Manan ff - U r my heartbeat

chapter 26

Nandinis pov
N - manik !!!...
M - hmm...
N - kuch bolona ....(after having ice cream v sat on a bench)
M - acha yeh bathao aaj abhi ke saath beach par kyu ayyithi ..i mean subha subha ...
N - manik maine bolnekeliye bola ...puchne keliye nahi ..
M - batauogi ya nahi ....(annoyed face )
N - wo kya hai na ...ithne dino baad mile the dono soo thought of meeting each other ....
M - nandu kya mai ek baath puch saktha hu ...
N - haa puchona .....i could sense something which was bothering him ...
M - tum kya chupa rahi ho ...i mean jabse tume dekha hai i feel like u r hiding something ...i dont know i just feel like that....

I was shocked ...like seriously how can he know about me ..i mean mai tho hamesha apni emotions pe control rakthihu den how can he ....he is different like totally different ...aaj taak kisine bhi ithna importance yaa mujhe itna carefully observe nahi kiya hai undono ke alawa...but he ...should i tell him ....no no nandu u cant ....past is past now u have moved on aur abhi mila hai na soo dont try to scratch those old scars.....
M - nandu !!!...kaha kho gayi ...c if u dont want to tell ...itz completely fine ...
N - nahi manik ...itz just that ki ....past ko hum past mai hi rehne dethe hai ....
Manik just smiled ...i guess he understood i wasnt ready to answer his questions ...
M - i know u cant just open up like that ..take ur time ...but remember one thing im always there for you ...
That was too sweet yar come on ...i mean when he said that i could see soo much of care in his eyes ...i m completely sure he meant what he said ...i just couldnt move my eyes away from his ....v shared a very cute eye lock ...his chocolate brown eyes ayyiappa ..they r soo mesmerising ....i just wanted time to stop so that i could spend a lot of time sitting like that n looking at his eyes.....but how can that happen our eye lock was broken by a call....it was abhi ..
Phone call
N - hii abhi ..
Ab - kaha ho tum ...
N - beach par actually manik ke saath ayyithi ....( i could c manik getting annoyed by the call ...i couldnt stop but smile for his antics)
Ab - i have a good news for u ..guess what ...
N - what !!!gud news ...arrey bathauna kya hai ....jaldi ...(full on excited mode as i love gud news n surprises )...
Ab - jabh mera baby doll yaha mumbai mai agaiyyi hai tho i thought y not even i join in her college only ....
Was he seriously ...like ..i mean he will join my college he will study with me ...ayyiappa thank u thank u sooo much ...
N- sachii ( i just jumped out of my place making manik shocked)
Ab - haa baba ....
N - awww thatz soo sweet abhi ...luv u luv u soo much ...
Ab - luv u too baby doll ...so monday college mai milee ..
N- yeh bhi koyi puchne ki baath hai ...im soo happy ...
Ab - not more than me ...chalo raktha hu bye take care ....
N - byee take care ...
As soon as i cut the call manik bumbarded with a lot of questions to which i answered that abhi will b joining space ...seeing his face i could clearly make out that he was not that excited as i was ...but still i was happy ....
N - manik u know phir se pehle jaise hum thiino ....(i lost words ...again the past came in front for me ...i dont know when tears formed in my eyes ...i just hate myself for crying soo much ...)
M - arrey nandu kya hua ....y r u crying .....( within no time he took me into a mere hug ....i could have controled myself but by his act again my past started haunting me )...
N - kuch nahi manik itz just that ...(i couldnt stop but sobb holding his blazer )...
M - shhhh !! ....dont stress urself i can wait untill u open up ...now dont cry ...plzzz MERE LIYE ...
That last line ...that was something that i never expected from others ...who could make me stop crying by giving themself as a reason to that ...manik y r u doing all this ...y r u trying to make place in my heart...no plzz dont do this at last u r the one who will b more than hurt ....
N- manik plzz u dont have to do this ....my life is a mess dont get into this mess ( i said by breaking the hug)
M - nandu (he cupped my face where as his thumb was caresing my cheeks ...his face was harding some centimetres away from mine)....everyone will b having problems in their life ...koyi nahi hai jiske life mai problems na hoo but v have to face them tab hi hame himat milthi hai agar problems se bagenge na tho iise hee they will haunt our mind ...c im ur friend na tho friends kis kamm athehe bolo ....i m not getting into any mess ...but haa i will surely try to get u out fron that mess ....
His words were more than ointment to my wounds ...he said all those with soo much care n love i just couldnt move my eyes off him ...slowly i rested my head on his shoulder n started listening to him ....he enterwined his fingers with mine n he was caresing my fingers with his thumb ....that was the best moment of my life ...he is not just my friend but my best friend ...
N- manik tum na ...u r not just my friend ur my best friend ...
A big smile crept on his face ....
End of pov ...

Maniks pov ...
When she said im her best friend i mentally patted myself for talking a promotion from friend to best friend ....n i will soon turn that into more than friends ...but there is something which is haunting her ...what mi8 have happened in her past ...i just hope she opens up early so that i can ease her pain n give her worlds happiiness ....
End of pov...
Both stayed there for sometime as they wanted to cherish those moments ...silence was enough for them to clarify their inner turmoils ...later manik insisted to go back as it was already late ...manik dropped her near her hostel she came out from the car giving manika mere hug to which he smiled ....manik reached his house suddenly he remembered about aiisha n went to her room to talk to her but she was already asleep so he thought not to disturb her n discuss the matter tomorrow ...he went to his room n dozed off thinking about their beach moments n obvious about nandu ...here even nandini thinking about manik dozes off ...