My Forever : A MaNan SS

5. 'His Past'

WARNING : This entire chapter is about Manik's past and they are in a huge huge paragraph. I didn't want to break it down into different paragraphs, because then it would break my flow. So let's see have an insight to his past.

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Manik and Nandini finished their lunch and moved to the spot again. It wasn't crowded as it was afternoon, and people didn't prefer sitting here in the afternoon because of the heat. They made themselves comfortable and sat facing each other. 'Manik, you go ahead. Tell me everything.'

M: *holding her hands* Nandini, I know somethings I say might be a little difficult for you to understand, but I hope you will stick by my side even after that.

N: *with an assuring smile* I told you, friendship and feelings are 2 different boats, I am on the friendship boat right now so you can be assured that I'll be by your side.

M: Today, I will tell you everything about her, and as to how she forced me to become a complete different person. Her name is Disha. She was my classmate in school. *he opened his phone gallery and showed her a picture of her* She was new in school and I was an old student. She wanted me to help her out a little with knowing everyone around. Yes, I know what you're thinking. You're wondering how come she approached me and I agreed to help her. Main pehle aisa nahi tha. I was exactly like how Cabir is. I used to talk a lot, be nice to everyone, I was never this ruthless and serious. Haan Cabir jaise I couldn't afford to flirt because phir girls would have taken me seriously and would want more, but then yes, I was a fun person. I have become a serious and ambitious person after her exit from my life. I introduced her to FAB-5 and the 3 girls instantly connected. I found it weird that she spoke very little with Dhruv and Cabir but didn't look properly into it because I thought she just needed some time to get comfortable with them. Mukti really liked her because she was very sweet and cared for Mukti like I did, or at least she showed it that way. Alya liked her because of her fashion sense and everything but wasn't really fond of her. Cabir and Dhruv always somehow avoided staying with her and convinced me to not call her when FAB-5 were partying. I let it all go, because she was new and I knew we all needed time to adjust with someone new in our small little world. And to be very frank, initially for a few weeks I was also like them. I kept my friendship very limited with her. As time passed, she and I came quite close and we used to talk for nearly 2-3 hours on call in the night and we were texting each other full day. Unknowingly I sort of started ignoring everyone around me, which included even Mom-Dad. Apparently mom once spoke to Mukti, and asked her what was wrong with me, and since Mukti liked her, she said mom about Disha, and told her everything about her. After a few days, I bought Disha home and made her meet mom. Mom also liked her quite instantly. Till then mom had not asked me about Disha at all. Mukti had told me that day itself when she spoke to mom. Firstly, I took it lightly because I had not realized that I was ignoring them unknowingly. I was honestly expecting maa to talk to me about her before that but she didn't and I did not concentrate much on that. Things were going on really well for us, and I was happy. Suddenly, Disha had to go to Delhi to her parents because apparently her dad fell ill. She got really busy and I understood so did not bug her a lot. The day she left, that night I called FAB-3 home, but all the three said they don't want to meet. I assumed they were tired so I let it go. I tried speaking to Mukti who was a little mad at me, but then she was okay in some time and the same was with mom dad, the reason being they liked Disha. Next day in college I tried talking to the 3 of them but then they completely ignored me. I took it for 2 days but the 3rd day I lost my cool and we had a huge fight that day. FAB-5 almost broke. They blamed me saying I completely ignored them and bought someone new in their gang. I was shocked because I didn't know they felt that way. I told them that I was serious about Disha and even told them I was planning to ask her out to be my girlfriend. They were all shocked and told me that I was taking the wrong decision. I was already really upset and angry with their behavior, so I said I am going to ask her out, whether they like it or not. Mukti was a little supportive. She came back 3 days after the fight with FAB-3. We didn't speak to each other or even try to contact each other. We were giving cold shoulder to each other. I was happy after she came back. I planned a perfect date at the beach side and asked her out. She was really happy and said she would happily be my girlfriend. I told her about the entire fight and argument between FAB-5, but what really surprised me was that she never asked or encouraged me to go and talk to them and sort out the issue. But since I was happy, I decided to let go off that. Things were just 1% fine between FAB-5. We used to talk very very minimal, only about performances. Disha had honestly changed after we got into a relationship. I hadn't confessed her that I love her, because till that point I had major feelings for her, but hadn't fallen in love. She used to use my credit card for all her shopping, and she made it look like she was with me just for money. But then we did get a little physical. We had our own share of passionate moments but we never had sex, because I didn't want to. She was mad at me, but I explained her that the day I fall in love with her, I wouldn't stop myself. She pretended like she understood. Things went on like that, but I ignored all her extra expenses and enjoyed and convinced myself. Slowly gradually I fell in love with her. And I decided I'll tell her on the day FAB-5 had the most important performance. That day changed me.