"Maa...Baaba... voh jo maine Mumbai jaane ki baat kiya, voh actual mein... main karna chahta hu. 4 saal pehle hum Fab5 ne mil kar ek sapna dekha tha, Humara khud ka album. Ab jab sab kuch ithna acha ho raha hai, toh kyun na main yeh sapna bhi poora karu. Main music mein apna career banana chahta tha, aur shaayad main aaj bhi vahi chahta hu....... Please aap dono maan jaao na?!..."
Mohini and Moloy looked at each other and then nodded in agreement.
"Thank You...and I Love You" He hugged both in happiness.
"Cabir, Mukti, Alya.... ab jaldi se practice shuru karna hai, Back to the old fun" Manik excitedly said to them. They all came towards him and hugged him.
"Toh kal ki flight book karde?!" Cabir asked excitedly. Manik looked at Mohini and Moloy, and they smiled in response.
"Yes" Manik said, but then he saw Nandini, who is standing there, looking down. He walked towards her,
"Main tumhe phir se chod ke nahi jaaunga.... iss baar, tum aur main kabhi alag nahi honge.... I promise"
Nandini's face lit up and looked at Manik with all her love. Manik turned to Cabir, "Cabir, Navya ke saath Nandini ki ticket bhi hai"
Cabir gave a thumbs up. But a voice stunned both of them,
"Yeh tum kaise decide kar sakta hai.... uska Bhaayi abhi bhi yahi hai" Sidharth placed his hands on his hips.
"Sid?!"
"Haa, Main hi hu... voh meri behan hai, yeh tumhe yaad hai na?! Toh shaayad tumhe yeh bhi yaad hoga ki uss din jab tum Manglore aaye the, tab maine tumse kya kaha tha... yaad hai?!"
Sid said all these in an authoritative tone. Manik silently nodded his head and Nandini controlled her laugh.
Prerna also looked at Sid, first in shock, but then realized, and she shakes her head like iska kuch nahi ho sakta, sadu....
"So, maine uss din yeh kaha tha, ki agar tumhe meri Nanni chahiye, toh shaadi karle... hai na?!... So, pehle, poore reethi rivaz se rishta le kar aao, phir hum sochenge, karna kya hai"
"Okay... main ready hu" Manik immediately agreed and then ran towards Mohini and Moloy, "Maa.. Baabaa, aap log suna na usne kya kaha..." Mohini folded her hands over her chest and looked at him as if she doesn't know anything. Manik realized her acting and then, held Nandini's hand and walked back to them.
"Maa, Baaba, Nivi dii,... yeh Nandini hai, aur hum dono ek doosre se pyaar karte hai... ab shaadi karna chahte hai"
"Par Anu, yeh tum kya keh raha hai?!... tera rishta toh pehle se tay ho chuki hai na... aur sagaayi bhi...... Nahi, hum nahi maanenge..." Mohini angrily said to Manik
Sidharth suddenly looked at Mohini in shock and then he felt like, he himself fell in the pit. Veena and Rajesh also joined them.
"Haa, ab humari Prerna ka kya hoga!! Sagaayi kaise thod sakte hai?!"
Prerna also felt like she is in deep trouble.
"Maa.... Baaba... voh... ab agar Manik aur Prerna yeh rishta nahi chahte toh, zabardasti kyun kare?!" Anurag said in a low voice, hesitantly.
"Tum bache log kya jaan kar keh rahe hai..., shaadi ya sagaayi tootne se ek ladki par iss saamaj mein kya hota hai, pata hai?... Agar esa hua toh, Prerna ko phir kaun shaadi karega?! Yeh shaadi hai, koyi mazak nahi" Moloy said dramatically
"Main hu na.... main kar raha hu na usse shaadi" Anurag said immediately without thinking about anything.
Everyone looked at him, acting like they are shocked, except the younger clan. The younger clan stood there suppressing their laugh, except Manik. Manik looked at him in confusion.
Suddenly Anurag realized what he said, and facepalmed himself.
"Voh... mera matlab tha ki..."
"Tera matlab?!" Manik asked folding his hands over his chest, raised his eyebrows. Now Anurag stood there looking down.
"Achaa, toh tumhare dil mein yeh chal raha tha.... Ab main bhi yeh keh sakta hu... Main Prerna ki best friend hu, so, agar tum shaadi karna chahta hai, toh apna family ko le kar poore reethi-rivaz se haath maango uski"
"Main kab se ready hu......" then he held Prerna's hand and walked towards Moloy and Mohini, "Maa, Baaba, yeh hai Prerna Sharma... bachpan se main sirf isse hi pyaar kiya hai, aur main shaadi karna chahta hu.....Please aap log maan jaao na, aur ha, aap please Amms ko bhi manaao na?!"
"Haa, hum dono ki baat bhi"Manik also stood with them, holding Nandini... and told them to make Amms, accept their relation.
A moment of silence...........
Then every elder laughed looking at the miserable ones. Manik and Anurag looked at each other in confusion and then realized that they were joking all these while.
.........
All the while, Srikant was in a mixture of emotions... He is happy, but he became the odd one out.... He is sad because his son still didn't come to him. Moloy understood his dilemma and walked towards him
"Srikanth, aap fikr mat karo, Manik ko thoda time do... voh vaapas aayega aapke paas" Manik heard this and then Nandini pressed his hand as if to go and talk to him. Then, he walked towards him,
"Dad, .... aap bhi... iss mein shaamil hai..." Srikant smiled widely at this, "But Baaba humesha pehla rahega" This made Srikant sad, but then he knew that why Manik is giving priority to Moloy. Srikant nodded and then,
"Manik, main jaanta hu, tumhe mujhe poori tarah accept karne ke liye bahut vakt lagega... and main apni taraf se poori koshish karunga, I Promise... bas mera ek hi beta hai, ussi ke liye maine ithne saal kaam kiya... usse sab kuch dene ke liye... Malhotras tumhara hai Manik, tum jo chahe kar sakte ho, tum... tum apna khud ka album release karna chahte ho na, toh tum Malhotra Group se karwaalo, itna bhi paraaya mat karo... mera galati sudharne ka ek mauka toh do?!"
"okay Dad main le lunga, par sirf utna jitna ek album ke liye chahiye. Agar aap apna galati sudharna chahte ho, toh aap ek kaam kar sakte hai"
"Kya?! tum jo kaho mujhe manzoor hai"
"Malhotras Dii ke naam karwa do" Srikanth shocked hearing this, "Manik, yeh tum kya keh raha hai?!, Jennifer aur uski Maa ne mil kar itna kuch kiya, phir bhi tum?!"
"Dii agar aaj iss halat mein hai, toh uske zemmdaar sirf Neonika nahi hai, aap bhi hai... Agar uss din aap unhe apna beti maan liya hota, toh aaj meri Dii, mere paas hoti. Aapne dekha, uska kya halat kar diya?!, aap logon ke ego or cheap fights ke vajaise, hum dono ke zindagiya barbaad kar ke rakh diya... shayad mujhse zyaada, Dii ka. Ek mental patient bana diya unhe aap log. Isiliye main chahta hu, ki aap unki ache se ache treatment karwaayenge, aur unhe sahi salaamat vaapas lekar aaye"
"Manik!!"
Everyone looked at the main door, from where they heard Manik's name
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