#6Kya Pyar Aisa Bhi Ho Sakta Hai(AR)Pa-206,7:149 - Page 72

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Part-199

and she again ran, armaan kept on looking at her with mixture of emotions…. One week passed but riddhima's not chatting with armaan, she's answering him in monosyllables and armaan too didn't say anything to her as he understans riddhima's feelings too.. he's just waiting for the time to turn in his favor…..

Riddhima's sitting in cabin mumbling "kyu kiya armaan tumne aisa?? Kyu itna pyaar karti hun tumse ki tumhare galat hote hue bhi tumhe galat nahi keh sakti, kyu kiya armaan??? Kyu tum ye roop saamne lekar aaye mere?? Nahi dekhna tha mujhe tumhara ye nafrat se bhara hua roop, rehne dete mujhe hamesha issi galat fehmi mai ki tumhe bas pyaar aata hai karna, nafrat kya hoti hai ye tumhe nahi pata, kaashi ye din hi na aata….."

She turned when heard some noise of door and found armaan going out from cabin, clearing the corner of his eyes, may be he heard her words, riddhima felt bad, besides so many complaints she can't see him sad, she wanted to she finally got up thinking to find armaan ..

She entered in ward and found armaan missing there, she got slightly worried as armaan's nowhere to be seen, she turned when heard aarish giggles and found he's playing hide and seek near one patient's bed, riddhima asked him to come to her,

he simply shaked his head, riddhima made angry face, aarish too showed her eyes, riddhima actioned that she's going, aarish shaked his head and with one hand called her to come near him, but riddhima shaked her head, aarish entered under the bed, riddhima made face and turned,

aarish came out and tried to get her attention but riddhima didn't react, aarish made a puppy face and again goes under the bed, before riddhima could do anything she heard some one calling her "riddhima ji..", riddhima turned and found the same patient whom riddhima brought home and armaan saved his life…

R: are aap??? (seeing his tensed brows) kya hua?? Aap itne ghabraye hue kyu hai??

Patient: riddhimaji aap apne bete ko uss darinde ke paas (pointing to the bed where aarish's sitting) kaise aaram se ghumne de rahi hai, uski parchayi se bhi aapko apne bache ko bachakar rakhna chahiye…

R: (confused) aap kya keh rahein hai mai samajhi nahi....

Patient: (more confused) aap aise kyu bol rahi hai jaise aapko kuch nahi pata, already wo aapke bache ki 5 baar jaan lene ki koshish kar chukka hai,

(Riddhima's shocked trying to register all the words in her mind) agar dr. armaan na hote to ab tak…(and before he could complete she heard aarish's wails loudly,)

Riddhima moved to him, then bends down and saw aarish who's sitting under the bed and his face's hidden in his palms, he looked at his mother then again started crying, riddhima knew very well that he's crying because she's not manaofying him,

normally she used to hold her ears and manaofy her little kid whenever she scolds him and makes him scare but today she did nothing so he started crying, for a moment riddhima forgot everything and smiled a bit while shaking her head, and asked aarish to come out, aarish turned and hides his face in wall and started crying more loudly, everyone started looking at the kid…

R: (quickly holds her ears) acha baby sorry, mumma ne aapko daanta, mumma gandi hai…. Daeda se complaint karenge mumma ki, challo ab bahar aao… (but arish didn't come) dekho sab patients disturb ho rahein hai, sab keh rahein hai aarish ganda baby hai, par aarish to acha baby hai na… challo mumma ki goddi mai aao jaldi se aur sabko batao aarish acha baby hai….

(she opened her arms, aarish didn't understand any of her words but seeing her arms, he quickly rushed in her arms and cried again, riddhima caressed him lovingly) betu aise thodi na rote hai, mumma to majak kar rahi thi , aapko chod ke jaa sakti hai kya mumma, challo ab chup ho jao jaldi se..

(she stood up and was stunned to see ankit on bed as earlier his face was covered with sheet, she didn't know that ankit's shifted in this ward, suddenly she felt aarish's hid himself in her and hugged her tightly and was crying, she patted him but then felt that aarish's scared, he's trying to hold

her as tightly as he can,

she slightly detangled him from herself but aarish's trying to hold her more tightly, she looked his face and asked "kya hua baby??", aarish again tried to hug her but she stopped him, he while crying turned and looked at ankit and then instantly hugged her again tightly,

riddhima looked at ankit and patient's words again travelled in her mind, she looked at aarish and with shocked eyes hugged aarish tightly and quickly moved out from ward, she entered in cabin, armaan's sitting in cabin checking one patient, he looked at aarish, riddhima entered in their rest room, while she's crossing armaan, armaan noticed tears in aarish's eyes and riddhima's worried expressions too..

He knew that something big had happened otherwise aarish would have not tears in his eyes, he's simply a laughing toy, and if her cried he only makes sound but tears.. that happens very rarely. He quickly did check-up of his patient and then moved in…

Riddhima's lying on sofa and next to her aarish's lying with his little arm around her neck and his eyes were falling, riddhima's giving her feed and side by side clearing his tears and caressing his head with love, as usual mother's feed did its magic, aarish's looking relaxed now, but still he's holding her tightly, seeing armaan at riddhima's back,

Aarish opened his eyes and again started crying, he opened his arms, riddhima turned and looked at armaan, armaan picked up aarish and hugged him saying "kya hua hero???? Huh?? Kyu band baaja baja rakha hai???", aarish hugged him tightly and with in 5 minutes he's asleep still hiccupping, armaan clears his face and kisses on his forehead, still patting him, then looked at riddhima who was looking him deeply..

A: kya hua???

R: armaan aarish ankit ko dekhkar itna darr kyu gaya tha???? (riddhima felt that armaan tightens his grip around aarish and a sudden fear crosses his face) aisa kya hai jo mujhe nahi pata armaan???(armaan looked her) bolo?? Aisa kya hai jo hamare bete se juda hai aur mujhe nahi pata…

A: (looking at aarish and then smiled) tum bekaar mai jayda soch rahi ho

riddhima, aisa kuch bhi nahi hai, uss sighaniya ki shakal hi aisi hai, wo khud hi apni shakal se darr jaata hoga to hamara rishu darr gaya to isme konsa badi baat hai??? Aur tumne iska dhyan kyu nahi rakha riddhima??? Tumhare rehte hue ye iss room se bahar kaise nikla??? Chotta sa bacha hai ye, nahi jaanta iske liye kaha rehna theek hoga par tum to jaanti ho na.. agar kuch ho jaata to??

(riddhima narrowed her eyes) mera matlab hai ye hospital hai, tarah tarah ke patients hote hai, koi bimari wagarah… (he stopped when found riddhima unconvinced eyes, in between his pager started buzzing, for the first time he really loved his pager interruption, he once again kissed on aarish's head, handled him to riddhima and moved out, riddhima kept on looking him…

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Riddhima's walking on road, again and again clearing her tears, she looked at her wrist which had red marks, she again reminded how much tightly armaan held her wrist, she's shouting "armaan mujhe chod do, aaj mai iska kissa hi khatam kar dungi hamari jindagi se, iss jaise jaanwar ko jinda rehne ka koi hak nahi hai.." but armaan didn't let her move even a single bit,

she again tried to free herself but armaan held her other hand too which's having knife, next time when she tried armaan got a very big and deep cut on his arm due to knife that riddhima's holding but still armaan didn't left her even for a second and didn't even wince, he just hugged riddhima tightly

and riddhima broke down completely in his arms mumbling "ye sab kya ho raha hai armaan?? Kyu ho raha hai hamare saath, humne to kabhi kissi ka kuch nahi bigada tha, kabhi kissi ka bura nahi chaha tha, phir sab kyu aise kar rahein hai??? Armaan kept on caressing her hair, riddhima tried to free herself again,

but armaan pulled her back and very carefully took knife from her hands saying "tum aur aarish theek ho, bas mujhe kuch aur nahi chahiye, nahi farak padta kaun kya kar raha hai, bas tum dono theek hone chahiye", riddhima with tears looked in his eyes which were speaking volumes,

he's hurt and broken from inside yet he's handling her as if nothing happened, his eyes were shouting "mai vehashi nahi hun, logo ne mujhe ban ne par majbur kar diya, mai to sirf pyaar karna hi jaanta tha par shayad logo ko nahi acha lagta tha, kaise dekh lun koi mere bache ko meri aankho ke saamne maarne ki koshish karega,

kaise dekh lun koi meri biwi ke aansuon ka kaaran bana hua hai, meri jindagi ho tum, kaise dekhta pal pal tumhe tadapte hue??? Tumhe to aaj sachayi ka sirf pata challa hai, tab tum uska khoon karna chahti ho par maine to apni ankho se sachayi ko dekha hai, inhi aankho ke saamne usne 1 nahi 5 baar aarish ko maarne ki koshish ki, kaise sehta mai???

Maine to bas ankit ko maut ka aaina dikhane ki koshish ki thi, sirf use darr ka ehsaas dilwana chaha tha, kya karun agar bhagwan ko kuch aur manjur tha, kya karun agar bhagwan use uske karmo ki saja dena chahte the, maine use nahi maarna chaha tha…

Riddhima came in present when her feet knocked in stone, and before she could understand anything she's on ground with words in her mind "armaan bhaiya pata ni kis mitti ke bane hai bhabhi, sab kuch pata hone ke baawjud bhi unhone ankit ko bachane ki koshish ki, koi aur unki jagah hota to shayad uska khoon hi kar chukka hota,

bhaiya ne itna safely ankit ko punish karne ki koshish ki thi taaki ankit ko bina kissi nuksaan ke pata chal jaaye ki maut ka darr kya hota hai, par bhagwan ne hi uss ankit ki band baja di, uss se baap ban ne ka such hi cheen liya, aur hamare armaan bhaiya mahaan hai ek, jiss jaanwar ne unki jindagi ko narak bana diya wo ussi insaan ke liye ab din aur raat lage hue hai

koi aisa treatment dhund rahe hai jiss se wo rakshash theek ho jaaye, sab jaante hai armaan bhaiya, uski wajah se bhaiya ki life kharaab ho gayi, aapko itna suffer karna pada, har ek hadd paar ki ankit ne burai ki par phir bhi pata ni kyu armaan bhaiya uss ankit ko theek karna chahte hai?? Pata nahi kyu unki aankho mai ek guilt najar aata hai….

Riddhima dropped 3-4 tears mumbling "tum sab jaante the armaan, tum jaante the ki ankit ne hi tumhara accident karwaya aur ussi ki wajah se tum kabhi chal nahi paaoge, phir bhi tum apne liye nahi sirf mere aur hamare bete ke liye ankit se nafrat karte the, pata nahi iss baar tumse maafi kiss muh se maang paungi, aadhi adhuri baatein sunkar maine tumpar shak kiya, kaise??? Ek minute mai sab bhula diya, vishwas kar liya unn adhuri baton par..

Riddhima felt guilty and hit her hands on ground tightly when armaan's hurtful and broken eyes came in front of her eyes, her heart humiliated her by saying "kitna todegi tu usse riddhima, baar baar uske vishwas ko thes pahunchati hai, kaisa pyaar hai tera. Ek pal kehti hai ki tu uske bina nahi reh sakti aur ek pal mai uske dil se khelne lagti hai, tuta hua to wo pehle hi tha aur apni jindagi ki aankhon mai apne liye wo nafrat(disgust) aur avishwas(disbelief) dekhkar kye beeti hogi usspar, socha hai ek baar bhi??"

Riddhima's cell started ringing,it's from home, raju asked her to come fast as aarish's crying and armaan's not there, riddhima cleared her tears and moved towards home wondering where's armaan, she reached home and put aarish to sleep side by side siddhart's words roaming in her mind "wo aapko aur armaan bhaiya ko bilkul alag karna chahta tha, sirf yahi reason tha ki usne armaan bhai ka accident karwaya, aapko samaj ke saamne insult kiya aur aarish ko maarne…….sirf aap dono ko alag karne ke liye…"

It's 11 at night, still armaan's not home, riddhima tried his number but its coming "switch-off", riddhima got tensed and rushed out from home, hardly she walked 5 minutes when heard some familiar voice, she stopped and saw armaan looking constantly towards the whole Mumbai from the edge of the ground with some complaints on his lips, his voice's totally broken…

Riddhima felt miserable as armaan's voice touched her ears…

Pyaar humne kiya hai, pyaar tumne kiya hai,

yaar phir imtihaan kyu jamane ne liya hai…

Saath hum denge tera tujhse waada hai saathi"

(riddhima closed her eyes and all the words of siddharth, and armaan's accident, their all sufferings flashed in her mind, she hits her forehead in tree and cried, kept on looking at armaan and finally in broken voice mumbled…)

Dard jitna milega pyar utna bhadega,

Apni chahat ke aage ye jamana jhukega

(riddhima turned herself such that her back was touching tree, her one arm was holding tree, once again she hits her head on tree and with tears kept on hmming words, armaan turned and tried to spot her but she's far from his eyes, armaan moved his wheel chair towards the voice direction after clearing his eyes, again making his face strong..)

Dil se dil mil hi gaye, apna milna hai baaki,

Thoda sa pyaar hua hai, thoda hai baaki…

(riddhima again turned and looked at armaan from branches and slowly slowly moved back, then rushed towards home with pain and guilt in heart, armaan came but found no one, he thought that may be visualized her, he too moved towards home)

He found riddhima sleeping in room, he goes to her and caressed her head then moved to other side of bed and called raju to help him in settling on bed, he kept on looking at riddhima, then bends down and cleared the corner of riddhima's eyes when found one pearl trying to leave riddhima's eyes, as he did so riddhima instantly moved her arms around his neck and tightly clutched him,

armaan looked her, her eyes were still closed, armaan caressed her face but still she didn't move, armaan kissed her on head and then hugged her tightly as he could feel her body which's just shouting for him, riddhima opened her eyes and silently weeps, just kept on hugging him

and whenever armaan looks her she closes her eyes as she's finding very difficult to say words to him and armaan's calm behaviour, his way of handling her with love was adding more guilt and pain in her and with that her grip kept on tightening around him,

they slept in same position, with armaan's head on riddhima's head and their arms wrapped around each other, 4-5 days passed, riddhima's not able to talk to armaan, riddhima's not going to hospital nor armaan asked her to go as he knew she's very insecured about aarish, he hardly knows that riddhima knows the whole truth and she's not insecured but like him she's also broken, broken with the tantrums of this society..

Riddhima's preparing dinner in kitchen, one side handling aarish who's sitting on his chair on shelf of kitchen with tie-ups around as he's trying to move here and there, riddhima gave him boiled aalu to eat, he got excited first he ate a little bit then he's back with his naughtiness and after filling his fingers in meshed allu, he rubbed it on riddhima's hair, riddhima showed him eyes, aarish first started laughing and then seeing riddhima's irritated eyes , aarish started pouting and started crying, riddhima this time didn't manaofy him and kept on doing her work, her saree pallu n hairs were irritating her, suddenly she gasped when felt some fingers around her waist, she mumbled armaan and looked at her back….

A: (after tying her pallu around her waist) niche aao.. (riddhima like a puppet bends down, armaan removes hair from her face and then tied them with a rubber band, then took aarish in his arms) aur paplu ji aapke kya haal chaal hai, kisliye gala phad phad ke itna besura sangeet sunaya jaa raha tha??? (aarish just smiled cheekily, armaan holds his hand) wah wah aap bhi khaana banana seekh rahe ho, kamaal hai paplu ji…. (aarish slightly blushed, armaan shaked his head) nautanki, chal haath dhulwaata hun(turned to leave, but riddhima holds his hand, armaan looked her…) kya hua??

R: yahi pe raho na… (armaan made aarish stand on floor)

A: kya karunga???? (riddhima looked him)

R: pehle to kabhi ye sawwal nahi pucha…

A: pehle aur ab mai farak bhi to aa gaya hai… (riddhima again looked him with lil sad eyes but she noticed that he's not taunting but he's saying this with a farway look..) ye sawaal puchne ka kabhi mauka hi nahi mila pehle, time hi nahi mil paata tha… (he smiled when reminded their romantic kitchen sessions..)

R: umm… anyways choddo, meri help kar do pranthe banane mai…

A: par mai kaise?? I mean mera haath shelf tak nahi pahunch sakta..

R: saaf saaf kyu nahi kehte ki meri help ni karna chahte…

A: riddhima.. (she looked him) ok fine…(riddhima smiled a bit and handled her aata and asked him to make dough and she made mixture, after few minutes) jab chup hi rehna tha to mujhe yaha par roka kyu tha??

R: (in frustration) chup chap aata karo…

A: (stopped and looked her) tum mujhe ab bhi nahi maaf kar payi na, kyu iss jungli insaan ko itna jhel rahi ho, let me go out… (he placed bowl on shelf and turned but riddhima holds his hand..)

R: hamesha tumhari estimations sahi to nahi ho sakti na armaan, jaruri hai khamoshi sirf narajgi ka hi pehlu ho, aisa bhi to ho sakta hai ki mai tumse bahut baatein karna chahti hun par….

A: par kya???(riddhima again turned and started making pranthas, armaan again asked but riddhima kept mum, armaan finally held her hand and turned her towards himself and was surprised to see her cheeks full of tears…) kya hua??? (riddhima falls on floor and cries)

R: tum kyu mujhse kuch nahi kehte armaan??? Kyu nahi chillate mujhpar??? Kyu itne normal ho??? Kaha se itni patience aatii hai tum me???? (she placed her head on his knees)

A: riddhima???

R: agar hum usse nahi maar sakte to hum police ko to sab bata sakte the?

A: riddhima usne aarish aur tumhare saath jo kiya..

R: (cutting him) armaan mai aarish aur apni nahi, mai tumhari baat kar rahi hun, for god sake armaan he tried to kill you, b'coz of him u r paralysed today aur tab bhi tum sirf meri aur aarish ki baat kar rahe ho, kaise???

A: (looking her with shock) tumhe ye sab kaise pata hai???

R: tumne batana jaruri nahi samjha to kya mujhe pata hi nahi challega??? Tumne aarish aur mere liye to saja deni chahi, apne liye uski jaan kyu nahi le li??? Mujhe kyu nahi maarne diya uss darinde ko…

A: tumhe kya lagta hai ki usne jo tumhare saath kiya wo chotti baat thi??

R: tumhare saath jo hua uss se to bahut chotta tha armaan, tumne socha bhi hai ki usne kitna bada paap kiya hai??? Kabhi to socha karo…

A: tum konsa apne bare mai soch paa rahi ho??? Jo khud nahi kar paa rahi wo mujhse kyu expect kar rahi ho??? tum ankit ko maarna chahti ho mere liye waise hi mai usse ladna chahta tha tumhare liye, tum bhi to sirf mere bare mai hi soch rahi ho naa, tumhe konsa yaad hai khud ke dukhon ka?? Hume apne dukh aur dard se dikkat nahi hoti riddhima, hum jinhe dil o jaan se chahte hai unke dard se takleef hoti hai, apne dukh to hamesha chotte hi najar aate hai,mujhe ankit ko saja deni hai tumhare liye.

R: hamare liye??? Tumhe pata hai armaan agar ankit ne ye sab na kiya hota to aaj hum teeno mai se koi bhi suffer na kar raha hota, tum usse hamare liye saja dena chahte ho, par kya jaante ho ki aaj tum theek hote to uski himmat na hoti hume aankh uthakar dekhne ki bhi, sab kuch aaj alag hota…hamare liye nahi ankit ko saja tumhare liye milni chahiye (riddhima looked him, then placed her head on his knees and cried again) kyu kiya ussne aisa??? Kyu hume sab alag karne par lage hue hai, humne to kabhi bhi kissi ka bura nahi kiya, phir….

A: (holds her face and clears her tears) bura to hamara bhi koi nahi kar paaya riddhima, alag karna chahte hai sab par sabki chahatein bekaar bhii gayi na, aaj itne saalon mai itna sab kuch ho jaane ke baad bhi hum saath hai, agar kuch paaya nahi to kuch khoya bhi nahi, waqt ke uppar hamara pyar bhari pad gaya na, aaj ankit ke sab plans mitti mai mil gaye, kyunki jiss maksad se usne ye sab kiya tha wo maksad to pura ho hi nahi paaya, hum to aaj bhi saath hai aur hamara pyaar or bhad gaya, iss waqt se jayda bura kuch bhi nahi ho sakta, iska matlab hai hamara pyaar har phase ko bahut aaram se paar kar sakta hai…

R: (cutting him) mujhe ye baatein nahi samajhni hai armaan, mahaan nahi hun tumhari tarah jo iss sukun mai baith jaungi ki hamara pyaar aaj bhi waisa hi hai, armaan hum insaan hai, apno ke liye dard saha jaata hai par koi ajnabee aakar hume dard de itna hak usko kisne diya??? Kyu hum uss ajnabee ki khattir jindagi bhar suffer karenge, itni mahanta mai kaha se laun ki sab bhul jaun??

A: to kya karogi?? Police ke paas jaogi, saboot ikattha karogi?? Sab paise ke aage jhukk chukke hai, kiss se uski sachayi kahogi???

R: pata nahi mai kya karna chahti hun, bas itna chahti hun ki ankit ko aisi saja mile ki kissi bhi doctor ko apni power ka bura istemaal karne ka khayaal hi naa aa paaye, nahi chahti ki ab log hospitals jaane se pehle kahi baar soche ki kya wo hospital jaakar theek kar rahein hai, armaan kuch to hoga aisa jiss se ankit ki sachayi sabke saamne aa sake…

A: Tumhe kya lagta hai riddhima maine nahi koshish ki hogi??? Pichle 2 mahine se sirf issi koshish mai laga hun ki kissi tarah uss ankit ki sachayi saamne aa jaaye, par nahi ho paaya, usne har mod par paise ko apni taakat banakar sabko khareed liya ya phir dhamkiyo se sabko apne raste se hata diya, kya karogi aise haalat mai??? Chahta to mai bhi sabko paise se khareed sakta tha, par mai paise ko nahi, hamare rishte ki pavitrata aur taakat ko uske khilaaf istemal karna chahta hun, taaki uske saath saath iss puri duniya ko bhi message mil jaaye ki wo sirf dukh de sakte hai, par hume alag nahi kar sakte…. (riddhima looked him with far away look) kya hua???

R: to divorce dene ka khayal tumhare mann mai aaya bhi kaise tha armaan??

A: (he freezes for a second) divorce dene ka matlab ye tha kya riddhima ki mai tumse pyaar nahi karta, tumhare pyaar ne hi to majbur kiya tha na mujhe wo step uthane ke liye, ek taraf pyaar tha, dusri taraf gussa, insecurities, tumne andar se mujhe alag karne ki koshish ki thi aur maine bahar se tumse alag hone ki koshish ki thi, tumne na chahte hue bhi mujhe dheere dheere khud se dur kar diya tha aur maine..

R: (completing him) tum mujhe intentionally dur karna chahte the par phir bhi apne aur jayda kareeb le aaye, mai intentionally tumhe dukh nahi dena chahti thi par phir bhi bahut jayda dukh de gayi aur tum intentionally mujhe apne dukh ka ehsas karwana chahte the par mere dukh ko mujhse cheen liya.. (she smiled thinking how armaan used to comfort her… she moved her arms around her waist) tum theek kehte ho armaan, hum ankit ki tarah paise aur galat raah ka nahi, sahi raah aur apne pyaar ko uske khilaaf use karenge..

A: aur thoda sa dimaag ka bhi…. (riddhima smiled a bit)

R: matlab tumne plan socha hua hai pehle se??

A: ummmm…khalli to baith nahi sakte na, holi tak ka time hai mere paas, sirf 1 hafta… chahe har koshish nakaam ho, par himmat ni haarunga holi ke din tak… (riddhima nodded with tears)

R: tum mujhse naaraj to nahi ho na??? mujhse ab bhi pyaar karte ho na??? phir se galti kar di thi aadhi adhuri baatein sunkar…

A: riddhima bhul jao sab baato ko… (he cleared her face and kissed on her head..)

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Week just passed away, riddhima somehow controlled her anger in hospital as armaan asked her not to disclose anything or else ankit'll get more conscious…

HOLI…

AR remained restless throughout the night, in morning they put slight color on each other's forehead and with banging hearts they reached the main venue, riddhima sat on one table where as armaan remained on phone talking to one after the other, in heart again and again praying ki aaj kuch gadbad na ho…

Riddhima felt some little palms on her eyes, someone was trying to cover her eyes but was not able to close, riddhima smiled and tried to find out, in babyish language asked " ye konsa pyaara sa baby hai????" and one little girl mumbled " bolo bolo mai kon hun bui????" riddhima's surprised when heard "bui", she quickly turned with happiness and mumbling "ritika.." and found her standing on chair,

she picked her up and hugged her tightly, then showered her with kisses, one more child hugged her legs, she looked down and found rishab, riddhima eyes hot filled with happiness, she hugged him too saying "kitne bade ho gaye mere riti, rishab", she chatted with them and stopped when found ritu standing in front of her,

ridhima's smile slightly fadens, before she could react she found ritu sitting on her knees and then she holds her ears, riddhima placed rishab down and slowly slowly moved towards ritu and then ran to her, ritu's having tears in eyes, she joined her hands and mumbled "maaf kar de agar kar sake to….", riddhima couldn't control herself and hugged her tightly with tears in both eyes, both cried their hearts..

Ri: maaf kar de riddhima, jiss waqt tujhe hamari jarurat thi sabse jayda ussi waqt tujhse muh mod kar challi gayi, itne mahino se himmat kar rahi thi tujhe face karne ki, aur holi se acha mauka nahi mila, maafi maangne ka..

R: ab bhi teri chabbar chabbar karne ki aadat nahi gayi na,( both smiled a bit)

Ri: I missed you so much…

R: hmmm… kya bollun mai, tum logo ki pal pal yaad aati thi, akeli hoti thi ya jab ye duniya ke asli chehre saamne aate the to lagta tha ki kaash tu hoti, sabki bolti band ho jaati, koi kuch bol hi naa paata…. (ritu slightly pinched her nose and hugged her again… armaan-chirag gave hi-fives to each other, they witnessed their whole scene, then they moved to them)

A: ab agar ganga-jamuna ka sangam khatam ho gaya ho to alag ho jao, log tarah tarah ki najro se dekh rahein hai… (ritu showed him eyes) lee isse to pal bhi nahi laga apni original roop mai aane ke liye aur mai soch raha tha ki hamari ritu badal gayi, par chipkali to chipkali hi rahegi na…. (ritu threw pen on him) kaali maata… chal ab meri votti ko chad de, mujhe insecurity ho rahi hai…

Ri: tu bhi hamesha kayua hi rahega aur apni besuri aawaj mai meri nanad ka pyaara sa naam kharab karta rahega… (ritu moved to him and was on the verge of hitting him but hugged him tightly, riddhima moved to chirag and and hugged him, all the four chatted and after few minutes they're back to their originalpana with ritu-armaan bantering and riddhima-chirag trying to calm them down….)

Armaan got a call, and both men moved out..

R: tum yaha kaise???

Ri: wo armaan ne hume… (she stopped) are har saal holi ek saath khelte hai to iss baar bhi to khelni thi na.. (she put color on her cheeks.. riddhima smiled and before she could do anything she heard..)

Is it riddhima??? Riddhima gupta??? (riddhima turned with anger when heard "gupta") , but stopped when saw one woman almost equal to her age and 6-7 months pregnant..

R: riddhima malik…

Lady: from st. Thomas school???

R: yes, par aapko kaise pata??

Lady: yaad hai raj bansal, jo tumhe 6^th class se line maarta aa raha tha and jiss din usne propose kiya, tumne itni jor ke uski gaal par chanta maara ki 10 class tak uski gaalo se wo nishaan nahi gaya tha, ab bhi aise hi maarti ho??? (riddhima's totally confused n surprised) padma aunty ke wo chillayi ke laddu bahut yaad aate hai, n naani ke wo aalu ke pranthe bhi, yaad hai mai tumhara tiffin khaa jaati thi kyunki…

R: kyunki tum moti thi aur tumhari mumma kehti thi ki dieting karo…. (lady smiled, and riddhima jumped and screamed with happiness) oh my god, vibhaaaaa, vibha malhotraa…

Vi: jaise aapka surname change ho gaya hai waise hi mera surname bhi change ho gaya hai…(vibha smiled and hugged riddhima) finally aapko aa gaya ki mai aapki bachpan ki saheli vibha hun..

R: (with happiness twisted her but then seeing her tummy she patted it and mumbled "ohh hooooo") aise kabhi milenge ye to socha hi nahi tha, tu to bilkul badal gayi hai vibha..

Vi: aur tu bhi, chehra dekh kitna nikhra hua hai tera, kiska assar hai???(riddhima slightly blushed) ohhh hooooo…. Challo ab to jiju se milwa hi do hume…

R: nahi pehle tu milwaayegi…

Vi: are abhi wo saath nahi aaye hai…aane waale honge..

R: tu yaha kaise???

Vi: wo papa ne aaj inauguration function rakha hai hospital ka aur holi bhi thi, mai kabhi holi par apne husband se dur nahi rahi, hum dono ka hi favorite festival hai, issliye…. (riddhima nodded with happiness and once again hugged her, then they settled on table, ritu goes in search of armaan, in between riddhima, vibha chatted about their married life ) tu yaha kaise, I mean holi nahi celebrate kar rahe???

R: nahi, aaj holi se jayda kuch aur important kaam hai…

Vi: kya??? (riddhima didn't mumble) are bol bhi ab, kyu nautanki kar rahi hai school ki tarah….

R: kuch nahi, aaj ek aise insaan ko saja dilwaane ka mann hai jisse iss duniya mai laakar shayad uske maa-baap bhi rote honge, rakshasho se bhi kahi gunaah aage hai… (riddhima found vibha lost somewhere)

Vi: ye sab tujhe yun ghur ghur ke kyu dekh rahein hai, sabke muh kyu bane hai??

R: (instantly) sabki najar mai prostitute hun na mai issliye…

Vi: shut up riddhu, kya bol rahi hai tu???

R: (smiled fakely) sach bol rahi hun mai… anyways choddo, jiski wajah se ye sab hua hai, usse saja aaj nahi to kal mil hi jayegi…

Vi: riddhu tu mujhe bata rahi hai ki kya hua hai???

R: bhu chod… aur ye bata due date kab hai???

Vi: chahe aaj 9 saal baad mil rahein hai, par mai aaj bhi jiddi hun, baat jaankar hi rahungi…

R: vibhaaaaaa……..(vibha gave her "now what ???" look, riddhima took a long breathe) bahut lambi kahani hai bhu…

Vi: daudegi..

R: wo… (before she could say anything, she saw armaan) chal aa mai armaan se milwaati hun tujhe… (she took him to armaan) armaan ye meri bachpan ki sabse kareebi dost vibha hai… (armaan smiled and shaked hands, they chatted a bit when vibha told him the reason she came in Mumbai..)

Vi: aap ye wheel chair par kyu?? (their smile faddens a bit, vibha looked at riddhima..)

R: ek darinde aur paagal insaan ki wajah se….(riddhima looked at armaan while saying this and was surprised when saw armaan gesturing her to not to speak, vibha asked her to speak further but riddhima looked at armaan who's literally pleading her not to utter a word, riddhima asked vibha to sit as both AR have to go to meet some doctors, vibha nodded..)

Riddhima goes with armaan..

R: kya hua armaan??? Mujhe side par kyu bulla rahe the??

A: riddhima hum aaj hi hamesha ke liye kasaulli challe jaayenge, hum aaj kuch nahi karienge, plan khatam, tum vibha se kuch nahi kahogi, kuch bhi nahi…. (riddhima's shocked to react, just kept on looking at armaan…)

To be continued…

Precap: just wait n read….

Ankita….