MANAN FF - LONGING (last part pg 20) - Page 5

PART: 3

Recap: Manik getting to know about nandini going to manglore n Mr Khurana asking for apology n offering the album deal.

Fab4 were left in a shock with manik walking out heart broken. its mukthi who first spoke" I never thought one can love someone so selflessly like nandini. I shouldnt have said those harsh words to her." Even alya was taken aback by nandini's love for manik but she wasnt ready to accept it. Dhruv felt guilty he couldnt be of any help to nandidni when she needed him the most. Cabir at last said " we cant change anything now by going into this self criticism mode. we can think about a solution about how to bring nandini back later but first we need to find manik before he could do anything in anger". everyone agreed n started searching for him in their usual hangout places. but as expected they couldnt find him. Feeling defeated they all left to their respective houses. cabir went home and informed navya about all the things happened in college n asked about nandini. But her reply was "i dont know anything about nandini". Cabir got really angry." this is about my friends life n here this I dont know business will never work. sooner or later i ll definitely find a way to get information from u." saying this he went into his room.

Its been 6hrs they have last seen manik n its raining heavily outside. fab4 got really worried about manik. they were all in continous contact with each other to get any news from him. Atlast almost at midnight cabirs doorbell rang. when he opened the door he thought he was seeing a nightmare. Manik completely drenched standing there with an expressionless face. he said only one thing." I dont know where to go. She is not there to console me. she is not there to tell me what to do. i couldnt reach her" Saying this he collapsed on the floor.

After 5hrs of sleep manik woke up feeling dizzy. its the longest sleep he ever had after getting to know nandini left him or may be after that dreadful valentines incident. It took him some time to register his surroundings n at last understood that he is in cabirs house. He walked into the hall to find cabir sitting on the couch waiting for him. when cabir saw manik he immediately came to him n hugged him. he said" do u know how much worried we were..?? I just got a heart attack when I saw u last night. Everyone wanted to come here but I stopped because i wanted to talk to u first. so tell me where were u last night..?? what were u thinking by switching off ur mobile..??" Manik gave a weak smile seeing his friends concerned looks. he settled himself in the couch.

After a long min of pause manik spoke 'At first i thought i should go n confront nyonika for manipulating nandini but i know the reasonwhy she did that. she doesnt care about her son even. only thing she cares about is her reputation, her class. so its just a waste of time n energy to explain her about nandinis importance in my life. But i didnt know what to do I just went to the college where i spent most of the time with nandini. later i went to her house.I know she is not there but a small hope I just waited silently outside her house waiting for her to peek from her window. it started raining but that couldnt stop me... after waiting for a long time i realised that im alone completely alone in this world. the one who should protect me (nyonika) made the one who protected me always go away from my life. what more can i do. I dont know how i reached here. But i wanted to say sorry for being rude to u. what u said yesterday was absolutely right. i couldnt protect her. I never told her that she is the precious thing in my life which I cant afford to loose" Cabir who was just listening to maniks words couldnt help but pity his friend. Its the first time he was seeing this vulnerable side of his friend. His thoughts were interrupted by maniks one simple question. "Now she will never come back to me right.??" Cabirs heart stopped there itself seeing tears in his friends eyes for the first time.

Cabir couldnt look his friend in this state. He just got up and said." If she doesnt come then we can go to her right lets just all go to her n get her back." Manik couldnt believe his ears his face lit with happiness. but the next min his face became gloomy. " No cabir I cant drag her into this mess again. She was happy before she met me. I cant bring all the pain to her again." hearing this cabir explained to him." no manik dont ever think that way. May she was happy before she met you. But now that she has met you she can never be happy without u. she will just show to the world that she is happy. U can ask me that. when ur love leaves u its the most painful thing in the world. so believe me we have to go to manglore now." manik thought for a while n said " Bt the album..?? If she comes to know that I have left the album this time also she will kill me.." Cabir couldnt help laughing. "Arey yaar still there is one week left n all this while we have been doing nothing but practicing. so we can manage for the auditions. so no more discussion. we are leaving for the next flight to manglore. thats it n im messaging others." manik agreed at once. he couldnt believe that he can see her after so many days. he was on top his world now.

so thats it for now. I ll update the next part soon. Feel free to give me suggestions

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