At Manik's home:
"Yes! I am actually waiting for a friends, once she's here I'll be there and we can finalize the design. But you need to assure me that it'll be perfect" Manik was talking over the phone with somebody.
"Yes sir! You need to worry about that. Our team will be there by 19th noon and start the preparations. You just let us know how you want the venue to look like. Rest will be taken care of" the person replied.
"Okay then. I will give you a call before I leave. See you soon" Manik said and disconnected the call.
Then he called up Nia. "Kahaa ho yaar? Did you guys start?" he asked.
"Haan bhai! Arya is driving at his best. We should be there in a couple of hours" Nia replied.
"Okay. We need to go out when you come. Pehle thoda shopping and then venue decoration decide karne. Tu chalegi na" he asked.
"Of course Bhai. Usee ke liye toh aa rahi hoon. Don't worry sab ho jaayega'' she assured.
"Theek hain. I will be waiting for you" he said and ended the call.
Manik's POV:
Arrghhh.. Why do I have this class tomorrow? Ab sab kuch dho dhin mein kaise hoga Manik beta. Apne haath pair aur dhimmaag jaldhee jaldhee chalaao.. venue decided, shopping abhi ho jaayega.. What next?
Yes food! Khaana kaise bhool gaya mein? Kaun sa cuisine rakhna hain wohh bhi toh sochna parega. Patha nai madam ko kya chahiye. Let's text and see if she can talk.
Princess? IS it too much of an intrusion?
Not at all.. I am bored to hell Manik. How do you study marketing? Ithnaa gandhaa hain yeh
Hahhaa.. don't worry mein sikhaa dhoonga baadh mein, but for now I need to ask you something
Yes please..
What cuisines do you want for the party? Jaldhee bathaao.. I don't have much time
Chinese for sure, Mexican and Italian.. aur Navya Biryani banaa dhegi
So Chinese Mexican and Italian final right?
Yes! Final.
Okay great! Nia and Arya will be there in a hour or two. Tum shaayadh tab tak ghar nai aaogi. Arya will be there in your flat okay? Mein Nia ke saath shopping jaa raha hoon.
Aye Aye Captain! Mere liye shopping?
Yes madam! Aap ke liye... you'll be wearing the best of everything.
I am excited Manik
End of POV
In the classroom:
"Nandu! Did you forget that you already suck in Marketing and now you are texting in class?" William asked Nandu who was busy texting.
"Shut up Will. This is so boring. And Manik is marketing expert and professor's favorite student as well. He'll help me out so no worries, you carry on" she said.
Back to the conversation:
Okay then, I will see you in the evening. Ghar jaake take enough rest, it's a long day for you
Manik
Okay fine. Happy shopping with your sister
End of conversation
Almost after 2 hours:
Manik's doorbell rings, with all excitement to welcome his sister home, he immediately went to open the door.
"Bhaaaiiii" she shouted and hugged him, as soon as he opened the door.
"Finally you are here" Manik replied hugging her back.
"Mein bhi hoon...if you guys can't see me" Arya said waving his hand.
"Hey Aryaman! Aao andhar aao" he said and both came in.
"Bhai.. kya hain yeh? Why is your room so messy?" Nia asked looking at his room.
"Yaar.. subah wohh madam daant ke gayi ab tum shuru math ho yaar. And yes, arya yeh Nandu ke ghar ke keys. You can go there to have something. And Nia you are coming with me. Décor finalize karke we'll go shopping" Manik said.
"Cool! Sounds like a plan" Arya replied.
Soon after Nia freshened up, they both left and Arya also went to Nandini's house.
In Manik's car:
"Its good to be here, with you" Nia said.
"Chalo ek picture toh banthi hain" she said and clicked a selfie.
"So yeah, I was planning outdoor party. Closed group hi hoga so, we'll not have too many people. Isliye I chose a small venue. What do you think?" Manik asked her.
"Outdoors is an awesome idea Bhai. She'll love it for sure don't worry" she replied.
"Cool aur tu bathaa. What's going on?" Manik asked.
"All's well and for now extremely waiting for this party... baaki sab kab aayenge?" she asked.
"Theu already boarded their flight. Kal shaam tak aajayenge" Manik replied with a smile.
"Woohoo! That's awesome. Bohoth mazaa aayega" she said and they reached the décor store.
In the store:
"Hey! Can I see Steve?" Manik asked the receptionist.
"Mnay I know your name" the lady asked.
"Manik! I have an appointment at 5" he said.
"Please wait here" the lady said and went inside a cabin.
She came out and asked them to go in.
"Hello Manik! hello Mam" please have a seat" Steve, the owner of the sotre said.
"Hi Steve. This is Nia, my sister" Manik introduced her.
"Is it your birthday Nia" Steve asked.
"No, no. it's our friend's" Nia replied.
"Okay! So here are few ideas for outdoors. These are the best ones, most of them have never been used as they are a little expensive that the regular ones. I can show you the most used ones as well" Steve said.
"No no. We would like to look at these first" Manik said and took the album.
"I like this" Nia and Manik said pointing the same one, from the album.
"Okay! Let's go with that" Steve said taking the album back.
"Do you have any changes? Like color or something else" he asked.
"No! I think this is perfect. Just keep it the same way" Nia said.
"Okay! I have that saved for you and what about the cake table? We will have it out of the Gazebo on a separate table, here are few designs for you guys to see" Steve said handing them another album. After looking at few pictures, they finalized a design.
"Is this going to be a morning party or an evening one?" Steve asked.
"It will be in the evening. So, it would be nice if you add some lights there" Manik said.
"All that will be taken care of" Steve said.
"If you guys don't mind, this is the card of one of my friends. She has a store in Hilldale mall, some really nice collection. If you are interested you can pay a visit" he said and gave them the card.
"Thankyou! This will be of great help" Manik said and stood up.
Soon they left the store and headed towards the mall.
In Nandini's apartment:
Aryaman was sitting on the couch with his laptop and headset plugged in.
Nandini was done with her class and William gave her a ride back home. She opened the door and saw Arya relaxing on the couch. She sneaked in and closed his eyes with her palms.
"Hi nandini" Arya said immediately.
"How did you know it's me?" she asked.
"There's no one else who does such stuff" he replied smilingly. She left his face and put her bag on the couch.
"Would you like some coffee?" she asked.
"Sure! I am starving" he replied.
"Gimme 5 minutes" she said and walked into the kitchen.
"You have a nice balcony" he said and walked into the balcony.
"Thanks!" she replied from the kitchen.
She came back with the coffee and both sat in the balcony.
"So are they headed for shopping?" she asked sipping her coffee.
"Yes! Dunno when they are going to come back. Cabir just messaged me. They landed in Abu Dhabi. Kal sham tak aa jayenge" he replied.
"Wow! I am so excited. I last celebrated my birthday when I was 10. It's been 11 years now" she said looking at the sky.
"Even we are excited to celebrate the birthday of this little girl" he said pulling her cheek.
They sat in the balcony and continued their sweet talks that were never ending.
After two hours, two extremely tired faces entered home, with a few bags in their hands.
"Oh god! Look at your faces" Nandini said taking the bags from them.
"I am tired to hell Nandini. Please get me some water" Manik asked throwing himself on the bed, while Nia took the couch. She got him some water, he had and laid back.
Nandini bent down and started removing hi shoes. Manik felt her hands on his shoe and immediately sat up.
"Kya kar rahi ho tum? Get up" he said and pulled her up.
"let me do. Its okay" she sat back.
"Nandini" he tried to stop her.
"Manik chupchap baitho tum" she said. She removed his shoe and went into the kitchen, then to the restroom. She came back with a tub, of warm water.
"I added some salts in this water, toh let your feet soak for a few minutes. You'll feel better" she said and started pressing his feet lightly. After few minutes she went back into the kitchen.
"Oh madam! Aapko invitation dhena parega kya?" she said standing with another small tub in front of Nia. They were overwhelmed by her care and her love for them.
"Tum kithni sweet ho Nandini" Nia said.
"Acha nandini we brought food" manik said showing her the food bags and was about to get up.
"Manik sit" she ordered.
"Acha Arya tum bhi yahaa aake baitho" she said and sat in between them on the floor with the food plated. They got fried rice and some appetizer.
"Mooh kholo" she said to Manik and he obeyed. That way she fed all three of them together.
"I love you" Manik said suddenly.
She blushed at his sudden confession.
"Manik chupchap khaalo" she said.
"I love you too toh bolo nandini.. chahe toh we'll close our ears" Nia said naughtily.
"Uski zaroorath nai hain... and Manik I love you more" she said smilingly.
He took the plate from her hand, and started feeding her. After the feeding session, they were deciding where and how to sleep, when Nandini remembers Manik's messy room.
"Manik we had to set your room today" she said.
"kar lenge naa kal" he said and slept back on the bed.
"Oh hello! Utho yahaa se... I won't let you sleep on my bed. Yahaa mein aur Nia soyenge" she said and pulled him holding his hand.
"Are nandini" he was trying to protest.
"No manik! tum ne room saaf kiya that doesn't mean I will let you sleep here.. Get up" she said and he finally got up.
"Monster... jaa raha hoon mein..." he said and walked away from her house.
"Arey you should've let him sleep na" Nia said.
"It's okay! it's all common for us.. You guys sleep here. I'll go see him. Goodnight" she said and went behind him.
His door was not locked. She opened the door slightly, and saw him struggling to clean the room.
"Let me help you" she said and walked in.
"No thanks! You can go" he said without looking at her.
"Ithna gussa" she said and hugged him from behind.
"I was tired. Ek dhin tumhaare bed pe solethaa toh kya ho jaatha... par tumhe toh meri baath sun ni hi nai hain" he said.
"Sorry baba! I thought we'll do cleaning together.. it's so much fun aur phir we can sleep at your place... Infact Nia and Arya mere ghar pe so rahe hain" she said.
He immediately smiled and held her hands which were on his front.
"You think so much" he said and kissed her hands.
"Toh shuru karein?" she asked. He turned to face her.
"Yes" he said.
They started with his bed. After cleaning it, Manik was already tired. He sat on the couch when Nandini came with the vacuum cleaner.
"Manik move your legs" she said and he moved to the other corner of the couch. She then went to that side and again said, "Manik move your legs again". Now he got up at and sat on the chair and she then went there, "Manik move your legs" she said.
"Are you doing it on purpose?" he asked.
"What?" she said continuing with the cleaning.
"Coming wherever I sit, Manik move your legs bolke" he said.
"Are manik! Clean kar ri hoon toh saari jagah karna padtha hain na" she said.
"I definitely have to take a shower after this" she said rubbing off the dirt form her hands.
He took the tube from her hand and put it in the direction of her face, and due to the pressure, her hair started ruffling, making it a haystack.
"Manik stop it" she shouted and grabbed it back from him.
"Yeh kaisi mazaak hain manik" she yelled at him.
"Sorry" he said in a low voice. Now she did the same to him, of course he doesn't have hair that ruffles though.
"Acha toh sab drama tha" he said and lifter her holding her waist.
"Haha put me down Manik" she said trying to get down.
"You said this'll be fun, but it doesn't seem that way, let's make it fun" he said and walked into the restroom.
"Manik why are we here" she asked shyly.
"Tum ne hi toh bola tha, that you need a shower so that's why we are here" he said and put her down, on his feet. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt and turned on the shower. The cold water definitely created some havoc in their bodies.
He leaned closer and started kissing her face,
"Nandini" he said huskily and kissed her left cheek. He then bent down to her neck,
"I love you" he said and kissed there a couple times. She was losing herself in his touch.
She was wearing a tank that was hardly covering her shoulders. He slid that a little lower and kissed her shoulder.
"Manik" she said in a low voice. He didn't give any heed to her calls.
He moved to the other side, and repeated the same.
"Hold me" he said and she put her hands on his shoulders. He slowly took control of her lips. Their heads were moving in rhythm, lips were crushing against each other's, completely in sync, creating immense pleasure. There was a smile on their lips, a shine in their eyes, and the shine of love. Nandini was shivering due to both the proximity and the cold water running on their bodies.
"Manik I am feeling cold" she broke the kiss and said shivering and that's when he realized that they were under a freezing cold shower.
He moved back and took the towel that was hanging there.
He slowly adjusted that on her, "Stay here" he said and went out of the restroom. He came back quickly with the pj's they wore on the karaoke night. She quickly changed and came out in his lose dress. He smiled looking at her.
"You want to sleep" he asked and she nodded her head shyly.
"Aajao princess" he said and laid down on the bed and she joined him too.
He was cuddling her cutely humming a song in a low voice,
"Nandini I'll ask you something and you need to answer honestly" he said.
"Okay" she replied.
"Are you okay with me coming close to you? You know I lose control sometimes, and end up making you uncomfortable" he asked her. She was silent.
"kuch bolo" he asked again. She completely laid over him and closed her eyes.
"Goodnight Manik" she said.
He just smiled and kissed her hair, "Goodnight princess"
Okay! If I say it's boring you won't accept, but I needed this update because I cannot jump into the birthday directly. Ek aur chotu update and then we'll have birthday special. And ek aur surprise, that chotu update will also be there in a while. I'll update before I hit the bed aur phir subah uthke birthday special .... !!! yaayy !!!
Hope you enjoyed reading !!