His Best Friend

Chapter 16

As we got closer to home, manik was getting more nervous, I could feel it in the way his hand rested on my calf.

"Hey stop it" I said seeing him tense as he parked in our garage

"Huh?"

"You are getting nervous manik"

"Yes I am, I don't know if you"

"Shh, I will love it"

"But"

"Shh, I'm egar now" I said jumping out of the car

"Nandini wait" I heard his voice

"Manik come on" I yelled running up from the garage door

"No, wait a second Jaan" he called making me pout as I stopped

He came up behind me and picked me up in his arms.

"Close your eyes" he said

"No"

"Close your eyes, love" he repeated pecking my forehead

I closed my eyes, I was going to peak but I didn't.

"Open your eyes"

Getting his permission I opened my eyes to find us in manik's room but he was right it was completely changed. There were different pictures of him and I, there were Polaroid pictures as well on his desk. His bed wasn't a square/rectangle, it was round.

There were old daisies that sat on his desk at the back making my breath hitch a little. They were the daisies I had gotten manik when I was 9, it was his birthday and I was sad because I didn't have money so I got him daises from the orphanage garden

"You kept them" I asked tearing up

"I did and everything you have given me, from that chewed up pencil to the watch you got me earlier this year on my birthday"

"Manik"

"No don't cry, this isn't the surprise, its somethn else"

"This is so sweet mani"

"Thank you, umm I need you to get changed okay"

I nodded still in his arms, he kissed my head and placed me on my feet. I was about to go to my room but he grabbed my arm

"No ma'am, your clothes are in the closet" he said pointing at his closet

"But how"

"I had mukti help along with navya. Now go get changed"

I nodded running to the bathroom which has the walk in closet accessed through a door. I showered and changed coming out of the bathroom. I put the towel and clothes in the laundry basket and sat on the bed. I really liked the change in his room.

"Hey" I heard him coming in

He had wet hair too so I knew he took his clothes and showered in my room.

"Hi" I mumble as he sat beside me on the bed

"So I am going to bring in the surprise, you ready" he asked

I nodded aggressively causing him to chuckle

He got up and walked outside for a second, he came back with a huge basket making me wonder what's going on.

He placed the basket on the floor and looked at me

"Go ahead" he said

I smiled stepping down from the bed sitting beside the basket

I opened it and I swear to god, I couldn't breath for a second. I looked up at manik and then back at the basket and back up at him

"Its yours" he whispered