• They asked "where you live?", I answered "In my soul!"... •

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Manik : "I love you Nandini.."

Nandini : "I love you Manik.."..

Time stand still as the two proclaimed their love for one another while staring in each other's eyes whereas Goddess Aphrodite herself came down to slap these two idiots, who has confessed their feelings but only in their respective minds..

Nandini : "Kuch kaha tumne?..."..she asked with so much passion and hope in her eyes while manik is casting spell on her with his alluring and love filled gaze..

Manik : "I thought you said something..."..he whispered in his husky tone while never leaving the eye contact and she felt like she is drowning in the pool of ocean which is filled with his love..

Love is quite very simple to understand but the circumstances makes it messy and arduous enough for us to take any step further in it's direction. And same is happening with these two people who are Irrevocably in love with each other but one is shy enough to express while other is dealing with dark traces of past, none is wrong anywhere but the situation is to be blamed for all this mess.

Nandini : "Did I really just said I love you? "..She confronted her inner self while her subconscious is diving deep in the pool of love and happiness, roaming all around in the heaven, dancing insanely like a kid got his first present on Christmas Eve..

Nandini : "That means I really love him?, Oh my God! I love Manik, yes!Yes! ..."..She hugged herself with glee and that realization made the sparkle of her eyes even more brighter, smile is only increasing minute by minute.

On the other hand, Manik is lost in his own thoughts, although he is still holding her close to himself but his mind is wandering all around in the universe.

Manik : "what if I said it aloud?, She could heard me, how can I be so careless and irresponsible around her?. But when I found her in my arms I felt like taking my heart out and hand over it to her and then whatever she would like to do with it she can do with privilege.."..His thoughts bright up his smile, she suddenly hugged him which startled him and also made him come out of his thoughtful world. He wasn't able to comprehend her gesture but who wants to analyze when heart is involved in the matter? ...

Manik : "Nandini.."..He called her after placing his hand on her head and caressed it more lovingly, she clinged more to him with immense joy in her heart,none can define the happiness she is feeling right now with him in her arms.

Nandini : "I feel safe here.."..She murmured and her confession made him speechless, it reminded him of some worst accusations and some painful memories..

"I thought you were my savior but I never knew only you can be my murderer Manik. Now when I look at you I feel disgusted,suffocated and on top of all I feel unsafe. You make me feel unsafe Manik Malhotra... "..

Her last conversation with him brought all the worst feelings in his
heart and tears eloped from his eyes unwantedly but as soon she tighten her hold on him his unpleasant reverie broke down and he too hugged her more tightly with equal passion or even more than that.

• If guilt spread darkness all over then only love has the power to spread gleam on floor.. •

He broke the hug and looked at her sparkling face, all he wonders today is that she has the same look in her eyes which used to be there four years back.

Manik: "I am sorry I came over here at this odd hour I should be...."..He stopped as she held his hand and looked deep in his eyes which caused goosebumps all over his body.

Nandini : "You don't need to be sorry for anything and especially for coming over here.."..Her soft tone broke all the chords in him, he knows only she has the power to obliterate the walls around his heart chamber..

Nandini : "Are you fine?, I sensed pain in your tone on call it really made me worried.."..She showed her worry and concern for him and all he was doing is loosing his heart once more to the beautiful creation of almighty..

Manik : "Tumhe dekh liya na toh bas ab koi dard nhi Hai Dil mei..."..His sudden confession left her baffled but at the same time her inner self started dancing all over.

I've fallen in love with you Manik! ..And you are making it more hard for me.. her subconscious murmured with hearts in eyes..

Nandini : "Let's sit and talk.."..She broke the silence between them and he nodded with a warm smile, his that one smile brought a big broad shining smile on her lips as well.

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Love always brings pain and sorrows with it but it also bring strength to cope up with all the odds. But sometimes we ourself cage ourself and resist to come out of our shell, we feel if we'll leave our comfort zone we'll fall badly but we always neglect one mere fact and that is if love has the power to close to blinds then it also has the power to snatch away your blanket and leaves you spellbound..

Today these two people who are already in love with each other finds another dimension of love, one feels it's a new feeling to experience while other has been living in this emotion since ages. If one is ready to submit herself then other is not able to take the initiative due to some un-holy memories but none is ready to loose one another..

Manik's pov:

Nandini : "Manik see shooting star.."..She exclaimed in her joyous tone while we both are on the roof of her building, I was busy in drinking her beauty when her voice made me come out of my reverie.

Nandini : "Make a wish fast.."..She closed my eyes by putting her hand on my eyes and held our hands tightly together, after feeling her this close to myself I really don't wish for anything else, she is everything I want and need and when I have her then I don't wish for any materialistic thing.

She is day to my nights..

Manik : "Whatever she wished fulfill it,her happiness is everything to me, if she has smile on her face then I'll be in peace even if am in hell.."..I prayed silently and she slowly removed her hand from my eyes but didn't left my hand and am not complaining though.

Nandini : "Kya manga?"..She asked being very excited like a small baby, she is really a child by heart and I laughed when I recalled how I used to tease her by calling her maa..

Nandini : "you are laughing on me?"..She asked with a cute angry pout and I can't help it,this girl is surely epitome of love, her every single move make me fall for her more badly.

Manik : "I wouldn't dare to.."..I raised my hands in my defense because angry Nandini is really not good to mess with and I am fully aware with all the cons of her angry avtaar..

Nandini : "Better for you.."..She commented sternly but then giggled a bit, I passed a big bright smile to her and till yet all my unpleasant thoughts left my mind.

Manik : "So tell me, what did you prayed?"..I asked as I noticed she is playing with my fingers, we are sitting on rooftop, she is sitting so close to me, holding my hand, laughing with me, talking freely, what else I can wish for?. I feel like Almighty brought heaven to my hell and Indeed without her my life is nothing but worse than hell..

Nandini : "Something I desperately want to meet reality.."..Her straight answer sent shivers to my soul, perhaps her eyes are telling me that I wished us! But I ignored my perceptions..

Manik : "Amen!"..He backed her prayer and her eyes twinkled more than the stars.

(Background music)

Tenu itna main pyaar karaan
Ek pal vich sau baar karaan
Tu jaave je mainu chhad ke
Maut da intezaar karaan..

I looked in her eyes when she isn't ready to break that eye lock, I felt like every other thing stopped in that moment, she held my hand and it caught me off guard. She has no idea how muh I love her and I cant even frame it in words..

Ke tere liye duniya chhod di hai
Tujhpe hi saans aake ruke
Main tujhko kitna chahta hoon
Ye tu kabhi soch na sake (x2)

I too placed my other hand on our locked ones, she gave me a smile for which I can die happily without any complains in heart, Her hairs are running freely with the touch of cold soft breeze, some strings of her hair are falling on her face disturbing my view so I tucked them behind her ears while she is looking me with so much passion in her eyes..

Kuch bhi nahi hai ye jahaan
Tu hai toh hai isme zindagi

Nandini : "Manik!"..she called me but I placed my finger on her lips and nodded a no to her, because I don't want to ruin this moment by words, this silence between us is far comfortable than anything, she is everything to me, she means world to me.

Kuch bhi nahi hai ye jahaan
Tu hai toh hai isme zindagi
Ab mujhko jaana hai kahaan
Ke tu hi safar hai aakhiri...

Manik : "Let's not talk"..I murmured and she nodded, I held her hand and made her sit on the swing nearby, she isn't talking her eyes off me and I don't even want her to. The way she looks at me makes me feel special, her one look is enough to turn my world upside down.

Ke tere bina jeena mumkin nahin
Na dena kabhi mujhko tu faasley
Main tujhko kitna chahta hoon
Ye tu kabhi soch na sake..

I sat down on floor near her feet and recalled that day when she visited my place with orphanage kids, she didn't let me sit near her that day, and that memory instantly made my eyes teary I really don't know when i laid my head in her lap and closed my eyes. This place is heaven to me, her warmth has the power to snatch all the pain away from my heart, I really wish I had acknowledge this long before then things could be much different and we could be living together without any restrictions..

Tere liye duniya chhod di hai
Tujhpe hi saans aake ruke
Main tujhko kitna chahta hoon
Ye tu kabhi soch na sake..

Nandini : "Jo cheez dard de use peeche chor dena chahiye Manik, kyunki jin cheezo pe humara control nhi hota unhe chor dena he acha hota hai.."..her voice made me open my eyes and I looked at her with teary eyes, she is looking me like she is able to feel my pain and it didn't made me surprise because from always she knows me far better than i know myself.

Aankhon ki hai yeh khwahishein
Ki chehre se teri na hatein
Neendon mein meri bas tere
Khwabon ne li hai karwatein..

I looked at her more lovingly now, I want to trap her in my eyes, cage her in my heart so that none can take her away from me. But all i wonder is DO I HAVE THIS RIGHT?, may be not! but still I want her, I need her in my life more than oxygen, more than anything. 

Manik : "Kuch cheeze dard deti hai kyunki unhe dard ki wajah humne banayi hoti hai nandini.."..I muttered in low tone, and now she looked at me painfully, with sympathetic eyes..

Ki teri ore mujhko leke chalein
Ye duniya bhar ke sab raaste
Main tujhko kitna chahta hoon
Ye tu kabhi soch na sake..

She placed her hand on my cheek and tears eloped from my eyes, her one touch is enough to heal my wounds.. 

Nandini : "Don't be so harsh on yourself manik, stop restricting yourself.."..she explained in her soft tone and all i was thinking this that my heart and my soul belongs to you, but how to show you how much this soul craves for you, may be I can never be able to give words to my feelings but one thing is for sure she can easily see it in my eyes..

Tere liye duniya chhod di hai
Tujhpe hi saans aake ruke
Main tujhko kitna chahta hoon
Ye tu kabhi soch na sake

I placed my head back in her lap and closed my eyes, she started ruffling my hair and I prayed for this night to never over, this is the best night of my life because she is with me in this.

I love her! I love you nandini but I can never tell you this.. My heart cried with the thought but still I composed myself and let the silence do heavy lifting..

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I know am way too bad 😝😝😝 I made the confession but in their respective minds hehehe..

Let's see how they are going to confess ..Hmmmmmmm! 😝😝😝

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