Rachita and Rama were performing the pooja. Everyone was sitting and chanting their own prayers. Amaya too was looking at her sister and trying to help her with whatever she required. Mantu secretly held her left hand with his right hand. Amaya stared at him as she tried hard to free herself but his grip was too tight. He smiled naughtily as he intertwines his fingers with hers. Amaya blushed hard as she tried to cover their hands. "I am so excited for your performance, you can't even fathom it.", said Mantu. Amaya smiled hard as she stood up when the prayer ended.
Everyone joined their hands and prayed. "Amaya are you ready?", said Chaubeyjio as he signalled Kripa Kaka to bring the speaker. Amaya looked at Mantu as she went inside and tied her ghungroos. The lights dim and her performance on "Mohe Rang Do Laal" started.
Her eyes were fixed on Mantu, whether she did chakaras, or the tode, her each and every dance step, was a symbol of love was for him. None of them mattered to her, this dance of devotion was no longer for mahadev, it was for her Shiv who looked like one in that dhoti. Her hairs were gorgeously going with the flow of her dress. She looked like a painting who itself was creating a painting with her dance. As she sat on her knees and gave expressions with her face and made mudra with her hands, she looked like an angel. Mantu breathed stopped as she very innocently came and applied color on his wrist. Since it was dark, no one noticed but he did. He, for the first time wanted to dance with her. He completely surrendered himself in front of her, "who needs to pray if you can dedicate yourself to this level of art", he thought.
As the performance ended, the whole crowd clapped throughly. Sumitra furiously clapped as she somewhere saw her defeat. Sneha felt good as she saw her dad's smile and smiled to herself. Amaya stood there as she greeted her audience and went away. After 6 months she was dancing, so she felt weak. She went inside the kitchen and made herself a lemonade. She drank the lemonade in one go and turned around. She baffled as she saw Mantu staring at her. For so long he was waiting to touch her hairs, her face that looked so angelic. Amaya blushed as she saw her gaze crawled on her face and stopped on her lips. "How was the...the dance?", asked Amaya hesitantly. Mantu grabbed her wrist as he took her to some safe corner.
Amaya was about to say something but he covered her mouth as he saw someone coming. It was Rudra. "This..this Amaya ruined my whole plan of selling this haveli. Even though she is better than her selfish father, I hate her. She made it possible for my babuji to come to Banaras but she ruined my plan... don't forget Rudra you have to destroy the Mathurs beta, for what they did to you and your mom, they kept your father away. You need to hate them and to do something of this Amaya.", said Rudra as he took the tray of bottles and went away. Amaya and Mantu were surprised. Amaya was shocked and angry.
She was about to go when Mantu stopped her and said, "Amaya we have no proof...." "No Mantu how can he say that for my father. I'll...." "Will anyone believe you Amaya. No no one will. And I am here na, I'll keep a stern check on him you don't worry, he is targeting you and you know your enemy is my enemy nothing will happen but for now relax and breathe and receive compliments.", said Mantu as he smiled and tucked her hair. He backed her against the wall as he said, "You looked like a Goddess, an Angel descended on earth in its purest form just for me. Amaya you looked ethereal." He kissed her on her forehead followed by her cheek as she blushed in embarrassment. Amaya pulled him more close as she said, "You know I danced only for you. And no one else." Mantu nodded as he took out his wallet for his pocket and took all the money he had, in his hand. Amaya was confused as he swirled the money around her head and kept it in the pocket. "I'll distribute food from this money to all the needy ones while going back home." "But what did you just do?" "I prayed that your talent and our love increases with the power of infinity.", said Mantu as he tightly kisses her hair.
"But Mantu it was too much money? You don't need to do this.", said Amaya as she bitted her lower lip. "You are talking about money when I can sacrifice my life for you." said Mantu and Amaya immediately covers his mouth with her hand. "Don't ever say that. I can't even imagine losing you.” Mantu nods and he hugs her and Amaya hugs him back. After a few moments she says, "You know na, you ain't getting your shirt back." "Yeah I know that, and now I don't even need it. Just give me one which belongs to you.", said Mantu as they laughed in unison
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ManYa - Dheere Dheere se... (Continuing)
FanfictionMantu was dejected when Amaya returned his belongings back, which he thought she cared about the most. Meanwhile, Amaya has to fly back to Mumbai for her Dad's case. But now she is back for her sister's marriage, but she isn't that bubbly as she was...
