Boom !

There was pin drop silence.

Everyone were shocked.

The atmosphere was growing awkwardly thick and this new introduction was making it thicker.

Abhimanyu.

Abhimanyu Thakkar.

The guy they left back in their lives.

The guy who was assumed to be in coma for years.

He had walked again .

And today he was standing in front of them .

Amongst all, Mukti was in tears.

She was looking at her lover after years.

She walked towards him with small steps.

Everyone who were watching this felt what she was going through.

She came in front of Abhimanyu face to face and raised her hand towards his face . She wanted to touch his face to make her soul believe that her mate was back .

But before she could accomplish her wish Abhimanyu stopped her hand and jerked Her mercilessly. He walked away in the main room where all of them had same expressions.

Mukti could utter just one word among her sobs- Manyu !

Alya- Abhi ! Tum yaha kese?

Abhimanyu rudely- Kyu nahi hona chahiye tha ?

Or maybe you wished me to be dead .

Dhruv - Esa nahi hai ! You are taking us wrong.

Mukti came to Abhimanyu .

Mukti- Where were you all these days ?

Abhimanyu ignored her finely .

Manik came forward and hugged him .

Abhimanyu was rude to Mukti, Alya and Dhruv but he didn't reacted when Manik came forward.

In fact , he too kept his hand on Manik's back .

No. Abhimanyu didn't forgive him . Not
at all . But there was an unknown soft corner for Manik in his heart . But he never let that piece of tissue over power him . He wanted to punish Manik hard . Real Hard .

Shraddha came and tapped Abhimanyu's shoulder . This brought him out of his trance and he slightly pushed him away .

He stepped back .

Abhimanyu - Tum panch ke Karan aaj Nandini hospital mein hein !

Did you guys hear that ?

Cause of you five .

He pointed at each one of them .

Their feelings were inexpressible.

Nandini had always been someone really close to them until the mishap took place . Though they cut her relation off abruptly, this all of a sudden news shook them .

Alya- What ? How ?

Shraddha curtly - It would have been better if you would have asked the same question on the Talent Hunt night .

Dhruv- Shraddha?

Again a BOOM !

Shraddha- I believe in friendship unlike you.

This simple and plain sentence made one thing clear that this was a colossal game and all of them were been played.

Shraddha was the player .

Perhaps she was playing with all of them since day one .

Neyonika - Nandini is hospitalised since a year and half . She is critical and her doctors have given up on her .

This was like an electric current for them .

Manik was not even able to comprehend it properly .

While the others too had the same reactions .

Manik choked - Aa .... aap koh ... bhi ... pata tha !

Neyonika just nodded .

But as always there was a fox with a bent tail in this story too !

Dhruv- Toh isme hum Kya karsakte hai !

Manik lost his calmness.

He just punched him straight on his face.

Dhruv was stunned.

Manik shouted- Puchna bhi mat ki meine esa kyu kiya !

Alya - Manik ! Tum Nandini ke liye apne dost se laddo ge ?

Manik's eyes grew red.

Manik- Ha !

He looked towards Neyonika with pleading eyes!

Neyonika- I think there are lot of things which you people are unaware of .

Let's join all the missing parts .

Shraddha- First of all , Nandini is not guilty. Whatever you people hold against her is totally baseless.

Maddy - How on earth can that be even possible? We all know how she cheated with Fab5 and betrayed Manik !

Shraddha shouted- Tu toh chup hi rahe . All of these has nothing to do with you . It's between them and Nandini. You are no one to comment anything on this matter . SO STAY SHUT !

Maddy got mum !

Shraddha exhaled deeply .

Shraddha- You people tell me ? What is Nandini's fault?

Alya at once erupted.

Alya - She bloody stole our performance and gave it to Bhai. Cause of her and only her we were on the verge to lose an important competition on which our career were dependent. That girl cheated on my friend Manik with Bhai . We all saw her with Bhai in a compromised position.

Shraddha made a disgusted face whereas Harshad was hurt.

Shraddha spoke in a much louder voice -

That's the difference Alya .

You were " on verge of losing " but you didn't lose . And what do you mean by seeing Nandini with Harshad in a compromising position thing ?

Did you saw anything there ?

Do you have any proof ?

No . Nothing. Absolutely Nothing.

Then how can you declare your point of view .

Just cause you all saw her with Harshad on bed you " ASSUMED " things .

That's it .

There is no more truth to this .

Alya - How can you be so sure ? Tum toh vaha pein thi bhi nahi .

Shraddha- Alya I don't need to be there to know anything regarding Nandini .

I just know it .

I believe her .

Unlike you who don't even believe her real brother.

She spoke with venom .

Mukti- Mind your tongue Shraddha . You just can't say anything to Alya .

Harshad kesa hai yeh hum sab Jante hai .

Abhimanyu chuckled humourlessly.

Abhimanyu- Ms. Vardhan atleast you should not say anything as such .

Navya - Toh tum bolo Na aakhir Harshad aur Nandini ka kya Rishta hai ?

Harshad - Mera Nandini ke saath wahi Rishta hai jo mera Alya se hai !

She is like a sister to me .

A little sister.

Again this was something unexpected.

Harshad- That day in the hotel , she was unconscious.

Hum dono waha kisise Milne gaye the . Nandini was being backmailed since the time Talent Hunt was announced. And that guy called her there . She tried to contact you Manik .

He looked at Manik to find him looking at him already with curiosity.

Harshad - But you were not reachable. Infact, she even tried contacting Fab4 but none of you responded to her calls .

She was scared .

She was scared to go there all alone .

That's why out of helplessness she called me and asked me to just accompany her to the hotel .

Those days both of us were on good terms all thanks to her jovial and kind nature . Though Fab5 aur mere bich sivay dushmani ke Alava kuch nahi tha , yaha tak ke meri apni behen bhi mere khilaf thi but she was not like you pupil .

After the calling off of NH3 , we were acquaintances . She used to be the only one who wished me on my birthday or any other achievement inspite Of Manik's relation with me . This was the reason we grew friends .

That day I agreed and went with her to the hotel .

Nandini got a message in which it was written that the room was booked by my name . He knew that I would be coming with her .

Though it was suspicious but we agreed . But as soon as I opened the door someone hit hard on Nandini's head and she got unconscious. Before I could react , the guy hit me too . They made us laid on the bed .

When I got conscious I saw myself on the bed next to Nandini and I had my arm over her waist .

A man with a black mask came to me and said me that it was just a punishment cause Nandini informed me . I was confused. He later revealed how you people came there and saw us .

And I realised it was his plan .

I swear never have I ever touched Nandini.

She had always been like a sister to me .

When Nandini woke up I just lied to her that she got fainted and I made her laid there . I just couldn't utter her the truth cause I was ashamed . Somewhere I thought I was the one at fault .

She didn't even knew what all happened.

Harshad completed his part of revelation.

Everyone were flabbergasted. They didn't even thought in this way ever in their life . They just believe what they saw .

Manik was guilty. He realised that he had misunderstood the entire scene all cause of his impulsiveness .

He was ashamed.

Shraddha- Coming back to you Alya .

What did you said you people were about to lose cause of her right ?

Guess what that was never going to happen ?

Nandini already had a backup to execute. She made all the loop holes covered .

It was because of that blackmailer she handed your performance to Harshad and Harshad was forced by Nandini herself to perform on it .

She knew Manik was capable enough to frame a song within half an hour and that's what had happened.

Nandini was trapped into something real big since a long time . She was being blackmailed constantly. She was being stalked constantly. She was being watched by someone in the college constantly.

Do you guys even realise how vulnerable she was then?

But no one saw that.

Manik?

You loved her right ?

Okay ! Nandini was unable to say all that to you . But couldn't you guess her being in a trouble?

Navya?

You were her best friend right ?

Do you know what a best friend means ?

It means someone who trust you blindly and stays by your side even if you are wrong.

Do you even consider yourself at that position?

She looked at all of them .

Fab5.

The Fab5 were wrong.

They were in tears but it was all because of their deeds .

Shraddha- You know what hurt Nandini the most ?

She felt used .

She felt taken for granted .

When ever anyone of you needed her no matter how ugly the situation was , she was by your side . She helped you all and she was there by your side in every ups and downs. But where were you ?

None of you were there when she needed a friend?

None of you !

What was her fault ? Huh ?

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