Manan ff : Shining Armour

chapter 14

In the morning ..nandini woke up early n was in the terrace with her headphones  on her head listening to music ...she was enjoying the breeze n morning weather ...

She got a call from mukti ..

Mu - nandu where r u ??(worried)..

N - main terrace par hu ..kyu ..??

Mu - arrey im going to abhis house so i wanted to tell u ..

N- par itni jaldhi ..

Mu - madam itz 9 already ..

N (freaked out)- what !!!...ohh god ..songs sunthe sunthe i forgot about the time ..

Mu (chuckled ) - accha sunn..take care agar kuch bhi chahihe ho just give me a call oki ..

N - haa oki ...but abhi agaya kya ..

Mu - nahi he will be back in one hour ...tab tak mai bakki arrangement deklungi ...dad mom(abhimanyis parents) bhi ayenge ...

N(teasingly) - oki ...apni sasural ko acchi tarase decorate karna haa ..

Mu (blushing) - nandu !!!

N ( chuckled ) - accha baba bye !!

Mu - bye !!

Later after half n hour nandini came from terrace still listening to music n texting her cousins ..nandini was so engrossed in that ...that she didnt even realise that she already crossed her room n now she was walking near to maniks room ..

As usual manik got ready n came out from his room putting his left hand sleeves button ....
But then

BOOM !!!!!

Both collided with each other n nandini fell on the floor n manik got angry .....

N - ouch !!!( winced in pain )

M- r u blind !!..diktha nahi hai kya !!!( shouted in high tone)

Nandini looked at him in anger n stood up rubbing her back ...

N - same question to u to mr malhotra ...dekhtha nahi hai kya ..itna zoore se mujhe dakka diya ..

M- what ...come again ..dakka diya ...r u serious ...tum iss stupid mobile mai busy thi n u collided with me n now u r blaming me haa ...

N- ohh hello ...pehli baat ..agar tum dyan se chal rahe the tho ..side hojathe ..y didnt u move if u were attentive (emphasising the word attentive) ...

M - wo ..wo ..i was

N - bolo..

M- i ..i shouted at u ...but tum iss headphone ko pehen raki thi ..how will u hear  ..(tried to make excuse which was an utter lie)

N- ohh just cut the crap ... headphone pehnithi but song play nahi kiya tha ..

M - u know what !! Itz baseless  talking to u ..

N- as if im dying to talk to u ...

M- ...get one thing straight into ur head ....i hate u !!!

N - huh !!!...feelings r mutual mr malhotra !!..

M- whatever !!! ( muttered n walked out )...

Nandini also stormed into her room ...

In nandinis room
Nandinis pov ..
Samajtha kya hai apne aap ko ...huh monster kahika ...pehle mujhse takratha hai....aur upar se help bhi nahi kiya ...ahhh!!ayyiappa my back !!!(rubbing her back)...maan tho kartha hai ..isse kisi gunny bag mai bandkar meri punching bag banadu...aur usse maar maar kar chatni banadu  ( acting as if she is punching) ...but yeh Eiffel tower gunny bag mai fit bhi nahi hoga ...aab tho uss ladki ke bareme patha karna hii hoga....just now he went to office ...so now i mi8 get some clue ...yes ..
End of pov...