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mukti wanted them to forget the pains in their lives and move on. enjoy as always.

like all the time they set up the band. manik with guitar. nandini n aliya at keyboard. mukti n navya guitars. dhruv n cabir on drums.

they started a song. it went well. so they performed on some other songs then. audience was going all Aww. mukti decided to take up the mike after the performance ended.

"hello guys". mukti spoke on the mike. "missed us?" she asked the crowd.

the crowd was hooting and cheering loudly. they were showing their happiness of getting back their favourite band after a long gap.

mukti moved from where she was standing and reached her band. she held cabir and navya's hands from opposite sides. then other's too held each others' hands. MaNan was on one side and Dhruliya on other side. they all 7 wonders members stood their together hand in hand.

they all first bowed together towards the audiences. then they let their holds loose. but mukti didn't.

mukti in fact dragged CaVya along to the front stage. then she took the mike again.

"hey guys. we are finally back. we won't be regular performers like before but will try to continue. we promise."

mukti looked at CaVya this time. "our friends cum band members are ready to get married." mukti pushed them together in front. CaVya blushed.

"they are ready to take the next step. please pray for them. and this performerance may be our last performance before their marriage. so wish them luck."

mukti was quite screaming all this while. her voice almost broke at last few lines. but she didn't stop.

mukti was holding the pain for too long. she was seeing her friends vulnerable but couldn't do anything for them.

she was alone. even with all these friends. she knew somehow they all have a partner. not knowing about MaNan she atleast knew they were best buddies.

but she didn't have anyone like that. we call her single. but being alone is much more harder than being single. with that also mukti wasn't ready to be in any kind of romantic relationship.

we would wish she also had someone who would have been her power. her strength. helped her through this stage. so that she could help her friends too.

but still she tried. a simple try to bring back the old days when not so much things had happened. nor they had so many problems. and she succeeded.

but now as she was at the edge of breaking, tired from holding on for so long. she needed nothing more than her friends' support whom were more than a family to her.

and she knew that she had them with her. for now and forever.

meanwhile when mukti was declaring CaVya marriage, there was one person whose facial expression changed. and there was another person who noticed this change from side and guessed the reason.

nandini was quite upset after hearing the announcement. she might be thinking that she and manik could be like this also if she wouldn't back off. if only she could be more brave and tell everyone about them. she wouldn't be scared to be in a relationship. they would also be something till now.

manik could sense her wave of thoughts. he came by her and placed his left hand over her left ones. that was on keyboard. nandini sensed his touch.

manik's right hand found its way to her waist.

"nandu. are you okay? "

without saying anything nandini left his hand. she turned and immediately hugged him in a tight embrace. she was wanting then to hide herself in his chest. manik too held her tight. like real tight. not wanting to let go off of her.

after staying sometime in each others embrace manik tried to loosen the grip a bit. he then bend forward and kissed her cheeks one by one. she was silently crying and how could manik let her precious pearls fall.

others weren't noticing this. because MaNan were in the back side which had dim light. while spot light was on CaVya. Dhruliya were also engrossed in themselves, not having time to notice others.

they talked with fans for sometime. and then left as they had to prepare for the marriage too.

one day after CaVya's court marriage. (receiption was still pending)

Manik to one of his senior.

manik: what they said after seeing Nandini's previous reports? Is there any hope left?

senior: of course manik. she can be cured. she has problems with her retina. so a retinal transplantation can work.

manik: great.

senior: but we need to do few tests. so that we can be sure that it would work. first we need to meet the donor.

manik: sir actually I was thinking..

senior: you were thinking what?

manik: may I be the donor?

senior: you? but I thought about someone who is brain dead.

manik: sir it's hard to find someone like that when nandini has a rare match. and I can do the donation right? there's nothing to loose after all.

senior: there is manik. how can you are not aware of this? if you donate your retina and some problem occurs during procedure, you may lose your eye sight.

manik: I don't care sir. I have tested. so I can be Nandini's donor. I really want to help her sir.

senior: manik try to understand. the procedure we are gonna do is still on experimental part. it's not 100% safe yet. you can be blind.

manik: we will first try with only one eye then.

senior: well fine. you are so stubborn.

manik: thanks sir.

senior: then inform Nandini and her family that you are gonna..

manik: no sir. you have to keep it a secret.

senior: what? but why?

manik: nandu won't let me proceed if she gets to know. she must not know about this. you have make sure. will you?

senior: why am I your friend? I always give in. (he said annoyed) promise I will keep it within us only.

manik smiled in victory.

Day before CaVya's receiption

Evening..

Manik came to nandini's house. to meet her parents. manik told them about his plan of eye transplantation. One eye only at first as experiment.

he didn't tell them that he was the donor. when they asked him he said that the donor was a friend of his senior colleague. (the one who was helping him with the plan.) he told them that the donor wanted his identity to be hidden.

after making nandu's parents agreed to the procedure, he went to convince nandu. which was definitely the most hard part of his plan.

when manik couldn't find nandini anywhere in her house, he went to his. there he found his nandu sleeping peacefully on his bed.

may be she slept there waiting for manik. manik too didn't wake her up. he sat there on the ground waiting for his soul to wake up.

after sometime when nandu got up, manik welcomed her with a cup of coffee.

Nandu: manik you again got late today. what took you so long that I even fell asleep waiting for you?

Manik: I was with your parents. discussing about something.

Nandu: and what was it?

Manik: nandu I want to talk to you too. you know what I got?

Nandu: what? promotion??

Manik: no fool. why would I go to your parents then?

Nandu: so what's it?

Manik: nandu your problem's gonna be solved. you will be able to see. We found a donor for you. you just need to agree and everything is already set.

Nandu: but I don't agree?

Manik: but why?

Nandu: If I will try this and this get unsuccessful then what? again everyone will be sad just for me. mostly my parents.

Manik: but why will it fail? don't you trust me? have you any doubt on me?

Nandu: are you gonna do the operation Manik?

Manik: no. How would I? expert surgeons will do. and I am sure they will be successful.

Nandu: when you are not going to do it yourself how can you trust others so much? that also for the first time they are gonna do this. I can't trust anyone. it's really big.

Manik: nandu.. ( a little too sweetly)

Nandu: no means no. I have decided. I will not do the transplantation.

he knew it was not going to be easy. but he wasn't someone who would give up.

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