Manik too settled in his room to sleep. After thirty minutes of twisting and turning in the bed, he finally got up frustrated and switched on the lamp placed on the table beside his bed.
Manik(to himself)- neend aa hi nahi rahi. Kya karu ab?
On the other hand, Nandini too got up from her bed after a failed attempt to sleep.
Nandini(to herself)- Aiyappa, its half past two, par nahi yeh neend ko toh aana hi nahi hai.
Location- Manik's Room
He unlocked his phone and started scrolling through his instagram feeds.
Manik(to himself)- Baar baar same cheezein dekh kar kya karu, theek hai samjh gaya ki mere alawa sabki zindagi bohot hi zyada rocking hai, bas main hi yaha baith kar bhajiya tal raha hoon. Toh ab. Haan ghar par call karta hoon. No, raat ke dhai baje, very bad idea. Toh abhi kise baat kar sakta hoon, Ms. lost case! par woh kyun uthi hogi abhi. Nahi uthi hogi toh utha dunga, woh toh vaise bhi mujhe badtameez hi samajhti hai, toh ek aur baar duffer bolegi par uth toh jaayegi. Bappa Jaaun kya? Haan Manik, vaise bhi kal vaapas Mumbai jaana hai. Apne trip ke yeh aakhri kuch ghante tu waste nahi kar sakta. Chal!
He reached her room and before he could have rung the bell, the door got opened.
Location- Nandini's room
Nandini(to herself)- ab apna time pass kaise karu? Koi movie dekhu kya. Nahi voh toh main kal ghar jaakar bhi kar sakti hoon! Toh yaaha par aise kya special karu. Manik, haan uss duffer ne bohot irritate kiya hai poore trip mein, let me just go, aur uske room ki doorbell ring karke aa jaungi. How evil Nandini. Not done. Woh bechara tere liye aaj ice cream khaane bhi toh gaya tha na. Bechara, wait a minute, Aiyappa delete kardo uss line ko, woh bechara kab se ho gaya? Nahi nahi woh self-obsessed idiot hi theek hai aur haan, ice cream khaane gaya tha toh khud bhi toh khaayi thi uss bhukkad ne. Koi ehsaan thodi kiya hai. Baahar round maar kar aau kya? Haan neeche garden mein jaati hoon! (pauses) Raat ke dhai baje, koi zaroorat nahi hai. Ughh mera dimaag explode ho jaayega! I don't care, vaise bhi woh duffer mujhse irritated hi rehta hai toh thoda aur irritate ho jaayega. Ek din beauty sleep nahi lega toh uski sundarta kam nahi ho jaayegi. Main usse hi utha deti hoon. Thoda jhagda karenge, toh thak kar neend aa jayegi.
As soon as she opened the door to leave, she found Manik already standing there.
Nandini- tum yahan iss time!
Manik- haan woh bas yaha se pass kar raha tha!
Nandini- par itni raat ko kaha jaa rahe ho?
Manik- uhh woh aise hi, ok bye!
Manik started walking towards his room.
Nandini- Manik
He stopped and turned back to look at her. Nandini was playing with her fingers. She wanted him to stay but didn't know what will he think if she says that. Manik, on the other hand, wanted to stay back and talk to her as he was not feeling sleepy, and somewhere in a tiny corner of his heart, he knew that these were the last few hours that they could actually spent together.
Manik- haan bolo
Nandini- kuch nahi
She turned to enter her room but stopped. He too turned to leave but again stopped and turned around to face her room. They both looked at each other and the only thing they could see on each other's faces was the impatience to say something.
Nandini and Manik (together)- Mujhe neend nahi aa rahi thi toh I was coming to you only!
They both smiled listening to each other's statements.
Manik- thank god boldiya!
Nandini- haan finally! Pata nahi kyun itni der lagi bolne mein.
Manik- haan hum toh aise nervous ho rahe the jaise ek dusre ko I love you bolne waale hai.
Nandini's eyes grew wide and an awkward smile made its way to Manik's face. Nandini changed the topic to overcome this awkwardness.
Nandini- you can come in
Manik- ya let's go
They entered Nandini's room and Manik settled on the couch.
Nandini- coffee?
Manik- sure, should I help?
Nandini- that's fine, I'll do it.
Manik- okay.
Nandini got busy in making coffee for both of them while Manik was just looked at her doing her work with a small smile on his lips. His trance was broken by Nandini's voice.
Nandini- I had a question in mind.
Manik- puchho
Nandini- agar main so rahi hoti toh tum abhi kya kar rahe hote?
Manik- tumhaare room ki bell baja baja kar tumhe utha raha hota.
Nandini- matlab tumhe neend nahi aa rahi toh tum meri bhi neend kharaab kar dete.
Manik(playfully)- haan aur kya, aakhir tumhara patni dharam hai yeh. Apne pati ka saath nahi deti.
Nandini- patni dharam, oh please. Main kisiki patni nahi hoon.
Manik (dramatically)- tum yeh kya keh rahi ho. Kya voh saat phere, tumhari maang ka sindoor, woh mangalsutra sab jhooth hai?
Nandini laughed listening to his over dramatic lines.
Nandini- theek hai ab back to normal please, itna drama mujhse handle nahi hoga.
Manik- Manik Malhotra ko handle karna sab ke bas ki baat nahi!
Nandini- woh aa gaya wapas!
Manik(confused)- kaun aa gaya?
Nandini- Mr.self- obssesed duffer Malhotra!
Manik- main self-obssesed nahi hoon bas self-love mein believe karta hoon, bataya toh tha tumhe.
Nandini- hmm woh toh dikh hi raha hai!
Nandini- yeh lo your coffee.
Manik- thank you!
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