Cabir and manik were boiling in the flame of anger.
Manik was about to wake mukti while nandini stopped him by holding his hand..
Nandini said " not now manik, it is not the right time"
He left her hand with a force and went outside the house.
Cabir went and sat in the living room.
" Tum cabir ko dekho , me manik ko sambhalti" nandini said to navya and ran behind manik..
She saw him standing leaning to his car.
" Manik" she said his name in the sweetest tone ever.
Manik was lost in his own thoughts.
She shook him to break his trance..
" Lets go on a walk " she said it with a smile .
First he didnt want to go but after so much of pleading he said yes.
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Navya comes and sits beside cabir.
She holds his hand.
" Cabir baat karo humse" she said it .
And out of all the pain, he hugged her tightly ..
She starts rubbing his back..
"Cabir everything will be fine, trust me" she said it to calm him down.
She could feel her top a bit moist so tries to break the hug but cabir didnt let him do so.
"Tum ro rahe ho?" She asked little did she know how hurt he was.
Mukti always been the heart of the fab5. They used to pamper her alot.
Even though she was manik's sister, cabir always treated her like her own sister. They used to share every dark secret with each other. But now things were changing..
Navya pulls off the hug and wipes his tears
" Do you trust me cabir" navya said sharing an eye lock.
"I do" he replied.
"We ll talk about this to her in a calmness okay?" She said, no no ordered him.
He smiled .
She again hugs him for some relief.
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"Are you fine manik" nandini asked hesitately.
Somewhere she know, she wasn't correct person to be with him right now.
It was just an initial stage of their friendship. But someday she has to be close to him to peep in his heart.
Manik wasn't really interested in replying her or even pay attention towards her. He was thinking again and again about the scene.
She was blabbering about the random things to make him distract but it wasn't working.
She stopped walking while manik was still walking all alone.
They had a gap of some 20 steps when manik noticed nandini wasn't with him..
He looks back and saw an angry bird standing there with her crossed arms.
" Manik you got no manners right" she started yelling at him , just to engage his mind in something else.
" I' m sorry nandini, i was somewhere else" he looked down.
This was last thing nandini wanted, to make him even more disturbed.
" Hug me manik" she said it.
Manik was juggling with her words for few minutes.
" Sunai nahi deta?" She shouted at him.
The shrillness of her voice hurt him, his eyes were blurry. He wasnt able to see anything properly.
" I'm such a bad brother nandini" he had tears in his eyes.
He kneeled down on the road.he never imagined his little sister which he consider as his life will ditch him.
"Manik you cant control everything, and blame yourself " nandini replied.she holds his face. All she could notice tears rolling down hos face.
She didn't know what to do, how to tackle. All she knew was she has to heal him right now.
Running out of all thoughts, she took him in arms, hugged him so tightly to provide some relief.
Manik hugged her back, more tightly.
The hug was magical. It was providing him some kind of medicine to his wounds.
After few moments, they broke the hug and went towards a bench and sat down.
"Manik, you are the best anyone could have being it any relation" nandini said while playing with her finger.
" I am not nandini, i have been a failure throughout"
Before he could even complete sentence she placed her index finger on his lips.
She stood in front of him with a certain distance.
And starts shouting at the extreeme level of her voice.
" MANIK MALHOTRA IS THE BEST PERSON OF THIS WORLD "
Manik was all lost in her voice,her eyes , everything related to her.
He was on the edge of bursting out.
" I need you nandini" he said in a low tone.
But still could be heard by her.
She sat on bench.
" I m here , always hamesha"she cupped his face .
He places his head on her laps ans she starts caressing his hair.
" Manik sab theek hojayega" she was trying to calm him down.
There essence of love wasn't for too long as manik's phone started ringing.
Nandini picked it up..
Cabir: hello?
Nandini: haan cabir..
Cabir: fir to manik theek hi hoga.
Nandini: everything fine there?
Cabir: haan come back asap we need to talk to her right now.
Nandini: okay ..
And they disconnected the call.
She placed a kiss on forehead.
" And why this?" Manik asked.
He wanted to listen something from her mouth.
" It calms the blood pressure down dont you know kya? " Nandini replied trying to change the topic.
Manik sat with a jerk.
" You know, its all only you who can piss me off to such. Extreeme level . Jo me sunna chahta hu vo to kabhi mat bolna "
" Toh kya sunne chahtey the?" She was looking here and there due to nervousness.
It was first time, nandini was being sensitive for anyone.
"Laters baby" manik said by giving evil smile.
Her heart started beating rapidly by hearing the word " baby".
She controlled somehow,but face always fails to hide the inner feelings.
" Are you blushing?". Manik asked just to tease her.
"Manik we need to go" she gets up and starts moving.
He holds her hand and pulls her back.
" We ll talk about this soon"
He smiled and left her.
They both went back to guest house.
Mukti and abhi were already there in the living room with navya and cabir.
Manik closes his fist out of anger .
But all he could remember was nandini 's words.
Nandini: i ll make some coffee.
Navya: me bhi ati hu ...
They both went to kitchen leaving mukti abhi cabir and manik alone for conversation.
Cabir breaks the silence.
" What's all this mukti... Matlab hum janty hai we never stopped you for anything doesn't mean you ll take advantage of that".
Mukti was ashamed of it .
For hiding the most important period to her most important persons.
Mukti stands and sits between cabir and manik.
Abhi leaves to the room.
" I m sorry bhai i know i did wrong but difference itne the mujhe dar tha kahi aapp" mukti said while crying.
Manik wipe her tears. He could never imagine her sister crying for anything.
" It's okay we understand. Do you love him" manik said it in calm way .
Mukti shook her head in a yes.
" Do he loves you" manik asked her again.
She shook her head again.
"Then we are fine with it"
He said and hugged mukti.
Mukti started crying even more due to happiness and ran to abhi to give him good news.
Cabir was still not able to gulp manik's calmness.
It was all noticef by navya and nandini who were standing at the corner of living room holding trays.
Navya keeps the stuff on the table.
" Chalo ant bhala toh sab bhala" she said it dramatically.
" But manik ekdum se ese kyu" cabir was still not able to digest.
Manik looks at nandini.
They both shares an eyelock which doesn't get unnoticed by cabir.
" Okay i got it no need to explain"
All started sipping their coffees with snacks.
Abhi joined them too. They were having nice friendly time with each other irrespective of the differences.
It was 5 in the morning everyone was feeling sleepy.
So they decided to make a move their respective houses.
All bid a bye to each other, went back home and retired to sleep.
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