16.My Everything Is Yours
Armaan is sitting in the living room and working on his laptop. He has been trying to figure on how to pay off these loans. If he doesn't pay them off right now then there can be major problems later on with his professional and personal lives. Riddhima walks in the house with her bag on her shoulder and Aarav's car seat. She had gone out to do some groceries. Riddhima sighs as she sees Armaan sitting in the place with same stressed expression on his face when she left. She puts down Aarav's car seat near Armaan so he can keep an eye on him while she gets the groceries. After putting down the last bag on the counter, Riddhima takes out a small piece of paper from her pants pocket and looks at it. Taking a deep breath, Riddhima walks out of the kitchen and stands in front of Armaan. Seeing a slight shadow cast over him, Armaan looks up at Riddhima. She holds out her arm with the paper in her hand towards Armaan. Armaan looks at her hand then up at Riddhima, then takes the paper. "Yeh kya hai?" Armaan asks. "Yeh mere bank account a PIN number hai," Riddhima said. Armaan looks at Riddhima shocked and stands up. "Shayad mere paise aap ke kam aa jaye," Riddhima said with a slight shrug. "Riddhima, mujhe iski zaroorat nai hai," Armaan said. "Hai aur waise bhi mera sab kuch aap ka hi toh hai," Riddhima says, looking up in Armaan's eyes. Armaan was really touched by Riddhima. He didn't have any words to say anything, in short he was speechless. Riddhima gives Armaan a small smile, then bends down and takes Aarav out of his car seat. Riddhima walks upstairs with Aarav while Armaan's eyes were still watching Riddhima. Riddhima has done so much for him without him even asking her anything.
Riddhima is sitting on the bed lost in her thoughts when she feels wet lips on her neck. She closes her eyes and lets out a shaky breath. Riddhima turns her head towards his and looks up into his eyes. Armaan is staring down at her with his hand on her neck on the other side. Riddhima shivers when she feels Armaan's big, cold hands go under her shirt and rest on her lower back. She arches her back and Armaan leans down and kisses her long, slender neck. Riddhima lets out a small moan with her eyes shut tight. Armaan moves up to her chin, skips over her lips, but kisses the rest of her face. Riddhima couldn't take him kissing her everywhere else except her lips, so she grabs Armaan's face and smacks her lips on his. "Riddhima...Riddhima...Riddhima!" Riddhima jerks her eyes open to find Armaan staring down at her with a confused face. It was just a dream. Riddhima looks around then stops her eyes at Armaan. "Tum kahin kho gayi thi kya? Kitni awaaze di tumhe," Armaan said, sitting down on the bed. "Sorry," Riddhima apologizes in a whisper with her head lowered. "Main tumse puchna chaha raha tha ke tumhare paas itne paise kahan se aaye?" Armaan asks. "Papa ne mujhe diye the. Kuch mere liye the aur kuch dahej ke liye," Riddhima said with her eyes moist. Armaan now regrets asking her the question. "I'm sorry," Armaan said. Riddhima shakes her head at him. "Iski koi zaroorat nai hai. Aap ne bhi toh bohut kuch saha hai toh aap kyun sorry hain?" Riddhima said, looking at Armaan. Armaan nods at her. "Kyun na hum teeno bahar jaye. Tension se door. Aaj raat ko...dinner ke liye chalte hain," Armaan says, excitedly. Riddhima giggles on seeing Armaan so excited. "Kaafi dino ke baad main aap ko itna khush dekh rahi hoon," Riddhima said with a smile. "Khush toh main hamesh hota hoon," Armaan says coolly. Riddhima raises one eyebrow at him with smirk. "Acha hamesha nai lekin ab se main hamesha khush rahoga," Armaan said, standing up. Armaan leans down towards Riddhima and Riddhima moves back with a serious expression. "Aur please tum bhi hamesha khush rehna," Armaan said with a smile. Riddhima nods with her big eyes looking up at Armaan. Armaan knew she was nervous and conscious about him being close to her. "Tum dar kyun jaati ho jab main tumhare kareeb aata hoon? Maine apne ateet ko bhula diya hai," Armaan says. "Sach main?" Riddhima asks. She couldn't believe that Armaan has forgot his past. Armaan looks up for a while, thinking. "Shayad thoda sa yaad hai lekin ab meri zindagi sirf tum aur Aarav ho," Armaan says. Riddhima smiles and so does Armaan. Armaan stands up straight. "Tumne mere sawaal ka jawab nai diya. Tum mujhse darti kyun ho jab main tumhare paas aata hoon?" Riddhima stands up with blushing creeping up on her cheeks. She was about to walk away, but Armaan pulls her back. "Batao na. Pati paas aata hai toh sharmati ho," Armaan said with a smirk. Riddhima looks up at Armaan with a shy smile. "Chode mujhe," Riddhima said, trying to control her smile, but she just couldn't. "Ab toh tumhe pakad liya toh kyun chodo ga?" Armaan said. Riddhima looks at Armaan in shock. This was a totally different of side Armaan. She has seen the romantic side of Armaan, but hasn't really seen the naughty side of Armaan. He's slowly becoming him old self. Riddhima thought of something to divert Armaan's mind from the question. "Uh...um...dinner ke liye kahan jaa rahe hain?" Riddhima asks. "Arre haan, yeh toh maine socha nai," Armaan said, thinking. Riddhima gives a nod while smiling and Armaan let her go. She was about to walk away but Armaan grabbed her again. "Lekin pehle mere sawaal ka jawab do." Riddhima looks up at Armaan. "Tumhe kya laga? Mera dimaag kahin aur par laga ke bach jao gi?" Armaan said with a smirk. Riddhima frowns and nods. Armaan laughs at her attempt to go away. "Mujhse chutkara itni asaani se nai milne waala," Armaan said, then does an evil laugh. Riddhima was really flabbergasted by the change in Armaan's behavior from the past days. She was actually liking this change. Riddhima didn't expect Armaan to let go of his past, but there are unexpected things in life. Then they hear Aarav's cries. "Ab toh aap ko mujhe chodna hi padega," Riddhima said with a triumph smile. Armaan frowns and glares at Riddhima. He lets Riddhima go and Riddhima runs out of the room, giggle. "Kya beta? Kabhi apne Papa ke saath bhi toh cooperate karo," Armaan says with a cry face.
Armaan takes Riddhima and Aarav to an expensive restaurant. "Hm, toh kaisa laga?" Armaan asks. Riddhima smiles as she looks around. "Bohut acha," Riddhima said with Aarav sleeping in her arms. Armaan grins on seeing the glow on Riddhima's face. "Lekin aap hume yahan kyun lekar aaye? Aap ko paise ki nai zaroorat?" Riddhima asks, looking at Armaan. "Family main chalta hai," Armaan said. Riddhima gives Armaan a look. "Okay fine. Yeh akhri baar hoga jab hum ek expensive restaurant main jayege jab tak sare loans nai pay off ho jaate. Khush?" Armaan said. Riddhima smiles and nods. Riddhima wasn't happy about that Armaan has agreed to go for dinners after the loans are payed off, but because he said 'hum' as in us. The waiter comes with their dinner and they start eating.
"Maine bohut kha liya," Riddhima says, after finishing her food. "Dessert ke liye toh jagga hogi na?" Armaan asks. Riddhima shakes her head and pushes her plate away. "Agar maine kuch aur khaya toh main phat jaogi," Riddhima complains. "Toh phir cake kaun khaye ga?" Armaan said. "Cake?" Riddhima asks as Armaan beckons to a waiter. The waiter brings a cake and sets it in front of Riddhima. Riddhima was shocked and tears formed in her eyes. On the cake it said, Happy Birthday Riddhima! "Aap ko kaise yaad tha?" Riddhima asks, looking up at Armaan. "Mujhe toh har cheez yaad rehti hai," Armaan said. Riddhima gives him a look. "Riddhima, birthday kaun bhool ta hai aur woh bhi apni wife ka," Armaan said. Riddhima smiles shyly and looks down at the cake. She was too shy to look at Armaan, let alone look at him in his intoxicating eyes. "Come on, jaldi se cake kaato," Armaan said, taking Aarav in his arms. Riddhima takes the knife and blows out the candles, then cuts the cake. Armaan claps with a smile while Riddhima giggles and shakes her head at Armaan.
Armaan and Riddhima return back home from their slightly romantic dinner. It wasn't all too out and it wasn't even less. The dinner was kind of like, two friends having dinner together with a baby. Armaan opens the door of their house and they enter. "Surprise!" the lights turned on and Rahul, Muskaan, Anjali, and Atul yell. Riddhima gasps and her jaw hangs open. "Happy birthday," Anjali sequels and gives Riddhima a hug. "Thank you so much!" Riddhima hugs Anjali back. Riddhima sees Armaan walking upstairs with Aarav. She knew this was all Armaan's idea. "Tune hume bataya bhi nai ke aaj tera birthday hai," Muskaan complains as they sit down on couches. "Sorry," Riddhima apologizes with her nose scrunched up. "Iss baar tumhe maaf kiya lekin agli baar hum kuch special karege," Atul said. "Exactly," Rahul agrees. "Isse zyada special kya ho sakta hai. This is the best birthday of my life," Riddhima says, happily. Armaan heard Riddhima while walking down the stairs and felt his heart swell in pride. "Armaan ko thanks kehna," Anjali said, nudging Riddhima's shoulder. Riddhima smiles big and looks at Anjali. "Who wants cake?" Armaan asks. Rahul and Atul run in the kitchen, ready to eat some cake. The girls follow Armaan while laughing. Armaan cuts everyone a piece of cake that they got from the restaurant. All six of them ate, talked, and laughed until two in the morning. Armaan and Riddhima insisted on them staying over since it was late, but they were adamant and left the Mallik house.
Riddhima walks in Aarav's room to check up on him. Aarav has been shifted over to his own room. He's been growing and they should put him in the habit of sleeping in his own room, before he gets attached to sleeping with Armaan and Riddhima. Riddhima smiles as she stares down at Aarav. Riddhima puts her hand on his cheek then turns around to walk out, but she bumps into Armaan. They could see each other through the darkness of the room because of the moon shining in upon them. Riddhima looks up in Armaan's eyes a little taken back by his sudden appearance. "Thank you," Riddhima whispers. "Kis liye?" Armaan asks, still gazing down at Riddhima. Riddhima looks away. "Mera birthday special bana ne ke liye," Riddhima says. "Maine itna kuch toh nai kiya," Armaan replies. "Choti si bhi koshish, dil ko chu jaati hai," Riddhima said, looking up in Armaan's eyes. Armaan looks down in Riddhima's eyes and sees the same emotion in her eyes that he sees every time, love and that to for him.
Both of them walk back to their room in silence. Armaan wanted to thank Riddhima for lending him money, but he felt bad. He didn't want her to give him money, not because of his ego he is saying that, but because it belongs to her. "Riddhima," Armaan said. "Ji?" Riddhima said, turning around and looking at Armaan. "Tumne mujhe apne paise kyun diye?" Armaan asks. "Hum iss baare main baat kar chuke hain," Riddhima said, pulling the covers back. "No, Riddhima. Yeh paise tumhare hain aur main tumhare paise nai lena chatha," Armaan said. "Kyun aap ki mardangi khatam ho gayi apni patni se paise lene ke liye?" Riddhima said. Riddhima just twisted his words and Armaan was confused and aghast by the change in the atmosphere. "Wow, calm down! Meri mardangi kahin nai gayi lekin yeh paise tumhare hain!" Armaan yells. "Yeh mere paise nai hai!" Riddhima yells. "Main pehle keh chuki hoon. Mera sab kuch aap ka hai jaise mera sharir aap ka hai!" Armaan looks at Riddhima flabbergasted. Riddhima falls to the ground, crying. Everything just changed in a matter of minutes. Armaan bends down next to Riddhima and wraps his arms around her. Riddhima cries with her face resting on Armaan's shoulder. "Aap kyun nai le rahi? Mera sab kuch aap ka hai. Le lena na. Main aap ki madat karna chathi hoon," Riddhima said between cries and sniffs. "Shh, bas. Tum hamesha roti kyun padti ho. Kabhi kabhi rona acha hota lekin itna nai ke tumhari tabiyaat kharab ho jaye," Armaan said. Riddhima nods and sniffs, calming down.
Riddhima lifts her head off of Armaan's shoulder and looks in Armaan's gray-blue eyes. Armaan looks in Riddhima's hazel colored eyes. He leans his head down and Riddhima closes her eyes. Riddhima's lips part and she lets out a staggered breath which hits Armaan's moist lips. Armaan gets turned on and places his lips on top of Riddhima's. Riddhima holds the side of Armaan's shirt in her fists. Armaan kisses and nibbles on Riddhima's lips. He bites Riddhima's lower lip causing her to moan in pain and pleasure. Armaan sucks on Riddhima's lip to make it feel better. Armaan picks up Riddhima in his arms and lays her down on the bed. He falls on top of her and lets all his weight on her. Armaan, again captures Riddhima's lips and rubs his body against hers. Riddhima moans and tangles her hands in his hair. Riddhima gasps into Armaan mouth when she feels his hands under her shirt. Riddhima pulls away because lack of air and turns her head to the side. But Armaan went further and goes down to her neck, leaving a bite on her. Marking Riddhima as his. During the intercourse, their feelings didn't come in the way. They just went with the flow. Their minds were to occupied to even think about when they will face each other after this night. Armaan's hands slide down to the top of Riddhima's satin pajama pants. Armaan leans up and kisses Riddhima before pulling down her pajama pants. Soon, her shirt was off and Armaan's clothes too. They were becoming one for the second time. Both of them laid on their sides of the bed with their backs to each other. After becoming one, they just stared at each other then turned their backs to each other. No one knew what to say. They didn't regret it, but also knew that it wasn't the perfect time to have this closeness between them. Things should fall in place first and they need to know about each others feelings before they get too intimate. Today, neither did Armaan nor Riddhima knew what happened. They didn't think about their feelings for each other and just did it. Maybe it was some way of comfort for being there for each other.
They hear the shrills of Aarav and Riddhima sits up with a gasp. She holds the sheet close to herself to hide her body. Riddhima looks over at Armaan who had his head lifted up, then looks at Riddhima. He turns his head back then lays his head down. Riddhima looks at the floor on her side and couldn't find her clothes except Armaan's. That meant her clothes were on Armaan's side. The moment is already awkward that Riddhima didn't want to make it more uncomfortable by asking for her clothes. She picks up Armaan's shirt and slides her arms in it and buttons it up. Riddhima looks over her should at Armaan before walking out of the room. She takes a glance at Armaan then walks out of the room. Armaan watched Riddhima's back as she walks out and noticed his shirt on her. He looks on the floor on his side and finds her clothes. This is not what he expected to happen. Armaan's head had started to hurt because of thinking too much about this and over it the financial problems he is having is not helping Armaan at all. He closes his eyes to get some sleep as it was three-thirty in the morning.
Riddhima sits down on the rocking chair in Aarav's room while holding Aarav in her arms. Its been almost two months since Aarav has been born and there has been many changes. Most of them were for good, but tonight what happened was something that Riddhima didn't want to happen. She loves Armaan very much, but she wants him to feel the same when they make love to each other. Then, Riddhima realizes that she didn't let her feelings come between their intercourse and went ahead with it. Riddhima sighs as she feeds Aarav. After putting Aarav to sleep, she walks back in the room and finds Armaan sleeping in the same position. Riddhima sees his bare torso and the flashes of moments ago come in her mind. She closes her eyes tightly and sighs as she could still feel Armaan's touch on her. Riddhima opens her eyes with tears in her eyes. She was shocked herself to find her eyes wet. Riddhima wipes her tears and gets back into bed with her back towards Armaan. Riddhima fell into deep sleep.
Armaan wakes up and looks at the clock. It was time for him to wake up. He lays on his back and rubs his eyes. Then, last night events come flashing to his mind and he looks at his side. The bed was empty. Which meant that Riddhima is already awake. Armaan sits up and finds his clothes and his other necessities ready for him. Right now things were the same, but what happens when they come face to face.
Armaan walks downstairs with butterflies in his stomach. It felt like he is meeting Riddhima for the first time that he was so nervous. He takes a deep breath before walking into the kitchen. Riddhima hears footsteps and her heart starts beating faster and her breathing gets heavier. This is the first time that both of them didn't want to see each other. With her head down, Riddhima puts Armaan's breakfast on the table then walks out, after taking Aarav. Armaan sighs and sits down. He eats his breakfast alone, today. Usually, Riddhima will sit with Armaan and eat her breakfast, but not today.
Riddhima closes their room door and sighs in relief. She thought Armaan would question her if she is okay, but he didn't. If Armaan had asked that question, Riddhima wouldn't know what to say. There was something else that Riddhima and that was Armaan not looking at her. It was like Armaan is avoiding her. She hears the front door close and runs to the window in their room. Riddhima sees Armaan getting in his car and reversing out, then speeding off.
Riddhima walks out of the kitchen right when the bell rings. She was surprised confused at who was at the door, but opens it anyways. Riddhima smiles when she sees a grinning Anjali standing at the door with a bowl that was covered with plastic. "Anjali! Tum! Andar aao," Riddhima says, moving out of the way. "Thanks," Anjali says and walks inside the house as Riddhima closes the door. "Toh kya ho raha hai?" Anjali asks. "Kuch bhi nai. Ghar ki safai," Riddhima says with a tired smile. Anjali chuckles and nods. "Maine khaas kar tumhare aur Armaan ke liye kuch khane ke liye banaya hai," Anjali said, referring to the bowl she is holding. At the mention of Armaan, Riddhima's smile falters a bit, but smiles again so Anjali doesn't suspect anything. The door opens and Armaan walks in and was startled to see Anjali. "Hey Anji!" Armaan gives Anjali a hug which she returns happily. "Hey," Anjali responds. "Tum yahan?" Armaan asks. "Yeah, main tum dono ke liye ek dish leke aayi hoon," Anjali says with a grin. "Dish? As in food," Armaan said with a serious. Riddhima narrows her eyes at Armaan then looks at Anjali. "Yeah," Anjali replies. Armaan sees the bowl in Riddhima's hand and takes a step away. Riddhima glares at Armaan for stepping away. It could have hurt Anjali's feelings. "Aarav kahan hai? Maine usko kitne dino se dekha nai," Anjali whines not noticing Armaan stepping away. Anjali doesn't wait for them to reply and walks in the living room. Riddhima turns to Armaan with one hand on her hip while her other hand was holding the bowl. "Aap peeche kyun gaye? Anjali ko bura lag jaata," Riddhima scolds Armaan. "Usne dekha bhi nai. Aur haan, agar main tumhari jaaga hota toh main nai Anjali ke haatho ka khana khata," Armaan said with his eyebrows up. "Kyun nai? Anjali ne humare liye pyar se banaya hai toh main zaroor khao gi," Riddhima said with a challenging look. Armaan sighs and follows Riddhima.
Riddhima takes the plastic off of the bowl and looks down at the dish. She couldn't tell what it was. All of them were in the kitchen. "Anjali," Riddhima says. "Yeah," Anjali replies, holding Aarav. "Kya tumse jal gaya khana?" Riddhima asks. Armaan who was drinking water tried his best not to spit his water out and laugh. "Nai, yeh aisi hi hai," Anjali said with a confused expression. Riddhima nods slowly and looks at Armaan who was trying his best not to laugh. She glares at Armaan and Armaan holds his hands up in surrender and backs away. He leans back against the counter and waits for Riddhima to take the first bite. Riddhima was contemplating if she should eat it or not. The food didn't really look edible, but at the same time she didn't want to hurt Anjali's feelings. "Waise yeh hai kya?" Riddhima asks, stalling from eating the food. "Sach batao. Pata nai. Maine toh aise hi cheeze dal di aur yeh ban gaya," Anjali said, giggling. Armaan wanted to laugh more at Riddhima's situation. Riddhima's eyes go wide and she looks at Armaan, who was laughing silently to himself. Riddhima holds the spoon full of the food up to her mouth and opens her mouth. Anjali was watching her and Riddhima was a little scared to try this "dish." Riddhima takes the bite and looks at Anjali with a serious expression. "Kaisa hai?" Anjali asks. Riddhima makes a happy face and gives her thumps up as she kept the food in her mouth. She tried her best not to swallow it. Riddhima didn't what it was but it definitely wasn't food. "Thanks! Mujhe chalna chaiye. I have errands." Anjali gives a quick hug to both of them and a kiss on Aarav's cheek then leaves. Riddhima spits out in the garbage and wipes her mouth with a napkin. Armaan burst out laughing while Aarav just stares at his parents. Riddhima hits Armaan's arm and he calms down from laughing, but doesn't stop. "Maine kaha tha na ke nai khana," Armaan said. "Main kya karti? Anjali ne - " "Humare liye pyar se banaya hai. I know," Armaan completes for her. "Lekin phir bhi keh deti ki baad main kha lege," Armaan continues. Riddhima looks at Armaan with a pout. "Main aap na moo dhone jaa rahi hoon," Riddhima said, walking upstairs, shaking her head at herself. Armaan starts laughing again and looks at Aarav.
Armaan sets Aarav down on the bed with pillows around him so he doesn't fall. Armaan didn't know where Riddhima was because the bathroom light was off. He walks in the bathroom and turns on the light. He takes his shirt off and that's when Riddhima walks out of the walk-in closet. Riddhima bumps into Armaan's back and gasps. Armaan turns around and looks down at Riddhima while Riddhima looks up at him. Riddhima's eyes go down to his chiseled chest then back up at him. The nostalgia comes back to their mind of last night to both of them. Riddhima turns around from Armaan and walks out. Armaan watches Riddhima's retreating back as she walks out. But Armaan wanted everything to be clear between them. So Armaan grabs Riddhima's arm and pushes her against the wall. Riddhima gasps and looks up at Armaan in shock. She was confused and scared at what Armaan is going to do next. "Mujhe kal raat ke baare main baat karni hai," Armaan said, seriously. Riddhima looks away from Armaan. "Main nai karna chathi," Riddhima said. "Tumhe karna padega," Armaan commands. Riddhima looks up at Armaan, surprised by his tone. "Main jaanta hoon aur tum bhi jaanti ho ke kal raat jo bhi hua woh nai hona chaiye tha," Armaan said. Riddhima slightly nods and looks down. "Ho sake toh kal raat ko bhul jao," Armaan says, stepping back from Riddhima. Riddhima looks up at Armaan, hurt. She didn't want to forget last night. Its a part of her life now. Riddhima wanted to cry, but she has cried enough. Riddhima shakes her head at Armaan and Armaan's eyebrows push together. "Jaise maine kaha ke mera sab kuch aap ka hai...mera sharir bhi," Riddhima says in a low and soft voice. Armaan's face becomes blank as he stares at Riddhima. Riddhima walks out of the bathroom.
Riddhima sat in the lawn with Aarav in her arms. Its mid-day and most of the time Armaan is home to spend time with her and Aarav. But today is one of those days where he has to stay at work until its time to leave. Their intercourse last night had effected them so much that this morning they didn't talk to each other. Both of them wanted to ignore each other.
It wasn't that Armaan didn't want to go home, its that he didn't want to face Riddhima. Armaan feels different, like he has used Riddhima just for his own comfort. Armaan didn't know Riddhima's side about her feelings, but he felt like he used her. Now because of their night that they spent together, things were about to change even more.
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Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
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