Episode 20

in the morning , aria and armaan were the only ones present on the dining table . armaan placed the food on aria's plate and started eating himself . when aria didnt pick up her fork , armaan told her " start eating princess" . 

aria still didnt pick up the fork , armaan dropped his fork and turned towards her " feed me with your hands " aria said with a pout . she was looking really cute , all ready to go to college . armaan lost himself looking at her " why , why is this love for her increasing day by day . why cant i just put some distance between us " armaan thought , he wanted to feed her . it was one of his favourite jobs , he felt happy feeding her , taking care of her . 

" you getting late, aria . finish your food " armaan said placing a bite in her mouth quickly and turned towards his own place . 

aria's face went red ,she took some bites and stood up . armaan's behaviour was hurting her more than she could explain .

in the evening , Mrs Malik asked why Maida is not ready for this marriage anymore . " i don’t know and i don’t think , its that much of a big deal " armaan said not ready to tell her more . Mrs Malik looked at the stressed face of his son , she knew more than armaan was ready to tell her . 

in the next few days , armaan tried to put distance between aria and himself as much as he could . he was still eating with her , but there was a lot aria could see not happening . 

this evening , armaan came back from office and went to his room directly without even meeting aria . when she got to know about it , she went to check on him . it never happened , armaan always came to see her, if she hadn’t come infront of him herself ,after he came back home, doesnt matter how busy he was . 

she entered the room and saw armaan laying on bed , his hand was on his head . 

aria went near him " are you okay , maan ?" she asked him . he looked at her with his red rimmed eyes , he was in pain , a lot of pain . this distance between them was breaking him . he missed their time together , he missed taking care of his girl himself , he missed adoring her , he missed loving her .......

" yeah... just a light headache " armaan said looking towards her , as if she could heal his every pain . 

"lemme get some medicine for you " aria said getting up . 

" i have already taken the pill " armaan informed her , aria looked at him trying to find if he was telling the truth . 

she moved towards the other side of bed and sat near him . she started pressing his head softly .armaan held her hand " you don’t need to " he mumbled .

aria took his hand in her other hand and continued pressing his head . armaan closed his eyes in pain , it was more than just a simple headache .her touch was giving him comfort , " it is wrong , she is not mine to feel comfort from . i cant use my princess ....." armaan thought , even though his heart said something else . 

"aria, go to your room . i will be fine soon " he said turning away . she was left in shock . " maan ......." she started but armaan cut her in " aria , i said go to your room " he said in a serious tone . he was depressed due to continuous control on his emotions , pain of staying away from his princess . 

tears filled aria's eyes .she went to her room not saying anything else . armaan couldn’t lay anymore . he felt like he was laying thorns . he heard the azaan of maghrib, he didnt have the energy to go to the mosque , he got up and did ablution .

after offering namaz, he raised his hands for prayer . tears started falling from his eyes. He had been asking ALLAH for control on his emotions , for these feelings to stop but it wasn’t happening . 

today , he left like he went on the brink to break . and his behaviour with aria some minutes ago made his heart felt heavier . 

armaan closed his eyes , tears still falling from his eyes " YA Allah ! what should i do ? i am not able to stop loving her . show me the right path , my ALLAH . this pain is getting unbearable . it feels like my heart will stop any minute ......i cant live without this girl .please , show me the right path ......." words were not enough to show his feelings , but it wasn’t like he needed words to communicate with his LORD . he knew that his Allah knew his pain without even him comprehending it .

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