Humesha- An Accidental Love Story

24. Outburst

Manik

The day had been eventful but I was glad that Nandini was treated on time. Seeing her in that vulnerable condition in the storeroom was terrifying and I swear I have no clue of how would have I behaved if something happened to her.

My head is just too messed up, specially when I am around Nandini. There is something between us which runs deeper than the enmity and disregard we show towards each other and that's something that has been bugging me for quite some time now.

I reached back to her room after collecting the medicines from the hospital pharmacy when I heard Mukti and Alia talking or rather, spilling their master plan of locking Nandini in the store room when I reached there and to say I was mad would be an understatement. I literally barged inside the room and just when I began confronting them, Nandini woke up and misinterpreted the entire thing and I could see her losing trust on me...again. That look in her eyes scared me for some odd reason but I was frustrated at the same time, frustrated of being misunderstood by her time and again, from our first meet till today.

Nandini left, probably disgusted by us after venting out what she felt and as much as I wanted to stop her, the frustration kept building within me and slowly turned into rage and I knew I needed to vent it out before I met Nandini or things might mess up again.

Pressing the bridge of my nose with the tip of my thumb to calm my anger, I averted my attention back to Mukti and Alia after glancing briefly at the door Nandini left from. My eyes were probably red with anger which scared Mukti and Alia a little but I could see no sign of guilt in them, no regret, nothing at all.

"Why?" I asked calmly but I was sure my eyes were blazing with fire.

"Manik dekh-" Mukti tried explaining but I knew she was just trying to defend herself.

"I asked why Mukti" I repeated.

"Manik let us speak at least. I don't understand why are you so angry in the first place" Alia interjected in between frowning and I was amazed at how nonchalant she was.

"I will let you both speak Alia but only if you guys are willing to speak the truth rather than serving me half cooked stories to defend yourself" I paused to take a deep breath.

"Speak"

"Manik hum fab 5, we are family Manik and humare beech humesha se hi ek understanding thi due to which we never fought, especially aaj subeh ki tarah toh bilkul bhi nahi. We have known each other since school days Manik but aaj kuch dino pehle aayi uss commoner Nandini ke vajah we fought Manik...for the first time and I couldn't take it. Yesterday when I saw those papers with bhai and came to know about Nandini's reality, I really thought that Dheuv should know it since he had somewhat befriended Nandini and I didn't want him to be heartbroken. Nandini doesn't deserve his friendship and hence I decided to tell you guys about her today and show her, her place" Alia paused and looked at Mukti who nodded at her and continued speaking from where Alia had stopped.

"Uske baad toh you know how we started fighting because of that stupid Nandini. For the first time we saw you...I saw you going against fab 5 just to support that commoner Nandini Manik and we didn't like it. You should've seen how everyone left one after another after you bursted on Alia jabki voh toh sirf Nandini ki sachai bata rahi thi" Mukti continued looking at a dejected Alia who showed no sign of guilt for what she had planned for Nandini.

"My mind stopped working after you left Manik. I was angry and I wanted to teach that Nandini a lesson so me and Mukti came up with this plan of bribing the peon and locking her up in this storeroom for some time to make her suffer but we didn't know that-" Manik interrupted before Alia could complete.

"But you two didn't know I was inside with her too and you ended up locking both of us inside" he said stupefied by the end, not knowing how to react towards their recklessness.

"Yeah" Alia and Mukti sighed.

"Fine I understand you guys were upset about the entire thing but you should know Alia that you were wrong both the times for insulting Nandini like that and also for planning to lock her up so just apologise to her tomorrow when you meet and just end it there"

"Are you serious Manik? You're still sticking up for her?" Mukti stared at him in disbelief.

"I am not sticking  up for her goddamit! I am just trying to tell you what's the correct thing to do. She is fucking claustrophobic and you had her locked up in that room with no proper source of ventilation. Just imagine what might have happened if I wasn't there with her and she was alone, she might have landed in a serious problem which would eventually have caused a huge trouble for you guys too. Why don't you girls understand that this revenge game is taking you nowhere!?" He yelled in frustration as the two girls stared at him.

"You were upset because we fought right? You were upset because I blamed Alia right? But you guys never for once thought that our friendship wasn't so weak that a petite girl could just come and break it. Yes I did argue with you guys but that doesn't mean I would let fab 5 break. You both know how important fab 5 is to me aur kis friendship me chote mote arguments nahi hote? Every friendship at some point experiences a situation where friends don't agree to each other but that doesn't mean their friendship ended and I need you guys to understand that. Alia I argued only because you were wrong with the way you humiliated Nandini and not because I wanted to stick up for her and Mukti please try removing your insecurities at least when it comes to our friendship" I sighed.

"We might be wrong for locking her up in that storeroom without any proper precautions Manik but I do not regret revealing her real face in front of you guys today the way I did. She deserves every bit of it" Alia spoke adamantly.

"And ya we are sorry for locking her up and keeping this matter a secret from fab 5 but please don't expect us to apologise to Nandini for all this. Jitna hum fab 5 se pyaar karte hai  utna hi we hate Nandini" Mukti added and Manik shook his head in disbelief.

"What was I even expecting from these two" Manik murdered to himself as he nodded at them and left the room, pressing his head to get rid of the frustration within him.

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