ʟᴏᴠᴇ- ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ | ✓

~ t h i r t y f o u r [b] ~

Abhi took a deep breath, and that night flashed infront of his eyes again. He cleared his throat and looked at Manik who was looking at him with fear in his eyes, fear that whatever he is going to hear is something he never imagined. Something, that will surely break him. But with fear, there was pure determination too. To go through with whatever it was.

When Abhi cleared his throat to speak, Manik's heart started beating with fear loudly in his chest, that he was sure Abhi could hear it.

"You remember my last night in Delhi four years ago?  That night? That incident? That girl, who- who was ra- raped? She- she was none other than Nandini. It was her. Nandini. Your love. Your The One!'

And in the next moment Abhi saw Manik falling on his knees and he rushed to him and sat in front of him.

"Manik. Shit, Manik." Abhi saw no response from Manik and he was just sitting with a blank face. Abhi was scared now. He knew it was a bad idea. "Manik please." He didn't know what he was pleasing him for. For saying something or for him to react of for him to gather himself up. But he was feeling miserable seeing such a blank look on his face. He never saw his best friend's face so emotionless in their twelve years of Friendship. And he was scared. "Manik please man."

"You- you are lying right? You- how can you Abhi? That's not true. You- are lying. That gi-rl. That. Can't be. No! That can't be my Nandini. That can't."

Abhimanyu wished that it was not a truth. He wished that it was nothing but a lie. He wished that it wasn't Nandini. But that was not possible. Everything of that night was a bitter truth. Everything. He looked at Manik who was now standing and telling himself that whatever he heard was not truth. Abhi find himself crying. Crying for his Buddy, for his love, which still has to go through miles before reaching its destination. When he saw Manik's breathing getting heavier, he rushed to the kitchen to fetch a glass of water. But he was shocked when he came and found him nowhere. Abhi rushed to the main gate and panicked when saw no trace of Manik nearby. He rushed in and called Cabir first before moving out to find Manik.

He knew, it was a bad-bad decision.

He just wished that Manik would be okay.

He have to.

And then Abhimanyu felt clouds roaring and suddenly it started raining.

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Here Manik was walking, drenching himself in the rain oblivious of anything. Abhi's words were again and again ringing in his ears making the tears in his eyes unstoppable.

Out of all the possibilities of Nandini's reason of pain, this was never in his list.

Never.

.

"Hey Sunshine!" Manik spoke clearing his throat to stop himself from stuttering. He was feeling so much pain for the girl lying around thousand miles away from him. He was shocked and felt himself getting rigid when Abhi told him about a girl lying unconscious inside the room in suspicious state. But he knew, if Abhi won't help her, nobody would. So he convinced Abhi to help the girl.

And he was feeling his heart crumbling and eyes filling with tears, for the girl. Why would anyone do this to any girl? Why, just for moments of pleasure for themselves, someone would give a lifetime pain to the girl? Why it was always a girl to suffer only because of men?

Manik anyhow controlled his tears and cleared his throat. For now, he need to distract the half unconscious girl, until Abhi find a way out.

"You know Sunshine, some people doesn't like the shining sun, they doesn't like the light it is spreading, they doesn't like the warmth it is providing so when the clouds surround the sun, they feel happy. But what they doesn't realize is, even behind the clouds, the sun is still spreading it's light. And the clouds could only hid the sun, not it's shine, right? "