Manik was sitting on sofa drinking and was so lost in his thoughts that he didnt see nandini entering the room......he was still in his office clothes with his tie lying beside him and he was sitting placing his legs on table present in front of sofa........he took one sip from glass and gulped it despite the greatest urge to throw it out and looked at the pic in his hand.....his grip on glass tightened turning his knuckles white as he gazed at the pic without even blinking his eye for once......nandini immediately moved towards him fearing that the glass would break and would hurt his hand.....she grabbed the glass from him and placed it on table....she caressed his hand worriedly and manik as soon as saw her cmng close to him closed his fist making ball of the pic and threw it away in dustbin.......nandini observed his action but kept quiet and cubed his face

N: kia hua manik (looking into his red eyes)

Ma: why do u luv me...... tmhe aur fab 5 ko mere mein nazar hi kia aya hai (looking at her by bending his head).

N: u have the most beautiful heart I have ever seen (she smiled at him)

Ma: heart (he laughed sarcastically) heart ko kon dekhta hai......

N: hua kia hai manik (she asked the same question softly)

Ma: nhi hua kuch.......its just that m so messed up (nandini caressed his hand and he continued after a pause......) ishuu his life is so gud.....like I want life like him....he has his parents with him (he inhaled a sharp breath while saying the word parents) ....he doesn't have to worry about anything

N: but u have me (she hugged him and manik wrapped his arms around her hugging her close to himself)

Ma: I luv u

N: luv u too (kissing his eyes one by one making his lips curve into smile)

N: u know what manik.....share karne se bnda rekaxed feel karta...u can share with me anything u want to (placing her head on his chest)

Manik just hummed in response......nandini waited for 2 3 minutes for him to speak up but then decided to tell him about her life.....

N: u know what I had never imagined that I would luv u so much......like after leaving u I had spent days and night crying...not bcz of the events occurred but bcz of the fact that I wasnt able to forget u

Ma: but still u chose to left me (he complained like a child)

N: manik us waqt agar mein kisi trah ruk jati to do u think ke aaj hm is trah bethe hote......hmare relationship mein kuch reh hi nhi gya tha......tm kese apne father ke murderer ki beti ko apni wife maante and same would be the case with me......wese bhi everything happens for a reason and we should concentrate on that reason.....so from every problem find a reason to smile (stretching his lips for a smile)

They stayed like this and manik closed his eyes feeling her presence.....he bent forward and took the glass of wine to drink remaining wine from it.....he drank it in one go and turned his head towards nandini to find her frowning....he asked her thru his eyes that what had happened....

N: tmhare sare problems to khatam hogye hnge is drinking se

Ma: what (not getting that she actually taunted him)

N: manik drinking is not the solution to ur problems....face the problems...throw them out of ur life but for that u need to work on them rather then spending ur time on drinking (smacking the back of his head)

Manik got up and picked her up b4 going towards the balcony......nandini asked why they were going there to which he replied

Ma: u just said na throw ur problems out of ur life.....my biggest problem is u..kbhi tm mjhe smoking nhi karne dete kbhi drinking se rokti ho....so m gonna thru u out of the balcony( he answered supressing his smile)

N: mein problem hn (she asked in a state of shock)

Ma: yup (he made an innocent face)

N: then u know what u have to bear that problem for ur whole life (grabbing him by his collar in a way that it made him bent his neck towards her)

Ma: is it a threat???

N: I know how to kill a person without a knife or a bullet u know...... so dont even try to trick me ever(she smirked)

Ma: ohhhhh u r dangerous...... khan phass gya mein (he said dramatically making her laugh in return)

Ma: it was suffocating inside....(he lied down on swing beside nandini putting his head on her lap)

N: manik dont u wanna share anything with me......i mean i know nothing about ur past.....

Ma: its not sth u wanna hear nandini....its too boring trust me

N: today I want to hear boring stories.......(playing with his fingers)

Ma: u really want to listen my story (getting up )

N: yeah.....bcz one thing i know that a husband and wife should know everything about eachother.....phle bhi lack of communication created huge differences among us and we both suffered bcz of that for 5 damn years....I wanna know the reason behind ur uneasiness....why most of the times u r disturbed and try to ease it by drinking some alcohol or smoking whole freaking pack of cigarettes......

Manik straightened up and folded his sleeves till his elbows....he cleared his throat and looked at the stars and then back at nandini while nandini waited for him......he finally gathered the courage to speak but b4 speaking he grabbed nandini's hands and pulled her closer....

Ma: u know what nandini I m the only child of my parents......u know na 1 hi bache ke kitne nakhre uthaye jate han so same went with me...... i was pampered like anything.....they fulfilled my every wish...like every damn wish..... i still remember my mother (he gulped lump of mucus down his throat) she used to run behind me for food..... she used to tie my laces till i was 15 and in hostel cabir had the duty to tie my laces..inshort they were doing everything for me......but then u know what the royal treatment came to an end when one day baba went to party and he never returned back......I came from hostel and their was chaos and noise everywhere......as soon as I stepped from the door I experienced fear for the first time in my life........my eyes spotted mama and she was crying sitting besides dad's dead body......my eyes were fixed on him only.....b4 that day I only saw him laughing and the spark in his eyes was absent...... I thought mama would be consoling me but after seeing her condition the 15 year child in me died and the mature one took his place (a drop of tear fell from his eye) I consoled mama and did everything like a gud son.....engaging her in different activities despite the fact that I missed my buddy too much....the house felt so incomplete without him.....he ditched me....he broke the promise of attending my first concert..(his voice held pain and nandini looked at him in shock after he spoke the word concert....so he was interested in making singing as his profession then why he show disinterest now she thought).....but despite all this i knew that i had to live for my mum and thats what i did......after 1 month i went back to my school but i didnt spend one night without worrying for her......she was my jaan... the only person left in my family......but u know what nandini when i went back to home after my board exams the scene was enitrely different......I saw my mother sitting close to my frnds father.....like the lady who used to express that how much she luved my father was holding someone else's hand after only 2 month of my fathers death....that was her luv....I didnt had the courage to stay back and see their pda so I came back to deradhun.... i was so so angry bcz that day i had seen another avatar of her..... i found her selfish and decided to never talk to her again though b4 that i had never spend a day without talking to her........(he looked at nandini and it seemed that he would cry any moment....) after a week she arrived at my hostel along with her 2nd husband and somehow she made me ready to go back home and then that was the time when I Learned the actual meaning of life's hardships.......my best frnd (harshad) stopped talking to me.....they made me the servant of the same mansion in which once I was treated like a prince.....her husband used to beat me for every little mistake.......and the lady who brought me up with so much luv and care.....who used to run behind me for my food...to make me drink milk..she used to watch me spending days and nights without food.....the lady who used to get restless after seeing a minor cut on my body......she.... she (his chin wobbled) she used to watch him beating me mercilessly breaking my bones....yanking my hair till my scalp hurted.....they luved hearing my screams.......how how she could do this to me (he said looking at the sky clearly trying to hold back his tears) agar yhi sb karna tha to phle itna pyaar kyon dia (his grip on nandini's hand tightened to an extent that it started hurting....nandini wiped her own tears and looked at her man....he was in so much pain....she got up and wrapped her arms around him hiding his face in her....she rubbed his back and said ro lo manik....dil halka hojaye ga and that was it...she felt stream of warm tears wetting her shirt....her heart shattered into pieces when she heard his sob....

"nandini moms are meant to spread luv.....they r considered as a safest place for a child but....she...she abandoned me...she snatched my everything......she was the lady who taught me about luv and it hurted to no extent when I saw hatred in her eyes for me...... after her marraige the woman whose eyes were always filled with luv for me...i saw a strange expression like she was disgusted of me.......she used to curse the time when she decided to have me....where was I at fault..... she is responsible for my existence...she was the one who brought me to this world.....its so difficult to see hatred in the eyes of person who luved u to no extent....it still hurts"

(nandini looked here and there disturbed at his words....she didnt know how to console him...she lost all words and was standing numbly just listening his voice full of pain he was holding from God knows how long)

N: manik no its not ur fault....its their fault....they were not worthy enough to handle someone so precious like u.....they lost a gem manik.....stop thinking bad of u.....(she kissed his forehead)

Nandini gave him water and he gulped it in a go.....nandini kept rubbing his back while manik after few seconds composed himself and looked at nandini......nandini looked at his dark red eyes and she wanted to kill those heartless people who hurted him to no extent.......he was about to continue his remaining story when she said

N: its okay if u dont wanna share it...let it be....(wiping the corner of his eye)

Ma: no its not okay.... u know bcz of her i started hating every single woman on the planet..... i somehow get my things  back from them and then became a succesful business.... i got everything anyone could ever wish for but happiness peace family...it was nowhere.....fab 5 was always there for me but kitna tang karta unhe mein.... I started feeling myself as a burden for them and then decided to stop troubling  them everytime....in this big mansion i used to cry alone.....this place used to haunt me bcz of the things happened to me in those 3 years....... i thought every woman was behind money until I met u...therefore i used to have my ways with alot of girls whether they were ready or not after throwing money on their faces.......(she looked at him shocked....manik guessed it and said) i know i was wrong but their was no one to tell me that i was doing wrong.....

N: its okay u have realized that u did wrong.....i know u will never do such type of things in future

Ma: u will always believe me like this naa (holding her hand).....

N: always (kissing his jawline)

Ma: and after that u came into my life (he said luvingly) the first time i saw u in club.....u were looking so cute.....after so many years i found myself attracted to someone.....my teddy bear (he said pulling her cheeks) ..... u know i was thinking about u day and night but then my detective that bastard (manik cursed him) he told me that
Ur dad was responsible for my fathers death.......bs phir i became mad and did those shittiest things with u...... i hurted u so much.... it pricked my heart whenever u used to cry but my stupid mind never let me realize that....he was mad in revenge and he wanted it at any cost.......

N: u know i wanted to kill u at that time ......u were so rude monster (she scrunched her nose)

Ma: m so sorry baby (he pulled her in his lap)

She shook her head like an angry child and manik hugged her more closer and held his one ear saying sorry

N: ayeeeee u r so cute i swear.....koi aur tmhen is trah dekh le to use heart attack ajaye ga

Ma: ohhhhh m cute....but not more than u (he kissed her cheek)

N: achaw age kia hua tell me the whole story.......

Ma: but no one will cry..... bht hua rona dhona

N: okay

Ma: u know what......jab tmhe haemorrhage hua tha na that night i was driving in drunk state and I met with an accident

N: what...... tmhw lge to nhi naa

Ma: mjhe to kuch nhi hua but one person got hurt badly in that accident......fab 5 reacted so badly.......they literally broke frndship with me after seeing ur state.......and when i saw ur father....yeah he was the one jiske sath accident hua tha ..(nandini gasped loudly at the piece of info)....his face was covered with blood... i could have left him there to die but u know what mjhe dad ki dead body yaad .....it shook me to the core...... us waqt my mind became clear that i didnt want revenge......phir tmhare theek hone tak it was very difficult time for me.....u both were on death bed bcz of me......tmhare theek hone ke baad bhi dad's health was same.....aur us din jab hm separate hue jis hospital room mein dad the wahan short circuit ya idk kia hua but the hospital staff told me ke dad ki death hogye.......mere ghalti nhi thi nandini.......after so.Many years mjhe dobara se women pe trust hua tha tmhare waja se......mjhe tmhe khone se dar lgta tha but whi hua jo hmesha hota tha mere sath .....misunderstanding hui aur tm chale gye mjhe chor ke....mene first time koi achaw kaam kia tha but still the rzlt was same.....tmhare ankho mein bhi whi hatred thi jo mene un logo ki ankho mein dekhe jin ke sath mene bura kia tha.......its wasnt u who was at fault....the fault was in me....but u know what after i returned home every single thing in this house reminded me of u....remember u made pasta for me..... it was the best pasta i have ever eaten but i had to puke everything out after taking only 2 bites......tmhare bghar khane ki adat nhi thi (he took a deep breath) it was tough time nandini..... i went back into same darkness....u walking out of my life set me back to zero position...... i started hating my life to the extent that i commited suicide 2 times but first fab 5 and then one old man saved me who then directed the right for me..... and then i met ur dad and after 5 years i saw u and here i m with u....we r together and that's what matters....haina (he looked at nandini but she didnt even speak or nodded her head....he then found her staring at him with paled face.....)

Ma: nandini r u Okay......here drink this water (connected the glass with her lips)

She after drinking 2 3 sips moved the glass away from her lips and hugged him mumbling sorry in crying tone

Ma: nandini its okay...see m completely fine and we r together...at the end this is what matters......(caressing her hair)

N: u were so depressed that u tried to commit suicide.....agar wo tmhe na bachate to..... (her voice holding fear)

Ma: isi waja se i wasnt sharing anything with u..... i knew it that u would blame urself like this......look nandini it wasn't ur fault...it was my punishment... i became so monstrous and someone had to break my ego my proud to make me realize that i m a helpless human....mjhe koi haq nhi tha ke mein logo ki lives ke bare mein faisla karo but mein ye sab karne lg para tha..... someone had to stop me and eventually u became the one and m happy..... look nandini m changed manik so we should be happy about it rather than mourning over my past.... idk why m still holding the pain given by my mother and her family but i cant help in that matter...atleast we can try to forget OUR bad phase if m not able to forget the earlier one.......will u help me in getting over it.....

N: yes (she said nodding her head while wiping her tears)

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