Manan - Hold My Hand

Chapter 58

Manik was up early making breakfast in the kitchen when he heard footsteps and looked up to see Navya coming down and taking a seat on the stool infront of him.

"Good Morning.",Manik greeted her giving her a cup of coffee and she smiled thanking him.

"You are up early for a change.",Manik asked looking at her.

"I am.",Navya said sipping her coffee before looking up at him.

" Cabir told me last night.",Navya said and Manik nodded.

" I asked him to.",Manik said giving her a small smile.

" So you told Nandini everything?", Navya asked him and he nodded.

" The most part of my life. Will tell her the rest soon. I have a feeling it's going to be a mess once we go back home.",Manik said her honestly.

Navya nodded moving forward giving him a hug.

He smiled hugging her back.

"It's fine.",Manik said giving her a smile.

"I will help you with cooking.",Navya said composing herself and Manik chuckled.

"I know how much you are capable of. Go sit on the stool. I will finish things here.",Manik said and she pout going back to sit.

They started talking over some book when Mukti came in.

She gave a hug to both of them and took a seat as Manik gave her coffee.

"You are up early too?",Manik asked surprised and she nodded.

"I couldn't sleep. Where is Nandini?", Mukti asked glancing around.

"She was sleeping when I got up.",Manik said while cooking and looked up not hearing from them only to find their eyes on him.

"Looks like someone is sharing rooms.", Navya teased while Mukti smirked at him.

"I didn't know you guys were at sharing room stages. What else are you guys hiding from us?",Mukti teased and he rolled his eyes at them.

"Honestly I thought we were doing you both a favor on her birthday letting you stay in her room but looks like it wasn't the first time.",Navya added and Manik looked at the two of them feeling embarrassed.

"You are blushing.",Mukti pointed out as the girls laughed at him.

"Shut up both of you.",Manik said ignoring them.

"Okay Okay fine. But tell us how serious it is on a scale of 10.",Navya asked him.

"11?",he asked thinking about it as he looked at them.

"I don't think I can give that number about Cabir even after dating him for 6 months.",Navya said looking surprised as she turned to Mukti who was smiling staring at him.

"Be honest. When did it actually start?",Mukti asked him as the girls leaned closer to hear him.

"I don't know when it all started but the realization only happened when she said she liked me. Took me a week to think about everything and now a month later I wonder why it took me so long to think about it when it was infront of my eyes for months.",Manik said with a small smile and the girls awed watching him.

"Do you want me to tell you a secret? Promise me you guys won't tell her or she won't let it down and keep teasing me.",Manik asked them and they nodded eagerly.

"The second time I met her in the office. I was impressed with the way she held herself and presented her designs. I was a little pissed off from our interaction at the movie so I was testing her but she held her confidence and that surprised me more. I remember the moment she looked me in the eye and asked if she can look at my jacket. Normally I would reject having someone so close to me but I couldn't that day her eyes had a way to make me say yes. I think that was how it started.",Manik said honestly still remembering the way her eyes held his as she asked him.