MaNan: It all started with a lie

Mornings Like These....

Manik's room

After a lot of searching, manik found some decent clothes for nandini and asked her to change as he went out of the room.

It had been quite a while since nandini was inside and now manik was getting restless and so being the impatient soul that he was, he started banging the door loudly but got no response.

Manik: nandu? Kya hua? Need any help?

He kept on asking but that adorably drunk girl inside did not give two hoots. Finally his restlessness and curiosity got the better of him and he barged in to see nandini jumping on the bed with a teddy bear in her hand that manik had preserved in an isolated comer of his room. It was nandini's teddy that she used to play with as a child. Manik had kept it with him as a sign of her being with him because that teddy still smelled like her which made him believe that nandini was always around him when they both were miles away. That teddy always made him remember about his crazy best friend for whom he had started feeling slowly. He wasn't so sure about his feelings but definitely knew that what he felt was not just mere friendship or infatuation, it was way too deeper than that.

How did she even find that teddy? He wondered but chucked the thought.

It was then that manik noticed nandini was only wearing his shirt. (Pic in media box)

Manik: nandu maine tumhe tracks bhi diye the na toh vo kyu nahi pehna?

Nandini: kyuki it was so bigggg

She said cutely making manik chuckle.

Manik was gaping at her with his open mouth, shamelessly ogling at her. Nandini was right there jumping on his bed in nothing but his shirt that hardly reached her mid thigh revealing her perfect slender legs, her hair still dripping wet.

Dayum! She looks hot in my clothes was what manik thought at the moment.

Manik: nandini
He called out but got no reply.

Manik: nandini neeche utro

He said holding her hand and pulling her down. She obliged and sat on the bed hugging the teddy. Manik wondered how she found it out when no one did but then chucked the thought and focused on how to make nandini sleep.

Manik: nandini you need to sleep

Nandini: no!
She said stubbornly shaking her head.

Manik*sigh* : kyu?

Nandini*huskily*: because

Manik*huskily*: because?

Nandini: I can't close my eyes!

She pouted sadly while manik gaped at her as if she had grown horns on her head.

Manik: what!?

Nandini: ha kyuki if I close my eyes na toh he will take away my teddy

Manik*confused*: who?

Namdini: voh

She pointed at nowhere in specific. Manik was confused all the more now on seeing no one there.

Manik: nandini kiski baat kar rahi ho tum?

Nandini: sshh manik dheere varna voh sun lega

She whispered putting her finger on her lip.

Manik smiled seeing her.

She is so cute. How could I not see this before? Manik thought.

Because you were a big fool then mocked his conscience.

Manik ignored it and again focused on nandini who was busy talking to the teddy and making her signature cute pouts. He first admired her eyes that were twinkling like volumes and speaking so many unsaid words. His eyes ten moved to those chubby cheeks of hers which made her look cuter. Then his eyes moved down to her tiny nose that cringed whenever she was disappointed with something and finally they settled on her rosy lips. Suddenly he had this feeling to taste them and wondered how would they feel over his but then scolded himself for thinking so.