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No matter how much ever confident she showed , a part of her heart is still afraid. Afraid of every guy, afraid of unwanted touches, afraid of creepy stares because this brings back those painful memories of that horrible day, of her life which changed her existence. And hence she is quite reserved. It is only Ishita and Anahita she speaks with. She tries to stay away as much as possible from any other people, especially Boys.

Nandini was about to move out when the same guy came infront of her making her take a step back..

Harshad:(smirking) Hey Beautiful..

Nandini was clutching her bag in her fist tightly and was trying to move out but the guy had some other plans. He wasn't letting her move. Nandini was shivering from inside, her heart was thumping loudly, but she was trying to stay composed. But his husky bitter voice wasn't helping her. She was feeling hard to breathe. She was feeling that she is going to get the anxiety attack. Memories were flashing in her mind, not at all helping her.

Harshad: Well, you're a fresher right? Hi! I am Harshad Gupta naam toh suna hi hoga?

(Must have heard my name?)

Bu before Nandini could get an anxiety attack she heard a voice that bought her back. And strangely her breaths started coming out in a calm manner. She knew whose voice it is, ofcourse! And she was right, as it was Manik only!

Manik:(from behind) Haa, suna h naa, humare neighbour ke dog ka naam h Harshad, and coincidence toh dekh yaar, unka surname bhi Gupta hi h.

(Yeah! I've heard it! Our neighbour's dog's name is also Harshad, and look at the coincidence, their surname is also Gupta!)

Yes, It was Manik, who also came to canteen after attending two boring classes with his friends. They arrived when they saw Harshad trying to harass a girl, who was facing her back to them. Manik glared at him, who was teasing the girl. He can tolerate anything, but disrespecting or harassing girls or making them uncomfortable, is just not in his list of tasks to deal with patience. So he with Fab four, who were also annoyed by Harshad's activities moved towards him.

Harshad looked at Manik with gritted teeth, whil the students in the canteen laughed at Manik's comment.

Harshad:(growled) Manik Malhotra!!

Manik:(smiled widely) Yes! That's my name bro.

Harshad:(irritated) Tu beech me mat aa Manik.

(You don't interfere Manik)

Manik:(innocently) M kaha beech me aaya, still dur hi hu tujhse.

(When did I interfered? I'm still far away from you!)

Harshad:(hisses) Let me complete my dare calmly Malhotra!

Manik:(tsked) Tch! Tch! Tch! Harshad! Harshad! Harshad! What a low graded person you are, no?

Harshad:(gritting teeth) Manik!!

Cabir: Abey jante h hum ki tu Manik ka fangirl... Opps! Sorry, fanboy h but baar baar naam lene ki jaroorat nahi h re.

(Aaye! We know you're Manik's fangirl... Opps! Sorry, a fanboy, but no need to chant his name again and again.)

Fab 5 chuckled and Harshad fumed in anger.

Abhi: By the way, what was the dare? With how many slippers you can be beaten ny a girl?)

Again everyone laughed at Harshad's face and he grittted his teeth, seems like he will grit them untill they're mo more.

Harshad:(warning tone) Dekh lunga tum logo ko toh m baad me.

(I'll see you guys later!)

Manik:(advancing him) Dekh na bro, abhi dekh, baad me tujh jaise kutte ke lie time ni rahega naa.

(See na bro! Look at us now only, later we won't have time for a dog like you)

Harshad glared him before moving out of the canteen making Fab 5 smirk.

Meanwhile Nandini was trying to calm her heart down. She wanted to run,but somewhere she couldn't. Her feet were as if jammed. And after Harshad went she sighed in relief and was about to move when her bag:s strap got stucked with the table's corner resulting in all the things scattered down, and she bend down to grab them.

Here Fab five turned to move to their table when they heard sound of things falling down and Manik signalled them to move while he too bend down to help the girl.. He picked up the stationary items and a book and was amused reading the title "101 Ways to Scare The Boys Off". He chuckled reading the title and that's when Nandini noticed that he was helping her and she looked at the book in his hand and snatched it away.

Manik snapped his head in her direction and was about to say something when she looked at him to take her stationary items back. And to say Manik wasn't lost would be a lie. He was looking into her eyes which were blank and emotionless but deep down there was pain and loneliness in them. He sucked a deep breath looking at her. He haven't seen eyes like those, so emotionless, so deep! The brown doe shaped eyes, had his attention, more than required.

His trance broke when she stood up, feeling conscious and was about to move when he stopped her.

Manik: Hey! Your things!

Nandini looked at him and then forwarded her hand to which he silently kept the pens in her hand attentively, and she again turned to move but halted hearing his next words..

Manik: By the way Miss Deep Eyes uss 101 ways me ek way ye bhi hoga hi, that do punch the person who tries to invade in your personal life. Don't need to be a Victim, coz you aren't! Right?

Nandini blinked her eyes but didn't turned back and moved out of the canteen leaving Manik behind. He sighed, still trying to figure it out that why was he attracted to her eyes, when his gaze fell on something sparkling, so he bent and picked it up to find it to be a locket, he read the words Reham (Mercy) and blinked before closing his fist and looking at the exit, from where she went.

He got distracted by his friends who called him and silently kept the locket in his blazer's pocket, near his heart, and moved to his friends!

All the way thinking about her! Miss Deep Eyes!

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