Manan ff : Shining Armour

chapter 39(B)

" guys there's nothing ..." before he could complete navya spoke.

" its of Halloween party back in london" navya spilled the beans it took few minutes for manik to remember as he was the one with cabir in london, then when he remembered it he burst out laughing. All looked at manik as if he is descended from other planet.

" manik stop it man !! I dont wanna get embarrassed" cabir told poking manik to stop laughing.

" oki fine but thats one hell of a story why dont you tell everyone" manik told controlling his laugh. Cabir just glared at him.

" come on cabir tell us" this time abhimanyu spoke.

Cabir huffed and started "Alright, so when i was in london there was a halloween party and manik said he wont come soo i started planning for the party alone. And my friends there said that they were going to dress up like clowns. So even i did as well. And when i turned up, they were all dressed up like fairies and i was the odd one out. I turned up in a clown costume and big red nose and everyone laughed. That was soo embarrassing" cabir said in embarrassment.

All of a sudden everyone burst out laughing holding their stomach including manik.

" you guys are jerks !! You all are enjoying at my cost" cabir said whining like a child.

Another round of laughter erupted.

" Nandu your turn , im damn sure you have faced situation like this in tons" said nudging nandini.

" well yea i have " nandini told.

" then what are waiting for, come on spill it up" aliya spoke.

" oki fine ..umm the best awkward situation was ..yeah !! When i was in 8th grade. Actually we girls went to Kavya's house she was in our gang too, for completing project. Trust me i was the innocent one at that time. Her parents and her younger brother went out for some work. We completed our work and sat down in the living area to relax. Then one of my friend told she brought ..." she stopped in between.

" manik close arav's ears please" asked manik who was listening to her attentively. He looked at her confused but eventually he did.

He closed aravs ears who was sitting on his lap and playing angry birds in his phone. As manik closed aravs ears, arav looked up at manik and smiled sheepishly to which manik smiled back.

" oki now tell us what your friend brought" druv asked curiously.

" porn dvd" said excited. Cabir who was drinking water started coughing.

" i should have guessed something like that" manik spoke to himself shaking his head.

All had amused expression.

"Then what next" cabir asked calming himself as he was getting curious.

" manik you can uncover his ears now" nandini said to manik. Manik did as said.

" she played that dvd, we watched like half of the thing and suddenly power went off" ...

" aww poor thing " abhimanyu told.

" then out of no where her parents and brother came back home" ..nandini told.

" ohh shit! What happened next, did they get to know" navya asked biting her nails.

"they came back and sat on sofa and told my friend to bring water for them, we were like literally biting our nails and one of my friend succeeded in grabbing the cover of dvd and hid it behind her. But kavya's brother took hold of remote and in a while current came back" ..said making them more curious.

" ohh No !! That was like deep shit " druv grumbled.

" yes it was, current came back and before we could do anything her brother played the dvd. It was the middle scene, her parents nearly choked when they saw the tv. Damn !! I soo wanted to hide myself somewhere so were my friends. It was very very embarrasing that too when her brother asked us what the hero and heroine doing in that movie" ...said holding back her chuckle but others burst out laughing imagining nandini and her friends situation.

" god !! That was pretty much awkward !!" Abhimanyu said while laughing.

[Guys the incident nandini told is an real incident which my school seniors faced. It really became a big issue]

Again all started sharing one or the other incidents while others laughed their lungs out. Eventually they had a very good time including manik. Many times nandini and manik did share few eye-locks and glances.

It was 6 already when mukti spoke.

" guys actually i need to go somewhere soo i better leave now" said taking her bag.

All nodded as they knew where mukti wanted to go except manik and nandini. Nandini had a confused expression cause when ever mukti wants to go somewhere she tells each and every detail. Seeing others nod she stayed quite. Manik had a hard expression thinking of where mukti is going, he knew soo well. His fingers formed into fists when cabir kept his hand on maniks shoulder to calm him down.

" come i will take you there " abhimanyu offered without looking at manik. No one looked at manik in that moment.

Then aliya spoke ..

" guys even we need to leave, i have lot of work to complete" said addressing druv along with her.

" yea , work load is heavy these days" druv spoke getting up.

" then even i should get going, it already pretty late" nandini spoke getting up.

" nandini even manik is going home itself why dont you go with him, right manik" cabir said smirking at manik. Manik glared at him but it least affected him.

Nandini became conscious all of a sudden. Alone time that too with manik gave her glitters. She blushed a little remembering their last encounter. Here everyone was there soo she was fine. But now being alone with manik gave her mixed feelings.

" yea sure why not" manik said with straight face

Nandini nodded and soon all dispersed bidding bye.

Cabir mouthed " you owe me one" to manik before they leave.