Manan ff : Love Story of an Introvert ✔️

16. Past. Promises

Hello people. Sorry for being late. Here's the update.

Happy reading...

Next morning

At office

The morning starts peacefully for everyone except Cabir.

Someone sneaks into Cabir's cabin and holds his neck tightly making him difficult to breathe.

Cabir: Arey chodo mujhe. I don't want to die so soon. Abhi tho mujhe aur recipes try karna hai. Bin shaadi aise kunware ladke par zulm mat karo. Yaar mere fridge mein bahut sara khana bacha hua hai. Woh sab waste ho jayega. Chodo mujhe.

Person : gadhe, jaan jaane se pehle bhi tujhe khaane ki chinta padi hai?

Cabir: Tu? Don't break my heart. Vo hulk ka tho samaj aata hai. But, why do you want to kill me?

(The person is Abhimanyu)

Abhimanyu : dekh seedha seedha puch raha hun. So tell me, kya chal raha hai?

Cabir : yeh puchne aaya hai? Fogg chal raha hai.

Abhimanyu: Cabir, do you want to die right now?

Cabir: Tere andar Manik ki aatma tho nahi ghuss gayi? Acha puch what do you want to know?

Abhimanyu: What's going on between you and Manik that I don't know.

Cabir : (grinning) chal hatt, hum apni private baate tujhe kyun bataye?

Abhi: Tu sudhrega nahi na? Let me be straight. I am talking about Nandini. There's something about Nandini that you people are hiding from me. Tell me and don't you dare to lie.

Cabir : (sighing) Abhi listen I know you are protective about Nandini but you have to be patient about what I am going to say. Understand first, then react.

Abhi: ok. Say now.

Cabir: Manik...Manik loves Nandini.

Abhi: Cabirr, don't force me to kill you. Do - teen din pyaar nahi hota.

Cabir: Abhi shaant. Do-teen din ka nahi, 5 saal ka pyaar hai. Manik is in love with Nandini since school time. Haan, he hasn't named it as love yet. But trust me, I can see it in his eyes.

Cabir looked up to find a jaw-dropped-to-floor Abhimanyu with wide eyes. Cabir shaking him a bit,

Cabir: Abhi muh band kar, makhiyaan ghus jayengi, and mein tujhe apne paas nahi aane dunga. I am so hygienic you know.

It took some time for Abhi to realize what Cabir said. He composed himself and glared Cabir.

Abhi: So, you know Nandini since school days? And you people acted all strangers infront of her on the first day. Why?

Cabir: We didn't act. We haven't talked to her in school ever. You know her right? Sitting on the first bench, woh apne kitabo mein kho jaati thi aur Manik usme. Us time situation utna serious nahi tha. We thought it is just a teenage infatuation. But you know right, how Manik never went close to any girl. London jaane ke baad Jab bhi koi ladki ke paas jaata he felt he was betraying Nandini. Then he felt that he should have shown some courage. Eventually, he accepted his life and stayed with a hope that he would find Nandini once again. Maybe this time he would atleast talk to her properly, if not love.  Finally, we met her after all these years as your sister.

Abhi : lekin tune yeh baat mujhe London mein kyun nahi batayi?

Cabir: Mujhe kya pata tha ki she is your sister. Tu hamesha babydoll babydoll karta tha, mujhe laga baby doll koi Sunny leone hogi, aakar pata chala ki ye tho Niti Taylor nikli. (😋)