Hello lovelies! As promised I'm back with a chapter so soon :) this is to make up for all the time I've missed posting, from now on update day will Saturday for FFMS and Sunday for DH. I hope that's okay with everyone :) happy reading!
Chapter 26
'K..kya ya..yaad nahi hai mu..mujhe Nandini?' Manik asked stammering. He had no clue what Nandini was talking about, he knew that he lost his memory, but he didn't know what it was that he didn't remember relating Nandini. 'Cabir we have to stop her, if she tells him everything Manik par bohot bura asar par sakta hai.. We don't know if he can take it yet' Navya said worriedly to Cabir. Cabir who was still numb after hearing about Raghav composed himself, 'nahi Navya, it's Nandini we're talking about, woh nashe mein bhi kabhi usay hurt nahi karegi' Cabir said with surety. 'No Cabir we have to stop her' Alya said as she walked towards Nandini to stop her from spilling the beans. 'Bolo na Nandini, kya bhul gaya mein? Bolo...' Manik said as he wiped the tears from her face. 'Manik... Manik hum..' Nandini's voice was choking, she tried to speak but was cut off as Alya almost screamed her name 'NANDINI!', 'chila kyun rahi ho?' Manik asked Alya, to which Alya made faces but continued 'because Nandini needs to go home, we need to get her home.. Nandini lets go' Alya held her hand and tried to walk away. 'No!' Nandini said as she freed her hand from Alya's hand, 'mujhe Manik se baat karni hai' she said. 'Haan bolo Nandini' Manik said as he walked up to her again. Nandini was about to speak again but her eyes fell on Mukti who was silently sobbing in the back, she then realised her mistake and immediately felt guilty for hurting her. She ran to Mukti and cupped her face again 'Mukti.. Tum ro rahi ho?' she asked very innocently, Mukti wiped her tears quickly to hide her pain from her friends, 'no Nandini I'm fine, you should go home' she managed to say, trying hard not to cry. 'No you're not fine, I made you cry.. I'm sorry' Nandini said as she herself started crying with Mukti. 'Mein bohot buri hoon na?' Nandini said as she started wailing loudly and dramatically, 'Nandini!! Relax I'm fine seriously, ab please rone ka drama tum bhi mat shuru kar dena yaar, ek mudhubala kafi hai yahaan' Mukti said teasingly and finally smiled, she knew Nandini meant no harm and only said what she did because she's drunk. 'Tum gussa nahi ho na?' Nandini asked sweetly to which Mukti just shook her head in a no. 'Good gussa hona bhi mat, mujhe na tumhare gusse se bohot dar lagta hai pata hai..' Nandini said earning a chuckle from Mukti, 'yeah right' Mukti said sarcastically. 'But seriously Mukti, I'm sorry, mein ne tumhe hurt kiya na.. I didn't mean to. Tum na, you're a very pure soul.. You're a very beautiful person.. Apne yeh beautiful nature ko gusse ke peeche mat chupao' Nandini said to which Mukti just smiled and nodded obediently. 'Ab ghar chale?' Mukti asked. 'No! I have to say sorry to Cabir' saying this she ran to Cabir. 'Tumhe bhi bura laga?' she asked making a sad face, to which Cabir just smiled 'nahi.. Bura nahi laga' he said. 'Jhoot tumhe bura laga.. Sorry' she said as she held her ears again. 'But Cabir, tum move on kar lo na, woh agar pyaar nahi karta toh jaane do usay, woh tumhe deserve nahi karta. Okay?' she asked to which Cabir just nodded.
'Nandini enough now, let's go home' Manik said. Nandini looked at him for a second, 'okay.. Chalo!' she said excitedly. Manik held her hand as she was unable to balance herself and Nandini started smiling like a fool. They were walking out when she noticed FAB5 and Navya following them, she frowned as she wanted to spend alone time with Manik. 'No!' she shouted. 'Kya hua?' asked Manik. 'Mujhe sirf tumhare saath jaana hai.. Sab ke saath nahi..' she said much to everyone's surprise. Cabir went back to his Cupid mode and smirked hearing this, he leaned closer to Mukti and whispered 'chalo nashe ki halat mein hi sahi, Nandini ki train thoda to agay badhi' to which Mukti also smirked. 'Yeah yeah sure.. You guys go ahead hum saare guests ko see off karke atay hain' Cabir said. 'But Cabir..' Dhruv tried to object afraid Nandini might spill the beans, but Cabir stopped him from objecting and blinked his eyes at him as assurance that nothing would go wrong. 'Okay bye!' Nandini screamed as she tightly held Manik's hand and dragged him outside with her. As soon as she left Navya spoke 'guys... woh.. Nandini ki taraf se sorry.. Uska iraada galat nahi tha' Navya tried to defend her best friend. 'It's okay Navya we understand yaar, she's drunk.. Aisa hota hai kabhi kabhi.. Hum toh issay bhi zyada bakwaas karte hain when we get drunk so chill.. Waise you're okay right?' Mukti asked Navya. Cabir also looked at Navya to make sure Nandini words didn't hurt her, 'yeah.. I'm fine' Navya said. 'Are you sure?' Cabir asked eyeing her suspiciously. 'Haan baba.. Hum bilkuk theek hain' she said assuring everyone. Soon they all went back to the party hall to attend he guests and clear the mess Nandini had created.
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Manik and Nandini walked out holding hands, Nandini kept staring at their perfectly entwined hands and was constantly smiling like an idiot. 'Come on, get in the car' Manik said as they approached his car. 'Car mein.. Kyun?' Nandini asked. 'Toh kya ghar chal ke jaana hai? Listen Nandini aj ke liye bohot drama ho gaya, come on now be a good girl and get in' Manik tried to sound as polite as possible. 'Nahi! Mujhe ghar nahi jaana!' Nandini exclaimed. 'Nandini!' Manik said irritatedly. 'Nandini get in the car right now warna..' 'OYE! Junior hulk! Dhamki kisko de raho ho? Ek aur punch maroon gi na toh bolne ke kabil nahi raho gay samjhe!' Nandini said angrily. 'Oh god Nandini! Acha ghar nahi jaana toh kya karna?' Manik asked still very irritated with her. 'Stars!' she exclaimed happily. 'Stars?' Manik asked. 'Haan! Mujhe tumhari car par lait ke stars dekhne hain.. Tumhare saath' she said sweetly. 'Nandini but w..' Manik tried to object but was cut off by Nandini's pleads 'please' she said softly. 'Okay' Manik finally agreed, 'THANK YOU' Nandini screamed, and in excitement hugged him with such force that he was pinned to the car, sandwiched between the car and her body. His heart picked up the pace, whilst he felt the sudden urge to get really close to her. But knowing she's drunk he could never take advantage of her, so he slowly broke the hug.
Nandini climbed the car and reached the top with Manik. She kept her head in Manik's chest, much to his surprise, but he didn't object and let her do whatever she wanted. 'Manik' Nandini spoke breaking the silence, Manik just hmmed. 'You know I used to hate the stars, bohot gande lagte the mujhe.. But now I love them. I LOVE YOU STARS' Nandini screamed to which Manik just smiled. 'I love them too Nandini, they're a ray of hope in darkness.. But I also love fireflies, itne chote se hote hain and still they manage to fight the dark alone' Manik said, after the accident Manik knew he loved fireflies, but he could never figure out why, he felt connected to fireflies for reasons unknown to him. Nandini immediately looked at him in shock. 'Fireflies' she whispered to herself, she adjusted her head in Manik's chest again trying to fight her tears. 'I love fireflies too Manik, pata hai kyun?' 'Kyun?' Manik asked. 'Kyun ke mom kehti thi jahan fireflies hoti hai na, wahaan...' she left her sentence incomplete. 'Wahaan?' Manik asked curiously. 'Kuch nahi.. Mujhe ghar jaana hai' she said. Manik sighed in relief 'finally madam ko ghar jaana hai?' he asked mockingly to which Nandini nodded positively. Manik helped her down and get in the car, then he drove back home.
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They soon reached home, 'come on Nandini, go to your room and off to bed' Manik said strictly. 'Nahi mujhe nahi sona' Nandini said, 'mujhe yahi rehna hai!' she said and sat down on the doorstep of her house. Manik was on the verge of pulling his hair out due to frustration. 'Nandini please!' he said helplessly. But Nandini started wailing as loud as she could, surprising Manik. 'WHAT? Ab kyun ro rahi ho?' he asked as he seated himself on the floor too. 'Mujhse koi pyaar nahi karta. Sab mujhe hate karte' she said as she continued to weep. Her loud cry was giving Manik a headache at this point, 'nahi Nandini.. Tumhe koi hate nahi karta, sab tumse pyaar karte hain' Manik said dramatically whilst caressing her hair. 'Jhoot sab mujhe hate karte hain.. Tum bhi mujhe hate karte ho' she continued weeping. 'No Nandini I don't hate you..' he said sweetly. 'Pakka?' Nandini asked, 'Haan baba pakka' Manik said. 'Toh tum mujhe hate nahi karte?' she asked to which Manik shook his head in a no, 'matlab mein tumhe achi lagti hoon?' Nandini asked hopefully whilst smiling. Manik didn't know what to say, he was a little confused by the question. But as he saw Nandini's changing expressions from happy to sad he immediately replied 'haan haan... Bohot achi lagti ho' he said whilst smiling. 'Sach?' she asked with twinkling eyes and Manik nodded. 'Toh meri tareef karo na' she said to which Manik made faces 'what?' he asked. 'TAREEF KARO NA MERI' she said demandingly. 'Nandini!' Manik said her name sternly, 'MANIK TAREEF KARO MERI NAAA' Nandini started screaming 'OKAY! Fine..' Manik said holding his head in his palms. He was tired and handling Nandini was becoming hard, he thought about what to say to her and finally decided to speak his heart out. 'You're an amazing person Nandini, you're kind, you're sweet, you're beautiful. Your kindness shows in everything you do, you're stunning but you're still so down to earth. I admire everything about you, you make me want to be a better person. You inspire me' he said looking straight in her eyes, he knew he meant every single word of it. Nandini almost lost herself in his words and in his eyes. But when she came out of her Manik world she smiled to herself thinking about what he just said. She awwed and started pulling his cheeks, annoying him even further.
Manik's POV:
'Tum na.. tum naa... tum bohot bohot bohottt cute ho' she said as she continued torturing me by pulling me cheeks. Oh god, save me! Having your cheeks pulled constantly hurts man. She suddenly stopped pulling my cheeks. PHEW! But instead of pulling them she started caressing my face very... lovingly? Nothing worse than a drunk person's mood swings let me tell you that. She looked into my eyes and started tearing up, 'tum bohot cute ho' she said slowly, 'aur mein... mein bohot bari loser hoon' she said, those tears threatening to escape her eyes. 'Mein sab se bari loser hoon, pata hai kyun?' she asked, with sadness covering her beautiful eyes. There's something about the way she looks at me that makes my heart drop to my stomach. 'Pucho na kyun?' she said. 'Kyun?' I almost whispered as I was too lost in her. 'Kyun ki mein ne na.. Mein ne na apna pyaar kho diya' she said and those tears finally escaped her eyes and moved to her cheeks, there was a sad smile on her lips and the tears wouldn't stop, my heart broke a little. Pyaar? She loved someone? I don't know why and how but her words pinched my heart and hurt me more than I could describe, I found a lump in throat as tears made there way to my eyes. 'Woh mujhe chor kar chala gaya' she managed to say in her choked voice. What idiot would ever let go of someone like her, but why do I feel so hurt by her words? 'Mein bohot buri hoon na? Isliye woh chala gaya?' she asked in a very vulnerable voice. 'No Nandini.. Tum bilkul bhi buri nahi ho' I tried to assure her. 'Toh woh kyun chala gaya? Tumhe lagta hai woh wapas ayega?' she asked, her face was filled with tears, her eyes were sad, and she was broken. 'K..kaun Nandini?' I asked, my words stammering, my voice was also choking just like hers. 'Wohi jisse mein pyaar karti hoon' Nandini said. 'Kahaan hai wo?' I asked as curiosity got the best of me. 'Woh yahi hai' she said. What? He's here! But where.. I look around to see its just me and her, then where is HE? 'Kahaan?' I asked confused. 'Yahaan' she pointed towards her heart, 'woh hamesha yahaan hota hai... In my heart.. Hamesha.. Forever' she said gazing into my eyes. I wanted to ask her more but decided not to seeing her so broken and fragile. Everyone has a past, I had Alya, so it's fine.. She'll move on from whoever that idiot was who left her, I tried to assure myself. I don't know why I needed assurance but I was a little heart broken knowing she loves someone. Suddenly all her weight was on me, she had fallen asleep, her sweet face made me smile immediately, I carried her in my arms and took her to her room. I lied her down and she opened her eyes, we were close, like really close. She was looking into my eyes, 'Manik' she whispered and held my collars really tight. She started pulling me towards herself, closer than we already were, her eyes were on my lips. No I can't do this! I can't take advantage of a drunk girl, I just smiled at her as she continued to look into my eyes and kissed her forehead. She closed her eyes feeling my touch, I tucked her in bed and moved to leave but she held my hand really tight. 'Please mujhe chor ke mat jao.. Ab mein aur strong bane ki acting nahi kar sakti' she said, and I felt sad, I didn't want to leave her. 'Mein kaheen nahi ja raha.. I'm with you' I said assuringly to which she smiled and closed her eyes. I caressed her forehead till she fell asleep, once she was asleep I took off her heels, her jewellery and covered her with the duvet properly. I kissed her forehead again, my lips remained on her forehead for longer than needed but it was hard to pull away from her. I got up and giving her one last glance I left the room, leaving her to sleep.
Thank you so much for being so sweet to me and supporting me so much, honestly so lovely of you guys. Whenever I'm having a bad day and someone comments something like 'keep smiling' it means so much to me, thank you guys *cyber hug* for all of you <3 everyone wants MaNan to be together soon, so I'm thinking of wrapping this story up soon, let me know what you think :)
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