"What?" Armaan asked surprised. "No, of course not! Tumhe lagta hai main tumhe aise propose karunga? Bina kisi speech ke, aur bina ring ke aur... aur bas aise hi?" He asked, surprised she thought he would do that.
Riddhima just shrugged her shoulders.
Armaan scoffed. "Please! Isse zyada credit de sakti ho mujhe. Hum dono jaante hai ki main aise propose nahi karunga. Bina ring ke nahi."
"Pichli baar, tumne bina ring ke hi mujhe propose kiya tha, Armaan."
"Tab mein aur ab mein bohot farak hai, Riddhima."
"Jaanti hu."
They both looked at each other for the longest time, not knowing what to say. Everybody looked on, surprised. They didn't have a clue of what to say.
After a while, Armaan sighed and moved towards Riddhima. He held his hand out to her and she took it without a moment's hesitation. Armaan smiled on seeing that.
"Anjy, Maa se kehna main Riddhima ko ghar drop kar dunga, okay," Armaan said looking at Anjali. She nodded in return.
Armaan pulled Riddhima into the fire escape to talk.
"Armaan, woh kya tha?" Riddhima asked.
"Kya?"
"Tum jaante ho kya. Tumne kaha ki tum propose nahi kar rahe, toh phir woh kya tha?"
"Riddhima, maine bas keh diya. Hum dono jaante hai, ki ek din tum Mrs. Mallik hi hogi. Maine bas aise hi..." Armaan trailed off, not knowing what else to say.
"Okay, okay," Riddhima replied.
Armaan looked at her, knowing there was more to come.
"Armaan, tumhe nahi lagta ki ab time sahi hai?" She asked him.
"Kis cheez ke liye?"
"Shaadi ke liye. Tumhe waapas aaye bhi abhi kuch mahine ho gaye hain. Hum saath hai, khush hai, kisi ko koi problem nahi hai. Toh tumhe nahi lagta ki ab hume iske baare mein sochna chahiye?"
Armaan didn't know what to say. Of course, he wanted to get married. But not now. He wanted to wait.
"Abhi jaldi karna zaruri hai kya? Tumhi ne toh kaha ki sab theek hai. Hum saath haina. Aur kya chahiye? Shaadi hum kuch time bhi kar sakte haina?"
"Lekin abhi karne mein kya problem hai?" Riddhima asked.
"Main abhi kuch waqt rukna chahta hu, Riddhima."
"Kyu?"
"Main abhi shaadi ke liye mentally prepared nahi hu," he replied.
"Matlab? Armaan hum almost ek saal pehle shaadi karne waale the. Agar woh accident nahi hua hota, toh us din humaari engagement ho gayi hoti. Aur phir kuch time baad shaadi. Toh ab kya problem hai?"
"Maine kaha na, Riddhima. Tab mein aur ab mein bohot fark hai."
"Jaanti hu, bohot fark hai. Lekin mujhe nahi pata tha ki humaare pyaar mein bhi tabse fark aa gaya hai."
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I'll Love You Longer Than Forever
FanfictionDMG AU. What if Riddhima hadn't given into Shashank and refused to marry Sid in s2? This is what happens when Armaan comes back home and his Basket is still Riddhima Gupta and not Mrs. Riddhima Modi.
