YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL (Completed)

part-10.

# YOU_ARE_BEAUTIFUL
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PART-10
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Aliya accuses Nandu of liking Manik, and notes that she doesn’t deny it. Nandini is in such shock that she’s speechless, and when Aliya announces her intention to tell Manik, Nandini drops to her knees and shakes her head frantically as the guys start to approach. Reading her panic, Aliya says, “You don’t want me to? Then shut up when I do things my way.”

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Aliya turns to the guys and says with fake worry that Nandu is ill. They recall that she had the beginnings of a cold and don’t question her, not seeing that Aliya mouths to Nandini, “Talk and you die.”

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President is sympathetic and sends Nandini home ,saying she can make up the shoot later. He gives Aliya a ride back as well and answers her questions cheerfully, not aware of how Aliya is pointedly directing the comments at Nandini. For instance, she drives home that Nandu’s facing an important role in the band: “If a problem arises with Nandu, President , you and A.N.JELL will both be in a lot of trouble.”

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President agrees with her assessment, so Aliya turns to Nandini: “You heard, right? You’ll have to do a good job so things aren’t ruined for Manik . And you can’t tell anyone the secret conversation we had. If you tell, I can’t keep my end of the secret either. Understand?”

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In the safety of her own room (since Sannu is out at the moment), Nandini cries over her dilemma. She feels the burden of responsibility for A.N.JELL’s continued success in the wake of Aliya’s blackmailing. She looks at the childhood photo of her with her brother and says, “Vai, I’m so scared. What if he’s hurt because of me?”

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To clear up any ambiguity over who she’s talking about, she looks over at a photo of Manik. “He’s someone who shouldn’t be liked by a thing like me. I can’t ruin him.”

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As the shoot wraps, Manik wonders how Nandini’s doing and asks to take some limes home with him. He doesn’t see Dhrov asking the prop guy for some limes, too, nor Cabir. When the guys arrive home, they find that she’s in bed and feverish.

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Manik starts to speak in concern, but stops himself and instead says gruffly, “If you were sick, you should have said so. Because of you, today’s shoot was ruined.”

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Nandini apologizes and promises not to ruin anything in the future, but her weak response has him dissatisfied.

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Out side , He wonders if she’s gotten used to his way of speaking, or whether she’s just out of energy. He turns his glare to Pig-Rabbit to scold, “If you droop like that, it takes the fun out of picking on her.” He grabs the ears to perk them upright, then wonders how to feed Nandini the limes.
All three guys have thought of the nutrition value of limes with the intent of giving them to Nandu, so Manik has to hide his surprise to find Dhrov and Cabir in the kitchen with theirs. In keeping with their previously shown preferences, Dhrov suggests making hot tea with his limes, but Cabir would rather make juice.
Manik feels stupid now, so he has to play off his intent, saying he liked eating the limes so much he brought them home for his own enjoyment. He takes a bite nonchalantly, pretending it’s tasty.Poor him…
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Manik shoots a glare at Pig-Rabbit, then figures, “Since everyone else is taking care of Nandu, I guess I don’t need to step in.”
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