Chapter 2
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"Because I Said So... - ArSh OneShot "
She was calmly making notes and corrections in the medicine chart of her patient who was fighting obesity. But she was all too aware about him standing a few steps behind her, vexed and fuming with anger, doing what only he knows.
The space in the drug-storage room on the hospital was cramped. What with the huge ceiling-to-floor medicine cabinets, that were quite many in number and which were stacked with innumerable boxes consisting of ampoules, tablets, syrups, syringes, saline bottles,wire meshes, gauzes, bandages, cotton- the whole paraphernalia.
So it was kind of unnerving for her to see or rather feel him , standing so very close to her.
But what she didn't understand as to why was he so irritated and infuriated.
Or maybe, she had a slight hint as to why he was behaving that way, but she didn't dare speak a word and kept on working coolly, as if nothing was bothering her.
He, on the other hand, was just one step away, from detonating like a grenade.
He was highly infuriated but he just kept hoping that he wouldn't do anything rash that would scare her off because he really didn't want that.
Mad would be too small a word to explain what he was feeling right now.
Earlier it was the situation which involved her and him that had made him furious.
And now seeing her all calm and composed, doing her work, as if nothing had happened, just sent him closer to the edge of losing his cool.
He just had to speak or else he was very sure that he would combust with rage.
So he began.
"I need to talk to you."
"Hmmm.." , came a very uninterested reply along with a careless shrug from her.
That did it.
How dare she act as if he wasn't in the same room as her.
As if he just didn't exist.
As if she just couldn't care less about his being or not being there.
He clenched his fists and covered the few distance between him and her in a few quick strides.
Reaching to her side, he paused and gave it another try, trying to calm down his racing nerves.
"I said I need to talk to you."
His tone was awfully,very clipped.
She shivered a bit, not knowing whether it was the blast of cold air from the AC or that he was standing right behind her, so very near, that her back was almost aligned to his front or whether it was his voice that came off so very seductively low.
And yet, mustering enough courage and still not turning, she replied,
"And I did say 'hmmm'..didn't I!!"
That was it.
Not able to withhold himself from doing it, he grabbed hold of her arms and spun her around, so much so that that the clipboard that had the papers she was holding in her hands along with the pen, went flying across the room to some corner.
He had turned her towards him with such a jerk that she was now standing caged in his strong arms, with her soft palms pressed to his sculpted chest.
The feathery wisps of her dark hair had also clouded her face a bit, due to the sudden movement, hiding her visage from his view.
Despite the raging fury that was building inside him, he couldn't help but soften a little when he carefully removed the tendrils from her beautiful face, just so that he could see her, in her angelic glory.
She, on her part, could clearly see his darkened and troubled eyes but nothing could hide the tender passion that was literally obscuring every other emotion in his orbs.
She felt goosebumps all over her arms when he ever so slightly caressed her face with his fingers.
Their breathing, warm and heavy, seemed to be such a laboured task as they stood in each other's embrace in such an intimate way.
They both kept staring at each other..blue to green..green to blue..their eyes locking each other in, refusing to let the other go.
Before matters went out of hand, somebody had to say something.
Obviously it was Armaan because he was the one who so desperately need to talk.
So he began, without breaking the eyelock and without letting go of her, in a voice that was merely a low husky whisper,
"Why are you doing this?"
Shilpa, who had so long been rendered speechless, considering the way he was staring right through her and the way he was holding her, now felt agitation coursing through her veins.
Still, trying hard not show how affected she really was with their proximity, she started wriggling in his hold and finding her voice (hoping to make herself sound as irritated as she could),
"What do you mean!!! Why can't I do what!!"
Now, this annoyed Armaan like anything.
Tightening his grip on her arms in such a way so as not to hurt her and also so that she would stop squirming so much and leaning towards her a bit, he spoke, in an eerily calm voice that didn't fail to betray the storm that was raging within him,
"You know exactly what I am talking about."
"NO I dont."
Shilpa spat right back, vexed, but still a little amused cos she did have a slight idea as to why he was so pissed off.
Shilpa spat right back, vexed, but still a little amused cos she did have a slight idea as to why he was so pissed off.
Unluckily for her and luckily for him, Armaan did notice the slight curving of her lips, which meant that she was playing around.
Jerking her a little with his hands, he intertwined his fingers with hers, that were so long nestled against his chest, so as to raise her up to his height, he then placed her gently on the countertop, present in the storage room, and then placed both his hands besides her in such a way, as if caging her from the front.
And she sat there, like an obedient child, not daring to move even an inch, just looking at him with awe.
"Well, then listen to me very carefully, Miss.Malhotra.
You still cant do this."
Oh snap..he had caught onto her.
Even though she was a little confused as to why was he behaving so weirdly, but she still knew that it was regarding her and him.
So she decided to play along further.
"And pray tell me, why shouldn't I!!"
"Because I said so."
His voice held a note of finality and an edge.
And this infuriated Shilpa a wee bit.
So she literally screeched at him, frowning like a kid who has been denied her favourite candy and began,
"Go get a life Armaan..and for once, just stop being an ass."
She jerked away from his hold, trying to get down and she was successful as she gave him a slight push, so much so that he stumbled back a little, way too shocked by her sudden movement.
He saw her walking briskly towards the corner of the room, where the papers had settled themselves, when they went flying from her hands.
He also did hear her mutter something under her breath, something which sounded like a chain of abuses starting from - stupid, moron, a-class jerk, freaking a-hole, idiot, loser & so on & so forth.
Losing his cool rapidly now, he marched towards her but he didn't twirl her, but just stood close behind her, when she picked up the papers, and trying his best to calm his anger, he began,
"Shilpa..don't try my patience..Enough of it now..I have just had eno.." , but he couldn't complete when she butted in, turning completely around -
"Exactly Armaan..enough is enough now..why don't you just snap outta the whole frigging thing arready and let me do my work and you do the same."
"I would have had you not irked me and my temper with your constant blabbering and spending almost all your free-time with that guy", he literally yelled back.
Now, her doubts had been confirmed.
So this was what was bothering him.
Too bad.
"Well for your kind information, the guy happens to have a very decent name and that is Sreshth Arora."
Dr.Sreshth Arora was a reputed cardiologist and a visiting doctor in their hospital.
Over the past few days, he had struck up quite a friendship with almost everybody but his special interest in Shilpa had rubbed Armaan the wrong way.
Just an hour ago, he had found that guy & Shilpa, chatting away like good 'ol friends, in the corridor and he was flirting with her like a seasoned casanova, but in a very sophisticated way and to his horror, Shilpa had been quite gleefully enjoying it.
So that is why Dr.Armaan Mallik was so very pissed off right now so much so that he wanted to punch the hell out of her dear Sreshth Arora and kiss the living daylights out of his beloved Shilpa Malhotra.
But Armaan still cringed inwardly hearing his name from her, so he just gave a nonchalant shrug and replied, as if he couldn't care less if he was some Sreshth Arora or Barack Obama or even Shehenshah Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar -
"Yeah..whatevs."
Shilpa was beyond exhausted now, playing this cat and mouse game with him since the past half hour.
"What do you want, Armaan..am absolutely sick and tired of arguing with you regarding this..What is your exact problem", she spoke tiredly.
But seems he was far from tired.
With renewed energy, he said,
"My exact problem..as you have been kind enough to point out..is with you going out with him."
"Oh for the love of God..WHY!! And please don't shrug it off like that.
Sreshth is such a nice guy."
"Nice guy, my foot."
Armaan muttered angrily.
"I heard that. Anyways, he really is such a cutie-pie."
Armaan's eyes were this close to falling out of his sockets.
He actually couldn't help but scream -
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!! CUTIE PIE!!!!"
"Armaaan...stop being so melodramatic..and am not done yet.
Yes, he's really quite cute and adorable. And he's good-looking, earns quite well, is caring and affectionate. Basically, he's a perfect gentleman.
Pretty stable about everything in his life.
And I could totally imagine settling down with him and having roly-ploy cutesie little babies with him..awww.."
That was the last straw of Armaan's patience.
Something flared up within him..something so feral and raw that it ignited his whole being when an imaged flashed in his eyes of her with babies.
He growled low in his throat, but loud enough for her to hear, when he said -
"Over my dead rotten body you will."
She slowly turned towards him.
She could easily see how ragged his breathing was.
And his eyes..they had a strange glitter in them.
Something so primal.
Unknowingly, a shiver ran down her spine.
His face, set into a hard mask - she could easily see what a laboured task it was for him to keep himself calm.
She was intending to see jealousy.
But what she saw instead scared her along with exciting her.
So intense. So deep.
She began speaking carefully, in a soft tone -
"I still don't get it Armaan, just give me one reason, any reason as to why I can't be with him."
This time he inched closer to her, making her step backwards.
It was then that she found herself backed against a shelf which contained all the medicines that had passed the expiry date.
As it was situated in a far corner of the room, Shilpa was basically trapped now. Between the shelf and Mr.Hulk here.
He could see her eyes darting everywhere and not focussing on him.
He again caged her by placing both his arms besides her head so that she stood no chance of escaping him now and began huskily,
"Because he's not ME."
At this Shilpa couldn't help but look him straight in the eye and found herself drowning in those deep pools which held desire, affection, care, plea, worry, and above all - love - for her.
Something which she had alwys wanted to see all along - in his eyes for her.
Making him jealous was never her plan.
But she couldn't help it if he kept behaving like an ass all the time.
Thinking that he just didn't feel that way, she had gotten tired waiting and was only glad when Sreshth had floored her with his charms.
Little did she know that that was the only trigger needed to make Armaan realize his true feelings for her.
But still she wasn't going to give in so soon.
Finding her voice and some remnant courage, she spoke, without breaking the eyelock -
"Ahaa..then that is your problem Dr.Armaan Mallik.. not mine..!! And anyways, why do you care!!"
This was one hell of a stubborn girl.
Instantly he cupped her delicate face in his sturdy palms and made sure that she was looking him in the eye and then spoke,
"Goddamit..because I lo..."
But his words hung in the air as the door to the store room suddenly flung open which made them realize that they were now not alone.
Because they were standing in the far end corner of the room, they were hidden from the eyes of the intruders who had barged in.
Vaguely, they could make out that two nurses along with a wardboy had entered and were busy in collecting a few boxes.
Armaan furiously swore under his breath for having his moment interrupted and just hoped they would leave soon.
He still had her face cupped in his hands, their warm breaths kissing each others face, caressing like a feather touch.
His gaze shifted at her..she was trembling like a leaf.
"Armaan.." she began in that seductively sweet voice of hers.
He could very well guess that she was a little afraid..of what he was going to say or being discovered by the others - he didn't know.
So he didn't wait to find out.
He looked at her one last time before bringing his face even closer and thats when he saw that she had closed her eyes, which meant that she was willingly surrendering herself to him.
So the very next moment, he fused his lips over hers, not giving her a chance to protest (not that she would have) or even utter anything.
The moment their lips touched, they both felt it like a tidal wave, breaking though all the dams because the kiss was nothing less than momentous.
As their lips mated in a sensual dance of their own accord, they didn't fight for dominance.
They both gave in to it without any struggle.
Tongues duelled, teeths nipped, her hands snaked into his thick hair, tousling and ruffling them while he held her in a passionate embrace, afraid of letting her go.
They deepened their kiss, their tongues stroking, each biting the other's lip ever so gently.
Her lips felt so soft, so very luscious that he was afraid that if he didn't slow down then he would very well devour her.
There was hunger, there was greed, but it was also accompanied by a strange sense of serenity.
As if they both were finally home.
As realization dawned upon them that this was where they wanted to be for the rest of their lives.
Armaan felt her moan low in her throat and so did she hear him groan a bit and it drove the both of them crazy but then they reluctantly let the other go, to catch up with their breath.
Her fingers still gripping his hair, and his hands still around her, both of their eyes closed, he joined his forehead with hers, both of them breathing heavily and yet all they could feel was contentment coursing at rapid speed in their veins.
He slowly opened his eyes to find her pretty-doe-like eyes staring at him with a little bewilderment and so much adoration, that he practically melted.
He couldn't help but steal a glance to her thoroughly kissed cushiony lips and he also couldn't help but give her another sweet, chaste, gentle kiss because the temptation was to do so much more.
It was then that she asked him, staring at him innocently -
"Because you what Armaan."
She was reiterating what he was about to say. She needed to be sure after that one-hell-of-a-kiss.
He smiled inwardly. How could she not know, even now.
So he spoke, looking straight into her eyes -
"Because I love you."
She gave him such a breathtaking smile that he was literally bedazzled.
And then he said -
"And you love me too."
Wasn't it obvious!
But the mischievous part of her gave in -
"Is that so!! What made you think that??", she winked playfully at him with that adorable grin of hers.
He smirked and then breaking into a huge smile, he lowered his head again, and right before taking her in for another delectable kiss, he whispered near her lips,
"Because I said so..!"
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Comments (44)
Hehe..she did..Armaan really can be such a dunce at times!!And yeah..his feelings quite did surprise her..!!Thanks a ton for your lovely comment 😃
10 years ago
Nice OSSo shilpa liked seeing him jealousBut didn't know how strong his feelings were 4 her Loved Armaans confidence Thanks for pm plz keep em comin my way
10 years ago
thankyouuu so much..so glad you liked the oneshot 😃
10 years ago
awesome oshahahahaaa the way armaan was growling in anger n jealousy was awesome n shilpa finally got the reaction she wanted from armaanreally nice one
10 years ago
Thanks
10 years ago
I'll be more glad!! Love u!! 😉
10 years ago
I will sweetie..dont worry..I could write something in between..I will be online almost har din..😃😃
10 years ago
Awww..thanks Apu..aur I'l be online beech beech mein..ho sakta hai ek-do oneshots bhi likh du if am bored 😃😛
10 years ago
Please comeback soon i am missing you so much specially your update
10 years ago
My cutie pie u r amazing writer!! Fantastic to the core!! All the best fir exams and jaldi aana!! Pls!!
10 years ago