Next Morning

Kavya's Room, Armaan's Mansion

Armaan grabs his phone and dials Ruhi's number, while gazing his sleeping wife.

He is laying straight with Kavya's head resting on his chest. His left arm is wrapped around her shoulder from beneath her body and her left hand is wrapped around his waist. Whereas her right hand is resting straight between them and a duvet is covering their bodies.

He thinks, 'Thanks to drinking, she is having a good sleep.'

His attention is diverted by Ruhi who answers the call, "Hello."

Armaan speaks in a low voice, "Hello, good morning Ruhi."

She replies, "Good morning."

He informs in a low voice again, "Ruhi, Kavya won't be able to join you for DID and supervision work today."

She asks with concern, "Why? Is she alright?"

He answers, "Don't worry, she is alright, but sleeping, she was drunk last night."

She questions in surprise, "Drunk?"

He replies, "Yes, so I don't think she will wake up anytime soon and would be able to work today. Can you manage DID alone and supervision or should I arrange some help for you?"

She denies, "No, I can manage alone. Just take care of her."

He replies, "Of course, have a good day. Bye."

Armaan disconnects the call and messages Rihan to handle the office work as he will be late today.

At 10 am

Armaan is typing a mail on his phone with one hand, when he suddenly feels Kavya's hand moving over his chest. He keeps his phone aside to watch his wife, who is stretching her arm with closed eyes.

He shifts on his left side, being careful with Kavya's neck, which is resting on his shoulder and lays facing her. He observes her eyebrows furrowing as she attempts to open her eyes, only to shut them back tightly.

He whispers, "Kavya? Are you awake?"

She nods in response and whispers, "My head is paining and I am unable to open my eyes."

Armaan smiles and informs, "After 5 glasses of wine, what do you expect Mrs. Raichand?"

She murmurs, "Stop taunting me."

Kavya opens her eyes slowly and blinks multiple time to adjust with the daylight. Simultaneously she stretches her hands and finds one of her hand is wrapped around Armaan's waist.

Opening her eyes, she finds Armaan's face is a few inches away from her and feels his hand over her waist.

As she keeps staring at her husband, events of last night flashes in front of her eyes.

Meeting Armaan after entering the Mansion, his surprise in the lawn, their dinner with long chat and drinks, walking around the lawn and laying on the grass for relaxation.

Her senses alarm on recalling what happened after relaxing for some time. Her stupid demand to eat moon with hot chocolate sauce, his mention for ice cream, him carrying her to kitchen, meeting Mary, they teased ​her for ice cream, him carrying her again to the bedroom, her order to him for sleeping​ with her, then her thankful words and kisses on his forehead and cheek.

Kavya thinks, 'Oh God! What have I done?'

Armaan whispers, breaking her chain of thoughts, "Good Morning."

She lowers her gaze and replies in a low voice, "Good Morning."

He asks with concern, "Does your head pain a lot? Should I call a doctor?"

She shakes her head, while withdrawing her hand from his waist, making him shift his gaze to watch her actions keenly.

She states, "No, I am fine and I need to go. Ruhi must be waiting for me."

He holds her same hand and informs after facing her, "No, she is not waiting. I have called her to inform, you are taking a leave for today to rest and don't worry, I had send Max for help and travelling."

Kavya glances at their connected hands then at him and finds him intensely staring at her. Armaan shifts closer, while pulling her hand to wrap around his waist again, then wraps his own hand around her waist to pull her closer.

He whispers, "Stay home today. It's been a whole long month Kavya, you are working and haven't taken a proper rest. Please stay at home."

Kavya continues to stare into his pleading eyes and reasons, "Ruhi will get the whole burden."

He informs, "It's already 10 am, Kavya. She has managed the morning batch alone and it won't be difficult to manage the new evening batches as she has done it a month back."

Kavya's eyes widen at the mention of the time and he continues, "And as far as supervision work is concerned, I have asked Max to help her, so stop worrying about her and just stay at home today."

She lowers her gaze, recalling incidents of last night, though she couldn't deny his words and agrees with a nod.

He smiles and states, "Have some juice and medicine, it will help with your hangover."

Armaan withdraws his hands​ to sit and Kavya lifts her gaze to find him grabbing a glass of orange juice and a white tablet from the nightstand.

She sits up slowly and Armaan turns to give her the medicine first, then the glass. She swallows the medicine with the help of the juice and once the glass is empty, he grabs the glass and places it back on the nightstand.

He faces her and asks, "Would you like to have a bath or rest for some more time?"

She whispers, "I will take a bath first."

Armaan nods and whispers, "I will see you soon."

He stands from the bed to make his way towards the door. Kavya watches him halting at the doorstep to look at her and leaves, closing the door behind.

She leans against the bedrest and sighs, thinking of the events of last night.

She murmurs, "What have I done last night! I shouldn't have drank wine."

Sighing again, she shifts to the end of the bed to stand and walk towards the washroom.

Cabin, Construction Site

Ruhi's eyes widen in shock after Rihan informs, Manasvi and Armaan are aware of his feelings for her.

Rihan had arrived 15 minutes back with some snacks and coffee as his meeting was cancelled in a nearby client's office. So, he decided to spend some time with his girlfriend as his next meeting had an hour's gap.

He confesses with a nod, "They know me well, Ruhi and I can't even hide anything from them. Plus, they noticed the changes in me, so I confessed the truth and they were happy to know."

Ruhi takes a sip of her coffee and informs, "And here, I was planning to call Kavy and Armaan for dinner at my place tonight to announce our relationship. Then plan to even tell your Mom, but two of them already know. Then when do we tell Kavy? I didn't even tell her about my visit to your place, she will kill me."

Rihan states, recalling his chat with Armaan in the morning, "Ruhi, just wait for a day or two."

She asks with a frown, "Why?"

He answers thoughtfully, "I don't know, why I feel this, but something has happened between Kavya and Armaan last night. He was disturbed in the morning."

Ruhi asks with concern, "Should I call Kavy?"

Rihan denies, "No, let's meet them first and see, maybe my assumption is wrong."

She agrees with a nod and they continue to chat, sharing facts of each other with coffee.

Kavya's Room, Armaan's Mansion

Armaan enters her room after taking a bath and dressed in a grey three piece suit. He locates Kavya near her wardrobe, which is open.

He walks closer and observes the safe of her wardrobe is unlocked and she is seeing inside her handbag.

Armaan thinks, 'How long are you planning to hide, Kavya?'

He clears his throat, making her jump at her place in surprise. She glances back and shut the safe immediately after throwing her handbag inside, then closes the wardrobe.

Kavya turns to face her husband and forces a smile, as he steps closer to ask, "Did I disturb you?"

She shakes her head in nervousness and denies, "No, I was rearranging my stuffs, the wardrobe got a bit messy."

He smirks, while moving closer and suddenly grabs her chin to lift her face, making her breath hitched.

He demands, "Are you sure, there is nothing else you want me to know?"

She notices Armaan is scrutinizing her eyes, so she releases her chin from his grip and lowers her gaze then shakes her head, denying wordlessly.

Armaan continues to stare at her and asks again, "Are you sure?"

Kavya joins her hand, playing with her fingers in nervousness and thinks, 'Should I tell him, but how will I tell him? What if he gets upset?'

Understanding her dilemma, Armaan thinks, 'I shouldn't force her, she is my wife, I should provide her comfort, so she can share everything with me. She will say when she is comfortable.'

He cups her face, drawing her attention and he smiles before assuring, "Relax, I just want to say, you can share anything with me, Kavya and I will listen. Hmm?"

Kavya nods in positive, making him smile and kiss her forehead before informing, "I have two important meetings in the office, so can't stay with you for the rest of the day, I am sorry. But please take rest, you need it and Mary will bring your breakfast here."

Kavya lowers her gaze and responds with a nod. Not pushing her to say anything, Armaan turns to leave after bidding bye and she watches him stepping out of the room.

She thinks, 'I want to share everything Armaan, but I don't know, what stops me and I don't even know, how you want our relationship to progress from this stage.'

She moves to lay on the bed, while mentally analysing the situation.

Armaan's Cabin, RGC Office

At 6 pm, Armaan leans in his chair after attending the meetings for the day and calls Mary.

After she answers the call, he demands, "Did Kavya call you or come to the kitchen for her lunch?"

She answers, "No, she didn't leave her room since morning."

He stares at the table with anger and frustration, appearing in his eyes, while clenching his fist of free hand.

Mary asks with concern, "What's the matter, Armaan? I am still unable to understand, why did you asked me to not meet Kavya after breakfast and not call her for lunch?"

He answers, "Because I wanted her to come down for lunch on her own."

Armaan closes his eyes to calm himself and orders, "I want kitchen clear by the time I reach home."

Without waiting for a response, he disconnects the call and opens his eyes, recalling​ the incident of midnight, which is bothering him since morning.

FLASHBACK

Midnight

Kavya's Room, Armaan's Mansion

Kavya murmurs in her sleep, while moving her hand on the empty space besides her. She pouts with closed eyes for not finding Armaan and opens her one eye.

She yells, "Arruuuuuu."

The door of the bathroom opens and Armaan rushes to her, while tossing the napkin on the floor.

He sits beside her and takes her hand in his, before asking, "What happened? Why did you wake up?"

She backfires after a hiccup, "Why did leave me idiot?"

Armaan shakes his head, while chuckling and lays besides her, pulling her in his embrace.

He apologises, "Sorry, I just went to use the bathroom."

She punches his stomach gently and threatens, "Next time inform me, or else I will punch you so much, you will have black skin tone for a week."

Armaan chuckles at her words and states, "Ok my Punching Queen, I will inform you from next time. Now sleep."

She murmurs against his chest after a hiccup, "Can I say something?"

He answers, while rubbing her back gently, "Yes."

She instructs, "But please don't tell Ruhi."

He agrees, "Ok, I won't."

She informs, "The new furniture which Ruhi got....I had secretly contributed in it because it was out of her budget."

He smiles and appreciates after kissing her forehead, "That's good, Kavya."

She pouts sadly and denies, "No, it's bad."

Armaan frowns, lifting her face by holding her chin and demands, "Why is it bad?"

She lowers her gaze and informs in a low voice, "I didn't realise, I have contributed more than the excess money I had, so now I am on shortage of funds."

He smiles and offers, "Should I help you with the shortage?"

She rolls her eyes and declares, "You are really an idiot. How will I take money from you, then pay you for my rent, food and travelling charges? Who made you a businessman?"

However her drunken taunts didn't earn a reaction from him, as he was trying to understand her point of view.

He enquires, "Wait a minute, you are facing shortage of funds because you have to pay me for everything?"

Kavya answers with a grin, "Now you understood, Mr. Smarty Pants."

She sighs sadly and continues, "And now, I have to start cutting down my expenses to manage with the limited funds, till I receive my next salary or new admission in DID. It's gonna be tough."

She snuggles closer, while closing her eyes to sleep.

PRESENT TIME

Armaan stares at the table aimlessly and murmurs, "I thought after my efforts, you won't take this step, Kavya. But you have proved me wrong."

He clenches his phone in his hand and stands to walk towards the door to leave the office.

Kavya's Room, Armaan's Mansion

Armaan enters the room and finds Kavya standing near the window. He shuts the door silently and walks towards her. Standing behind, he clears his throat to make Kavya turn around to face him.

He forces a fake smile and asks, "Heard you have room arrested yourself, any special reason?"

Observing his fake smile, Kavya asks with a frown, "Are you angry?"

He states, "That depends on you Kavya, whether you have given me the right to be angry with you or not."

Before Kavya can answer, Armaan takes a step ahead and holds her arms to pull her closer, startling her.

He demands, "Tell me, can I be angry, upset or anything towards you, if you did something, I don't approve of? Do I have that right​?"

Kavya fails to understand his changed behaviour and intentions​ behind his question, however she nods, giving a silent answer.

Anger and frustration flashes in his eyes as he pulls her more closer and tightens his grip on her arms, making her hiss in pain.

She demands, "What are you-"

He interrupts in a loud, stern voice, "I am disappointed with your stunt, Kavya....I am highly disappointed."

Kavya frowns in confusion and Armaan continues, "From the day I have realised my mistake, I am trying my level best to keep you happy. I am trying to kill our differences, to apologise to you, to rectify every mistake and give our relationship a chance."

She whispers, sensing the pain in his voice, "Armaan."

He ignores her attempt and continues, "I have done those things which I didn't even knew how to perform, just to see a smile on your face. I learned to be a perfect husband for you. I have practically changed myself for you....and you."

Armaan pulls her further closer, making their fronts touch and brings his face an inch away from her.

He accuses with pain evident in his eyes, "I thought, you were acknowledging my efforts, Kavya. I thought, you would forgive me soon because I have done everything to keep you happy. I had fulfilled every wish that left your mouth, but no, I was wrong, I was so wrong. You haven't acknowledged anything, you are still at that stage, where we had started."

Kavya denies, "No Armaan, I acknowledge and appreciate your efforts, I-"

Armaan interrupts, "Is that so?"

She nods nervously and he demands, "Then can I know, why haven't you left your room since morning? Why didn't you asked Mary for lunch?"

Kavya lowers her gaze, not courageous enough to voice the reason and Armaan pulls her to make her face him.

He demands, "Should I answer for you?"

She stares in his eyes and opens her mouth to explain, only to be interrupted by her husband, "It's because you are reducing your expenses, so you can manage with the shortage of funds, right?"

Kavya's eyes widens in shock and before she can voice her doubt, Armaan clarifies, "You confessed in your drunk state last night."

Kavya attempts to speak, "Armaan, I-"

He interrupts​, "I what Kavya? I can explain? What will you explain about starving for the entire day after eating just citrus fruits in the breakfast?"

She frowns in confusion and he informs, "I had asked Mary to give you just citrus fruits for breakfast and not ask you for lunch. Plus, I had purposely asked you to stay at home today because I wanted to see whether you were serious about cutting down on your expenses."

Kavya opens her mouth to speak, but he didn't give her an opportunity, "And I was expecting you to not pull this stunt because I believed my efforts were enough to ignore those differences, we had earlier."

She attempts to speak, only to be interrupted by an upset Armaan, "But you disappointed me Kavya, you treated me as a stranger, an outsider. You choose to starve and ignore my efforts​, instead of forgetting​ of that goddamn agreement between us."

He continues, not allowing her to speak, "You proved, I am just your landlord and nothing else."

Kavya shakes her head and denies, "No, Armaan. We-"

Pain replaces the anger in his eyes as he interrupts her again, "How could you do this Kavya after we..."

His voice softens as he continues, "We have grown closer and....and progressed in our relationship. We had started living as a couple."

Tears forms in Kavya's eyes, observing the pain in Armaan's eyes and she moves her hand to cup his face by releasing her right arm.

But Armaan pulls her hand away in anger, making her stare at him with teary eyes and he demands, "You don't want to depend on me, right?"

Before Kavya can respond, he holds her hand and declares, "So fine Ms. Kavya Kapoor, I will help you, so you could never ever depend on me."

Armaan turns to walk towards the door and starts dragging Kavya along with him.

She demands, "Armaan, where are you taking me?"

He doesn't answer and keeps dragging her along with him as he exits the room.

Kitchen

Armaan drags Kavya in the empty kitchen and makes her stand in front of the gas stove.

She glanced at her husband with teary eyes as he grabs a knife and tosses on the table in front of her.

He orders, "Cook dinner and earn food for yourself."

She frowns in confusion and he clarifies, "You don't want to depend on me, so you will be my personal chef from now. On every meal, you cook for me, you will earn food for yourself."

Kavya stares at him in shock and he orders, "So, now cook a healthy meal for two. One portion for me and another for you. You have 45 minutes."

Armaan turns to leave the kitchen without waiting for her response and Kavya watches him leaving.

Her eyes filled with guilt and regret as she knew, it's her fault here and Armaan had every right to be angry. His efforts and struggles were ignored to give importance to an agreement, created by her.

Kavya whispers, "I am sorry, Armaan."

She grabs the basket of vegetables, placed at the right side of the table and knife to start cooking.

After 45 minutes, Armaan enters the kitchen dressed in a tracksuit and finds food on the kitchen table.

He takes his seat on the kitchen stool and orders, "Serve."

Kavya obeys wordlessly and steps back after serving on his plate.

He orders, "Serve for yourself."

She lowers her gaze and grabs a plate for herself. She walks besides Armaan and moves to place her plate besides his, only to be stopped by him.

He instructs, "Not here, across the table."

A lone tear escapes her eyes, remembering the time, since Armaan had promised to revise those 75 days, they ate their meals, sitting besides each other. He had always grabbed the opportunity to stay besides her.

But today his order to sit away from him, stabbed her heart, killing the effect of his anger on her.

However, she accepted her punishment and walks away to place her plate across the table. She serves dinner for herself, while wiping her wet eyes.

Her tears and pain didn't go unnoticed by Armaan, but he remains silent and takes a view of her plate, which has enough food.

He grabs his spoon and orders, "Sit and eat."

Without waiting for a response from Kavya, he fills his spoon with food and starts eating.

Kavya takes a seat and grabs her spoon with shaky hands, while glancing at her husband to earn an eye-contact. But he keeps eating, ignoring her gaze on him and secretly gazes her, as she grabs her spoon.

She eats her first morsel and unknowingly he sighs in relief. He slows down his speed of eating to match with Kavya.

They continue eating in silence and Armaan stands, when Kavya's plate is almost empty. He turns around and leaves without uttering a single word to Kavya.

She drops her spoon on the table as a lone tear escapes her eye, watching him, leaving her alone.

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