
7 Months Later...It took few days and Anjali was right!! As soon as Armaan started living with Sid! Things changed and he was back to normal... Even Riddhima was all normal again not feeling insecure anymore... He talks with her, fights with her, laughs with her just the way he used to do before...
"Armaan k bache!!!" Sid shouted out loud as in this chilly morning just to wake him up! Armaan switched on the fan on full speed making Sid shiver...
"Khud uth k bund kar dena.." He smirked and walked out of Sid's room...
"Tumne kasam khai hai mujhe chain ki saans nahi leyne doge??" Sid shouted out loud as he switched off the fan and followed Armaan in the hall... his sleep was all gone by now...
"Haan!!!" He mocked at Sid's face...
"Urghhh!!" Sid gritted his teeth and went back to his room to get freshen up...
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Riddhima was done with her first year of MBA and was behaving quite responsible since the time she has got her first heart attack by Armaan who almost stopped talking to her... She was so glad he was back to normal now and couldn't thank people enough you were responsible for getting him back to normal...
"Riddhima!! tumhari yaadasht waqai bohat kharab hoti ja rahi hai!! mujhe nahi pata tum apna MBA kese paas karogi??" Armaan chuckled...
"Oh Please!!! Tumhe pata hai? tum bohat irritating hote ja rahe ho..." She passed him some dead looks...
"Agreed!!! Yeh tumhara pati!! Hadd se zyaada irritating hogaya hai..." Sid yelled from the kitchen whereas Armaan was on the dining table with his laptop on and having avideo chat with Riddhima...
"Haina??? i thought so..." She giggled...
"Chup bey!!" Armaan made a face looking back at the kitchen area where Sid was filling up a water bottle...
"Tum kya hehehe hass rahi ho??? jao aur ja k so jao warna phir roti phiro gii mein late uthi! meri class miss hogai aur pata nahi kya kya..." He mimicked...
"Ek he dafa aisa hua tha... tum to jab dekho tab yehi taana marte rehte ho mujhe..." She pouted...
"Hello Jiju!!" A voice boomed in the hall making Armaan look up at the door side where Muskaan was standing...
"Hey!!" He waved a hi to her...
"Tum phir agai yaar??? Apne ghar pe dill nahi lagta tumhara??? ya Rahul ko shaadi se pehle he farigh kar rahi ho tum??" Sid chuckled..
"Meri marzi mein jahan aoon jaoon... tumhe kya hai???" She threw daggers at him...
"Muskaan i hai??" Riddhima asked to which Armaan nodded in a yes...
"Hello Di!! " Muskaan waved a hi to Riddhima aswell while placing her bags on the dining table...
"Hi!!" Riddhima smiled at her...
"So.. how is life??" Riddhima asked...
"Mujhse to baat he na karo tum!! sab se baat karne ka time hota hai... mujhe to poochti bhi nahi tum!!!" Muskaan showed her fake anger...
"Tum bohat mehngi ho yaar... tumse jab baat karo tumhe kuch na kuch yaad ajata hai!!" Riddhima bit her lower lip...
"Hadd hogai!!!" Muskaan glared at her...
"Acha bhae!! chalo ab tum jao ja k so... hum logon ko aur bhi bohat kaam hain!!" Armaan spoke out loudly...
"Haan haan!! sirf biwi ki neend ki fikr hai!! yahan to kisi ko sone na de yeh... pankha chala k utha de.." Sid commented while glaring at Armaan...
"Tumhe baad mein dekhtha hun!!" Armaan retorted back at Sid and then looking again at the laptop screen said.. "Chalo bye!!" and signed off...
"Usse bata to dete k usske sar ke dhmakne wale ho!!" Sid said as he saw Armaan shutting down the laptop...
"Surprise bhi koi cheez hoti hai!!" Muskaan butted in between...
"Aise surprise ka kya faida jo jaan le le??" Sid passed a coy smile to Muskaan who started laughing on that and gave him a high five...
"Hogaya tum donow ka???" Armaan narrowed his eyes...
"Haan!! ab chalte hain!!" They both nodded in a yes and were all set to leave for the movie..
"Kaun kaun a raha hai??" Armaan asked while putting his wallet in his back pocket...
"Sab a rahe hain!!" Muskaan answered him while taking her handbag from the dining table...

It was a simple coincidence that both ArmaanRiddhima's birthday and wedding anniversary falls in the same month... His birthday comes in the start of the month whereas her comes at the end and the wedding anniversary in between...
It was their First wedding Anniversary and so he decided to pay a visit to her... It was fact that these two have not spent much time after marriage as just after their wedding it was Anjali and Nikita's... And so much was there to keep them apart then they went on their honeymoon and as they came back, Armaan joined back sanjivani and then Riddhima's departure happend..
They didn't have much of those happy moments in their bank of after marriage to cherish and so after all ups and downs, fights and ignore, he finally decided to take a step...
"Don't you dare forget about my list okay!!" Nikki warned him while pointing a finger at him...
"Oye Chup!! Kuch zyaada he nahi phudakne lagi ho tum shaadi k baad???" He frowned at her...
"Kya app har kisi ko shaadi k baad shaadi k baad taana marte rehte ho??? khud ki halat dekh lo.." Muskaan commented while finishing her icecream...
"Haan!! yeh bhi point hai!!" He giggled at her comment... "But look at the brighter side!! Mein har kisi k liye object of concern hoon iss waqt!!" He chuckled...
"Oho!! bade maze arahe hain??" Nikki arched her eyebrow...
"Maze to tumhari behn ko lag agey hain!! koi rok tok nahi!! kab kahan ati hai jaati hai kisi ko koi jawab nahi dena!! Aur yahan mein! har ek ko jawab dena hai!!" He made a face at the end...
"Wo to hai!! No doubt about it!!" Nikki giggled...
The three of the were sitting in the lounge after lunch at Gupta's place...
"Kya hogaya?? kis baat pe itni hassi chut rahi hai sab ki??" Anjali joined him with her cup of icecream...
"Wese he!! apni pyaari biwi ki tareefein kar rahe thai!" Muskaan winked at Armaan...
"Uski to neend he urne wali hai isse wahan dekh ke... "Anjali quipped...
"Ya kya pata inhi ki urr jaye!!" Nikki bit her lower lip while hiding her smile..
"Meri urra chuki wo jitni uraani thi.." He smirked..
"Abhi sunn le naa wo hum kya baatein kar rahe hain to road reversal scene ho jaye yahan pe.." Anjali shook her head...
"Hahaha!! acha wo sab choro... mujhe yeh batao k Padma mom kahan hain??" He asked...
"Wo oopar kuch samaan rakhne gai hain!" Anjali told him on which he nodded in yes...
"Wese jane ka kab tak hai??" Muskaan asked...
"dekho 15th tak shayad!" He said and kept the empty bowl of icecream on the centre table...
"Hain?? You mean after your birthday!!" Anjali frowned..
"Usse pehle nahi ja sakta yaar!! Sanjivani is hectic these days!!" He explained...
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Finally!! This MBA will come to an end.." Riddhima was feeling on cloud 9 after hearing about the new exam dates... It was her second year of MBA and her final exams were just 6 months away...
"I Think its time to say GoodBye to this job! Ab sirf parhai pe concentrate karungi so that jald se jald chutkara mile mujhe isse... Aur complications nahi chahiye life mein!!" She told herself while shrugging her shoulders...
"Armaan bhi naa... pata nahi kya zidd laga k rakhi thi! Mujhe ane nahi diya aur khud se yeh nahi hua k ek chakkar he laga le... Kharus!!" She pouted...
"Humari first Anniversary hai!! Hum donow ka birthday bhi hai!! lekin nahi... majal hai jo ussne zikar bhi kiya ho uss sab ka!!! bhar mein jaye... mein bhi baat nahi karungi!!" ursing him under her breath, she finally reached home and started preparing her timetable...

"Tumne dobara apni wohi harkatein shuru kar di naa??" Riddhima shouted over the phone as its been two days he didn't bothered to call her...
"Arre yaar!! thoda busy hoon aur kuch nahi!! Aur mujhe kya keh rahi ho??? tum khud kar leyti itni he farigh thi to..." He retorted back...
"Mister!! I think meine he call kiya hai!!" She spoke out angrily...
"Acha laro nahi!! Mujhe actually dehli jana para tha do din k liye... kaam tha! Isiliye bus..." He defended himself...
"Ek message karne mein kitna time lagta hai Armaan??" She complaint...
"Arre bola naa baba sorry!!" He smiled at her complain...
"Sorry!!" She repeated angrily... "Ainda nahi karna yeh harkat tum!! Mujhe darr lagta hai tumhare mood se... " She wasn't over yet...
"I get it!! Tumhe koi larne ko nahi mila naa..." He chuckled...
"Shut Up!! " She gritted her teeth...
"Acha baad mein fursat se larrna filhaal mujhe rounds pe jana hai... so, will catch you later..." He excused with a grin on his face and ended the call...

Next Week was hectic... 3 new assignments and few tests were just waiting at the door for Riddhima and this brought hell out of her...
"OMG!! Yeh sab..." She took her head in her hands as the long list came in front of her eyes...
"Hhh... Ab karna to parega!!" She told herself while taking a deep breath... "Library jana chahiye!!" She decided and started walking...
Life was getting boring now a days... Its been long they were away from eachother and can conclude well long distance relationship rarely work.. The bad thing was that Riddhima was getting used to this boring life and Armaan with his surprising one... The thing can't live without you was long forgotten... Their personal space has grew more and became a solid reason for Shashank and Padma's headache... They were worried about how these two will take a new start again...
Un noticed by both but the craving to be with eachother was reducing... They were more like in and out friends but not husband and wife... Now a days to miss eachother or to think about eachother they needed free time.. just like when people have nothing to do they sit and remember their passed old days...
"Unhe shuru se ek doosre k saath ki adat thi!! Aur ab wo choot ti ja rahi hai.." A worried Padma spoke up...
"Humari baat yeh bache samjhe nahi!! Yeh khud bhi realise nahi kar pa rahe k inki zindagii kis direction mein chali gai hai!! Bus ek jhatka.. Aur sab khatam!!!" Shashank sighed...
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It was Armaan's Birthday and as expected was forgotten was Riddhima with so many assignments and tests... She didn't knew how but it just escaped out of her mind...
He was expecting her call or message since last night and now doesn't even care as everyone has already wished him and he was pissed off by her now... First he ignored and now he was angry as at last when he called her she excused quickly saying she is busy with test prepration...
"Go to Hell!!" He gritted his teeth whle getting dressed for the party which all his friends and family members were throwing for him...
Shashank and Padma were worried that one spark will set it all on fire but were unknown to the fact that the spark already happend and this party was like kind of a supply of fuel to it...
Just few questions in the party about Riddhima wishing him first and thats it!! He was mad..
"Why are you guys trying to flare him up??" Sid questioned Anjali while getting him self a cold drink and Anjali was standing just next to the table...
"Matlab???" Anjali frowned..
"Matlab subha se wo mere saamne hai!! koi phone wone nahi aya Riddhima ka... Phir pata nahi usse kya baat hui phone pe gusse se pagal hua wa hai!! oopar se tum log aur bharka rahe ho.." Sid led out the truth...
"What???" Anjali's eyes popped out...
"What! what?? yehi hua hai!!" Sid shook his head...
"Yeh ladki pagal hai kya???" Anjali gritted her teeth...
"I don't know and i am not even interested in it... The thing is k now she is gone!!" Sid pressed his lips together and walked off...
Trying to control her anger, Anjali joined others who were laughing and chatting together and this is when she heard Armaan's mobile ringing... She was just standing right next to him and so she saw Riddhima's name flashing... Her eyes moved to look at Armaan's face which she saw turning red a bit ofcorse with anger and next he cutted her call and that made Anjali widen eyes eyes...
Again just after a minute his mobile ringed again and this time Armaan switched it off saying.. "Kuch nahi!! Not an important call!!"
"Mom Dad were so right!!! This is not going just the way we were thinking..." For the first time Anjali understood the meaning behind Shashank and Padma's word...
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"Yeh Armaan phone kyun nahi utha raha??" Riddhima thought while trying him again only to find his mobile switched off... "Sid ko call kar k poochti hun!!" She thought and dialled his number...
"Hello??" Sid gulped down the lump formed inside his throat seeing Riddhima's name flashing on his mobile...
"Hey Sid!!! Yeh Armaan kahan busy hai??? apna phone he nahi utha raha..." She asked lightly..
"Armaan!!!" Sid moved his eyes to look up at Armaan was talking to Rahul on a side... "Wo... " Sid didn't knew what to say...
"Arre kya hua???" She asked again...
"Have you somehow forgotten k aj uska Birthday hai??" Sid tried to be as simple as possible...
"What????" Riddhima jumped up and turned to see the calender... "OMG!! Yeh assignment aur test k chakkar mein... mein to bhool he gai!!" She held her head in her one hand...
"All the very best then!!" Sid wished her and ended the call...
"Oh God!!! Usne phone bhi kiya tha aur mein..." She fell down on the bed knowing the damage has already done... "Usne to apna phone bhi switch off kar diya hai ab..." She pressed her lips together in panick...
Yes! he was so mad at her and had taken an oath of not receiving her any call before next morning... Something new her absence has taught him! and that is to care about himself first and then look at others... He didn't felt like talking to her and so he switched off his mobile.. no feeling like she will became worried or anything strike him...
"Can't she understand?? Nobody is there to question her or pass any comments on her there!! And here i have alot more issues and people to deal with! A Whole Huge Family!!!" He thought while taking a sip of his soft drink...

Husband and Wife with zero amount of Romance, Physical proximity or Emotional gesture!! What is left to keep them tied up?? just few calls and internet connection??? No!! But yes a simple commitment termed as wedding!!
"Armaan please answer my call!!" He received her message in the morning... "Must be 10 pm there..." He thought and finally answered her call...
"Listen!! i am really sorry!! Pata nahi kese mere dimagh se nikal gaya!! i was tied up wit so much work..." She started as soon as he picked up her call as if he won't give her a chance to speak...
"Do you exactly remember last when did i said i love you! or vise versa??" He questioned out straight...
Silence...
"Yaad nahi naa!! mujhe bhi nahi hai..." He spoke out angrily and ended the call...
Her heartbeat went fast and loud... the agression in his voice and the thing he said was enough to take away her soul... The feeling was a killing one!!
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He was so angry that he decided to have a face to face conversation with her and so the flight he was ready to catch after a week now he was about to catch after a day... Packing up his things angrily, he looked at the wall clock and called shashank to tell him about his sudden departure...
"Anjali!!!" Shashank called out her name as soon as she picked up his call...
"Hey Dad!!" Anjali smiled...
"Anjali!! Armaan aur Riddhima k beech mein hir se kuch hua hai??" He asked in a serious tone..
"Ummm... kyun??? kya hua dad?? app aise achanak kyun pooch rahe hain???" She asked biting her lower lip...
"Armaan ka phone aya tha!! Wo ek hafte baad jaane wala tha to phir ek dum se kal uske jaane ka plan kese ban gaya??" Shashank asked...
"Dad i don't know much lekin... kal sid ne mujhe bataya tha k Riddhima ne Armaan ko koi birthday wish nahi kiya tha!! wo shayad bhool gai thi ya kya pata nahi... aur phir party mein ane se pehle shayad usne Riddhima ko call bhi kiya tha aurrr i guess unki kuch ladai wagra hogai thi kyunki Armaan ghar se kaafi gusse mein nikla tha... And party mein bhi usne Riddhima ka phone cut kar diya tha!! meine khud dekha tha!!" Anjali told him everything she knew...
"Ufff!!!! Akhir yeh donow chahte kya hai apne rishte se??? Wo apni zidd nahi chorti aur Armaan to khair baat he nahi karta iss baare mein kisi se..." Shashank was getting tired of all this...
"Dad! app choriye naa... ab wo ja raha haina!! dekhte hain kya hota hai!!" Anjali tried to take a hold of situation...

When your mood is not good! Nothing falls on its place and even if you are alone and have no one to share your feelings with then your mind even turns up side down and not even a single wave of pisitivity hits you!!
Forgetting about Armaan's Birthday was just a mistake and se was gilty about that but the way he behaved and stopped talking to her not giving her a chance to explain herself made her go mad on him...
"Samajhta kya hai khud ko?? bus ussi ka mood!! ussi k tantrums!! ussi k emotions dikhte hain usse... mere kuch nahi!! Mujhe bhi hurt hota hai!!! Khud chahe phone kare na kare lekin mein na karun to uska dimagh kharab hojata hai!! khud chahe jitna bhi busy ho jaye lekin agar mein busy hoon to wo kuch bhi nahi!!!" She blabbered loudly while pacing around...
"Aur gharwale... har ek ko ussi ki side leyni hai! yeh kyun nahi sochte k wo wahan ho kar bhi akela nahi hai!! sab hain uske pass lekin mein??? mein yahan sab se door hoon! bilkul akeli!!" Tears welled up in her eyes...
"Sahi kaha tha tumne Armaan!! mujhe nahi yaad when was the last time you said something sweet to me... Tumne kuch nahi kaha mujhse aur kyun kehte?? tumhara ego jo hurt hota!! Mujhe sach mein humara rishta bhoolta ja raha hai!! Aisi koi bhi baat humare beech hoti he nahi hai jisse mujhe issbaat ka ehsaas rahe k tum mere pati ho!!!" She punched her pillow again and again with aggression...
"Main bhi nahi karungi phone!!! Agar tumhara ego hai! to mera bhi hai!" She concluded while throwing away all her books...
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It was about 4 in the morning when he reached his desired destination... Some mixed feelings were there in his heart which he was unable to name... Not feeling like ringing the bell, he opened the door with the extra key he have and entered inside...
Her feminine fragrance touched him as he stepped inside and felt like as if something magical was there which was soothing his heart... He closed his eyes and then taking a deep breath, left his bags and walked forward towards the one and only bedroom see her... His all anger and everything just vanished away somewhere right that moment...
Slowly he walked forward and found the bedroom door all open... He peeped inside and got disappointed on finding it all empty... Turning around he quickly scanned the hall which was empty too and this made him switch on all the lights... The whole appartment was empty and there was no sign of Riddhima... He checked the bathroom, kitchen, gallery and again the anger which vanished away few seconds ago now started building up once again and that even on its verge...
"Where the hell is she at this hour???" He muttered angrily...
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"Thanks Kelly!! i was really disturbed these days and almost forgot about this assignment and everything but just called me on right time and even helped me this much!!! Thank you!!" Riddhima thanked kelly while getting out of the university at 3 in the evening...
"No problem Ridzi!!" Kelly smiled back at her...
This fight with Armaan wasn't letting Riddhima do a single thing except just sitting all alone and thinking about the leeches in their relationship... It was kelly to called her for some important work and later on finding Riddhima feeling so low she came to see her and took Riddhima her home to study and cheer her up...
Inserting the key in the keyhole, Riddhima opened the door of her appartment and entered inside... Walking forward, she stepped inside her bedroom and almost threw all her books and handbag on the bed... Then taking off her jacket she streched her arms in the air and heard.. "Must be tired huh??" The voice made her startled and she turned around at once...
He was standing right on the bedroom door with an angry killing look on his face... His red eyes were throwing daggers at her...
"Armaan!" She shivered...
"Chalo!! finally yeh baat to conform hogai k yeh tumhara he ghar hai!! warna mujhe to kal raat se lag raha tha k shayad mein kisi ghlat he ghar k ander a gaya hun!! Aur ghalat waqt par bhi!!" His words were harsh and so as his voice...
"Tum yahan??" She was shocked and words were not coming out of her mouth... There was a cold war going on... no happiness! nothing was there... He was angry and she was terrified seeing him that angry... It was his new sight she just saw..
"Kal poori raat tum kahan thi??" He questioned while clenching his jaws stnding still on his place...
"Tumne bataya nahi tum a rahe ho..." She put forward her question instead of answering him...
"Maine tumse kuch poocha hai!!" He roared...
"Mein apni dost k ghar thi!! Agar tumne phone kiya hota to tumhe pata hota..." She taunted...
"Nahi pata hota!! mujhe tab bhi nahi pata hota..." He smiled sarcastically... "Jaanti ho kyun???" He voice was still sharp but a bit low now...
"Kyunki humare beech sawal jawab khatam ho gaye hain!! Hum kuch zyaada he independent ho gaye hain!!" He looked down and then again at her.. She was silent and mostionless as if she has seen a snake or something...
"Tumhe nahi lagta do bohat zyaada independent log saath nahi chal sakte???" A silent tear escaped his eye...
"Nahi!!!" Like a spark she covered the distance between them and so as his mouth with her palm... "Aur kuch mat kehna please!!" She almost begged..
"Its not working!!!" He moved her hand away with his and said "Aur yeh sach hai!!" His each and every word was slowing her heartbeat... Their eyes were staring eachother and the very next moment she was on the floor unconsious and This time he was not holding her in his arms...

Love,
Sameera😊
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