Manan - Monster's star

1~ Jab we met

Nandini arrives in mumbai after a long train journey, yet the girl looks so fresh, she was as chirpy as ever, all ready to venture in a new city, she didn'y seem nervous or intimidated in any way... nandini gets into a cab.

N- bhaiya, space college of science and arts chalenge?

Taxi driver - haan ji bilkhul madamji, waise mumbai mein pehli baar aye ho?

N - ji haan, aur bhaiya , yahan sab log itne jaldi mein kyun lag rahe hai?

TD - mumbai sapno ka shehar hai madamji, yahan kab kaise waqt guzar jaye, kisi ki nahi pata, ab bas samhal ke rahiye, yahan sab apne duniya mein khush hai, kisi aur ke bare mein nahi soche.

N- aap tension mat lijiye, manglore mein do cheeze bohot famous thi, ek thandi hawa aur dusri meri smile, yahan sab ko apni manglore ki hawa ki tarah apnaogi. (She said giggling)

Nandini reaches space and goes to get herself registered. Just as she's at the counter, she hears a girl crying across the end of the hallway, she turns around to look, only to find a group of people ragging a few students, making them eat chili powder, a girl was seen crying saying she's allergic to it and they were forcing and threatening her. Nandini had never seen such rude people before, she walked towards them and and holds the girl's hand before she could eat the spoonful of chili powder.

N- kya kar rahi ho? Tumne abhi abhi bola na that you're allergic to it, phir kyun khaa rahi ho?

Girl- woh yeh log...

N- yeh log tumare college fees pay karte hai?

Girl - no?

N- yeh log tumhara saath rehte hai?

Girl- no?

N- yeh log tumari family hai?

Girl - nahi par...

N- par kya? Jab tumhe in logon se matlab nahi hai toh inke baat kyun sun rahe ho? Log tumhe threaten karenge, aur fum dar ke kuch bhi kar logi?

Nandini's words somehow gave strength to the girl and she put the spoon down, all this was observed by a semi confused and angry bunch of people, fab 4 with their 5th member missing. Cabir holds nandini's hand and tells her

C- mother india bane ka shauk hai aapko?

N- ahahaha nahi nahi , bas ek problem hai, mujhse logon ki sadness dekhi nahi jaati. Tum logon ko kaise acha lagta hai kisi ko rulana? (She asked innocently)

C - ahaan? Phir theek hai, tum hi khaalo, iske hise ka mirchi, actually yahan jo 10 log khade hai na? Un sab ke hisse ka chili powder tum khaoge.

N- aur main aise kyun karoongi?

C - (smiles and says) kyunki agar tumne aise nahi koya toh yeh bechari is college mein padh nahi payegi.

He said pointing towards the girl and showed nandini her admission papers.

C- tum yahan yeh khane se mana karogi aur wahan iss bechari ka admission nahi ho payega? Sad na?

By this point of time the rest of the fab 5 members were seen to be smirking. Nandini looks at the girl who starts crying again and smiles...

N- ok, i'll accept your challenge.

Everyone is seen shocked by her bravery, as nandini starts eating the chili powder off all the 10 spoonfuls with no hesitation, by the end of it, she loses her breath and starts crying due to the extreme spice.

N- pani....pani... (she cries out for water, as people try to help, mukti stops them and says

Mu- agar koi age aya to help her, trust me, hum unki life yahan kharab kar denge, come on iss ladki ko pata hona chahiye the consequences of messing with fab 5. (She said smirkingly)

By this point of time, nandini starts to feel dizzy and almost falls not before she is caught by a familiar frame, two strong arms.... none other than manik ofc, they both share a cute eye lock, nandini's eyes held tears, and his eyes contained confusion, surprise, an unknown worry for the first time for a stranger.

N- pani....paniii pls? (She manages to whisper in a semi consious state)

Manik quickly grabs a bottle from aliya who is shocked and angry to see nandini in manik's arms, and he makes nandini drink water and sprays in on her to wake her up completely. The whole hallway is surprised to see the monster help a stranger with so much concern in his eyes. Cabir suspects something. In the meantime, nandini comes back to her senses thanks to manik and sees him properly for the first time.

N- tum! It's you (she says smiling away like a child had seen candy) tum yahan kaise?

Manik gets up quickly, ignoring her talks.

N- hi! (She holds her hand forward) we meet again! (She smiles at him)

Al- hello? What makes you think you can talk to manik?! (Aliya glares at nandini)

N- manik... (his name sounds like a prayer from her mouth, manik is moved as she calls out his name) your name's as different as you are... (she says smiling at him ignoring aliya)

Al- hey you? Sunayi nahi diya, tum mere manik se baat kaise kar sakti ho? (Aliya grabs nandini by her arm tightly and pushes her away)

Nandini looks at her surprised...

N- lsn, pata nahi tumhe itna gussa kyun aaa rahi hai, clearly manik ko mujhse koi problem nahi hai mere use baat karne se, so why are you so troubled?

M- college mein nayi ho, toh yahan ke rules bhi seeklo, yahan no one and i mean no one messes eith fab 5, so next time baat karogi na toh apni anke neeche karke baat karo, and don't you dare try to come in our way again, hum jo bhi karte hai, us mein hamari marzi hoti hai.... so mind your own business and tum bach jaogi. (Manik for the first time spoke, his eyes showed fierceness, he spoke like a true merciless monster, he grabs the admission papers from cabir's hand and throws it at the girl still not breaking the intense eye contact, while nandin looks at him dumbstruck)

Aliya smirked, and nandini was shocked, it's the first time she heard him speak since their first encounter and she was already mesmerized by his voice, she stared at him lovingly, fab 5 started walk away from her and the crowd just then...

N- manik!! (She called out his name)

Manik stopped and with him fab 5 did too, manik loved hearing his name from her mouth, though he never let it show. The rest on the on lookers stood there shocked as nandini spoke..

N- arey ek hi toh bolke jao? Jab bhi milte ho, seeda villan wale looks ya dhamkee dete ho ya phir ignore karte ho.... ek hi bolne ke kiya loge tum? (She said like an innocent child complaining)

Manik turned back and looked at her shocked to see how his harsh warnings left no sign on fear in her, he found it to be cute, but obviously monster manik malhotra never shows his inner feelings and so he turned back around and walked away yet again ignoring her and nandini kept looking at him confused.

Precap - manan's first accidental kiss, monster manik ka jagna!!!