MaNan: It all started with a lie

Letting Go

Abhi said the last sentence gritting his teeth in anger. Nandini smiled on how Abhi supported mukti even when he was mad at her. She was happy to see his love for mukti.

Nandini: Bhai I know that she is impulsive and needs love and care but still you not forgiving her and going away from her will break her badly Bhai...she'll..... She'll not trust you Bhai. I know that you are always with me but Bhai mukti needs you more than me so please go to her and yeah first of all apologize to her as you were going to hurt her sometime back. Remember?

Abhi: but nandini...

Nandini: Bhai I know, you are worried about me but trust me Bhai I'm alright. See.

She said with an assuring smile😄. Abhi smiled back at her, feeling blessed to have a sister like her. He caressed her hair gently and kissed her forehead mouthing a thank you to her. Nandini in return just hugged him tightly.

Its so strange na? A brother can never see his sister broken or crying even if he teases her all the time and a sister....well....she can do anything for her brother. The bond of a brother and a sister is so pure and selfless and Abhi and nandu are the perfect example for it.

Present

I know soon everything will be the way it was and I'll be waiting for that to happen.

Right now I was sitting with my bag open and clothes scattered all around my room. I had my flight to Mangalore today in afternoon and here I was busy packing my stuff. I was going there for 3 days and I know it for sure that these 3 days are going to be really long. I sighed at my own thoughts and got engrossed in my packing.

It was now an hour that I had finished my packing when the door bell rang. I got alert and moved to open the door. As soon as I opened the door I was engulfed in a bone crushing hug. I was taken aback and was about to break the hug when the person spoke "god I missed you so much nandu" it was then I recognized his voice and I smiled. "Manik I can't breathe" I said and he immediately broke the hug and looked at me with an adorably cute sorry face and smiled sheepishly. We were behaving like this after so long. I missed this....I missed us. "Nandu I missed us. You and me spending time together.....I missed this so much." He said sighing and then asked me to get ready as we had to leave for airport. I quickly got ready and then bought my bags in the living room where manik was waiting for me. He smiled at me and then took my bags. We were off to the airport. The journey was silent as we both were busy in our thoughts. Soon the car came to a halt and I realized that we had reached the airport and now it was time to say goodbye. I got off the car and manik helped me with my bags. He hugged me once and we smiled at each other. I was about to leave when manik held my wrist and stopped me. I turned and asked him what with my eyes and he started speaking. "Nandu I know you have suffered a lot and I'm sorry its all because of me. But I can't tolerate this all now.... I want everything sorted" "manik calm down....its not your fault. Have hope manik.....hope always wins okay?" He just nodded still uncertain. "Its fine manik....everything is going to be okay soon" I assured him giving him the most genuine smile that I could give and he smiled back. We hugged one last time and bid each other goodbye. "Goodbye manik!" I said and a lone tear slipped down my cheek which manik wiped and nodded his head in a no saying "no nandini its not a goodbye rather it is an I'll see you later yeah?" I smiled brightly with tears in my eyes and nodded "yeah".

After completing all the formalities, I boarded my flight. I sat on my seat and looked out of the window and all the happenings of these days flashed in front of my eyes. I closed my eyes and calmed myself and decided that now I won't stress at all. Stressing is not the solution to my problem, it will just make me restless. I need peace of mind and that will happen only if I don't think about my problems for these 3 days at least. Yeah I'll do it. I can do this! I told myself in a determined tone and then closed my eyes letting myself fall asleep leaning on the window and letting my worries subside for a while.