MANAN____BEST FRIENDS

PART 75

The next day nandini was feeling better better than what she had felt in these 5 year she sat on her bed stretching her arms yawni g nd then she picked up her phone nd realized she slept too much after so long
She got ready went to her office
JOHN: "I think everything's sorted here we can go back now" he said she felt bad now
NANDINI: "isn't it too early to be back?"
JOHN: "you were the one who was telling we'll be back soon we should come back soon now i think we should everything's under control now"
NANDINI: "hmm yeah can we leave Tomorrow?"
JOHN: "yeah sure then you can rest today as there's no work for you"
NANDINI: "okay call me if it's urgent" saying so she started walking out nd dialled a number  nd the person on call was shocked
"Woahhhhhh how did you call me todayy??"
NANDINI: "i thoughts we became friends manikk"
MANIK: "yes we are so how did you get the time to call me"
NANDINI: "are you free??"
MANIK: "always for youu"
NANDINI: "come pick me up from my office nd let's go out nd spend some time"
MANIK: "nandini is everything okay? How I mean.."
NANDINI: "you don't wanna come??" She said angrily
MANIK: "coming comingg"
She hung up the call went inside her office nd her room beside looked herself in the mirror opened her tied hair nd smiled at herself
NANDINI'S POV: what am I doing? We've made this clear we'll be just friends but its okay for a day I'll be going after that" she said with a pout nd slapped her head scolding herself to behave
Her phone rang nd she went running out he was standing there leaning to the car wearing glasses a white t shirt with a denim jacket nd jeans along with a cap
NANDINI'S POV: he looks so hott shut up nandini he's your friend.
He opened the door for her nd she appreciated him raising her eyebrow nd whispering a thank you he came himself nd sat
MANIK: "I think I got my life back" he said looking at her nd she gave him a smile
MANIK: "so where?"
NANDINI: "take me anywhere"
Manik looked at her nd she made his face turn to the front nd asked him to drive
MANIK: "icecream?"he asked nd she nodded in a no
NANDINI: "I haven't eat icecream from the time you stopped bringing for me" she said with a pout he felt guitly
MANIK: "let's just cherish the good moments eat it today for me please" she hesitated at first but agreed he bought for them she started eating nd didn't stop asked for one more manik tried stopping her but she wasnt in a mood to
NANDINI: "I've eaten after so longg it's so good" she said taking the last spoon full in her mouth
MANIK: "enough no more" he said nd came near her face wiped off the icecream near her lips with his thumb which bought goosebumps to her entire body she bite her lower lip nd manik got seated again nd looked straight
MANIK: "gol gappy?" He asked she didn't agree but he convinced her nd made her eat nd also made her remember their good days nd nandini was laughing smiling happily he wanted her to cherish the good moments only nd forget the bad ones
They eat every street food she liked then they were sitting in the car roaming around for 4 to 5 years
MANIK: "I was wrong" he said taking a sip of his coffee that they ordered nd were having it in car
nandini looked at him in confusion
MANIK: "this thing may upset you but I don't think we can just be friends I feel more nd I'm not gonna hide it I want to be true nd honest to youu...we can pretend to be good friends but I'll always have these feelings for you" he said it nd looked out of car thinking she will be upset nd may shout nandini held his face nd made him look at her
NANDINI: "its okay to be honest" she said smiling but he couldn't figure out whether she feels the same? She wants the same? Or she dosent?
MANIK: "can I ask you something" he said looking towards her nd she nodded
MANIK: "do you still write poetry?"
NANDINI: "no I dont but some times at the moment it happens now I've become a pro I would see nd feel something too much the poetry comes in my mind" she said explaining nd he nodded understanding
MANIK: "can I ask you something else?" she nodded again
MANIK: "what did you feel when you saw me after these 5 years" he asked hesitating nd she smiled at him
NANDINI: "that was one of those moments I had some line in my mind" she said nd he looked surprised
AJ DEKHA HAI TUJH KO DER K BAD
AJ DEKHA HAI TUJH KO DER K BAD

AAJ KA DIN GUZAR NA JAYE KAHIN she said hesitating nd he looked at her with a beautiful smile nd couldn't resist but came closer her kissed her forehead
MANIK: "don't worry I'm not taking it in a wrong way"
NANDINI: "how do you know I thought this?" He smirked nd she just smiled
NANDINI: "lets go home" he looked at her
MANIK: "but you said we'll spend the day together"
NANDINI: "yeah lets go home nd spend time there your house"
MANIK: "let's singg" he asked happily nd she agreed
They went home nd nandini met everyone the kids were angry bcz she didn't came to meet them so she gave them chocolates nd said sorry convincing everyone nd finally they agreed so they all were sitting in the garden on chairs manik nd nandini had their guitar in their hands

Manik starts first
Wo batei teri, wo yadei teri
Ab yaad arhi hain mulakatei sab hi,

Ab tanha hun mei, sath tera nahii
Meri khwahish thi joo saza ban gyiii
He sang the lines nd nandini remembered she wrote them for him once

Sadaei sunoo, jafaei sunoo
Mjhy pyar hua thaa
Iqrar hua tha
Kahani suno, zubaani suno
Mjhy pyar hua thaa iqrar hua tha

Nandini stood up
NANDINI: "I want water" nd went inside while the others looked the way she went
Manik thought she'll be happy hearing her lines sang by him but he didn't realize what why nd in which conditions she wrote them they all gathered in the dinning room
NANDINI: "I would miss this food"
She said eating
ALYA: "you can come here every day nd eat"
MUKTI: "yeah why will you miss it?"
NAVYA: "I think your cook makes better than this"
NANDINI: "I can't book a flight all over to come nd just eat food"
ABHI: "flight??"
DHRUV: "where r you going??"
CABIR: "what happened manik did you say something" he looked angrily at him
NANDINI: "no cabir it's just I came for work nd I've to go back my work here is done"
MANIK: "what do you mean by going back you're not going anywhere"
NANDINI: "sorry but I have to I'll get any buisness meetings nd all I'll come back then"
CABIR: "why can't you stay here your comapny has started recently you should stay here"
ABHI: "yeah we can't make mistakes na you should be there to scold us"
nandini laughed at them
NANDINI: "I'll have all information I'll scold you guys on phone too"
MUKTI: "but nandini don't go yar"
ALYA: "you came after so long don't leave like this"
NAVYA: "is bar tm gyi to hum bay ni kreigy"
NANDINI: "guys don't be stubborn yar I have to nd I'll come back for work"
DHRUV: "this is not done yarr"
NANDINI: "I'm sorry"
They finished the dinner in silence nd after that nandini asked manik to drop her he was all quiet in car
NANDINI: "don't be like this talk to me manik" she said getting irritated by the silence
MANIK: "what should I talk about you decided to go I've decided to stay quiet"
NANDINI: "manik please yar"
MANIK: "what please nandini don't you see I told you in the morning also I cant just be a friend to you nd I want you I want you back as a life partner I want to spend my entire life with you we've been so far it's enough for us yarr nd now you're going like seriously??"
NANDINI: "manik we can't plz understand yarr" she said nd he got quiet again nd stopped the car near beach nd went out nandini called him nd followed him
NANDINI: "manikk stop it yar why you came here" she asked seeing him sitting on the sand she looked around suddenly the flashbacks of her cries the old man's talks the poetry everything echoed in her ear she was seeing herself crying folding knees another one of herself was talking to that old man one of them was getting wet in rain crying her cries nd words echoed in her ear she put hands on both the ear nd started shouting breathing heavily
NANDINI: "stooppp stoppp pleasee nooo stopppp" she shouted na manik looked at her drenched in sweat bereathing heavily crying shouting his heart broke seeing her condition nd got worried nd went to her
MANIK: "nandini nandini what happened you okay what" he went to her nd she moved away from him he tried getting close but she was very terrified nd was moving back nd went running he ran behind her she got very far away from beach on the road was better than before manik came to her
MANIK: "its okay I'm here nothing's wrong its all right" he said rubbing her arm lightly nd she hugged him he could feel her heavy breaths he rubbed her back for sometime until she was better he took her to the car made her drink water nd took her to her house made her lye down on the bed nd made her sleep nd he himself sat on floor with head on the bed caressing her hair nd whispering sorry in her ear...

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