Kaisi yeh Yaariyan Season 3

Chapter 34

'Aiyappa, what's wrong with him?' One full night and half a day later, his cell was still switched off. Every half an hour, she had tried to call him, sometimes even sneaking out of her class under a false pretext. She must have sent him 50+ messages, but not a single one was delivered. She was just not in her elements today, even her students had remarked. She was losing her temper at the smallest of things, something she never did. How could she maintain a calm demeanour when her heart was constantly thumping inside her tiny chest.

This was so unlikely of him, hadn't he been upset with her for not messaging him the whole day, then how could he do something worse by switching off his phone and that too when he had told her that he would call her back in sometime.

Was it possible that he had somehow damaged his phone? No, if that had been the case, Manik would have gone out in the dead of the night to buy another one or perhaps called her from his landline. The Manik she knew was stubborn as hell. Once he decided upon something, no one could stop him from doing it. Was he sick? Was he in some kind of trouble?

Nandini felt utterly helpless. She couldn't share her worries with anyone, not even Navya, her best friend who always managed to calm her down. If she continued to bottle it up inside much longer, she would seriously fall sick. She ran through all the options in her mind, wondering if it was anything she had said that had resulted into this.. But he was happily teasing her, the last time she heard his voice. Why was she such a dumbass? Why hadn't she asked for his address or landline number, for emergency situations like this. Dhruv had his dad's number, should she get the number from Dhruv and call his dad?

'What the hell are you thinking Nandini Murthy? What will you tell Dhruv and Manik's dad, who had asked them to stay away from him? ' She controlled herself in the nick of time before she ended up doing something brash.

'Aiyappa, please please kuch karo, please do something'.

The final bell rang and it was time for the dress rehearsals for the Annual school meet. For once, Nandini wished she weren't a teacher. Any other profession and she would have taken a day off, but how could she desert her students on the crucial day of dress rehearsals? They had worked hard for one month, they were going to represent there.

She took a deep breath and dragged herself to the school ground.

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He couldn't take it anymore. Not even his medicines were able to appease his nerves. He was mad at Neel, that guy was top to bottom, sheer bullshit. He knew very well how to deal with Neel and the likes of him, both physically and otherwise. Problem was Nandini. If whatever Neel was saying was even partially true, he couldn't do anything. He couldn't do anything that would hurt her.

But if Neel was speaking the truth, then Nandini was playing with his emotions. Was she? Had she ever said that she had a special corner for him? But the way she cared for him, the way she understood him, did she do it for every one? She hadn't ever made a promise to him.. Why then..

Shit!! This wasn't going anywhere except driving him crazy. He couldn't sleep the entire night. For a while he had tossed and turned in his bed, but when he started feeling claustrophobic, he went out in the middle of the night for a long walk. The day hadn't been any better. He had gone to office with dad, but couldn't last there for more than 3 hours. He had snapped at his secretary, his chef, his chauffer and every other person he had come in contact with during the day and he knew it very well, none of them were at fault.

No, enough of this. He had to confront her today, she would have to tell him what Neel meant to her and if she chose that duck-head, he will quietly walk out of her life , just as quietly as he had entered. He wouldn't go back to her, not even as a friend.