Mananff-Forever Mine

Chapter 17

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It was early morning when Manik was laid on the bed, Nandini curled up against him, her head resting on his chest, wearing his only his shirt, their legs tangled around each other. She was sleeping peacefully while Manik was gently stroking her hair and placing kisses on her head every few minutes, due to which he himself was surprised of. He hadn't slept the whole night, just staring at her beautiful face.

He looked down again at the girl sleeping beside him and ran his other hand through his messed up hair. It was the best night he had in his entire life. But, he knew that Nandini had just done this in the heat of the moment. Once she got up from her sleep, she was gonna regret it.

These were the thoughts going on in his mind since a long time, due to which, sleep was far away from him. He had sex with Nandini. Nandini. She wasn't just some random girl with whom he had a one night fling. She was no close to them. She was different. And he knew, one night wasn't enough for him, not even close to enough.

He was scared of the reaction Nandini would give once she woke up. He didn't know how to face her. But, he didn't regret it, not even one bit of it. But he also had no idea what to do next.

And the worst part was, he was different with her last night. He wasn't the same with her as he was with other girls before. And he knew that. He knew it wasn't just sex, it was something more. But didn't know how to explain it. Confused, that's what he was.

He looked back at her. She was so relaxed in his arms. A small smile played on her lips. He had never held any girl in his arms like that, he never wanted to do that, and that really scared him. He never spent the whole night with any girl. Just after he had finished his work, he would run off. And here he was, holding her in his arms and not wanting to let go of her.

He still wanted to stay, fall asleep with her soft body pressed up against his, and wake up to see her face the first thing, but his brain decided against it. His brain telling him to go away before he had to face the cruel reality, but his heart wanted to stay, where he actually belonged. But then he did what he thought what was right, what he did with the rest of his flings. He slowly freed himself from the girl in his bed and left.

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Nandini was sitting on the sofa of the living room, starring at nothing. It had been three days since that night, the night that changed all the equations between them. And Manik had been successfully avoiding Nandini from that day.

Her mind went back to the morning when she had woken up alone in the bed. It was nearly seven thirty in the morning when she woke up. She knew that Manik wouldn't wake up this early, but her heart kept on making excuses for his disappearance, his absence. Maybe there was an emergency she had thought that day. But deep down she knew what his absence meant.

But after spending probably the best night in her life, she had a little hope in her heart. The hope when he gave her unknowingly. Just as he had given her the best night of her life, he had also taken care of her. He had been very gentle with her as he knew it was her first time. Always asking her if she was comfortable with it, kept whispering sweet words in her ears when she was shivering in his arms. She had heard that loosing virginity was painful, but Manik didn't let her realise it.

And that was the reason, after spending a great night together, his absence in the morning had hurt her to a great extent.

Manik had returned later that morning, and before she could say anything, he rushed back to his room and then to the college. After that, she didn't see him the entire day. The next day, she was sure about his attempts to ignore her. All of it couldn't be a coincidence. He wouldn't come out of his room till she left for college and would come home late at night, after she had slept.

It was really awkward staying like that. She knew he regretted what happened between them and he was not ready for any relationship, any commitments. That was when Nandini lost all her patience and broke down. She had cried her heart out. But still wasn't ready to share this with her best friend, Tanu.

Thinking about the past two days just made Nandini more hurt. The pain she had been bearing till now had turned into anger. This anger was at Manik, for being a jerk, and at herself, for letting her guards down and not thinking rationally.

It pained her when she thought about the time spent with him. She thought they had something between them. But she was wrong. She was just another girl for him. Just another fling. There was nothing between them. Nothing.

As she was trying to convince herself something which she herself didn't accept, the main door opened and the person she had been thinking about since last two days walked in. She was actually waiting for him, to finish all this once and for all.

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Sukoon apne dil ka maine kho diya,

Khudko tanhai ke samundar me dubo diya,

Jo tha kabhi mere muskurane ki wajah,

Aaj usi ki kami ne meri palkho ko bigho diya...

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