#THREAD 2 LOVE- A FOUR LETTER WORD UPDT CH51 pg 98 31st jan 2016 - Page 41

Chapter 49

@MURTHY MANSION!

It has been one hour since Nandini had texted Manik to come but there has been no response- a very unlike of him. The man, who couldn't think of spending a fraction of second without hearing voice of his love, was not even responding to her calls. She was fine till the time she was able to give rational reasons to her pessimistic thoughts- he might be driving or packing cloths for night or having shower but how long she could play with her mind and gradually her trepidation was increasing. She was in blue funk- twitching and pacing the length of her room since last 30 minutes. Her fingers incessantly calling on his number and with every called he missed, her heartbeats dropped and tears made their way to her cheeks.

"Manik please be safe..."
"Manik where are you???"
"manik plzz pick my call..." she was crying maniacally- praying her ayyipa to keep him safe.
"Manik i love you..." she kept on repeating these words- voicing her fear behind the words of love which are their strength.
Her ears were trying to reach out for Manik's car horn or screeching of tires and henceforth she always ended up peeking out of her window- anticipating manik's car but gradually her anticipation was overpowered by the sense of foreboding. Her heart was racing too fast whenever something negative came in her mind. Her one hand stayed on the pendant she was wearing-holding it so tight that it was embedding impression on her palm. His words echoed when he made her wear the necklace "my heart is connected to you always..."
Time passed and it was two hours and she couldn't hold herself any longer and decided to check upon him. She picked her bag with tears flowing ceaselessly and still trying to reach him and stepped out of the main door of her home, when a black cat crossed her path. In the state of inquietude- when your mind can stop thinking negative, you end up believing in the superstitious you never believed in your entire life. Nandini has completely lost the control over her optimistic mind and every single thought of Manik evoked some ominous feelings and gave her collywobbles. The man, whose mere virtual presence gave her bundle of butterflies- the butterflies who have made their permanent home in her stomach. These butterflies were also fluttering with apprehension-something they never want to lose. Her breaths are uneven, not because of his proximity but his absence although her hands didn't halt for a second and she kept on calling him. She sat in the cab and called cabir

"Hello nandini...kya baat haii raat k 12 baje tumhe mere yaad kaha se aaye..." he teased her incognisant about the circumstances.
"Cabirr..." she cried his name.
"Hey baby doll why are you crying...?? Bta mujhe manik ne kuch kia...?? Abhi class leta hu..."he said calmly.
"I don't know where he is..." she cried
"What??" Cabir shouted on the other end, gaining attention of everyone- mukti, abhi, navya, dhruv and alya who were gathered in cabir house for a dinner.
"Its been 2 and half hour since i had last contacted manik...he is not responding to any of messages or call..i am going to his place...m scared bhai..." she sobbed.
Cabir also got perturbed but keeping aside his torment "calm down...kuch nai hoga...he might have slept while keeping his phone on silent i..." he was interrupted with loud shriek of nandini
"Manikkk...stop the car...i said stop the car..."cabir heard her loud shrieks and call ended before he could react.

Nandini was talking to Cabir when she saw manik in unhinged state walking on the middle of the road with heavy traffic.

"manik..."she called for him but her voice seems to fall on deaf years. All of sudden Nandini saw a bright beam of light falling on him and she noticed a truck speeding towards his direction. "manik..."she yelled and ran towards him- disregarding the fact that she too was running on the roads with over-speeding cars.

It was just matter of two seconds- mere two seconds- when the over-speeding truck just passed them by an inch, as though Nandini pushed him and her out of the way. They landed up on the road side- she hit her head on the pavement- blood oozed from her wound.

"Manik..."she yelled his name in funk, as she found him lying inanimately on the road. She got up and ran to him, kneeling to his side. She placed his head on her lap "Manik...Manik..."she called for him-tapped on his cheeks- moved his shoulders vigorously to wake him up and but he was not responding.

"Help...please somebody help..."she looked here and there but everyone passed by her. She stood up and tried to stop some passerby, bawling when everyone passed a look on her but didn't dare to stop for a minute.

"it seemed like at that humanity has completely lost in the world of cruelness..."

By the time Cabir along with others reached for them. As soon as Cabir heard Nandini's shriek-he picked his keys and asked everyone to follow as he will explain everything on his way. He knew he will find Nandini somewhere on the way to Manik's house and there she was yelling and bawling for help.

Everyone rushed to her "Nandini..."cabir yelled her name and saw her forehead bleeding and then saw Manik lying unconsciously on the road.

"Cabir..."Nandini stammered because of loud sobs "maaa---nikkk"she stammered and pointed towards his still body.

Everyone dashed to Manik side- Cabir, Abhimanyu and Dhruv carried him to the car and drove to City Hospital. On the way Cabir called manik's family doctor to meet him directly at the hospital.

@Hospital

Manik was taken to emergency room while doctor was checking on him and everyone waited outside. Fab4, Navya and Abhimanyu all in dither, pacing and waiting for doctor. But there was one who was silent-Nandini was standing stock-still- she wasn't neither crying nor moving just kept looking on the door.

No one could understand what she was going through. "Nothing can be horrific then seeing your lover lying inanimately on the roads".

Tere bin main yun kaise jiya
Kaise jiya tere bin
Tere bin main yun kaise jiya
Kaise jiya tere bin

Nurse came to give medical aid to Nandini's wound "nandu..."Navya called her softly but Nandini kept her deadpan stare on the door. "Come let nurse treat your wound.." she explained.

Kab se aankhen meri raah mein tere bichhi
Kab se aankhen meri raah mein tere bichhi
Bhule se hi kabhi tu mil jaaye kahin
Bhule na mujhse baaten teri
Bheegi hai har pal aankhen meri
Kyun saans loon kyun main jiyu
Jeena bura sa lage
Kyun ho gaya tu bewafaaa mujhko bata de wajah

What about the wound that Manik's lifeless body left on her heart...? what about the vivid image of Manik walking wretchedly in middle of speeding traffic? No one has medication for such wounds...!!!

Nurse was about to clean her wounds when doctor walked out of emergency room -nandini ran to him and stammered "ma--nnn"ikkk?' she asked for him in jittery tone- foreboding what her heart doesn't want to listen- engulfed in fear of losing him.

"There is nothing to worry about...he is fine...and just few scratches here and there. He fell unconscious because of some shock...!! Just take care of him..." doctor announced and everyone relaxed a bit but still the reason of his unconsciousness haunted their minds.

"can we see him..??"cabir asked with edge in his voice.

"yes you can...he is fine now and back to his senses...you can take home as well..."doctor assured and left.

Dhruv and Abhimanyu went to fulfil all the formalities meanwhile Nandini dashed inside.

Mukti was about to enter when cabir stopped her "mukti let Nandini meet him first...give them some alone time..."he explained as he saw her crest-fallen- she too looked lifeless as though her life is snatched from her, which true in every sense- her life was lying unconscious on the bed. Nandini barged into the room and found manik looking blankly at the roof. She was breathing heavily. She stood there at the door with eyes closed- accepting the fact that nothing happened to him. All of sudden- in dreadly silence, she heard him calling his name hysterically and trying to pull out the IV from his hand. She paced to his sides and halted him.

Few minutes back!

Manik was trying get hold on his chaotic thoughts- the words of truth which were creating havoc in his heart and mind- the truth that brought him on the bed- surrounded by white walls, ironically to the darkness he is slaved in - the darkness where there is no hope of light. He was so numb to hear or react that he didn't even heard Nandini entering his room. He kept his dead- panned stare on the roof- the incident which brought him to such condition echoing in his mind- "i will snatch his happiness...i will snatch Nandini from him..."

Tears escaped his eyes and he started calling for nandini hysterically "Nandini..!!..."he tried to pull out the IV, when soft and cold hands- covered with red blood halted his hands. In no time he recognised her touch- the touch of pure love and looked at her- her right side of face was covered with dry blood and he noticed a slit on her forehead. He sat with a jerk "i am so sorry...i am so sorry..." he palmed her cheeks. She was sobbing loudly not because of the pain but because of the sight she witnessed- the agony, grief she went through in last 3 hours. Manik was incognizant about the fact that while pushing manik away she ended up hurting herself- because he fell unconscious the moment she pushed him. He was feeling culpable for hurting her and promptly, those words again made to his mind "i will snatch Nandini from him..." His stars were in his favour that happened at that moment else he might have lost her there and then- the very thought of losing her brought cold sweat on his forehead. He got agitated and started calling for doctor "doctor...doctor..." he abruptly stood up and made Nandini lie on the bed "Nandini don't worry i will call doctor...bahut pain ho rha hai na mere jaan ko..." before Nandini could understand what was happening and why he was reacting in such a way that too all of sudden- he pulled out the IV and ran out like headless chicken looking for doctor- Nandini too ran behind him, mystified "manik...manik..."

Cabir and Mukti were having few words of assurance from the doctor, Navya and Alya were with Dhruv and Abhimanyu- when they heard sudden commotions in the corridors - they trotted towards the source when they found hysteric Manik yelling for doctor- wretched and teary Nandini running behind him.

All of them walked to his side and cabir stopped manik while mukti held nandini from shoulders- who almost fell on knees with weakness as an effect of loss of blood and running.

Manik pulled doctor to nandini's side "doctor please treat nandini dekhiya na uss ka kitna khoon beh rha...see she is crying.,..."manik said frightfully.

Everyone was blown over with shock by seeing manik's unhinged and very alarming behaviour. They all were muddled. He was losing control by every fraction of second and was attacked by blue funk.

"manik..."Dhruv whispered in dementedly.

Nandini understood he was getting overpowered by blue funk but why? She didn't know. However at that moment, manik to get normal was most important priority for her. She stepped in front of her and plunged into his arms. "manik...i am fine..i am fine.."she kept n repeating the same words to calm him down. She could feel his raged breath- fast heartbeats. She kept on kissing over his heart to make him feel her presence. Slowly minute by minute Manik felt her around him- he could smell her fragrance- he could feel her pecks- he could feel her running, wild heartbeats.

Post few minutes, in the same afore position- Nandini felt his arms curling around her waist. His breaths were coming back to normal. She was about to step back when manik pulled her for tight hug- so tight that she couldn't breathe- so tight her bones ached with his hold but she didn't grunted for a second and allowed him do what he wanted to "i am fine manik...see i am in your arms baby..i am fine..."she said in sangfroid tone.

"you wont leave me na..."for the first time in these horrific hours voiced his fear.

Nandini was taken aback with his apprehensive and unexpected question- which surely meant that something paramount happened after he left. She stepped back, cupped his face "kabhi nai...you and me always together forever...till eternity dies..." she whispered ardently and notwithstanding, everyone's presence she kissed his lips softly and firmly- the gesture of her love- inducing the assurance and promising to be with him forever. She sucked his upper lip and he bit her lower lip, she moaned loudly-both of them drown in passion. Manik broke the kiss and pulled back softly not before smashing his lips on her one last time. Her kiss was ice on fire- fire that was raging in his heart. He enveloped her in his arms- hid his face in her hair- inhaling her fragrance. He felt much better now!! Why wouldn't he after all he was still wrapped in his solace- who was still pecking over his heart. After few seconds, he looked at everyone- Alya and Mukti were no better, they were crying; Cabir was blinking his eyes to control his tears from making their way to his cheeks; Dhruv was weeping silently. He opened his one arm, other one still holding Nandini and nodded his head asking for group hug. In flash of light FAB4 was in his arms, crying. He too cried! Not able to hold himself. Even in such condition, when everything has fallen apart he trying to be strong!! One by one FAB4 pulled back-looking at him expectantly. He wasn't ready to broach that incident again. He just wished to stay in Nandini's arms but before everything he needs to get her examined.

He went back to his room with Nandini still in his arms- everyone was following him accompanied with doctor.

Nandini made him lie on the bed but he resisted "manik will you just lie down...!!"she scolded. Manik shook his head "you are hurt...you lie down and let doctor give you the necessary medication.."he said and looked at doctor silently instructing him to move ahead with the process.

Doctor took a step forward only to be stopped by nandini's firm voice "stop...nothing is wrong with me and please leave us alone.."she shouted at doctor and he left, scared! "..and you Manik Malhotra just shut up and lie down..." and she yelled at manik- her eyes blood red and puffed because of crying.

"but nand---"he tried to explain her.

"i said lie down- which part of this you didn't understand..."she gritted her teeth. he gulped and did what she asked for- but kept an eye on her wound and face for any expression of pain.

How chaotic everything was for her- for everyone to understand. Just an hour back Nandini witnessed a heartbreaking sight of disconsolate, broken and miserable Manik and here he is acting all normal. She knew he is trying to avoid something- something which must have broken his heart into pieces. She was scared- scared to hell. Tears were escaping her eyes and she started pacing the room palming her head or her heart. Everyone was witnessing everything silently- mystified beyond reality- everything looked surreal- a dream which will end any moment.

She looked at Manik silently asking him to explain. "ma---nn---ikkk" she sobbed and plunged into his arms-sobbing loudly. "Why you always do this...so you have any idea what i was going through..." she complained and cried. He couldn't hold and he also cried with her.

"yeah buddy...we all were so tensed..!!" Dhruv voiced his concern.

"are you out of your mind...manik...tujhe aur Nandini ko ese halt me dekh kar tujhe pta bhi hum par kya beete hai..!!"mukti shouted.

"manik...now please speak up..btayega kya hua hai..." cabir yelled- not able to control himself.

Manik sighed and nodded "but first Nandini should get her medicated..."he bartered.

Nandini pulled back from his arms and stated firmly "not until u explain everything..."and sat beside him.

Manik understood that its time- its time to explain- to re-call the harsh realities of life- to face them! There no way out of it!

Everyone got themselves settled to hear out manik's explanation. But how knows how harsh realities are!!!

imp note!!

guys as i have seen your response which is quiet disappointing- i started this story again for you all and here i get such poor response...!! only my old-readers are there...see guys i cant always write bold and romantic..the story has to move forward...thats why every element has to be there.

so here is the two thing...i will update on every weekends so as though it will be like a knife hanging on my head to write jaldi jaldi for you..

secondly..this is the last update my PMing to everyone...from this i will clear out my buddy list!! or otherwise i will start PMing my story to those who will comment on the chapters...no updates on the page!!

see i am not the only one doing..there are a lot many others...and yes silent readers don;t send buddy me..i wont accept it...!

sorry but i have to do this!!