His Best Friend

Chapter 11

We ate and Manik went up to shower while I grabbed some ice cream even though I had already brushed but who cares.

I walked up to the room and laid down with the ice cream bowl on my stomach, I had turned on the tv too while Manik was in the shower

"Nandini sweetie, are you in the room" he asked from the shower

"Yea" I replied

"Can you grab me my towel I forgot it on the couch"

I looked at the couch to see his black towel on the couch, yup Manik uses black towel for some apparent reason.

I grabbed the towel and gave it to him, a few minutes later he came out in sweats and no t shirt.

"Come on lets talk" I said

He laid down beside me on his stomach

"Remember when I was 9 years old and I came to you crying I the evening with bruises on my knee" I asked with a smile

"Ya I remember, I would have fucked up that kid's life if I got my hands on him" he said making me smile

"He didn't do it on purpose, I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into him"

"Well he should have been careful"

"Not the point"

"What is your point then" he asked

"How did you forget me Manik?" I asked

"I didn't, believe it or not"

"Mani you did" I stated

He looked at me and I saw the guilt in his eyes.

"I didn't butterfly. I mhmm I missed you so much every single day but soha had made me think that you didn't wanna be around me because she was my girlfriend which I swear I didn't believe but you had started becoming distant and I hated that" he whispered looking at me

"How can you think that Manik?"

"I don't know, it was stupid I know"

"No, its beyond fucked up"

"Don't swear in front of me Jaan" he said with that tone.

he never lets me swear in front of him, I mean I usually don't swear but the rare times I have he uses this tone with me letting me know I need to watch my words

"Its messed up manik, ever since I have met you I always wanna be around and you know that. I get that you got a girlfriend and that's fine, but you pushed me out of your life which hurt me a lot. I felt alone and don't say that bhai was there or navya was and blah blah becasue no one can fill the void I had in my life, no one can take your place" I explained to him because he needs to know what he means to me

"I know Nandini and it's the same for me" he went quiet for a few seconds and then wrapped his arm around my stomach

he rested his head on my arm and cuddled closer to me getting comfortable

"I hurt you a lot, you know I fuck up everything and see I fucked up the most beautiful relationship I have. You know Nandini these 6 months you hurt a lot and though I wasn't hurt, my heart slowly became hollow. It was like I was smiling or talking but my head was somewhere else, my heart was with someone else. I missed being in your presence, I missed coming home from practice and seeing that smile on your face, I missed you screaming at me to sleep, I missed you Nandini and though I lost you becasue of my own mistake I know I don't ever want a repeat of those 6 months no matter what"

I had already forgiven him and his words and actions gave me confirmation that it won't happen again so there is no point of dragging this out and keep on going over it.