MaNan: It all started with a lie

Because I Trust You (Part 2)

Nandini

I woke up the next morning with a heavy head. It felt like someone was playing an entire orchestra inside me. I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in a room. The room I was in wasn't mine.... I was at manik's place and the room I was in was my room at his place. But wait! I was in the party right!? Then how come I landed in here? I was so confused! What has happened to me??? And why am I having this heavy headache!?? Can anyone care to tell me anything! I was busy thinking when the door of my room opened. I averted my gaze towards the door to find manik walking in with a tray in his hand. He smiled seeing me awake and I replied back the same. I was more than ready to shoot all my questions to manik when he spoke. "Thank god you awake and I hope...erm....we are cool...you know what I mean right?" He asked awkwardly and I was all confused and clueless of what he was referring to. "Manik ye tum kya bol rahe ho?" I asked cringing my brows in confusion. "Come on nandini, don't act so ignorant about it...I know ki kal raat jo bhi hua wasn't right and...." I abruptly cut him off when he mentioned last night. "What last night? Kya hua tha kal raat?? Manik tell me na!" I was getting all panicky and anxious by now. What did I do last night? Humare beech kal aisa kya hua tha? "You don't remember?" He asked amused and a bit sad, I nodded my head in a no. He seemed sad after discovering that I did not remember the events of last night and I was starting to get worried now by his reactions. "Manik please batao na k....kya hua tha h...hum....humare beech" oh god! I had even started stuttering by now but my dear best friend wasn't uttering a single word. I was frustrated now. "Manik will you speak up!" I yelled out of frustration and he started speaking at once. "Nandiniyouweredrunklastnightandwasactinglikereallyweirdihadnoideawhattodosoinoughtyoutomyplace....." What!? My confused brain yelled and my vocals asked the same. I was really not understanding anything that he was saying. "Will you speak a bit clearly?" I asked vexed and he nodded in agreement. "So here it goes....nandini yesterday night in the party you had a drink remember?" "Ya" I replied casually, he continued. "That drink was....spiked" he said and my jaw dropped. Like how? Dhruv had given me that drink and I know him, he can't do this....then how?! It was as if manik read my confusions and answered me. "I know nandini, dhruv gave you the drink but it wasn't spiked by him, I can tell you for sure. Buddy can never do this." He said trying to make me believe him. "I know manik, dhruv is really a sweet guy...so relax!" He breathed out relieved. He continued. "Ya so you had your drink and after a while you were missing from the party and I got worried so I started searching you and found you in the corridor laughing hard. I was confused at first but then realized that you were drunk so I with great difficulty bought you to my place. While I was dragging you to my car don't know what crept in you and you started climbing on top of my car. You were being so stubborn that I had to give in and help you climb" he sighed and I gaped at him with my mouth open. My drink was spiked!? I was laughing all alone in the goddamn corridor!? And on top of that I climbed on manik's car!? What was I thinking?! Flashes of last night appeared in front of me. I remembered how close I was to manik and how shocked he was. I face palmed remembering last night. What would manik think of me now!? "Then?" I asked, a little uncertain and he continued. "Then you started blabbering and said that you hate me" he said making a puppy dog face.  What!? I don't hate manik....I never can. Why would I say that to him. "Look manik...its nothing like that.....I...I don't hate you okay?" "Sure?" "Ya very sure! I can never hate you" I said with a smile and he grinned in response. "After that you slept peacefully hugging me as if I were your favourite teddy.....you were not ready to leave me only" he continued with a smug smile and I was flushed with embarrassment. "OK stop blushing now" he teased. "Manikkkk" "ok sorry" he laughed. "I somehow carried you down, not breaking your sleep and with great difficulty carried you till my place. Not to forget....you were still not awake and I had to open the door. God! Only I know how difficult it was, carrying heavy you in my arms and opening the door simultaneously" "haww I'm not heavy" "whatever makes you happy!" He mocked, I pouted sadly. "Then came the challenge!" I cringed my brows confused. What challenge? "To make you drink that lime water for which you were showing thousand tantrums. You made me run after you for like half an hour and then you finally had it" "sorry" I said holding both my ears, making the cutest puppy face that I could pull up. "Not a problem" he replied pulling my cheeks with a smile. "What did I do then?" The curious me asked. "Then....erm.....you...uh" he started stammering which resulted in me getting all the more anxious to know about my antiques. "Manik please say na" I pleaded and he spoke nervously. "You said that....that you are my girlfriend and so....so I should...uh I should..." "You should?" "Uh I should kiss you" "whaaaaat?" If I were a cartoon character in some cartoon, you could practically see my jaw drop to the ground. I asked manik to kiss me!! I was surely not thinking straight at all. "You're joking right" I asked smiling but my smile started fading when he gave me a serious look. "No why would I?" He said pulling up the most innocent face. " I know that you're lying manik" I said trying to sound confident. "But you said you don't remember anything right? Then how do you know that I'm lying nandini tell me" he demanded holding my arms tightly. I remained silent. "Tell me nandini!" "Because I trust you manik" I said staring straight in his eye and his features softened listening to my confession, a gentle smile tugging his lips. "Say that again" I smiled at his childish behaviour but anyways repeated myself. "I. Trust. You" I said this time making sure that every word was loud and clear. His smile grew wider listening to my confession again and I could not help but smile at how my mere confession of me trusting him can affect him so much. He stood there smiling like a fool and embraced me in a gentle hug. I went all aww over him. Can he get any cuter!?