~MaNan FF~Benaam Rishta...The Ill-Fated Souls💔

12. Sanjog Yaa Kismat (Co-incidence or Fate)

Note - Nandini is 19 years old and Manik is 26 years old...

You don't know when the Universe conspires to bring two wounded souls together...❤️

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Manik laid on the bed with his right hand under his head, staring at the ceiling, while Nandini slept peacefully on his left arm. His mind travelled back to the happenings of past few hours – Nandini’s painful past, her suffering, her fear, how he just wanted to kill each and every person who tortured this girl, how he had tears in his eyes when she was hugging him narrating her agony, how he had vowed to protect her from any evil that comes on her way from now on, how he had started to realise that Nandini was slowly occupying that empty but an important place in his heart, how she had been the only person in his 26 years of existence whom he was growing close to, how he was ready to break all the walls he built around his heart just for her…

But most importantly, how he was finally able to join the dots linking him and her…

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The morning sun rose to wake up the couple from their another blissful slumber. Manik opened his droopy eyes due to the sun rays, he smiled as they slept in the same position all night. He kept his right palm above Nandini’s face so that her sleep isn’t disturbed. He admired her for a while and then kissing her forehead headed to kitchen to prepare breakfast for them, which he hasn’t made since the time Nandini had stepped in this house.

Well, being a bachelor and that too a police officer he has always been conscious about the food he intakes, that used to mainly comprise of fruits, boiled chicken, eggs without the yolk, green veggies, black coffee etc. But all of it had gone for a toss since the time Nandini entered the kitchen… He smiled recalling that sweet memory…

It had been a week since they were living together, Nandini had completely taken over the cooking room, not letting him do any chore. She makes amazing food her hands had some kind of magic he had concluded as he used to literally hog on the delicacy she used to cook. Also, because this was the first time someone was doing something for him… be it out of care or purely gratitude. It was a simple activity of cooking food but the fact that she made it for him with all her heart and so religiously it was special for him. He let her cook whatever she wanted to but some things had to be kept in check for eg. she serving him aloo parathas with extra ghee, which would help him gain weight…

Manik – Tujhe manne naukri se nikaalna hai kya…? (Do you want me to get fired from my job?)

Nandini (stopped serving him as she heard his words) – Kyun? (Why?)

Manik (playfully) – Tu agar aise hi ghee mein dooba dooba ke parathe deti rahegi naa toh ek din mota hone ki wajah se manne nikaalne ke hi naubat aayegi… (If you keep giving me parathas that are dipped generously in ghee then one day due to my increased weight I will definitely get fired)

Nandini (with her head down) – Maaf kar dijiye mujhe… aap bataiye aapko kya khaana hai main woh bana doongi… (I am sorry… Tell me what you like to have… I will make that stuff?)

Manik told her that there was no need to apologise and he told about what he preferred in his breakfast…

Nandini (softly but making a face) – Yeh beswaad khaana aap kaise khaa sakte ho? Naashta din ka sabse pehla khaana hota hai… Acha aur bharpoor hona chahiye… Rahi baat motaape ki toh uski aap chinta chhodiye aapko “healthy” naashta dene ki responsibility meri hai… (How can you eat such bland food? Breakfast is the first meal of the day… It should be sumptuous… As far as your weight is concerned don’t you worry about because your “HEALTHY BREAKFAST” is my responsibility)