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Hey Friends...
I just decided to write a One shot on AR with the ideas jumbled in my head and here it is....
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Its a dark stormy night. People are running helter-skelter to protect themselves from the rain. They are running into the buses that are running full and run after cabs that don't even stop because the drivers don't want to drive long distances in that weather.... The college is about to close for the night early because of the weather and students are trying to find rides and friends to go home before the weather worsens.....
Riddhima, Anjali, and Nikita are waiting on Atul to bring the car to drive them home. Someone sees them from behind the door and is trying to look at Riddhima. He sees the rain splashing on her and it strengthens his desire even more...
Riddhima: Arre main toh apni books classroom main hi bhul gayi. I will just be back.....
Saying this she runs towards the second floor. Atul comes just in time and Nikki and Anjali explain to him that Riddhima is just coming backkkk. The guy who was watching these three ladies comes to Atul, Nikki, and Anjali and tells them that Riddhima is unable to find the book but I will help her and bring her back to her house... you guys go ahead.....
They argue a bit but in the end the guy manages to convince them and they leave..........
The college is almost empty except for a few students running here n there.... and the watch man driving everyone out to lock the college......
Riddhima comes out with her books and looks for Atuls car, for Anji and Nikki but the college is almost empty and the watch man is closing the gate...
She is about to shout to the watchman to stop when a hand stops on her lips. Her heartbeat skips a moment. Anxiety fill her mind. She feels that something untoward is about to happen. She struggles and tries to catch the watch man's attention. But the guy pulls her inside the classroom. She struggles and pushes him tries her best to free herself from the monster who is trying to hurt her... but he just tightens his grip on her....
He waits until everyone has gone and until the watchman goes off locking the door.... and then he releases her....Struggling all this while when suddenly she is set free her heart stops.. For a sec she doesn't realize what to do.. then instantly she runs towards the gate to see if someone can open the gate for her and save her from the monster....She runs out all the way from the classroom on the second floor dropping all her books, her mobile which kept on ringing, her duppaatta flying at the pace she is running.. out of the passage ....onto the college garden and towards the gate.......
Riddhima: Koi hai mujhe bach......(he stops the words again)
Frightened to the maximum.. she just stands still afraid that one movement might alarm the monster... and he might harm her......Her eyes scan the area ahead of her... but are afraid to look in the back to look at the monster...Her ears are listening to the thundering rain drops on the roof top .. to her heartbeats that are running at those same beats as the rain... and then she hears it close to her heart .. close to her ear........ closest to her soul.......Riddhima...The voice that she hears sends a thousands emotions through her heart ... a billion things in her mind.. but she just stands there eyes closed.
He touches her face... his fingers touching her face .. it sends a shiver through her body...
He turns her face towards himmmmm and bends down on his knees...The rain is drowning them is the sea of emotions.. making them wet to expose their souls to each other....Riddima follows the gentle force with which his fingers turn her face and whispers a soft.. Armaannnnn
Armaan: Riddhima Ankhen kholo...
Following his voice as a pure devotee she slowly opens her eyes and sees him on his knees with a rose in his hand, and wet to his inner core.. just like her...... She looks into his eyes....
He continues......Riddhima maine tumhe rok kar shayad galat kiya par aaj is mausam main apne dil ki baat kehna mujhe zaaruri hai...
Riddhima shies away looks away towards the tree on her right... that is standing silently just like her listening to the rain drops and giving it a soft corner to land on.... she walks a little towards the tree.... to hide her emotions......from him... from the one whom she always loved and cared for...but from whom she never expected anything......Armaan stands up and grabs hold of her hand......
Riddhima... please meri baat suno....
She stops as if her heart gave away.... she just stopped but still looked away from himm
Armaan: Tum jis din se meri life main ayi ho ..... mujhe tumne hasaya hai..... mere har ek gaam ka ehsaas hai tumhe.... meri has ek chahat ka izhaar bhi yaad hai tumhe....... par tumne apne dil ko mera nahin samjha.. isiliye shayad tumne mujhe kabhi aapna nahin samjjha....Maine tumhe har us waqt yaad kiya jab kisi ki mujhe yaad ayi par tumne meri yaad ane par bhi mujhe yaad nahin kiya... Riddhima .....( he comes really close to her... where his lips are right next to her ear......)Main janta hoon tum mujhse pyaar karti ho(Riddhima shivers..... how did he know.... because she never let her emotions show but he still knew it...)Riddhima....( he turns towards her but still holding on to her hand........ not wanting to let it go ever again............)par tum yeh nahin jaantiiii( he comes cloooosest to her where his face is just next to hers.....he touches her face and gently lifts it up towards him so that she faces him directly......Riddhima is still tensed and anxious and has her eyes closed...)
ki main bhi tumse pyaar karta hoonnnn.........I love you
Hearing this her heart contents..... Its this that she always wanted to hear but never had the courage to speak out...She wanted to throw her emotions on him hug him caress him but she stood still eyes still closed and not an expression on her face....
Armaan: Riddhima......
Hearing him say her name she felt blessed..... like when one hears God answering ur prayers....
Ridhhima slowly opens her eyes..... and looks in his......
The eyes seem to speak a thousand words to each other.....The love the fights,,, the care that they had shared with each other.... came out through her eyes as a tear drop........ His eyes saw that... n it hurt him that the tear came because of him ...he wanted to make up for it....... he was already close but now he was the closest...... he brought his lips to her cheek .... and drank the tear..... N said.......tumhara ek ek aason meri jaan hai.. aur inhe main zaaya nahin hone dunga.....
Hearing this she just breaks.. the walls that she had so strongly held against her sides..... just crashed and she dropped onto his arms........He let herinto his cozy arms to make her feel that he is always there for her...... She cried out her heart into his heart....
Ridhhima: Main nahin jaanti kabse but jabse hosh sambhala hain tumhare baare main socha hai.....I love you Armaan with all my heart.......... I love you...
Armaan sheds atear......seeing her open her heart out to him finally felt relieving....
I love you too Riddhima... I love you tooo.....
She straightens up....from his arms....n looks into his eyes....
n he looks into hers... slowly she shies away n says college main chale...varna sardi ho jayegi .....
he looks at her innocence and her care... they walk towards the college..... but realise that the door that they came through has an automatic lock and one could only come out if u were inside ....but if u were outside u couldn't go in.....they run towards the bench under the roof near the window.... where they could sit and talk....
He was still holding her hand and she was not minding it....He slowly took her hand that he was holding and kissed it .. she shied away.... and then looked at him and smiled.....
N then she suddenly realized.....ummm meri books aur mobile... aur Di bhi ghar pe pareshan ho rahi hogi.....
Armaan: Mainee unhe keh diya tha ki main tumhe chor dunga ghar..... aur tum bhaagi neeche tab books chor ayi this yeh rahi
She smiles
Riddhima...looks at him
he looks at her
Ridhhima shyly asks to aab chale... di pareshan ho rahi hogi...
Armaan smiles.... and says chalo... they walk towards the parking lot not afraid of the rain pouring on them but afraid of the time when they would have to go home separately...
Armaan opens the door for her she sits in ..he sits in the car and they drive towards Riddhimas house...
**Scene ends**
Do comment and let me kno how u felt...
<3mishty