MaNan: Tamasha (The Twisted Tale) (#multimedia)

16. Look, I Love You

A/N - Yo! So I just robbed my school's wifi and installed Wattpad again! It's a long story... But I did not update as my net card was over and all the apps from my phone (including pics, music etc) was deleted as my memory card got corrupt. (Where the f*ck is Arwind Kejriwal now!?! - Okay, no more pjs.) Enjoy.

NANDINI'S P.O.V.

Signal was getting weak so I just went to the terrace while everyone was playing. There, I found a guy sitting next to a wall. I talked to Amms while he was just staring. No, not at me, but at the wall. He was scaring me. So, I disconnected the call and went to him.

"Hey." I said and he looked up.

MANIK'S P.O.V.

Okay, Mukti was behaving weird. She has never blushed. There were many moments when Mukti the Mike blushed! Like, when all of us were playing and Abhi came to take away the ball from her. She would play, then look up, then blush, and then play. I don't know whether anyone else noticed her but I did. I know her and I know that something is wrong. Even Abhi was looking at her and then as soon as she looked at him, he used to look away. As if... As if they both have a crush on each other.

But right now, this is not the matter of concern. When I was looking around drinking water after the match, Nandini was nowhere in my sight.

Where is she?

I looked around while Cabir was joking around saying, "Manik ki Niti kahaan gyi?" I really wanted to smash his face but I was too busy searching for her. Then, Navya began her sweet taunts. "Manik ki Niti? Choti baby? Kahaan gyi?" then she would look under the table and then she would pick up my water bottle and look under it.

Irritating!

Okay, I was getting too weird.

"Guys seriously, where is she?" I asked.

"Why don't you call her?" asked Navya.

"Ya right!" I said and took out my phone.

"Phone ka avish...avisha....invention ho gya!" taunted Cabir. I glared at him deadly and then he just kept quite.

I called her. She picked it up on the second ring.

Me- Hey! Where are you?
Nandu - I am with my friend. Acha Manik, I'll talk to you later. Okay? Chalo bye!

She disconnected the phone. This didn't hurt me. But, while she was saying 'Okay' I heard a Guy's voice in the background saying 'Nandu?' I lost it. I really did.

I called her again and without letting her say anything I shouted over the phone, "NANDU! NO STORIES! WHERE ARE YOU!?!" without even thinking about how she would feel.

"Manik are you okay? I am NOWHERE! First ask me properly." she said and I gritted my teeth and asked in a very polite tone, "Nandini Murthy? Where are you?"

"Now that's like it. I'm... I'm with my friend. I'm at the terrace but it's okay if you won't come. Okay, Manik, I am busy. Bye and ya, you can come if you want to but....you know...um...sorry but it's better that you don't come. Sorry." she said and again disconnected the phone.

Wtf? (Where's the fish?)

Then what?

I rushed upstairs. I saw Nandini sitting there with a guy. A guy.

"HEY YOU!" I shouted frowning and gritting my teeth. I walked to him and grabbed his collar.

"Wh-what are...are you---" he was saying when Nandini shouted, "Manik! Leave him!"

"Stay. OUT. Of. It." I shouted emphasizing the word 'out'. She glared at me and said, "NO! MANIK! STEP BACK!"

I didn't even look at her and pulled that guy away from Nandini by his collar and when she was again coming to help her, I, said, okay, I said "Look, I love you, okay? And I don't want to see any other guy along with you!" I said and continued to push him.

She frowned and half smiled. Then, she pushed me back and said, "Manik. He is Shahid, my new brother."

"Brother?" I asked calmed down.

"Y-yes. Th-that's what I wanted to say! Nandu, I am going. You have my number na? Okay. B-bye." he said and ran down.

"Man, he is my brother. When I came up here, he was looking too depressed. He has gone through a very tough time and had lost his family. I was just trying to comfort him." she said.

"Oh... I'm sorry." I said and looked down.

Then I realised what I said to her and said, "So... Um... Let's meet in the canteen with everyone."

"Yeah... Let's meet in the canteen with everyone." she repeated and I just left.

I went down to the canteen where I saw Aaryaman sitting there.

"So, don't tell me you said the three words? M! That's old fashion! That's just love. Girls like in love now. They want to hear six words, not three." he said.

"Shut up!" I shouted. Impossible he is! Really!

But what if Nandini really wants me to speak 'I am in love with you'? Am I in love with her?

Yeah.

What? Okay, yes. I am in love with her. There are so many butterflies flying inside my stomach. Does she want me to say? Gentlemen says first. But, what if she doesn't like me? Oh God! How will I get rid of this?

NANDINI'S P.O.V.

I heard Manik's foot steps getting fader as he went down. But I couldn't help smiling. I was standing still staring at the ground. But I wasn't really paying attention to the tiles. I mean, I don't even remember the colour of the tiles. Do you want to know what was going on in my mind at that time? Here it is:

"Look, I love you,okay?" Oh my Gosh! MANIK LOVES ME! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH! Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah! Wait a minute. He said he 'loves me'. He never said that he was 'in love with me'. Shit. Now how would I know whether he loves me or he is in love with me?

Oh God! Save me! And if you can't save me, then give me a hurdle. I'll put it inside my stomach so that the wolves stop racing inside my stomach! Now how will I get rid of this!?!