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Nandini's POV:

"Can I come inside mom?" I ask Neyonika mom standing outside her room smiling slightly at her.

"Yeah Nandini come inside, I was searching for you from an hour." Mom replies back cheerfully.

I go inside and settle beside her on the bed and then my eyes land on the photo album she's holding.

"Mom is that Manik in the photograph?" I asked her pointing at the photo in which a 12-year-old chubby boy is holding an infant.

"Yes, that's your husband in the photo holding Ananya. He was so chubby then na ?" Mom says giggling and I nod my head still staring at the photo.

"Damn! Who knew this cutie would grow up to be a hottie!" DJ Nandini exclaims and I roll my eyes at her. Aa gayi kamini mere husband pe line maarne ke liye.

"Can't you find someone else to ogle at? Why are you always behind my husband?" I ask her gritting my teeth

"I know right Chipmunk she's always behind your husband. This girl has to learn some manners". Monkey Manik asserts angrily.

I have a proper reason to be angry at her. But why is he getting angry? Daal mein zaroor kuch kala hein.

" So are you saying that I am mannerless mister?" Dj Nandini says glaring at Monkey Manik.

"No, No dear I didn't say it that way. You misunderstood me..." Monkey Manik tries explaining her but it's a futile attempt.

"You know what you ain't my friend anymore! Freak off! " Dj Nandini exclaims and leaves after pinching Monkey Manik on his hand tightly.

"Aiyooo! Wait for me! I am sorry" Monkey Manik shouts and runs behind her.

Why are these both so dramatic?
Anyway, none of my concern.

"Who knew this monkey would grow up so soon and get married one day?" Neyonika mom says staring at the photo and tracing her fingers on it.

"Yeah, he did grow up physically but he's still a kid at heart" I say smiling at her.

"Laddoo" I murmur to myself looking at the photo.

"Haan laddoo! Mera laddoo" Mom says and starts laughing.

"God! I got so emotional and forgot about what I wanted to say totally" Mom exclaims lightly slapping her forehead.

"So, Nandini I actually need a favour from you." Mom asks in a pleading tone while clasping my hand in hers. But I find her hesitant to ask.

"You can ask me for anything mom. Please don't be so hesitant" I assure her.

"It's just that, you and Manik are shifting to the new flat...so I need you to take care of him. I am not asking you to babysit him or something but Manik is really irresponsible towards himself and doesn't care for his health at all so.." She trails off.

"And most of the time he skips having food. All he eats is that junk food from outside which has no nutrition at all. He would never come to the home for lunch because of his clashes with his father. So if possible can you pack lunch for him every day?" She continues.

"I will definitely do that mom! Yeh bhi koi puchne ki baat hai kya? Lunch ke saath na I will make sure that your son has breakfast and dinner at the right time. Don't worry about it" I assure her saying so.

"Nandini don't take me in a wrong way for reminding you all of this. It's just that you are working women and I know how tough it is for you manage everything all together. So, are you really ok with cooking and all won't it be an additional burden to you , what if we just hire a cook?" Neyonika mom asked me in a concerned tone.

"Mom, you know I actually love cooking a lot. I get this different kind of happiness and satisfaction when I cook for people I care about. So it's not a burden for me ok? And what's the need to hire a cook when I myself cook well?" I say smiling playfully and raising my imaginary collars.

"Yeah, we should definitely let you cook then!" Mom says patting my shoulder.

"So when are you guys moving out? " Mom asks me keeping the album inside the cupboard.

"Not really sure mom, tomorrow afternoon maybe coz I don't have anything scheduled yet for tomorrow. But I have to confirm it once with Manik also" I answer back.

"Wait ..that reminds me, I didn't inform Manik about the shifting yet. I am such an idiot mom!" I exclaim palming my face.

"Then hurry up and tell him about it. We don't know how the janaab will react after listening to it." Mom says as I get up from the bed.

"Accha mom, can I get that photo of Manik?" I ask her while stepping outside.

"Sure no problem. Ogle jee barke at the younger version of your husband" Mom teases me while handing down the photograph.

"Aisa kuch nahi hai, it's just that I can use to blackmail Manik when I want things to be done in my way." I say her and I am reminding you, people, I am not blushing now. I am immune to everyone teasing me.

"Haan haan I believe you" She counters back with a tinge of sarcasm and I rush towards my room.

Manik's POV:

"It's so disgusting to even think of kissing and cuddling you-blah, blah" I imitate the way Chipmunk said these words making a bad face.

Paagal ladki.
What does she even think of herself huh?
I just hugged her because I was really happy and I wanted to say something important to her.

That doesn't mean I am always trying to touch her.

"I am so tired...I can't do this anymore" Monkey Manik says this panting heavily and settles beside me.

"What's wrong with you? Did you do any heavy exercise that your face became so red?" I ask with concern.

"Woh...I did 100 pushups" He manages to say and lies flat on the bed.

"You are tired so quickly? Who is gonna do the remaining 50 pushups huh?" Dj Nandini asks Monkey Manik with an evil smirk on her face.

"What happened and why is he supposed to do 150 pushups? Poor fellow" I question Dj Nandini.

"He isn't the victim here. This idiot deserves this punishment for calling me mannerless" Dj Nandini asserts and forces monkey Manik to get up.

"Well ask her the reason why I said that she is mannerless Manik. I am not crazy to call her so without any reason a" Monkey Manik points out and I nod my head in a yes.

"Yeah, tell me what did you do that he called you so? If he called you so because of some invalid reason I will beat him myself" I say cracking my knuckles glaring at Monkey Manik.

"You know what I don't want to tell anything. Your Monkey Manik na he's an idiot, donkey, arrogant asshole. All he does is ogling on Nandini who has already married" Dj Nandini spats.

"As if you don't ogle Manik who is also married" Monkey Manik mutters and we both stare at him. Wait correction I stare at him whereas Dj Nandini glares at him.

"So Dj Nandini ogles at me huh?" I question them.

"Shit! Yeh maine kya keh diya" Monkey Manik says and sheepishly smiles at Dj Nandini who is ready to kill him.

"Youuuu are so dead in my hands today" Dj Nandini yells and pounces at him.

"Mummmiee bachalo mujhe" Monkey Manik says fearfully and runs away from there dodging her.

Dj Nandini runs behind him and they just vanish like that.

What the heck was that?

The door of the room opens and Chipmunk enters.

We both stare at each other for some time and then just whisk our heads away.

I am not gonna talk to her first. I was so happy and yeh madam ne jagda karke poora mood karab kar diya. Actually mein bada paagal hoon. I was so happy and I wanted her to be the first person to know that. Accha hota if I would have told Aryaman or Dhruv first.

She walks towards where I was sitting and settles beside me. I take out my phone and start scrolling through Instagram to ignore her.

"Oye" I hear her saying and she nudges me with her shoulder.

I conveniently ignore her.

"Oye" She says again her pitch higher than before. I lowly chuckle to myself as I see that she is getting irritated.

Irritating her is damn fun!

"Oyeee, stop ignoring me ok? Just because I am talking to you first itna attitude dikhane ka kya zaroorath hein?" She says standing in front of me with her hands clasped on her hips.

I stare at her with a blank face and then get back to my phone.

"Manik Malhotra, what is wrong with you? Why are you behaving as if you are PMSing?" She says glaring at me and I give her no answer.

"You know what tum aise nahi sunoge" she mutters and then starts pulling my ears tightly.

"Ahh, Chipmunk what are you doing? Let go of my ears, it hurts a lot yaar" I whine in pain.

"Ohh toh ab aapka muh kul gaya? What happened to it for the past 10 minutes when I was trying to talk to you huh?" She scolds not leaving my ears.

"I was just trying to ignore you but woh bhi teekh se nahi karpaya and now please let go of my ears please" I plead her.

She leaves my ears and sits beside me huffing and puffing.

"Listen we are shifting to the new flat tomorrow evening" I hear her saying and I stare at her shocked.

"What new flat and this suddenly?" I question her.

"Yup, a new flat gifted by my mom and dad," She says.

"Are you okay with it? Or you wanna stay here?" She asks me.

"I don't have any problem with shifting there. All I want is that we stop fighting like kids every time " I say her.

"And Manik tell me one thing sometime back you were so happy and even took me in a bone-crushing hug without bothering to check whether the door is closed or not! Aisa kyu kiya tune?" She inquires raising her eyebrows.

"Woh....actually after your mini bhaashan during breakfast Devil called me to his room and kinda apologized for whatever he said and hugged me. It was after such a long time that he spoke to me in a soft tone without any taunts. It's like today I realised that Devil cares a lot about me...but he doesn't know how to display it" I explain her and smiling at the memory.

She smiles at me, the smile which I can describe as a million-dollar smile.

"That's really a major development Manik. I am really happy for you" She says holding my hands.

"Chipmunk door locked hain ab" I say pointing at the door.

"Haan tho?" She questions me. I say nothing in return and just hug her close to myself. She remains shocked for some time and then returns my hug. And I can imagine myself happily floating in the air holding loads of balloons in my hands.

"Par...Manik I have a problem" She mumbles still hugging me.

"Problem? Kya problem?" I ask releasing her.

"It's impossible for us to not fight after shifting together. I mean ab mein ek kid ke saath flat share kar rahi hoon toh ladai jagde are common you see" She says smirking at me. I stare at her shocked and my imaginary self which was happily floating in the air falls down since all the balloons are busted.

"Hawaa nikal di ladki ne ekdum" inner monkey comments in a bored manner and I nod at him sadly.

"Mein Hawa bardoon?" Dj Nandini asks me with a sly smile on her face holding an air pump pointing towards my busted balloons.

And then both of them start laughing at my condition mocking me. I ignore them and then glare at the girl who called me a kid.

Paagal aurat all my cute and pretty balloons are busted because of her. I will definitely take revenge for this.

"You just didn't call me a kid, did you?" I ask still glaring at her.

"Happy realisation kiddo" She says smirking and I glare at her.

"Tumna bahot bure ho" I yell at her standing up and stomp my legs.

"And you continue stomping like that kiddo you look cute" She says pulling my cheeks. I ignore her and go out of the room as she laughs loudly.

We shifted to the flat Chipmunk's parents gifted to us two days later. We both had not much to do other than arranging our wardrobes so shifting wasn't hectic.

I pause the music and grab my water bottle from the bag to quench my thirst. New sessions for dancing for teenager boys and girls starts today and I am really excited to meet all my new students. I reached the studio an hour back and Aryaman wasn't here yet so cleaned the entire area and then started trying new steps for the song "Bekhayali". The song is well made and if choreographed with graceful dance steps will be like a cherry on top.

"Heyyy Manik" Aryaman shouts and punches my stomach and I groan in pain.

"Aisa koun greet karta hein good morning?" I ask gritting my teeth.

"Mein karta hun!" He says smiling sheepishly.

"And by the way today a new session is gonna start na today, so excited about it?" He asks me

"Obviously I am excited! Just hope the new students are disciplined enough." I say and he nods his head.

"Anyway I need to go and get ready for my private session so will meet you later " he says and walks out.

The students for my session start coming and within no time all of them have arrived.

"It seems like everyone is here! So let's start the session. I am Manik Malhotra and I will be handling your batch for coming six months. Now you guys can also start with your introduction" I say looking at the students.

"Hello, guys! I am Ashish -" A student came forward and started introducing himself as I interrupted him.

"Sorry for interrupting but Ashish I want you to introduce yourself by your dance. Every student coming here will first dance on their favourite song and then introduce themselves" I explain and they nod in understanding.

Ashish completes his performance and we applaud for it. Another student steps forward to perform and I am reminded of my younger self seeing him. He was kinda hefty and overweight but I appreciate that he stepped forward and didn't care about what other people.

"Fatso can't dance saala" someone from the students' comments and others snickers listening to it. The student who stepped forward stops in his track and glares at the rest of the group.

"If someone wants to perform come ahead and perform. Negative comments won't be tolerated." I say in a strict tone staring at the group.

"Buddy you can continue," I say to the guy who stepped forward and pat his shoulder in encouragement.

The guy nods in agreement and starts performing. He had an amazing grace and flexibility. But towards the end of his performance, he lost his balance and fell down. The class which was silent throughout his entire performance now burst out into laughter. I wanted to step forward and help him but I reminded myself that he needs to take a stand for himself.

Not hesitating at all the guy got up and dusted his pants. "Myself Anand and I love dancing. I am not perfect at dancing but I am sure I can be better day by day. " He introduces and walks away. The class turns silent again and one of the students starts clapping listening to Anand. The rest join and praise Anand for his confidence.

Like this, the rest of the people complete their performance and only some time was left for the session to end.

"Ok, guys today we are done with the first session and let me say every one of you did well in your own way. From tomorrow we are gonna start serious sessions and we are gonna end this session with a little warm-up. But before that, I think you all deserve a break. So just have some refreshments and be back in 10 minutes" I assert and the class nods and disperses.

"Sir there's a problem" A student whose name is Aakash I suppose rushes inside and says fearfully.

"What happened?" I ask sliding my phone into my back pocket.

"Anand and Dev they are fighting with each other and Anand even punched Dev on his jaw " Aakash explains. I run out of the class and rush towards the two who are fighting like two wild animals. Dev was one of the students who joined the session today.

"Guys let go of each other and stop fighting please behave like civilized creatures" I shout at them and try to separate them. But it was a futile attempt because both of them were strong.

Aryaman rushes out of his room hearing the noises and then helped me in separating them and stop them from fighting.

"Have you guys lost your mind? What the fuck is wrong with you both?" I yell glaring at them. They don't answer my question and glared at each other. Anand again pounces on Dev but I was quick enough to hold him back.

"I already said that I won't tolerate such behaviour in my academy mister. Now get your shit together and answer me" I say.

"He made fun of my weight and said that a fatso like me is not eligible for dancing." Anand answers.

"Did you say those words Dev?" I ask turning towards Dev. He hesitates to answer. I take deep breaths to control my anger and question him again.

"Ye...Yes, sir." He answers fearfully and hunches back in shame.

"Great! But I am sorry to burst your bubble mister coz you are really really wrong. Dance is about expressing yourself. There are few deep-seated emotions hidden in us which we are scared to express. And dance helps you to overcome all your fears and express them. And remember anybody can freaking dance mister. Any freaking body. " I exclaim and he nods in understanding.

"And you mister I was really happy to see you come on to the stage and dance not caring about your weight. But you lack control on emotions and discipline and without them, you will not be able to learn anything not even dance." I say to Anand.

"Mardaangi dikhana hai tho stage pe dikhao yaha nahi and yeah you both will not be coming from tomorrow. You fees will be deposited back into your bank accounts in 2-3 days" I state and leave from there to my class.

The remaining students except for Anand and Dev follow me and I continue teaching them.

I reach to the flat after a hectic day of teaching and a tormenting headache. I look for Chipmunk in the living room and her bedroom but I don't find her in either room and I start getting nervous.

And then I find her in the dining room sleeping peacefully on the dining chair with her head placed on the dining table. I assumed that she planned to make dinner for both of us by seeing the half-peeled vegetables.

"Chipmunk wake up" I murmur tapping on her shoulder and she shifts a little but doesn't wake up. "Wake up Chipmunk" I whisper in her ear and she wakes up instantly and stares at me confused.

I didn't know the but I really did feel better than before after seeing her like this. The fight and all spoiled my mood but now I feel good.

"Manik tum kab aaye? Shit I was planning to cook dinner for us but pata nahi when I dozed off just wait for a half-hour I will prepare dinner for both of us until then you go and freshen up." She says without any break and yawns at the end while I stare at her amused. Kitna bolti hai ye ladki!

"Just go to your bedroom and sleep. I will wake you up after cooking dinner" I say and she nods sleepily. I rush to the washroom to freshen up.

Stepping into the kitchen, I start cooking for both of us and I see Chipmunk entering into the kitchen and moving around searching for something.

As I toss the vegetables and meat on the pan she turns on the knob of another stove and boils milk. Within a few minutes, she prepares coffee for herself and settles on the slab inhaling the aroma of coffee and taking small sips.

"Coffee?" She asks handing me her cup and I shake my head in a no and answer her "Jhoota hai"

"I would have made another cup if there was enough milk. And waise bhi jhoota khaane ya pine se na pyaar badhta hai!" She answers dramatically and I roll my eyes at her and take the cup from her.

"Ab hato udhar se and let me cook it seems like you had a bad day at work today" She says getting off the slab and pushes me away.

"How do you..how do you know that I had a bad day?" I ask her sipping the coffee and wondering if Aryaman called her.

"Manik you added three spoons of sugar into the curry instead of salt" she answers as a matter of fact and starts cooking freshly again.

I give her a sheepish smile and settle on the slab watching her cook.

"Manik I know you are a kid yaar! It's not necessary to prove that point every time" Chipmunk says to me as we settle on the dining table to have our dinner.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask annoyed.

"I am observing you from past ten minutes and all you do is play with your food. " She complains.

"I don't feel like eating" I say pushing my plate away and she makes a dirty face at me.

She grabs my plate and offers me a morsel saying "Aa karo aa ache bache ki tarah, open your mouth properly kiddo"

"Chipmunk please mood nahi hai" I say pushing her hand away while she glares at me.

"Manik nahi kaoge?" She asks angrily.

"Nahi kaunga" I answer back stubbornly.

"Are you 100% sure?" She asks again.

"I am 100% sure".

" Ok then don't blame me for what happens now" saying so she pulls my right ear so tightly that I yelp in pain and she stuffs the morsel in my mouth.

I glare at her angrily and rub my ear to ease the pain simultaneously chewing the food.

"I asked you nicely ok but you didn't listen so I had no other choice" She says shrugging her shoulders and eating.

"Ab apne haathon se kaoge nahi toh phirse khilaana padega?" She questions.

" I will eat." I answer glumly and start eating.

"Now tell me what's wrong?" She questions while cleaning the dining table and I stare at her for a while then narrate the whole incident while she listens to me keenly.

"You were pissed off for such a small incident? Ekdam buddhu ho tum!" She says slapping the back of my head.

"Chipmunk seriously small incident? They freaking fought on the first day and that too for such a small reason. Isn't it wrong?" I ask her annoyed.

"When did I say that what they did isn't wrong huh? I am just saying that you are taking this matter very seriously when it's not even needed" She answers and I stare at her still not satisfied with what she said.

"Manik...I know that all the students from your previous batches were very disciplined. But it's not necessary that it remains the same this year also na is it?" She asks and I nod in a no.

"And they are your students Manik, you can't expect them to be flawless. If they have any flaws you need to guide them and correct them and also punish them if needed. " She explains and I nod in satisfaction.

"So does that imply that I should forgive them and let them inside?" I question her.

"No, forgiveness must be earned. Let them work hard for it." She answers.

"I am sure that tomorrow they will definitely come and ask for forgiveness. I will punish them properly." I answer smiling happily.

"Kya hota tha tumhara mere bina! Thank God that he sent such a nice person like me in your life kiddo" She says caressing my hair and I pout at her.

"Itna bhi nice nahi ho tum" I say and move her hand away from my hair.

"You lack gratitude" She says and walks towards her bedroom muttering a good night.

"Chipmunk wait " I stop her and she turns back and looks at me sceptically.

"Yeh tumhare liye hein. Itna bhi gratitude less nahi join mein" I say handing her a small box wrapped with shiny gift colour.

"Open it after going to bedroom. Goodnight." I say and walk inside.

She nods listening to me and goes inside with a sweet smile playing on her face.

She's gonna call me an asshole in five seconds.

"But why?" Monkey Manik asks doubtfully and I just smile at him.

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"Ahhhh..."
"Manik you are such an asshole" She yells at me from her bedroom and I laugh listening to her.

"Who the fuck gifts a rubber lizard it scared the shit out of me" She yells again and I laugh more loudly holding my stomach.

Take it Chipmunk!
Revenge for bursting my pretty colourful balloons.

"You are so childish" DJ Nandini comments on me and I throw another rubber lizard at her which she dodges and runs away screaming loudly.

Ab aayega sukoon ka neendh.
Good Night people.

Nandini's POV:

Ostrich is such an idiot. Which normal human gifts such a gift to a girl? I hate him so much. I won't even talk to him.

Huffing to myself and mentally cursing him I prepare the pancake batter.

"Nandini oye pagli stop cursing your husband and zaraa udhar dekh, Ostrich just came out of the shower and he looks so hot dude" Dj Nandini said and starts checking out my husband.

Aiyyapa mein kya karoon is ladki ka?
Can't she get a boyfriend of her own and stop ogling at Manik.

My vision then lands on Manik who is busy wiping his wet hair.

Hayeee mein marjaawan!
It's so tough to remain mad at him. I should thank my saasuma for giving birth to such a handsome guy.

"Aren't you angry at DJ Nandini for starting at your husband? I mean don't you think that she should get a good boyfriend instead of staring at that donkey?" Monkey Manik asks me and I stare at him confused.

Don't you guys think he's bothering himself too much? I mean it's not like Dj Nandini is ogling at his Boyfriend na?

Or wait does he secretly have a crush on Manik and now he's scared that he has a competitor?

"Do you have a crush on Manik?" I ask him curiously.

"You will never understand my feelings. Forget it" He says sadly and walks away while I look at him worried.

Did I say something wrong?

"Chipmunk what's for breakfast?" Manik asks putting his T-shirt and I point at the pancakes without answering his question.

"Do we have maple syrup?" He asks again and I nod in a yes.

"Are you giving me a silent treatment because of yesterday night?" He questions and I nod again.

Not looking at him I grab the maple syrup from the fridge and walk towards the dining table.

He did try to make me talk several times during the breakfast but I ignored him.

I get up from the chair and stretch my body and squint my eyes to activate myself. Working in front of the computer and making presentations is really tiring!
On checking my phone I find 50 messages from Ostrich all pleading me to talk to him and I smile at his stubbornness.

I hear a knock at my door and on looking I find Abhimanyu. This guy has been working for me for a long time and still follows all these rules. I roll my eyes at him being so formal with me.

"You know it's not necessary for you to be this formal always. You can just come in without knocking" I say him and he smiles at me.

"I know that I am just doing all those for my self-satisfaction." He answers and I roll my eyes at him again.

"Anyway you got a gift congratulating you for your wedding, the address is from a doll shop in Bandra and yeah...this is his number I hope you call him today at least " Abhimanyu says handing me over the courier and a small piece of paper with his phone number written.

I stare at the courier doubtfully and sigh loudly looking at his phone number.

"You know what I don't want his phone number I can't do this" I exclaim giving him the paper.

"Nandini...please stop running away from this. One day or another you got to face this" Abhimanyu asserts and I cover my face with my palms.

"I am scared..." I say and lean into my chair.

"Nandini I know that you are scared. But you are running away from this for the past six months. It's necessary for you to clear things with him. I have seen you hurting yourself because of this and its not good for you." He explains his worry and I find myself accepting his point.

"Ok I will" I say and grab the paper from his hand.

"Wait so you are going to call him for real?" He questions excited and I nod at him.

"You want me to stay here as in for some moral support?" He asks.

"Not needed I will manage. Now stop wasting time and get back to your work" I say in a bossy tone which was playful.

"Rude boss" he mutters to himself and heads outside.

"I heard it " I say to him.

"Glad that you did " he answers back and leaves.

I stare at the paper and prepare myself for the call.

"OK! It's now or never. Just go for it, Fighting!" I say to myself and dial the number.

I can feel my hands shivering as the call starts ringing and I wonder about what should I speak to him and all.

The call gets rejected and I am left dissatisfied.

It's ok I will try calling again.

The second time also the call was rejected and I lose my patience. Cursing to myself I throw my phone on the computer table.

"You know what, fuck it. Maybe it's not fated to happen. Maybe it's just better if I don't talk to him ever again." I say to myself and then my eyes fall on the gift.

I really needed something else to distract my mind and also
I was curious about how a shop from Bandra was congratulating me for the wedding. Thinking of all these I start unpacking the gift.

On unpacking the gift I find a porcelain doll which was quite similar to the one I wanted to buy 2 years back. And then I remembered that I did visit a porcelain doll shop in Bandra and really liked this antique porcelain doll which was a limited edition doll made in 1916. But I couldn't buy it since it was too expensive and I really didn't feel like wasting my money on it.

Maybe this is a duplicate one and someone is pranking me?

I immediately check for the year of manufacture of the doll and I am shocked to find out that it has the same year and edition number as the doll I wanted.

I check the box for any other information and then I find a card inside.

'Congratulations on your wedding bubble! Liked your wedding gift? I hope you are happy about receiving it. And yeah don't think that you can fly away from me. I will always be behind you my little bubble!'

I was shocked and scared to find that the gift was from Shravan. He always used to call me as 'bubble' instead of my actual name when we were dating. And what's more scary is that he was stalking me from past two years even after our breakup. I really didn't knew what to do and suddenly I found myself trapped in darkness as I remember how he treated me and how are relationship ended.

I feel my cheeks wet and I wipe my tears and stop myself from crying.

"It's ok. Now you are ok and whatever happened was in the past. Shravan won't be able to hurt you now. You are strong. Don't be scared" I mutter these words and wipe my tears.

My phone starts ringing breaking my trance and it was from him.

With my hands still shivering and tears falling out of my eyes I accept the call and he starts speaking.

"I got a call from this number can I know who is it? And yeah I am really
sorry that the call was rejected twice. My friend was playing Pubg on my phone and hence he dismissed the call. Hello is anybody there?" The caller asks and I gulp my tears so that I can speak.

"Adi...Aditya how-w how are you?" I ask him trying not to break into tears. His voice is so similar to Dad's voice.

"Di? It's you? Don't ever call me again. For me you were dead to me the same day when you said I was a burden to you" He says harshly and hangs up.

I try calling him again but it's a futile attempt as he blocked my number.

Shravan has been stalking me from two years and I don't know what he will do to hurt me. What if he tells everyone about our relationship?

Aditya, the most important person of my life hates me and never wants to see my face again. To him I am dead.

Wow!
God really wrote a wonderful story for me.

I rush outside my cabin ignoring Abhimanyu who tries to know what happened.

Stepping outside I get into the taxi and the driver to drive where ever possible. My phone starts ringing and it was Manik. I switch it off throw it on the seat.

For once,
I just want to run away from everything and never come back.

I am just so so tired of everything.

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~And all of the sudden I felt really tired, like the world has drained me of everything I had~

Author's Note:

Heya peeps!
I am back finally and I sincerely apologize for being late. I had lots of stuff going on in life and handling all of them at once was exhausting. And hence I couldn't write. Anyway some or the other stuff keeps on happening in our lives and I think what's important is to just move ahead.

So how are you all?
Did you guys miss Monkey Manik and DJ Nandini?
And yeah I left the chapter on a cliffhanger so what do you think Nandini is going to do?
And how is Aditya even related to Nandini?
I really hate Shravan man! He's troubling our Nandu so much. What do you guys think about him?
And yeah lastly, how's the chapter is it up to your expectations?
Please do vote and comment!