gaya tujhko?"

Riddhima nodded her to Anjie's answer causing Armaan to smile a smile that could light up the whole world. "I am so happy Riddzi." Anjie said hugging Riddhima. Armaan so lost in Riddhima lossened his grip on Abhi and Abhi ran to Riddhima. Realizing what he dii, Armaan chased after Abhi.

"Tumahe saach main mare paagal bhai se shaadi karne hai?" Abhi asked unable to control his joy. Riddhima's blush was an enough of an answer to Abhi who threw himself on Riddhima. "Welcome to the family Bhabhi."

"Abhi chor usko. Uske saas aakat gayi hai." Atul pulled Abhi away from Riddhima. "Kaya yar mar na chata hai kaya usse?"

"Sorry yar Atul, main bas itna khoos ho ki..." Abhi couldn't even finish his sentence as he saw Armaan standing there looking at Riddhima. He ran over to him and pulled him in a death grip. "Bhai main aaj such much bohot bohot bohot zayada kush hoon. Main abhi Mom Dad ko bata kar aata hoon." Without waiting for anyone's answer Abhi ran inside the house.

"Saach main pagal hai." Anjie commented. "Aab hum bhi aandar chale." Anjie said pulling Atul in the direction of the house. Armaan and Riddhima followed behind them, their hands brushing softly against each other until finally Armaan held it and intertwined their fingers together, intertwining their life together, and for the first time in that day Riddhima didn't worry about the future, she just enjoyed the present. She just enjoyed the feeling of Armaan's big hand engulfing her small one and realized that she had nothing to worry about, she knew that they were Made for Each other.

My Note

Hey you guys I am back and boy does it feel good. I guess I needed a break from writing but now I am back and am not going anywhere for a while. I know I haven't been active recently but I promise I will try to update more often. I wrote this little piece as a sorry for not updating Hidden Love for so long, and a important note for those who read Hidden Love, be on the lookout for the new part sometime this weekend. I honestly wrote this as a one shot but I feel like I should continue. Please comment if I should leave this at this or update a part or two more to finish with Armaan and Riddhima getting married. Also please comment if you liked this because that will also help me make the decision as to whether I should continue or not.

Love Always

Meehek

Nice part
U should continue it..

Hello,
Awesome part dear.. please continue these part nd show their journey..
Thanks for the pm..
Love,
Kiara

amazing OS dear..loved it ...its just amazing..