Nandini started laughing: seriously manik! You are one piece..

Nandini moved away and kept the container at the fridge..

Nandini: chale please?

A servant came in the kitche

Nandini: yeh tray zara ayaan aur aditya ko de do

Servant: haan..

The servant left

Manik was still standing leaning with the kitchen table

Nandini: chalo na manik! Abhi toh diya aur crackers yeh sab bhi jalana hain na bahar jake.. 

Manik: soch lo

Nandini held his hand and pulled him: soch liya

Navya came to the kitchen

Navya: tum dono yaha kya karrahe ho? Chaloo bahar aab sab patakhe phorne ka time hain..

Manik: nehi mein nandini ko bol raha tha kaise we should extend our family

Navya: cricket team banana hain?

Nandini burst out laughing: what..

Manik: haan wohi plan hain..kya maza ayega hum dono aur humare 9 bache..nationals mein..

Navya: sachi mein? Tumlog nationals khel sakte ho?

Nandini: oh my god navyaa!! Pagal ho kya tum..

Manik moved his hand around nandini's shoulder

Manik: nandini tumhari friend ki na har din diwali honi chahiye..she needs alot of lights in her life..her future is too dark..

Nandini laughs

Navya: uff manik!

Navya held both of their hands and pulled them and took them outside..

Ayaan: patakhaa timeee!!

Manik: wait ayaan..stay with me!

Manik and ayaan and all the other people went towards the open space..

There were so mant crackers but nandini made sure they were not extremely noisy..

Manik and ayaan together started bursting them..

Ayaan and aditya enjoyed alot..

They were literally jumping

Manik: nandini karna hain?

Nandini: nehi..haat mein burst ho jaye toh

Ayaan: ohho mamma! Kuch nehi hoga comee..

Nandini: no no please! Mujhe phuljharia jalana hain..

Cabir took a big cracker and sat to light it up

Ayaan: chachuu mere saath karoo

Cabir: aa jaa..

Aryaman,abhimanyu,dhruv and manik everyone started bursting one by one..

Cabir: competition ho jaye?

Manik: yup! Lets go for it..

The boys stood in line with firecrakers in their hands..

Mukti: on the count of 1,2 and 3

They all burst them..

The whole sky lit up with beautiful coloured bright lights..

It was continuous and they kept doing it..

Aryaman was the first one to finish and he won..

The girls also burst  small crackers except nandini..

Nandini lit up phuljharis..

The lights sparkled on her hands and she made circles with it..

Manik came and stood behind her

Nandini: manikk look they are sparkling so brightly..

Manik: not more then you..

Nandini looked at him and smiled..

Manik held one of her hand from the back and they both did it together

Manik: ayaan come..

Ayaan came running..

Manik and nandini both sat and ayaan lit a phuljhari too and he played with it..

The 3 did it together

Ayaan: mamma myrah ko bhi bulao na..

Nandini: no baby! Bohot choti hain na..let her stay with amms inside..

After a long fireworks and cracker session they all went to have dinner..

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