i wrote it before todays episode though was not able to post it because of internet problems
i took my phone out and dialled Manik's no.
Its rare these days he picks up my calls
unless its an odd timing . I know its difficult for him to ignore my call but his ego makes him do so. He picks up my call only if he feels i am in some problem,and now was day time and he thought i am in college so he wont,stupid of me to call and waste time.
Cutting his call i immediately dialled Dhruv's no.
"hi nandini" he spoke in his all time kind voice. though i have seem him in an irritated mood nowadays,but i dont know why.
"Dhruv,its important i want to meet you manik,alia and cabir now"
"par Nandini ,cabir ka aaj first day hai as RJ aur hum usse support krne aye the" dhruv said
i thought for a moment that it would be not fair for cabir to disturb him.
"is everything okay" dhruv asked in a concerned tone
"No ,Dhruv let cabir start the show,dont tell him everything and then you guys have to meet me in City hospital in maximum half an hour .please" my voice starting to broke up remembering about abhimanyu.
"Hospital" Dhruv said aloud
"nandini are you okay kya hua hai ,tumhe kuch hua h? "he sounded so tensed i dont want to see my friend tensed but i cant break this news on phone.
I heard manik's voice from behind dhruv maybe he must be there,i didnt want manik to be all dominating on what happened so i just said bye to dhruv and asked him not to tell cabir anything now.
...
Manik's P.O.V
Me and alya were staring inside the glass door where cabir had already started the show,while dhruv was attending some call.
"Hospital" dhruv said
he sounded so shocked.
My mind started running what had happened now who is in hospital,the last few months all of the fab 5 had been a frequent visitor to hospital.
and MUKTI she was not with us
had something happened to her.
OR wait
NANDINI she could have called dhruv becuase i just didnt pick her call
shit
why do i have to be so arrogant always on not picking her call. is she okay
i ran towards dhruv
and asked him what happened
dhruv sounded tensed but calm and said that nandini called three of them to city hospital and she said its urgent
"is she okay ,hua kya hai"i sounded like and insane person asking queries
"i dont know buddy ,lets just go there and see" and we rushed to the hospital.
we reached the reception of the hospital and i called nandini and after several rings she ringed up the call. god this girl why does she test my patience.
"where are you,theek ho tum,how do you always get to manage yourself in trouble ,i mean where are you can you just tell me" the way my anger snapped out on her on the call everyone around me shot glares to keep silence. But she kept silence on phone and that silence was killi g me and if one more second maybe she didmt say i word tears could break out of my eyes.
"Behind you" i heard her say calmly
"What?" i snapped again on call
dhruv pin pointed something behind my back
and there she was standing at the entrance.
she looked fine ,my eyes were runnind frantically over her to see if she was injured or anything.
she walked towards me
she was not injured so why she had called to us to hospital so urgently
But something took my notice
Her face it was pale,as if she had cried.
This time i decided not to shout and be calm
"kyu bulaya hai yaha "i said calmly
and without meeting my eye
"mere sath chlo" and she walked past her
The suspense was killing me.
she and navya went to receptionist checked somethng and we all walked inside the hospital.
she stopped outside an ICU.
"Nandinu can you please break your silence amd tell why are we here" alia said.
What shocked all of us then was Mukti walking out of the ICU Doors ,she was crying badly.
...
"tum sab yaha" mukti was shocked.
"mukti are you okay kya hua why are you crying"alia ran towards her hugging her.
"mukti kya hua h tu hosptal mn kya kr rhi hai"i said not abke to take this suspense anymore.
Mukti sad down on the bench and explained us everything.
...
We all were shocked. to say . this was so much information together.
mukti loved abhimanyu .they had been meeting secretly , all this was still going in but abhimanyu
abhimanyu had last stage cancer and mukti's state i could nt take in.
Alia and nandini both had tears in her eyes.
"can i see abhimanyu please" nandini asked mukti after mukti became little sober in alia's arms
"hmm" mukti just hummed.
Nandini's P.OV.
i went inside the ICU.
Abhimanyu was lying there on the bed . He looked so pale and all thosewires attached to him.
i could believe that he was the same abhimanyu who used to cheer me up and make me smile, who helped me and manik get back together who could do anythng to make me happy . Today i could not see his smile.
He turned his face towards me o could see his smile. All this while i dint realize i hhad tears in my eyes but looking at his smile still got me a small smile on my face
"nandini murthy ahann" he spoke cheerfully though in a low voice.
we both talked for a while about general things about life.
"I heard you and manik broke it off again" he said this and i realised mukti might have told him.
"hmm... but i know abhimanyu we ll be together... not now but soon we cant stay away .. i have hope is us"
Abhimanyu smiled
but this time his smile dint reach hus eyes i could see.
"you both like playing these games na nandini because you guys think you have time,"he paused
and i was confused what did he want to say.
"but me and mukti we dont have time together now nandini, our last moments together can be any time,today,tomorrow or...
but you guys have time so you like playing games
but i hope you get one thing nandini
we never know when life will play a bigger game on us we ll plead to be together and we still wont get it like me"
What he said hit me like anything
tars were flowing down my cheeks
that was the moment i realised that how difficult
it would be to survive without your lover.
Manik and i had realised that we live each other we are still away from each others. But what if god decides to end our time together this wont matter then.
Breaking my thought process nurse entered and asked me to leave the ICU.
I WISHED abhimanyu bye and kissed him on forehead he smiled at me and i could nt stop myself from crying more and rushed out of the room not being able to take anymore.
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Manik's P.O.V
I sat down with mukti
she told Me how abhimanyu had told her everything before they started meeting again.
"Mukti i know you love abhimanyu but when you knew things will End... (i regret saying that)" i said calmy holding her hand.
"manik no story ends good.. tu khud hi dekh le cabir ki,me and harshad,you and alya,you and nandini..."
i couldnt speak anything yea what all she said was true no story had remained but me and nandini
"but i still have...
u still have HOPE"
"tu kehna chahta h ki you are planning to get back with her?"
"i cant live without her,what she did in court i know why she did that..maybe our trust was not that strong but we can always built it.. agaun
i cant think a life without her,i dont know why and i know she loves me too but this time she ll have to prove it"
mukti just kept her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes.
Alya came and took her to sit on the sofa and take some rest.
I saw Nandini come out of the room and rushing somewhere .. she was also close to abhimanyu.
so i decide to check on her.
i found her he standing in the fire exit staircase. facing the other side and crying maybe.
i stood by the door silently ,i dint want to give in so easily but i knew she needed me know. I didnt know what to do
and like she heard my confusion.
she turned towards me
Her face she was crying so much,i dint knew she was so close to abhimanyu yes she is emotional but she couldnt stop crying. and it was impossible for me to just stand there and look at her crying face .
i had promised her i wont let her cry and today ...
my mask was wearing off and she ran towards me and hugged me.
i was shocked yes but i held her gently and shushed her to be calm and kept my hand on the back of head and the other on her back.
"Its okay nandini"
after minute or two i she got calm
but still holding on me tightly.
"i cant be weak abhi se" i thought to myself.
"nandini you cant win easily like doing these things kkay" yes i k ow i am kind of rude.
she looked up at me her face still wet from tars.,her hands not leaving me
"but i wont let both of us fail manik,we will win and that too very soon"
and she spoke with so much genuiness i couldnt keep that rude face for long.
She removed her hands maintained a little distance and wiped her tears.
ane continued very softly
"mukti and abhimanyu love each other but they dont have much time now"...
"if god has blessed us na manik,i wont let either you or me spoil it because i have realised that if i was in place of mukti i
could
have not lived through it"
and my breath stuck in listening to nandini.
she closed in on me ,her hand on my left cheek and slightly kissed on my right cheek.
"its ok manik you have all the right to be angry on me..continue what you are doing but WE WILL WIN".
i liked todays episode too
just saw it while posting it.
thank you for reading
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