Angel said "kya soch rahi ho.. tumhe yakeen nahi hota.. chalo main dikhati hun tumhe"

Manvi nods in no and looks around she slowly moves towards the room and directly went to balcony looking at the sky and smiling..

Angel came there.. saw her and smiled kya dekh rahi ho? She asked

Manvi said "Wo waha.. dekho.." Pointing to open sky..

Angel looks.. and says "aasman hai.."

Manvi chuckled in happiness "Kitna acha hai"

Angel nodded "haan bahut hi aacha.."

Manvi asked "Main yaha baithu?"

Angel replied "haan baitho.. na tumhara hi ghar hai jaha chahe baitho"

Manvi sits there on the chair, Angel leaves to freshen up and then make food.. Manvi comes to kitchen..

Manvi asked "Kya kar rahi ho aap?"

Angel replied "main khana bana rahi hoon"

Manvi said "Khana? mujhe bhi banana hai"

Angel smiled and asked "tumhe pata hai kaise banate hai khana"

Manvi shook her head in no "Nahi..."

Angel said "toh kaise banaogi mujhe banane doh tum bahar sofe pe jaakar baitho"

Manvi said like a stubborn kid "Nahi mujhe bhi banana hai.."

Angel said calmly "mannu.zid nahi karte.. ache bachche"

Manvi pouts and said angrily "Tum tum gandi ho jao jao baat nahi karni.."

She moves out angrily stamping her foot

Angel follows her "manuu mannu kya kiya maine.. maine tumhe nahi danta.."

Manvi sits on the sofa angrily

Angel pov: gussa madam mei wahi hai.." she then said to Manvi "mannu gussa mat ho behen se"

Manvi looked at her and said "Toh mujhe bhi wahi wo karne do.. wo joh aap kar rahi thi"

Angel asked "main kya kar rahi thi?"

Manvi tries to recall what she was doing "Wo waha wo..wo wo... Pata nahi.." when she failed to recall the word.

Angel said "main khana bana rahi thi"

Manvi said "Acha.." then the tv set grabbed her attention and she asked "ye kya hai?"

Angel said "yeh tv hai.."

Manvi looks at her in confusion and asked "Tv kya hota hai?"

Angel goes and turns on the tv.. dekho yeh sab dekhte hai tv mei.. jab bhi tum bore ho jao toh.. dekh sakti ho tv..

Manvi looks at the tv and soon gets engrossed in it. Angel left to make food, she returns with the lunch to find Manvi in deep sleep the tv is still on.. she keeps the food on table.. turns of the tv.. khaye bina hi soh gayi kya karu uthau ki nahi... nahi sone deti hun..

She sits beside Manvi and said sadly "neend se uthegi to firse apni Di ko bhool jayegi per mannu main tumhe kabhi akela nahi chod sakti na? kabhi nahi chodungi akela.. tumhe waha se door isliye laayi thi main taki unn logo se tumhe bacha saku.. tumhare liye sabse jhooth bola maine.. par.. wo log yaha bhi.. nahi ab kuch nahi hone dungi main tumhe kuch bhi nahi... par tumhe bhi thik hona hoga.. hona hoga tek tumhe.." She smiles and brings a quilt cover Manvi properly keeps back the food in fridge and moves back to her room.

At midnight around 2 am Manvi opens her eyes, she sees dark room she doesn't remember where she is, she gets up and walks in dark.. yeh.. kaha.. hun mai

She stumbles on the table..

"kaun kaun..." she shouts

Angel listening to the shout wakes up, she runs out turns on the lights.. mannu kya hua mannu.

Manvi looks at her with blank expressions and asked "Kaun kaun ho tum..?"

Angel said "mai.. mai tumhari behen hoon"

Manvi asked "behen behen kaun.. tum tum jao.."

She jerks Angel and moves back.. she looks around "ye yaha.. tum.."

She looks at Angel keenly, Angel hold her hand and said "mannu dekho ye humara ghar hai hum dost hai na.. ache wale dost.. aao baitho tum"

She makes her sit.. Angel thinks "behen se ye zyada samjhegi nhi dost banna padega iska pehle"

Manvi looks around then says in a low voice "bhukh bhukh lagi hai mujhe.."

Angel said "haan mai lati hun na khana tum yahi baithe rehna"

Angel goes to kitchen, she warms the food and brings it.

Manvi is sitting there cuddling a pillow tightly..

Angel forwarded the plate "lo khana.."

Manvi looks at the food confusingly she asked "isse kaise khate hai?"

Angel explained to her "bahut aasan hai.. pehle yeh roti ko aise.. todho sabzi se lagao aur.. muh mei daalo.. aur dhant se chabao.. ab tum khao.."

Manvi tries to tear the roti but the plate dis balances..

Angel holds the plate and started feeding her Manvi look at Angel with scared face..

"kya hua khao na.. Manvi eats looking at Angel.. kya dekh rahi ho?"

Manvi asked "tum nahi khaogi?"

It brings tears to Angel's eyes and she said "tum khalo fir kha lungi"

Manvi said "Nahi abhi abhi khao.."

"aacha tek hai khati hoon." Angel eats Manvi watches her. "khush maine khaya.."

Manvi smiled and said "Ha bahut aab chalo mujhe bhi khilao.. Aur tum na wo andhera andhera mat karna darr lagta hai mujhe.. Bahut darr.."

Angel spoke up "aacha nahi karungi.. tum darna mat main hun na tumhare pass.." while feeding her

Manvi complained her kiddish tone "Par tum to thi nahi.. sab andhera tha.. yaha (pointing to knee) dard bhi hua"

"main andar thi dard hua.. main dekhti hun.. dard gayab ho jayega.." Angel keeps the plate a side and massages the knee.Manvi smiles

Angel asked " ab toh nahi ho raha dard"

Manvi: Nahi...

Angel said "chalo ab sone chalo.. andar kamre mei"

They moved to the room

Angel help her lay down on bed.. and said "ab aakhein band karke soh jao"

Manvi asked "tum kaha jaa rahi ho?

Angel said "mai kahi nahi jaa rahi tumhare pass hi hun mai"

She closes her eyes peacefully, she moved her fingers in between her hairs tear slipped down from her eyes her pov "tum phir kal mujhe bhool jaogi koi baat nahi mai tumhe baar baar bataungi jab tak tum tek nahi ho jaati tab tak.."

Angel too sleeps there..

Next morning Manvi woke up with some voices.. she sat on the bed and looks around then slowly moves out of the room.. she sees someone in the kitchen..

"ye kaun hai? kahi ye mujhe marne toh.."

She picks up a vase and slowly moved towards kitchen but Angel is trained she without turning back holds her hand and slowly turns

Manvi is looking at her with scared eyes..

Angel takes away the vase "kya kar rahi thi tum?" she asked

"aap aap kaun ho? dekho maine maine kuch nahi kiye.. pakka.. aap.." Manvi said in scare tone

Angel ruffles her hairs "arey pata hai humhe apne kuch nahi kiya aap to bahut achi ho.."

Manvi asked confusingly "aap janti ho mujhe?"

"haa hum toh aapke dost hai.." Angel said with a smile

"dost? aap mujhe kuch nahi karogi na?" she asked

"nahi bilkul nahi.. per abhi aapko fresh hona hai fir breakfast khana hai chalo.."

Angel leads her to the room. Manvi smiled and asked "kya karna hai?"

"nahana hai" Angel said.

Manvi asked "kaise?"

"chalo bathroom mein" Angel spoke up. Manvi moved to the bathroom, she started to play with the things around. Angel took the toothbrush and applied paste on it. She said "lo.."

Manvi took it, she does not know what to do with it. She opened her mouth to eat it but Angel stopped her with "Are.. khana nhi hai.."

Manvi looked at her innocently, Angel smiled and said "aapke ye teethes hai na inko saaf karna hai"

Angel showed looking into the mirror, Manvi also showed her teethes and Angel teaches her how to brush. Manvi was not liking it.

Angel cleaned her mouth, and asked "Acha aaj kaunsi dress peheni hai?"

Manvi does not know, Angel showed her some dresses. Manvi selected a fork, Angel smiled.

After the bath, she took her out and made her sit in front of the dressing. Angel combed her hairs, Manvi shouted "aah.. dard ho raha hai dost"

"mannu thoda sa hi hoga kafi time se comb nhi kiye na" Angel said. She ties up her hairs properly and Manvi smiled looking into the mirror.

She asked "ye aap ho aur ye main hoon?"

Angel replied "haan.."

And after freeing from all they sat for breakfast..

Outside some kids are playing basketball, Manvi is looking out..

Angel asks "kya dekh rahi ho?"

"wo log kya kar rahe hai?" Manvi asked

Angel smiled "wo khel rahe hai."

"mujhe bhi khelna hai" Manvi said excitedly

"acha pehle khalo fir chale jana.." Angel said

"nahi abhi.." Manvi said like a adamant child.

Angel sighed gave her the glass of milk "acha ye khatam karo.. fir jao.."

Manvi finished the milk and rushed out, she moved to the kids who were busy playing and a young girl of about 5yrs is standing in a corner with a stuffed teddy

Manvi's eyes fell on it..

"ye kitna acha hai.." she moved near to the child "ye kaun hai?" she asked

"yea mela chimpu hai" the kid replied.

Manvi touched the stuffed toy, then tried to snatch it the girl tried to protest but she can't Manvi took the toy and cuddled it..

The girl started crying loudly.. Manvi panicked she tried to move the other children gathered around her

She got scared..

She started taking back steps and tripped over a stone

she felt down.. the toy also fall down..

The kid took the toy, Manvi started shouting "nahi doh doh mujhe.. doh.."

She got a cut near her knee but She is at a violent shade

The children got scared and moved away..

She started crying.. she sat there itself crying
To be continued...