Manan: Epitome of Love

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"Amma, students aa gayi"...one of the helpers come and inform Amms. (Pls read in Malyali accent)

Amms: Thik hai Rama...unhe riyaaz karne ko bolo...mein aati hun.

Dhruv: Amms, agar aapko koi problem na ho toh kya mein aapki class attend kar sakta hun. Woh actually mujhe classical music instruments k baare mein jaanna hai.

Amms: Zaroor Dhruv, tum aa sakte ho.

"Sirf Dhruv kyun...hum sab bhi attend karenge aapki class. Aakhir itni renowned classical singer aur guru ki class attend karne ka mauka hum kaise jaane de sakte hain...right guys"...Manik joined the gang.

"Manik, tu thik toh hai na beta...ab kaisa lag raha hai"...Nyo asked in concerned tone touching his forehead.

Manik: I m fine Maa. Woh I took a nap so m feeling quite better.

"Haan ab toh acha lagega hi na...tujhe teri medicine jo mil gayi hai...right Manik"...this was none other than Cabir who saw Nandini coming towards them which gave him the opportunity to tease Manik. Everyone chuckled as they clearly understood his meaning...except Amms.

Manik glared at him and he immediately looked away.

"Amms chalein...hume class k liye late ho raha hai"...Cabir tried to escape Manik's angry glare.

Amms: Haan chalo...waise bhi aaj tum sab aane wale the toh maine apni class ka time late rakha warna subah 7 baje humari class start ho jaati hai.

"What! 7 o' clock in the morning! Itni jaldi kaun class attend karta hai.' Cabir spoke shockingly.

Amms: Classical singers toh isse bhi jaldi riyaaz karte hain. Agar tumhe sach mein class attend karna hai toh kal se subah 7 o'clock ready rehna padega.

Harshad: Well mein itni achi opportunity miss nahi kar sakta toh yes Amms I m ready.

Dhruv: Haan mein bhi.

Mukti and Alya also agreed.

Manik: That's great...even I m in.

Everyone looked at Cabir who was stuck in a "what to do?" situation.

Cabir's pov

Saale ek ek karke sabhi ready ho gaye. 7 o'clock...like seriously...itni subah subah kaun apni neend bigaad ta hai. Kya kya sapne lekar aaya tha...holiday enjoy karunga. Sounga...khaunga...peeyunga...phir sounga...but no...these guys had to flush all my plans. Aur yeh Manik...yeh toh ready ho ga hi...Amms ko impress karne ka acha mauka jo mil raha hai isse. But mera kya...hai bhagwan mujhe bachale.

"Cabir bhi ready hai...haina Cabir"...Cabir was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see when Navya came and stood by his side.
"Haan...(he came out of his thoughts and looked bewildered)...Haan..." he saw Navya standing beside him holding his hand in raised position that indicated that he is ready. "Arey what!" suddenly he realised why she is holding his hand in that position.

Navya: Kya Cabir itna kya soch rahe ho...hume toh gaana aata bhi nahi hai phir bhi hum class k liye ready ho gaye...kam se kam iss bahane kuch toh sikhenge...aur ek tum ho jise sirf apni neend pyari hai.

Cabir knew that now there is no point in discussing the matter as majority wins..."Okay okay matarani...ab zyaada lecture dene ki zaroorat nahi hai...waise bhi mere paas koi option hai?"...he finally gave in.

Everyone laughed seeing his condition.
Nyo went to the kitchen to see the lunch preparations. Raj sat in the lobby with his newspaper while the rest moved to attend the class.