MaNan: The Shattered Bond

11. Strange Feelings.

Nandini

I wasn't ready for this.

I wasn't ready for what is about to come after I walk out of the main door following Manik and sit in the passenger seat of his shiny Range Rover.

He had been gone, like always, to God knows where since this morning.

When I had come down the stairs, Maria looked gloomy and not her 'Oh so cheerful self'. When I wanted to know the reason, she just shrugged me off saying it's nothing.

Everything around me felt strangely unusual, but what frustrated me more is how I wasn't able to grasp the reason behind it. How I was feeling this sudden change in the ambiance and I didn't know the reason lurking upon it.

I somehow managed to make it through the morning- thanks to Netflix- until afternoon, until Maria barged in the room asking me to get ready because Manik has said we were leaving to meet the so called Superiors.

Being way too curious has always been one of my weakness', so when I tried to get information out of Maria, I kind of managed to trigger her off- for which I apologised later.

Manik came back just an hour ago and, he's yet to say anything to me.

All he's said in the past one hour is telling Maria we're leaving before walking out of the door before me.

I wanted to scream ever so loud until we all end up deaf including me.
I wanted to shout the ocean of emotions I am feeling right now.

I want someone, anyone, to notice how difficult this is for me; how I was just an average girl some days ago and now here I am sitting beside someone who I don't even know, anymore.

Sometimes it feels like I can make it through this, I can reach 'till the end of this unknown cave I've ended up in, other times, I want to escape so bad. I just want to run back to my parents' arms and tell them how much I miss them.

"Why are you so quiet?" I bat my eyelashes and gulp lump in my throat before looking on his way and shaking my head ever so slightly.

"Nandini, from the time I've known you, I can tell you are anything but someone silent. So why don't you start telling me why you haven't said a word to me since I came back." I look at him again while his eyes glance towards my way here and there trying not to distract himself from the long, lonely and soundless road in front of him.

I stay uncommunocative until I feel one of his hands covering my cold and shivering one, "Relax. Nothing's going to happen. It's just a meeting."

I let out a chuckle along with his dying words as I look at him with an emotion I'm yet to discover the name of.

He looks a little taken aback with my reaction, as he probably expected me to take my hand back and yell at him to not to touch me.

I turn my face again and stay motionless, not in the mood to reply to any of his questions, or having any kind of talk with him.

I'm probably dragging this matter more than I should, but then again, I have no idea how to feel about this whole situation unless he tells me anything related to it- which I'm sure he's not going to.

I stop feeling the warmth of his hand on mine soon enough, and I actually miss it for a slight second until I feel it again on my wrist.

The guy sitting beside me pulls me closer to him, staring right into my pupils and into my soul making it tremble with his powerful gaze filled with a strange emotion.

Pain? Regret? Sadness?

I try to analyze his eyes, but like always, he looks on the other side completly shading himself from any kind sentiments.

"Why aren't you speaking?" I furrow my eyebrows not believing what he just said now, but I still choose to reply this time, "Why should I?"

He takes a deep breath looking at the the car ceiling, "Why won't you?"

"Again, why should I?" From the look on his face, I know I'm pulling the strings too much, so I just cut it and speak, "I don't know how to feel about all this, Manik. I just don't."

I expected him to get shocked, but he surprises me with pulling me to his chest and wrapping his arms around my petite body, making me have goosebumps all over it.

For some reason, this hug seems to do the trick and calm some of my raging nerves, so I do the first thing that comes into my brain, untie my seat belt and return the hug.

I feel him getting tensed for a second before relaxing under my touch and hide his face in the crook of my neck as I do the same.

This should feel wrong, because this is wrong. I hardly know this man wrapped in my arms, but it feels so right that I deny to be the one to break this.

I turn my face a little, having my cheek touch his board shoulder as I get comfortable in that position and a smile slowly adorns my lips.

As I hear him sigh, I tight my grip around him, closing my eyes while feeling the heat his body is providing mine and enjoying this sensation of being in a secure place.

His arms loosen, before his voice resonates, "Nandini, we have to go."

I mantain the position, "Do we really have to?"

He doesn't voice his thoughts, instead just nods his head which is now placed on my head.

I exhale a long breath as I pull away from him and we sit back on our places properly.

"You don't have to be nervous, that's all I can say." I nod my head as a sign of agreeing with him and look out of the window hoping this doesn't creat awkwardness between us, because even though I don't know much about him, he's the only person I can rely right now.

Silence falls in place as the engine comes back to life and the car starts moving on the black road in front of me which will lead me to who knows where.

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Had to give you guys a filler before the big update.

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