MaNan ss:tu me manques(completed)(14&15-pg41) - Page 7

Chapter 2

"Nandini , listen bacha , you need to eat something , please" Cabir said , waking her up in the early morning , while Manik got her a glass of milk and made her drink it as Cabir was holding her in his arms .

Cabir caressed her forehead again, while Manik sat beside her on the bed , both sat there as she fell asleep again .

They could see her tear-stained, blotched, mottled skin,her puffy bleary eyes,

Her pale face, nothing less than grave could have triggered it !

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She made two hot steaming cups of cappuccino and an Earl Grey tea and walked into her room, plastering a slight smile on her face .

" She smiled ,

She smiled , while her heart had broken

It was like having your ribs shattered to pieces

nothing wrong on the outside , just that each breath hurt "

She slowly woke Cabir "bhai ...bhai , wake up naa its 9 ..."

And then moved to Manik who had curled up himself to fit his long stature on the couch and smiled invariably, "he looks so cute " she thought and woke him up as well.

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"bhai , I' m not going to college today " she said ,sitting on her writing desk with piles of papers strewn , when she saw Manik and Cabir all ready to go .

The two stood stunned there.

"nandu , you are fine naa " Cabir asked her for the umpteenth time since morning , while Manik looked at her .

" bhai , I'm fine , you guys leave , I really have so many assignments to complete " she answered and the two walked out .

"Cabir , maybe give her space , you know nandu ...she ."

"exactly, even you ve known her right ?..She has dealt things all alone throughout her life, mom dad's death, staying abroad till now and then you guys ...she "

" Cabir , relax listen take the keys and go , I ll come in a little , I'll collect luggage and take them home , nyonika probably wants my signatures as well " lying to Cabir , he walked off back to Cabir's home.

After entering the house , he slowly went and sat on her bed , just behind her chair and spoke .

His voice quivered, seeing her trying her level best to hide her pain

"Nandini "

"Nandini , you know you can trust me right ?" he whispered

Nandini turned and that was enough, for all that she was holding back since the past 96 hours

She hadn't talked to a soul about it , the pain seethed

She slowly went near him and hugged him tightly and started crying, clutching his shirt tightly and clinging to him as if ever entire existence was being questioned.

Manik , with every second of her sob , was breaking deep inside

For him , it was like waiting for the sand to flow off one side of the hour-glass, uncertain and a year in each millisecond long.

She ruffled her hair lightly , trying to calm her down softly .

"manik ...please ..."

" I promise I won't tell cabir ...please tell me , what happened , you know I ll sort it out right " he said , still holding her tight in the embrace .

" manik am, I unworthy of love and respect ?"

she asked in a very soft whisper , like a squish of air .

" Everyone you meet has a part to play in your story and while some may a take a chapter ,

and most will be no more than scribbled notes in the margins .

But there will be a day, someday when you'll meet someone for whom ,

you'll put their name in the title "

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also , i ll be really fast in the next update and i promise just one more update then it'll be just romance as even i hate crying nandu as much as u guys doo 😆