At college,
"koi jhol nahi hai, I promise. Riya se toh aise hi baat kar raha tha, Madhubala, plz don't say anything to Nandu" pleaded Cabir.

Navya looked at him doubtfully "thik hai nahi bolenge, hum bas tumhe warn karna chahte thei coz Riya is not a nice girl. Uss din party mei, she was after Manik" said Navya as she turned to leave.

Cabir somehow felt good "excuse me, Madhubala ji; do u mean to say that u are worried for me? Sth sth..." he winked at her.

"Hey bhagwan! Tum jaisa insan toh har baat galat angle se hi lega. Hum nei toh aise hi bola tha, kyo ke tum humari best friend ke bhai ho; Pata nahi Nandu jaiai pyari si ladki ka itna ghatiya bhai kaisa hai" said Navya as she looked at Cabir with crooked eyes.

Cabir came close to her and leaned over her "tum nei abhi thik se mujhe dekha hi kaha hai?" he said then moved away and laughed loudly "I am raavan; 10 sar wala" he teased her.

"huh!" said Navya and walked away, he smiled and kept looking at her direction.

Dhruv came to him and waved his hand in front of Cabir's face. "Thik hai na tu? Navya ke taraf aise kyo dekh raha tha?" asked Dhruv.

"What rubbish! Mai uss black and white madhubala ko kyo dekhunga? Chal class chalte hai" said Cabir and walked away.

Dhruv was shocked "Cabir aur class jane ki baat kar raha hai? Ho kya raha hai aj?" wondered Dhruv.

At Mukti's house,

"wow so sweet of you, tum mere liye chocolates lekar aye" said Mukti as she kissed Harshad. He held her in his arms "I am sorry, pichle kuch dino sei, I could not give you much time" he apologized.

"No worries, mai vi ajkal thodi busy hu woh Riya" Mukti regretted as she took the name of Riya.

"Riya..who?" asked Harshad with a confused expression.

Mukti was trying to cook up some story when the bell rang.Mukti went to open the door and it was Riya. Mukti stopped her at the door "What are you doing here" asked Mukti in a low voice.

"What the hell yar, dog wala plan vi flop ho gaya, that Nandini is such a cry baby; can u believe she is scared of dogs?" complained Riya.

"Listen we can't discuss about it now, let’s meet tomorrow at the college, tab tak mai kuch sochti hu" said Mukti.

"Okay, but this time koi accha plan sochna… Otherwise I will cancel your deal" warned Riya.

"Listen, don't u dare talk to me like that, I am not ur servant. I am not doing this for ur damn album, I am doing this to help my friends. Now get out" said Mukti angrily. Riya stomped out of there. 

Harshad had heard the conversation "oh my! What a hot girl; how did she escape my eye? And yeh log kis deal ke barei mei baat kar rahe hai? Hmmm interesting; I must find out" thought Harshad.

“Mukti” called Harshad. Mukti became nervous and went inside. “Harshad, umm” she was trying to explain but Harshad cut her in “Sweetheart actually, I have some work, so can we meet later” he said. Mukti sighed in relief “Thank God isse shaq nahi hua” she thought. “Okay , text me whenever you are free” said Mukti. Harshad hugged her and then went behind Riya.

At the road,Riya was in her car and Harshad was following her with his car. Suddenly Riya stopped the car, Harshad also did the same. Riya came to Harshad “Why are you following me?” she asked. Harshad came out of the car. He gazed her from top to bottom “You are damn hot, but that’s not the reason I’m following you, now tell me about your deal with Mukti, I am her boyfriend and I might be able to help you” he winked.

Riya smirked “Hmm u r quite good looking and there is nothing to hide from my side, I love Manik and Mukti and Cabir are just helping me to get to him and in return I am going to give them an album, so it’s a win win situation” said Riya. Harshad was thrilled to hear the news “wow, if Riya and Manik gets together then his marriage with Nandini will break, and if he comes to know that his friends lied to him or rather used him for the sake of an album then fab 5 will break. This is just awesome! Manik will be left all alone and broken, what can be a perfect revenge than this! After this Manik Malhotra and fab 5 will be doomed so Harshad will be the new star of Space! And I will no longer have to fake a relationship with that idiotic Mukti! Now I just have to wait and see their game and at the correct moment I will pass the information to Manik ” thought Harshad.

He grinned evilly “Your plan seems really nice, you guys go ahead and if you guys need any help just let me know and Riya dear plz don’t tell anyone that I know about this” said Harshad. “What? what is there to keep a secret? Creepy!” uttered Riya. Harshad thought “U will never know what I am up to”.

Malhotra Mansion, kitchen, 

Nandini was having ice-cream “umm middle of the night ice-cream khane ka maza hi kuch aur hota hai, yeh log kitne boring hai, their fridge is filled with awesome ice-creams but koi nahi khata” thought Nandini. Suddenly she heard someone’s footsteps. Nandini got scared for a moment “Aunty Uncle toh London gaye hai, and servants are there at the servant’s quarter and Manik toh yaha nahi ata, then who is there? OMG! Kahi chor toh nahi?” thought Nandini.

“Nandini, darr mat, you can face it” she said to herself and her eyes fell on the broom stick, she picked that up and turned off the lights.

The sound of the footsteps became more prominent “Aiyappa, give me strength, mai iss chor ko marungi then will run to Manik” she thought.

She could see a shadow which was coming closer to her, she took a deep breath and hit on the person “Ahhhh who is it” yelled the person.

Nandini yelled out “Manik!”

“Nandini, is it you?” said the person. The voice sounded familiar to Nandini, she turned on the lights and her jaw dropped on seeing Manik, who was rubbing his head. “OMG! Manik tum?” uttered Nandini.

“Ha, mai, and andhera ka faida uthake you just hit me? Nandini I thought we were sorted” said Manik.

Nandini came close to him “I am sorry, mai darr gayi thi, I thought u r a thief” uttered Nandini as she looked away and bit her lip.

Manik shook his head “you are unbelieveable!” he uttered.

“Ouch!” but bohat zor se marti ho tum he uttered.

“Manik sit down, I will apply ice” she told as she made him sit on the counter. She applied ice on his head very sweetly and tried her best to stop herself from laughing loudly.

"But what were you doing here, that too sneakily” asked Nandini.

“Actually, I was feeling hungry” Manik told innocently. After hearing this Nandini could not stop laughing “Ahaan! Sabke samne attitude dikhate ho, I’m not hungry and raat me chori se kitchen mei ate ho” said Nandini teasing him.

Manik became angry, “bohat hasi aa rahi hai na” he said and emptied a bowl of ice-cream on Nandini’s head.

Nandini yelled “Pagal ho tum! Abhi mujhe change karna parega” said Nandini in an irritated voice.

Now it was Manik’s turn to laugh “u r looking like a safed bhootni” he said.

“Ahhh, Manik ! tumhe dekh lungi” said Nandini as she went upstairs. Manik laughed and then remembered about Nandini’s hurt in the leg “oh shit, kahi woh slip hoke gir na jaye, I must go and check” he said and went to Nandini’s room.

At Nandini’s room, 

she had taken a quick shower to wash off the sticky ice-cream. Nandini was only in her towel and water was dripping from her hair and body “Uss Manik ki bacche ko mai nahi chorungi, uss nei aisa kaise kiya” she kept murmuring as she wiped her hair with another towel.

Suddely Manik barged into the room without knocking. He gazed her from top to bottom. His eyes almost popped out by seeing Nandini like that.

“Manik! Aise kaise aa gaye tum go away” yelled Nandini.

Manik was frozen at that time he was too busy admiring her beauty with his eyes. Nandini became nervous and tried to run into the washroom, she slipped because of the water that fell down from her hair. Nandini fell down on the floor “ouch” she uttered in pain. Manik  quickly caught her in his arms. His arms were wrapped around her waist and her hands were clinging to his shoulder as both kept looking each other breathlessly. He carried her to the bed and made her sit, he also sat beside her. Nandini was feeling shy and awkward because of the intense looks of Manik.

“Zyada laga kya?” he asked as he touched her toe.

“No, it’s fine” said Nandini.

Suddenly the light went off, Nandini became scared and hugged him out of fear. Manik felt his heart beat racing by getting her close to his chest.The room was dark, except for the hint of moonlight that was peeking through the curtains. Manik touched her shoulder and removed her from himself. Then he looked at her lips, the water droplets were shining like diamonds on her pouty lips. He licked his lips; the more he thought about it, the more aroused he became. She was still holding his hand that somehow made her feel relaxed. She could see his face and that “something different” expression in his eyes. Manik was unable to control the flow of passion inside him and gave into the emotions. He cupped her face and kissed on the lips. The warm touch made her shiver, but she did not made an attempt to stop him. His lips moved softly over hers, sucking and tendering it. She responded back by returning the same tender to his lips. He leaned over her body and that made her lie down on the bed. His hand caressed her bare arms and her hand automatically went to his back, pulling him closer to herself. His mouth left her lips and went down to her jaw line, then to her neck putting a soft trail of kisses all the way. She sighed and took his name.

 To be continued…..