"Armaan" she winced moaning his name and freed her mouth from his, as his full body weight pressed on her when they fell on the bed. He immediately rolled off her. "Are you hurt basket? I am sorry basket. I am sorry" he said looking at her worried if she is hurt with the sudden fall. She smiled at him and cupped his cheek in her palms, making him look into her eyes. "I am not hurt armaan" "Are your sure basket?" "haan armaan" she said and kissed his forehead pulling his face down. He smiled at her pecking her cheek. He lied on her side and encircled his arms around her pulling her closer to him. She snuggled to him and put her head on his chest, with closed eyes. He stroked her hair and back and they stayed like that for sometime with a smile. They both were worried and scared about their family's reaction to their relationship. When everything is fine now and their family agreed for their marriage, they felt So Peaceful. They lied in each other's arms letting it sink in their souls that they are together now with their family's consent. But they still had few more things to do, which they have to do soon.
"Basket" "hmm" she mumbled looking up at him. "We have to talk to mom" "hmm. We must apologise to everyone. We made our family suffer along with us" she said. "And also we have to talk to champ. He had not reacted for what Padma Gupta did" "Haan armaan. I know he will be Very Angry on her and crying in his heart. But he will not show it to me. We need to speak to him" she said and he nodded. "But before all that we need to do something important basket" "What?" she asked. Without saying anything, he pulled her up to his face level. She understood what we he was going to do and pushed him. "Hey, why did you push me?" "I know what the important thing you want to do Mr.Naughty Mallik. We can't do it now" "Why?" "Because we should go down now. My lips are already swollen and you embarrassed me enough. I don't know how I am going to face everyone now. I don't want to be more embarrassed" she said and he pouted. "This is not fair basket. You are bad" he said whining and pouting. "I am hungry. Atleast Make me eat" he said cutely like a kid making her smile at him. She took the plate and sat in his lap feeding him and he fed her. They stared into each other's eyes smiling, as they ate in silence, their eyes doing the talking.
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"Shall we go now?" he asked as they finished eating. She shook her head in no. "Armaan everyone is going to tease us now. Especially bhabhi and muski. I can't face them" she said with a shy smile. "haha..don't worry basket. I will handle them" "Promise?" she asked forwarding her palm to him. "Promise" he said kissing her palm, promising her. She smiled at him and stood up. He held her hand and turned to go, when she stopped him. He looked at her. She came forward and pressed her lips on his giving him short sweet kiss and pulled back before the kiss turned passionate again. He grinned at her showing his dimples and she lowered her eyes blushing. "Oyye hoyye. Someone called me Naughty Mallik and look who is being naughty here. And I like my new name-Naughty Mallik" he mumbled in her ear kissing her forehead and she blushed hitting his chest.
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Armaan and Riddhima went down holding hands and she heaved a sigh of relief seeing no one was in the living room. Armaan went to look where everyone was and she went to wash the plate they ate. She washed the plate and kept it in its place wiping it with a cloth. She turned and saw muskaan and anjali entering the kitchen. They winked at her and she lowered her lids shying, knowing why they winked at her. Muskaan opened the refrigerator and took out a water bottle. Her eyes caught the chocolate cake there, which armaan baked for riddhima last night. She took it out and kept it in the kitchen counter. Riddhima looked at it and said "Muski don't take that cake" "Why ridz?" "Because..hmm because its mine" "Yours?" "haan" "Open your eyes and look at it properly ridz. It's a "Chocolate Cake". And you don't like chocolates" "No. I love chocolates" "From when?" "Woh.." "Wait. Where did this cake come from? Did you bake it?" muskaan asked. "Or did ammy baked this for you?" anjali asked winking at riddhima. "Yes anji. I baked this. Coz my basket loves chocolate cakes. She loves anything and everything with chocolate" armaan said entering the kitchen and sat on the counter. He pulled riddhima making her stand between his legs and hugged her from behind, keeping his chin on her shoulder. She struggled to come out of his hold, which resulted in him tightening his hold more. Anjali and muskaan smiled looking at them. "Oh ho. So we should definitely taste it" anjali said and cut a piece of the cake. She ate the cake giving a bite to muskaan. "Wow!!! This is Delicious ammy" they said together. "Thank you ladies" he said smiling at them. "Forget this cake ridz" muskaan said and almost ran to the other house, taking the cake with her. The other three laughed.
Anjali saw riddhima glaring at armaan saying something which was not audible to her. She understood what was happening seeing armaan shaking his head and pulling her more close to him. "Don't worry about ammy hugging you infront of me ridz. The men in our family are shameless, including your bhaiya. You have not yet seen your bhaiya's PDA. You will see from now" anjali said smiling. Riddhima looked at her surprised. Armaan and anjali laughed at her expressions and he pecked her cheeks. She blushed looking down. "Always stay happy like this" anjali said with moist eyes. They hugged her smiling at her with moist eyes.
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Anjali, armaan and riddhima went to the other house. There they saw atul, ananya, billy, muskaan and rahul relishing the cake. "I never knew you bake so well armaan" ananya said looking at her son. He smiled at her sheepishly and went in holding riddhima's hand. "Basket taught me to bake" he said proudly. "I hope she taught you cook too" "Of course she did mom" "Well done riddhi. You did a good job. It is good we have atleast one man in home who knows cooking. Your uncle and bhaiya doesn't even know the "C" of cooking. And I guess Rahul doesn't know cooking too" "Yes aunty. He doesn't knows to cook" muskaan said. The three men, except armaan frowned hearing them. "Buddy this is not fair. Your mom never complained about me not knowing cooking all these years of our married life. But she is doing now because of you" billy said pouting. Others laughed. "Uncle, aunty we want to talk talk to you.." "No more serious talks today riddhi. It's a Big Day for our family. We should enjoy and celebrate today" Ananya said. "But mom.." "We will talk later armaan" ananya said and they nodded. "You enjoy kids. Me and ananya will go and take some rest" billy said looking meaningfully at ananya and she understood he wants to talk to her. They nodded at them and they went to their room.
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Armaan moved closer to her in the couch encircling his arms around her. "What are you doing armaan? Bhaiya is here" she whispered to him. "Do you have any problem if I hug basket like this champ?" he asked atul shamelessly. "Not at all buddy" atul said smiling at them. "See, he doesn't have any problem" he said tightening his hold on her. She shook her head and looked down shyly. Others chuckled. "Okay. Now we will ask some questions to you both and you have to answer them" muskaan said. Armaan and riddhima nodded. "Tell us where you both met for the first time". Armaan and riddhima looked at each other smiling and said together "In the elevator of a Shopping Mall". "Elevator?" muskaan asked. "Haan. He came in to the lift when I was already in there. That's how he came to my life" "The first thing you noticed about him?" Anjali asked. Riddhima blushed. She felt little uncomfortable sharing all these things with them. It was all new for her. "Come on ridz. Tell us" "His blue eyes" she said in low voice looking down. Muskaan whistled. Her cheeks turned red in shyness. "Now armaan" muskaan said and asked "The first thought which came to your mind when you saw ridz for the first time?" "I found the one who is as Beautiful as My Mom. I always thought My Mom is the Most Beautiful Female in the World. But the moment i saw my basket, she proved me wrong" he said staring at riddhima with love filled eyes. Muskaan and anjali stared at him. They know how a bigger compliment this is for a girl from her man's heart. Riddhima looked at him lovingly leaning on his shoulder. "And after I came to know her, I realized her inner self is As Much Beautiful As Her Outer Self" he said looking at riddhima with all the love he has for her. They smiled at each other and he kissed her forehead. Others looked at them in awe as the lovers were lost in each other's eyes. After a few moments, rahul faked a cough bringing them out of their eyelock. Armaan spoke before others could tease them. "You can continue your questions session later. Let's go somewhere now" "Where ammy?" "To the beach" he said. He and atul looked at riddhima and saw her eyes sparkling and her lips curving into a big wide smile. Others agreed. "Okay. We will get ready in an hour" anjali said and everyone stood up. They went to their respective rooms to get ready. Riddhima gave him a quick peck on his cheek mumbling "I Love You" in his ear and ran out before he could catch her. He grinned mumbling "I Love You Too"
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Armaan entered his room and locked the door. He opened the balcony door to go to her room when his phone buzzed. He opened the message and read, "I know u will come to this room any moment. Don't come. Muski and bhabhi is here". He frowned reading the text. Riddhima's phone buzzed and she opened his reply message. "I want to come there. I miss u basket". His phone buzzed. He opened the message and read, "I miss u too armaan and I love you. Now let me get ready. If we keep on texting like this, I will get late and you will have to wait more to see me". His reply came in a few seconds. "I love you too basket. Come down soon. muahhh :* :* :*" she blushed reading it and took out her clothes from the wardrobe.
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Armaan stared at her with open mouth when she descended down the stairs. She wore a long purple skirt and matching top. It looked almost the same like the one she wore, when he saw her in a skirt and top for the first time. She let her black silky hair open and applied kohl in her eyes. Other than that, there was no makeup at all in her face, just how he loved her, her True Natural Self. She looked up at him feeling his intense gaze on her and smiled at him blushing. Her red cheeks enhanced her beauty more and he so wanted to bite her cheeks. "Armaan, stop staring at My Princess. I know she is beautiful and it is difficult for you to not look at her, but we are here too. Don't embarrass her man. Her face has already turned crimson" atul said bringing armaan out of his trance. Armaan looked at others embarrassed and riddhima hid her face in her bhaiya's chest. Everyone laughed and went out. Armaan waited till others goes out and caught riddhima's wrist and pulled her back to him. He hugged her tight and whispered in her ear "You are Beautiful Riddhima Basket. You look more beautiful than you did five years ago. I am not going to leave you tonight" and sucked her earlobe, kissing and biting it. He pulled back and pecked her lips and went out whistling, leaving her there, who smiled and blushed profusely.
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The walked to the beach, as the beach was just few minutes' walk away from their home. As they reached, riddhima looked at atul and armaan, who nodded at her and she ran to the water, removing her beach sandals, pulling anjali and muskaan along with her. Armaan took out his HD video recorder and starting recording as the girls played in the water, his main focus on his basket. Riddhima lifted her skirt a little and backed away from the wave when it came near her feet, playing her "Touch me if you can" game with the waves like she does from her childhood. Armaan smiled wide seeing her do that. He So Missed seeing her playing with the waves. She looked at him smiling wide making his heart jump. Muskaan and anjali too joined with her in playing. Riddhima pulled ananya along with them. They played with the waves laughing and giggling, while the men looked at them with a content smile looking at them playing like kids. They had another work to do, to glare at the men who were staring the four gorgeous ladies and make them go away from them.
After sometime, they sat in the rock chatting, when muskaan said, "Ammy, remember I told I will punish you for making my ridzi suffer all these years?" muskaan asked and he nodded slowly. Armaan looked at her with thudding heart thinking what is her punishment. "Armaan you are dead today. Don't know what her punishment is. God please save me from this sherni" he thought in his heart. "So your first punishment is.." she paused for few seconds and stood up. "Wait for few minutes. I will tell your punishment" and walked away from them. Armaan and riddhima looked at each other talking with their eyes, asking what is she going to do. Muskaan came back in few minutes and stood infront of them. "You have to sing for ridzi infront of all the people here" she said giving him the guitar. Armaan grinned hearing her and took the guitar from her. "Muski are you crazy? There are so many people here. You.." "So what basket? Let them know we are together now. I want to tell the world We Belong to Each Other" he said looking at her lovingly. She nodded with a shy smile. "Thank you for this punishment muskaan. If your punishments will be like this, i am ready to do it all my life" he said smiling at muskaan and she smiled back at him. He turned facing riddhima and winked at her making her lower her lids blushing.
Armaan strummed the guitar and she looked up at him. They looked at each other with an enchanting smile and he started singing looking into her green eyes. They were lost in each other's eyes as he sang playing the guitar and the world around them disappeared. His mesmerizing voice and the music caught the attention of the people present there. They looked at the couple who were lost in each other's eyes. Everyone can feel the love oozing out of his every word and voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pj8NILBZaA
Tu hi meri hai saari zameen
chaahe kahin se chaloon... tujh pe hi aake rukoon
tere siva, main jaoon kahaan?
koi bhi raah chunoon... tujhpe hi aake rukoon
tum mile.. toh lamhein tham gaye
tum mile.. toh saare gham gaye
tum mile.. toh muskuraana aa gaya
tum mile.. toh jadoo chaa gaya
tum mile.. toh jeena aa gaya
tum mile.. toh maine paaya hai khuda
Tujh mein kinaara dikhe, dil ko sahaara dikhe
aa meri dhadkan thaam le...
teri taraf hi mude... yeh saans tujhse jude
har pal yeh tera naam le...
tum mile.. toh ab kya hai kami.
tum mile..toh duniya mil gayi.
tum mile.. toh mil gaya aasraa.
tum mile.. toh jadoo chaa gaya.
tum mile..toh jeena aa gaya
tum mile.. toh maine paaya hai khuda
Din mere tujhse chale
Raatein bhi tujhse dhale
Hai waqt tere haath mein
Hooo..Tu hi shehar hai mera
Tujh mein hi ghar hai mera
Rehta hai tere saath mein
Tum mile toh mil gaya humsafar
Tum mile toh khud ki hai khabar
Tum mile toh rista sa ban gaya
Tum mile toh jadoo chaa gaya
Tum mile toh jeena aa gaya
Tum mile toh maine paya hai khuda
Armaan and riddhima came out of their eyelock when they heard the thunderous applause around them. Their moist eyes said more than what words could say. He moved forward and hugged her and she responded to him hugging him tight, not caring about the people around them. All she cared about was him and their love. "I Love You Armaan" "I Love you 2,3,4..rise to infinity" they whispered to the other emotionally, as they stayed hugging for few moments. They came out of the hug and looked at their family and friends and the people around them. She blushed when they grinned at them and lowered her lids. Some of the young people there congratulated them and old couples blessed them. Armaan looked at his mother and sister whose eyes were moist. He embraced them in a hug and said "I am sorry" "Its fine ammy. We understand" anjali said. "I am Happy I listened to you singing after all these years" ananya said. As armaan had stopped singing infront of others after his separation with riddhima, they never got to listen to him in the last five years and they were delighted to listen to him today. Armaan looked at his father who blinked at him and he knew he and riddhima needs to talk to him soon.
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The family then went for dinner in nearby seaside restaurant and enjoyed their fullest. Eating, smiling, laughing, teasing and pulling each other's leg, they had a blast. Armaan had asked them not to order the dessert here and he will take them to a special place. "Let's go to one of basket and my favourite place" armaan said and everyone nodded excited to know which is their armaan and riddhima's special place. Riddhima looked at him smiling wide knowing the place and tightened her grip on his hand.
After a twenty minutes' walk, armaan and riddhima led everyone to an icecream parlour. "Ice cream parlour?" ananya asked. "Yes mom. This is one of our favourite place. We meet in the beach on Saturday and Sundays when we don't have our music class. Then we come here" "We love the ambience of this place and they have the Delicious ice cream in Mumbai here. We love this place" riddhima said as they entered in. Memories rushed back to armaan and riddhima. Their eyes grew moist and they blinked their eyes at each other. They wiped each other's tear smiling. They were welcomed by the melodious saxophone music. Everyone sat in a family table. The men went to place the orders and came back in sometime with their partner's favourite icecreams. Riddhima, muskaan and anjali relished their ice creams making others smile at them. Muskaan and rahul were surprised seeing riddhima relishing the chocolate icecream. She never eats anything with chocolate when they were in London. But today they got to know she is a crazy chocolate lover and they understood why she stopped eating it. And they also understood what they knew of her in London was just half of riddhima and they have just began to see the real "Riddhima Basket Joshi".*******
"No kids. We are going home now. The night is getting cold with each passing minute" ananya said strictly when the young couples said they want to go to the beach again and spend sometime. They nodded half-heartedly understanding she is saying it for their good and went back home. As they started to walk, armaan whispered in her ear, "We will come to the beach tomorrow" she nodded at him with a bright smile, giving a peck on his cheek. He smiled and did the same to her. They reached home and everyone retired to their rooms.
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Armaan went to the terrace after freshening up knowing his basket will be there. He knows she loves cold nights. He saw her there, wearing a midnight blue colour night pajama and shirt and staring at the sea lost in her thoughts. He slowly walked to her and encircled his arm around her from behind. She came out of her thoughts feeling his touch and smiled leaning onto his chest. He tightened his grip keeping his chin on her shoulder. They stayed silent for some minutes cherishing the moment in their soul. He moved her hair to other shoulder and kissed her nape, sending shivers down her spine. She closed her eyes holding his arm which was around her. He turned her and kissed her forehead. She opened her eyes and looked at him with all the love she has for him and traced his face his with her soft fingers. Her passionate loving gaze and her touch were driving him crazy. She stopped at his lips and replaced her finger with her lips. She sucked and nibbled his lips making him smile. Her fingers massaged his scalp and caressed his nape arousing him. He stroked her waist above her shirt and opened his mouth letting her tongue enter in. She moaned as he unbuttoned the bottom two buttons of her shirt and caressed her bare waist and tummy. She tightened her grip on his neck and kissed him hard, as his sensual caresses aroused her. He moved his palm to her back and caressed her skin making her moan into his mouth. Their bodies grew warm with their passion. They came out of the kiss and he moved to her neck and throat, unbuttoning the top button of her shirt. She arched back giving him access to her. He placed wet kisses on her skin and bit and licked the bite making her moan his name in pleasure of his love. He captured her lips again. Suddenly he lifted her in his arms and went down to his room. She was not aware of it as she was drowned in his love. Reaching his room, he kicked the balcony door shut with his leg and laid her on the bed softly, freeing his mouth from hers. He came on top of her and started kissing her again. He left feather kisses all over face and sucked and bit her earlobe making her shudder. He traced her slender neck and throat with his lips making her shiver in his hold. She gasped aloud when she felt his lips on her upper chest and pulled him up, smacking her lips on his. She rolled making him lay beneath her and kissed him unbuttoning his shirt, exposing his bare upper body to her. She trembled as she touched his skin. He groaned feeling her touches and her upper body pressed on his. His one hand moved to her lower back and caught her softness in his palm, making her shudder. His other palm roamed in her bare back inside her shirt. They shivered with each other's passionate kisses and touches.
They heard the faint ringing of his phone, but ignored it. It rang again and again, bringing them out of their passionate moment. Groaning, armaan answered the phone and she rolled off him. "Hello" "Hello ammy, is ridz there with you?" muskaan asked him on the other side. "Yes muskaan. She is here. She is sleeping" he lied. "Oh..okay then. I am going to my room to sleep. Is she really sleeping or you guys are doing something?" she asked in a teasing tone. "Yes. We are doing the same thing which you and rahul do" he said and smirked when she didn't reply anything. "I..I..will talk you tomorrow ammy. Good night" she said blushing and cut the call, hearing him laugh.
Riddhima was still in the daze of their moment and was breathing heavily. He smiled looking at his basket and moved closer to her embracing her in his arms. He kissed her forehead and she looked at him blushing. She struggled to come out of his hold, and gasped when her bare tummy touched his bare abs. She looked down at herself and her cheeks turned more crimson if possible, realizing her shirt's top and bottom two buttons were open. Her eyes moved to his bare skin and she stared at him with wide eyes. She remembered unbuttoning his shirt and lowered her lids blushing. Her cheeks were strawberry red. He laughed and gave a tight kiss on her cheek. She hid her face in his chest blushing. He parted her from him a little and buttoned her shirt kissing her forehead and said, "You are not changed basket. Yet there are some changes in you". She looked at him. "Today you have not spoken much, which showed you are still the same basket who will be at loss of words when you are elated. And you used to hug me tight and sometimes kiss my cheeks to express your love and happiness to me. That's what happened today too. That's why I said you are not changed. And the reason I said yet you are changed is because, now you express your happiness and love to me with your passionate love. I can feel how much you are overjoyed today with your touches and kisses. You are initiating a passionate moment between us, but still you are blushing after what we did. And that's what makes me fall for you more. You don't hesitate to initiate but still you are your shy self and I love it about you" he said looking into her eyes. She stared at him amazed, how he understands her so well. "There is no one in this whole universe like you armaan. I love you with everything I have. I love you" she said and hugged him tight. He hugged her back smiling and said "I love you too my jaan" making her smile. They came out of the hug, after what seemed like eternity and he sat up buttoning his shirt. She stopped him putting her hand on his and shaking her head in "No" looking down in her lap. He grinned understanding her gesture and removed his shirt from his perfect body. He switched off the lights and laid back on the bed pulling her to him. She kept her head on his chest, wrapping her arm on his waist. They shuddered with their intimacy and whispered "Sweet dreams" to the other. Armaan covered them with the comforter and they slept in a few minutes in each other's arms, with a smile on their lips, Elated and Content.
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