Manan- The Dead Me✔

Let it flow

"Are you always so tensed?" Manik said as we were walking towards the music room.
I just shook my head in 'no' trying to avoid conversation.
"I don't believe u..." he paused for a while. "You see life is like a rollercoaster full of ups and downs and we are the ones to face it. I know you might be going through problems but you must learn to smile even in hardship."as he said so he slowly caught my hand and I didn't resist.
After a few seconds I finally spoke up. "Smile." I paused for a while."For me it's just for namesake I don't deserve to smile...I really don't."

He stopped walking and stood still but I continued taking few steps. As he was holding my hand he pulled me towards him and I landed up in his chest. For a moment I was lost in his deep brown eyes. I wanted to be lost in them forever. I came back to my senses only when he spoke out,"You deserve to smile." I just pushed him and adjusted my bag which was slipping of my shoulder.
"At least give one smile."
I just gave him a smile.
"I want to see your real smile." he said as he caught my hand once again and this time I didn't allow him to do so.
"This is my real smile." I lied as we continued walking. He didn't speak a word. He must have been tired of bearing me so I too remained silent. And finally we reached the music room.

As I entered the room I saw six people busy gossiping. I saw two of them  holding each others hands. And to my surprise one of them was my brother Abhimanyu. "Bhai." I almost yelled with excitement. I was meeting him after so long. Manik just looked at me. I could see the look of surprise in his face.
"Where were you bhai?" I said, hugging him.
"You know I had some works to complete." looking at the girl, he broke the hug.
"Yah I saw your important work." I chuckled.
"And where were u since all these years." He asked me but I couldn't answer his question. All I did was to remain silent. He repeated the question once again shaking me gently but I just walked away from the room without even uttering a single word. I didn't know what to say and what not to say. Life had given me so much pain. From a village girl to a prostitute.

I was sobbing silently in one of the corner stairs of Space when someone passed me a tissue. It was Manik. I immediately wiped my tears or it's better to say I was forcefully blocking the tears from flowing.
"What are u doing here?" I said in a low tone, looking downwards in order to hide my tears.
"I can't leave my girlfriend alone, can I ?" he said, lifting my face with his hand.
"Just leave me alone. I 'm not your girlfriend." I said, getting up from the stairs.
"Did you forget u are my girlfriend for today?" he said as he caught my wrist.
"Leave me, will you?" I almost yelled at him but instead of leaving me, he pulled me towards him and I ended up sitting on his lap. He slowly brought his face near me. I was terrified. I closed my eyes tightly. A tear drop rolled down my cheeks. After a moment I could feel his breath. I was even more terrified I clutched his jacket. Then the very next moment he whispered in my ears, "Don't hide your tears let it flow." I opened my teary eyes and for the first time I let my tears flow. He slowly wiped my tears with his thumb finger. I hugged him tight, still letting my tears to flow. He hugged me back.

To be continued...

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Introducing one more character Abhimanyu Murthy (brother of Nandini)

(ALL THE CHARACTERS WOULD BE SOON REVEALED)