The Distance Between Us - An AR FF (Link to TDBU#2 - Page 1) - Page 59

Originally posted by: saniyapatel

Hey Prags ,I know maine kaha tha ye ff main exam nahi ho jaati tab tk read nahi karungi bahot mushkil se control kiya jb update dekha bt yesterday I thought thoda sa dekh leti hu n jb dekha I couldn't control myself to read n in one go I read all 5 updates

Chapter15- It was hilarious I always love KAKA I mean Sid n Armaan scene,their on screen n off screen bonding they r like brothers even AA,AN n Muski was surprised seeing their comfort,their bond with each other after all Sid was Ridz ex-husband n Ridz was love of Armaan bt as Rahool said Armaan is exceptional.

Yes,Sid is right he is betraying Armaan's trust all over again like first time he had lied to Armaan abt his n Ridz marriage bt Armaan had forgiven him easily n now bcz of Ridz use Armaan se sacchai chupani pad rahi hai bt am glad Sid is sensible enough to understand what is wrong n right I really hope this time he would make right choice

After verryyy long time gng moments dekhne mile their cake fight n knew ye sb Armaan ki planning hogi sbko ek saath krneki Jaan ki wedding preparation mein bhi vo apne dosto k lie care krna nahi bhula that moment was very emotional

Very wrong timing Armaan jo nahi dekhna chahiye vahi dekh liya.

Chapter 16- Armaan n Rahool scene was very heartwarming Jaan,Rohan,Tammy was their for Armaan bt Rahool ki baat alag hai bcz dard ek hai jis dard se Armaan gaya hai usi dard se Rahool bhi n Armaan k dard ko Rahool se accha koi nahi samaj sakta bcz usne Armaan ki condition apni ankho se dekhi use suffer krte hua dekha hai

Their convo was little painful that showed how much they missed their friends in last 7 yrs

Their morning sight was jst adorable n Muski was right they r very much happy n content with each other

Rahool heard Muski n Ridz convo n he knows Ridz aaj bhi Armaan ki care karti hai

Hatts off to Armaan yaar koi itne saare kaam ek saath kaise kr sakta hai NGO,music sikhana,hospital work n all bt he is Armaan n he can do anything

Yes,Ridz was his family his everything he had only purpose in life to make sure his basket is happy his life was revolving around her bt usne kya kiya she abandoned him uski family phir se tod di 

Armaan felt so much happy seeing Ridz n Jaan together the most imp person in his life jo dream Armaan ne un dono ko ek saath dekhkr dekha jst hope ek din zaroor pura hogs.

Thoda dard hota hai n thodi khushi.Dard is baat se ki jo kaam Ridz ka hai vo Tammy kr rahi hai n khushi is baat ki uski zindgi ab aise log hai jo khudse pehle Armaan ka khayal krte hai.

Chapter 17- Armaan n Dan convo was very sweet don't know aur kya kya raaj khulenge Armaan k 

Mumbai Sanjeevini mein bhi vahi haal tha n yaha bhi nurses are all gaga over him bt nt their fault yaar banda agar itna hot,handsome n dashing,charming ho to kisi ki bhi niyat bigad sakti hai.

I really don't want to talk about Dr Shashank Gupta bcz us jaise selfish n heartless person k lie time nahi waste karna chahti

Chote papa was right Armaan ko pure duniya ka khayal karta hai khudka to use khayal hi nahi rahta

Strange na jb Armaan har wakt Ridz k aage piche rehta tha use saari attentions deta tha ,uski kisses,hugs vo for granted leti thi bt Armaan k lie vahi moments uski zindgi thi uski basket ka ek touch uski saari tension,thakan door kr deta tha bt aaj jb Armaan use door rahta hai to usk ek touch k lie tadap rahi hai.

Armaan's bonding with kids is always sweet n adorable

Jb insaan ek baar chot lagati hai to aage sambhalkr chalta hai bt shayad Rid ye nahi chahti.Why is she always think ki usne liya hua decision humesha sahi hota hai??? Agar aisa hota to aaj vo is mod pr nahi hoti Armaan itna dard,hurt,pain through nahi gaya hota,use apne dosto se alag nahi hona padta bt vo sirf aur sirf apne man ki karti hai n dusro se bhi yahi umeed krti hai ki sab uski baat maane apne ek false assumption k karan phirse Armaan ko andhere mein rakh rahi hai bt am glad Sid  samjdar hai.

Again wrong timing Armaan jo nahi dekhna chahiye vahi dekh liya

Armaan ne Ridz ko sahi jawab diya jb usne 7 yrs pebble uski care nahi ki to ab use dikhawa krne ki koi zaroort nahi hai.

Chapter 18- Thank god Ridz mein thodi to akal hai ki usne Sid ko saath aane se mana kr diya

Plz Sid this time apna promise mat todna 8 yrs ago he had promised himself vo AR ko ek karega bt vahi unki seperation ki vajah bn gaya n Ridz ki zidd

Oh god finally AR moments they r home in each others arms saare tension se pare sirf apni duniya mein

Jo baat Sid Armaan ki ankho mein dekh sakta hai hai kash vo baat Riddhima dekh pati longing,affection,care n love.

Chapter 19- Yes! Yes! Yes! This was the most awaited chapter

Jb hume bahot badi physical injury hoti hai to uska dard unbearable hota hai bt wakt k saath vo dard kam hota pr nishan rah jata hai bt kabhi kabhi chot itni deep hoti hai ki uska dard hume future mein bhi mehsus hota bt us dard ko hum sahen kr sakte hai n vahi Armaan k saath hua hai dard to hai bt utna nahi jitna 8 yrssaal pehle Ridz n Sid ko saath dekhkr hota tha.

Oh god I can't tell you when Armaan stopped Ridz rant mid way by keeping his finger on her lips that time meri heart beats itni badh gayee thi ki jaise Armaan ne muze touch kiya ho that was Heartwarming moment

Yeah 6 yrs baad bhi kuch aadate hai jo Armaan mein nahi badli n Ridz ne vo notice bhi kiya jaise ki uska old brand of perfume

Chalo finally she realized toh her attitude towards Armaan was so cold n distant in last one week bt Armaan being Armaan forgave her very easily

Friends!!!!!

Really????

I really want to clap for Ridz itni choti si baat samjne mein usne 8 yrs laga diye ki before everything they r friends oh sorry best friend bt kya ye dosti usne 8 yrs pehle nibhayee jb Armaan ko jaroort thi arre use to Armaan ko suna se hi fursat nahi thi usne to ye tak kah diya tha ki use Armaan k vapas aane se jitni taklif nahi hui utni Sid k zhoot se use ye sochne pr mazboor kr diya ki usne vapas aakr mistake nahi koi crime kiya ho.

Sid pr usne trust kiya tha bt usne Armaan ko andhere mein rakha use bichare ko to yahi laga tha ki uski basket is lie naraj vo use chodkr gaya tha n vo paglo ki tarha apni basket se maafi mangta raha na Sid ne sach kaha aur na Ridz ne jb use sacchai pata chali vo to sbkuch chodkr ja raha tha pr Shashank use rok liya aur Ridz n Sid ko ek krneki responsibility use di bina ye soche ki use kitna dard hoga n as always Armaan ne apne baare mein nahi socha

Jb Armaan sacchai jaankr tut chuka tha tab use friendship yaad nahi aayee I know mushkil tha us insaan se dosti jo aapka pyaar hai bt usne kabhi insaniyat k naate bhi kabhi Armaan ko sahara diya ya phir jb vo vapis aaya tha tab use ek baar bhi usne uski tabiyat k baare mein nahi pucha use apani baato se dard dene mein hi itni busy thi ki use kisi baat ka hosh hi nahi tha

Anyways ye to 8 yrs pehle ki baat thi shayad ab is friendship se unki awkwardness to door hogi n am really glad koi ho na ho Sid is always there for AR

Sighhh finally ho gaya sare parts pr comments kr di now my hand is paining yaar

U written all these parts very beautifully it made me cry it made me happy hr emotions pain,sadness,hurt,longing apne beautifully described kiya ki effect sidha dil pr hua jo aapk writing se humesha hota hai dard bhi sidha dil mein hua n khushi bhi dil se hui

Thnx for the pm n such a wonderful updates

Originally posted by: friends_4dream

Ok this chapter was by far my favourite
Its like so sweet
I can see armaans basket in this and not ridhima
Gosh he loves her so madly, this surely can be only in a fiction
Her small line can make him smile to content
They r again friends now lovely but where will it go
And how will armaan react when he comes to know the truth and also about ridhimas life in the past years
Plzz plzz plzz its a request never leave this one incomplete
I badly want to see its ending
Thnx for the pm

Originally posted by: dmgd3

Reading this is making me miss AR sooo much. Already read the chappie 10 times.. Now am going to watch DMG again.. 😊

Do update soon.. Can't wait for next chapter

Originally posted by: Meraki.

I am so f**king happy with their interaction that I almost cried.

it was so effing perfect Praggs, like I was awed and overwhelmed and everything I can't just speak right now.

Sid's definitely my fav at the moment, someone with the brains 🤣. But they in each other's arms is so awesome, like hell!!!!

Ridz is an idiot but she's unknowingly working on it ;). I am so in love AR right now that I literally giggled.

One thing which was much needed in DMG was this, Ridhima apologizing and initiating a conversation. Armaan has matured over time so well that I almost felt proud but this idiot doing this friends thing just for her, I am like naah! but then again I was the one crying over this being too much slow burn that I almost slept. 🤣

I love you so much praggs and I am finally up for this! Dil Mil Gaye once more, Armaan - Ridhima together again.

I remember the friendship phase of AR in DMG when Suku came, it was much appreciated and I can't wait to see what they have up in their pockets for us, what you have for us.

I love you so much!!!!!!!!

<3

crying and doing happy dancing.

Originally posted by: scorpiofazy

Seriously m can't hace enough of this part...i read this almost 5 times... Everytime i miss AR i just come here and read this...such a beautiful part it was yaar...jaldi se next track upload krdo...though i know itni jaldi jaldi update nhi ho paay but i can't wait yaar you make us greedy for tgis FF

Previously On...

Armaan and Riddhima finally talk.

Track 20 - Rewrite The Stars, Zac Efron & Zendaya

Armaan tossed and turned the entire night, sleep miles away from him. This new dynamic of his relationship with Riddhima had caught him off guard. And, he didn't know how to feel.

Riddhima's words echoed in his mind on loop. Before everything, you were my best friend.

Truth was, Riddhima had never been just a friend for Armaan. They'd always been more. No matter how hard both of them tried to deny it, neither of them thought of their relationship as friendship. Even during the darkest times, when things had gone incredibly south between the two of them - when Riddhima found out about the bet, when she found out that Armaan already knew about the adoption, when she found out that Armaan had pretended to be Muskaan's boyfriend - and they hadn't even been on talking terms, they'd still been more than friends.

According to Armaan anyway. He'd been far too in love with Riddhima for most of his twenties to think of her as just a friend. He might not have been vocal about his feelings, especially in front of Riddhima, but they'd always been there. Burning inside of him like an inferno.

And, the depth of his feelings for her had never diminished over the course of their internship. There was a time when Armaan didn't know how to not love her. It had taken him a long time to let go off that part of his life. Getting over Riddhima had been the hardest thing he'd ever done. But, after a lot of blood and tears, he'd finally done it. He was proud of himself for doing it too. Now, this newfound label to their relationship scared him. He didn't know what to do.

Another thing was Riddhima herself. After their conversation, her position in their relationship had changed. The course of one talk had made her the dominant. She'd taken the initiative, the first step. She'd come to him.

In all the years they'd spent together, Riddhima had never done that. Ever. It had always been Armaan, letting go off his ego, forgetting his pain, who'd tried to mend their relationship. Riddhima had never had the will or the courage to do so. She'd always been so complacent. How was Armaan supposed to deal with this assertive Riddhima? He didn't know.

Unable to sleep, he did the one thing he knew would give him peace. He lost himself in his music.

Riddhima, on the other hand, had the best night's sleep she'd had in a very long time. Maybe since the day her annulment with Sid had been finalized. She was Armaan's friend again. His friend. It wasn't what she would have preferred, she wished for a more intimate name for herself, but she would make do with what she got.

That night, her thoughts were dominated with happy memories of her time with Armaan. The love they'd shared, the love that had made 2 years of her life absolutely beautiful, rushed back in. It was like a tangible feeling. For sometime, she could feel it in the air. Armaan's arms around her, his body pressed closed to hers, his eyes gazing at her intently, his nose nuzzling her hair, her neck, her cheek, his lips kissing her forehead, the words, I love you, Basket, spoken fervently in her ear. She closed her eyes and lost herself in the feelings coursing through her body. It was the most loved she'd felt since the day she'd gotten engaged to Armaan.

With a wide smile on her face, she fell asleep, still dreaming about Armaan and her and their happily ever after.

Morning dawned beautifully for Riddhima. She couldn't wait to spend more time with Armaan. Knowing that they would be spending most of the day alone sent shivers down her spine. She hadn't felt this giddy excitement and jittery nervousness for so long and it made her feel so good.

"Good morning, Ridzy," Anjy greeted her as she came down the stairs, dressed in a beautiful red anarkali. She'd taken ages to get dressed today. Her outfit needed to be perfect for her day out with Armaan. She needed to feel worthy of being seen with him. And, she wanted to make him happy. So, what better choice than red? His favourite colour? At first, she'd thought that dressing in red might give him the wrong impression, but then, she'd shrugged that feeling off. She dressed a lot in red. Her wardrobe was full of red clothes. Over the years, it had been one way to feel closer to Armaan. Seeing the colour red, no matter where, always reminded her of Armaan, of their time together. Red had been such a dominant colour in their relationship - always important. Red, the colour of love, the colour of togetherness. Her Armaan's favourite colour. Yes, red held a lot of happy memories for her. Which is why, she dressed in it a lot.

"Morning Di," she answered, taking a seat beside her at the dining table. She greeted the others who were also there - Jaanhavi and Sid and Atul.

"So, all set for today, Di?" Jaanhavi asked her.

Riddhima nodded. "All set," she replied. Jaanhavi grinned.

"Thank you so much for doing this. It really means a lot to me," she told Riddhima.

Riddhima laughed her off. "Come on, Jaanhavi. Isme kya thank you? You're family. It's the least I could do for you."

"I know, but still. It does mean a lot. Rohan told me that you and Maani don't get along very well, so I'm really glad that you've volunteered to spend so much time with him, just for the sake of my wedding," Jaanhavi explained.

"Don't worry about it. Armaan and I have reached an understanding about it. We're friends now," Riddhima told Jaanhavi. Her declaration made Atul & Anjali look at her questioningly while Sid gave her an encouraging smile. He was really happy that their relationship had taken a step forward.

"Really?" Anjali asked, skeptical. "Since when?"

"Since last night," Riddhima answered her elder sister. "We both thought that we shouldn't behave like such kids. I apologized for being rude and he agreed that it would be better if we were friends, seeing as we have to spend the next few days together. Alone," she added.

Anjali looked unconvinced but nodded. She didn't think that Armaan and Riddhima were capable of being just friends, but seeing her sister so happy about this recent development, she didn't have the heart to discourage her from anything. She'd talk to Riddhima later, she decided. After she'd talked everything over with Atul.

Armaan, on the other hand, was freaking out. He'd woken Rahul up at the crack of dawn to talk to him.

"Rahul, I'm freaking out, man," he'd told him after shaking him awake.

Seeing Armaan so nervous had made Rahul on edge.

"What happened?" Rahul asked.

"I have to go out with Riddhima today, na!" Armaan exclaimed. "To finalize a new venue."

"Oh, yes," Rahul nodded. "Are you fine? Do you want me to go instead?"He asked, trying to give Armaan an out.

Armaan shook his head frantically. "No, no, no. I don't want her to get the impression that I don't want to be with her," he explained.

Rahul laughed. His friend was so in over his head, and he didn't even realize.

Hearing him laugh, Armaan scowled. "Don't laugh, Rahul. This is serious. Look, I don't want her to feel like... Like being alone with her is something that I dread. I... I don't know what to do, dude. In the past couple of years, I haven't even thought about her except in a passing, general kind of way. She was out of my life for good, but now she's back and I'm so confused! I don't know how to behave, what to say, what to do. It's like I'm 23 years old again and she's Basket and I'm still so confused about what I feel for her," Armaan ranted.

Rahul stopped laughing on hearing him. His best friend was in a precarious situation and he needed to be there for him.

"Armaan, relax. Everything will be fine. It's nothing. You're just going there and giving your opinion to El about what you like. You don't even have to talk to her. I know it'll be awkward, but it'll only be for a few hours," Rahul tried to pacify him.

"See, that's the thing. I can't ignore her," he said, and proceeded to explain to him what had happened last night. Riddhima, coming to talk to him, earnestly apologizing for being so rude, asking him to be her friend.

"And, you said yes, didn't you?" Rahul asked him rhetorically. He already knew that Armaan had said yes.

Armaan nodded his head defeatedly. "I don't want this vacuum to exist between the two of us," he explained. "So much has happened. She's been the one thing in my life who has changed it so much - for better and for worse. But, underneath it all, she's always been there in some way or the other. It's like she's the only constant in my life, in various roles. And, she's familiar. I... I don't know. It's like when I'm with her, I can't help it. Sometimes, I feel like just forgetting all of it and taking her in my arms and never letting her go, but then, I feel betrayed by everything that she did. And, there's one nagging part of me which doesn't given a damn about what happens to her or with her. I feel like I've already changed myself and my life so much because of her, but I don't want to do it anymore. I want to live my life the way I want it, and not to please her or accommodate her, like I did the last time. She's already dictated almost 6 years of my life (3 during the show, and then almost 3 that it took Armaan to stop thinking about her) and I don't want her to have that power over me anymore, Rahul."

"Armaan," Rahul sighed. He hugged Armaan tight, providing him comfort wordlessly. "It's okay," he said. "I know you're confused, but you have to do this. For Jaanhavi. It's her wedding. You can't let anything ruin it."

Armaan nodded obediently. He wouldn't let his emotions come in the way of Jaanhavi's happiness.

"I know that it's going to be difficult, but you have to do it. Just treat her like you treat Anjali. Don't single her out or initiate any sort of conversation. Keep your contact to the minimum. Help Rohan and Jaanhavi plan the whole shinding. But, don't be rude or distant when she talks. And, try to keep the talking only to wedding related stuff. You don't want to know what she's been upto in the last 7 years. And, if she wants to know about you, don't go in depth about everything. You can be friends without knowing every single detail of each other's lives, you know?"

Armaan listened to his words intently. Rahul was right. Just because they were friends didn't mean that he had to lay his heart out for her. He'd already done that in the past with less than fruitful results. They'd be casual friends, like many of his colleagues at the hospital, who he talked to when he bumped into them, but didn't single out for conversation. He could do that.

"You're right," he told Rahul. "I can do this."

Rahul smiled at him. There was a small part of Rahul that thought that maybe he should do something about the situation they were in, try to resolve it in a way that Armaan & Riddhima ended up together again, especially after listening to the conversation between Riddhima and Muskaan the other day, but then he remembered his own conversation with Riddhima and how cold she'd been and decided against it. Armaan had already cried many undeserved tears over Riddhima. Yes, she'd made him incredibly happy at one point of time, but she'd made him even sadder at the end of it all. It had taken Armaan a long time to get over all that she'd done. And now, he was finally in a place where the past betrayal didn't hurt him as much as it had.

When Rahul had first met Armaan all those years ago, he had been drowning in his pain and loss. He cried himself to sleep every night, he had constant nightmares about the day that Riddhima told him that she was choosing Sid over him. He didn't talk properly, he didn't eat properly, he was always in his own head, reliving every moment with Riddhima - the good and the bad. The abandonment had started causing his panic and anxiety attacks. His therapist had had to work with Armaan for almost 3 years to get them in control.

Even now, Armaan got panic attacks on occasion, even if they weren't as bad as the ones he used to get. But, even the mild ones scared Rahul. Before New York, Rahul had always known Armaan to be a calm, collected man who could handle everything that life threw at him. But, Riddhima's departure from his life had changed Armaan so much. He'd become a vulnerable shell of the person Rahul had known in college and then again during his internship. And, it scared Rahul to the core, seeing Armaan so shook.

He knew he wouldn't be able to handle it again if Riddhima did something to hurt Armaan again, because he knew Armaan might not survive another heartbreak, especially from her. So, he said a huge f**k you to the part of him that wanted Armaan to end up with Riddhima and decided that he would be there for Armaan and try to limit his contact with the girl who'd broken his heart one too many times.

xxx

So, of course I couldn't not show Armaan panicking over his newfound relationship status with Riddhima, so here we go! 

I hope you guys like it. And understand where Armaan is coming from. A lot of surprises and drama is coming up soon. Just a few more chapters to go. :P

I'm really looking forward to that and cause I'm a b**** I need you guys to anticipate stuff, which is why I'm just dropping this bombshell now so you guys stick around, now that you've read your most anticipated chapter already. :P

You know I want you
It's not a secret I try to hide
I know you want me
So don't keep saying our hands are tied
You claim it's not in the cards
Fate is pulling you miles away
And out of reach from me
But you're here in my heart
So who can stop me if I decide
That you're my destiny?

What if we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine
Nothing could keep us apart
You'd be the one I was meant to find
It's up to you, and it's up to me
No one can say what we get to be
So why don't we rewrite the stars?
Maybe the world could be ours
Tonight

You think it's easy
You think I don't want to run to you
But there are mountains
And there are doors that we can't walk through
I know you're wondering why
Because we're able to be
Just you and me
Within these walls
But when we go outside
You're going to wake up and see that it was hopeless after all

No one can rewrite the stars
How can you say you'll be mine?
Everything keeps us apart
And I'm not the one you were meant to find
It's not up to you
It's not up to me
When everyone tells us what we can be
How can we rewrite the stars?
Say that the world can be ours
Tonight

All I want is to fly with you
All I want is to fall with you
So just give me all of you

It feels impossible (it's not impossible)
Is it impossible?

Say that it's possible

How do we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine?
Nothing can keep us apart
'Cause you are the one I was meant to find
It's up to you
And it's up to me
No one can say what we get to be
And why don't we rewrite the stars?
Changing the world to be ours

You know I want you
It's not a secret I try to hide
But I can't have you
We're bound to break and my hands are tied

-          Rewrite The Stars, Zac Efron & Zendaya