Like A Love Song

1. Love already?

(A/N: Guys! 21 July today. What could be a better occasion? 2 years of KYY and for those who actually know me, they know what day it is for me today 🙈 So for a treat, here you go with this Five-Shot. It's gonna be beautiful I guess. Let's see what the response will be. Loads of love. Thanks for all your wishes girls. Means the world to me. This is the best birthday of my life. Thank you #PagalFamily, #T23, and my Fabulous F4 for making this day amazing. So here's the treat. This story will be completely based on Manik's POV. Hope you enjoy. And yeah, I need a cover for this story so if anyone can, please do. You can send it to my Twitter handle: thelovesickteen and I will surely give credits. Vote, comment and share if you can. Thanks. With love, Sahana.)

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It was autumn break. That meant a whole week and a half of holidays and how could it be that her friends wouldn't use it to their advantage.

"Nandini, hurry, it's getting late." Her best friend Navya screamed as she waited impatiently. It was a little beyond seven in the evening and their train was going to arrive at 9:30 sharp. She trembled as she looked at herself in the mirror for the last time before leaving. After all, it was the first time she was going to see a place beyond her Mumbai colony and she was a little frightened. Her friends had all planned for a trip to Kodaikanal for an expedition and she was just tagged along though they knew she was afraid of such things.

She was dressed in a beautiful white and blue kurti and dark blue leggings. Her hair was loosely parted to the side, and her layers brushed my unrevealing shoulders. She wore a few blue bangles on one hand and ran her fingers along my charm.

"I'm doing this after almost forever. You know na?" She whispered and Navya began shouting again. She grabbed her blue tote and pulled her suitcase and left their room. She headed towards the main dorm door, locked it, handed the keys over to their warden and ran behind the voice that was calling her.

"Nandini, how long?" Navya barked and she apologised with her eyes, that said so much more than she could've ever said. She looked to her side to find someone unexpected. "Umm... Hey Nandini." He waved with a cute smile and she smiled back.

"Nandini, he's Madhyam. He's joining us for the expedition but I heard he's a little lonely." Navya frowned and she nodded empathetically. They might've not known each other before but she was a pure girl at heart and never tried to let any harm affect someone because of her.

"Oh, that's alright. We're here. I'm Nandini Murthy, B.Sc Biology first year." She raised her hand forward for a formal handshake. "Madhyam Singhania, B. Arch second year. So out for the autumn break?" He asked as they walked towards the entrance gate. Navya was all the more quiet for God knew what reason and that made her accountable to his answers.

"Yeah, pretty much. I won't be there the entire vacation. Have a few projects and assignments lined up. I'll be returning in a week. My friends will be staying until the end of the break." She spoke as they walked on the cobblestone slabs that paved way for the footpath.

"Ahh, that's nice. So how's college in general? Hostel and all, don't you miss family?" He asked and Navya gaped at her. She looked at her charm, that held some special belief for her and smiled to herself.

"I don't miss them because they're always there with me, in everything I do." She said to herself and Madhyam felt a little sorry. They reached the gate and her girlfriends were over excited. They immediately clasped her in their arms and she smiled meekly.

"Nanduuu, can you believe it? Our dean actually let us go! Our very first trip." They were a group of three girls, Navya, Aisha, and Nandini. She introduced Madhyam to them and Aisha introduced Madhyam to her boyfriend, Rehan. They all boarded the little van and headed towards the station. The little ride turned into an icebreaker and hence, everyone got along well. They reached the station and hustled around to find the train. It was only after 20 minutes of searching that they found the right train and searched for their compartment.