Manan ff - unconditional love !

Dhrulya

Recap: Aliya goes to Dhruv to convince him on talking to her about his feelings. Dhruv does not pay heed to her and she waits there for him to open up. Nandini goes up to Manik's place and he shares with her about his step mom Nyonika.

After describing the whole story about Nyonika, Manik buries his head in his hands and sits there reliving those horrible days of his life back in New York when he lost his mom and Nyonika entered their lives. Nandini moves closer to him and places her hand on his shoulder which makes him feel a bit better but he does not look up. She starts rubbing her hand on his back and says,

Nandini: Manik, I can understand it must have been very difficult for you all these years. But now you can't do anything about it right ?! You should think about your dad, he would need your support as well. So you can't become so weak and vulnerable. You need to be strong and face it.

He slowly lifts his head up from his hands and looks up at her. She gives him a soft smile to convince him of her words.

Manik: I understand it Nandini ! But I'm sick and tired of it ! I just don't want that woman in my life ! She is a headache !

Nandini: No Manik don't let her be that. You know you're yourself giving it a chance for her to affect you. Don't let her have such an effect on you.

Manik stares into her eyes and thinks to himself, "Yes with you around nothing can really affect me, not even Nyonika ! I wish you could be with me all the time, then I would not have to worry about anything." Nandini blushes at his gaze on her as if she understood what he thought about. He had his eyes hypnotizing her in such a way that their minds actually communicated through their eyes.

Soha went up to meet Harshad even though she was upset and angry, because somewhere deep inside her heart she actually loved him enough to let go of his unpleasant attitude towards her. He saw her coming towards him and ran up to her and took her into a tight hug. She did not reciprocate at first but then slowly held him back. When they broke the hug, both of them had tears in their eyes. Soha could not see him crying and therefore wiped away his tears and so did Harshad. They settled down on an old bench and Harshad spoke up,

Harshad: (apologetically) I'm sorry Soha. I know I wasn't being fair with you. But that does not mean I don't love you. I really do love you and never want to lose you. For a while, I had got carried away with my past and was giving it more importance than my present and you. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me.

Soha: It's okay. But Harshad what is it that happened in your past that affects you so much ? If you share it with me, it might happen that I can understand your pain better.

Harshad: What happened in the past, when I was young, that made me hate Manik Malhotra ! Me, Manik and Nandini were in school together in New York. The 3 of us used to be best friends. I was young and I had some feelings for Nandini. Manik, on the other hand was a guy who simply used to play around. He was never interested in any one girl at a time. I used to consider him my best friend and therefore I shared my feelings with him about Nandini. When I told him, he accepted it quite nicely in front of me, but he already had an evil plan ready in his mind. Back then, I was a simple and nerdy kind of a guy. He created a scenario wherein the entire school started making fun of me and so did Nandini. He made Nandini against me and both of them left me alone. I know Nandini was not at fault because she was being driven by that monster. But I was really hurt ! Then, Nandini's dad shifted to India and none of us had any contacts since then. Manik and I became enemies and since then I have been wanting to make fun of him just the way he did to me. And I also wish to save Nandini from that devil. Now is a situation where Nandini does not remember any of us and I need to convince her to me before Manik does. And for that I need your help to stay close to Manik so that I can go closer to Nandini.