MaNan: It all started with a lie

Who Is He??

Manik

Its been a month after the friendships day and things are going smooth. Mukti and nandini have bonded as if they were two lost sisters in the kumbh ka Mela who were yearning to meet each other since ages. WOW! people say it right....one can never understand a girl....they are complicated.

Abhi and mukti have come closer to each other. They can understand each other even without words now just like me and my star. The thought itself is enough to bring a smile across my face. Since she has returned from Mangalore she has been the perfect best friend and an awesome girlfriend. Ya fine "pretend girlfriend" before you start with your lectures Mr. Brain!

Hey by the way.....wanna know something shocking? Obviously you want to so here it goes.....our very own cabira is acting sweet nowadays and do you know around whom? The Navya Naveli.....Ms. Black and white Madhubala! Well, that was a shocker for me at least but yet I'm happy for him because navya is just like Cabir- foodie, all time cracking lame jokes person, always the over dramatic one and the one whose always there for their friends like umm.....what does nandu say.....yeah a soulie which tops the list in case of how similar they are. Cabir your little secret is gonna be out soon! 😏

Right now I was sitting in the canteen with the great Cabir dhawan sulking at his lame jokes. "Ek baar chiti ne haathi ke kaan me kuch kaha aur haathi behosh ho gaya....guess kar chiti ne kya bola hoga?" Cabir asked already laughing on his own joke. Ugh! Someone please remind me again, why am I friends with him!? Frustrated me asked "kya kaha hoga Cabir?" 😒 "usne kaha ki main pregnant hu" 😂😂 what the...save me god! I was busy praying to god when others entered in the canteen and as usual nandini sat beside me and I smiled widely at her, so did she.

Nandini

Woah! Its been one whole month after friendships day and our bond is growing stronger than ever. Me and mukti have gelled up so well that people think we are sisters. Navya and Cabir have also changed a bit now.....they behave so sweetly with each other that I have a doubt if they are dating secretly. I even asked navya but she refused saying that this can never happen but still I could notice the blush that crept on her face when I talked about Cabir.

We all entered the canteen to see manik sulking on cabir's PJs  that we all are well aware of. I giggled seeing manik and settled myself next to him. We were talking on random stuff when soha the chipkali entered. "Manik baby how are you?" She said in her oh-so high pitched voice that I felt my eardrums might tear apart. Manik simply rolled his eyes and replied in an uninterested tone. "Soha you are not blind right? Oh of course you are not so you can definitely see that I have a girlfriend whom I love a lot so why do you stick around me all the time? Do you have some problem in understanding or are you actually so dumb?" I giggled at his statement while soha glared at me and then again turned towards manik with her plastic smile " baby I needed your help so can you please come with me?" She asked but this time Alia spoke, irritation clear in her voice "what is it soha?" "Vo my zip is stuck and I need help....see" she was shamelessly showing off her dress with the half undone zip trying to gain manik's attention. Ew that's so cheap. "Soha usually girls are required for help in such cases so how can manik help you?" Mukti asked. Soha started thinking of some excuse but could think of none. "Its fine if you don't want to help" she said annoyed and stomped away. As soon as she left we all burst out laughing. "God how low can this bitch stoop" navya said with disgust. "Ignore her madhubala" Cabir said and she nodded in agreement. We again got busy in talking when Bhai got a phone call and he excused himself. He came in after like two minutes all smiles which I found weird but shrugged it off. "Baby doll I have a surprise for you" Bhai said. "Surprise? For me? What is it?" I asked bubbling in excitement. "Do you know what does a surprise mean?" Bhai asked narrowing his eyes at me and I nodded with a pout. "Chalo close your eyes now" I did as he said and the next moment I heard a familiar male sound. "Baby doll?" OMG! "Arya!" I shouted in joy and jumped on him for a tight hug.

Introducing karan jotwani as aryaman khanna. Like a brother to nandini, navya's childhood best friend and abhimanyu's buddy. Abhimanyu met him in US and since then they bond really well. Nandini knows aryaman because of Abhi and navya. Aryaman thinks of her as his sister and cares a lot for her.
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Manik

Abhi told nandini that he had some surprise for her and asked her to close her eyes and she did. After a few moments, a tall guy....of course not as tall as me entered the canteen and said 'baby girl' hearing which nandu literally jumped out of her seat and hugged the guy tightly shouting 'arya'. Who the hell is he now?? I have never heard of him nor have I seen him. Is he nandu's friend from the states? Yeah. That can be possible but why is she hugging him as if he'll vanish if she leaves him. Huh! You can leave him nandu.😕😒 "Arya hum bhi hai yaha" navya spoke which finally resulted in nandini breaking the hug and that arya went towards navya making an apologetic face and hugged her tight. "I missed you drama queen" he said and navya replied with an 'I missed you too'. I could see Cabir huffing and scowling from the corner of my eyes and then he started speaking "saala ye kamina to in dono se aise chipak raha hai jaise bata nahi kitne janmo baad mil raha hai.....huh chipku kahika!" He was really annoyed. "I know right....at least hume pata toh chale ki yeh hai kaun....lekin inko toh hug karne se hi fursat nahi mil rahi" I grunted in equal annoyance when Abhi spoke- "Guys this is arya as in Aryaman Khanna.....my best friend from US and like a brother to nandu" Wait! Did he say brother? Aah! What a relief. But manik why are you relieved? Forget it! "Yes aur humara bachpan ka bff!" Navya spoke all excited and side hugged aryaman while Cabir choked on his spit. Poor guy. The cool cabira is jealous. 😂 It is kinda amusing to see Cabir like this but I like it. "Hey guys" aryaman greeted us and we greeted back with a smile except for Cabir....his was obviously a fake one. "But arya you alone?" Nandini asked. Alone? Was someone else supposed to come too? "Ha vo your stupid friend is stuck in some work so will not be able to make it before a month" "oh" nandu was really sad as her friend could not make it on time so I just squeezed her hand under the table and gave her my ever so charming smile to which she smiled in response.