Manik was standing numb there, he doesn't know how to react as the question was so sudden. Cabir was thinking that how dumb the question is because there are very minute chances of that situation to occur and even if it's occurs, then, he knew that manik will definitely choose his love, his nandini because he doesn't feel anything for alia.

MU: Bol na manik? Ab chup kyun khada h? Tune socha iske bare mein ek baar bhi? Tune socha, agar tune usse umeed dekar uska haath chod diya, toh vo kitna hurt hogi? Socha tune?

C: Tu ye sab kya bol rahi h? Tu janti h ki alia vapis nhi ayegi. Chal, ek pal ke liye maan bhi liya ki vo aa jati h, toh manik nandini ko kyun chodega? Manik pyaar karta h nandini se.

MU: Cabir, tu samajh nhi raha h. Agar, manik ne nandini ko chod diya, toh vo bikhar jayegi. Aj nandini bina kisi umeed ke jee rahi h, haan, thodi hurt h par atleast thk toh h aur dheere dheere sambhal bhi jayegi, par agar manik ne usse ek umeed dedi aur kal ko uske sapne pure nhi kar paya, toh vo puri tarah se toot jayegi. (Manik and cabir both become confused that what she is trying to say.)

C: Tu kya kehna chah rahi h? Umeed? Kya umeed?

MU: Cabir, tu aur m, ye baat bahut ache se jante hain ki nandini manik se pyaar karne lagi h. (This came as a shock for them that how mukti knows about it and mukti understands what is going on in their mind.) Haan, mujhe is baat ka kal raat hi doubt ho gaya tha ki manik nandini ke liye feel karne laga h aur m Ye bhi jaan gayi thi ki nandini manik se beintehaan pyaar karne lagi h. Manik, tu mera friend h, agar tu move on karega aur apni life mein khush rahega toh usse zyada khushi ki baat mere liye koi nhi hogi par agar teri khushi ka matlab h ki kal ko nandini hurt ho, toh I am sorry, vo m hone nhi dungi. Aisa nhi h ki m nhi samajhti ki tu nandini se pyaar karne laga h aur m ye bhi janti hoon ki tu usse hamesha khush rakhega par mujhe darr h ki agar kal ko alia aa jaye aur tu nandini ko chod de, toh vo bichari toot jayegi, jo m hone nhi dungi. Aj nandini tujhse pyaar karti h lekin usse tujhse koi umeed nhi h, vo ye nhi janti ki tu bhi usse pyaar karta h par fir bhi bina kisi umeed ke tujhse bhut pyaar karti h vo aur agar tu usse apne dil ki baat bata deta h, toh vo tujhse aur bhi zyada pyaar karne lagegi ki jiski koi hadd nhi hogi. Vo bechari toh itni selfless h ki agar kal ko tu usse kahega na ki vo tujhe chod de, teri life se dur chali jaye, toh vo bina kisi question ke teri life se dur chali jayegi, uske liye teri khushi se badhkar aur kuch bhi nhi h, chahe vo khud hi kitne hi dard mein kyun na ho, par vo uff tak nhi karegi kyunki vo tujhe kisi dard mein nhi dekh sakti. Tujhe kya, vo hum mein se kisi ko dard mein nhi dekh sakti. Hum ne uske saath kya kuch nhi kiya, usse kitna zyada bully kiya aur usne badle mein hamein sirf aur sirf khushiyan di, humse ek sorry tak ki umeed nhi ki usne lekin badle mein hamein dher saari khushiyan de di, itni khushiyan ki ab nandini mein hi hum apni puri family dekhte hain, nandini ke bina hum kuch bhi nhi h, hamari khushiyan ussi se hain. Aj hum sab jitne khush hain na manik, aj se pehle hum sab itne khush apni life mein kabhi nhi hue aur hamari is khushi ka reason sirf aur sirf nandini h. Maine nandini ko dil se apni chotti behen mana h aur m kabhi nhi chahungi ki vo kisi bhi tarah hurt ho. Manik, tu mere bade bhai ki tarah h par nandini meri chotti behen h, agar uski khushi ke liye, mujhe tujhse ya fab5 ke kisi bhi member se ladna pade na, m ladh jayungi par nandini tak koi dukh pahunchne nhi dungi, ye baat yaad rakhna hamesha. (All were surprised to see mukti's this side because mukti is a lady bheem who is devoid of any emotional feelings for anyone except fab5, even with fab5 too, she is not too much emotional but manik felt happy by seeing mukti's this side, by realising that what position nandini holds in her life, he felt proud of nandini to crack the toughest of nuts and his love for nandini grew more strong. He felt happy that mukti loves nandini so much that she is ready to fight with fab5 too who are her only family till now and that is only for nandini's happiness. He surely knew now that how much nandini is important for his friends and he smiled widely with this thought that his friends loves nandini alot.)(Mukti saw manik smiling and frowned that why he is smiling.)

MU: Manik, tu smile kar raha h? M yahan tujhse serious topic pe baat kar rahi hoon aur tu smile kar raha h? (Manik smiled more widely and mukti became more concerned for nandini and became angry on manik for smiling at this serious issue.)

MU: Manik, hansna band kar. Nandini ke mamle mein m koi mazak pasand nhi karungi aur ab mere sawaal ka jawab de ki kya tune ek baar bhi socha ki agar alia wapis aa gayi toh?(Now manik too became serious.)

M: Haan, maine is bare mein nhi socha, bilkul bhi nhi socha aur yeh bhi sach h ki agar alia wapis aa jati h, toh mere se zyada khush koi nhi hoga. (Both mukti and cabir were shocked that how can manik choose alia over nandini and manik guesses that what might they be thinking from their expressions and then, speak further.) Haan, m khush hoyunga lekin isliye nhi ki m uske saath rehna chahunga ya fir usse choose karunga, bilkul bhi nhi, m alia ko kabhi choose nhi kar sakta. M khush isliye hoyunga kyunki alia ke wapis aane se fab5 complete ho jayega. Fab5 sirf ek band nhi h, ye ek family h jahan iska har ek member equally important h, Ye fab5 kisi bhi ek member ke na hone se incomplete h kyunki hum sab ek dusre ke sirf best friends hi nhi h, balki ek dusre ki family bhi hain, toh agar alia wapis aa jati h toh hamein hamari best friend wapis mil jayegi aur hamari ye family bhi completely ho jayegi aur saath hi saath mera guilt bhi khatam ho jayega. Haan, m ye samajh chuka hoon ki vo sirf ek accident tha aur usme meri koi galti nhi thi par fir bhi kuch guilt toh h mujhe ki m fab5 ke member ko protect nhi kar paya, toh agar vo vapis aa jati h toh jo mujhe thoda bhut guilt h, vo khatam ho jayega.(Now manik became more serious because matter is concerned with nandini.) Aur rahi baat nandini ko chodne ki, toh tu aisa soch bhi kaise sakti h ki m nandini ko kisi ke liye bhi chodunga. Mukti, nandini jitni tere liye important h, usse kayi zyada important vo mere liye h. M nandini ko chodne ke bare mein apne nightmare mei bhi soch nhi sakta, nandini meri life h, mere jeene ki wajah h, meri khushi h, meri jaan h, agar nandini manik se dur hui na, toh agle hi pal manik ki saansein tham jayegi, m ek second bhi nandini ke bina nhi reh sakta aur nandini ko hurt m kabhi nhi kar sakta. Nandini ki sirf ek smile mujhe jeene ki nayi wajah deti h, agar ab se mere jeene ka koi maksad h na, toh vo h hamesha nandini ko khush rakhna, uske chehre par hamesha smile dekhna. Nandini ke chehre par smile dekhne ke liye, Ye manik kisi bhi hadd tak ja sakta h. M tujhse promise karta hoon ki nandini kabhi hurt nhi hogi na hi intentionally or na hi unintentionally, na hi meri wajah se aur na hi kisi aur ki wajah se. Nandini ko hurt karne ka haq maine kisi ko nhi diya, khud ko bhi nhi. Tu nandini ki tension mat le, ab nandini meri responsibility h aur m nandini ko hamesha khush rakhunga, usse dard dene ke bare mein m soch bhi nhi sakta aur nandini ko chodne ka sawaal toh paida hi nhi hota. Mere jeene ki wajah h nandini, bhala m uske bina kaise jee sakta hoon. Nandini kabhi sad nhi hogi, I promise you that. (By listening all this, mukti has a beautiful smile on her face realising manik's depth of love for nandini and now, all her doubts are cleared and she knew that manik will never hurt nandini and nandini will always be happy with manik because she knows that manik is not at all an expressive person, but he is expressing his love for nandini in front of them from all his heart and a beautiful smile lingering on his lips and shine in his eyes shows that whatever he was saying was from his heart and he truly meant each and every word of it and he truly loves nandini and she is his life. Manik saw mukti smiling and now, he knew that all doubts of mukti are now resolved and she has accepted him for nandini, but still he said more, so that, if any doubt still left, then, it should also be resolved now only and moreover, manik can never be tired of speaking about his love for nandini, he can never be tired of speaking about nandini.)

M: Tune mujhse pucha tha na ki m kaise keh sakta hoon ki m nandini se sacha pyaar karta hoon aur ye sirf ek attraction nhi h? (Mukti nodded her head immediately and manik smiled.)

M: Pata h mukti, mujhe nhi pata tha ki pyaar kya hota h, pyaar ka matlab kya hota h. Alia mujhse pyaar karti thi, meri thodi bhut care bhi karti thi aur m usse like karta tha, toh maine uss likeness ko hi pyaar samajhkar hamare rishte ko pyaar ka naam de diya. Jab vo smile karti thi, tb m bhi smile karta, jb vo sad hoti, toh m bhi sad ho jata, jb vo mera name lekar mujhe bulati, toh mujhe acha lagta, m uski care karta tha, usko protect bhi karta tha aur maine samjha ki bas yahi pyaar h, isse zyada aur kya hoga? Par tab m ye samajh hi nhi paya ki ye sab normal tha, isme kuch special nhi tha, ye sab toh m tere liye aur fab5 ke har member ke liye feel karta hoon. Mukti, jab tu khush hoti h, smile karti h, tab m bhi khush hota hoon, smile karta hoon, jab tu sad hoti h toh m bhi sad ho jata hoon, m teri utni hi care karta hoon jitni alia ki karta tha, tujhe ussi tarah protect karta hoon, jaise alia ko karta tha. Main puri fab5 ko equally treat karta tha, par tab m ye baat samajh hi nhi paya. Alia ka mere name lene se zyada special mujhe tab lagta tha jab tu mujhe mazak-mazak mein hi sahi par manik bhai kehkar pukarti thi, tab mujhe zyada special lagta tha. M alia ke liye kabhi apni feelings samajh hi nhi paya, samajh hi nhi paya ki vo bas ek attraction h, attraction se badhkar aur kuch nhi, pyaar toh bilkul bhi nhi aur samajhta bhi kaise, mujhe pata hi nhi tha ki pyaar hota kya h, pyaar mein hone ka ehsaas hota kya h, mujhe ye sab pata hi nhi tha. (Now, a beautiful smile came on manik's lips as he is thinking about nandini.) Mukti, maine nandini se nhi kaha ki m usse pyaar karta hoon aur na hi usne mujhse ye kaha aur humne abhi tak ek dusre par pyaar jataya bhi nhi h aur na hi nandini ne mujhe kabhi bataya ki pyaar h kya, par sirf nandini ke ehsaas ne, nandini ke mere karib hone se hi mujhe samajh aa gaya ki asal mein pyaar h kya, nandini ka sirf ehsaas hi kafi h mujhe ye batane ke liye ki m nandini se kitna pyaar karta hoon, uska sirf ehsaas hi kafi h mujhe pyaar ka matlab batane ke liye aur yahi sacha pyaar h jahan shabdon ki zarurat nhi hoti, bas apke pyaar ka ehsaas hi kafi hota h kyunki apka sacha pyaar apka soulmate hota h aur apki soul, apka heart apne other-half ko na pehchane, ye toh possible hi nhi h. Mukti, jab nandini smile karti h na, toh sirf mere face par hi smile nhi hoti, balki mera dil bhi khushi se bhar jata h uski smile dekhkar aur tab vo khushi meri aankhon mein saaf-saaf jhalakti h. Jab vo smile karti h toh mujhe lagta h ki meri life complete h aur khushiyon se bhari hui h aur isse zyada mujhe aur kuch nhi chahiye, uski chehre par ek smile dekhne ke liye m kisi bhi hadd tak ja sakta hoon, uski smile mujhe motivate karti h to be good, uski smile mujhe aage badne ke liye motivate karti h, uski smile se badhkar mere liye aur kuch nhi h, kuch bhi nhi. Jab nandini mera name lekar mujhe bulati h, tab mujhe sirf acha hi nhi lagta, balki mujhe vo perfect lagta h ki isse badhkar aur kuch ho hi nhi sakta. My name sounds so perfect from her lips, mujhe aisa lagta h ki mera naam sirf aur sirf uske lene ke liye bana h, nandini ki voice itni magical h ki vo mere heart ko mere soul ko soothe karti h, dil karta h ki har pal uski voice sunta jayun. M nandini ke liye over-protective hoon. Aisa nhi h ki ab fab5 mere liye important nhi h ya m tum logon ki care nhi karta, aisa bilkul nhi h. Nandini nd fab5 dono mere liye important hain, par nandini thodi zyada important h sirf isliye nhi ki m usse pyaar karta hoon balki isliye bhi kyunki aj hum sab ki khushi nandini se hi h, agar aj hum khush hain, apni life khushi se jee rahe hain, satisfied hain toh sirf aur sirf nandini ki vajah se, isliye nandini ki khushi mere liye important h. Par fab5 bhi mere liye important h, agar m chahta toh m kal raat hi nandini ko ye confess kar sakta tha ki m usse kitna pyaar karta hoon, par maine aisa nhi kiya, kyunki m tum logon ko pehle samjhana chahta tha, m janta hoon ki nandini tum sab ke liye kitni important h, tumhari sirf vo behen nhi h balki family h vo tumhari aur m nhi chahta tha ki meri vajah se koi problem ho ya nandini hurt ya sad ho, isliye m tum sab se pehle baat karke tumhe samjhana chahta tha ki m nandini se bhut pyaar karta hoon. M apna pyaar aur apne friends dono ko saath lekar chalna chahta hoon. Agar fab5 mera heart h, toh nandini meri heartbeat, agar fab5 meri body h, toh nandini meri soul and vice versa.M dono ke bina adhura hoon, m dono ko saath lekar chalna chahta hoon lekin please mujhe galat mat samajhna, agar kal ko mujhe tum dono mein se kisi ek ko chunna pada, toh m nandini ko choose karunga. Aisa nhi h ki m tum logon ke bina reh lunga par m ye janta hoon ki chahe m hurt hunga par nandini mujhe sambhal legi, mera saath kabhi nhi chodegi aur kuch bhi karke fab5 ko vapis mila degi, lekin agar nandini meri life se chali gayi, toh puri fab5 milkar bhi mujhe sambhal nhi payegi, because nandini is my life, m uske bina ek second bhi nhi jee sakta, mujhe aisi zindagi jeeni hi nhi h, jisme nandini na ho, mujhe aisi saans hi nhi leni jahan nandini mere saath na ho, mujhe aisi dil ki dhadkan feel hi nhi karni h jisme nandini ka mere saath hone ka ehsaas hi na ho, itna pyaar karta hoon m nandini se. Mujhe nandini ko apne saath rakhne ke liye, usse protect karne ke liye jis hadd tak jana padega, m jayunga par nandini ko khud se dur kabhi nhi jane dunga aur na hi koi problem uss tak pahunchne dunga kyunki us har problem ko pehle mera saamna karna hoga. Pata h mukti, kal jab tune bataya ki nandini ne harshad ko uski galti realise karwane ke liye apni jaan mushkil mein daal di thi, believe me, I got scared to death by listening all that, ek pal ke liye mujhe laga ki meri saansein ruk gayi houn, nandini ko khone ke ehsaas ne hi mujhe buri tarah se dara diya tha, itna m kabhi kisi cheez se ya kisi ke liye nhi dara, m nandini ke liye over-protective hoon, m usse chott lagte nhi dekh sakta, m usse dard mein nhi dekh sakta. I can't even see a scratch on her, only the thought of her getting hurt is enough to blow off all my senses, is hadd tak protective hoon m uske liye. Tum sab bhut ache se jante ho ki m apne guitar ko lekar kitna possessive hoon, kisiko chune nhi deta usse, tum sabko bhi nhi aur tumhe ye bhi pata h ki m apne guitar ke ilawa aj tak aur kisi cheez ya aur kisi insaan ke liye possessive nhi hua, par nandini ko lekar m over-possessive ho gaya hoon. M ek pal ke liye shayad apna guitar share kar bhi loon ya kisi ko de bhi doon par nandini ko aur uske pyaar ko m kisi ke saath bhi share nhi kar sakta, apni parchayin ke saath bhi nhi. M itna possessive ho gaya hoon ki that i want her all for myself, she has become my reason of existence, my reason to take each and every breath. U all know my music is my life, vo mujhe peace deta h, m music ke bina nhi reh sakta, music meri rom-rom mein h, par m nandini se itna pyaar karta hoon ki agar nandini mujhe bole na ki manik music chod do, toh m khushi khushi bina kisi question ke music chod dunga kyunki mere liye nandini ki khushi se badhkar aur kuch nhi h, nandini ki har wish mere liye command h jise m puri karke rahunga chahe uske liye mujhe khud hi kyun na hurt hona pade lekin m meri nandini ko bhut acche se janta hoon, uske liye meri khushi se badhkar aur kuch bhi nhi h, vo mujhse kabhi aisa kuch nhi maangegi jisse m sad hoon ya jisse m khush na hoon. Ye h manik aur nandini ka pyaar jahan hum dono ke liye ek dusre ki khushi se badhkar aur kuch nhi h, hum dono hi ek dusre ki khushi ke liye kisi bhi hadd tak ja sakte hain, chahe hum khud hi kyun na hurt ho jayein, itna pyaar karte hain hum ek dusre se. Hum dono sirf ek dusre ka saath chahte hain aur kuch bhi nhi.

(Mukti, cabir, dhruv all were socked, surprised, dumbstruck and what not, because manik telling his feelings openly is something totally opposite to his character. Though cabir knew that manik loves nandini alot, but he never knew that he loves her to this extent. Mukti can never even thought of manik expressing his love for nandini so openly and same was with dhruv. Their eyes were moist seeing the love for nandini in manik's eyes and manik's thoughts. They were surprised to see true love in front of them in the form of manik's feelings. On the other side, manik has a constant smile on his lips while thinking about nandini and telling about his feelings, he can just go on and on and on when he has to speak or show about his love for nandini.)

Manik's more deep feelings for nandini on the way and mukti and dhruv decision too...
Nandini hiding something from manik... what is it? Will it break their trust or strengthen it more?
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