MaNan FF - Angel In Disguise

#4- Into Space, into his Mind

~The most fucked up joke the universe will play on you is letting you meet the right person at the wrong time.~
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"So finally, hum teeno next round mein jaa rahe hain. And hopefully, S.P.A.C.E. Academy too." Aryaman said and winked.

"Nandu, humne kaha tha na, Maata Rani humesha humari sunti hai." Navya said grinning and Nandini agreed.

They were chit-chatting, when Nandini excused herself to go to washroom.
She was coming out of the washroom and was heading towards staircase upstairs, when she noticed a boy near the edge which leads downstairs, staring at a wire, looking distraught. She then realized that sparks were coming from it, but what surprised her more was that the boy started shaking his head like a madman, slowly at start, then faster. He held his head to control himself.

Nandini ran to him to help him, but he pushed her away. She somehow again held him and tried to give him some water, and in the hush the water was spilt on the floor. She shouted for help and a few people gathered nearby, surprisingly trying to help her, and not the boy, when suddenly the boy pushed her with all his force and in the process slipped on the water and fell down from the stairs.

Nandini was shocked, panicked, so were others. She then saw two guys holding him up, while the taller one was checking him top to bottom for any injury. Fortunately there were none, except a few bruises.

"What did you do Nandini? Aiyappa, is he fine?" she whispered to herself as she looked at the pale figure of the boy who was half passed out in the arms of the tall one. She rushed down a few steps when the same tall, broad-shouldered guy gave her a death glare and showed a hand gesturing her to stay away. His eyes were a mix of rage and concern - rage for Nandini, and concern for the boy who seemed like his friend or brother. Both of them held the boy by the shoulders and moved down.

"Oh God, girl, yeh kya kiya tum ne?" a girl standing beside Nandini said in a tensed voice.

"Tumhe Fab Five ke maamle mein padhna hi nahi chahiye tha." another girl voiced out.

"Arey but that boy," Nandini replied, "usko shayad attack aaya tha. Kisi ko toh madad karni padti na." Nandini retorted.

"We don't know. Lekin woh Dhruv hai, Fab Five ka member. Unke matters mein interfere karna is definitely not good for health." One guy replied.

"Isliye hum door hi rahte hain bhai." Another guy said.

"Yeah, they think tumhari wajah se Dhruv fell down, didn't you see Manik's face, he was glaring at you?" the girl beside said.

They were whispering among themselves while Nandini shrugged it off and was about to head downstairs to check on that boy when a girl patted her back and gave her a sympathetic look.

"What?" Nandini asked looking at her face.

"God bless you. Lagta toh yahin hai ke tum unki next target hogi." A guy said while passing by, and Nandini stood confused. Slowly the small crowd dispersed, each one giving poor Nandini a sympathetic look. She got a call from Navya asking to come up fast as the time was up.

"Aiyappa! What weirdos!" she huffed and went up.

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Cabir and Manik took him to the sick bay of that floor and made him lie down. Dhruv was still shivering a bit.

"Buddy, you're absolutely fine. See main hoon na. Ham sab hai, you'll be fne." Manik said with a tensed face hugging Dhruv to his heart. Cabir gave Dhruv some water. The nurse came and was checking his wounds. Alya and Mukti too reached in no time.