Niti's POV

I opened my eyes from the sleep hearing giggles of baby, zyrah. She is laying near me, trying to play with my hair. A vibrant smile spread on my lips seeing the cute little angel.

'Aww, my baby' she cooed hearing me.

'Nitu, how are you feeling, baby' I turned around to see my sister sitting at my side, patting my hair, gently.

'I'm okay, Adi' I smiled at her.

'Nitu, I know, how you are feeling at the moment. But, keep in mind, one thing, our life is like a rollercoaster ride, filled with many twists and turns in the form of happiness and sadness. Such things happens baby, but you should not give up, you'd face the truth. We all are with you baby, and I am sure, Parth would also stand by your side, to get through this. He loves you baby. And more than any one of us you needs him....

'Please stop it, Adi. I don't want to speak about him, now' I snapped at her.

'Why? What did he done wrong?' She asked.

'He is not wrong, and he can never be wrong. I am the one who is wrong, and I was a fool, to think that he trusts me enough to share decisions or opinions, which is important for him, with me' Sarcastically I muttered
'Nitu, what are you saying?' She asked

'Adi, tell me, how have you felt,  if jiju made some important decision in his life, which may directly or indirectly affect you too, without informing you, such a decision you have zero knowledge about, or you haven't thought about in your dream, and how would you feel if you would be the last person knowing about his decision' I poked eyes at her, quizzically.

'Nitu, but...

'Adi, say me frankly, how you have felt?' I repeated.

'May be, I would feel sad and angry at him. But you can't come to a conclusion, you know, not before letting him speak up his part of story' she said, reluctantly.

'Really, Adi? Nice way of taking his side. Tell me one thing, are you my sister or Parth's ?' I scoffed.

'Of course your sister. I love you, and I know that, you need Parth in your life. So baby, please give him a chance and listen to him. May be he had a reason to make such a big decision' she explained.

'Not, now Adi. I am confused. My mind is not working properly. First I lost my baby and then, this kind of behavior from him. I don't know...' I gasped.

'I know. And I trust you that you'll surely make a right decision. If not now, then later, you need to talk with him. It's best for both of you. Don't let him go from you' she kissed my forehead reassuring me.

'Adi, do mom and dad, know? I mean about the baby?' I asked her.

'No. Not yet. You can tell them later, I am sure, they will understand you' she smiled at me.

'Thank you, Adi'

Parth's POV

'Parth, Parth' My cousin Prateek, waved his hands in front of my eyes, dramatically, snapping me out of my thoughts.

'Hmm' I looked at him.

'Where are you lost, dude. We are here on a small vacation, enjoying. But you seemed to get distracted and get lost at moments. What happened to you?' He asked me, in a concern.

'Niti, happened to him. He is lost in her thoughts' one of my friend, chuckled, teasing me.

Yeah, he is right, I was thinking about her. She is not reacting to my calls or messages, nor calling me back. I know I was wrong, in not discussing my quitting decision with her. But I have my on reasons. I was forced to took such a step. I know, how she could had felt hearing the news, suddenly. Was, there any other reason for her such behavior? She hadn't even given me a chance to explain my side. Oh my god how will I convince her? She is so stubborn, at times. I felt, a smile spreading on my lips, thinking about her, my stubborn queen. Why couldn't our lives to be normal, like other people's? I miss her. I miss her smile, her cute antics, our fights.

One more thing I miss, is playing manik. A sudden, loneliness is felt on my mind, thinking of it, that I am not able to live the character of manik, any more. I know my decision had hurt many people, along with myself but it is for better. My friends and family already give me a reminder of the chaos happening in the SNS for my quitting and the fans are demanding for my comeback. I was actually surprised, by seeing and feeling the love, our fans have for me.

'Parth, come with me. I need to speak with you in private' prateek forced me to go with him. We walked to my room.

'What, is the matter, Parth?' He asked.

'Niti' i murmured.

'What happened to her? Are you two having a fight?'

'She is avoiding me, Prateek. Not answering my calls, messages. You know, not even letting me to meet her in person. At last days of the shoot, she had been avoiding me like a pro, not even glancing at me for a second. I even, went to her place so that, we can have a talk in peace, but guess what she was not in her house. Can you imagine , how could have I felt, not seeing her in her own home, I was worried for her, I was fucking worried for her safety, I was like a frantic man, till i see her safe, before my eyes, on the next day of shoot' I yelped at him. I wiggled my eyebrows in frustration.

'Parth, what made her mad at you, suddenly? You both were so into each other.' He cocked his head, quite annoyed.

'I... I made up the decision of quitting from the show without telling her, I mean to say, she didn't even know about my plan of quitting from the show, and my problems' I pulled out my hair, frustratingly.

'Well, I can't blame her?' He mocked me. ' You, fucking idiot, how did you expect her to act? She is a girl with self respect, after all. A woman expect something's her man, you know. As far as knowing, niti, well from your words, I think she expect you to be open with her, like no secrets , and to trust her' he affirmed.

'Wow, you know, you look like a relationship adviser for me now, at this moment' i chuckled. 'And FYI, I trust her. It's just that I don't want her to getting riled up, on over thinking about my problems. I care about her, and I love her, I can't see her in pain' I rubbed, back of my neck frantically.

'Well, look up, where have your not so intelligent plan, brought you? She is hurt, by you, doesn't matter if you plan it or not' he affirmed.

'Yeah. What will I do, bro? But, I have a feeling that, some other thing is also worrying her, but i can't figure, the cause' I said, in a worried tone.

'Don't worry man, it will be alright.
You two will be alright, I promise. As I know she loves you as much as you loves her. You two, won't be able to stay away from each other' he assured me. 'Give her some space and she will be running towards you' he chuckled . 'if that won't happens, you have got charms man, you can win her over again' he nudged my arms playfully and walked out of the door.

As if he knows my stubborn girl, I can clearly see the future before my eyes, a picture of me running behind her like a lost puppy seeking her forgiveness, and convincing her to take me in.

I need her, in my life. I can't let her go. I love her.

And the question is how would I make her talk with me again?

Should I give her some space like Prateek said? What if my plan got backfired, making her doubt that I had lost interest in her, or something?

Oh my god, it's damn confusing?

That's it, I need to give her some space. If she ever doubt my intention, like I fear, then I can surely prove her that i am still  interested in her, only in her, may be hundred folds much than before.

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Niti's POV

A week passed by. The shoot of the second season of our show started two days ago, all the other cast expect Parth and Ayaz, stayed back for the season 2. It is not the same without him, for me atleast. I missed him. I am used to his presence besides me for the last one year, either as friends, enemies, strangers, professionals, co actors, or lovers. And now, he is not here with me, he left the show, leaving both nandini and niti in agony. Nandini cried day and night for her manik, while niti, for her Parth. He stopped calling me and sending me messages, which pushed me into more confusion. Is he letting me go from his life? How can he let me go that easily, without fighting for me. I had attempted to call him , but changed my mind before. I have heard that he is back to Mumbai after his short vacation, but didn't made an effort to meet me, once.

You are the one, who haven't even given him a chance to explain? My inner mind argued with me.

What if i hadn't, he could have tried harder? He is the one at fault.

Really, Niti? You two are idiots.

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One more week passed. Still he is not calling me or trying to meet, rather partying with his friend. Fans, are angry with the second season and most of them stopped watching, they want manan back, and some of them are blaming me for his exit. I have heard that, a massive trend is going in the twitter for his comeback, they want their manik back. And have also heard that, Parth is having ongoing discussions with the production for the same, and he is willing to come back to the show. The production was not much happy with him coming back at first, and they even had an ugly spat with him. But they are forced to change their decision for the fan's demand, and for saving the show, prominently.

I am confused. I don't even know what I want, that his comeback or not. Is there a possibility to us getting back together? With progress of time, my heart is paining more, yearning for him. It's a clear truth that I will not be able to live without him. I accept it. But i don't know, is it the same for him too. He hadn't even tried to meet me, when he was at the sets for his talks with the production.

Was it that easy for him to forget me and our time together?

Loving that man caused me pain more than anything, but still i loves him. My love for him is infinite times greater than the pain, giving me more strength to endure the pain.

Thoughts of my baby is still haunting me, day and night. The news of my pregnancy and the baby was unknown to my parents, i didn't told them, yet. May be i am not courageous enough to confess them.

Parth's mom have called me day before yesterday, casually asking for my wellbeing. I know she did had heard about the drift between me and her son, but to my convenience she haven't pestered me about the topic nor talked it at all. She is indeed a smart and amazing woman, not like her idiotic son. I missed her and Adi. She invited me to her home, for Adi's birthday, next to next week. I tried my best to convince her that i cant make up to it, because of my shoot, but the real reason is her son, but guess what she have emotionally blackmailed me, saying how much Adi loves me and how sad would be him if I won't be there, you know every mom's in the world is pretty alike, they know very well to make their children accept their demands.

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After two weeks.

The day is here. Parth is joining the shoot again, today. Manik returns to his nandini. No calls or messages from him in these two weeks, though he meet up with some of our friends, out of set. How amazing? Is it? Note the sarcasm here.

I think, for him, we are over. May be? What could be the other reason for not contacting me for once? I know i was also at fault, but ....

I was snapped out of my thoughts, hearing a squeal from charlie. She grinned, her eyes are focussed on one direction. I averted my eyes to see the person, who caused the sudden change of expression on her.

Parth. He is approaching our direction greeting the crew members on his way. She would be definitely happy, as those two are like bro- sis. She treats him like her younger bro.

We all are sitting at the corner, with all the main casts.

He walked towards us.

I felt a tingly sensation in me seeing him approach. Blood rushed crossing every nerves. He glanced at everyone expect me, smiling at each one of them, but the actual spark is missing from his eyes and smile. Facing each other, in person, after such a long time, exactly three weeks, I blinked my eyes, contemplating the moment. The man of my thoughts, my love is in front of me again. A look at my eyes, even a blind person can see the love i have for him in my eyes. But, much to my dismay, he is not even looking at me. He is busy, in greeting with all his costars, expect me, grinning at them widely. I felt like i am unwanted there at that moment.

'Excuse me' I whispered, stopping the cry escaped my throat all of a sudden. I can feel my eyes welling up.

I walked away.

'Niti' charlie called for me in concern.

I walked away ignoring her.

Rushing to the vanity, i crumbled down broken up in tears. I can't control myself anymore. I have promised myself, not to let myself fall apart in front of others, but i cant help it, tears flowed down, reminding me of the nights I spend crying all these days, alone.

A sudden knock snapped me out of my thoughts. An uncertain hope flowed in me, may be it would be him.

I opened the door, not waiting for any more moment.

It was him. But he looked irritated and distant. Like someone have forced him to be here.

He looked at me, blankly.

'Hmmm' i cleared my throat.

'The new creative told me that my script was with you' he hissed, in an uninterested tone.

'Oh.... Yeah' i nodded, masking my pain.

I turned around, and started looking for the damn script on the table. I felt his presence behind me.

I turned around with the script, he is standing closer, if i wouldn't had moved around slowly, I would have collided with his chest.

'Here' I handed him the script.

He is staring at me, blankly.

I lowered my eyes, gently. I don't want him to see me crying.

'Seems like someone have problem in looking at me' he murmured harshly.

'What?' I straightened my eyes, at him.

'Why are you crying?' He demanded coldly.

'Nothing of your concern' i spatted.

'Yeah, true. I am a no one for you, I know' he scoffed.

I eyed him unbelievably.

'You came back to hurt me again?' I hissed 'Don't you have enough'

'Oh, so you didn't want me to come back?' He said in a sad tone.

'I didn't say that' I whispered.

'Any way see you around' he moved away from me and walked out.

I glanced at his retracting frame in tears.