FF: Memories of a Lifetime- Mayur; Chp14-p65-NEW! - Page 47

@Daania- Aww thanks a ton for understanding. Well, let's see, maybe not this ff, but I'd come up with a new ff sometime later. I guess all my current ffs are on a standstill atm!

Hehe..Rach! Thts totally fine...i know...:-)

So yes, I did say I would not be continuing. But then, I changed my mind. Now I have decided I will continue this FF. So here's a chapter 13 for all of you. If any of you have forgotten what had happened in the previous chapter, here's a short Recap to it.

Recap: Nupur is really upset as she doesn't hear from Adi. Tanvi comes to the office and looks for Adi, but later on finds out from Harsh that Adi hadn't entered office that day. Tanvi unintentionally taunts Nupur for hurting Adi which Nupur doesn't like. Harsh assigns Nupur a new project, along with Mayank. Mayank promises Gunjan that he'll talk about her and Samrat. Mayank tries to find out why Nupur is behaving so rude to him. And Nupur decides to go visit Adi to talk to him.

Chapter 13:

Nupur was still in office. She looked down at her watch to see the time. It was almost eight. She had to go and speak to Adi. She got up from her seat and looked around her cabin to see if she was forgetting something. When she was sure she wasn't, she walked out of her cabin.

She saw Tanvi and Harsh talking to each other in the office lobby. She looked at Tanvi. She looked really down. Nupur slowly walked up to the two of them. "Hey" she said.

Tanvi looked up at Nupur and smiled weakly. "Hey."

"Is everything okay?" Nupur asked. On receiving no reply from Tanvi, she turned to look at Harsh. "Do you want to tell me something?"

Harsh shook his head quickly and smiled. "No. We were just talking of the times we were together. Those were bittersweet memories."

Tanvi realized what Harsh was trying to do and quietly played along. "Yeah, that's all. You know how sensitive I can get when Harsh starts talking about the past."

Nupur still did not believe them. "No, I'm sure it's something more than just that."

Tanvi held Nupur by her shoulders. "There is nothing more to it Nupur. Trust me, please."

"Alright," Nupur replied. "Anyway, I had some work. I'll see you all tomorrow. Bye." Nupur hugged Tanvi and Harsh before leaving. She started towards the exit of the office when she saw Mayank coming out of his cabin. She stopped to talk to him.

"Hey Mayank," she said, smiling. "I'm, uh, sorry if I was rude today."

Mayank looked at her for a moment, and then smiled back. "You weren't rude. I guess I didn't have any business asking you about your personal issues."

Nupur looked down at her feet, thinking of the right thing to say to Mayank. She knew she had been very rude to him ever since she met him at the reunion, but it was just for the simple reason that she wanted to stay as away from him as possible. "Mayank, let's do one thing. Let's just forget all of this, and start afresh. So, I'll go first this time. Friends?" she brought her hand forward.

Mayank looked at Nupur's hand and seemed thoughtful. "Are you sure about it?" he asked her skeptically.

Nupur looked at him with a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"No, I mean, even ten years back, we fought, patched up, fought, patched up. You just can't seem to make up your mind." Mayank chuckled. Nupur looked at him in mock annoyance and on looking at him laughing, she laughed too. "I know; it was crazy" Nupur agreed.

"But it was not my fault. You always got me wrong and always yelled at me for no reason!"

"But I even apologized after that, didn't I?" Mayank asked.

Nupur nodded. "Yeah, you did." She then frowned. "It feels like we're oldies. I mean, all this happened ten years back." she laid emphasis on the 'ten'. "And yeah, how long do you expect me to hold out my hand for you? Another ten years?"

Mayank laughed. "Of course not; Nupur Bhushan has taken the initiative this time, how can I let it go?" he then shook his hand with hers. "Friends"

Nupur and Mayank both smiled at each other. Mayank was overcome by a feeling of happiness; it was as though he found something he'd been searching for since the past ten years. He hugged Nupur tightly, unwilling to let her go.

Nupur wasn't shocked, nor was she surprised when Mayank hugged her. For the first time in weeks, his closeness affected her. She slightly blushed as she felt his arms wrap around her waist. And without thinking twice, she hugged him back, letting out all her emotions in that hug.

Mayank slowly and reluctantly pulled out of the hug. "Thanks" he said softly.

Nupur's face was flushed. "Thanks for what?"

"For not being rude to me for a change" Mayank said and winked at Nupur.

Nupur raised her eyebrow at Mayank and then playfully hit him on his shoulder. "I can always change my mind."

"I hope you don't." Mayank said. "Anyway, care to have dinner with me tonight?"

"I'm sorry." Nupur said. "I have some work today; how about tomorrow?"

Mayank looked dejected. "Alright"

Nupur looked at his dejected expression and tried to cheer him up. "Hey, it's a promise."

Mayank then smiled at her. "So see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye" Nupur said and then headed outside, towards Adi's house.

Nupur was standing outside Aditya's house. She was nervous to go and talk to him. She desperately wanted things to be alright, but she knew it would be difficult. She had never felt scared to talk to Aditya, but today was a different day. She slowly gathered the courage and rang the bell. She waited patiently outside the house.

Aditya was sitting on the sofa, pretending to focus on the match he was watching. But he could care less about the game. All he thought about was Nupur. Her thoughts kept bothering him, and for the first time, Aditya had no solution to his problem. As he got up to go into his bedroom, he heard the door bell ring. He walked up to the door and opened it, only to find Nupur standing there, right in front of him.

Nupur smiled awkwardly at Aditya. Aditya gave no reaction. He was blank. He turned around and walked into his living room, leaving the door behind him open. Nupur awkwardly walked inside. She looked at the television set, and smiled seeing the match. Aditya had always been a fan of cricket. She then looked at Aditya.

"Can I sit down?" she asked.

Aditya looked up at her. "Since when did you have to take permission to sit down?"

Nupur sat down on the chair across from Aditya. She then looked at him.

"I wanted to talk to you."

Aditya was silent. Nupur took it as a sign to go on.

"Adi, I, uh, wanted to apologize to you. I was being really insensitive. I'm sorry."

Aditya still didn't say a word. Nupur sighed.

"I know how you feel. I mean, I know I have hurt you a lot, and I really want to make it up to you. I'm ready to take any punishment."

"I won't punish you." Aditya replied softly.

"Adi, I deserve to be punished."

"I love you too much to hurt you." Aditya confessed. He looked at Nupur and walked up to her. He cupped her face in his hands. "Neither you, nor am I wrong Nupur. It was just the circumstances that made us act this way." He then left her and turned his back on her.

"I thought you loved me. I should have known better. Anyway," he turned around to face her again. "I need my own time to get over it Nupur. And during that time, I would appreciate it if you would not come near to me. Not even speak to me, please."

Nupur looked at him with teary eyes. "So that's my punishment."

Aditya didn't say anything. He walked into his bedroom.

Nupur stood alone in his living room, not knowing what to do. She slowly blinked, and a drop of tear fell on her hand.

"I'm home" Mayank announced as he entered. He looked at the perfectly silent house in confusion. "Where is everyone?" he wondered aloud. He kept his bag on the chair and walked into his bedroom.

He was amazed to see his room all neatly organized, unlike the mess it was in the morning before he left from home. He walked further into his room. The room smelt fresh. He looked inside his wardrobe and saw a neatly arranged wardrobe right in front of his eyes. He smiled to himself knowing perfectly well who had done it. He felt someone close his eyes, and his smile widened.

"Guess?" the voice said.

"Gunjan" Mayank said, and Gunjan removed her hands, she smiled widely at her brother. Mayank raised his eyebrow at her.

"Why did you do all this?"

"This is my way of saying thanks." Gunjan smiled.

"Thanks for what?"

"You agreed to talk, and that means a lot to me." Gunjan replied.

Mayank saw it in her eyes, how much his approval meant to her. He felt guilty to have been so insensitive before. He slowly hugged her. "I'm sorry Gunjan. I've been way too harsh on you since the past few days."

"It's okay" Gunjan smiled and hugged him back. She slowly pulled away. "And anyway, it's better late than never." She added chirpily. Mayank simply nodded.

He sat down on his bed as he removed his shoes, and Gunjan sat down opposite him on the couch.

"Okay, so begin." Mayank spoke as he loosened the tie around his neck. Gunjan hesitated for a moment, and then finally spoke up.

"Bro, you know that I love Samrat."

"Yes I do. Go ahead." Mayank said.

"Well so, I wanted to know why you don't approve of him." Gunjan said.

Mayank stopped whatever he was doing and stared at no one in particular. It was as though he was trying to recollect something from the past, but in vain. He had random flashbacks of his school days.

"Bro, what's wrong?" Gunjan asked him. "Why do you hate Samrat so much?"

"I can't tell you that Gunjan." Mayank replied.

"But I have a right to know. And we'd decided we'll talk about this!" Gunjan insisted.

"Not now Gunjan" Mayank got up from there and left, leaving behind a confused Gunjan.

"I don't think he's ever going to approve. There's only one way left if I have to be with Samrat." Gunjan thought aloud. "I need to go back to Mumbai, without informing Bro."

Nupur sat down on her couch with a few albums in her hand. Those included photos from her childhood, school, and her various moments with Aditya and Tanvi. She slowly opened her school album and stared at it. She saw crazy pictures of her and her friends, her school teachers, and her only picture with Mayank. She took out that particular photo from the album and stared at it. She smiled reminiscing the day this picture was taken. It was their farewell in school, sweet memory of the past.

She smiled as she thought how her friends had forced them both to come and pose for a photo. She could see it in the photo; how much she was blushing. She carefully put the photo back into the album and took out another album, which had photos of her and Adi, and Tanvi as well.

She again smiled thinking about the day she came to Delhi. It all seemed like just yesterday. She couldn't believe it had been ten years back. It had been ten years since everything had changed. As she went through a few photos she saw a photo of Tanvi and Harsh. She just silently thought to herself. These two were so perfect together. She inwardly sighed as she thought of their current situation.

She then looked at a photo of her and Adi. Her smile widened as she recollected exactly what had happened. It was her 21^st birthday, and Aditya and Tanvi had thrown her a surprise birthday party. Aditya had made the day all the more special for Nupur by actually inviting her parents to Delhi and not letting her know about it. She had been so happy, she hugged him tightly, and that's exactly when the snap was taken.

Nupur was lost in thoughts when she suddenly heard the door bell ring. She immediately broke out of her thoughts and rushed to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Nupur's jaw dropped open and she stared wide eyed at the person standing at her doorstep. "Mayank?" she finally spoke.

Mayank stood there grinning at her. "Your reaction is really worth capturing!" he laughed. He then waited, and again spoke. "Won't you invite me in?"

"Oh, sorry" Nupur said as she realized she'd been keeping him waiting outside. She stepped aside to give him way to enter. Mayank entered in and gazed around the house, while Nupur rushed to the couch she was sitting on to tidy up the place. She quickly picked up the photo albums she was looking at, and then signaled Mayank to sit down.

"Sit, I'll go get you something."

"No, that's okay. You sit too." Mayank said. Nupur looked at him. "Are you sure?" she asked.

"Yeah," Mayank said. He then saw the albums in Nupur's hand. "What are those?" he asked, pointing at the albums.

Nupur looked down to where he was pointing and then smiled. "These? These are some of my best memories captured in photo albums." She then looked up at Mayank. "It includes school memories as well."

"Let's see them then" Mayank said. "Together" he added. Nupur looked at him and smiled. "Sure" she said. They both sat down on the sofa and began looking at the photo album together. They were looking at all sorts of random photos, and finally reached their farewell photos. As they looked on, Nupur knew they would come across her and Mayank's photo. She felt a sudden awkwardness within her.

"Do you remember this photo?" Mayank suddenly broke into her thoughts. Nupur looked up at him, and then down at the photo he was pointing at. As she saw the photo, she suddenly started laughing. "This!" she finally managed to speak. "Of course I remember!"

"I mean, just look at him. He's posing like a diva!" Mayank laughed. Nupur chuckled. "Yeah, I know." She said amidst laughs. "And we even called him a diva for the next few months. How he hated us for it!"

"Yeah" Mayank said, finally controlling his laughter. "I mean, but it wasn't our fault either. He does look like a diva in this photo."

"Oh, and in this one, just look at your face!" Nupur chuckled pointing at the photo beside the previous one. Mayank looked at the photo and instantly stopped laughing. "Come on man, I wasn't ready!" Mayank defended. "Sure" Nupur laughed.

They continued to reminisce each of the days, when Nupur suddenly saw the photo of her and Mayank. She quickly tried to turn the page hoping Mayank hadn't noticed. Mayank noticed Nupur turn the page abruptly and instantly caught hold of her hand. Nupur looked up at him, while he simply turned back to the previous page. He then saw the photo Nupur was trying to avoid.

It was him and Nupur. He looked at both of their faces. Both seemed to be the happiest in this particular photo. He noticed Nupur wasn't really looking into the camera. He then smiled, looking at his hand which was in the air rather than on Nupur's shoulder. He then looked at Nupur's photo again, and smiled. She was blushing. He thought to himself.

Nupur stared at the photo, feeling suddenly awkward as Mayank was sitting right beside her. Mayank noticed Nupur's awkwardness, and tried to lighten up the atmosphere. "Nupur," he said. Nupur looked at him, indicating him to go on. "Why are you blushing in this photo?" Mayank asked, keeping a straight face, trying hard not to laugh on seeing the sudden change in her expression.

"Blushing?" Nupur asked. She then looked back at the photo, and back at Mayank. "Of course I'm not blushing!" She then saw Mayank trying to hold back his laugh and glared at him. "You're trying to tease me!" she exclaimed.

Mayank burst out into laughter. "I mean, look at your face! Your cheeks are red!"

Nupur glared at him in mock anger. "Oh yeah?" she asked. "What about you then? Look at your face, and your hand! It's in the air, when it's supposed to be on my shoulder. Who's shy now?"

Mayank abruptly stopped laughing. "I was a kid. I felt awkward keeping my hand on a girl's shoulder." He defended. "Oh really?" Nupur questioned. "How did you keep your hand on her then?" Nupur pointed at a photo of him and Nisha.

"Alright, it was awkward around you because you had just recently become my friend." Mayank replied awkwardly. "I mean, there was this gap of three years since we had last talked. So obviously, it would be a little weird."

"Yeah, true." Nupur agreed. They both looked at each other and started laughing again.

"Those days were amazing, weren't they?" Mayank suddenly said.

Nupur looked at him and nodded. "They sure were."

"What happened then?" Mayank asked. "Why did we stop talking and hanging out?"

"Well, I don't know. Maybe it was because of you and Mehek. She became your priority." Nupur replied. "That's rubbish." Mayank said. "Mehek was your best friend!"

"Yeah, she was." Nupur replied. "But then, ever since you and she started dating, I felt it was only her that mattered to you. I always felt you didn't care, about our friendship."

"Is that what you thought about me all these years?" Mayank asked in disbelief.

"You stopped talking to me Mayank, ever since you started dating Mehek! Why wouldn't I think what I did think?" Nupur argued.

Mayank didn't know what to answer. She was right. Now that he thought about it, it did become a little clear in his head. So he was one step closer to finding out why exactly Nupur had despised him all these years. If he kept this going, he would manage to find out what she exactly felt for him. He didn't know why it was so important for him to know that, but it just was. And that's all he knew.

"Why did you shut the album? I want to see further!" Mayank said. Nupur looked at him. "Are you serious?" Nupur asked him.

"Of course I am." Mayank replied. Nupur stared at him. One moment they were having this serious talk, and next moment, he wants to go back to seeing the album. That was so him. Nupur smiled, and they both continued with their reminiscing, occasionally arguing over small things. But then, that's how it always was between them. That's how it used to be, ten years back.

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Adi's behaviour is gonna affect Tanvi n Nups relation also

Rachhhhhhhhhhh

hey rach good to c u back.🤗...i like this update.... liked it that mayank & nupur became friends again.....& things r getting normal between them.though i wish u cud move their story abit fast here.with so many characters....gunjan sam, tanu-adi,harsh- tanu.......all seems stuck...thank god MN moved a bit........wish this new bonding bring them closer soon!!!!!!!!
dilse sorry if i hurt u!!!!!!😳...update next part soon!!!!!

Originally posted by: Mou.

hey rach good to c u back.🤗...i like this update.... liked it that mayank & nupur became friends again.....& things r getting normal between them.though i wish u cud move their story abit fast here.with so many characters....gunjan sam, tanu-adi,harsh- tanu.......all seems stuck...thank god MN moved a bit........wish this new bonding bring them closer soon!!!!!!!!
dilse sorry if i hurt u!!!!!!😳...update next part soon!!!!!

Haha yeah Mou, I know. I just needed to get them to become friends. Now it would move faster, hopefully. If I focus entirely on MN, I'll have to remove Tanu Adi from the picture. I will do it, the next two chapters are going to be more about Gunjan, Mayank and Nupur. And no, you didn't hurt me :P It's just, Nupur is just beginning to shed off her guard, so just a little wait more. 😆

Originally posted by: .Lone_Persona.

Rachhhhhhhhhhh

OMG You won't believe this!!

I literally jumped seeing your PM!!

Gosh, I miss this FF soooooo much :(

My most favourite and the way you write makes it more special all together. I love it <3

Ah the part was exactly the way I wanted it to be. The friendship, the awkwardness, the happiness - everything was there b/w MN. I'm loving how the story is unfolding (morelike how you're unfolding it :P). It's a pleasure reading your work, Rach. It always is!!

Keep updating!! I'll be always there for read it :)

amazing update <3

Love you 🤗

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Aww Zoah, you're a real sweetheart :-D Well, now we'll get to see more of MN friendship. Now they're no more averse to each other😆

Haha, there's a last bit of flashback left now, the one with Mehek, so yeah, after that I'll try to sort out all confusion between all the characters😆 Thanks sooo much! Love you too🤗

wow rachna so happy that u updated this ff

thnx for continuing this ff 😃