Chapter - 22

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Nandini's Room :
Nandini was standing in front of mirror..wearing her
earrings..and was continuously bickering...
Nandini : "aiyaapa..aapne use itna monster kyu banaya
hai..ek call tak nhi kiya puri raat..MONSTER
MANIK..aane do ..milne do..mai bhi baat nahi
karungi..samjhta kya hai khudko..."...she was really
frustrated..
Just when she heard ..her phone's bell..
Nandini : "jarur usi ka hoga..finally yad aa gai..ki unki
ek girlfriend bhi hai..abhi batati hoon.."...and she
walked towards the bed to pick up the call...it was
Manik's landline number..she answered the call...
Nandini : "so..ab landline number se call karoge..mujhe
na tumse baat he nhi karni.."..
Voice : "nandini..ma'am..mai babu bol raha
hoon..manik sir ki tabiyat bahut kharab hai..aur
nyonika ma'am bhi ghar par nahi hai"..he sounds
worried..
Nandini : she start freaking out "what?..but hua kya
use..kal tak toh bilkul theek tha..usne kuch
khaya.."..she said in one breath..
Babu : "Ma'am sir ko kal raat se fever hai..wo abhi bhi
so rahe hai..mene socha apko call karke bata doon.."..
Nandini : "aap..aap uske lie khichdi bana dijiye ..aur
juice bhi..mai abhi aa rahi hoon.."..she cut the
call..picked her bag and rushed outside..she was very
worried...
Manik's Room :
Babu cut the call..and gulped his saliva..and looked in
his left side..where MANIK was sitting on his bed
comfortably..giving his famous smirk..a piilow was
placed in his lap..
Babu : "sir..apne jesa kaha mene kar diya.."
Manik : "good for your health..ab tum jao.."..he said in
full Manik's style..with enormous attitude..
Babu moved out of his room and after coming out of
lion's den..he stand outside and said after took a sigh
of relief..
Babu : "Manik sir se toh bach gaya..agar unhe mana
karta ..toh sirf naukari nahi jati..shayad mai bhi
bhagwan ke paas pahuch jata..par..Nandini Ma'am bhi
kam nahi hai..wo manik sir ki carbon copy hai..unse
kaun bachega..mai ek kam karta hoon..mai bahar
chala jata hoon..nandini ma'am ke aane se
pehle..han..yahi theek rahega.."..he said in worried
tone..as he knows very well that if Manik is lion then
Nandini is also not less than a lioness..and he ran
outside the mansion in order to save his life..
Inside manik's room..Manik was smiling smugly..he
rested his head on head board of bed and crossed his
hand on back of his head..lay his both leg straight..then
put one of his leg on the other as a cross..and said..
Manik : "aahhh..Miss.Nandini Moorthy..you don't
wanna marry na..now ..u will come running to me
..now it will be fun.."..he smiled smugly..
Nandini arrived inside the house..and ran upstairs..in
Manik's room..
Just when Nandini arrived..he saw her by standing on
his room door..peeping downwards..and when he saw
her coming upstairs..he ran inside the room and
covered himself with a quilt..
Manik's Room :
Nandini came inside and saw Manik lying on the
bed..he was fully covered with duvet on him..she get
really worried and rushed towards him..
Nandini : "Manik..kya hua tumhe you ok na.."..she
asked worriedly..sitting beside him..he just opened his
eyes very lazily..pretended to be very weak..
Manik :
"aahh..nann..nandiiniii..a..aa..mmm..fff..iii..nn..eee.."...he
said in a way as he is really weak..she was more
worried now..she quickly placed her hand on his
head..but she found no fever..
Nandini : "Manik..tumhara..head..it's not
warm..instead of warm..it's cold.."...she said in a
confusing tone..
Manik : "haann..wo..because mujhe thand lag rahi
hai..i think i..iii..i neeeddd heattt.."...he said all this in
very weak voice..
She quickly turned off the a.c..and said cupping his
face..
Nandini : "Manik..don't worry..u will be fine..mai hoon
na..tumhare sath..mai tumhare black warm coffee laati
hoon..you will feel better..mai aati hoon.."...she said in
a very loving tone that manik was just admiring her
caring attitude towards him..but as soon as she got up
from the bed ..he held her hand and said..
Manik : "mat jao na plz..i just need you by my side..your
warmth is needed..nothing else will work out.."..he said
looking deep in her eyes..
Nandini being so naive ..didn't got his real
intention..she sat beside him..and hugged him tight..as
she felt..he is down due to cold that's y he need her..so
she hugged him..and he quickly covered her in the
same duvet and hugged her tightly in his embrace..they
both closed their eyes..
Pal, do pal, ki hi kyun hai zindagi
Iss, pyar, ko hai sadiyaan kaafi nahi
Toh khuda se maang lun
Mohalat main ik nayi
Rehna hai bas yahaan
Ab door tujhse jaana nahi
(they both were lying peacefully in each other
arms..their eyes were close in contentment..forgot
everything around them..they were in their own
world..everything seems perfect..when they are
together..time stopped there for them..)
Jo tu mera humdard hai
Jo tu mera humdard hai
Suhaana har dard hai
Jo tu mera humdard hai..
(She lifted her head..to look in his eyes..he opened his
eyes..there were galore love n care in her eyes for
him..and he again fell in love with her..she caressed his
head with her hands..and he kissed her
forehead..yes..they are each other's salvation..)
Teri muskurahatein hain taaqat meri
Mujhko inhi se ummeed mili
Chaahe kare koi sitam ye jahaan
Inme hi hai sadaa hifaazat meri
Zindagani badi khoobsurat hui
Jannat ab aur kya hogi kahi..
(she smiled looking at him..and he feel a new energy
filled in him..yes..her smile..she herself is strength of
him..she gives definition to his existence.. he hugged
her again..and they both were again drifted to some
other world..now..manik's game plan was totally a
forgotten business..he went with the flow of the
moment..)
Jo tu mera Humdard hai
Jo tu mera Humdard hai
Suhaana har dard hai
Jo tu mera Humdard hai...
(Now..he start being cozy with her..he kissed her
head..then on her arms..she got a little up..he held her
securely by her waist..he looked at her in her
eyes..then came towards her lips..they were inches
apart..she closed her eyes..)
Just when ..Manik was about to claim her lips..the
reality hit her..and she realized..he was just faking all
this while..she opened her eyes and pushed him and
got up from the bed..
Manik : "WHAT?,..kya hua?.."..he asked innocently..as
he himself forgot ..that a while ago he were pretending
to be a sick patient..
Nandini : "Manik..you are weak already..so ..i don't
want you to get more weak.."...she said more
innocently ..now it was her turn..to play the same trick
on him..and he will be captivated in his own trick..and
she was successful..
Manik : "NO.."..he shouted..she gave him a confusing
look on which he suppressed his voice..and again faked
a weak voice.."but ..i need you na.."..he said in a
babyish tone..
Nandini : she wants to play around but his cute antics
were giving a tough time to him..she herself want to
claim his lips..and suck it..till he goes
all breathless..but she somehow controlled her
harmones and said "I also WANT you...but i can't risk
your health manik.."..she deliberately said WANT
word..instead of need..as this mere word will break all
the walls which manik has created..and guess what..it
worked..he quickly sat down on his bed and said..
Manik : "are..see..am fine..am absolutely fine..kuch bhi
nahi hua hai mujhe..,mai toh bas natak kar raha
tha..mene he babu se kaha tha tumhe call karne
ko..mai ..mai bilkul theek hoon..and..."...he stopped in
between and realized what he did just now..that
desperate soul blurted out everything in front of
her..now she gave him a deadly glare..while he was
like..WHERE-TO-HIDE-MYSELF..she quickly grabbed a
pillow and start beating him..he jumped out of bed..she
was chasing him in all over the room..while manik was
running for his life..
Nandini : "Manik malhotra you are so dead
today..",..she was shouting ..while he was running..in
the whole room..
Manik : "nandini..don't please..atleast have some
mercy..am your officially boyfriend..aaahhh..nandini
nahi please.."..he tried to black mail her..but to his
dismay..she threw the pillow on the bed and grabbed a
wooden flower wase from the table and threw at him
with full force..and he yelled in pain as it directly hit on
his leg..
Nandini : "you are such a monster manik.."..she left the
fight in mid and grabbed her bag and stormed out of the
room..
Manik ran downstairs..towards her..he came in front of
her..blocking her way..she gave him a glare..Whole
malhotra mansion was empty..so luckily..there was no
one..to witness the tom n jerry fight..
Manik : "acha baba am sorry.."..he held both his ears
while saying this..
Nandini : "really manik..sorry?..this is what you wanna
say is..tumhe pata bhi hai..mai kitna dar gayi thi..i was
hell scared..how can u do this to me.."...she start
beating him with her hand..and he hugged her
tight..she protested for some minutes..but all in
vain..as his grip on her was really tight..soon..she rest
her case..and reciprocate the hug..
After sometime..Manik found her relaxed and said.,.
Manik : "so..itni care karti ho meri..phir why u don't
wanna marry.."..she opened her eyes on his words and
moved out of his grip and said..
Nandini : "who said i don't wanna marry?...but u didn't
asked me though.."...manik was confused on her words
and asked..
Manik : "are now..what does it mean?.."..he asked
confusingly.,.
Nandini : "manik..you should ask me too..but no..you
were ordering me..you should propose me properly.."...
Manik : "really?.,..nandini ..you love me..i love
you..now..why you need a proposal?.."..he said in a
straight voice ..
Nandini : "areee..what do you mean by..why i need a
proposal..ofcorse i want you to propose me..otherwise i
won't marry you.."..she said straight away..she turned
her back to him..and stand after crossing her hands
around her body...he just gave NOW-WHAT-IS-THIS
look..but soon a mischievous smirk appear on his
face..
He came close to her ..like really very very close..he
put his hand on her stomach from back and yanked her
closer..her back hit on his chest..she put her hand on
his hand which was on her stomach..he came close to
her ears..and said..
Manik : "so you have decided.."..he said in a husky
voice..he bit her earlope..and she closed her eyes in
anticipation..he kissed her bare shoulder..she tighten
her grip on his hand even more..and he smirked at her
every reaction on his touch..he gently start tracing her
bare back with the back side of his palm..as she was
wearing a backless top..his every touch was making
her body surrender to himself..he turned her around
and made her face him..he again asked..this time his
lips was on his neck..
Manik : "you have decided that you won't marry
me.."..she was not in her senses..his touch was
making her insane..she lost her sanity..he kissed her
on his neck..and bent down on his knees..she was still
standing closing her eyes..he gently picked her top a
little upward..and kissed on her bare stomach..she bit
her lower lips..in order to suppress her moans..just
when he was about to open her jeans button..she made
him stop and he looked at her..she nodded a no to
him...he stand straight and again hold her from her
waist..
Manik : "miss..nandini moorthy..you just can't deny
me...so say..you will marry me or not.."...he said in his
own attitude..looking into her eyes..and yes he was
right..she can't deny him..as he hold so much passion
in his eyes ..that she just can't deny anything..but this
time..she will definitely..she quickly moved out of his
room and said..
Nandini : "will think.."..and she showed him her
tongue..and start running all over in the mansion..while
Manik was chasing her...
Manik : "nandini stop..".. He was shouting while running
behind her..
Nandini : " catch me if u can Mr.malhotra..."..she said
while running..turning her head to him and showed her
tongue and ran upstairs...
She reached Manik's room...
Nandini : "ummm..where to hide...".. She said while
looking all around the room and she found MANIK'S
WORDROBE ..her fav place to hind..she ran towards it
and opened it..just when she was making some space
to sit inside it..a diary fell down from it..she picked it
up.. MANAN was beautifuly engraved on the cover of
the diary..she opened it..and soon her eyes were all
teary..tears were brimming down from her eyes...
Suddenly a pair of hands wrapped around her
stomach.. She didn't reacted ..as she very well knows
the owner of that warmth..
Manik : " see..I caught u..now say..u really don't wanna
marry me.."..he said while nuzzling her nose in the
crook of her neck..she instantly turned around and
hugged him tight..he was startled with her sudden
act..she was sobbing badly..he was now more
worried.. He start rubbing her back..to soothe her..but
she wasn't stopping at all..
Manik : "nandini..baat kya hai..u r scaring
me..plz..princess..say na..kya hua..plz..".. She
clutched his shirt in her fist from back..
Nandini : " Manik..let's get married... "..her sudden
words made him stun..as she herself was telling him a
while ago ..to propose her properly.. She herself was
making him to run after her..now what happened all of
a sudden...he was worried..he broke the hug and
cupped her face..planted a kiss on her forehead..she
was looking down..still weeping..
Manik : " what happen nandini..plz say something..
"...he asked her very lovingly...she showed him the
diary which was in her one hand..he looked at the diary
then again at her..he knew ..what must have she
read..he hugged her tightly in his embrace...
After some time..Manik made her sit on the bed..she
was still holding his shirt in her fist and her head was
on manik's chest..his one hand was on her shoulder
and one hand was on her's hand from which she was
holding the diary tightly..she wasn't crying now...
Manik : "kuch bologi nahi.."..
Nandini : "you suffered a lot manik..agar us raat mai
AMAAYA ke sath milkar woh plan nahi banati..to tumhe
kabhi itna suffer nahi karna parta na..mai nahi
thi..when you needed me the most.."..her voice was
very weak..
Manik : "meri nandini hamesha mere sath thi..jese mai
tumhare sath tha..hamesha.."..she was very touched
by his words and moved out of his hold and looked in
his eyes..
Manik : "aese kya dekh rahi ho.."..he asked as she was
continuously staring at him..
Nandini : "aapne aap ko..tumhari aankhon mei.."..she
said with a smile..and he smiled broadly at her answer
and hugged her tight..
After some time..she was lying in manik's lap and he
was running his fingers in her hairs...today the role is
reversed..
Nandini opened the diary and was about to start
reading..when manik stopped her and said..
Manik : "no need to read it nandini..i don't wanna see
you shedding tears.."...he said in a caring tone..she
looked upwards in his eyes and said..
Nandini : "but i want to shed those tears..which you had
shed in my absence..sirf tum par he nahi..tumhare
aansuon pe bhi mera hak hai manik.."..he was again
touched by her wants and bent down a little..he kissed
her forehead and she start reading..
Kis gunaah ki de rahe ho saza,
zinda hoon,ya maar chuka,
mera khudse bhi rishta naa raha..
laut aao "nandini",laut aao sada...
Har aah,har aansun,bula rahe hai,
humare har sapne mujhe sata rahe hai..
laut aao "nandini",laut aao sada...
Meri rooh mei basta hai aks tumhara,
mere andar sama gaya hai dard sara,
ek baar mujhe fir gaale laga lo,
mujhe thoda sa toh rula do..
laut aao "nandini",laut aao sada...
Ek sapne ki tarah tum aati ho,
aankh khulti hai,gayab ho jati ho,
meri pyaas har pal hai badh rahi,
meri yeh pyaas toh buja do...
laut aao "nandini",laut aao sada...
Yuhe har raat so jata hoon,
ek umeed mei subah uth jata hoon,
kahi se shayad laut aao tum,
bas isi umeed mei,
mai firse jeene lag jata hoon...
laut aao "nandini",laut aao sada...
Mat rulao aur,aansun bhi sukh gaye hai,
dil bekhabhar nhi hai,
dil mera sach se anjaan nahi hai,
tum aaogi,ise har pal yakeen hai..
laut aao "nandini", laut aao sada...
The poem was written by manik..when he was far far
away from nandini..every line depict the pain of
manik..she was in tears again..she sat back on the bed
cupped his face..and kissed him ..still crying..that kiss
was much needed..it consist everything that they
suffered..it consist of their true love ...Manik took the
charge of the kissed..and they both lay down on the bed
after breaking the kiss..they both hugged each
other..and drifted into a peaceful sleep..

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