MANAN____BEST FRIENDS

PART 51

Next day it was a sunday...nandini woke up earlier had a shower nd was drying her hair when she saw manik entering her room
MANIK: "good morning aj subah subah kesy uth gaii" he said coming inside seeing her in mirror
NANDINI: "rat ko time sy sogyi thi is lye" she said without making an eye contact
MANIK: "I came last night after droping her home you weren't in your room"
NANDINI: "yeah I went out" she was now brushing her hair
MANIK: "where?" He came towards her stood infront of her
NANDINI: "I just went out nd came back nd now if you're done with your inquiries can I go?" She said as he had blocked her way, she was about to go when he held her wrist
MANIK: "what is wrong nandini? What happened to you?"
NANDINI: "me? Nothing yarr" she gave him a smile nd placed her other hand on his "don't worry"
MANIK: "you're behaving very differently are you not happy with me nd soha's relat..."
NANDINI: "what the hell is wrong with you its your life your choice whatever makes you happy I've nothing against you two" she said faking a smile he smiled back
MANIK: "let's spend some time together it's been days we've talked nd went out" he side hugged her
NANDINI: "sure why not"
MANIK: "okay so come down quickly let's have our breakfast nd then we'll decide what to do"
She got happy spending time with him after some days which felt like too much to her
She came down he was waiting for her on the table
MANIK: "so where you wanna go?"
NANDINI: "let's just stay at home we'll go out in evening"
He agreed they had their breakfast together nd then they watched a movie
NANDINI: "manikk" they were lying on the sofas the lights were off nd curtains were closed there was darkness in the room the only light was of the tv
MANIK: "hmmm"
NANDINI: "are you happy? Are you in love?" She said bcz she wanted to know
manikk looked towards her he could not see her face properly
MANIK: "love maybe it's too early to say but I think I'm in love I love being around her talking to her spending some time with her I dont know if it's love or not...the best part is she has very patience when it comes to you or me that I appreciate alot"
She didn't say anything maybe soha is good for him not to her but maybe she really loves him nd he seems happy about it...
In the evening nandini was all ready for the dinner nd manik asked her if she's ready she nodded nd they stepped out towards the car...he stopped the car on a restaurant nd they went towards their private table in the roof top she spent a good day with him just like the old times talked about themselves chilled for sometime nd now ending it with a dinner..
As she reached the rooftop there was one private table there nd she stopped at her place when she saw soha coming towards them
SOHA: "what took you so long baby I'm waiting from an hour" she came hugging manik nd he hugged back
MANIK: "nandini took so much time in getting ready" he joked but it wasn't funny for her
Soha hugged nandini too nd asked manik
SOHA: "how r you nandini I thought it's our date but good to see you here" she said breaking the hug looking towards manik
MANIK: "it's just a dinner not a date"
SOHA: "it's okay manik you dont have to be shy infront of her...nd nandini you can join uss come" she held manik's hand moving towards the table
NANDINI: "manik you should have told me you guys were going on a date I wouldn't come" she said being irritated now nd sitting on the chair
MANIK: "it wasn't a actual.." before he could complete
SOHA: "its okay nandini we don't mind having you" she smirked
Nandini just rolled her eyes
The dinner came nandini just quietly ate it while the so called love birds were eating laughing making each other eat nd she tried ignoring manik tried talking to her too but she was so pissed she just answered in a word...
Manik went for getting his credit card from the car while these two stayed back
SOHA: "its not good manners to interfere in someone's date" she said taking straw in her mouth of the drink
NANDINI: "yeah it's not good to come between two people unnecessarily I know you came yourself but you know what our parents have taught us some manners like not disrespecting GUESTS nd its their upbringing I'm quiet.." she said in a stern voice
SOHA: "so your parents didn't tell you to not disturb a couple when they're having their alone time"
NANDINI: "actually soha we've been together since forever nd he used to take me with him everywhere" her tone was softer now
SOHA: "but I think you people are grown up now nd I can see you dont like me but atleast care for his happiness can't you see how happy he's nowadays just let him be he's not just there to take care of all his friends all his life he has his own life too nd its his right to live it other than babysitting you guys"
Before nandini could say something manik came back
NANDINI: "I'll get going you guys carry on" she said getting up manik held her arm
MANIK: "why nandini? Where r you going?"
NANDINI: "I'm done you guys stay see you" she hugged him nd went before hearing him
MANIK: "sohaa did you say something to her????" He said angrily
SOHA: "why would I say something to her manik can't you see her behaviour with me she thought she's interrupting our time so she decided to go"

Nandini went out crying deep down she knew soha was right he cannot spend his whole life caring for each nd every person he is happy nd he deserves to be happy
She took manik's car telling him nd drove off to the beach sitting there silently thinking about everything that is happening
"Udaas ho?" A voice came from behind she recognized it it was the same man she met yesterday
NANDINI: "hum jis sy pyar krty h wo humei q nai milta?wo to meri itni parwah(care) krta tha phr q wo itna q badal gaya h usy mery ansu mera dukh q nazar nai ata wo to kehta tha hum hamesha sath hongy koi b humei door nai kr skta aj hum ktny door hainn usny mjhy khud sy door krdiya h wo kehta tha k tm mjhy chor k jaogi to mera kya hoga ab wo khud itna door hogya h mjhsy itna doorr" She didn't look at him seeing the water tears rolled down her eye
   Parwah krnay walay aksar chor jatay hainn,
  Apna kr k paraya kr jatay hain

Wafa jtni bhi kro koi farq nai parta
Mujhay mat chorna keh k....khud hi chor jatay hainn

She looked back at him it felt like he wrote it on her on her situation he said as it was for her...it was her first time she didn't laugh or made fun of poetry it was the first time she understood those words...
NANDINI: "uski bewafai mar degi mjhyy mei mar jaungiii" she cried out loud while the man wiped off the tear that rolled down his eye seeing her
"Khud ko smbhalo betaa" before he could say something else she ran away from there crying nd wiping her tears

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