MANAN FF "ROOM MATES"

Waves.

"You're dropping me home right ? " I asked cabir

"yeh kab decide hua ? " He asked laughing

"aree dhruv took dad in the car I came in , how am I supposed to get home ? " I asked making an akimbo

" can you go with manik please ? , your guys's places are close to each other , I have to drop these three exhausted females , one of which is kinda drunk " he chuckled pulling navyas cheek as mukti and her laughed , I saw aliya a lot more silent than she usually is and it somehow worried me

" I'll drop her , you take the others " Manik replied before I could say anything and I saw Cabir giving him his prank smirk which by now I recognise very well

"its ok , I'll call a cab " I muttered pulling out my phone

"No way ! you're not getting in a cab at this hour " Manik snapped instantly

"Nandini he's right , its not safe " Cabir intervened

"fine then I'll call dhruv to come pick me up " I said shrugging my shoulders , these two think the can play me han

"He must be asleep by now , Ok come I'll drop you " Cabir said

"good boy " I patted his cheek as he looked miserably at manik

"han zyaada se zyaada kya hoga , I'd have to drive in an opposite direction and spend my night in the car on the road , theek hai " Cabir explained dramatically but unfortunately he had a point he'd spend two hours at least if he kept driving back and forth for us

"Fine " I muttered and walked to Manik's car

" Be safe " Cabir yelled with a wink

" HUH ?! " I rebuked

" I meant drive safe ! " He corrected as I hear manik chuckle while I gave a cabir a death glare

" Kidding " he shrugged with his grin that makes me want to punch his teeth out

"chalain ? " I hear manik say to which I nodded as I tucked in my seat belt

he didnt say much but I could tell he was stealing glances at me because I was doing the same , his hand slightly hovered over mine possibly making a decision whether to hold it or not , I tried to ignore it though oh how much I want him to but he eventually decided not to ,its weird how so many things remind you of your time together with the person you love , I remember the times he would borrow Cabir's car and randomly plan on taking me out to drive along the shoreline in the middle of the night , I see his lips moving along the lyrics of the song playing and it reminded me of how we used to sing out loud while driving , so loud that sometimes the voice of the speaker would be faint compared to ours , I snapped out of my thoughts as he stopped the car , I looked out to find myself next to the beach how did I not realize earlier ?

"Manik why are we here ?! " I snapped but he walked out before giving me an answer as I followed him out

"Manik give me the keys main khud ghar chali jaungi " I yelled

"Nandini yaar ! I need a break" He yelled back

"Manik break up ke baad there's no breaks ! " I screamed at him

"Please , just 5 minutes " he muttered pleadingly and I tried really hard but couldnt deny 

" Just 5 minutes .. " I replied and before I knew anything he embraced me in his arms

" congratulations on the album.. " he whispered

"you too... " I mumbled against his chest

Our break lasted a little over 5 minutes as we sat on the sand quietly , watching the waves moving beneath the moon , the album is over but he's still here.. for a second I wanted to talk to him just finish everything today itself , I wanted to go back to our home and curl up in his arms but each time this thought came across my mind so did the visions of that night when I saw him and soha , honestly at this point in time I am ready to believe that Manik is innocent but I just feel too shattered and exhausted to be able to love someone , specially trying to love someone when your trust is scarred . If he says he didnt do it one more time I'd believe him but how do you love someone when you're one half of the person you used to be , My friends didnt know much about me , my mom or my issues after her , navya did and thats why she was the only one who understood how deeply hurt I was , cheated or not I still felt heartbroken , shattered and misunderstood . I just wondered how others would react if god forbid they ever went through a dilemma like this , getting your heart broken the first time is never easy its almost unforgivable , it feels like a million stabs to your heart one after the other but my pain was almost ignored by those around me , I can be wrong , sure I can be ,but who would want to risk their heart again ?