What Manik Wants!

10. Bubble Blast!

I woke up with a smile on my face because all I had done was dreamt only of him and us! The first thing I did was check my phone, but there were no messages from him! I thought he must be asleep. As it is he is a sleepy head! I opened my cupboard to take out my clothes when I noticed that I had actually forgotten that Guitar which I had bought for him years back. Now was the perfect time to give this to him! I took it out and kissed it!

Then an idea struck my mind and I grabbed a red note from a corner. "Your red cheek always wants to be with you and she knows there is only one thing that can keep her close to you! So she wants to gift you this! Love XoXo" I read it once again after penning it down and stuck it to the guitar after which I ran to freshen up because I wanted to give this to him myself and I always wanted to see his reaction on receiving this! I quickly dressed myself in a red top and applied a red lip gloss keeping my hair open rushing down to his place! Chachi had by now figured out that Manik and I have confessed our love. So she happily let me go. I was excited to meet him. Somewhere down the line it made me feel butterflies about it because it would be like I would wake him up for the first time after our confession. It would be completely different! All through the way I kept thinking only about him. It felt special, when breeze kissed my face. The cab driver called me out and I realized that I had reached his place! I got down immediately paying off the fare.

When I stepped in I couldn't find him! I checked his room, washroom and all other places but he was no where. I noticed the servant so I ran to ask him "Manik baba aur unke dost bahar swimming pool mein hain" For a minute I wondered that he woke up but did not inform me then I explained myself that he had friends too who were also a priority. I thanked the servant and stepped out to look for him when I heard their voices so I put a smile on my face to make up his mood this morning! I barged in yelling "SURPRISE!" only to surprise myself! For a moment I felt the earth slip away from my feet. I saw Manik a...and... Alya.. ki...ssing!

They broke apart when they heard my shout. "Ma..anik" I called him as I was already in tears. He sighed the moment he saw me. He freed his grip from Alya's waist and wiping off the water from his hair he came out replying! "Nandini here you are! I was wondering ke ab tak tumhe meri yaad kaisi nahi aayi? And look here you are! Right in front of me. Aree yeh kya hai? You're crying?" He came and stood in front of me. All this while I only wished for all of this to be unreal but my mind forced me to accept that this was happening for real! He wiped my tears faking some pain and continued "Tch Tch Tch Tumhari koi galti nahi hai! Cabirrr Ye dekh tere game ne kya kiya! Ye Bechari sab Sach samajh bethi. Maine tujhse Kaha tha na mat khel aisa game ab dekh yeh ro rahi hai! Lekin ek baar tune jo keh diya tha toh I had to complete it then! Dare Nandini Murthy Completed! I win the game Cabir!" I looked at him first as my tears couldn't stop rolling down from my eyes and then at Cabir. I looked at him asking for an answer! Rather Answers to What Manik was speaking! Manik snapped his fingers in front of me "I think now you should know the truth hai na?" Alya came and side hugged him replying "Of course baby let her know what she was experiencing!" I glared at her with a blurry vision. "Nandini actually kya hai na! We came here for shooting tumhe toh pata hai. We had to spend whole 2 months here! Problem Kya hai na hum sabko bore hona nahi pasand aur hum bore bi jaldi ho jaate hain! Toh the day I met you, you remember of course tumhe toh yaad hi hoga! Ya us din Cabir ne ek dare diya mujhe about trapping a girl and stuff and see my luck woh ladki tum nikli! It was easier for me you know! I must say Cabir long one but at last this dare ends bro! Nandu! I hope tumhe bura nahi laga, after all you are my best friend! Aur haan woh kal jo hua na please usse seriously mat lena! Sorry and Thanks!" Manik hadn't even completed his part of pain and Alya continued "And ya sorry for that drink! Tum drunk thi toh we easily figured out your feelings for Manik! But we have compensated for that already! Tumhare saath ek song shoot karke" I shut my eyes tightly making myself realise all of this to be real! Though somewhere I wanted all of this to end but No! This time again I had lost him! But my heart yelled "So that means you will fall weak in front of him?" I took a deep breath and fisted my hand. The next thing I did was slapped Manik tight on his right cheek! His reaction changed from that cheerful one to an angry one within a minute! Alya widened her eyes and raised her hand to slap me but I grabbed it before she could even touch me! "Don't you dare touch me and if you do I swear it won't be of any good to you" Manik still had his hand on his cheek when I looked at Cabir and I could certainly notice a guilt in his eyes! "Alya stay out of this! Everyone move in" I heard Manik shout in anger and without any arguments everyone disappeared. He still glared at me with the same temper "How Dare you slap me?" "The same way you dared to play with me!Manik Malhotra the rockstar, Fab 5 ka lead singer, the most wonderful guy! Yehi kehte hain log? Waise all of this is truth lekin he is not the most wonderful guy! Sahi kehte ho tum! Main hi pagal thi, I thought you loved me aur woh pagalpan mein asliyat toh dekhi hi nahi! Trust tha apne best friend par! Aah! Main bi Kisse trust ki umeed kar rahi hun. Jisse toh shayad trust, love aur respect in sabka matlab Game lagta hai! I must say acting bohot achi karte ho tum! You make every fake thing look so real Manik! Real feelings ko Fake feelings, Real friendship ko Fake friendship aur Real love ko Fake love! But you know you will soon come to know that in these fake games of yours you will never experience true love and real friendship because you don't deserve it Manik Malhotra! The day you met me, that talks about us! Woh sab natak! That place of ours, usse tumne meri sabse bad memory bana di hai, that shoot! Alya ne kya Kaha woh toh compensation hai? I don't need anything from you! I don't want a single help from your side in my career and life! That song shouldn't be aired! Aur woh Tumhari help Navya ke liye! Thanks. I wonder kaise kar liya tumne? Harshad se Navya ko bachaya! I wish I would've realised tum toh usse bi worse ho! Jab Harshad ki sachayi saamne laa rahe the ek baar bi yeh nahi socha ke tum toh usse bi buri cheez kar rahe ho! Kisi ki feelings ke saath khel rahe ho. Harshad toh fir bi apne baby ke liye kar raha tha! Tum toh usse bi gire hue ho! Tum yeh apni dare ke liye kar rahe the. Jhoothe dilase diye tumne mujhe! Humare baare mein. Aur kya Kaha tha us din mere gharpe jo sab hua you had imagined doing that stuff with your loved one! Loved one! You actually meant trapped one! Aur main Tumhari baaton mein aa gayi! Don't worry I won't take a single word of yours seriously from yesterday night! I won't because I know you weren't serious lekin maine har ek baat seriously kahi hai! Thiss" I held the guitar in my hands showing him! "Thiss guitar isse.... isse ek fool ki tarah maine itne saalon tak sambhala! I should've thrown this long ago" I said as I threw that guitar with all my anger and sadness. "Today you've killed that feeling of love for me! I wish I don't see your face in my life ever again!" I darted out staring directly in his eyes were a tinch of guiltiness could be seen. I did not wait for a minute and stepped out of that place. (Please press the button to listen to the song it is Dard from Sarbjit)