There was one place and person which would keep me at this time of the day.
Abhimanyu.
I rang the doorbell of the house in front of which I stood. I had no other place to go!
"Coming" I heard from inside and finally the door opened.
"Nandini.. Tum?! "
There was a expression both of shock and excitement on his face.
"Can I come in?! " I asked looking down and still holding my cut. My hand was filled with blood and it was paining so much.
"Yaaa.... Ofcourse!! "
I went and sat down on the sofa. I was familiar to the surrounding, having visited it before a lot of times.
"Nandini..... Kya hua?! " asked Abhi.
I looked at him with teary eyes.
"Nandini.... Saab thik hai na?! " he asked as he sat next to me on the sofa.
I hugged him tightly.
"Abhi..... I.... I left"
"Left what?! "
"Mein... Manik ka ghar chor ke aa gayi!! "
"What???!!!!! " he said breaking the hug.
"Nandini.... Stop crying!! " he said, wiping my tears.
I took a deep breath and had the water from the glass he handed over to me.
"Abb batao!! " he said.
I told him the whole story. He looked at me for sometime before he finally spoke.
"Are you sure about this!! "
"Yes Abhi..... He wants the divorce, so be it!! "
" Kuch khaya tumne?! "
"What? "
"Did you eat something ? "
I nodded in negative.
"Accha.. You can stay here... Woh wala room le lo... I have some changes..... I hope you fit in them" he said laughing.
I hit him playfully. He made me smile for the first time in the day.
"Aise hi smile karo samjhi!!... Yeh rotu chehra accha nahi laagta!! " he said making a face.
"Thank you Abhi!! "
"Yeh thank you baad mein bolna... Pehle Kuch kha lo tum! ! " he said getting up and going towards the kitchen.
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I looked at myself in the mirror. I wore the changes he gave me! And unlike he had doubted; I fit in them perfectly. I had bandaged my arm and it fell quite better after I took the painkiller.
"Nandini!! " I heard him call.
"Aa rahi hun..... "
I went outside to the dining area.
" Yeh tumne banaya?! "I asked smiling at the food on the table.
" Abb mere ghar mein toh cook hai nahi... So obvio " he said, scratching the back of his head.
I sat down to eat and surprisingly the food was yummy enough. I ate and ate. It seemed I was hungry for ages!! And at last after 15 minutes I kept the plate aside and drank the water kept there.
I looked at him sitting opposite to me on the table.
"Kya? " I asked.
"Nandini.. You sure about this na?! "
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Fanfiction"Love doesn't self-destruct. We choke it with unkind words. We starve it with empty promises. We poison it with toxic blame. We break it by trying to bend it to our own will. We kill it. Breath, by bitter breath. Wise are those who realize that they...