Manan ff : Love Story of an Introvert ✔️

50. Emotional Attachments

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Nandu's room

Fab5 and Navya went to Nandu's room and found Abhimanyu sleeping peacefully hugging a pillow. But what gained their attention was a sweet voice of a girl singing, from the balcony.

Reaching there, they find Nandu with the Veena and singing some melodious song.

(Agar tum saath ho)

Nandu stops abruptly when she feels someone's presence in her room. She gets shocked seeing Fab5 there.

Abhi(sleepily): Babydoll, ga na. Kitna acha lag raha tha.

Manik finds a mug of water beside the bed and empties it on Abhimanyu.

Abhi(rants, still with eyes closed): Rain Rain go away. Come again another time. Little Abhimanyu wants to sleep.

Everyone chuckles at him.

Manik(shouts): Idiot, wake up. We need to talk.

He wakes up listening to Manik's voice.

Abhi(surprised): Manik, tu yahan?

He looks at Nandu and she points towards her Veena. Understanding the situation, he asks everyone to sit. He pulls Nandu beside him and wraps his hand around her shoulder protectively. After minutes of silence, when no one was ready to break it, Abhimanyu decides to initiate as he saw Nandini nervously fidgeting with her fingers.

Abhi(coolly): Guys, stop scaring my sister with this silence. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Glaring at him, Manik asks Nandini.

Manik(accusingly): You know how to sing and tumhari woh line kya thi?

Cabir(mimicking her): I don't even know the 's' of singing.

Nandu looks at Manik. Seeing her nervous, he softens up and goes to Nandini. Kneeling in front of her, he takes her hands in his.

Manik(smiling widely): Tumhe pata hai, tum kitna acha gaati ho?

Abhi(proudly): Mujhe pata hai na. Isliye I never miss an opportunity to listen her singing.

Manik(glared): Haan dikh raha tha how were you listening on the bed hugging that pillow.

Abhi(explained): Arey, even though my eyes were closed, my ears were open.

Rolling his eyes at him, Manik continued.

Manik(whispered): Why didn't you try becoming a singer instead? Your voice seems so well-trained. Why are you wasting it, Nandini?

Nandu(emotionally): Manik..

Seeing her getting emotional, Abhimanyu tightens his hold on her. Manik does the same, tightening his grip on her hands. She looks at Abhi and he blinks his eyes. Taking a deep breath, she confesses.

Nandu: Manik, I love stars as much as I love music. But I neither wanted to be an astrophysicist nor a singer. Because of my parents, I am emotionally connected with these two. I can't make money on something that carries my parents' memories. That's exactly the reason why I don't want to be the band manager of a music band. But Abhimanyu asked me to consider it as helping you people.

Manik(raising an eyebrow): Is this the reason why you wanted to go back home on that day?

Nandu(nodding her head): If I miss a day's riyaz, I feel like missing my Mom. And staring at stars gives me the strength of my Dad.