A Broken Frame

||Part : Nine||

With that he turns to find Riddhima on the threshold ; Riddhima gets worried seeing tears at the corner of his eyes. Meanwhile, Vansh quickly averts his gazes asking : What are you doing before my room? Why you have come here at this hour?

Riddhima tries to speak but before that founds Vansh to come towards her so in gulping hard she backs out from the front ; Vansh goes away by crossing her from her side by ignoring her thoroughly and Riddhu pouts angrily but then also follows him back. She starts to run behind to follow his pace : "Vansh, stop..atleast listen to me!"

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In hurry to leave the room, Vansh has forgot to wear his chappal ; seeing Riddhima in his room and worrying for him, he losses it! He is already emotional for last few days to face Riddhima's rejection and then his mom's death anniversary is coming..so he is trying hard not to show Riddhima his broken state.

But in the process of running away from her, he listens her murmuring "Vansh, I want YOUR FRIENDSHIP!" .. and he stops abruptly with a force by taking the last step on the stairs but suddenly hisses in pain - "Ahhhh! What the hell is this(looking down) .. why in the earth whiskey bottle is doing here?"

Listening his scream, Riddhima gets afraid and comes to him, to find his right feet is bleeding profusely! Ramu Kaka too comes out from kitchen being horrified.

Before anyone could say something, Vansh roars like a lion : "MRS NEHA, come out now only!"

Ramu Kaka answers : Beta, she has not come home till now as sometime ago she has left from here!

Vansh clenches his jaws while Riddhima holds him from right and signals to go towards the couch. Not getting anything, he follows her jesture but hisses at the next moment. After settling him, Riddhima asks Ramu Kaka to bring first-aid box. Then she starts to clean his wound by taking out the pieces of glass from his feet ; Vansh is silently following her each actions silently while Riddhima is blowing air on his wound from time to time. Even there is tear glistening around at the corner of her eyes! Kaka notices the couple and smilingly goes away to give them privacy. While Riddhima is busy in wiping the injured area with cotton dipped in Dettol ; then she applies antiseptic and ties a bandage.

Kaise tune ankahaa,
Tune ankahaa sab sunaa

But suddenly Vansh comes to sense and asks rudely : It's okay. You can leave now..I don't want someone's pity! I know you're feeling sympathy for me now..and believe I'm pretty much healed with the heartbreak and I don't want to feel the pain again..so it will be better (with a sudden release of air) if you leave now!

Riddhima gets tear in her eyes and tries to correct him but he adds "please" so she leaves silently with the thought why her heart is paining for his pain! But hopelessly there is no answer. With her going, a tear escapes from Vansh's eyes and he quickly wipes it before someone sees it. But already one person has seen it!

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Riddhu couldn't bring her usual self whole day ; even at night she is devoid of any sleep. Whenever she is thinking of closing her eyes, she is getting only those enchanting pair of eyes before her. So she lets go off the thought of sleeping and thinks to see Vansh next day at Kabir's party. Actually Kabir has thrown a party to official his relationship with Ahana and Siya's are friends are invited in the party too. Riddhu is determined to melt Vansh's anger and that thought brings a smile on her lips!