"Be Brave and Take Risks: You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward." ― Roy T. Bennett
He was ready in 20 min to hit the road with Ridhima.
"So where are we heading today," Armaan asked her sitting on the passenger seat of the car that Ridhima drives.
"Well let's say it's a surprise," she told me.
"That's not fair I always let you know in advance where we will be heading and this one time you took the charge and you are keeping secrets from me." He whined like a child making her laugh a little.
"I never asked you in the first place."
"That's because I always let you know about it before you could even mention it." Armaan protests.
"Well that's not my saying anyway let's just see if you would like it or not," Ridhima said concentrating on the road.
"Fine I won't ask you," he said folding hands on his chest. But seeing no reaction to his action from her he with little hope whispered "Please" and all he heard is a big fat "NO".
"Fine" and that was it he stayed silent thereafter and Ridhima just plugged into the radio smiling to herself.
"Hope this will help you in your silence," she said before the song played on the tuned Bollywood station.
Teri hi boli boloongi main
Teri hi baani gaaungi main
Tere ishq da chola pehan ke
Main tujhme hi rang jaungi
Tere ishq da chooda pehan ke
Main tujhme hi saj jaungi
Both of them had smiles on their faces lost in the song and in their own world, maybe calculating the past or imagining the future who know except they themselves.
Armaan thought "I have been waiting for this Ridhima when you would initiate something of your own will. I wondered when the day would come when you will do something out of your comfort zone. The day you will set yourself free. The day when talking to me won't be that difficult for you. The day when you can say whatever you want to say to me without giving another thought to it. I know this might be too much considering the baby steps you are taking but I am happy that you are at least taking these baby steps in forward direction. Today you by own free will came to my home and planned this day. I am sure soon the other parts will also follow. Hopefully, soon you would be able to speak up our heart to me."
Mai nachdi phira
Ban than baliye ho
Main nachdi phira
Chham chham chhaliye ho
Ridhima thought "I am letting myself free around you Armaan there is something in you that makes me want to be myself around you. I let myself go with you but there are times when I was afraid that this doesn't work out for us. What if we were to part ways in the future. Just the mere thought of that stopped me from sharing the heart-to-heart talk with you. I know you always open up to me but then as you said you have explored your share of life while I am yet exploring it on your advice. I have been always a private person and also a reserved one. I haven't shared my life happening with anyone other than my parents and Muskaan who is practically a family to me. You entered my life and I started to look at things that I haven't really thought of. I have seen and heard from my friends that a boy always keeps his upper hand he always meets you with his ego and attitude. Somehow I started to believe that seeing few of the boys at my workplace, for that matter even at college. But you made me believe that the man is not someone who pulls a chair for you but he is the one who pulls extra effort to make her comfortable. He is not the one who needs to be rock solid but he has to be one who can feel emotions openly. He shouldn't be the one asking you to take all your efforts but he will make his own efforts first. This list may go on and on there is no stoppage to the patriarchy of the society."
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