He escaped the fatal accident by luck. But couldn't save his close friend. He saw Cabir die in front of his eyes and he couldn't help him. I cannot imagine the state of Manik in that moment. And what he has been like in the last 4 months!
It is the same Manik who even after 10 years of the meteor shower incident kept regretting the fact that he wasn't able to save his buddy Dhruv. Back then Manik would've been the victim if not for Dhruv who jumped in to save him.
But Cabir, he lost his life. Manik lost him forever, as he witnessed the blast! Shock, distress and guilt would have had the better of him.
Manik in his right mind would have never stayed away from Nandini for this long. I personally expected Nandini to look for Manik. Search for him like crazy! But CVs did not show that.
Manik managed to recover without Nandini by his side, but probably with her in his heart(and her silent prayers, hope and love reaching him). Slowly but surely he fought what was holding him back. And he was on his way back home. Home is where the heart is. His Nandini. When he heard her voice on the radio, he had this re-found zeal to reach her as soon as possible. He gets to know that his family, his Fab5 is going to perform after 4 months. He wanted to be there for them too. That moment he had nothing else in mind. All positive emotions.
It is only after he reached the venue, reality hit him. It hit him hard. His friends had gone ahead and formed a new Fab5. He turned to Nandini with hopeful eyes. But to his shock and disappointment she gave a cold reaction. All the fears he was probably living with before he heard her voice on the radio, took over. Insecurity clogged his mind. Which is natural owing to the distance and communication gap of 4 months! Manik has never stayed away from Nandini for more than a day and vice verse. He had promised to be there for/with her always but he couldn't live up to his promise. Can he trust himself now to believe that she would trust him to be there always? Knowing the kind of guy Manik is, that would be too unrealistic at this point.
He needs time, attention, TLC to get back to where they had left 4 months back not loneliness, blame games, etc. Just like Manik was there for Nandini during the trauma track, despite her trying to push him away. He wanted to heal her. Similarly Nandini will have to play the healer to Manik yet again. Sure, Nandini has also been in pain during these months. Despite the uncertainty of his survival, she had hoped with all her heart.
So she cannot sit and cry over a silly MU now instead of rejoicing over his comeback! Manik had survived! And that is more important.
Both of them need to hug, cry and let out their fears in each other's arms sooner or later.
This was/is a test of time that they will pass as always. Coz their Love and togetherness is Humesha❤️
Also CVs need to recreate the accident scene(S1 finale scene was pathetically edited so), show us Manik's reaction to the tragedy, as well as show us Nandini's reaction to the news. Did she reach the accident site, what does she do after that? What did she do during the 3 months' leap?
That said I don't have high hopes from the CVs, but so far his reaction is understandable.
