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16. Abhimanyu and Love

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"I don't know why you wouldn't let me punch your guards?", asked Abhimanyu, slapping the steering wheel in frustration.

Nandini gritted her teeth. "Because they will create a scene and my respected parents would ban you from entering any of the Murthy premises."

"But they order you more than your parents, Nandini", he protested.

Nandini shook her head. He wouldn't understand how Murthy's work or to what extent her parents could go. Instead, she crossed her arms. "Tell me again, what are we doing on roads in the middle of the night. I wanted to sleep", she glared at him.

She was sleeping when the motion from her balcony disturbed her slumber. She waited for a minute and found her best friend entering in with an apologetic grin of a thug. Ten minutes later, she was walking out of her house in her pajamas, Abhimanyu tagged along and towards his car. The head security guard who stopped her from going out after her 'bedtime', which she had no idea she had one, got an earful from Nandini. Right now, she hardly cared about the rules when all she could was get some sleep. Her head duties were keeping her awake till late at night as their college anniversary date was approaching fast. She was feeling grumpy.

"I need to see Mukti", Abhimanyu whispered.

Nandini rolled her eyes and leaned back in her seat, closing her eyes. If there was someone else instead of her childhood best friend, she would have punched him, got him admitted to a hospital and walked to her house. She never understood why everyone behaved so melodramatically and promised a forever for a relationship that wouldn't last a few years.

She cursed all such creatures who called themselves as lovers, her parents, people who were responsible to evaporate whatever little trust she had in any relationship, her parents, her principal for selecting a head-boy who could only increase her troubles instead of helping and her parents. She felt much better when Abhimanyu shook her after reaching their destination.

They parked the car outside Vardhan Mansion and sneaked inside without the guard's notice. Instead of going through the main door, Abhimanyu suggested climbing the balcony of Mukti's room.

"You know, you can be a man and go inside through the main door like a regular human being", suggested Nandini.

"And go on a suicide mission? Sorry, no."

Nandini rolled her eyes and waited for Abhimanyu to get back his senses.

If you are done measuring the distance to my daughter's room, would you like to come down?

They turned around and found Mr. Vardhan, Mukti's father standing with a frown on his head. Abhimanyu who was inches above the ground, fell down, hurting his back and a part of Nandini wanted to laugh at the way Mr. Vardhan could scare the boy with just a look.

Mr. Vardhan rubbed his forehead in pure exasperation. "The jet speed isn't required", he muttered. He glared once again at Abhimanyu. "Follow me", he ordered.

Nandini had to hold her best friend's arm to stop him from running away in fright. They reached the living room and found Mukti's mother reading a file.