Chapter 3: Poison
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"Not so fast. Raat khatam huwi ha romance nahi" He says and winks at her.
Nandhini struggles to leave his grip. His warm body was touching her body and that sent shivers down her spine. Manik griped her in a hug so tight that manik could feel every curve of her body. He could even ***** ***** ******
***************** He asks while he laughs. Nandhini opens her eyes wide and pushes him away and stands up.
"What are you talking about. Pagal ho? I have to shower bye!" She says and runs towards the bathroom. Manik jumps off the bed and grabs her in her arms and runs inside the bathroom and places her under the shower.
Nandhini keeps trying to loosen his grip.
"Jao yahan sa !" She screams and pushes him. Manik grabs her hands and pins her against the cold tiled bathroom wall and kisses her to make her shut up. Nandhini tries freeing herself but she failed and manik continues kissing. He then holds her hands and pins them up. He opens the water with his foot and cold water poured down their bodies. Nandhini started shivering because of the cold water. She continued to push him but he was too heavy.
"Roko nandhi!" He yelled with all his voice
And Held her even tighter. He then started kissing her neck widely and nandhini tried her best to push him of her. Manik kept going down her neck
"Manik ruko!" Nandhini screamed with all her voice. Manik finally realized what he was doing and backed away.
"Woh sorry... I didn't mean to become aggressive." He says and looks at her angered eyes.
"You promised me slow! And tumhe pata ha hume jaana ha Chachi na pooja rakhi ha. Sub wait keraha ha humara! Subah subah you want to make out? Like seriously manik?tumne shaddi mera companionship ka liya ki ya mera jism ka liya?" She asks him and grabs the towel and covers her body and walks out of the bathroom but manik holds her wrist and stops her.
"Era tum baat ko kahan sa kahan le ja rahi ho. I was just kissing you! And I said sorry na!" He says. Nandhini pulls back her hand and walks out of the bathroom in anger she turns back and looks at manik,
" Tyaar hojao jaldi" she says and closes the bathroom door on her way out.
After a while manik comes out of the bathroom in a towel and finds nandini sitting by the dresser mirror, she was wearing a stunning hot pink saari. She was putting on her jewellery and looked at manik through the mirror. They both stared at each other for 5 seconds through the mirror then nandhini rolled her eyes and looked down. Manik quietly walked towards the cupboard and pulled out his kurta pajama. Manik changes in his room and nandhini tries her best to not look at him through the mirror.
"I know you want to look" manik says with a smirk as he wears his shirt and looks at nandhini through the mirror. Nandhini rolls her eyes and gets up and holds maniks arm.
"Let's go" she says and drags him out of the room.
As they walk downstairs nandhini bumps into younika in the front lounge. Younika was wearing her night gown with a robe on. She gives nandhini and manik a dirty look.
"And where are you guys going esa tyaar hoke subah subah?" she asks with attitude.
"Maa...I mean mom hum chacha chachi ka ghar ja raha ha. Shaddi ki Pooja rakhi ha, breakfast bhi wahi hoga. App nahi arahi? Chachi na app ko bataya nahi?" nandhini says looking at her night dress. Manik and younika were both shocked that she called her Mom. Manik taps nandhini's shoulders,
" Nandhini, younika thori der sa aegi, right younika?" Manik asks her and gives her a look full of blackmail. Younika rolls her eyes.
"Yes I will be there later" She says and walks away in anger.
"Chalo acha ha mom arahi ha" nandhini says in relief and manik just looks at her disgustingly.
"Mom? Kiski mom?" he asks as they both continue walking towards the car.
"Tumhari mom manik, younika!" She says as manik unlocks the car with his automatic keys. They both sit inside.
"Haan toh younika ko younika bolo na, yeh mom kyew?" manik asks and starts the engine and they drive off.
"Manik she is your mom, you should call her mom. Or ub humari shaddi hogae ha toh woh meri bhi maa huwi na" she says. Manik laughs in his head,
"Nandhu how can you forget what she did? Harshad wala scene nahi yaad kya?" He asks her.
" Yaad ha, but Manik when we can forgive harshad why can't we forgive mom? Harshad na itna kuch kiya phir bhi he is part of our group now, he is dating mukti again! Toh mom ko bhi second chance milna Chaya na." She says in her innocence.
"nandhini wo meri maa ha isi liya I cannot forgive her. Harshad na jo kiya woh kon ha? Mera koi lagta thori ha. Per jub upna hi khoon, jis insaan na zindagi di mujhe us na, na sirf mera dad ko dhoka diya but duniya ka samne mujhe embarrass kerdiya and I will never forgive her for that!" Manik says in anger and hits the accelerator.
"Per manik!" She says but manik looks at her in anger. "
Enough nandhini, I don't want to talk about this" he says and looks straight on the road. Nandhini wanted to continue talking to him so she holds his arm and rests her head on it. Manik fakes a smile and then gives her an annoyed look.
Chacha chachi house:
As soon as manik rings the doorbell Kabir opens the door and has a wide smile.
"Mera laal tu agaya!" Kabir yells and hugs manik.
"Aj lag raha ha na asli mard" he whispers in maniks ear then beaks the hug. Manik starts blushing and nandhini looked at both of them confusingly.
"Kya bola tum na iske kaan mein?" nandhini asks. Before she could get an answer Mukti pulls her inside and holds nandhini by the waist.
"Bhabhi ji, mera is namakool dost na zyada pain toh nahi diya na" she asks nandhini as she giggles. Nandhini opens her eyes wide and loosens herself from Mukti's grip.
"Kya ha mukti, let me go" She says and walks towards the kitchen but navya stops her.
"Oye kahan ja rahi ho?" navya yells and nandhini stops and makes a annoyed face. Nandhini turns around and fakes a huge smile.
"Kuch nahi huwa khush"she says in anger and tries to run to the kitchen but navya runs after her. As she runs navya feels sharp pain in her abdomen and she sceams. Nandhini turns around when she hears the scream and runs back to navya and holds her hand. Nandhini slowly helps navya sit down on the nearest chair so that she could calm down a little but she continued screaming in pain. Everyone ran towards navya and nadhini as soon as they sensed the tension. Kabir held navya's hand,
"Kya huwa? Nandhini?" he asks her. Nandhini looks around in confusion.
"Pata nahi kabir we were just talking, achanak sa dard hogaya navya ko" she says as she rubs navya's hands. Manik runs to the kitchen and grabs a water bottle and makes navya drink it.
"Era she is pregnant! We should go to the hosipital!" Harshad screams and everyone looks at him in disgust.
"App toh chup hi raho bhai! She has three months till the delivery!" Alya yells.
"Beta kabhi kabhar bache premature bhi paida hote ha, you never know. Harshad theek bol raha ha." Chachi says in between all the panic.
"See! Chalo ub werna miscarriage bhi hosakta ha!" Harshad yells and everyone looks at him in shock. Even navya got distracted from her pain, and eyed harshad. She gestured everyone that she was fine now and stood up from the chair.
"I am fine, kahi jane ki zerorat nahi ha. Bus kuch khaya nahi toh dard hogaya. I am fine now! Thank you Manik for the water" navya says and walks towards harshad with the help of kabir.
"Hashad?" she says and pauses for a second.
"Yes?" he asks.
"Tum toh yehi chate tha na? Ka yeh bacha mer jae? Mujhe laga ka tum mujhe or baby ko apnane ke liya tyaar nahi ho but atleast ek ache insaan toh ban ga ho. Sub na tumhe maaf kiya, lekin aj jo tum na is nanhi si jaan ka bare mein jo kaha, uske baad mein upni maafi wapis leti ho" She says and walks away.
Navya walks towards nandhini's old room with the girls. Everyone helps her sit down and relax a bit and sits around her on the bed.
"I am sorry navya, harshad maybe did not mean it in a negative way" mukti says, trying to defend her fiance. Navya gestures Mukti that it is okay.
"Pata ha aj sub alag ha. Mera pait mein harshad ka bacha ka but meri shaddi kabir sa huwi ha or harshad ki engagement mukti sa. Jo hona hota ha who hota ha or usko koi nahi badal sakta. Harshad wapis humare group ka part toh hogaya but yeh bacha humesha uske dhoke ki yaad dilaega hum sub ko" navya says with a fake smile. Nandhini feels bad and hugs navya by the tummy.
"It's okay, hume sachae pata ha, but baby ko kabhi nahi pata chalega harshad ka bare mein." Nandhini says.
"But nandhini, Mein toh bua hoon, baby sa mera relation bhi secret rakhenge?" she asks with a sad face and rubs navya's tummy.
"Tum kabir ki behn jesi ho na? toh bua huwi na!" navya says finding a loop hole. Mukti looks at her in shock.
"Phir toh mein bhi bua huwi because mein bhi kabir ki dost ho, but asli baap ki fiance ho, toh mein bua nahi hosakti! I can't be harshad's sister okay!" mukti yells. Nandhini bursts out laughing. Mukti looks at her in anger and hits her with a pillow.
"Tum kya has rahi ho? Huh idiot? Tumne vesa bataya nahi kal kya huwa?" Mukti says and sits next to nandhini.
"haan bhai! Chalo sub batao!" navya yells in excitement. Nandhini just blushes and tries to run out of the room but Aliya grabs her and pins her down on the bed.
"Nandhini!" Everyone yells.
"Promise kuch nahi huwa!" she yells and tries to run again but couldn't as she was held down.
"kuch nahi? All that decoration yesterday for nothing?" Mukti asks.
"Era we want to take things slow." Nandhini says and navya rolls her eyes.
"So kuch bhi nahi nothing happened? Not even a kiss?" Navya asked. Nandhini blushed,
"Haan that happened and..." she says but stops. The girls stared at her, waiting for nandhini to finish her sentence.
"We...exposed..."She says and stops again. Aliya pushes nandhini,
"Exposed what? Gol gol mat ghumao hume! What do you mean?" Aliya asks.
"Like we showed each other" Nandhini says and giggles. Everyone rolls their eyes.
"That is so lame! Kyew nandhini? You are married now! Ub kya wait kerna?" mukti says.
"Haan pagal!" navya says.
"Woh... I don't know I am scared" she says with a frown and lays down on the bed in disappointment.
"Nandhini I understand how you feel. But when two people are in love, and married this is what truly connects them. Manik waited for this all his life. We all know it. He was meant for you and he is very understanding with your feelings but don't you think yeh uska haq ha. Biwi ho tum uski. Ek mard ka liya 2 hi cheezain zerori hoti ha, Food and s**!" Aliya tries to explain it to nandhini. Nandhini thinks for a while and realizes how wrong she was.
Just then the girls heard a knock and looked towards the door. Kabir and Manik walked in. kabir gestures navya asking if she is okay and she nods.
"So kya baatein horhi ha?" manik asks as he sits down next to mukti on the bed and playfully grabs her in a head lock. She pushes him in annoyance,
"Tumhari or nandhini ki pehli raat ki batein keraha ha!" She screams in his ear and he finally leaves her.
"Im going to go help chachi" Manik says and tries to run. Kabir and Mukti grab him and throw him on the bed and he bumps into nandhini on the bed.
"Chup chap bethe raho dono!" Mukti yells.
"Chalo ub batao!" Kabir yells. Manik looks at him in anger and gets up and punches him in the stomach.
"Enough guys. There is a thing called privacy! Nobody else here talks about their s** life! Why are we being pressurized? Bolo kabir and navya, tum dono upni *** life ka bare mein zara batao! Or what about you, mukti? Is harshad hot enough for you? Huh?" Manik bursts out in anger and everyone laughs at him.
"Chill Manik we were all joking" Aliya says trying to calm him down.
"No Aliya, is ka point ha" Mukti says and walks towards him. She whispers something in manik's ear and manik opens his eyes wide and mukti then has an evil look and walks out of the room. Manik was left in shock as she walked away. Everyone looked at him in confusion.
"What did she say manik?" Nandhini asked. Manik made a weird face,
"umm nothing, chalo chalo neeche chachi sub ko bula rahi ha" he says awkwardly and walks out.
"What was that?" Aliya asks.
"I know mukti, kuch extremely vulgar details di honge usne, chalo lets just go downstairs" Kabir says and everyone heads downstairs. As nandhhini came downstairs she heard the doorbell ring and went to open it. Aaryaman was standing with a huge smile and a bouquet of flowers in his hand. Nandhini opened her mouth in shock and let out a scream and everyone looked towards the door. She hugged Aaryaman tightly and continued screaming in excitement.
"Chill dhulania! Yeh lo" He says and gives her the flowers. Nandhini looks at him in anger and slaps him. Aaryaman looks at nandhini in shock.
"Nandhini?" he asks. Nandhini punches him in the stomach,
"You missed the wedding idiot! Tum na kaha you would be back in time! Ub araha ho? Idiot! Go, jao you are not welcome here!" Nandhini yells. Manik giggles from the living room and walks towards the door and taps nandhini's shoulder. Nandhini turns around and sees manik.
"Andhar toh ane do bichare ko!" manik says and leans forward to greet Aaryaman but nandhini stops him. Manik rolls his eyes and picks up nandhini and puts her down far away from the door. He then comes back to the door and hugs Aaryaman.
"Kamina! Shaddi Miss kerdi?" manik says and hits him playfully then hugs him.
"Sorry yaar! Kaam mein phasa huwa tha, couldn't leave America on time." Aaryaman says and hugs Manik. Manik welcomes Aayaman inside and nandhini just stood in the corner, all grumpy. Aaryaman held his ears in front of Nandhini.
"Sorry dulhaniya!" he begs. Nandhini simply nods a NO.
"Best friends don't skip each other's weddings" she says and walks towards the Pooja area in anger. Manik shrugs his shoulders and giggles at Nandhini's anger.
Everyone sits down for the Pooja. Manik and Nandhini were sitting together in the front. The pandit was about to start the prayer but chachi stopped him.
"Manik tumhari mom abhi tak nahi aye?" chachi asked and manik was speechless in front of everyone.
"Umm, Let me call her." He says and walks away. He runs upstairs to nandhini's old room and calls her.
"Yes manik ub kya ha?" she says.
"What is wrong with you I told you to come here?" Manik yells with all his voice.
"Oh what rubbish Manik! I am not coming to a stupid Pooja!" she yells on the phone.
"Younika I am saying this the last time! Be here in 10 minutes or else!" He yells and cuts the call. Just then manik notices the door open and nandhini walked in.
"Tum? Mein aa hi raha tha neeche." Manik says and heads towards the door. Nandhini grabs his hand and stops him.
"You blackmailed mom to attend all the wedding events, didn't you?" she asks him. Manik looks at her and nods.
"Nandhini tum kyew nahi samjhti, younika is full of poison, why do you keep trying to find the good in her? There is not good! Its give and take and blackmailing with her! Mene tumhe pehle bhi samjhane ki koshis ki per tumhe bus positive polly banna tha!" he says in annoyance.
"Manik mein sirf itna janti hoon ka who tumhari maa ha, or maa kabhi poisonous nahi hosakti!" nandhini says.
"I don't want to talk about this! You grew up with the murthi's, with love and happiness, Malhotra's mein esa nahi tha. Anyways mein neeche ja raha ho" he says in anger and tries to leave again but nandhini holds his hand again.
"Ruko I need to talk to you." Nandhini says.
"I said I don't want to talk about younika!" he yells.
"It's not about her, it's about us! Our love" nandhini says and manik looks at her confusingly and raises his eyebrows.
"I am sorry, about last night. I ruined it because I was nervous." She said and manik looked at her in shock.
"Why are you saying sorry? It's okay! I understand pagal!" He says and plays with her hair, Nandhini holds his hands and looks him in the eyes.
"I love you okay! I want to feel fully connected with you. To become one. Tonight will be the night I promise!" nandhini says.
Ye Hai Mohabbatein
Mangal Lakshmi
