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

24. Music Joins Hearts

AUTHOR'S P.O.V.

The next day, Nandini was somehow locked inside the music room. People suspect it to be Mukti. She called Aaryaman who was going to get to her in a minute which turned into forty minutes. Nandini had already bombarded Aaryaman with calls. She got really bored and saw a guitar kept their. Tired of being bored, she picked it up and began singing just like she used to sing with Amms and Rishab. The eventful journey to India began to flash in front of her eyes as if she was reading her diary. Her hero was following her voice to the room and they both began recollecting the same moments.

Baatein yeh kabhi na tu bhulna...
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
"OMG! If you are so hairy, then how would you mom look? Is she like you, Mr. Bear?" said Nandini and laughed. Her pretty face glows when she laughs. Manik smiles at her laughter.

Jaaye tu kahi bhi, yeh socha
Koi tere khatir hai ji raha
Manik quickly grabbed Nandini's hand when she was about to fall. Manik too was as drunk as Nandini. He was not able to keep his balance but he stood strong for her.
"Don't worry. I will never let you fall." Manik said with honesty in his eyes.

Tu jaha jaaye, mehfoos ho
Tu jaha jaaye, mehfoos ho
Dil mera maange bus yeh dua
"Nandini? Please drink this. You need to drink it. Or else how will you be fine?" Manik requested Nandini to have Tomato soup which she hates. She had a hundred and two fever and Manik entered her room from her window in order to see her.
"But I hate it!" Nandini shouted.
"Please? Okay... I too will drink it with you. Now ahhh." Manik said opening his mouth wide. Nandini copied him and drank the soup like a child.

Battein yeh kabhi na bhulna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
"Manik! I never knew that your nose likes Cassata more than you do... Especially the pinky part! This deserves a picture!" Nandini teased Manik while they were both having Ice-Cream in the car. Manik in order to grab her phone leaned towards her and Nandini mistakenly pressed the seat adjusting handle. They were greeted by the ice cream vendor saying, "Shiva Shiva Shiva. Sorry. I didn't see anything. Shiva."

Jaaye tu kahi bhi... Ye sochna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
"This belonged to you? I-I... You don't know how happy I am! I... I want to thank you! I-I have no words." Manik said when Nandini pulled out the bracelet from his pocket. "Now I realised why I stopped talking to the bracelet after you came here. Because it's all connected."

Humdard hai...
Humdum bhi hai...
"Knock knock." Nandini said to cheer up Manik in the fire exit. "Manik, I say knock knock then you say---" Nandini began explaining him the game when Manik said, "I know how to play it."
"Good. Knock knock." Nandini said.
"Who's there?" continued Manik.
"Etch." Nandini said.
"Etch who?" Manik said in a boring tone as he found this game stupid.
"God bless you." Nandini said and Manik stared her with a weird expression. Then he realised the joke and giggled. Nandini missed that giggle on his face and enjoyed seeing it.

Tu saath hai toh zindagi
"Manik look!" Nandini shouted excitedly on Manik's terrace where he surprised her with fireflies. Manik took a step near her and she left free a firefly on Manik's face. They were both shining in between the fireflies. Their true love made the fireflies glow.

Tu saath hai... Toh zindagi...
Nandini too jumped inside Alia's home on the Diwali party and she fell on Manik. They were both unknowingly going to kiss each other... They stared in each others' eyes. They were getting lost in each other's eyes. Magical, it was. They both didn't even realise when their heads came close to each other. Their faces were just a few centimetres apart when the spell broke and they both got up looking shy.

Tu joh kabhi... Door rahe...
Hum se ho jaaye yeh ajnabi
"Hey Alia, how did you got rid of the blue dye in only two days?" Nandini finally asked this to Alia.
"Oh I got them brown dyed again." was Alia's reply.
"THEN YOU NEED TO GET IT DYED AGAIN!" Manik shouted pouring down a powder on Alia head from behind her and he and Nandini did a high-five and ran!
They both ran till the main gate of Alia's building until they both tripped down on the grass. They were both laughing and laughing like crazy loons.

Tujse mahobat karte hai joh
Tujhse mahobat karte hai joh
Kaise kare hum is ko bayaan
Manik on seeing Nandini talking to some other guy on the terrace came and punched him. When Nandini tried to defend him, Manik hurriedly said, "I love you, okay?"

Baatein yeh kabhi na tu bhulna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Jaaye tu kahi bhi yeh sochna
Koi tere khatir hai ji raha
Manik walked towards Nandini and bent down on his knees and said, "Ms. Nandini Murthy, I am in love with you." Time froze. Then what Manik said stole Nandini's heart forever. He said, "I promise that the next time I will bend on my knees in front of some other girl would be me bending to tie the shoelaces of our daughter."

Jaagi bhi hai... Rooyie bhi hai
Aankhen yeh raato mein meri
Nandini hugs Manik in heavy rainfall. Manik is stunt. They both hug each other and tears start rolling down from their eyes.
"Manik, I trust you, okay?" Nandini says.

To har ghadi... Mil ke tujhse..
Lagte rahe bus teri kami
"I missed you like hell." Manik and Nandini said in a unison as they met after a week. They did a high five and drove to the hills. They enjoy themselves there. They drink Starbucks and talk about whatever they feel like.

Hum toh na samjhe... Tum hi kaho...
Hum to na samjhe.. Tum hi kaho...
Kyun tum ko paake ho gye gam se juda...
Nandini, who was crying for about an hour alone in her room missing Amms finally began to smile when Manik tried to enter her room from his personal entrance. He was looking like a cute piggie tiggie with his nose stuck to the glass. He made her forget about her troubles just by his presence.

Baatien yeh kabhi na tu bhulna
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha
Jaaye tu kahi bhi na bhulna...
Koi tere khatir hai jee raha...

NANDINI'S P.O.V.

As soon as I finished singing and I opened my eyes, I saw Manik standing there.

"Nandini... I'm sorry." he said.

"Manik, even I am sorry." I said.