Nandini: manik hum kaha ja rahe hai. Bolo na please. It's been two hours since we left the city. Aur aise kounsa surprise hai that is taking us so long. Manik please bolo na. Atleast thoda hint toh do.

Manik: just relax. Zyada impatient mat ho I'll tell you. Now let me drive.

Manik smirks and just increases the volume of the music system. Nandini gets angry and hits him on his arm.

Manik: ouch!!! Nandini what's wrong with you? Kya kar rahi ho. Patience rakho na yaar bas 10 minutes more.

Nandini: You know what mujhe tumse baat hi nahi karni. Aapna attitude apne paas hi rakho.

Saying this she turns her head and looks outside the window where everything is dark. After some minutes manik hands her a blindfold.

Manik: yes we are there. Nandini takes this and tie it on your eyes fast.

Saying this he hands her a blindfold from the backseat. She just turns her head and ignores manik. She has a cute pout on her face. Manik halts the car on the side. He leans towards her and kisses her on her pout. This makes nandini more angry. She glares at him. Manik chuckles.

Manik: now what's this attitude-attitude. I will say what I have to say and you will follow. Don't forget you are my shadow. Ooh!! Spot girl. OK spot girl.

Manik laughs

Manik: oh madam woh dekho.

pointing towards a direction from where some lights were being seen

Manik: woh faint lights dikhai de rahi hai. That is your surprise. Now that you know it take this and tie it on your eyes.

Nandini: manik can I please see it without the cloth. Please manik.

Manik: do you want the surprise or should I take a turn and head back home.

Nandini takes the cloth angrily and ties it on her eyes: monster.

Manik smiles listening to it. He again kisses on Nandini's cheek and starts driving. They reach the place in another five minutes. Manik parks the car and comes out of the car and helps Nandini get down. She holds his hand. Manik makes her stand and opens her blindfold. She slowly opens her eyes. She is astounded to see the surprise.She turns around and screams

Nandini:BEACH HOUSE

Manik laughs at her excitement: yes Ms.Murthy Beach House. OUR BEACH HOUSE.

Nandini: matlab?

Manik points towards the gate of the house. Nandini turns and sees a name plate which says "MaNan House"
She turns and jumps in maniks arms. Manik laughs and picks her up and twirls her.

Manik: Nandini saari raat yahi pe khade rehna hai ya andar Jaake pura ghar dekhna hai.

Nandini: manik chalo jaldi. I want to see the entire house. Chalo.

Manik: haan haan baba relax. It's your house only.

They enter inside with their hands entwined.Manik began showing Nandini around. She was astounded. The interiors of the house left Nandini stupefied. Everything was so cozy yet classy. She definitely knew about the Malhotra's exquisite choices but this was jaw dropping beautiful. The open living room, the kitchen, the dining area, the guest rooms even the gym for that matter everything was just so well placed.

Not only the interiors but the exteriors as well we're so ornately well crafted that even though it was night Nandini couldn't help but drool over the house. She just couldn't stop admiring the finely designed structure. Its beauty had totally left her tongue tied.

While Manik he kept on capturing Nandini's expressions in his phone while smiling widely. He didn't need words to know that Nandini had loved it. He felt a satisfaction seeing her love it. Inspite of its charming beauty the house and the aura around it radiated peace and positive vibes which instantly relaxed their nerves and gave them a feeling of oneness and owness

Nandini: manik why did you buy this. It must be so costly na. Why did you do so much? Manik why did you waste so much of money in buying this house just to fulfil my wish. Chalo let's lea......

Mabik interrupting Nandini: sssshhhhhhh. Never ever repeat this again. Am I clear? Never ever say that I am wasting money. According to you if buying this house and fulfilling your wish is wasting money then I am ready to waste millions like this. Do you get that. I wanna fulfil all your wishes. This is nothing. Nandini I know you have craved for love and you have always wanted someone who could fulfil your dreams and wishes. Not that chacha chachi denied but somewhere you were still hesitant to tell them coz you were missing your parents. Not that chacha chachi don't have enough money to fulfil your dreams. But you just didn't feel like asking them. You did everything you could do for your loved ones. And if I do something for my loved ones then you call it wasting money. Never ever say that again.

Nandini was so overwhelmed that she just pounced on Manik and hugged him so tight that he fell on the couch. Seeing Nandini like this manik first smiled. He slowly broke the hug but still remained in the same position. He saw tears pooling in her eyes. While the smile just refused to leave her lips.

Nandini: what did I do to get you? You know wherever my parents are they must be so happy seeing me with you. I am grateful to aiyappa for you sending you in my life.

Manik: no Nandini I am grateful to your aiyappa for sending you in my life. I had never even in my wildest dreams imagined that I would fall so madly and deeply in love with you. You know I can die just to see your smile. You know if six months ago someone would have come and told me that I would fall in love that too so deeply I would have made a laughing stock of that person. Trust me.

Nandini: how times change manik....... How much we hated each other and see today we can't even live without each other. Do you know If God comes and tells me "Nandini you will have to give up on everything if you want manik" I will happily whole-heartedly give away my everything just to be with you.

Manik was so happy hearing Nandini's confession that he hugged d her tightly.

Manik: Nandini Murthy do you know how special you are to me. My life has changed from time you have entered into it. It has changed for good. Its a good feeling. Being a nice person makes your heart feel so contended. You know today only because of you I have what I have. I have accepted Navya not as my friend but as my sister. You changed Fab5. Today we are so different. And my friends love you more than me. And do know how happy I feel seeing them happy. Its all because of you Nandini.

Nandini: Manik even you are very special to me. Manik hum dono imperfect hai dono mein kami hai. But jab hum saath hote Haina, when we are together. We are perfect.

Manik: yes we are.

Nandini: and we will always be. Humesha.

Manik: Forever.

Saying this both of them kissed each other with all the love they had. The kiss was a slow but a very loving one. They loved each other to the square of infinity. When they are together they don't need anything else. It's just them. Together they can face all the odds. Their love can fight against all the odds. They slowly broke the kiss and looked at each other smiling to the fullest. Nandini rested her forehead against maniks and both closed their eyes. After sometime manik breaks the silence

Manik: waise just FYI.....This house is a gift not from my dad's money. But my own money.

Nandini was shocked.

Nandini: tum ne apne saari savings jo thi iss house pe kharach di? Why would you do that Manik?

Manik: ahan! Maine apni savings nahi kharchi hai.

Nandini: toh? Tumne abhi kaha na that you bought this with your own money. Phir?

Manik: yes I got this with my own money. But with my own hard earned money.

Nandini looked at him confusingly.

Manik: aaj subha jo dad ke special clients the na Woh actually ek meeting ke liye aaye the. To be precise ek deal final karne. So dad kind of testedy business knowledge during the presentation. He had asked me to give the presentation and mere pass sirf ek ghanta tha to prepare for it. I was nervous. I had thought about giving up and just walking away when my heart yearned for you, called out your name and your face flashed in front of my eyes. I got back my lost confidence. They lived my presentation. Yes they did criticize me for lacking a few things but all said and done the deal was ours. Dad was so proud that he handed me rhe entire project. I bought this house with the money that they gave in advance for this project.

Nandini was totally speechless. She was totally numb. She was confused how she should express her happiness. She just simply raised herself a little and kissed his forehead followed by his cheeks. She let her lips linger for a while. Manik pecked her lips making her blush. Manik giggled seeing her blush.

Manik: Hayeeeeee! Yeh gulabi gaal! Yeh haseen muskaan! Yeh kaali aankhen! Maar daala!

Nandini hit him on his bicep. She hid herself in his chest unable to control her blush.

Manik:Nandini tum dikhti chhoti ho lekin ho bohot bhari. Ab meri Kamar akad gayi hai motu!!

Nandini: hawwww! I m not motu okay!

Manik: acchaaaa! Toh what are you...... chhotu?!

Nandini: MANIKKKKKK!! Tum na bohot Bure ho! Monster.

Manik laughed and pulled her cheeks which irritated her even more.

Manik: chalo we still haven't seen our room.

Nandini: our room?

Manik: yes Ms.Murthy our room. Chale ab?

Nandini happily agrees and they walk inside as soon as she steps in she is shocked. The bedroom had an open balcony amd the cool air gushing through it made the environment chilly and romantic.

All throughout th room there were frames of Manik and Nandini. Photos from every possible occasion and celebration. Some candid clicked by their very own friends. Some selfies. Some groupfies There was a big frame with their pictures in collaboration with their Friends pictures. There was a frame that was completely black. There was nothing that was portrayed in it but a big frame painted black only.  Even before Nandini could turn and ask manik what it was, he switched on the light next to that frame. What she saw next left her bewildered.

Manik: this is our constellation Nandini. "The manan constellation".

Nandini was so happy. She just turned around and smashed her lips onto maniks. Manik was initially shocked. It took him a few minutes to respond. After a very passionate kiss Nandini turned around as she was very shy to face manik. Manik just pulled her and her back crashed with his chest. He put his hand on the zip of her gown and was about to slide it down when nandini broke the hug.

Nandini: manik.......

Nandini and manik were now facing each otherManik pulled her from her elbow and asked her.

Manik: kya hua? Is the note too high?

Nandini just looked at him while Manik looked in her eyes trying to read her. But the blank expression on her face gave him jitters.

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