MaNan ss:tu me manques(completed)(14&15-pg41) - Page 10

Chapter 3

"manik , I kinda ..."

Manik sat there , trying to hold her stiff as she cried her heart out .

"manik , u know its so unimaginable right , that people are like oceans "..."you can never tell them by their surface "

Manik looked at her , a little benumbed, with her words .

A very slow anger arose in him , his bile clumped and his veins protruded , yet he asked her calmly

" who was he ?"

She broke this time, like a burst pipe , water spilling relentlessly , fierce yet many veinlets .

"aryaman ..." She spoke

Moisture bathed his eyes in defeat ,still he spoke

" and..."

"and he broke me , he left me , he ...betrayed me manik ."

He bundled her up in his arms , a little more tightly , no one knew what that meant more than him .

He knew it for years , like his own .

"but ...nandini we just went for "

" we became close friends in the workshop and ..."

"and say more ...nandini ..i need to know "

"he asked me out ...and "

" and ...you...said " he couldn't form more words to say

"hmmm. Manik , you know , it was just 16 hours ...just 16 ..."

Whoever said the small things don't matter has never seen a match start a wild fire

" can you ever believe it ..."

As she had asked he couldn't , he couldn't believe it , at all

He ran his hands in her hair , trying to calm her or rather himself .

" how unlucky am I "

" Nandini , you aren't , trust me "

" nooo...just 16 hours after I said yes ...i saw him in auditorium ...ki ..." soon her voice was lost betwixt sobs and very soon enough she was asleep in his arms.

Manik couldn't belive how fate could be especially for her , Nandini was soo extraordinary ! Nothing could beat her glow and today !

All his mind could think was the possible murder attempt the police would have to investigate in a few hours from now .

he saw the broken girl in his arms and slowly laid her on the bed and soon enough walked off leaving a note for her and instructing her servants , for any emergency .

He needed to calm down .

The day had been no less than a tornado for him .

After finally he updated

Manik was a writer as well , just like Nandini . For he was person who could never express himself, his turmoil, his betrayals , his life , where he knew his only family had been fab5 .

Like million others , he anonymously ran "6 word stories" on his gold tinted iPhone 6 plus , where he punched his life through 6 words very often .

Nandini , on the other hand had gotten up and remembered the incidents and suddenly saw a note .

" I think you should just follow your heart " she read

She questioned herself for the billionth time

"but if your heart is in a million pieces , which piece do you follow ?"

Next day morning , Nandini got up with huge bags under her eyes and instantly remembering her last night , she texted manik

" manik , can you pick me up by 9

Ps: don't tell bhai pls "

Manik got amazed by her , she wanted to go somewhere ?!!

He picked her up and drove as she instructed him and soon there they were

"here , are you out of your mind "

"Wait...you know its aryaman's house ..how ?"

" nothing , but .."

He pulled him out of his seat and walked into the house , she didn't even look back once

She walked upstairs ,leaving him no option , just to follow her

She walked into a room ,a vibrant one with a classic taste of things laid around all over and there he stood !

There he stood on the corner overlooking the frontyard while laughing on the phone.

Manik saw that Nandini stopped seeing him , he leaped to hold her , but was amazed when she slowly walked directly to aryaman and held his collar .

The expression on manik's face couldn't be eugolised ever.

"aryaman , so how's your girlfriend , or wait ...I should add an "s" definitely right ?"

"Nandini "he shouted

" wait , he is here again , is he your body.."

Nandini cut him off

"whatever he is , none of your business "

" but wait , I have something for you , here it is " she gave him a business card as manik and aryaman both looked at her with their eyes out of their sockets.

" she is the best psychiatrist in the city , you should visit her , maybe she ll help you identify the amygdala in your brain and learn some emotions " Nandini spoke , without a stammer , thrusting the card in his hands and almost started going back towards the door

Then manik suddenly heard a thud!

She had slapped aryaman , whose face now shone under the sunlight like a red fiery ball!!!

" this is the other gift , thank you aryaman , and now , you are forgiven , maybe there are girls who won't , but I will .

for myself.

because your bitterness will just pollute me and hating you means holding on and

that day I realized I didn't belong here , even for a second spare 16 hours " she said , a lone tear escaped and she went back into the car .

manik couldn't believe that a day with soo many surprises could ever come !

After 15 minutes of sitting there in the car with dead silence between them

Manik finally spoke "you did that .."

Before he could complete she spoke

" hate and anger are acidic , hold them in your heart and

they will eat your walls , until you writhe dying "

she picked each one of her flaws

every blemish , every imperfection

and created something soo beautiful

.for she had created herself, again .