MaNan- Bad boy's girl✔

16. Chocolates

And I must say you guys are good in guessing. However don't be disappointed in the start coz you are gonna love it as it proceeds.

And if you haven't read my new OS "You are my everything". Please do give it a read.
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The boy pushed Nandini and before she could land on the floor Aryaman held her in time. He was pissed would be an understatement.

"You better stay away from this." The boy warned but not long after he was on the floor. Yup Aryaman punched him. He punched and kicked him.

"You shouldn't have touched her." Aryaman lunged, pouncing a punch on the boy's face. He slammed the boy into the wall. Then he was burying punches, over and over again. The other two fellows too joined the fight and tried pulling Aryaman away but they themselves were jerked away.

Meanwhile Nandini who had been watching all these had started getting an episode. "No no please no." She mumbled under her breath as she sweated profusely.

A crowd had gathered by and few of the boys from the crowd tried stopping them but they were unstoppable.

Right then Manik who had just arrived in the scene seeing all the mess he hugged Nandini tightly, hiding her in his embrace.

"Ssshhhh everything is fine. Everything's okay." Manik said as he patted her head slowly. In this process Manik even got kicked from the back by one of the fellows but he didn't leave Nandini.

He preferred to get hurt himself rather than seeing her hurt. Manik somehow took Nandini to the corner and hugged her. "Nandini remember our moments with each other." Manik caressed her hair lightly. "Nandini don't let the past overshadow you."

Nandini was getting paranoid but with every passing second she registered his presence beside her and bit by bit she relaxed under his touch. Her accelerating breath calmed down a bit and with her teary moist eyes she looked at him.

His eyes were filled with care and concern.
"Manik." She gulped down the lump that had formed on her throat. She composed herself, wiping her tears but her heart still felt heavy.

"It's okay to be scared. It's okay to cry. You don't need to pretend. I will never judge you." He rubbed her back slightly and embraced her again. She looked at him and hugged him tighter as she let her tears flow.

Manik rubbed her back. "We can't change what happened earlier but we can make our present beautiful."

"Ssshhhh.." He kept rocking her until her cries died.

Meanwhile all this was seen by Aryaman. Manik could have left Nandini but he didn't. He held on to her. He himself got hurt but he protected her. Aryaman couldn't help but think "Was his love this selfless and this strong?"

Aryaman punched the boy once again when he got up. "You took the wrong side." The boy said before running away from the place.

"The show's over." Aryaman snapped towards the crowd and the crowd dispersed, gossiping.

Aryaman looked in the corner and he sighed seeing Nandini in Manik's arm. It hurt but he left pretending as if he didn't see them.

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Later that night

Nandini was busy making notes when she heard a sound from the window. Thinking it to be wind, she ignored it but the sound increased and this time it sounded as if someone was knocking on her window.

She took a scale and took small steps towards the window, from where the noise seemed to be coming from. Her grip tightened on the scale. She took a long deep breath and opened the curtains, only to see her monster.

She immediately opened the window and let him in "Manik what are you doing here?" Nandini asked in a panic tone.

He dusted his shirt and smiled victoriously. "Finally I made it up here."

"What are you doing here? Giving me a heart attack?" Her face scrunched in anger hiding the relief that she felt after seeing him.

"Can't I even come to meet you?" He winked at Nandini saying this.

"Have you forgotten we have a thing called door?" Nandini kept her hands in her waist.

"I wanted to surprise you." Manik said, sitting on her bed.

"What would have happened if I had got a heart attack?" Nandini sat beside him.

"I don't know about heart attack but your heart must have shivered after seeing my handsome face." Manik said and Nandini chuckled.

"Leave that. This is for you." He took out a small box of chocolate from his pocket. She extended her hand to take it from him but he stretched his hands towards the opposite direction, not giving her the chocolate.

"But wait what will I get for this?" Manik looked at her with a naughty smile playing on his lips.

"What do you want?" She asked although she knew what he wanted.

"You really don't know." He shifted his gaze from her eyes to her lips.

"No I don't." She smiled mischievously as she shifted her position from bed to his lap. She wrapped her legs around his waist and sat facing him.

Circling her arms around his neck, she looked at him, making his heart shiver.

"You really don't know." He said huskily as he gently brushed his fingers on her lips while his other hands involuntarily wrapped around her waist.

"Nope." She waggled her head indicating 'no' as she tilted her head slowly, looking at him.

He neared his face towards her but before he could claim her lips, the chocolate blocked her mouth. That was when he realized she had taken the box of chocolate from his hand.

He made a bad face to it while she giggled and opened the box. "Thank you for this Mr.Malhotra." She said and started munching the chocolate.

He kept on admiring her while she ate the chocolate, giving him cute expressions.

"Want some." She forwarded the chocolate for him to take a bite but before he could take a bite of it, she herself ate it and giggled. He made a bad face but nevertheless he couldn't help but stare at her.

"I too want some." He said, looking at her.

She giggled and forwarded the box of chocolate to him but he pecked her lips, making her eyes go all wide. He then took a bite of her chocolate and smiled. "It's just too tasty."

She smacked his head while he laughed.

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"Abhi you here?" Mukti said as she opened the door. He was totally drunk and couldn't even stand still. He took a step towards her but he stumbled and ended up in her arms.

"Abhi are you okay?" She said as she made him stand straight.

"You care." He smiled but the very next moment his smile faded away. "But then why have you been ignoring me? It's been a week since you.. have been ignoring me." He held her shoulder and a lone tear escaped his eyes. "It hurts here." He placed his hand on his heart.

He pushed her against the wall and came dangerously close towards her, making her go weak on her knees.

"Abhi what are you-" Her voice died in her throat when she felt his lips on hers.

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