Manan FF: Shaddi ka baad THREAD 2 - Page 6

"Chalo Chalo guys gather around. Kabir is signing the adoption papers" Aliya yells and everyone gathers around the table.

Kabir and navya sit down on the chairs and Manik was holding Abeer in his hand. Aliya pulled out a few documents from her bag and set it on the table with a pen.

"Okay kabir you sighn here" she says and kabir smiles and signs.

"Okay birth mother, you sighn here" Aliya says and navya signs.

Everyone then staets hooting and claping.

"Champ you just got yourself an amazing dad" manik says to Abeer the baby.

"Not yet manik, Bhai still has to sighn away his rights. But the process is done from our side or kal tak mein Bhai ka signatures lelongi" Aliya says and everyone gets a little anxious.

"Kahi harshad panga Na kerle" mukti says in anger.

" He won't! Mein yeh sighn le ka hi rahongi" Aliya says with a stern voice.

"Okay cake time!" Dhruv yell and brings out a huge cake that says "Welcome home Abeer". He places the cake on the table.

"Hey no cake for me?" Mukti complains.

"Tumhe koi kese bhool sakta ha mukti" kabir says and runs to the kitchens and brings out another cake that has "Thanks for not dying Mukti" written on it. Everyone reads it and laughs.

"Kamina ho tum sub ka sub!" Mukti yells in anger then giggles.

"Oye! Language! Ub group mein baby ha!" Navya yells and everyone laughs.

"Achi baat ha Na Abhi sa yeh sub words seekh le" Aaryaman jokes and navya throws a spoon from the table at him.

"Oye Abhi Lagti! Meri shaddi bhi nahi Huwi ha!" He yells.

"Or hogi bhi nahi" mukti says with a smirk and everyone hoots.

"Don't underestimate me, yeh dil wale dulhaniya hum le jaega" Aaryaman says and everyone just gives him an ugly look.

"Aye haye Kya Ganda joke maara ha Aaryaman! Yaar mukti you can't marry him!" Kabir says and everyone laughs.

"Who says I am?" Mukti yells in anger.

"Acha ub bus, let's cut the cakes" Aliya says but Aaryaman gestures her to stop.

"Wait Aliya, I have to ask mukti something" Aaryaman says and everyone looks at him confusingly. He slowly walks towards mukti on her wheel chair and sits down on the floor and holds her knees.

"Mukti, I know we started off very weirdly. Humne galtiya ki, chot poncha, dard huwa. lekin ub jub sub theek horaha ha, ek hi sawal ha zaban pa. Mukti, will you be my girlfriend?" He asks and everyone opens their eyes wide.

"What?" Manik screams and looks at kabir and he looks at Aliya and she looks at navya and she looks at nandhini and she looks at dhruv and then everyone looks at mukti.

"Woah. Aaryaman, I just got out of an engagement and..." Mukti says but Aaryaman interrupts her.

"That's why I'm not asking you to marry me werna irada usi ka tha. But i thought since you just got out of an engagement you wouldn't want to jump into another engagement. So isi Liya Sirf girlfreind banne ka Liya pooch raha ho. Please say yes, give us a chance" Aaryaman says sweetly and mukti looks at Aliya.

"But Aliya..." Mukti says and Aliya hits her shoulder.

"What did I say? Mujhe koi problem nahi ha! Idiot say yes!!!" Aliya screams and mukti gestures her a okay.

"Fine..." She says with a smile and pauses.

" I will be your girlfreind" she says with a cute blushing smile and hides her face with her hands and everyone starts hooting. Aaryaman gives a hug and as he was parting away he stopped and stared into her eyes, their faces barley 5 inches apart. He then realized everyone was staring so he smiled and stood up from the floor.

"For a second I thought pda (public display of affection) milega hume" kabir jokes and mukti blushes again.

"Okay ub cake kaat le?" Aliya asks and Aaryaman nods.

Navya and kabir cut one cake, celebrating Abeer's birth and Mukti and Aaryaman cut one cake, celebrating mukti's survival. Everyone screams and jokes and has the time of their lives but nandhini and manik still felt incomplete from inside but they pretend to be happy for their freinds. Every now and then nandhini and manik's eyes would meet from across the room and they could feel their hearts sink. But they avoided expressing their feelings.

"Let's eat!!!!" Navya yelled and Aliya went to grab the spoons from the kitchen and she spotted a diary.

"Yeh Kya ha navya?" She asks and navya looks at her.

"Oh that is my music journal. I write songs in it" navya replies.

"I thought you gave music a break during your pregnancy" mukti says.

"Haan but ghar pa bore hojati thi so I would just write lyrics. Kuch khas nahi ha" navya says and stares at the cake and food in excitement.

Aliya brings the spoons and places them on the table and everyone starts eating eating but Aliya was caught up in reading the journal.

"Yaar navya, I really like this song. Can I sing it?" She asks while pointing to a page. Navya looks at her with a stuffed mouth.

"Go ahead" she says.

"But it's a duet. Need a male singer. Kisi ko mere sath gaana ha?" she asks and dhruv raises his hands and stands beside her and they both start singing.

Aliya:

Manik and nandhini look at each other in shock as the lyrics bring out their emotional state.

They turn around and look away from each other. Nandhini sheds a tear and quickly wipes it off before anyone notices. Manik takes a deep breath as he avoids looking at her.

Abb duriya itanee hain toh,

milna yaha kal ho naa ho

Dhruv:

Manik turns back around and sees nandhini's back from across the room. She turns around as well and finds him looking at her. He notices her teary eyes.

Manik gestures her to wipe her tears and she nods her head and quickly dries her eyes.

The song ends and everyone starts clapping, manik and nandhini come out of their emotional trance and fake a smile.

"Wow beautiful song, navya. You should write lyrics for fab 5" Aaryaman says.

"Abha pagal ha kya. Navya lekhegi gane toh fab 5 doob jaega" kabir jokes and navya rolls her eyes.

"No Aaryaman is right. Not bad! What say manik?" Mukti says

" Umm ya ya why not?... I'll...I'll be back" he stammers and quickly walks out of the apartment.

"Ub Kya huwa isko?" Aaryaman says in frustration and tries to walk behind him but nandhini gestures him to stop.

"Let him be. Khud ajae ga wapis" nandhini says and he stops and nods his head.

Aliya then hands everyone cake and everyone enjoys the welcome back party.

After a while the girls chill in navya and kabir's room with the baby and just talk about how to decorate the nursery . While the guys were in the kitchen drinking beer but manik had still not come back.

"Mujhe ub manik ki bahot tension horhi ha. I feel like he is going into depression" dhruv says and kabir thinks a little And holds up his bottle.

"You know what, I think ka Kuch or reason ha. Like manik wasn't this upset about the nandhini situation even when it happened. Like he was sad obviously but esa depressed nahi tha, esa roh(cry) nahi Raha tha" kabir says and dhruv nods his head.

"Phir Kya baat hogi?" Dhruv asks himself.

"Guys, manik hurt nandhini and now he is drowning in his own sin. Or Kuch nahi ha" Aaryaman says and dhruv and kabir immediately look at him in anger and Aaryaman gulps in fear at their reaction.

"Dekho Jo huwa manik is sorry about it!" Dhruv says in anger and walks close to Aaryaman but kabir pulls him back.

"Relax druv" kabir says.

"Sach ka pata toh manik sa hi chalega" kabir says and Aaryaman snaps his fingers and points in mid air as he just realized something

"Ya nandhini sa" Aaryaman says and kabir and dhruv nods in agreement.

Just then Aliya walks in the kitchen While holding up her phone.

"Umm kabir..." She says and kabir raises his eyebrows. Aliya blocks the phone mic with her hand.

"Woh I was asking Bhai if he is home so I could go and get the papers signed but he said he won't sighn them till he gets to meet Abeer" Aliya says and kabir nods his head.

"Tell Harshad to come over" kabir says in a stern voice and Aaryaman and Dhruv look at him in shock.

"You sure?"Aliya asks.

"Yes"kabir says and Aliya nods her head then removes her hand from the mic and starts talking on the phone and walks away as she does.

"You sure you want harshad to meet Abeer." Aaryaman asks and kabir takes a deep breath.

"Jub tak harshad papers sighn nahi kerta, Abeer usi ka beta ha, mein Kon hota hoon rokne wala. And even after the adoption mein Kon hota hoon khoon ka ristha torne wala. Harshad kabir ka baap ha or is hakeekat ko koi nahi badal sakta, khud harshad bhi nahi" kabir says and dhruv nods his head.

"Good thinking kabir" dhruv says and hugs kabir.

After a while:

The doorbell rings and kabir opens it and finds manik Infront of him and is surprised as he expected harshad.

"Manik? Kaha chala gaya tha? You have been gone for so long. Theek ho Na?" Kabir says and manik smiles lightly.

"Mujhe Kya hoga. I'm monster manik and monsters don't have emotions or fears" manik says and winks then walks inside the apartment leaving kabir confused at the entrance.

"Anyways yaar it was fun today. I wish you and kabir and navya a happy life. Ub mein chalta hoon, kaafi raat hogae ha and I'm sleepy" manik says and dhruv hears his voice from the kitchen and comes out towards the lounge.

"Buddy you were already outside. Jub jaana hi tha ghar toh wapis kyew ae yahan?" Dhruv asks curiously and manik giggles.

"Haha kyew aya wapis, dhruv shayad tum bhool raha ho ka I have a biwi, for 3 more days, wait 2! Aj ka din toh khatam! So Haan 2 days ka Liya mera farz banta ha Na ka usko ghar lejao. Akhir mein usi ka ghar mein reh raha ho Aj Kal. Uske bagair kaisa Jao wahan? Chachi bolegi nandhini ka sath nikle tha or nandhini ko kho ka aga hahaha" manik says in a funny way and kabir holds his head.

"Manik you are drunk! Kitni pee ka Aya ha?" Kabir asks and manik giggles again.

"I'm not drunk! Champagne ko Sharab bol ka uski insult mat kero! Hehe!" He says and starts to wobble and Dhruv grabs him and makes him sit down on the dining table chair.

"Shut up! You are not driving tonight samjh tum!" Kabir yells at him and manik puts his finger in his mouth and shuts up. Just then the door bell rings and manik gets up to open it but dhruv tries stopping him but manik does not listen and goes forward anyways and pushes dhruv to the side.

Manik opens the door and harshad was standing Infront of him and manik starts laughing loudly and all the guys look at him as if manik has lost it.

Then suddenly manik stops laughing and looks at harshad in anger and grabs his collar in anger.

"Oye! Kya kar raha ha tu yahan? Huh? Saala! Pehle mukti ka dil ka sath khelna! Usko cheat Kiya woh bhi younika ka sath? Kya dikha tumhe us budhi mein? Era mera baap tak ko usme interest nahi huwa or tum na us dayan ka Liya meri mukti ko dard diya? Kutte!" Manik yells and kabir pulls him away from harshad.

"Manik behave! I invited him!" Kabir yells and continues pulling manik away but manik laughs again and releases himself from kabir's grip.

Just then all the girls walked out of the room because of all the noise and nandhini disappointedly watched manik's behavior.

"Don't tell me what to do kabir! Mein Jo bol raha hoon theek bol raha ho! Meri dost, meri mukti ko is kutte Na itna rulaya! Phir Kya Kiya isne? Navya ko use Kiya, woh bichari pyaar mein pagal iske jaal mein phas gae! Or Kya Kiya isne? Abeer ko marne ki koshis ki isne! Ek nanhi si jaan ko marne chala? Era jigar Chaya hota ha! Jigar! Baap banne ka Liya jiggar Chaya hota ha. Socho jub Abeer bera hoga or usko sachae pata chalega. He will be heartbroken! Abha saale bacha nahi Chaya tha toh ****** kyew nahi use Kiya? Kal koi ager nandhini is pregnant. I will stand by her side! Yeh uska haq ha! Humara bacha hoga. Hum dono ka pyaar ka, humara risthe ki sub sa haseen nishani" manik says with a crazy smile and continues wobbling. Nandhini starts crying hearing everything.

"Manik please stop! Chalo ghar chalte ha!" She says and grabs him by the shoulder and he moves away from her.

" Nahi. Harshad yahan kyew aya ha? Uski itni himmat?" Manik says in anger and Harshad comes close to manik and taps his shoulders.

"Listen manik, I'm not here to cause trouble. Bus ek baar Abeer sa mil ka, papers pa sighn kerke chala jaonga" he says and manik laughs.

"Not to cause trouble? Haha. You have always caused trouble harshad. Saaalo sa tum ko jaanta ho! Yaad nahi band of brothers? Hahaha tu bachpan sa kamina tha Na" manik says and laughs abnormally.

"Mein Abeer ko laati hoon" navya says ignoring manik and slowly walks inside and brings out Abeer and harshad had a half smile as he saw him. Navya hesitantly walked closer to harshad and nandhini pulled manik back and held him to side.

"Yeh Abeer ha?" Harshad asked with a smile as navya held him up. She nodded her head and slowly placed the baby in his hands.

"I regret what I thought about you. Seeing you today makes me realize what a big idiot I was" harshad says to the baby with a sad face and navya was shocked. Harshad looked up at her and sighed.

"But clearly it's to late to fix anything" harshad says as he looks at kabir. He then kisses Abeer a few times.

"Aliya where do I need to Sighn?" He asks her and Aliya nods her head and brings the adoption papers and places it on the table and harshad hands Abeer to kabir and then sits down and signs the papers. Everyone claps in excitement and manik was still mad and nandhini was still upset because of manik's behavior.

"Sorry navya for everything I did you deserved better and I'm glad you found someone like kabir" harshad says and hugs navya and navya was a little surprised but then she hugged back.

Then harshad went towards kabir and patted his back.

"Thanks kabir. Tum Na Jo Kiya woh Kisi bahduri sa kum nahi. Take care " he says and kisses Abeer one last time then leaves but before he could he hears someone call his name.

"Bhai" Aliya yelled and ran towards him and hugged him.

" App Na upni galti ka ehsas Kiya wohi kaafi ha mera Liya. Thanks" she says and starts crying and harshad smiled.

"Chalo let's go Home" he says and Aliya nods her head and says bye to everyone and leaves.

"I think hume bhi chalna chaya" nandhini says and tries to drag manik towards the door but he removes nandhini's hand from his arm and pulls himself back. He wobbles towards kabir who had abeer in his hands.

"Bye baby!" Manik says in a baby voice.

"Your so cute! Mera koochiii pocchii poo" manik says and tries to touch Abeer's tiny cheeks but nandhini stops him.

"Manik you are drunk and Abeer is just 2 days old. He could get sick or you could fall on him. Please let's just go. " She begs him and pulls him back and drags him out the door. She silently leaves with manik dangling on her side. As they walk towards the car manik starts singing songs

"Dard dilo ka kum hojate, mein or tum agar hum hojate" he sings and nandhini doesnt react.

"Dil Na Diya dil Na Liya toh dekho Na Dekho Kya Kiya akhir duniya mein bhi agar pyaar Na Kiya toh Kya Kiyaaa" manik sings loudly and nandhini tried to hush him.

"Shh yeh mohala ha, log so raha ha. Gaari ki chabi kaha ha?" Nandhini says and tries to check his pants front pocket and manik starts giggling and moves away from her.

"Haye naughty nandhini! Kya kerahi ho? Kahan haath laga Rahi ho?" Manik says cutely and she rolls her eyes.

"manik please, in your dreams! Gaari ki chabi chaya Jo tumhara jaib mein ha. Your drunk! Kuch bhi ulta seedha nahi socho!" She yells at him and grabs him and finally gets the keys out of his pocket and manik screams And nandhini puts her hands on her ears.

"Haye meri izzat loot li" he continues screaming and nandhini rolls her eyes.

"Shut up! Tamasha nhi banao! Mene tumhara pocket mein hath daala ha, zip mein nahi!" Nandhini says and manik thinks for a while.

"Acha? " He asks and nandhini grunts in anger and continues pulling him towards the car.

"Nandhu" he says sweetly and nandhini looks at him.

"Hmm?" She asks as they both stroll through the streets.

"Tum Na pocket mein haath daala?" He asks and nandhini just giggles this time.

"Yes manik. To get the keys" she says and holds up the keys.

"Hawww chor chor chor chor!!!" He starts screaming and nandhini covers his mouth with her hand and manik licks her hand and nandhini removes her hand in disgust.

"Ugh manik! How disgusting manik! Mera hath ko lick Kiya?" She yells in anger and hits his arm and he starts giggling like a baby.

"Kya ha?" She asks him seeing his crazy psycho smile.

"Mene toh bahot jaga lick Kiya ha tumhe. Haath pa Kiya toh disgusting kyew ha? Hehehe" he giggles and nandhini opens her eyes wide and ignores his question.

"Bolo Na"he says with a clownish smile

"Shut up! Gari mein betho" nandhini says as she opens the back seat door and pushes him in and turns on the child lock. She then sits in the front seat and drives to her house while manik starts singing songs again in the car.

When they reach the Murti' house nandhini parks manik's car in the driveway and pulls him out of the back seat and drags him into the house and up the stairs. The entire time he continued singing songs and she tried hushing him.

"Shh sub soraha ha please be quite manik" she yells at him

"Okay teacher" he says cutley and she rolls her eyes and finally drags him into the room and pushes him on the bed in anger but he grabs her hand and she falls with him. She was on top and he held her against himself and smiled wide.

"Teacher? Ek Baat bolo?" He asks innocently.

"Hmm" she hums forgetting that she was on top of him.

"Is situation sa downstairs mein Kuch Kuch horaha ha" he says and nandhini raised her eyebrows in confusion.

"Down what?" She asked and he just started giggling as he was still drunk.

Then it clicked and she opened her eyes wide and stood up from the bed.

"Chiii manik!" She yells and throws a pillow at him and he started laughing.like crazy and nandhini runs back towards him and shuts his mouth with her hand.

"Shh today was a long day manik..." Nandhini says and manik stops laughing and looks at her seriously.

"Today was a roller coaster ride..." He says emotionality and nandhini looks at him with pity.

"...of emotions" she finishes his sentence and he silently nods his head, a single tear escapes from his eye. Nandhini gives him a half smile and wipes his tear.

"Sojao manik" she whispers in his ear and slowly pushes his shoulder and makes him lie down. She starts patting his head as if he is a little baby.

" Mein bacha nahi hoon" he whispers in a light tone.

"Toh phir bacho jesa behave kyew kerta ha?" she asks with a smile and continues patting his head.

"Kyew ka mein nashe mein hoo stupid" he mumbles.

"Itna Kyew peete ho manik? Itna nasha sehat ka Liya acha nahi" She asks in worry and he giggles.

"Nasha mohabat ka ho ya Sharab ka

Hosh dono mein kho jaate hai

Farak Sirf itna ha ka Sharab sula deti hai

Or Mohabat rula deti hai"

Nandhini ignores him and starts singing a lullaby as she continues to Pat his head lightly.

"Kaash meri maa Na Mujhe kabhi loriya sunae hoti. Humare bache bahot lucky honge nandhu, kyew ka unko tum jesi maa milegi" he says in his sleepy voice and nandhini looked at him and immediately started crying silently.

"Manik..." She tries to stop him but he continued mumbling almost half asleep.

" Humare bache kitne cute honge. Tumhari smartness and mere looks" he mumbles and nandhini covers her mouth and cries even more.

"Zindagi kitni haseen hogi. Bus tum mein or humari puri zindagi" he mumbles even slower than before and finally falls asleep and nandhini slowly lifts his head and places a pillow and stops patting his head. She stands up from the bed and starts to walk backwards. She quickly grabs her phone and keys and runs out of the house and towards the car. She quickly dials a number and waits for someone to pick up.

"Hello?" Mukti says.

"Suno are you awake? Is navya awake?" Nandhini asks in panic.

"Haan obviously phone uthaya toh I'm awake. And nahi navya fell asleep but Abeer usko uthayga zaroor in a few hours. What's up? Tu itni ghabrai Huwi kyew ha?" Mukti asks.

"I just can't be here Abhi! Mujh sa nahi hoga mukti!" Nandhini screams and mukti got worried.

"Where? Are you okay? Oh my god where are you?" Mukti yells.

"I'm home but I mean I can't be here with manik" she says and continues crying.

"Abha nandhini! Mujhe laga tum kidnap hogae ya something idiot!" Mukti says but nandhini just continues freaking out.

"Listen my foot is still healing I can't drive. Tum relax kero I'll send Aaryaman to pick you up and you come here "mukti says.

"Nahi mein khud ajaongi" she says and opens the car door.

"Nandhini stop! Tum jaanti ho ka I was freaking out and driving and I almost died. Please tumhe meri kasam you will not drive tonight! And just wait there please okay?" Mukti yells at her.

"Okay" nandhini says and cuts the call and sits on the ground and leans against manik's car. She just sits there in the middle of the night and continues crying.

After a while a black camri parks Infront of her. She looks up and knows it's Aaryaman's car. She stands up from the ground and opens the passenger door and sits inside. For a few seconds Aaryaman just looked at her.

"Aaryaman?" She says curiously as he wasn't starting the engine.

"Don't Aaryaman me! Kya kerahi thi tum esa ghar ka bahir akele adhi raat ko? Idiot!" He yells at her.

"I couldn't be inside!" She yells and tears start flowing.

"Kyew? Tumhara upna ghar ha!" He says.

"Manik ha us ghar mein or is waqt mein uske sath nahi hosakti" she says.

"Kyew?Kuch hone Wala tha Kya?" He asks and winks at her and she hits his arm.

"Shut up! No!" It's just...

Pehle kabir navya ka ghar Chalo wahan batati hoon sub." She says and gestures him to start driving. He nods his head and starts driving.

When they reach the apartment Aaryaman texts mukti and she comes in her wheelchair and opens the door.

"Shh aram sa. Kabir and navya are asleep. We can't wake them up" mukti whispers and gestures them to come inside they all go into the guest room and settle down there.

"Ub bata nandhini. Kyew itna ghabrai Huwi thi?" Aaryaman asks.

"Haan yaar. Abhi tumhe yaha sa ga huwa 1 hour bhi nahi huwa tha and you called me to meet up?" Mukti says.

"Manik drunk tha right..." She says slowly and mukti opens her eyes.

"Oh my god! did manik try to? I will kill him!" Aaryaman yells in anger and nandhini hits her forehead.

"Uff Chill! Sun toh lo!" Nandhini screams and mukti gestures him to be quite.

"So nashe mein woh pata nahi Kya Kya kehne laga. He said ka humara bache kitne lucky honge unko meri jesi maa milegi and pata nahi Kya Kya. All of this just stabbed my heart. Woh saaree sapne Jo Mene or manik Na Mil ka dekhe tha sub Kuch khatam hogaya. Woh sapne toot ga" nandhini says and starts crying all over again.

"Abhi humari shaddi ko time hi kitna huwa tha or Abhi sa sub Kuch khatam hogaya. Woh waade woh kasame sub jhoot. Everything is down the drain now" she says and mukti hugs her.

"Shh bus bus" she says and wipes her tears.

"Yaar nandhini Abhi bhi waqt ha forgive him" Aaryaman says and holds her hand. Mukti looks at their hands and gets a little jealous but she shakes off her weird thought.

"Exactly huwa Kya tha. Mein toh coma mein thi us waqt" mukti asks and nandhini and Aaryaman look at each other and mukti looks at both of them confusingly.

"What?" She asks and nandhini sighs.

" It kind of has to do with you" Nandhini says softly and mukti opens her eyes wide.

"What? What did I do?" She yells in shock.

"It's not your fault. Nobody is blaming you but me and manik started arguing over you..." She says and tells her every detail of what happened.

"Wow. You both are so stupid! Itni si baat Kahan sa Kahan chali gae. And seriously nandhini me and manik? Like eww" mukti says and nandhini scrolls her eyes.

"Mukti when your husband tells you that his freinds come before you. And he doesn't even let you be involved in family matters. Gusse mein tum bhi Kuch bhi kehdogi" nandhini says and mukti nods her head. She understood because just a few minutes ago she kind of felt jealous of Aaryaman and nandhini's freindship.

"And mukti sub boli Huwi baatein we would have forgotten by now.everything could have been normal but him getting physical is what ruined everything" nandhini says and starts crying again. Mukti nods her head and rubs nandhini's back.

"I understand Nandhini. I never told this to anyone but before I dated harshad I was in an abusive relationship and it took the life out of me and it's not like harshad made me too happy either. He hurt me by cheating on me." mukti says and Aaryaman looks at her surprisingly.

"Lekin nandhini. I know manik more than I know anyone, he is not abusive. He is not a monster! Bus he has been through alot and kabhi kabhar his anger takes over him. Usko upni galti ka ehsas ha and he is trying to amend things with you." Mukti says and nandhini nods.

"I know he has been through alot. Aj Mene Jo dard manik ka ankho mein dekha woh Aj tak nahi dekha" nandhini says sadly.

"Oh ya I found you both by the stairs. You guys seemed disturbed. Huwa kya tha?" Aaryaman asks and mukti also gestures asking what happened.

"Umm I can't really tell you guys. Mera or manik kai lerae ek taraf but uske secrets ek taraf" nandhini says and looks down.

"Chal koi baat nahi. Tension Na le sub theek hojae ga. Let's just sleep." Mukti says and nandhini looks at Aaryaman.

"Maybe I should just go home" nandhini says.

"No! You staying here!" Mukti says and holds nandhini's hand.

"Ruk Jao. I'll come back and drop you in the morning or kabir could drop you ya Shahid manik hi Lene ajae tumhe" Aaryaman says and winks at nandhini and she grabs a pillow and throws it at him.

"Nahi yaar I know manik. If I won't be there he will add another day to younika's stupid plan. And I need him to leave as soon as possible. Mujhe Abhi hi drop kerdo Aaryaman. Thanks for staying awake for me mukti" nandhini says and gives her a hug.

"Fine leave me alone" mukti says in sadness and nandhini rolls her eyes.

"Aaryaman ko wapis bhej doon?" Nandhini says with a wink and mukti gives her and angry glare.

"Okay enough girls. Chalo nandhini let's go. Bye babe" Aaryaman says and kisses mukti's forehead.

"Oye hoye babe shabe" nandhini jokes and Aaryaman hits her lightly on the back of her head and nandhini hits him back.

"Bus ub Jao bhi!" Mukti yells and they both laugh and finally leave.

In the car:

"Yaar Aaryaman" nandhini says and he looks at her while driving.

"Hmm?" He says.

"You can't tell anyone about what I did that day. Mukti ko bhi nahi! I was just very emotional and wanted revenge and it was all a huge mistake" nandhini blabbers on.

"Relax nandhini I won't tell anyone that you and me did it" Aaryaman says and nandhini opens her eyes wide and hits his arm hard.

"Ouch dude Abhi accident hojata" he yells.

"Aaryaman I only kissed your neck. We never did it! Jhoot kyew bol raha ho? Ajeeb! Merwaoge!" Nandhini yells in anger and Aaryaman starts laughing.

"Relax! Baba relax! Mazzaq tha!" He says and continues giggling.

"And don't worry I won't tell anyone. Mera or mukti ki Abhi Abhi relationship start huwa ha. Mujhe pagal kutte Na kaata ha ka mein usko bataonga?" He says and nandhini laughs under her breath.

"Thanks I love you" nandhini says.

"Haye I love you too" Aaryaman says dramatically and puts his hand on his heart and nandhini laughs.

"Ek number ka nautanki ho!" She yells.

They both continued laughing. Nandhini enjoyed having friends that could make her laugh even when her life was totally upside down.

Outside the Murti's house:

"Chal we are here. See you tomorrow" Aaryaman says as he parks the car.

"Kal Kya ha?" Nandhini asks.

"Kuch nahi. But our group somehow ends up meeting everyday" Aaryaman says and nandhini laughs.

"Chal bye. Drive safe!" Nandhini says and opens the car door.

"Always. Bye" he says and nandhini goes inside.

She walks upstairs to her room and opens the room door and it was really dark. She turns on the light and screams as she saw manik right next to herself

"Ahhh! Idiot! You scared me!" Nandhini yells then giggles and walks towards her cupboard.

Manik walks behind her and holds her wrist and turns her around and she looks at him confusingly.

"Raat ka 3 Baja Aaryaman ka sath Kya kerahi thi tum?" He asks and nandhini gives him a disgusted look and pulls back her arm.

"Dimakh kharab hogaya ha Kya tumhara? He is dating mukti now! Or mein uske sath nahi thi! Mein Kabir or navya ka ghar gae thi to meet mukti. Aaryaman was just my ride! " Nandhini yells at him.

"We just got back from there phir sa kyew gae?" He asked and nandhini rolled her eyes.

"Manik you are drunk! Soja!" Nandhini says and she turns around and her back faces manik.

Manik holds her shoulder and makes her face him.

"I'm not drunk anymore! Batao why did you go!" He asks and nandhini gets emotional

"Kyew ka tumhari baato Na Mujhe rula diya! I was having a panic attack! Mukti didn't want me to drive in that state and she still hasn't healed. Kabir was sleeping. I needed someone to talk to! So she sent Aaryaman to get me! Manik din bher din I'm realizing how big of a mistake it was to marry you! Baat baat pa jealousy! I love you and nobody else!" Nandhini screams and manik starts laughing.

"And tum jealous nahi Hoti? That day talking shit about me and mukti?" Manik says.

"Atleast I'm not the one who slapped you!" Nandhini screams in anger.

"Ya becuase you punched me instead! Woh bhi 2 baar. Nandhini you are equally wrong you know!" Manik yells. and nandhini gestures him to stop.

"Fine tum galat, mein galat, yeh shaddi galat!" She yells.

"Fine. Two more days to freedom" manik says and nandhini looks at him in shock.

"Mene kaha tha Na I'm done trying" manik says and nandhini doesnt say anything. She quietly grabs her clothes and goes inside the bathroom to change. And manik goes on the bed and falls asleep.

In the morning:

Chachi was in the kitchen trying to think about a way to solve manik and nandhini's problem. Last night when they were fighting she was outside the door listening to everything.

Just then rishab walked into the kitchen with Aliya and dhruv.

"Hi chachi Kasi ha app?" Aliya says and Chachi smiles.

"Oh beta tum log kub ae? Kuch Khana ha?"

"Bus Abhi Abhi and no thank you. Bus manik or nandhini ko pick kerne ae ha. Aj mukti ka cast(plaster) utar raha ha na so we all are going there" Aliya says.

"Okay woh dono upar hi honge. Pata nahi Uthe bhi honge ka nahi" chachi says and Aliya nods and starts to leave but dhruv asks chachi a question.

"Chachi app perishan lag Rahi hein? All okay?" Dhruv asks and Aliya stops and notices chachi's mood too.

"Nahi beta Kya batao. Kal raat ko 3 am pa dono ka jhagra horaha tha. Mujhe samjh nahi araha ka Kya kero" she says sadly and everyone thinks.

"Situation din bher din bigarti hi jarahi ha. we have to do something" Dhruv says and everyone thinks.

"Idea!" Aliya yells.

***

Dhruv walks upstairs and knocks on nandhini's room door. Nandhini opens it, she was still in her night dress.

"Oh hey dhruv tum yahan?" She asks and dhruv looks inside the room and manik was sleeping on the bed.

"Haan woh mein or manik ko shopping pa jaan tha Na Aj" he says and looks at the bed.

"That's weird. Manik hates shopping. Oh well like I care. He is all yours" she says and gestures him to come in.

Dhruv walks in and then looks at nandhini.

"Oh and I forgot chachi is calling you downstairs" he says and nandhini nods her head and goes downstairs.

Dhruv starts tapping manik.

"Buddy uth Jao! Buddy! " He screams and manik opens his eyes slightly.

"Dhruv? Tum? Hi!" Manik says in his sleepy voice.

"Utho Na hume shopping pa jaana ha!" Dhruv says innocently and manik sits up on the bed and just looks at dhruv in a funny way.

"Bhai tumhara ander Aliya ka bhoot agaya ha kya?" He asks and dhruv rolls his eyes.

"Usi ka Liya toh gift lena ha. It's our 1 month engagement anniversary! You promised you will come with me!" Dhruv says and manik just looks at him confusingly.

"I did?" He asks and yawns.

"Haan Na now get up and get ready!" Dhruv yells and pulls him off the bed and grabs a towel from the ironing board and pushes manik inside the bathroom.

"Okay okay fine!" Manik says and goes inside the bathroom. Dhruv waits outside for a while then as soon as he hears the shower he pulls out a set of keys from his pocket and opens the bathroom door and goes inside and grabs manik's clothes and then quickly goes outside and closes the door. Leaving the door unlocked. He giggled and hides manik's clothes under the bed. He runs downstairs and towards the front door.

" Okay chachi! Me and manik are going to the mall bye!" Dhruv screams loud enough so chachi and nandhini could hear in the kitchen. He then slams the door and then runs to rishab room where Aliya and rishab were hiding.

"Done done done" Dhruv yells and high fives Aliya.

"Bus ub chachi signal de then the next step" Aliya says and rishab giggles.

"Chup Ker rishab. Jub Teri biwi aegi toh yeh sub normal hoga!" Aliya says to him.

Meanwhile in the kitchen:

"Okay bye dhruv and manik!" Chachi yells from the kitchen.

"Heh manik was just sleeping. Itni jaldi tyaar hogaya?" Nandhini asks curiously.

"Era lerke aisa hi hote ha. Hair Brush Kiya, deodorant use Kiya and ready" chachi says and nandhini was still confused.

"But manik esa nahi ha" nandhini says and Chachi giggles.

"I mean esa lagta nahi ha ka woh esa hoga" nandhini says trying to act cool.

"Kyew itna soch Rahi ha. Jaldi hogi na dono ko Aj" chachi says.

Nandhini nods.

"Acha nandhini Chalo tum jaldi sashower lelo. And give me your night suit I'm putting a load of laundry. Chalo jaldi jaldi go!" Chachi says and starts pushing nandhini lightly.

"Acha app ao mein apko foran kapre dedeti ho" nandhini says and follows her.

Nandhini grabs her towel and was about to grab her clothes but chachi stops her.

"Era beta why don't you wear that outfit I got you for your last birthday"

"Lekin kyew Chachi? Woh thora heavy ha Na and ironed bhi nahi huwa " Nandhini says and Chachi thinks of something.

"Bus esa hi dil cha raha ha tujhe us dress mein dekhne ka and tum Jao shower mein. Iron mein kerdongi and I'll hang it on the door okay?" Chachi says and nandhini nods her head.

She grabs just her towel and walks into the bathroom. She immediately takes off her clothes and slightly opens the door and hands chachi her dirty clothes.

"Chalo I'll put these in the wash and I'll iron your birthday Wala dress. Bye"chachi says and leaves.

Nandhini closes the door and locks it then opens the shower curtain and opens her eyes wide. Manik notices nandhini and opens his eyes too. They both look at each other and then at them selves and scream loudly.

"Ahhh" nandhini screams

"Omg nandhini what the?" Manik screams and immediately closes the shower curtains. Nandhini runs and grabs her towel that was on the floor and wraps it around her self.

"What the hell manik? I thought you already left with dhruv!" Nandhini yells in anger.

"Mein kub gaya? And can you just leave the bathroom already?" Manik yells from behind the curtains.

"This is my house! My room and my bathroom! Tum Jao!" Nandhini yells and manik grunts in anger.

"I have shampoo in my hair. Give me 5 minutes or tumhe upna pyaara bathroom mil jaega!" Manik screams.

"Fine whatever!" Nandhini says and tries to open the door but it was jammed.

"Yeh khul kyew nahi Raha?" She yells and tries pushing it more.

"What? Mujhe mera kapre pass Kerna. I'll try" manik says from behind the curtains and nandhini looks around and there were no clothes.

"Yahan toh Kuch nahi ha bus ek towel ha" nandhini says and manik sticks his head out from the shower curtains and looks around. He sees that nandhini was in her towel now.

"Mein kapre andar laya tha! How is this possible?" He says and nandhini shrugs her shoulders.

"Acha just give me that towel" manik says and nandhini hands it to him. He quickly wraps it around his waist and comes out of the shower and tries to open the bathroom door but it was impossible.

"Yeh Kya horaha ha? I'm so confused. And why do you have no clothes on?" Manik asks her and nandhini shyly looks away.

"Chachi laundry ka loud kerahi thi so I gave her my night dress and she wanted me to wear a dress she got me but it wasn't ironed so she said ironed Ker ke dedegi so" nandhini says and thinks for a while.

"My clothes just disappeared and I locked the door so how did you get in?" Manik asks himself.

"Itna socho mat" dhruv says from outside and manik opens his eyes wide.

"Yeh humara plan tha" Aliya yells from outside and nandhini looks at manik.

"Hehe sorry nandhu" chachi yells from outside and nandhini's blood boils.

"What the hell chachi? Yeh sub kerte huwa app ko Sharam nahi ae?" Nandhini yells.

"Beta be thankful ka humne towels nahi Liya" chachi says and manik and nandhini look at each other's towels.

"I hate you dhruv!" Manik yells.

"Manik be thankful plan mein I was going to steal your towel but then Mene socha choro bichara ki thori si izzat rakh Lete ha" dhruv says and manik was just shocked.

"Dhruv tum esi herkatein keroge kabhi socha nahi tha" manik yells.

" Dost ki relationship bachane ka Liya Dhruv bhi naughty ban sakta ha" dhruv says and manik rolls his eyes.

"Abha yaar underwear hi dedo!" Manik begs and everyone outside laughs.

"Acha ub bus everyone Chalo let's go downstairs. In dono ko akeley chor dete ha!" Chachi says and everyone starts to leave the bedroom.

"Chachi please kholo! Yeh door block kaisa Kiya?" Nandhini asks and bangs the door.

"Tumhara itna bera writing table kaam agaya" chachi says and laughs.

"Okay bye manik bye nandhini. Ub yahan koi nahi hoga. Koi Kuch bhi nahi sunega!" Aliya yells and gighles. Then everyone leaves the room.

"Great!" Manik says in annoyance and sits down on the bathroom floor. Nandhini sighs and sits down as well

"How long will we be stuck here like this?" Nandhini asks.

"God knows" manik says.

"Umm manik?" Nandhini says and manik raises his eyebrows.

"Woh tumne Kuch dekha tha Kya, thori der pehle?" Nandhini asks softly and manik thinks back to the few seconds he got a glance of nandhini completely bare and he couldn't help but smile. Nandhini hits him hard on the arm.

"Why are you smiling? Huh? Koi bhi lerki galti sa bathroom mein aegi and you will smile! Cheapster!" Nandhini yells.

"Ouch! Tum mein or baaki lerkio mein farak ha! Meri biwi ho tum. Kuch galat nahi huwa ha! So chill" He says and nandhini was speechless.

After a while manik looks at nandhini.

"Nandhu did you see anything?" He asks curiously and nandhini nods her head with a scared face and manik didn't know what to say.

"Nandhini yeh Kya horaha ha. Kuch din pehle we couldn't wait to get a chance to fool around and now other people are fooling with us. Kyew itna big deal ha yeh?"manik says.

"Manik Kuch din pehle mein or Aj mein farak ha. Woh pyaar woh attraction nahi ha ub!" Nandhini yells.

"Kis Na bola attraction nahi ha?"manik says and nandhini was speechless.

Manik scoots close to her and holds her hand.

"Nandhini no matter what happens between us woh pyaar kabhi Kam nahi hoga!" He says firmly and nandhini just stares into his eyes.

"Yeh star plus ka dialogue Kisi or ko sunana" nandhini says and rolls her eyes and pulls back her hand.

"Tumhara problem Kya ha? Negative hona koi tum sa seekhe" manik says in anger and nandhini just gazes at him.

"Or tum toh bera positive ho Na? Kal kis Na bola, 'i'm done trying' " nandhini mocks manik's saying and manik smiled.

"Oh toh yeh baat ha. Tumhe bura laga that I stopped trying" manik says with a smile and nandhini opens her eyes wide.

"NOOO!" Nandhini screams

"YESSS!!!" Manik screams back and comes close to nandhini and she doesn't even twitch. She comes close to him in anger.

"No!" She yells and manik gets closer to her face.

"Shut up!" He yells.

"Make me!"" Nandhini yells and manik immediately smacked his lips with hers hard. So hard that she couldn't breathe and was trying to flee from his grip but he grabbed her against himself. After a few seconds nandhini finally managed to push him off of her self.

"What the hell manik?" She screams in anger and manik had a guilty expression.

"Woh..." He says but before he could say anything further nandhini grabbed him and kisses him hard this time. Manik was taken by a surprise and within a few seconds he started kissing back. This lasted for minutes till they both finally parted and then just blankly stared at each other.

"Woah" manik said as he breathed loudly.

"Damn" nandhini said and gasped for breath. Manik looked at her in confusion.

"Umm nandhini " he said and she looked at him, still shook from the make out session.

"Ya ?" She asked.

"Woh your towel" manik said as her towel had slid just a little bit. Nandhini grabbed the towel and pulled it back up, covering her cleavage again.

"Oh" she said embarrassingly and there were a few minutes of silence.

"So?" Manik says.

"So?" She said back.

"Where does this put us?" He asks her and she closed her eyes and looked down in disappointment.

"This wasn't supposed to happen" she says, still looking down.

"But it did" manik says and nandhini finally looks up and directly into his eyes.

"But It was just first base" she says.

"That still means something!" Manik says and nandhini was speechless.

"Give me time to think about it" she says and manik starts laughing and nandhini gives him a sad look.

"Kya?" She asks

"Babe you got all the time in the world. Khuda hi janta ha ka yeh darwaza kub khulega" manik says and nandhini grunts in anger.

Precap:

Navya:

"Kal 27 ha na. Kal Abeer ko pehle shot lagega"

Nandhini: " wait what? Date Kya boli tumne?"

Navya:"27? Kal?"

'Nandhini: "shit shit shit shit. How did I not keep track of the days it's been"

Navya:" Kya hogaya Bhai?"

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