Manan SS- Unusual Encounters... Note- pg 36 - Do check it out!! - Page 16

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Chapter 7: Saathvi Aasmaa

Nandini's POV:

"Kaise bataaun tujhe ki...

Dil mera kya kehraha..."

The scene before my eyes was simply... Magical! The stars shined like diamonds in the night sky. A light breeze blowing. And a beautiful garden setting with a fire pit at the side. It felt so peaceful out here. I was wearing a white flowing dress. And my favourite song was playing. [A/N: Imagine Musicana night kind of setting.]

"Tere qareeb me ho sakoon..

De de thu apni razaa..."

I was humming along to the tune.

"Nandini...", someone called out to me. I turned around to find Manik standing there, looking like prince charming. He was wearing all white. My face broke into a huge smile .

He stepped closer and took my hands in his. I felt a shiver run up my spine from his touch. He placed a hand on my waist and I placed mine on his shoulder. All the while looking into each others eyes.Slowly, we started dancing.

"Hai dil ki ye khwaahish...

Ki sunle guzaarish...

Aur de de thu kudh kho mujhe..."

It was perfect!

"Nandini...", he said.

"Hmm..", I didn't take my eyes off him.

"Nandini!", this time his voice was different. It sounded like a girl. It sounded like ...Navya.

"Nandini!!! Thumara phone baj raha hai!!", Navya said shaking me out of my beautiful , perfect sa day dream.

I was in Navya's house and currently she was looking at me as if I'm from some other planet. We were supposed to be doing assignments together, but ended up in dreamland.

"Shit!", now I know why that song was playing. It was my current ringtone and favourite song. I checked my phone to find a missed call from my mom.

"Kiske bare me sapne dekh rahi thi thu?", Navya asked.

Now I'm screwed. She won't leave this alone.

"Woh ... Navya..", I started.

"Ye, woh, kuch nahi. Seedhe batha. Kahin...", She might have got the idea about whom I was dreaming.

"Navya, Maa ka call hai. Me usse call karlethi hoon. Warna patha hai na. Kitni tension lethi hai woh", saying this I ran out of the room. And I did call my mom.

"Haan maa.. Woh phone bag ke andhar tha na. So nikaalne me time laga.", I lied. I couldn't tell her I was dreaming about a boy.

"Teek hai teek hai. Accha ab thu ghar kab aarahi hai? Aur bhi kaam hai kya?", she asked.

Actually we had not completed much. But knowing Navya she wouldn't let me live until I told her everthing and then her teasing session would start. So I took this opportunity.

"Nahi maa. Me ghar aane waali thi. Abhi nikal rahi hoon yahan se haan. Thodi dher me aajaaungi.", I said.

"Teek hai. Jaldi aa. Andhera hojayega."

"Teek hai. Aap tension math lo", I said and hung up. Now I had to act fast and leave.

I entered Navya's room and as expected she was waiting for me. Before she could open her mouth to speak , I started packing my books.

"Accha Navya, Maa ne ghar bhulaya. Woh kuch kaam tha isliye. Tho me jaa rahi hoon haan. Baaki ke assignments me ghar me karlungi. Kal milthe hai . Bye.", I said in a rush and left the room.

"Nandu..", but I had already reached the main door.

"Bye aunty", I said to Navya's Mother and left the house.

On the way to my house, all I could think of was my day dream. It felt so real. I couldn't help but blush thinking about it. I wonder if it would happen in real. If it did, I would on seventh heaven!

I reached my building after 10 minutes. I was humming "kaise baathon thuje..". Now that song was stuck in my head. I was walking towards the entrance when someone stepped out.

It was Manik! I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I stood still just looking. He was walking, twirling his keys, when his eyes fell on me. He stopped abruptly as if he was imagining me. We both stood still, just looking at each other .Time froze.

No one's POV:

Manik had been to Dhruv's house after college. They played X-BOX all evening and he didn't know how time flew. He was running late. The gang was supposed to meet up tonight. Dhruv said he would come by later. Mukti and Cabir were probably already at his house, their usual meeting place.

Meanwhile Cabir and Mukti were at Manik's house, wondering where the hell was Manik.

"Yaar woh kahan hai? Dhruv ne tho kaha tha ki hi left. Tho pohonchna chahiye tha na", Mukti was pacing to and fro.

Cabir was calmly sitting. "Woh aajaayega. Shayad traffic me phas gaya ho", he said.

Little did Cabir know that Manik was indeed stuck.

Manik was leaving the building when he saw someone before him. It was the one person he'd been dying to see... Nandini. He was seeing her after four days, four days after their takrar. And thinking about that brought memories of the kiss.

He had the "mann me ladoo puta" wala feeling.

Both just stared at each other. Manik was the first to smile. And Nandini soon followed. Both were super happy to see each other. Nandini couldn't help but think of her day dream. Manik was wearing a white t-shirt with a while blazer and blue jeans, almost similar to her dream.

"Hi", Manik spoke first.

"Hi", Nandini replied shyly.

"Tum... Yahan?", He asked, trying to make small talk, just wanting to hear her voice.

"Ya, Me yahan rehti hoon", she replied.. "Aur tum?", she asked getting courage to speak.

"Haan, Woh ... Dhruv ke ghar.. Uska ghar bhi yahan hai na", he said.

"Oh, haan", she said. "Tum aur Dhruv bohot close ho?"

"Haan. We're best friends. Woh mera best buddy hai", he replied.

"Hmm.."

Manik had totally forgotten that he was in a hurry to go home. And Nandini didn't want to go home.

"Tum kahin bahar gayi thi?", Manik asked.

"Haan. Navya ke ghar. Woh assignments karna tha. Tho...", she said.

"Acha. Padayi. Hmm."

This reminded Nandini of her day dream and she couldn't help but smile more. Her cheeks had turned pink. Manik noticed this too.

"Kya soch rahi ho?", he asked.

"Kya! Kuch bhi tho nahi.", Nandini said stuttering.

Manik knew something was up. He silently hoped that she was thinking about him the way he kept thinking about her.

"Nahi. Kuch tho hai. Kya yaad kar rahi thi tum?", he asked stepping closer with a smirk on his face.

"Yaad? Me kya yaad kar rahi thi. Kuch nahi , aise hi", she said fully flustered.

"Kahin... tum ... uske bare me tho soch nahi rahi ho" he said slowly.

"Kiske...", she began to ask but then she stopped remembering their last meeting. Their embrace. And the kiss. It was like a sudden flash in her mind. Did he know about it? Cabir had said that he would take of it.

These past few days Nandini had been thinking about it, but somehow it slipped her mind. What if he knew about it?? No!!

"Oh hello", Manik said snapping his fingers in front of her face, "Kahan kho gayi thi tum?".

"Woh... umm", She couldn't say anything.

"Haan bathao. Tum uske bare me hi soch rahi thi na", he said, knowing that she understood what he was referring to.

"Tumhe patha chala", she said in a small voice. She was afraid of how he'd react. She didn't want him to make fun of her or yell at her.

"Hmm. Patha chala. You know... Tum jaise dikthe ho na waise bilkul nahi ho", he said. He kind of guessed what she was thinking and he didn't want to upset her.

"Kya matlab?", Nandini asked.

"Dikne me tum ek innocent si, bholi baali si, cute si ladki ho. Par actually tum itne innocent nahi ho haan. I mean, tum flirt bhi karthe ho. Bohot looks bhi dethe ho. Aur haan, uske bare me me kya kahoon", Manik said, pulling her leg.

Nandini couldn't believe what she was hearing. It was true. She isn't like this normal. She behaves this way only when he's around. It's like he brings her out of her shell. She closed her eyes, hoping this was another dream.

"Arre, tum dar gayi. Relax , I was just kidding", Manik said trying to cheer her up. "Waise bhi ... I like it", he said with a wink.

Now Nandini was back to blushing.

"Aise hi Sharma thi raho. Aur bhi cute lagthi ho" he complimented. Nandini was tomato red now. She lowered her eyes, unable to look at him.

"Kya, Maine ek compliment di. Thank you tho bolo", he said liking her reaction.

He was right. Nandini opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Instead,

"Kaise bataaun tujhe ki...

Dil mera kya keh raha..."

Her phone began to ring. Manik was surprised too. The lyrics kind of matched what the both of them were feeling.

Nandini snatched her phone from her bag. It was her mother calling.

"Aiyappa aaj tho me gayi", she murmured and answered the call.

" Sorry Maa, me niche hi hoon. Abhi aayi haan", she said and hung up. Manik was still looking at her.

" Mujhe jaana ho ga", she said .

"Haan teek hai. Tho chale", he said walking towards the lift.

"Tum tho jaa rahe the na. Tho phir lift ke taraf kyun jaa rahe ho?", she asked.

"Woh... Haan... Ummm", Now it was Manik's turn to stammer. He couldn't think of any other reason other than just wanting to be with her. Nandini found his behavior cute and she chuckled.

"Haan... woh Dhruv hai na. Uske paas", he said making up a reason.

"Acha.. par", but before she could complete her sentence ,

"Chalo , tumhe late ho rahi hai na. Tumhari maa kitne pareshaan honge. Chalo", he said pulling her towards the lift.

She simply giggled and went along with him.

The lift arrived and when they were about to enter , Dhruv stepped out.

"Manik tu yahan. Abhi tak gaya nahi? Sab tera wait kar rahe the", he said.

The look on Manik's face was priceless. He looked like he was caught like a deer in headlights. Nandini was controlling her laughter.

"Haan, woh... Me yahin hoon na. Umm, socha tumhe pic karke hi chala jaoon", Manik managed to say.

Dhruv looked between Manik and Nandini. Both of them were acting weird. He hadn't seen Manik behave like this.

"Teek hai chalo", Dhruv sighed and walked towards the car park.

Nandini, by now was finding it real hard to hold her laughter and burst out laughing.

"Tumhe bohot hasi aarahi hai na", Manik said a bit annoyed, but loving her laughter. Nandini simply nodded.

The next thing you know, Manik grabs Nandini's hand and pulls her close. This stopped her laughter and now her eyes widened in shock.

"Jab us din tumne mujhe kiss kiya tha, tab tho tum bohot chup thi. Waise, mujhe pata bhi nahi chala ki yeh sab hua. Shayad... phirse kuch aise hojayega. And next time shayad it won't be an accident", he said huskily, his breath fanning her face.

Nandini was dumbfounded now. Manik winked at her and chuckled. He let go of her and she entered the lift. Both of them kept looking at each other unitl the lift door closed.

Manik was still looking at the lift when,

"Manik, Kya kar rahe ho? Chalo! Cabir ne phirse call kiya. Manik!", Dhruv called out to him.

Manik shook his head not believing what he was doing and walked towards his car, humming to himself,

"Kaise bataaun tujhe ki...

Dil mera kya keh raha..."

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It's not that great I know. Just something that popped into my head . I will try to update as soon as possible.

Thank you. 😊

Aww this ws super cute n superb..
Loved it totally

nyc one

Kaise bataoon tumhe

Nice update