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N a n d i n i

" Why can't they fucking leave us alone and let us have some family time , god damnit "

Manik was very irritated with people constantly bugging us and judging us , to be honest i am irritated too at this point , especially because i want Ifra to enjoy her family time.

" Yeah , i want our baby to enjoy her heart out with us and i don't like it when they record her "
I honestly don't like it when they record my love , i mean , she and us we deserve privacy.

( Nandini's outfit 🦋)

" Come here baby "
He grabbed my hands and pulled me towards himself , locked his arms around my waist and continued to stare at me intently.

"  Look at Ifra "
After some moments , i saw her playing in the kid's section , with other cute kids and she's going to be very mad at me if she hears me calling them cute lol

Ifra was constantly jumping and sliding and playing with the kids since half an hour now.

" She's exhausting herself "
I said looking at Manik , with my lips formed into a pout.

Manik pecked my pout , i knew he would , instantly i was a blushing mess , i looked around to see if there were still people watching us .

We walked a little further till the gate of the kid's play , the caretaker opened the door for us , because i knew our daughter wouldn't come out unless she's scooped by her dadda or by me.

I took a closer look at her face and there she was all red like a tomato , her hair a mess , she was sweating a bit , even though the air conditioner was on .

( Ifra Murthy Malhotra 🦋 )

I turned to Manik and his face showed the same worried expressions , she came sliding down the slide and fell on her bums.

She's my whole life <3

We walked as fast as we could , before she could run behind to slide down again.

Manik immediately took her in his arms and kissed her entire face , oof , she exhausts herself too much.

" Jaan look at you , pura face red ho gaya hain , ab bas , let's relax haan mera baccha "
I immediately caressed her hair as Manik rubbed her cheeks gently with the wet wipes i passed him .

" Ifla wantsh to play a lille mole mamma "
I knew this was coming , she loves playing just like other kids but i don't want her to always exhaust herself.

" I know adora , but you played so much shona , you're sweating my love , thode der baad we'll play haan "
I tried to make her understand , because for now i want her to relax in my or her dadda's arms and drink and eat something.

Even though Manik wiped her face , her cheeks were bloody red , it'll take some more time to vanish , the ac temperature here is so high , she can't take hot weathers.

" We'll come back yeah , pehle let's get you out of here , to somewhere cooler haan , mera accha baccha "
I convinced her somehow , she wiggled in her dadda's arms and came back to me , i immediately pecked her forehead.

Manik was constantly caressing her hair , and gently rubbing her cheeks.

" Jaan "
He called and y'all know what would've happened , me and Ifra both of us looked at him and he as usual chuckled.

He did that just to tease me , such a tease.

I rolled my eyes and we continued to walk , we were getting closer to where the other people were and oh god , there was media too now , i mean ....

" Put off the flash please "
I stated , and burried ifra into my neck , she immediately hid into my neck after seeing so many huge humans.

"  Put the fucking flashes off , right fucking now "
Co incidentally me and Manik said the same thing at the same time but ofcourse not the same way  , he was very harsh and looked mad at them , but he just lip synced the curses because of Ifra.

The Media's minds would've been blasting right now , after seeing us together , they're literally so hungry for gossip , to know why we're together , what's the relation between us , and honestly i don't give two shits about what they want or what they think.

I am so glad they heard us and gave us way to walk , Manik possessively wrapped an around my waist and walked us all out to the main way.

" Let's stop at Starbucks , I'll feed her something , we can have some coffee "
I looked at Manik who was ready to be taken anywhere with us , that's cute.

We entered Starbucks , i am so glad there weren't many people , we got two to three smiles and stares and that's it.

We immediately took our seats , i made Ifra sit on the table as her dadda held her straight , pecking her soft hands.

I instantly grabbed her sipper and attached it to her lips , she has to drink water , i am so glad she finished half of it , she really was thirsty.

Manik ordered us Coffee , while i took out the fruits that i cut for Ifra and brought along with us , she looked at that cute  box and immediately hid her face in her dadda's chest .

" Jaan , come on , mera accha baccha , please open your mouth , look at mamma "
Manik looked away from the menu and held ifra's head , caressing her hair .

She took out her face and opened her mouth , thank you aiyappa , i immediately fed her.

" I cancelled the deal that i had with fab 5 "
I thought it would be better to inform him.

He looked at me , gave me a heartwarming smile and said

" Honestly , at this point of time and in future i don't care or give a fuck about FAB 5 "
He obviously lip synced ' fuck '

" I am here with you two , khwaab tha yeh mera Nandini , jo ab pura ho raha hain "
I felt so emotional right now , looking at the way he spoke , so genuinely.

" Manik , i ... I don't know what to say "
I was stammering , literally , i didn't know how to respond , he was being so truthful , my eyes felt watery.

" You don't have to , bas mere saath raho , mere paas , and I'll be fine , i promise "

I looked into the pool of his chocolaty brown orbs , i felt his hand holding mine and that smile always had the power to make Nandini Murthy fall in love with Manik Malhotra a little more each moment.

I nodded my head twice with a tear slipping my eye , that was instantly wiped by Manik.

Caressing my hair like i am some kid , haha , he looked at ifra and as he used to randomly kiss her , this time he kissed her head , cute.

We both looked at her who was very busy reading the menu , like some big hardworking woman , having a coffee after work lol ,my baby is the cutest.

After feeding her some more fruit pieces , i wiped her lips , content with the fact that she filled her tummy , Manik and i we both had our food , while Ifra was busy capturing her parents.

I looked at our coffee glasses closely and saw it had MaNanRa , written , awww Manik can be cute sometimes.

" Dadda "
Ifra called him and there he was at her service.

" Yes my life "
Smarty pants always knows he's calling her life.

" Tan we watch , floshen tu ? "
( Can we watch Frozen 2 )

Manik looked at me a little guilty , because he didn't understand what Floshen aka Frozen was , i slowly mouthed

" Frozen , it's a Disney movie "
He raised his eyebrows happily, mouthed a thank you and looked back at her.

" Ofcourse , ofcourse meri jaan , we will watch Frozen "
He said caressing her soft cheeks and as usual being intrigued by her beautiful face.

" Dadda it'sh not Floshen , It'sh Floshen tu "
( Dadda it's not Frozen , it's Frozen 2 )
Haha , she corrected him because she was talking about the second movie.

I was simply sipping my coffee and watching the show , my personal and very private show , only mine.

" Sorry jaan , let's go watch Frozen 2 after this ? "
He asked and she clapped her hands and looked at me , asking silently if we could go.

" Zaroor mere dil ka tukda , let's watch Frozen 2 "
I pecked her cheeks

Mera accha baccha !

I applied her cream , on her face , and combed her hair , once we were done  , then we got to the theatres.

At the theatres Ifra was on Manik's lap the whole time while my head was on Manik's shoulder , our arms entwined .

His smell was so intoxicating.

Ifra was explaining Manik each and everything, while he like a good student tried to understand everything .

" Dadda that'sh klishtoff "
( Kristoff )
She was so excited to tell about Kristoff to Manik and it showed as she clapped her hands when he entered the screen.

Manik looked at me , weirdly , his nose scrunched , his eyebrows raised , what's gotten into him now ? Uhh !! Maybe i know already.

Like a kid he asked Ifra
" Do you like Kristoff jaan ? " his nose still scrunched.

She looked at manik with the biggest smile on her face and nodded her head excitedly.

Haaye mera baccha !!

He looked at me again as she got busy with the movie .

" Kya hua hain ? "
I knew , what happened to him suddenly , but i chose to tease him.

" You like that Kristoff too ? "
I was about to explode in a fit of laughter, but i controlled and nodded my head innocently.

" Itna bhi kuch khaas nahi hain wo , why does Ifra like him , i don't like it "
Omg , this man , was jealous over a cartoon character , I laughed like a maniac pressing my lips into his shoulder not to disturb the others.

" Manik , Manik i laughed again  he's just a cartoon character baby "
I grasped his face into my palms and he looked at me like i was some alien.

" Kuch bhi ho , i don't care "
Was his very plain reply.

" Dadda look that'sh Olaf , Klishtoff's Fliend "
( Dadda look that's Olaf , kristoff's friend )

I laughed a little more as Manik put up a happy face and looked at Kristoff for Ifra but from within he literally wanted to punch Kristoff for snatching his daughters attention from him.

She wasn't explaining any character or scenes to me because we've watched Frozen together crores of times , she used to look at me and we used to sing the songs together while Manik had nothing but love in his eyes for us as we sang .

" Thantoo Mamma and
Dadda "
Awww , mera dil , she thanked us with a juicy kiss on both our cheeks .

We were currently walking around the mall , with ifra in my arms , Manik following us.

" Open your mouth jaan "
I put three m&m's in her mouth and she immediately got happy.

I looked beside me , to see even Manik opened his mouth just like Ifra and i put some in his mouth too , my loves were adorable.

" I wanted to buy some skin care and body essentials , is it fine ? "
I asked looking at Manik.

" Ofcourse it is more than just fine , chalo "
I smiled at him , and we walked into one of the finest shops here.

Ifra jumped into Manik's arms as i started to search for my brand , while both dadda daughter sat on the couch.

" Dadda i am thirshty "
She said looking at Manik with a pout.

I immediately took out her sipper out of my bag and was about to make her drink but Manik beat me to it.

" Is it okay if i make her drink water , i mean you can shop , i can try and take care of her "
I could see he was hesitant to say that , because he didn't want me to think , that he's trying to snatch my right or something , which was complete bullshit , she was his blood too.

" Ofcourse it is , she's your daughter too Manik , you can take care of her , here you go i placed the sipper in his hand , i was about to walk to the racks after giving ifra a kiss and after manik started making ifra drink the water , but I said aur mujhe bilkul bura nahi lagega , you have complete right over her too "

He muttered a thank you and his smile was worth watching , so alluring.

After i was done with myself , i entered the kid's section and boughy Ifra her favourite bathbombs , her favourite berry shampoo and her favourite baby scent.

I walked to where both of them were , ifra was watching Fish Family on Manik's phone while Manik was busy caressing her hair as she rested her body against  his chest.

" Chalein ? "
I asked , as both baap beti looked at me and the amount of bags in my hands.

" Got everything? "
He asked while i nodded , i looked at my watch and realised i almost took more than half an hour , i am glad they waited, they had to , my patient babies.

" Ifra aapko pata hain , there was this new flavour in the shampoo section , but I got you your favourite berry one "
We always used to talk on stuff like these , i love it .

" I like belly mole mamma "
( I like berry more mamma )
See i knew , mamma after all , berry toh berry hi.

It was a little past lunch time but lunch was necessary so we stopped at a very cute restaurant.

I raked my fingers through ifra's hair , while Manik was having some businesses talks on the phone , Ifra jaan was busy studying the menu , she sometimes loved being the mature baby and read menu's, even though she doesn't like food.

After some minutes Manik was done with his call , we smiled looking at each other because of our daughters antics.

" Ma'am what would you like to order ? "
The waiter asked.

" Please come after some time , she's reading it "
She was mostly concerned about all the beautiful looking food pictures on the menu.

" Sure Ma'am "
Giving a smile , he walked away.

After she was done reading the menu , she looked at me with a cute smile , i already know why , because she isn't interested in eating anything.

" Kya chahiye aapko ? "
I asked even when i knew already.

Before she could scrunch her nose i popped in
" Mamma's not taking no for an answer jaan , you have to eat "
She tried to convince me but there's nothing important than her health.

She then pointed on the cute cartoonish picture of chicken nuggets and fries and Manik and i both relieved a sigh of relief.

Manik and i both ordered for ourselves .

Ifra fed me and Manik french fries and nuggets and we gladly had it.

After having our lunch , it was already 7 .

" Manik let's go street shopping please "
After having her food , along with a shake , ifra dozed off in my laps .

He looked at me , as he drove through the streets of Bombay.

" We'll do shopping , yeah ? But from some mall please "
I knew he'd say that.

" Manik but i want to go to Bandra , I've missed street shopping so much all these years "
I pouted innocently cradling Ifra close to me as she slept peacefully in her mamma's arms.

" Jaan it's too much of crowd there  i gave him the puppy dog face and he had to agree , i knew it okay fine , abhi bhi aata hain ye cute harkatein karke apne kaam nikalwana tumhe "
He said making me laugh as i remembered all the things i used to do in the past so that he could agree to my demands.

As soon as Manik stopped on the roads of bandra , and as soon as we stepped out , i was hit with a feeling of past , so much nostalgia , college days , college looks , haha , college outfits .

I remember coming here with Chachi and navya and shopping clothes so that i could rock them in college , i remember buying one of the sexiest tops from here and wearing it only in front of Manik , he was mind blown that day , i remember all the oxidised jewellery that i used to obsess over , college days will always stay close to your heart.

Manik took ifra in his arms , as i stepped forward to shop , i hesitated a bit , it's been years after all , but i had to enjoy this moment , i happily entered the crowd of people and looked for clothes , this feeling is so dear to me , people bargaining with the sellers , teens cribbing to their moms to buy them that particular outfit so that they could rock them in college , i was so happy i was here , i missed all this in LA .

I bought so many things , so many oxidised jewellery , i even had my favourite pani puri wale bhaiya's pani puri , made manik try it too lol.

I am so glad ifra is sleeping , she's not habitual to this , it'll take her some time , but boy when i tell you , my daughter's going to love all this one day.

As soon as we entered the car and i took ifra in my arms

" Manik i am so happy to be here , it feels so good , i missed this so much , oof aiyappa "
He smiled at me and leaned forward to peck my forehead.

Cupping my cheeks , with an intense look , he muttered
" I am so sorry " and without giving me a chance to say anything he started the car .

" Manik please , we've talked about this , you don't have to apologize every single time , it's done with , please "
I tried to put some brains into his head .

" Yeah , but it's a fact and a fact remains a fact that i kept you away from all of this , i am to be blamed , i kept you away from me , your family and India "
He's so guilty , he rubbed his palm on his face , pinching his eyebrows , he looks so frustrated right now.

" Manik we're trying to move forward from this , aren't we ? We're trying to forget it , i believe , whatever happens, happens for good , kuch accha likha hoga hamare separation me bhi, bhul jao , it's just going to hurt you and i don't want it for you or for me , people and we our ownselves made ourselves hurt enough "

He nodded and after that silence occupied the ride , untill our love woke up from her nap with a cute strech.

" Uth gayi meri jaan "
I said , wiping her eyes , with some wet wipes , while her dadda passed her a flying kiss and she passed us both flying kiss' back.

It was now 10 in the night , I've enjoyed my heart out today , i am so grateful for everything that i have , so so grateful.

" We're going to the beach baby "
It was nothing like LA's beaches , ofcourse here it was more crowded , but had apnapan to it.

" Leally Mamma "
She confirmed as she stood up on my laps.

" Jee meri jaan "
I took Manik's hand into mine and pecked the back of his hand , he looked at me and bought the back of my hand to his lips and held it there for some moments.

" I am warning you two , no running into the water or playing with the sand "
Whatt ?? Ofcourse i get the not running into the water part because it's unsafe but not playing with mud ? Phir yaha kya karne aaye hain hum?

" Jaan  , pani me nahi jayege , but we'll play with the sand please " 
He looked at me and leaned forward to peck my lips as he muttered

" Deewana bana ke rakh diya hain apna "
Something turned inside my stomach  or prolly , butterflies flied , but it was so good to hear to.

He scooped ifra into his arms , and walked out of the car and came towards my side , opened the door for me , like a gentleman.

Oof i was wearing white shorts that's soon going to turn into some dirty brown colour lol .

This place , Manik used to bring me here at night after me convincing him the whole day , we used to have golas , and sit under the sky and enjoy the wind and each other's company , today we've come here as a family.

Ifra hid herself in Manik's shirt as he left his coat in the car itself , she used to hide and peek out like a little rabbit and look at the food shops and kids running here and there.

We bought a big mat and i sprawled it over the sand , we settled onto it , i took a  deep breath , Bombay will always have my heart , i found Manik in Bombay.

Ifra looked around the beach and had a confused expression on her face  , because beaches in LA were obviously different and here she wasn't able to see more of water but more of giant humans and hear noises.

There was this guy who was selling a toy that needed to pulled and when left , it would fly in the sky and come back to it's place, Ifra loved watching that guy and other kids play with it.

Manik bought it for her and taught her how to do it , it used to land somewhere else and Manik used to run and bring it back to us , such a beautiful moment this is , so much of calmness and peace.

She was giggling so hard as she finally flew it on her own and Manik and i were so proud of her , our baby .

I bought the sand toys to play with the sand , i firstly wet the sand a little and then allowed Ifra to play with it because the wind was blowing and i didn't want it to enter her eyes , no ways.

We made a big sand castle and named it MaNanRa mansion , cute isn't it ?

Ifra played with sand so much , she was happy Touchwood , she made sand balls and said

" Thish is lalloo "
( This is laddoo )

Amms gave her motichoor ke laddoo once and she asked amms what that was and look at my sharp baby making sand lalloos now , oof kya karu main meri jaan ka .

Manik and i laughed our hearts out at ifra's lalloo but she ofcourse knew the difference between edible and non edible, so i was assured she wouldn't put sand in her mouth.

I entwined my and Manik's arms as i laid my head on his shoulder as ifra sat in between us making laddoos.

" Do you remember , how we used to come here , take a walk and talk about life ? "
I asked as nostalgia was hitting me hard.

" Ofcourse , tumse judi hui har baat mujhe acche se yaad hain , the worst part was dropping you home  "
Ahh , he used to hate getting seperated from me , also used to try to convince me into staying a night at his place.

" Kaha se kaha aa gaye na Manik? "
I whispered taking a deep breath.

" Kitna kuch dekh liya , kitna kuch seekha diya life ne "
He whispered back looking straight at the water.

" Kaise the , so immature , so young and today we're parents , we've made a baby "
Manik and i both chuckled , but admired our creation sitting before us making laddoos.

" Socha nahi tha zindagi phirse tumse milne ka mauka degi , bohot meherbaan ho gayi mujhpar aur ye ehsaan main kabhi nahi bhuluga "
He whispered , as he took me into a side hug and pecked my head , this is getting so emotional , shayad maine bhi kabhi nahi socha tha.

" Shayad main bhi yahi sochti thi , but look at us , phirse usi beach pe , raat ke 11 baje , thandi hawa me , khule aasmaan ke neeche baithe hain , with a baby , hamara baby "
He looked at me and i looked at him back , this is serene , this is so beautiful , we've come a long way , he nodded , with a smile and took the laddoo maker in between us and we squeeshed her.

This is what i dreamed of and this is all i ever want.

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