My king

Part 20

Manik in mind ....I had enough of your  ignorance.....I know what's your nature ....You are so good that you are always on my mind ....But our destiny..
made us together .....Now I don't want any misunderstandings .....You are  talking in front of everyone .... But behind these four walls ....We are strangers...... I don't like this distance with you .....The days i spent in that forest with you are the best days ..... I want us to be like that ......Be the same friends for life ......You look so cute and innocent ......By your looks but by your  works you are  a fierce tigeress .....My tigeress.....I don't know what to name our relation before when you called me dost i thought other than bhairav i got a friend but today you are more than a friend in my life but y this distance ....matashri said there is ritual of garbadaran......
But without knowing anything about the  reason for  your this hatred for me ....I'm not gonna touch you and hurt you......But what's my mistake .....
If not did you feel betrayed by me ....I need a clarification on our relationship.......I need to talk to you ....r u forced to get married to me ..... Did you know you are marrying me ...... What to do....I need lone time with you to know all these  ...... I need to do something before it gets late and we go more far away from each other......

Thinking all this he is just starring nandini with all the love ........She started stirring in sleep ....manik just pretended to sleep .......Nandu opened her eyes but she lifted her hand to rub her eyes.....She saw her hand holding manik hands .....She thought he is sleeping .....And smiled looking at their hands .......And slowly entangles them and moved down of the bed .....And covers manik properly with the bedsheet and kissed his forehead and left to get fresh up.....

Manik opened his eyes as soon as nandini left .......He smiled in happiness ....Bcoz she is coming back to him..... But this time for a forever ....

Than the whole family of north kingdom got ready .....Along with nandini .....nandan kumar even gifted maheswari charumathi vaidehi roopa and dadi with gifts and jewellery ......
Bcoz he felt maheswari charumathi as two more daughters and roopa vaidehi as sisters. .......And dadi equal to his mother .....

Finally nandini took blessings of elders and moved to her family ......All her mother's and bhabi's had tears sending her away ......They travelled till to the border of the south kingdom ....And sat there to rest for sometime .....

Manik : matashri.....You all move towards the kingdom.....I have some work .....

Vaidehi : what work manik ???

Manik : i want to go to ashram to meet guruji once .....

Vaidehi : but y .....

Manik : pitashri said we will implement the law of training girls ....I wanted to know things related to this from guruji ......If you don't mind can i take nandini with me ....Bcoz she is already a member from that ashram...

Vaidehi smiled listening to him....Ok take her but return back before tomorrow night as the ritual of garbadaran is pending .....Tomorrow is the muhurat......I will inform roopa matashri and raja ji and your wives ....

Saying vaidehi left with everyone ....
All the ladies are carried in palanquins .....Gents moved on horses ......

Manik asked the soldiers to stop nandini palanquin and gave his hand to her .....nandini looked at everyone and put her hand on his hand ......

Manik asked all the soldiers to leave with the family ....Leaving them alone ....nandini didn't even ask him anything ....After all the soldiers left he made her sit on the horse in front of him....And started moving towards the ashram ......

Nandini in mind ....This way leads to  ashram ....y r we going there .....y is yuvraj taking me there ....Now there is no one living here ....All are near to kingdom ......And some in kingdom....
Even dhamini is coming with me to north kingdom....But y are we going alone no soldiers .....Where is the whole family ...I don't need to be scared when yuvraj is there with me but what does he want now. ...I don't want to talk to him bcoz i feel guilty as guruji told me how yuvaraj tried to know about mythili ....I got to know he is no where at fault ....It's me who is at fault .....thats y i apologized pitashri bcoz i just blamed him without his mistake it's me who wanted to marry him when that happened i felt betrayal ...But the fact was i cheated everyone by keeping them in dark by not telling them the truth.....i have no dare to face yuvraj after telling him truth.....But i need to  ask him where he is taking me ....As there is no one here ......

Nandini : yuvaraj why are we going back ......

Manik : i can take my wife anywhere.
I don't need reasons or permission...... He said very seriously making nandu shudder on her place ....She just sat  quiet .......

On reaching the place of ashram .....
manik stopped his horse and got down....Even nandini came down
manik tied the horse beside the hut where he used to live with guruji and mythili .....

He moved to river to get fresh up
nandini is just looking at the empty place ..Tears brimmed her eyes ......
She just sat under the tree crying...

Manik came after fresh up to see nandini crying ......

Manik : what's wrong nandini...???

She didn't reply him.......

Manik : nandini ..... He shouted so loudly .....She got scared looking at his angry......

Nandini : nothing happened something went in my eyes yuvraj .....

Manik : then clean your eyes and prepare dinner for me.....

Saying he moved to the horse to give grass to it ......nandini is just looking at him in shock....Bcoz his behaviour is so rude ....

Nandini in mind ....What to prepare ...
How to prepare ....He knows everything is shifted from here .....y is he behaving like this .....So rude to me .... I'm crying here remembering everything ....Instead of talking to me he is talking to that horse ......y did he bring me here than ......He could have come with horse na .....

Manik on seeing her lost again said...

Manik : Don't think too much everything you want will be inside ......

Nandini than moved inside to see everything there ....Her idols of god.... Vegetables and groceries ....Including clothes. .......Bcoz this is the hut where nandini guruji and manik used to live .....

Nandini just changed her clothes after closing the door of hut .....She is dressed up like mythili in simple clothes without jewellery only mangalsutra and mangtika sindoor on forehead and  bangles and anklets  She started cooking ....manik came inside after sometime ....To see her keeping sticks in the fire to cook food .....She just ignored him and continued her work .... He is just sitting there and starring her ....She is rolling the dough to make roti .....
Finally she completed making food and turned back to see manik sleeping .....

She didn't want to wake him up but things near her fell down ......Making noise ....He woke up all of a sudden in panic but on seeing nandini in front of him .....He just relaxed.....

Nandini: sorry yuvaraj i didn't mean to disturb you ....These just fell down..

Manik : it's ok....

Nandini: food is ready ....Should I serve it .....

Manik : okay .....

Manik washed his hands and sat to have food .....She started serving him and sat beside him....

Manik : where is your plate.....???

Nandini: i will eat after you.....

Manik immediately took water to wash his hand in the plate itself   .....

Nandini: no....Yuvaraj don't do that you are wasting food and also it's a sin  .....I'm serving myself .......

Saying she took a plate and served food for herself...... and did pranam to food and started eating ....They both are eating in complete silence ....they completed eating.... She started hiccuping ......manik took the glass of water and made her drink ....But still she is hiccuping........She drank more water ......But still she is hiccuping ....

She just moved to the other side and took some sugar and ate it ....But still her hiccups are not leaving her......

Manik thought something and moved to her ....Nandini saw him coMing towards her ....She moved back .....
Finally she is about to fall down .....
manik held her waist and pulled her close .....She is looking at him with wide eyes......He moved his face forward.....She thought he is going to kiss her so she closed her eyes. .....But suddenly he left her......nandini is just looking at Him.....

Manik : your hiccups are not coming now .....

Nandini just than realised that in shock her hiccups stopped.......She just looked down .......

Manik just moved out ...He sat on the stone outside feeling the cool breeze and watching the sky ......

He felt someone presence turned to see nandini sitting on the other stone
wrapped Herself in  a shawl .....

There is complete silence only howling of foxes is heard ....

Manik : mythili....He just called her by looking at her .......She just looked at him.....He continued ......U asked me i have no right to ask about mythili as manik singh rathore....But today I'm sitting in the same forest ......On the same place ......And asking you as manik what's my mistake .....That you stopped talking to me like earlier ..... I know I hide my identity ....But I always told you that when the time is right i need to tell you and guruji about my identity ....But I never knew I will win the swayamwar ....And things will become complicated .....I asked guruji about you but he didn't tell me anything...... But today I'm asking you as manik tell me what's my mistake i wanted to correct it and end our cold war ......

Nandu is just looking down and crying .....

Manik just looked at her ....And slowly moved his hands to her face ......and cupped it and rubbed her tears.....and kissed her forehead .....nandini closed her eyes and hugged him tightly ....
manik is shocked but hugged her back  tightly .......Making her smile .....

Nandini : i think I'm only at fault ......

Manik : what fault ....??? He asked breaking the hug....

Nandu : vo actually .....Promise karogi that you will listen completely and take a desicion .....I'm ready for whatever you decide ...... Bcoz i never had a right to choose for me .....The first time which i choose myself something for me was only you ......

Manik ::what ??? Choosing me ....Say clearly .....

Nandini : promise karo pehle ap ......

Manik : ok i promise I won't take any desicion in angry .....

Nandini : i hope i made things complicated even in your life also .....

Manik : what do you mean by that ???

Nandini : you winning the swayamwar is not a coincidence .....
Guruji willingly took you there bcoz i only asked him to make you participate in it ....Bcoz i wanted you to be liked by all my family members and people of kingdom...And you won it .....I was about to tell you that I'm mythili nandini devi and tell you my identity ....But I got to know about your family and you being the prince of north kingdom......I thought you willingly hide your identity on knowing I'm from South kingdom I'm sorry to assume things ....I know i hide my identity .....I'm sorry for that also.. I always felt I'm unlucky ...But I really got it proved by messing your life....
You are already married i don't  know that bcoz you never spoke about your wives or kids .....I felt my friend is good and can be a good partner for my life ....Bcoz may be someone really made me feel special for the first time in my life ...That's y without asking you i asked guruji to make you participate in swayamwar bcoz that's the only way I can be with my friend forever ......But I never knew I'm becoming a hindrance in your happy life ..If you feel i spoiled your life ...
You can just send me back to my home .....I promise you no one will even question you.....I will take care of everything ......May be that's the only way I can mend my mistake of taking a desicion about our lives without asking you .....I'm sorry ......

Manik just heard everything without even interrupting her. ......nandini thought he feels the same that nandini is at fault so she had tears in her eyes ....She just got up from her place to move inside ......

Precap : change in behaviour .....