Manan ff : Shining Armour

chapter 30

Nandini came home but there was no trace of manik. She went to her room n changed into night dress n came out with her cell phone. She was closing her room door when she got call from her father. She got excited n answered the call.

ND - nandinis dad

N : "papa...kaise ho"

ND : " im fine baccha tu kaisi hai"...

N : "bindass papa ...aap ko pata hai aaj aarav ka birthday tha ..we had soo much fun".....said while making her way towards terrace.

ND :" aacha kya kya kiya"

N : " kya nahi kiya papa...we danced, played god !! ..aur tho aur aapkona aarav ka chehara dekhna chahiye tha when i gave him iron man shoes ..aww he is too cute papa"...

ND : " haa yeh aacha kiya tu ne usse shoes dekhe ...mukti aur manik kaise hai "

N : "Mukti abhi ke saath bahar gayi hai ..may be a date kyuki kal wo delhi jaa rahi hai 1 week ke liye..aur manik teek hai "...said last sentence hesitating...now she was talking standing near terrace door wall.

ND : " ohh tho u will be oki without mukti"

N : " haa papa ...im not a small kid i can take care of myself oki"..said making sad pout

ND : " haa haa patha hai ..kithna kayal rakh sakthi hai kudki"..sarcastically

N : "aapna hamesha mujhe underestimate kiyio haa "...said fake crying.

ND : " oki oki ..drama bandh kar ..but nandu "...said last sentence getting serious.

N :"haa papa "...sensing his seriousness ..

ND : " tu 2 weeks ke baadh bangalore aa rahi hai na "...asked hesitating.

N : " what !! ..kya papa ..abhi tho college shuru huyi hai n u want me to bunk it...itna bhi miss mat kiya karo mujhe "...said teasing.

ND thoughts - that means she doesnt remember what is the day after 2 weeks ...usse yaad dilau ya nahi...uff nandu ki ayyaippa kya karu ..meri bacchi abhi abhi uski hotope muskurahat layi hai agar uss din kha yaad dilaunga tho ..nahi uski mood karab hogi ..agar usse yaad ayyega tho mujhe call zarror karegi ...tab usse baat kar lunga.

ND : " accha teek hai ...apna kayal rakna haa ...aur manik ko tang maat karna ..mukti bhi nahi hogi waha pe "...

N: " arrey maine usse tang kab kiya ...aap bhi na "...said turning to her right where she saw manik leaning to the railing with his hands on railings, his shoulders were rigid, body muscles were stiff...all of a sudden manik punched the wall next to the railings ..nandini gasped.

ND : "nandu kya hua ..baat kyu nahi kar rahi "...said getting stressed ...

N : " papa ...im fine ..actually mujhe kuch kaam yaad agaya ..i will call u later bye"....said looking at maniks back

ND : " accha teek hai take care ..bye love u "...

N :" love u too "..said still looking maniks back.

Nandini kept her phone on the window near the terrace door. Sighed n made her way towards manik.

Hesitating nandini kept her hands on maniks shoulder. Maniks body got stiff due to sudden foreign touch, he turned around n saw nandini whom he wanted to be the last person to see right now. All his anger came back with a rush. He fisted his fingers to control his anger.

N - " manik"...said in smoothing voice ...thats it manik lost his calm.

Manik pinned nandini to the wall with his eyes filled with tears of anger, confusion, irritation .