MaNan: It all started with a lie

Caught!?

Manik

So basically I was here, hiding inside a room and keeping an eye or to be very frank, spying on my dear fake girlfriend aka my best friend, Ms. Nandini Murthy who god knows why had this undercover plan of looking so sexy tonight that all my guy hormones are in a mess just looking at her.

Gawd Malhotra just snap out of it. I chastised but that did not seem to work today.

She looked like a dream today which I did not want to end. A temptress but cute enough which would automatically make one just look at her with pure admiration. I was so lost in myself that I didn't even notice when that idiot Cabir smacked my head and was close enough in his attempt to smack my butt when I snapped out and stopped this asshat of a friend of mine.

"What is it Cabir?" I hissed. "Manik baba if you have forgotten then let me remind you that we are here to find out what exactly girls do in a night out and what is there to gush so much about it" he completed frowning in the last and I mentally scolded myself for zoning out and devoted all my focus to the girls settled down there.

Mukti's cheerful voice blared in the room giving a cue that they have finally begun.

"So girls, what first?" nandini asked excited but the reply made her blush a bit which wasn't that hard to make out and squirmed a bit in her seat showing off her uneasiness. "So what did you and manik exactly do on your date yesterday?" alia gushed. "It wasn't a date but just a valentines day celebration with my best friend". The best friend thing saddened me but nevertheless I continued listening with Cabir smirking mischievously beside me. "Valentines as best friends ha?" Cabir teased while I just rolled my eyes in reply and diverted my attention downstairs as nandini continued.

"Guys it was all so exciting and I am so sure no other guy can ever match up manik in this. I so wish I had a boyfriend like him who would do so much to make me feel special. First he prepared a treasure hunt kinda thing for me which I loved a lot, like clues and gifts everywhere for me and gosh it was so creative. Maine kabhi nahi socha tha ki manik bhi itna creative ho sakta hai. Then uske baad jab main last clue lekar uske ghar pohochi toh I found a beautiful sa red dress along with accessories for me to wear on the date and trust me....uski choice actually bohot zyada achi thi" she gushed in excitement and a bright smile spread across my face.

"Humne kabhi uss rakshas se itna kuch expect nahi kiya tha par nandini tum toh badi lucky nikli yaar " navya said somewhat impressed with me. "Yes navya I second you in that. I didn't know ki manik itna innovative bhi ho sakta hai" alia said. "Yes I agree kyuki manik and valentines never fitted in one sentence together until you stepped in his life" mukti winked at nandini who blushed looking down, fiddling with her fingers.

"It does not end here girls. After I got all dressed up and reached the venue manik made me have a ride in a carriage so as to make me feel like a real princess and then..." she continued blabbering with excitement bubbling within her while the girls heard her keenly with all interest with their periodic awing and squealings.

Nandini finally completed her rant and mukti spoke -" wow yaar choti...your valentines was so cute and perfect just like a girl wants" "I know right!" navya and alia joined in. "Ai-Aisa kuch nahi hai. I...I mean ki even your valentines day was awesome..ya...really awesome and I think that we should not compare ya...I mean that the boys put in so much of efforts na so yeah..." she trailed off still blushing. "No but seriously nandini our boyfriends surely need to learn these stuffs from manik" alia voiced. "What did I just say? No comparing at all" she glared but they seemed unaffected. "Yeah yeah...whatever" they replied uninterested.

"Manik baby doll ke liye itna kuch karne ki kya zaroorat thi huh? Couldn't you keep it simple?" Abhi asked smacking my head. "Ahaan manik malhotra ki koi bhi cheez simple nahi hoti bro" I replied with my signature smirk. "Lekin buddy Abhi is right" "but buddy tu mujhe janta hai na...I don't do simple things" I replied dhruv. "Manik you have set the standards of a boyfriend too high dude" this time aryaman complained. "Not my fault" was my simple reply. "Saale what not your fault ha!? Its all your fault. Tujhe pata bhi hai ki ab meri vo black and white madhubala kya karegi mere saath? Kachcha chaba jaegi vo mujhe" Cabir freaked out punching me on my stomach. "Cabir relax relax....itna hyper kyu ho raha hai tu?" I asked running around, trying to defend myself. "Manik!!" he shouted aloud in frustration which attracted the girl's attention towards us.

We are definitely in deep shit now!

"Kaun hai?" navya asked.

"Navya call the police. I guess there's some thief in here" alia gave her intelligent idea but before they executed it we came out of our hiding place, smiling sheepishly.

"Tum log?" nandini looked at us with wide eyes. "Uh-ha hum" I said staring intently at nandini. My gaze was making her blush and I smiled seeing her getting all red because of me.

"Tum log yaha kya kar rahe ho?" mukti asked crossing her arms across her chest, staring dubiously at us. "Voh hum...ha voh tum logo ne hume invite hi nahi kiya and akele akele celebrate kar rahe the na and dhruv...voh toh bechara itna sad tha ki kya batau...hai na dhruv?" Abhi nudged dhruv and showed him eyes, dhruv got his cue and played along. "Ha ha he's right. Kal hi toh maine alia ko propose kiya and aaj dekho...I can't even spend some quality time with her (pouts sadly) I was missing her so much" "aww baby...you were missing me...that's so sweet" alia said convinced by dhruv's speech. "Alia aisa kuch nahi hoga, dhruv is lying. Yeh sab na in logo ne humari party gate crash karne ke liye kiya hoga" mukti said but alia had already fallen for dhruv's words and wasn't ready to agree. "No ya mukti...I don't think so" alia supported dhruv. "Acha toh Cabir tum sab yaha kyu aaye? Sirf dhruv hi miss kar raha tha na alia ko" navya asked twisting Cabir's ear. "Ow...sorry na navya voh actually humse raha nahi gaya toh hum bhi aa gaye" he said cutely which partially melted navya but she did not give in. "Oh really?" navya asked still not convinced. "Really" Cabir nodded. All this while nandu stood there calm, staring at her feet as if they were the most interesting to stare at.

I wanted to stay here and by no chance will I let these girls throw us out of here so I started my part of acting. "Nandu" I called her out moving towards her and held her hand in my palm. She instantly looked up at me and our eyes got locked. I started speaking. "Star please let us stay here na. Please (pouts) you always say na ki celebration ka maza humesha sab ke saath hi aata hai so look we are here to celebrate together so please let us stay" I spoke as cutely as possible, caressing the back of her palm and i could see that she was melting slowly with my touch. She was about to say something when the great madhubala cut her off.

Cabir and his girlfriend! Huh! They always spoil my moments with her. 
I huffed internally.

"Nandu inki baato me mat aana" navya warned. "But he's right navya...lets celebrate together na and see alia and dhruv just got engaged so we should not trouble them by keeping them apart hai na?" nandu as usual took my side making me happy. "See even nandini is saying the same" alia seconded nandini and finally the girls gave in as they knew it was useless arguing now. "Fine" navya and mukti agreed. I smirked triumphantly and winked at the boys who showed me a secret thumbs up. "So lets start?" aryaman asked. "But what?" the girls asked confused. "Truth and dare" I said looking towards nandini who caught my gaze abd stared at me with wide eyes and I exactly knew why. Flashes of our last game of truth and dare came in front of our eyes.....our proximity, our kisses, she sitting on my lap...

Nandini was completely flushed by now and was looking at me all surprised and I just winked at her. If that could even be possible, her eyes were more wide now and her cheeks redder.

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