So I just wanted to share that there is, in fact, progress in Manik regarding Nandini. This Manik, who once told Nandini "I love Dhruv more than I hate you" who put his best buddy's feelings ahead of his happiness, today said in anger and bitter disappointment "Dhruv, YOU better make her smile, I swear!" That told me everything I needed to know, Nandini breaking and falling apart is starting to take a toll on him, Nandini, the light which gave him solace, is being destroyed right in front of him and he could do nothing but watch her self-destruct. Yes, for the first time, Manik showed anger at Dhruv for his Nandini, his beloved, first time, he put someone, and that too Nandini, ahead of someone from his own FAB 5, his best buddy Dhruv, the one whom he rushed to care for in the blink of the eye, the one whom he told Nandini once in anger to stay away from Dhruv because he thought at that time, Nandini is trouble. Today, he is angry at Dhruv for Nandini.
I hope I made sense in what I wrote.