Manan - Monster's star

3~ Pulling my heart strings

H- guys we need a band name!
Ar- yea exactly!
H- Dazzlers?
N- that sounds cool!
Aryaman admires nandini,
Ar- nandini i'm glad you're a part of our band...seriously he says smiling
Nandini smiles at him.

It's 1pm, and Dazzlers; go to the jam room to start practicing. And they see fab 5 still practicing. Nandini looks at manik mesmerized, manik starts to sing.

(Baarish - half girlfriend)

Chehre mein tere
Khud ko main dhoondhun
Aankhon ke darmiyaan
Tu ab hai iss tarah
Khwabon ko bhi jagah na mile

Manik gets flashbacks of his star playing with him in a field, chasing him, them laughing, and all their cute moments and he smiles to himself, Nandini stands there feeling every word he sings, admiring him, Nandini is lost in his voice, while manik keeps getting flashes of the same girl from his childhood, his star,

Yeh mausam ki baarish
Yeh baarish ka paani
Yeh paani ki boondein
Tujhe hi toh dhoondhe
Yeh milne ki khwahish
Yeh khwahish puraani
Ho poori tujhi se
Meri yeh kahaani

Harshad tries to go in to disturb them and nandini hold his hand and pulls him back, she doesn't stop looking at manik

Kabhi tujhme utrun
Toh saanson se guzrun
Toh aaye dil ko raahat
Nandini imagines herself dancing around manik and him admiring her,
Main hoon bethikana
Panaah mujhko paana
Hai tujhme, de ijazat
(Still in nandini's imagination), manik twirls her around, pulls her close to him and they lost in each other's eyes.
Na koi darmiyaan
Hum dono hai yahan
Phir kyun hai tu bata
Faasley...
Nandini comes out of her dreamland and blushes she still stares at manik lovingly. Manik for the first time notices her standing there.

Yeh mausam ki baarish
Yeh baarish ka paani
Yeh paani ki boondein
Tujhe hi toh dhoondhe
Yeh milne ki khwahish
Yeh khwahish puraani
Ho poori tujhi se
Meri yeh kahaani
And he stops singing. Nandini comes to her senses, as manik walks towards her with his guitar she looks at him lovingly and he pulls nandini towards himself, she gets shocked. Manik moves her aside, and walks out of the room ignoring her, followed by fab 5 who sulk at the dazzlers.

Nandini's POV
Aiyappa, i don't even know what's happening to me, i feel my heartstrings everytime I see him, his voice is so heavenly, it's like a lullaby. Manik has really got into my head, i don't know what these feelings are...

The dazzlers get organised and start discussing what songs they would want to play. Aryaman tries to befriend nandini more, but nandini has lost hersf in manik's thoughts.

N- guys now that you know the tune i was talking about.... do you want me to sing what I have so far for you guys?
Ar - that'll be great nandu!
H- sure go ahead!

Nandini starts to sing closing her eyes.
Thodi der - Half girlfriend (guys only up until the end of shraddha's part also listen to the songs to relate to the situation)

Ha...

Dil charkhe ki ik tu dori
Dil charkhe ki ik tu dori
Sufi iska rang haaye

Nandini sings, still keeping her eyes closed, she gets flashes of a boy from her childhood, similar flashbacks to the ones manik had, she smiles while singing, by this point of time manik who had not left the corridor turns around listening to her beautiful voice getting mesmerized by it, he runs to the jam room, and hides behind the wall, and stares at nandini singing.

Ismein jo tera khwaab piroya
Ismein jo tera khwaab piroya
Neendein bani patang

Manik is lost in her voice and feels his heartbeats racing faster than ever. He stares at her lovingly.
Nandini starts to think about manik and their recent encounters and smiles to herself while singing.

Dil bharta nahi
Aankhein rajjti nahi
Dil bharta nahi
Aankhen rajjti nahi
Chaahe kitna bhi dekhti jaaun
Waqt jaaye main rok na paaun

Manik imagines himself walking towards her and kissing her cheek while she's singing.

Tu thodi der aur thehar ja sohneya
Tu thodi der aur thehar ja
Tu thodi der aur thehar ja zaalima
Tu thodi der aur thehar ja...

Nandini imagines childhood again where a boy is being taken away in a car without his will and she's running behind it, both of them are crying badly. Coming back from the flashback tears drop down nandini's cheeks but she's still smiling. Manik somehow is able to feel her pain, as he think of the same scene in the flashback.
(By this point of time you guys know that the flashbacks were of manik and nandini when they were really young ( manik was 12 years old and nandini was 11) they both were very close to each other and got separated due to some reasons...that will be revealed later..manik and nandini are unaware of this truth because they still haven't recognized each other)
Ha...

Nandini ends the song and wipes her tears, manik wipes his tears which had unknowingly come out of his eyes, he looks one more time at nandini hiding and walks away...

H- nandini! That was amazing! Tum itni achi singer ho, yeh nahi pata tha mujhe...
Ar- welldone murthy! He says smiling and clapping his hands.
Na- nandu tumari awaz toh kamal hai!! Ab hume use fab 5 se jeetne se koi nahi rok sakta!
N- thanks guys, sorry woh gaana complete nahi hai, but trust me if we work together yeh gaana perfect hoga!
Dazzlers have a good time practicing and completing the song, after which nandini and navya decide to leave... as their walking out of the door....
H- aryaman tu nandini ko itna ghoor kyun raha tha? She's gotten into your head huh? He said sarcastically.
Ar- naah, woh she's a sweet girl, toh ya whatever...waise tu itna excited kyun hai inko lekar?

H- us manik aur fab 5 ko unki asli auqat bohot jaldi dikhne wali hai, nandini ko dekha na tune, she affects manik, already, ab uski istamal kar ke manik ko weak karna hai, and then i'll get to sit down and watch fab 5 breaking apart into pieces. Harshad smiles evilly.
Ar- bro tujhe fab 5 ke saath jo karnahai kar, but manik aur nandini ke beech kuch nahi ho sakta hai...get it?!
Harshad- kyun? Jaise woh tujhe bhau deti hai... he said laughing and aryaman sulks.
Ar- harshad it's not funny, hum dono ek dusre ko puri tarah se jaan nahi paye hai, but trust me once we do, she'll be all mine. Jab se use dekha hai, i can't seem to thunk of anything else.
H- manik bhi yahi soch raha hoga, but chill bro tujhe nandini chahiye and aur mujhe fab 5 ki barbadi, and yeh dono cheez mein kawara ke rahoonga. He smiles evily again.

While walking back....

Na- nandu iss gaane ko tum jabhi gaati ho, tum itni emotional kyun hojate ho?
N- aisa kuch nahi hai navya... she said hiding her eyes from navya.
Na- humse jhoot mat bolo nandu, tum pehle jab yeh gaana gaa rahe the, tabhi humne dekha ki tumare aankon se aansu gir rahe the...aisa kya hai iss gaane mein.
N- yaadein hai, iss gaane mein, woh bhi mere life ki best memories....uske saath.
Na- kiske saath??
N- ladoo
Na- yeh kon hai??
N- hahahaa woh jo mujhe complete karta hai...

Navya looks at nandini confused
N- hahahaa mein tumhe batati hoon.

Precap- flashback into manik and nandini's childhood, and manik and nandini get locked in a room.