New FF: New York times with Maan and Geet - Page 43

this part was really well written.. well all of them are! lol

Originally posted by: pushpi

But I didnt understand what he meant by this "In terms of her decision about her marriage'yes it doesn't affect me'it was hers to make'" Of course he has to be affected by her decision on marriage. Even if he's saying it with the intention of not letting her know his feelings or her being happy as the ultimate outcome for him but he would still be affected by that...haina?

Are you kidding me...I could read up another page or book of your analysis...Thank you so much...the fact that you have taken so much time to write is by itself a true honor...

Thank you once again....
This part was already long and I was struggling to write from both sides...which you had clearly pointed out..👏
The part that I did want to put in was why Maan reacting all that cold...hopefully I will be able to cover it in the next part or two...but this post was already long.
Don't expect too much...they are not going to confront each other for some time...about this chath waala fight.
We need more twist before they confront.

Thanks
Hasini

Originally posted by: Hasini67

Are you kidding me...I could read up another page or book of your analysis...Thank you so much...the fact that you have taken so much time to write is by itself a true honor...

Thank you once again....
This part was already long and I was struggling to write from both sides...which you had clearly pointed out..👏
The part that I did want to put in was why Maan reacting all that cold...hopefully I will be able to cover it in the next part or two...but this post was already long.
Don't expect too much...they are not going to confront each other for some time...about this chath waala fight.
We need more twist before they confront.

Thanks
Hasini

You are most welcome hun :-D Dont tempt me with those words cause I can sooo write so much more hahah :-) Truly! I wondered why Maan was acting so distant. I can understand his wariness in facing the situation, giving her space, etc but I was expecting him to be give some comfort which I did point out. Did I miss anything that should have told me why he was acting this cold? I read thoroughly so dont know what I might have missed but now I'm very curious. But I cant wait till you do cover it next. And you can ALWAYS post more (never thing its too long cause it can never be for us ;-p )

lovely update!!!!


confession....its high tiME!!!!


update soON!!!!

Hmm...

thanks so much for updating. really nice. I can see the tension between them now. which is only going to draw them closer.

Part 29: The severe case of Mono...

<Geet's monologue>

I wasn't sure how I was going to face him in office…the weekend passed by without having to reach out to him…and he didn't call me either.

Ok….If he wants to be Maan Singh Khurana then main bhi…Geet Khu…Geet…Sirf…Geet…

Ab vunko kuch farak nahi padta hain to kya hua….Fine…if he wants to be like that water drop on a lotus leaf…vo bhi chalega…I will treat him the same way as well.

Lekin….that weekend with him at Niagara…He was holding me when I was crying out of happiness and this time he knew I was hurt and he didn't even make an effort to come closer…Babaji…How am I ever going to understand him? Is it me or is it him?

I reached office on time and the next thing I did was to check if I had any mails from him. No mails…next checked the calendar for any meeting from him…hmmm one at 2.30 PM…but it was a conf call…and there were 3 other people…

I was seriously missing him in office…I had a split soul that day…my mind wanted to stay away from him and my heart badly wanted to look for him in office…even a glance would do…

It was 2.30 I dialed into the conf call…we called out the attendance and waited for him to start the agenda…

He was coughing…

Maan:"Hello…Thank you for joining the call"

He coughed again, severe congestion and also seemed like a sore throat…

Maan:" I'm not feeling well…and so Josh will be leading this call..he knows the requirements…"

Yash:"MK…what happened?"

Maan:" I don't believe it, but doctor says its Mono…I think I will be in only next week…"

Everyone on the phone started laughing…

Yash:" MK…looks like you have been partying too much…"

The call continued…I couldn't suppress my curiosity…

I goggled…

Causes of Mono…

It returned instantly..and I clicked one to find out what and how its spread…Chi chi Babaji…The image on the website was that of two people kissing…

"Infectious mononucleosis, "mono," "kissing disease," and glandular fever…."I couldn't complete my sentence…

What was I reading…What was Maan upto? I struggled to continue at office…

I left early and went home…He was just one floor above and I could probably give a shout out from the patio as well…I just didn't have it in me…I tried doing so many things…I did laundry…I washed everything in my closet…our bed linens…I still had time…I even did Meer's laundry…It was still only 9.30…I couldn't take it…I took the elevator and went straight to his place…

Nakul got the door for me…

Geet:' Maan ghar pe hain…"

Nakul:" Haan….Sir ji…lete hue hain….so nahin pa rahe…"

Geet:" Accha…mere saath please aayiye…"

Nakul:" Sir ji…Geet Maam…."

He was lying on his bed…his eyes were swollen and red…his hair was messed up…he was under atleast 2 sheets and a comforter…his throat had swollen too…

Geet:" Aapke Sir se poochiye ki ye sab kaise hua…"

Maan:" Nakul…ab tum jao…hum baat kar lenge…"

Geet:" Nahin…aap kahin nahin jaayenge…"

Maan:" Nakul…ab tum nahin gaye to…main tumhe India bech doonga daadima ke pass.."

Nakul:" Ji…Sir Ji…main aap dono ke beech nahin aana chahta hoon…"

Bechara…he walked away…

Maan:" Tumhe jo bhi baat karna hai…to mujse seeda seeda bol Geet…I don't want messengers…"

Geet:" How are you now?"

I asked in a stern voice…I wanted to make sure there was no ounce of care in it and that it was just a usual enquiry…

Maan:" How do you think I am?"

He didn't want to answer…ok…I will not question any further…

Geet:" What did you eat?"

Maan:" Nakul gave me some oats…but I'm unable to swallow…"

Geet:" That doesn't tell me if you ate anything or not…"

Maan:" I didn't…samaj gayi…yah mujhe aur explanation dena hai?"

<Maan's monologue>

I was expecting her to show up since our conf call…and she managed to stay away for more than 7 hours…good going…Keep it up Geet…

I didn't want to give in either…that night…I did not expect her to handle Shasha's question that way…I was deeply hurt… a simple "Mind your business" could have done it…but she chose the one that I would never want her to go for… I didn't have any expectation from her when I came back from Phoenix, but when she told me that she didn't expect much or miss Dev anymore…I was partly convinced that she was getting over him as her husband…That also took care of my guilt in regards to our closeness during the entire trip…He had already stopped loving her and she in her own way did not miss Dev and that to me is the end of whatever they shared…my world came crashing when she mentioned Dev and how she used their non-existent relationship as a cover…At that moment I didn't know what she was hoping for her in her heart…I wanted to stay as far as I could…I was only glad that I didn't run away as well and hurt her in the process…I want her to truly want me…I want her to revive my faith in women…is it too much to expect, I wasn't sure…I didn't want my love for her to influence her decision about her marriage…She was my love and my life and it didn't matter if she was mine or not…I had declared once and have paid for it…this time I was not going to ask any questions for which I didn't already know the answers…

I don't expect her to woo me…all I expect from her is to ponder and figure out what went wrong that day…She could have just been truthful and handled things my way…

She had left immediately when I told her that I had not eaten anything…I continued hearing sounds from the kitchen…wondering what she is up to…

She came back…with a bowl of soup…or at least it seemed so…

Geet:" I have overcooked the oats even more and blended it …you should be able to drink it now…"

She gave me the bowl…I took and kept it on the bedside table…to sit up properly…

Geet:" You know what…whatever it is that happened…we can talk later…Aapka gussa khane pe mat nikhaliye…"

Maan:" And you need to know that I was trying to sit up properly…"

I started drinking the oats with a spoon…it was much easier now….things do taste different with a women's touch…

She was fidgeting with her Dupatta…She was nervous…seemed like she was waiting to throw me some questions…

Maan:" Agar kuch pooch na hain…toh just ask…"

Geet:" Doctor ne kya kaha…"

Maan:" He has prescribed medicines…it will at least take a week to go down…I have never had Mono…so I don't have the antibodies appartently…"

Geet:" Aur…yeh Mono kaise hua…aapko…chi chi…maine pada iske baare mein…"

I had to break out into laughter…but I couldn't talk much either…my throat was hurting…I badly wanted to tease her with a made up episode of how I kissed a girl…but today was not the day…

Maan:" It's not what you think….I didn't kiss a girl…"

Geet:" Lekin…internet pe to…"

Maan:" It just needs saliva transfer…that night I was angry and went out for a walk…I was cold and stopped near a street fire pit…somebody was smoking a joint and I hit a few puffs…"

Geet:" What?....Aap ye sab karte hain?"

Maan:" Geet…it was just the one time…I was not thinking straight…Don't imagine things…"

She was hurt badly…she didn't expect that from me…even I didn't expect that from me…I just couldn't handle how Dev had resurfaced between us that night…at least that is how I felt…his thoughts must have been lurking around for her to spurt out something like that…for the Geet I knew would have only spoken the truth…she didn't believe in cover ups…

She asked me if I had taken my antibiotics…I answered yes in a nod…She once again asked me if I wanted some vapor rub…I could actually use some…but I called out for Nakul…

Geet:"Main leke avoongi…mujhe boliye Maan ki kahan hain…"

Maan:"Nahin..Nakul le ke ayega..." He was already there and got me the vapor run too and left the room…

She was seated in the loveseat far away from the bed…

When I was about to open the vapor rub and apply it…She came running and snatched it from me…

Geet:"Main…laga thi hoon…aur iska matlab ye nahi ki…"

Maan:"You don't have to keep repeating…I'm definitely staying away from you…."

I could see her hurt in her eyes…but she wasn't falling back either…

She applied the vapor rub around my throat,forehead, noes…just below my collar bones…she was about to apply it on my chest…when I stopped her…

Maan:" Bas yeh teek hain…"

I didn't want her to stay any longer…she was slowly melting me…

Geet:" Ab aap so jaaye…"

She sort of tucked in the blanket and comforter and walked to the living room…

I was glad she was leaving…but the fact that she didn't say bye to me bothered me…

I couldn't sleep for a long time….I walked to get some warm water…

"Aapko kuch chaiye…"

I was shocked…I didn't expect anyone there…

She was lying down on the couch and got up when I walked into the kitchen…

Maan:" Geet…you are still here?"

Geet:" Ji…actually sogayi…"

<Geet's monologue>

I wanted to stay back…I dint know what else to tell him…I wasn't sure if he would need anything during the course of the night…I'm not getting out of here no matter what…

Maan:"I'm good….I think you should…"

He hesitated…he didn't want to ask me to go back to the apartment either…and I didn't want to tell him that I wanted to stay back either…

She walked towards me and touched my forehead to check for my temperature…

Geet:"Ab bhi bhukar hain…aapko so jaana chaiye…"

<Maan's monologue>

I just couldn't help wonder how much she cared for me…It had been a long time since I had received such affection from the opposite gender other than Daadima…I wanted to hug her and say thank you…

But…she was an illusion in my life for now…I didn't know if she really was mine…

I wanted to sit down with her…but my body couldn't work with my heart…It had its mind of its own…I went to bed…

She worked from home the whole week…She visited me from time to time and spent most of the time at my apartment…The entire time she was at my place….she didn't speak or bring up anything other than my health and work…

She sometimes worked from the living room…and I was tempted to sit down with her to finish off some reports…but my Id was not giving in…not yet…

The only good thing that came out of the Mono was that she was much more comfortable at the penthouse…She knew everything about it…from where the tissues where kept to finding her way through the kitchen cabinets…

It was Friday already…we went down to get a cup of coffee….Meera was there at the coffee shop…

Meera:"Hi MK…how are you?"

Maan:" I'm good…how are you?"

She went to get her coffee…I stayed back with Meera on the couch…I didn't have it in me to stand in the long queue…

Meera:" Toh! How are you really feeling…"

She came back with some hot water in a cup and gave it to me…

Maan:"Lekin…mujhe to coffee chaiye…I don't want to have water now…"

Geet:" Maan…pehle aap please ye lijiye…I will get the coffee…"

She was commanding…must have rubbed off of me…she went back to join the long line…And I couldn't help stare at her for how much she cared for me…

Meera:" MK…If you don't mind can I ask you something…"

Maan:" Bolo Meera…"

Meera:" Sorry for intruding…but muhje lagta hain ki…aap vuse bata dena chaiye…"

I totally knew what she meant…but I didn't expect that from her…

I spurted the water back in the cup…

Maan:" What?...what are you talking about?"

Meera:" I told you I'm sorry…but I cannot help notice how you have always treated her differently…You cannot deny she is special…"

Maan:" Common Meera…there is nothing…"

She cut me off…

Meera:"From day one…you introduced yourself as Maan…whereas you were always MK for us…You never hung out with us outside office..and suddenly we were all going out continuously…You had never come down to our apartment for any emergency in the last one year…and you came down to give her medicine and a letter that was posted by mistake…

And then the vegas trip…and then meeting at coffee shops, caf's …what not…even if you deny it…your eyes says it all…"

Maan:" Guilty as charged…"

I was blushing…

Maan:" Meera you know the circumstances…I don't think its appropriate…now…and for that matter…I have not announced my intentions for the same reason you have not announced yours to Yash…"

She was surprised…we had never chatted this personally before…

Meera:"But Yash is a good friend…"

Maan:" If Friendship is the new keyword for cover…then I will go with that as well…"

Meera:" Maan…I don't think I can argue with you…"

Maan:" Yes…we all know that Meera…when are you going to tell Yash?"

Meera:" I can't propose to him…He is the guy…he should be proclaiming…"

Maan:" Same with me…"

Meera:" MK…are you serious?"

Maan:" No I didn't mean that…She has to be available…she is still very much married…atleast that is what she is going around telling everyone…"

Meera:"What do you mean she is telling everyone?"

Maan:"Apparently she ran out of Aakash's engagement party because Shasha questioned her about her relationship with Dev…and she told her that he still visits her here…"

Meera:" But bechari…what else can she do?"

Maan:" Don't say that Meera…she should have told the truth…she would have never told anything to do with Dev , if he was still not on her mind…"

Meera:"MK…things are not always so straight for a girl…as it is for you…"

She came back with my coffee…we all finished our coffee and were about to leave…

I signaled Meera that I will call her soon…

I came to the apartment and I called back Meera…Geet had gone back to her apartment…

Maan:"Meera…continue…"

Meera:"I hope there is no misunderstanding between you guys since she said something like that…"

Maan:" Actually give me a minute…"

I was not able to understand I was talking to someone else about my personal stuff…I needed a minute to process it…I wonder what other Maan Singh Khurana rules she was going to make me break…

Maan:" Yeah…actually we have not been talking ever since that night…it got ugly…She asked me to stay away from her…"

Meera:" You are kidding me right…She has been staying at your place all this week…"

Maan:" She is here alright…but we haven't talked…"

Meera:"What exactly happened.."

I told her the whole thing…I felt like two girl friends chit chatting with each other…that was so not me…

Meera:"MK, please..she is never going to figure out whatever that is bothering you…and you guys have to talk…until then you will never know why she said that…"

Maan:" I cannot handle confrontation now…and moreover she has to make a decision on her own about her marriage…"

Meera:" Dono Ziddi hain…I cannot help…"

Maan:" I guess it's better to leave it at that…so what else…anything new…"

Meera:" No…actually not really…I have joined a bollywood dance group…I'm spending most of my time there…I'm looking for a partner…"

Maan:" You should ask Yash…"

Meera:"He already said he is not interested…"

Maan:" Even better…you should ask a hot guy to be your partner…that probably will make Yash jealous…and bingo…that will serve as a good catalyst…"

Meera:"Aaj kal…who…will…actually I don't believe I'm going to ask this…"

I got a whiff of what she meant…No…No….I didn't want to be a part of this.

She wasn't giving up either…she blackmailed me about ratting me out to Geet…

I eventually gave in…

Meera:" Mon, Wed, Fri 8.00 PM…See you MK…come pick me up…Yash will be there to eat at my place then…and yeah I will have to call you Maan…I cannot call you MK anymore…"

I didn't know what I was getting into…but if I could help bring Yash and Meera together…I didn't mind…

She was already here…getting me soup…

<Geet's monologue>

I couldn't believe he was not sorry for being so cold that night…Did it really not matter to him what decision I made about my marriage? I had spent the whole week here…he did thank me for taking care of him…but that was not going to cut it…he didn't ask me to stop what I was doing for him either…rather was actually getting used to it…He even stopped calling Nakul for things he wanted…why would he? I was anyways there with the things he needed before he could ask for it…

It could be the balm…or new tissue box…or hot water…or steam…or an extra blanket…

But he was so ill…I was once again split between my heart and mind…of course I let me heart take over my mind for now…but just for now…

long really wonderful..'J''....grt work

Mono....🤣

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