Manan ff :Be Mine

chapter 35

Garden
Nandini was talking to Harshad, who had dropped in quite unexpectedly.
Harshad was like a brother to Nandini. She respected and cared for Harshad,and even called him, her 'Bhaiya '.Nandini even forgave Harshad and understood, how much he had changed in past 3 years.
Harshad ( concerned ) : ab tumhari tabiyaat kaisi hai? ????
Nandini ( with a smile ) : thoda sa theek hai. ....Manik ne subha se koi bhi kaam karne nehin diya! !!!!
Veer also approached them.
Veer : Harshad uncle. ...aap kaise ho? ???
Harshad ( happily ) : gosh. ...doo din mein kitna bada laag raha hai! !!!!
Nandini looks at her son, lovingly "true. ...mera beta bada ho gaya hai! !!!"
Veer ( playfully ) : mom. ...roona maat start karna!!!!......Amms ke yaha. ...tissue paper nehin hai! !!!!
Nandini ( pulls Veer's cheeks ): shaitan! !!!!
But then she becomes a little sad, thinking about Manik.
Harshad keeps a hand on Nandini's shoulder and looks at her with an assuring glance "don't worry. ....sab theek ho jaega"
Manik, who in search of Nandini, came towards the garden, misinterpreted the whole scene.
He took Veer to be Nandini and Harshad's son.
Manik got so enraged, that he went straight up to Harshad and punched him hard.
Harshad fell on the ground and cried in pain.
Whereas, Nandini was shocked.
Pushing Manik away, Nandini ( yelled ) : what is wrong with you? ????......usse kyon maar rahe ho? ????
Manik ( angry as hell ): stay out of this. .....agar itni hi fikar hai tumhe iss ki. ....toh ab taak iss se shaadi kyon nehin kiya? ????.....mere gaale kyon paddi hui ho! !!!!!
Nandini was completely shattered, the tears started rolling down her eyes.
Nandini ( chocked ) : main. ....tumhare gaale paddi hui hu? ??????
Manik ( also crying ): aur nehin toh kya. .....kyon nehin chali jati ho meri zindagi se hamesha hamesha ke liye? ?????......atleast mujhe chaain se jeene doo! !!!!!!
Completely dejected, Nandini started walking away from there, towards the main road.
Frustrated Manik, got on top of Harshad and started punching him mercilessly, vending his complete anger.
Manik ( pov ) : tumhari wajah se Nandini mujhse dur hui hai! !!!!......tumhari wajah se Nandini roi hai! !!!!!
A scared Veer tried to stop Manik.
Veer ( crying out of fear ): Funny uncle. ....please unhe maat maaro. ....please unhe chhod doo! !!!!
On hearing the sound of the quarrels, Fab4 also came towards the garden.
Mukti on seeing Harshad bleeding, got scared.
Somehow she pushed Manik away and hugged Harshad.
Mukti ( sobbing ): pagal ho gaya hai kya!!!!!!
Manik ( frustrated ) : haan. ....main pagal ho gaya hu. ...aur kyon naa ho. .....iss ki wajah se. ...mera ghar barbaad ho gaya. ....yeh. ....yeh Nandini ka bloody bf! !!!!!!!!
Mukti ( crying ) : stop it! !!!!...tujhe kuch bhi idea hai. ...ki tu kya bol raha hai!!!!!
Manik ( taking out all his frustration ): kya galat bola. ..uss raat ....this god damn Harshad was holding Nandini. ....I mean iss ki himaat kaise hui usse haath bhi laaga ne ki! !!!!!!!!
Mukti ( cutting in ): tu sab galat samajh raha hai. ....let me explain. ...
Manik : kya explain karna chahti ho. ....teen saal. ...teen saal ke liye main Nandini se dur raha. ...taaki woh is bloody Harshad ke saath khush rahe. .....aur wapas ake. ....main kya dekhta hu. ...ki Nandini has changed aur hamesha depressed rehti hai.....iss bloody Harshad ke wajah se! !!!!!
Now Maniks speech turned out to be a new shock for Fab4.
But Mukti again tried her best to clear the misunderstanding.
Mukti : agar tu Nandini se sacch pyaar karta naa. ....toh tu kabhie usse akela chhod ke nehin jataa. ....tujhe toh uss pein koi trust hi nehin tha! !!!!!......issliye hi toh tu uss raat misunderstanding ko clear karne ke jagah usse chhod ke bhaag gaya! !!!!
Manik : wow. ....this is great. ...ab tu bhi mujhe hi blame kar rahi hai! !!!.....kya clear karta? ????......yeh hi ki Nandini and this bloody Harshad are in a proper relation! !!!!!!.....jiske wajah se Nandini ne aaj taak mujhe ek simple sa' I love you 'nehin bola! !!!!
Mukti ( angrily yelled ) : for God's sake. ....Harshad aur Nandini ka koi relation nehin hai because. ....because he is my boyfriend! !!!!!
This revelation just shocked everyone.
Manik : what! !!!!!!......toh phir why has Nandini changed so much? ?????......kaun hai usski life mein jiske wajah se woh upset rehti hai? ??? (suddenly remembering something )....aur uss raat. ...mere ghar mein woh kise phone pein baby keh rahi thi? ????
Cabir understood that the person whom Nandini called baby was none other than Veer .But he decided to stay out of it and let Manik clear themisunderstanding himself.
Manik : ab tumhe iss bareme kya kehna hai Mukti? ????......maine joh bhi dekha aur sunna. ....kya woh bhi galat hai? ?????
Suddenly his eyes fell on Veer. On seeing his face, Manik felt more dejected.
Manik ( with chocked voice ): aur yeh baccha. ....isska baap kaun hai? ???
When nobody answered, Manik felt more frustrated.
Walking up to Veer, he asked "kaha hai tumhara dad? ????"
Veer ( scared ) : Funny uncle. ...dad mere aur mom ke saath nehin rehte hai! !!!!
Manik ( infuriated ): what. ....woh tum dono ko chhod ke chala gaya? ???
Veer just nodded his head in a yes.
Manik ( disgusted ) : how can he just run away from his responsibilities? ?????......bloody hell! !!!!.....aapne wife aur bacche ko chhod ke aise koi jataa hai kya? ????
At Maniks this comment, Fab4 just wanted to laugh out loud.
Turning towards Fab4, Manik yelled at them "aur tumlog. ....tumlogo ne iss ke dad ko dhoondhne ki koshish kyon nehin ki? ????"
Cabir ( pov ) : iss ka dimaag completely kharab ho gaya hai! !!!....he is a lost case! !!!!!!
Manik ( irritated ) : tumlog hopeless ho! !!!!
Turning to Veer "tumhare dad. ...kaha pein rehte hai? ????"
Veer ( innocently ) : London. ..
Manik ( a little shocked ): seriously. ...ok. ...don't worry. ...London mein mere bahut se contacts hai. ....main abhi tumhare dad ka pataa laagta hu! !!!!
Saying this, Manik took out the phone from his pocket and busied himself with it.
Manik ( unmindfull ): tumhare dad ka naam kya hai? ?????
Veer ( innocently ) : Manik Malhotra. ...
Manik ( still lost in his thoughts, repeated the name ): Manik. ..
Realising what Veer said, Manik just starred at him.
Manik ( shocked ) : ek minute. ....tumhare dad ka naam Manik Malhotra hai? ????????
Veer again nodded his head in a yes.
Manik was speechless. He just sank to his knees and bowed in front of Veer.
Taking Veer in a hug, Manik started to cry like a child, helplessly.
Whereas, Fab4 and Harshad keept on starring at them.
Manik breaking the hug, looks at his son, with teary eyes.
Manik ( with a choked voice ) : main. ...main Manik hu. ....tumhara. ...dad. ....I am sorry. ...I am so sorry champ. ...
Veer  (giggling ): isska matlab. ....aap mere Funny dad ho??????
Hearing this, a smile escaped Maniks lips and he planted a kiss on Veer's forehead.