Hell bent on making Manik come around; Cabir had devised a wise plan and made Nandini ostensibly quit College and kept her hidden from Manik - for a whole one week to build up the anxiousness and crave within him - which basically forms the first step of the plan.
And as per expectations; Manik was maddened by her sudden disappearance and had become totally out of sorts. He was being cursed by every single cell of his heart for hurting and pushing away the only and most trustworthy person; who would've really and selflessly stayed by his side till the eternity. With every breath and every blink of an eye; he was regretting for being a stupid, was hoping for her to be safe and was begging his destiny to make her run into him one last time after which he would never let her go again. This separation had knocked quite a lot of brains into his head and at the same time had also loosened all its screws. The crave to see her every so starry eyes; the yearning to hear her mellifluous laugh and most of all; the longing to feel her warm presence around him once again had driven him bonkers. Eating; drinking; sleeping or even breathing were long forgotten tasks for him and the only thing he did was rove around the city and search for her - anywhere and everywhere he could. There was neither any end nor beginning to his days and time too had just stopped ticking away for him. His seconds were longer than hours and his every hour; without her; was longer than a hundred decades combined. His eyes that were trained to cry only out of anger - now shed endless tears of love and pain. With every beat of his heart - he implored the God and his stars to not snatch her; the only ray of light that held the power of brightening up his darkened world and his happiness; away from him and do him one favor of blessing him with her once again.
But little did he know; that God had already written her name with Golden ink in the dark pages of his fate and everything unfortunate happening was nothing but a consipracy to get them back together - stronger and never to be broken apart.
Kahan ho tum Nandini?Manik sighed helplessly; leaning against his car that stood parked near a cafe where Nandini loved having coffee. Answering his question which was more like a plea and ending the six days long hide and seek game; Nandini stepped out from a car she was waiting in for him to come and the moment his eyes caught sight of her; a lone tear of joy welled up in his eye and coursed down his cheek.
Just like him; this portracted disconnection was nothing less than a punishment for her. She loved him with all her heart and had also missed him to the heavens and back. Where it filled her with delight to see him again after ages; it also ripped her heart into threads to find him so disheveled and all she wanted to do was run and engulf him in her arms. But curbing the nudges of her so-much-in-love heart for the meantime; putting up a blank face; she acted as if he didn't exist and walked past him into the cafe. She was very well aware what he was going through but she also knew that though he had understood his feelings; expressing it like a normal human being wasn't his cup of tea and the only emotion that could blurt the confession out of him - was his famous anger mixed with a little of annoyance. And building up this aggression within him was basically the next and final step of their plan.
Gathering all his courage and taking in some deep breaths; he followed her like a love sick puppy into the cafe only to find her sitting with a guy; who was no one but Cabir in disguise; and get nettled. Cabir smirked on reading his reaction out of corner of his eyes and to boil his blood all the more; he held Nandini's hand and said, a bit louder than necessary for Manik to hear clearly I am so glad you came to meet me. Tumhari tarah; tumhara dil bhi bohot khubsurat hai Nandu. Agar bura na mano toh main ek baat kahun?He had dared to hold her hand, passed a flirtatious comment on her beauty and moreover was addressing her as Nandu and the major highlight was that Nandini was comfortable with all of it - Manik was hell pissed and jealousy had already replaced blood in his veins. Controlling his urge to just stride across the room and dig the boy's grave - for some reason; Manik grumbled and stomping his feet; reached near their table and stood by the counter; partly to eavesdrop their conversation and partly to come into her notice. Smiling inwards at his cute antic, she squeezed Cabir's hand and replied, in a honey laced voice Haan bolo na. His ears were aching to hear her baby voice and when finally she spoke; everything else around muted for him and his lips found the lost smile of peace. For a moment; he absolutely forgot the scenario as his whole attention was held captive by her and being a little generous; Cabir let him admire his angel for a couple of minutes and then coughed loudly, breaking his reverie and on seeing the insecure hulk concentrate again; he spoke in a romantic way Bohot din se main tumse yeh kehna chahta hoon Nandini. Aur yeh baat itni special hai ke main issey coffee shop jesi jagah per karna nahi chahta. I want to take you somewhere! Chalogi na mere saath? The oh - so lovable proposal successfully managed to get under Manik's skin and create the required volcanic havoc within him of wrath and enviousness. He was totally steamed up and burning hot under the collar; his fingers clenched into fists with nails dug deep in the flesh of his palms and his provoked possessive side blazed with fury at the sight of someone else asking his girl out. Somewhere at the back of his head; there still hummed a faint voice that kept giving him second thoughts of letting her live her life with someone better but now when things similar were going on live before his eyes; he sussed it that it was beyond him to let anything of that sort happen; that she was; is and will always remain his and that he couldn't bear her with anyone else. And to claim all these rights on her; he pulled himself out of his thoughts and before he could even take a step forward; their sudden disappearance got him stopped in his track. Guessing that she might've given a nod to accompanying him to where he had planned to take her and twigging the obvious fact that they've left for the same; he swore under his breath and hastened out to pursue them.
