RIANSH : A Love Story Like Never Before (One Shots)

My Husband! (PART 1)

I do not own any characters here. This story was inspired by the amazing Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 series. Now, this is just a fragment of my imagination about how Vansh and Riddhima are in an Alternate Universe (AU).

I'm an amateur at writing, so please do bear with any mistakes you find. Hope you like it... <3

It was Angre and Ishani's Haldi ceremony day, so as the elder daughter-in-law of the Rai Singhania's family, Riddhima was definitely busy managing all works involved. Though both sister-in-laws never got along in the beginning, but as time passed by, they eventually warmed up towards each other. Ishani loved her big brother more than anything in this world and she saw how happy he was with Riddhima. That was all she ever wanted for him. Her sister in law made him happy and that broke the ice within Ishani. They're not exactly walking on the 'BFFL' road but definitely getting there and someday with time, they'll definitely be closer than ever.

Riddhima was busy with all the planning's and arrangements for the Haldi ceremony, trying to make sure everything was perfect for her sister-in-law's special day. But her eyes kept going back to that one dashing man who owns her heart. That one man whom she's been missing a lot these days. He's been so busy with his business lately that he barely has time to even talk to her properly. He comes back home late at night, looking exhausted and goes back to work early next morning. To make things worse, most his of business meetings took place overseas so he was always travelling back and forth India. The Rai Singhania's business empire was huge and ever since Vansh took over, there was no stopping to its growth and success. Vansh Rai Singhania was now ranked in the top 10 world most richest and successful businessman list and Riddhima could not be more proud as his wife, friend and companion.

But that's the thing you see, with all the fame and success that came, Vansh was seen lesser at home. He always managed to attend all the ceremonies held at home, took some time out for everyone else in the family... but her. It was not like he never gave his time to her. He always did, but those moments were always cut short. He would return back late at night after she falls asleep, but never failed to take her in his arms, hug her tight, give a loving kiss on her forehead or sometimes lips and breathe into her scent before sleep took over. Or by having simple breakfast in the mornings and kissing her goodbye before departing to work. Or by calling her in the middle of his work just to check if she was doing fine and had her lunch, though the conversations always lasted short.

She wanted to see more of him, spend more time, rant about how her day went at home or the hospital, how she and Ishani argued over a simple table cloth color, how she tried this new cake recipe and everyone in the family loved it, despite it was burned a little. Most importantly, of how she missed him so much during his times away from her that she slept by hugging his shirt during nap times. She wanted to be with him, see his smile, his smirks, listen to his taunts or tease, stare into his wistful, calculative eyes but most importantly, she just wanted to cuddle in his arms, the warmest and safest place to be at, while listening to his heartbeat, her most favourite music in the world. Thinking back to those precious moments brought a smile on her face.

That didn't last long when Riddhima heard someone calling her name and snapped out of her deep thoughts. It was the waiter, waiting for her instruction about the type of drinks to be served. She quickly briefed him and turned towards Vansh again. Would it be too much for him if she told him about her feelings? She didn't want to be one of those desperate wives troubling their husbands for petty things but would it be too much now if she told him though? Would he be annoyed or feel bad? She didn't want him to think that he was neglecting her now, because she knew how much he always tried to make some time and be with her. The man loved her so much that sometimes she thought it was unhealthy for a normal human. But she wouldn't have it any other way.

Riddhima snapped out of her train of thoughts and looked at him again but this time, with a frown on her face. Her husband seemed to be animatedly talking to a woman named Amaira Malhotra, Vansh's best friend since high school and currently one of his business partner as well. To say that Riddhima hated the woman was an understatement. She despised her. Why though? Call it a woman's instinct but she always found Amaira's presence, unpleasant. Amaira always behaved in a diplomatic way towards her but with Vansh was a whole different story. She would stare at him longer than necessary, laugh at every word he says, follow him everywhere like a lost puppy, cling to him at every opportunity she gets and most importantly, Amaira looked at Vansh the way a woman would look at a man. A look that screamed love. Riddhima didn't like it one bit. Vansh though, seemed oblivious to everything and treated her all the same like he usually did. For him, his best friend was all saint and can never do wrong. Yes, the man said so himself once when Riddhima tried to talk to him about this. It became a big argument in which both hard headed individuals refused to back down from their opinions and towards the end, Vansh just stormed out of the room leaving Riddhima in tears. They managed to patch things up later at night (that's a story for a different time) and promised not to argue on that particular topic anymore.

But at this moment, Riddhima doubted she could keep that promise when she saw how her husband so animatedly talking to Amaira, laughing and enjoying himself there. She tried to be really patient, but it all broke when she saw how Amaira intentionally slipped her legs while Vansh wasn't watching and fell towards his chest. Vansh being the gentleman that he was, caught and steadied her. She no longer had reign over her anger. Not her husband, was all she thought. She walked towards them with a calm yet determined face. Amaira would never know what hit her!

That's all for now readers. PART 2 will be coming soon. Till then, keep guessing on what might just happen in the next chapter ;)...

Here's a picture of how Vansh and Riddhima looks like during Haldi. Yes, it's exactly the same outfit from Ishani's Haldi Ceremony on IMMJ2 episode 😉 . You are free to imagine who Amaira is or how she looks like 💁🏻‍♀️.